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heBerr T y $3 Alliance POTown Box 202 Berry NSW 2535 www.berryalliance.org.au CrierAUGUST 2011 Draft SLEP Do you want this? TheBerry on public Alliance exhibition Town Crier INSIDE THIS EDITION.... 18th July until Food & Wine Fair 14th October The RTA Bridge that just Tickets now on sale........................... page 9 keeps getting BIGGER Tracks to the Future For further making progress ..............................page 12 Grew some or Gruesome ? information The Rotary circuit see page 2-3 & 7 More details on pages 4 & 5 stage one started.............................page 15 Summary of Public meeting June 29th 2011 TheBerry Proposed new DCP for Berry Mountain area. Held at Berry School of Arts and attended by o These can be changed and varied by council. Councillor Giles, Tim Fletcher head of planning, 5 o They can be challenged in Land & Environment council staff and about 70 local residents. court, BUT if the DCP is well constructed, with Notes by Ralph Stadus public input and applied consistently by Alliance council; then Land & Environment will fi nd with • The meeting was mostly about the changing legal Council. framework for planning across NSW and Shoalhaven. o Shoalhaven being one of the largest Councils in • Very little real discussion about the needs of Berry NSW already has 100 of these (DCPs). The Town Crier Mountain/Beaumont/Bellawongarah. People seem confused by the complexity of Planning Law and They cover specifi c areas such as Berry INFORMATION changes. village, or projects such as DCP63 for tourist cabins. Council staff are overwhelmed by 2 major projects The Town Crier is produced by the • that are NSW State Govt mandated. Berry Alliance, Inc. The meeting was supposedly there to discuss one of these for the mountain but • Change to the Local Environment Plan (LEP) across The purpose of this publication is to became bogged down in all this change. communicate to the people of ALL councils in NSW to a standard format. Council only have about 6-12 months to Berry about community activities and to o The LEP is the high level planning document o generate a small income for the that control things like zoning, building consolidate all 100 DCP’s (some 20 years old) Berry Alliance to cover envelopes etc. into a single new document. administrative costs. o This document holds up very strongly in court. However, this is mainly administrative Membership of the Berry Alliance document simplifi cation. costs $10 pa. o Council have NO power to change this once It aims to share information approved by State Planning Dept. The real core in each DCP becoming a amongst community groups and separate chapter in the new document. individuals, and to ensure that o Zones are being consolidated into State Wide Berry continues to be a defi nitions. Common things being covered just once. community we are proud of. Some changes to 7E( Escarpment protection However it MUST be fi nished with 6 months Membership is open to Berry zone) of the new LEP commencing. community groups and individuals. Some changes to 1A (Rural) To join the Berry Alliance, write to • Council are asking for written submissions by July th P.O. Box 202, Berry 2535. In fact some changes to almost all zones. 29 on anything landowners would like to see in the Berry Mountain area DCP. This will then fi nd its EDITOR: 0428 037 572 o This goes on public display shortly and will be way into a chapter in the new overall Shoalhaven [email protected] on public display for 13 weeks. City Council DCP. Alliance Secretary: 0449 569 059 Email: [email protected] o I highly recommend you look at this when it Post Offi ce Box 202, Berry 2535 goes on display to ensure no change to your Editors note: land zoning. Thank you Ralph for your comprehensive report BERRY ALLIANCE on this well attended meeting. This is indicative of EDITORIAL BOARD • Sitting under the LEP legally are local Development how the proposed new SLEP 2009 will affect each Rick Gainford Control Plans (DCP) and every one of our community and we all need to Jennifer Clapham o These get down to detail, such as landscaping engage and participate in the process. Kate Bramley plans, colour schemes, densities for special Sharon Dunn projects such as tourist cabins. etc. Berry Alliance Contributors are those from the Berry community who have news or views relating to residents of the area. The opinions expressed in the Town Crier are not necessarily those of the Berry Alliance or the Editor. 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The closing date for our SEPTEMBER the release of the draft LEP. issue will be Wednesday 17th AUGUST Please submit prior to this date if it is Today’s release of the Draft of the new Local ratepayers should check notice boards and your fi rst submission. Environment Plan (SLEP2009) for Shoalhaven local newspapers etc, for details. The 13 week City was cautiously welcomed by the SLEP2009 Exhibition period commences on 18 July, details Material can be submitted via e-mail to: [email protected] Review Group. This community group, which are available of the Council web site. or drop box in the Berry Post Offi ce PO Box 202 Berry 2535 comprises representatives of 20 community For further information contact: Phone 0428 037 572 ratepayer and resident organisations, Alan Burrows, Convenor SLEP2009 Sharon Dunn - BERRY TOWN CRIER environmental committees and other interested Review Group citizens, has been monitoring the preparation of “Comments on the draft LEP should be made in the draft for the past 21 months. Further details available from; writing before 5pm on Friday 14 October 2011. Graeme Gibson, Chairman; Huskisson & A spokesperson for the Group, Alan Burrows, said Submissions can be made in the following ways: Woollamia Community Voice although the eventual fi nalisation of the plan • Online at www.slep2009.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au , would be welcomed by all, there were serious Brian Saunders, Chairman; Vincentia Residents or concerns about some of the proposed changes and Ratepayers Association • By email to [email protected], or which would irrevocably alter the character of Jan Shalhoub, Secretary; Ulladulla and Districts • Post to: SLEP 2009 Submission, Shoalhaven City the Shoalhaven’s towns and villages. Community Forum Council, PO Box 42 Nowra NSW 2541” “These changes,” Mr Burrows said, “stem from the Rick Gainford, Chairman; Berry Alliance The Berry Alliance has been very concerned basic process elected Councillors have followed. about the process that Council are adopting for In 2006 Council adopted an administrative Keith Learn; Kangaroo Valley Community some time and we support the Review Groups change-over from the existing LEP to the new Association issues as enunciated in the Media Release. format required by the Department of Planning. Peter Hudson, Chairman; Red Head Villages The process was supposed to transfer zones An important thing to remember is that this Local Association and land uses from the old LEP to the new Environmental Plan, once enacted into law, will plan on a like-for-like basis. This process did have a long-lived, potentially detrimental impact not require any community input.” on our towns and villages through inappropriate There will be a Regional Forum developments being approved by Council. “However in July 2008 Council’s General Manager on this issue in September advised Councillors that by including one-off re- Examples include the maximum Heights of zonings and refusing to include height limits for in Berry. This will involve Buildings, changes of permissible activities many areas of the Shoalhaven, they had gone community members from (zonings changes), Environmental protection far beyond an administrative change-over. Those zonings, Heritage protection and many more. changes should have required community input,” Kangaroo Valley, Shoalhaven See page 7 for more information. Mr Burrows said, “but this hasn’t happened.” Heads as well as Berry and Berry Alliance The Draft SLEP2009 that has been put on surrounds. Exhibition from 18 July does not include height restrictions for residential, rural and Look for the details in the environmental zones. “In not setting maximum height limits for these zones, building heights September Town Crier. will effectively increase from the existing 8.5 meters (2 storeys) to the new default limit of 11 Editorial Comment from the Berry Alliance meters (3 storeys). Many people are likely to be We encourage community very apprehensive about these changes.” The above Media Release is from the SLEP 2009 Review Group – made up of the above Community members to utilise the Council “The important thing to remember is that the Consultative Bodies and Community Groups and website to view the proposals Council that was elected in September 2008, supported by many more. All CCBs have been kept and engage in this issue.