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Local Strategic Planning Statement 3 MOSMAN LOCAL STRATEGIC ENHANCING PLANNING MOSMAN STATEMENT ENHANCING MOSMAN MARCH 2020 2 Mosman Local Strategic Planning Statement 3 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 04 1 About this Statement 06 Purpose of this Statement 06 Policy Context 07 Planning Context 07 Consultation 07 CONTEXT 10 2 Our Place in Greater Sydney 12 Our Community 14 Our Environment 16 Our Great Places 18 Our Challenges 22 3 MOSMAN: A VISION 24 ACHIEVING OUR VISION: PLANNING PRIORITIES AND ACTIONS 28 4 Infrastructure and Collaboration 34 Liveability 38 Productivity 50 Sustainability 56 APPENDIX 66 A References 68 Relationship to Other Plans 70 Additional Maps 72 FIGURES Figure 1 - Role of the Local Strategic Planning Statement: Strategic-led planning framework 06 Figure 2 - Mosman in Context 13 Figure 3 - Location Map: Mosman 21 Figure 4 - Structure Plan: Mosman 27 Figure 5 - Coastal Sensitive Land 73 Figure 6 - Natural Hazards 74 Figure 7 - Heritage 75 TABLES Table 1 - Line-of-Sight Between Mosman Planning Priorities and State Strategic Plans 08 INTRODUCTION ABOUT THIS STATEMENT PURPOSE OF THIS STATEMENT POLICY CONTEXT PLANNING CONTEXT CONSULTATION 6 ABOUT THIS PURPOSE OF STATEMENT THIS STATEMENT The Mosman Local Strategic Planning Statement Greater Sydney’s population is projected to increase (from (‘this Statement’) sets out the 20-year vision for land 4.7 million) to 6.4 million people by 2036, and to 8 million use planning in Mosman, outlining how growth and people by 2056 (North District Plan, 2018). To manage this change will be managed to maintain the high levels of growth and change, the Greater Sydney Region Plan sets environmental amenity, liveability and landscape quality out a 40-year vision and 20-year plan integrating land use, that characterises Mosman. It identifies the special transport and infrastructure planning. characteristics that contribute to Mosman’s local identity and recognises the shared community values to be All councils within NSW are required to prepare a local maintained and enhanced. strategic planning statement to act as a link between the strategic priorities identified at a regional or district level, This Statement identifies 16 Planning Priorities to achieve and the finer-grained planning at a local level expressed the Council’s vision for Mosman, along with actions and in council’s local environmental plan and development the means for monitoring and reporting on the delivery of control plans, to ensure consistency in strategic planning the actions. approaches. See Figure 1. It is consistent with the NSW Government’s strategies The link or line-of-sight between Council’s 16 Planning and plans for land use planning in Greater Sydney – the Priorities and the Greater Sydney Region Plan and North Greater Sydney Region Plan, A Metropolis of Three District Plan is illustrated in Table 1 on the following pages. Cities, and North District Plan released by the Greater Sydney Commission in March 2018, along with the Future Transport Strategy 2056 and Greater Sydney Services and Infrastructure Plan – and is aligned with Council’s Community Strategic Plan, MOSPLAN 2018-2028. Figure 1 – Role of the Local Strategic Planning Statement: Strategic-led planning framework Source: Department of Planning and Environment, 2018, LSPS Guideline for Councils Mosman Local Strategic Planning Statement 7 POLICY CONSULTATION CONTEXT This Statement has been prepared in accordance with Council prepared this Statement by building upon the section 3.9 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment results of extensive engagement undertaken in developing Act 1979 (the Act) which requires that it include or identify Council’s Community Strategic Plan, MOSPLAN, during the following: 2017-2018, including community feedback regarding what residents most like and dislike about Mosman, and what a. the basis for strategic planning in the area, having residents would like to see retained and changed. regard to economic, social and environmental matters, Workshops were held with Councillors in late 2018 and b. the planning priorities for the area that are consistent early 2019 to confirm the values and planning direction for with any strategic plan applying to the area and Mosman articulated in Council’s strategic plans. (subject to any such strategic plan) any applicable community strategic plan under section 402 of the The draft Mosman Local Strategic Planning Statement was Local Government Act 1993, publicly exhibited for a period of six weeks from 27 June c. the actions required for achieving those planning to 7 August 2019. Over 650 submissions received, and priorities, feedback from 80 attendees at a public meeting held on 24 July 2019, informed the final draft Statement presented d. the basis on which the council is to monitor and report to Council. on the implementation of those actions. The Greater Sydney Commission, NSW Department of Planning and Environment and other relevant State Government agencies were also consulted with as part of a series of technical working group meetings and other PLANNING workshops held throughout 2018 and 2019. CONTEXT Local strategic planning statements are a pivotal tool for local strategic planning in NSW, and will shape how a local environmental plan and development control plan evolve to reflect the Council and community’s vision for an area. A local environmental plan is the principal legal document prepared by Council for controlling development and guiding planning decisions, and includes land use zones, development standards and other provisions. A development control plan provides more detailed planning and design guidelines. Most proposed development in Mosman is assessed under the local environmental plan and development control plans through the development application process. Notwithstanding, under the NSW planning system the provisions of a local environmental plan and development control plan, and vision of a local strategic planning statement, may be overridden by a state environmental planning policy prepared by the NSW Government to deliver on State-wide principles. 8 Infrastructure and Collaboration Liveability Productivity Sustainability A city supported by Jobs and skills for A collaborative city A city for people Housing the city A city of great places A well connected city A city in its landscape An efficient city A resilient city infrastructure the city Direction 1 Direction 2 Direction 3 Direction 4 Direction 5 Direction 6 Direction 7 Direction 8 Direction 9 Direction 10 Infrastructure Working together to Celebrating diversity Giving people housing Designing places for Developing a more Creating the conditions Valuing green spaces and Using resources wisely Adapting to a changing supporting new grow a Greater Sydney and putting people at choices people accessible and walkable for a stronger economy landscape world developments the heart of planning city NSW Government Greater Government NSW Sydney Region Plan –Directions Region Sydney Planning Priority N1 Planning Priority N2 Planning Priority N3 Planning Priority N5 Planning Priority N6 Planning Priority N7 Planning Priority N11 Planning Priority N15 Planning Priority N21 Planning Priority N22 Planning for a Working through Providing services and Providing housing Creating and renewing Growing a stronger Retaining and managing Protecting and improving Reducing carbon Adapting to the impacts city supported by collaboration social infrastructure supply, choice and great places and local and more competitive industrial and urban the health and enjoyment emissions and managing of urban and natural infrastructure to meet people’s affordability with centres, and respecting Harbour CBD services land of Sydney Harbour and energy, water and waste hazards and climate changing needs access to jobs, services the District’s heritage the District’s waterways efficiently change and public transport Planning Priority N12 Planning Priority N13 Planning Priority N4 Delivering integrated Supporting growth of Planning Priority N16 Fostering healthy, land use and transport targeted industry sectors Protecting and enhancing creative, culturally rich planning and a 30-minute bushland and biodiversity and socially connected city communities Planning Priority N17 Planning Priority N14 Protecting and enhancing Leveraging inter-regional scenic and cultural transport connections landscapes Planning Priority N19 NSW Government Government NSW Increasing urban tree canopy cover and delivering Green Grid connections North District Plan – Applicable Planning Priorities North District Planning Priority N20 Delivering high quality open space Planning Priority 1 Planning Priority 2 Planning Priority 3 Planning Priority 5 Planning Priority 7 Planning Priority 9 Planning Priority 11 Planning Priority 12 Planning Priority 15 Planning Priority 16 Ensure that Work together with Provide a range of Provide diverse Enhance local and Improve access to, from Support the local Protect, conserve and Manage energy, water Adapt to and mitigate development is Government agencies facilities and services housing choices neighbourhood and within Mosman, economy and manage enhance Mosman’s urban and waste efficiently against the impacts of supported by and other stakeholders to meet community and opportunities centres as great, and encourage active visitation sustainably to tree canopy, landform, to ensure a sustainable natural and urban hazards infrastructure. to promote good needs, and foster a to meet changing connected places, transport. protect local amenity and waterways and bushland. urban
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