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Contents Blue Mountains Better Living DCP Part A Introduction C5. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT C5.1 Services A1. A BLUE MOUNTAINS TIMELINE C5.2 Wastewater A2. WHERE THIS PLAN APPLIES C5.3 Vehicular access, parking and roads A3. HOW THIS PLAN WORKS C5.4 Amenity A4. RETROFIT C5.5 Energy A5. CONTRIBUTIONS & BONDS C5.6 Adaptability A6. VARYING A STANDARD C5.7 Access and mobility Part B Site planning Part D Standards for development 2005 B1. SITE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN D1. DWELLING HOUSE & ANCILLARY STRUCTURES D2. GRANNY FLATS Part C General principles D3. DUAL OCCUPANCY D4. MULTI DWELLING HOUSING C1. PROTECTING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT D5. ACCESSIBLE HOUSING C1.1 Biodiversity D6. BED & BREAKFAST C1.2 Weeds D7. TOURIST ACCOMMODATION & BOARDING C1.3 Stormwater HOUSES C1.4 Site management D8. SUBDIVISION C2. CHARACTER AND LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT D9. OTHER FORMS OF DEVELOPMENT C2.1 Streetscape and character C2.2 Landscaping Part E Standards for development 1991 E1. DWELLING HOUSE & ANCILLARY STRUCTURES C3. HERITAGE CONSERVATION E2. BED & BREAKFAST E3. SUBDIVISION C4. HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT E4. OTHER FORMS OF DEVELOPMENT C4.1 Bushfire C4.2 Crime minimisation C4.3 Land contamination Part F Appendices C4.4 Health & safety F1. GLOSSARY Phrases in italics are defined in the Glossary. Abbreviations are also included in this section. www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au F2. WEEDS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS A list of noxious and environmental weeds. 3 November 2010 Ap.1 Contents Blue Mountains Better Living DCP Part J Lawson village Part I Public Participation J1. ABOUT THIS PART (development applications) J2. VISION, OBJECTIVES, CHARACTER & STRATEGIES J3. PUBLIC DOMAIN I1 ABOUT THIS PART J4. URBAN STRUCTURE I2 DESIGNATED DEVELOPMENT J5. DESIGN GUIDELINES I3 ADVERTISED DEVELOPMENT J6. GLOSSARY OF TERMS I4 OTHER NOTIFIABLE DEVELOPMENT I5 MODIFICATIONS I6 REVIEW OF DETERMINATION & REVOCATION OF Part K Advertising & signage CONSENT I.7 ADVISORY NOTES - KATOOMBA EASTERN TOWN APPROACH PRECINCT 1.1. WHERE THIS PART APPLIES 1.2 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PLANS Acknowledgements 1.3 PURPOSE OF THE PLAN 2.1 PRECINCT OBJECTIVES FOR SIGNAGE BLUE MOUNTAINS CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO 2.2 DESIRED FUTURE CHARACTER ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS: 3.1 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS - “THE EDGE” CINEMA Your Home: Design for Lifestyle & the Future, Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, 2001. 3.2 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS ‘ BMCC Environment & Health Protection Guidelines: On-Site HEADQUARTERS Sewage Management for Single Households, 1998 (The Silver Book). Managing Urban Stormwater: Soils and Construction, NSW Department of Housing, 1998 (The Blue Book). Planning for Bushfire Protection, A Guide for Council’s Planners, Fire Authorities, Developers and Home Owners, Planning NSW, 2001. ‘Living with Lead’, Environmental Protection Authority, NSW. Guidelines for Erosion & Sediment Control on Building Sites, Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Trust, 2001. Copies of any Australian Standard indicated in this document can be obtained direct from the sales office of Standards Australia. Phone 1300 654 646 or www.standards.com.au Ap.2 3 November 2010 Introduction Blue Mountains Better Living DCP The Blue Mountains has long been regarded as a heritage associated with the railways still remaining – special place - from the time of being an Aboriginal stations, abandoned cuttings and water supplies such as meeting ground through to a contemporary tourist Wentworth Falls Lake. destination. The prime attraction has always been the quality and grandeur of the natural landscape. Further Mining development was significant in establishing outstanding qualities have formed the distinctive Katoomba from the 1870’s as the major settlement. Whole character and cultural landscape of our community. valleys were filled with modest miner’s cottages – pushing Characteristics of our earliest beginnings can still be settlement along the flatter ridge tops towards Blackheath seen today. and Wentworth Falls. A1. A Blue Mountains timeline Recreation, health and tourism were the major influence from the late 1880’s spawning houses, hotels and guest Aboriginal occupation from up to 22,000 years ago is houses as well as walking tracks, shelters and kiosks. evident in art, occupation and tool making sites, and in The natural attractions of each town were promoted, legends passed down through generations; such as the followed in later decades by the attraction of moving chase of Gurrangatch and Mirragan to create part of the pictures and tourist coaches. The influence of the wealthy upper Blue Mountain terrain. Places such as Katoomba, elite living in fine country houses waned as the middle- Kedumba, Burragorang also owe their names to class holiday-makers and honeymooners of the 1920’s indigenous people. and 1930’s took over. Early European exploration has left little physically except for the stone cairn known as Caley’s Repulse at Linden and the “Marked Tree” at Katoomba. The principal surviving impact of this period was its discovery of a practical route west to inland New South Wales. Towns and villages have developed in hollows or plateaux to be found after steep sections of the road – the original resting ground for convicts or stock. There are remnants of early stone bridges; gatekeeper’s cottages and the Woodford Academy (c1840) which is the only substantial inn remaining between Emu Plains to the east and Hartley to the west. Much of the present character of the Blue Mountains derives from the architecture, parks and gardens of the The Western Road remains a vital determinant. The late nineteenth / early twentieth century. present highway still largely follows the original route built www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au by William Cox with convict labour– but it is now The Great Depression saw the popularity of walking in the intertwined with the railway. Mountains revived and visitors began again to explore the bush on foot. The early 1930s also saw the emergence of The Railway came in 1867 and made the Mountains the modern conservation movement. A campaign to set accessible to Sydneysiders. The scenery and cooler aside the Blue Gum Forest for public recreation was healthier climate became a major attraction. Country successfully waged by a coalition of bushwalkers and houses and fashionable hotels began to appear, joining conservationists and a plan for a Blue Mountains National the worker’s cottages clustered near the railway stations. Park was put forward. The latter was finally achieved in When the major stations were built, Mountain towns soon 1959. followed. There are many primary items of cultural 1 December 2005 AXp.1 Introduction Blue Mountains Better Living DCP Rural industry has not been a significant factor in the Development has also impacted on the local character history of settlement in the Blue Mountains. With its and the natural environment, not always for the better. rugged landscape, its limited areas of flat land and its How these issues are managed will form important rocky and generally unproductive soil, the region has themes in the region’s development over the next few proved unsuitable for most agricultural pursuits. decades. Exploitation of the natural timbers for railway sleepers, building and firewood has occurred and small dairy, The Greater Blue Mountains Area was listed in 2000 as a vegetable and poultry farms occupied an important place World Heritage area because of its globally outstanding in the local market in the early years. None of these biodiversity and vegetation, dominated by Australia’s activities however, constituted large scale primary industry. unique eucalypts. With World Heritage listing, In the Megalong and Kanimbla Valleys, on the other hand, management of the Blue Mountains environment is now of the available land area allowed quite extensive mixed international significance. Recognition and subsequent farming and grazing of sheep and cattle. The Shipley protection of our unique natural environment contributes Plateau became a centre for orchards, poultry and some immeasurably to the cultural setting and economy of the cattle whilst the rich volcanic soil of Mount Wilson and Blue Mountains. Mount Irvine supported extensive horticulture. We have a responsibility to the international community to Residential development dramatically expanded in the ensure that the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage years since WWII, spurred by cheap land and rapid Area is managed in such a way as to retain its unique improvements in rail and road transport. In the early years environmental qualities. A unique environment requires a this was evident particularly in the Lower Mountains but unique set of management practices, ultimately aimed at has gradually spread giving the area as a whole a protecting the integrity of the natural systems for which the consistently high population growth rate. This growth has area is globally recognised. transformed previously small towns, with settlement dispersing along ridges away from the main transport and Conservation listing at the international level is not enough commercial corridor, impacting on services and community to protect the natural environment. There is a clear need facilities. for local controls to protect existing natural areas throughout the local government area because of the fact that we are the only city within a National Park in the world. In 2000, the Greater Blue Mountains was declared a region of World Heritage significance, its natural antiquity, diversity and beauty deemed worthy of the highest conservation listing.

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