Town and Villages Study 2010 Has Been Prepared by the Yass Valley Council
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Contact Information REPORT CONTACTS Liz Makin – Project Manager Yass Valley Council (Senior Strategic Planner) PO BOX 6 YASS NSW 2582 t. 6226 1477 f. 6226 2598 Noreen Vu e. [email protected] (Strategic Planner) Cover Page (L-R) 1. St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Binalong 2. Barney’s Café, Bookham 3. Commercial Hotel, Bowning 4. Westpac Bank, Yass 5. Coodravale Homestead, Wee Jasper 6. Murrumbateman Library, Murrumbateman 7. Morning Street, Gundaroo 8. Cnr of Camp and Victoria Streets, Sutton DISCLAIMER The Yass Valley Town and Villages Study 2010 has been prepared by the Yass Valley Council. Whilst every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of information within the study, Yass Valley Council does not warrant the information is complete or accurate. Readers must therefore exercise their own skill and discretion. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in a retrieval system in any form, by any means without the written permission of Yass Valley Council. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................ 6 1.1 OBJECTIVES................................................................ 7 1.2 DRIVERS OF CHANGE ................................................... 7 2 TRADITIONAL OWNERS OF THE YASS VALLEY..................... 12 3 LEGISLATION, STRATEGIES AND PLANS ............................ 14 3.1 ACT/NSW Settlement Agreement ................................. 14 3.2 Sydney-Canberra Corridor Regional Strategy................. 14 3.3 Canberra Spatial Plan ................................................. 17 3.4 Standard Instrument LEP ............................................ 18 3.5 117 Directions ........................................................... 18 4 YASS VALLEY STUDIES AND STRATEGIES .......................... 20 4.1 Non Urban Lands Study .............................................. 20 4.2 Industrial Lands Study ................................................ 20 4.3 Yass Commercial Precinct Study................................... 24 5 WATER AND SEWER ........................................................ 27 5.1 Yass Valley Catchment................................................ 27 5.2 Sydney-Canberra Corridor Strategy.............................. 31 5.3 ACT-NSW Cross Border Water...................................... 32 5.4 Council Water & Sewerage Policies ............................... 32 5.5 Integrated Water Cycle Management Plan (IWCM) .......... 40 5.5.1 IWCM - Water ...................................................... 41 5.5.2 IWCM - Sewerage................................................. 42 5.5.3 IWCM Recycled Water ........................................... 42 5.6 BASIX ...................................................................... 43 5.7 WATER PROVISION IN THE TOWN & VILLAGES .............. 44 5.7.1 Non Reticulated Groundwater Supply....................... 44 5.7.2 Reticulated Groundwater Supply ............................. 50 5.7.3 Reticulated Yass Dam Water Supply ........................ 51 5.8 Yass Dam Wall Raising................................................ 54 5.9 Effluent Disposal & Sewerage Infrastructure .................. 56 5.10 Flooding .............................................................. 59 6 FLORA AND FAUNA ......................................................... 61 6.1 EPBC & TSC Acts........................................................ 61 6.2 Standard Instrument LEP ............................................ 62 6.3 Yass Valley RSoE ....................................................... 63 6.4 Bioregions................................................................. 65 6.5 Villages .................................................................... 65 6.6 Habitat ..................................................................... 68 7 BUSHFIRE...................................................................... 74 8 INFRASTRUCTURE........................................................... 76 8.1 Section 94 Contributions............................................. 76 8.2 Section 64 Contributions............................................. 79 9 TOWNS AND VILLAGES.................................................... 80 9.1 YASS VALLEY LGA ...................................................... 80 9.1.1 Population Projections........................................... 80 9.1.2 Place of Work Data ............................................... 84 3 9.1.3 Dwelling Approvals............................................... 84 9.1.4 Real Estate Data Comparison ................................. 87 10 BINALONG ..................................................................... 89 10.1 Settlement History................................................ 89 10.2 Social Profile........................................................ 90 10.3 Study Background................................................ 93 10.4 Existing LEP Provisions .......................................... 93 10.5 Existing DCP Provisions ......................................... 95 10.6 Land Use Survey.................................................. 95 10.7 Community Facilities/Recreation Facilities ................ 96 10.8 Heritage .............................................................. 96 10.9 Summary of Real Estate Data................................. 97 10.10 Place of Usual Residence..................................... 98 10.11 Recommendations for Binalong ............................ 98 11 BOOKHAM ....................................................................104 11.1 Study Background...............................................104 11.2 Existing LEP Provisions .........................................104 11.3 Real Estate Data..................................................106 11.4 Recommendations for Bookham.............................106 12 BOWNING.....................................................................109 12.1 Settlement History...............................................109 12.2 Social Profile.......................................................109 12.3 Study Background...............................................112 12.4 Existing LEP Provisions .........................................113 12.5 Existing DCP Provisions ........................................115 12.6 Land Use Survey.................................................115 12.7 Heritage .............................................................115 12.8 Summary of Real Estate Data................................116 12.9 Recommendations for Bowning..............................117 13 GUNDAROO ..................................................................122 13.1 Settlement History...............................................122 13.2 Social Profile.......................................................122 13.3 Study Background...............................................125 13.4 Existing LEP Provisions .........................................127 13.5 Existing DCP Provisions ........................................129 13.6 Land Use Survey.................................................129 13.7 Community Facilities/Recreation Facilities ...............129 13.8 Education ...........................................................130 13.9 Heritage .............................................................130 13.10 Visual Amenity.................................................130 13.11 Summary of Real Estate Data .............................131 13.12 Place of Usual Residence....................................132 13.13 Recommendations for Gundaroo .........................133 14 MURRUMBATEMAN .........................................................139 14.1 Settlement .........................................................139 14.2 Social Profile.......................................................140 14.3 Study Background...............................................143 4 14.4 Existing LEP Provisions .........................................145 14.5 Existing DCP Provisions ........................................148 14.6 Land Use Survey.................................................148 14.7 Community Facilities/Recreation Facilities ...............149 14.8 Education ...........................................................149 14.9 Heritage .............................................................150 14.10 Visual Amenity.................................................150 14.11 Barton Hwy Duplication .....................................151 14.12 Summary of Real Estate Data .............................153 14.13 Place of Usual Residence....................................154 14.14 Recommendations for Murrumbateman ................154 15 SUTTON .......................................................................164 15.1 Settlement History...............................................164 15.2 Social Profile.......................................................164 15.3 Study Background...............................................168 15.4 Existing LEP Provisions .........................................168 15.5 Existing DCP Provisions ........................................171 15.6 Land Use Survey.................................................171 15.7 Community Facilities/Recreation Facilities ...............171 15.8 Education ...........................................................171 15.9 Heritage .............................................................172 15.10 Visual Amenity.................................................172 15.11 Sutton Bypass..................................................173