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Page 1: attachment 2 to item 223 - City of Hawkesbury · 2.3_Future Dwelling Target The Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (2005) estimates that Sydney’s population will grow by around 1.1 million

Ha

wk

es

bu

ry

C

ity

C

ou

nc

il

a t t a c h m e n t 2

t o

i t e m 2 2 3

d r a f t r e s i d e n t i a l l a n d

s t r a t e g y p r o p o s e d f o r

p u b l i c e x h i b i t i o n

d a t e o f m e e t i n g : 2 8 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 0

l o c a t i o n : c o u n c i l c h a m b e r s

t i m e : 6 : 3 0 p . m .

Page 2: attachment 2 to item 223 - City of Hawkesbury · 2.3_Future Dwelling Target The Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (2005) estimates that Sydney’s population will grow by around 1.1 million
Page 3: attachment 2 to item 223 - City of Hawkesbury · 2.3_Future Dwelling Target The Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (2005) estimates that Sydney’s population will grow by around 1.1 million

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

1 | 1

1_In

trodu

ctio

n

Page 4: attachment 2 to item 223 - City of Hawkesbury · 2.3_Future Dwelling Target The Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (2005) estimates that Sydney’s population will grow by around 1.1 million

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

1 | 1

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is lo

cate

d on

the

north

wes

tern

edg

e of

the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

R

egio

n an

d is

cha

ract

eris

ed b

y it

natu

ral s

ettin

g, n

atio

nal p

arks

and

tow

nshi

ps. T

he

LGA

is lo

cate

d in

the

Haw

kesb

ury

Riv

er v

alle

y an

d co

ntai

ns a

ppro

xim

atel

y 2,

800

squa

re k

ilom

etre

s of

land

. Tw

o th

irds

of th

e LG

A is

loca

ted

in N

atio

nal P

arks

, in

clud

ing,

Wol

lem

i Nat

iona

l Par

k, P

arr S

tate

Con

serv

atio

n A

rea,

Cat

tai a

nd S

chey

ville

N

atio

nal P

arks

Yen

go N

atio

nal P

arks

and

Blu

e M

ount

ains

Nat

iona

l Par

k. S

igni

fican

t ar

eas

of th

e LG

A a

re a

lso

utili

sed

for r

ural

land

use

s.

His

toric

ally

, Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

has

dev

elop

ed in

depe

nden

t of t

he S

ydne

y M

etro

polit

an

regi

on w

ith s

mal

l tow

nshi

ps d

evel

opin

g so

uth

of th

e H

awke

sbur

y R

iver

. How

ever

si

nce

the

1970

s th

e m

etro

polit

an re

gion

has

spr

awle

d an

d no

w s

its a

long

the

LGA

’s

boun

darie

s. H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

now

reco

gnis

ed in

the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

Stra

tegy

an

d ha

s a

role

in th

e lo

ng-te

rm d

evel

opm

ent o

f the

met

ropo

litan

regi

on.

Cha

lleng

es fo

r the

futu

re p

lann

ing

with

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A in

clud

e:

_The

nee

d to

acc

omm

odat

e an

app

roxi

mat

e 5,

000

addi

tiona

l dw

ellin

gs b

y 20

31,

prim

arily

with

in th

e ex

istin

g ur

ban

area

s as

pre

scrib

ed in

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f P

lann

ing’

s N

orth

Wes

t Sub

regi

onal

Stra

tegy

; _P

rese

rvin

g th

e un

ique

and

hig

h qu

ality

nat

ural

env

ironm

ent o

f the

LG

A;

_Acc

omm

odat

ing

a ch

angi

ng p

opul

atio

n, w

hich

pre

sent

s ne

w d

eman

ds in

term

s of

ho

usin

g, s

ervi

ces

and

acce

ss,

_On-

goin

g de

velo

pmen

t pre

ssur

es to

exp

and

into

nat

ural

and

rura

l are

as, a

s w

ell a

s ne

w d

evel

opm

ent b

oth

in a

nd a

roun

d ex

istin

g ce

ntre

s; a

nd

_Phy

sica

l con

stra

ints

– fl

ood,

nat

ive

vege

tatio

n an

d bu

shfir

e ris

k.

The

purp

ose

of th

e H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Lan

d S

trate

gy (‘

the

Stra

tegy

’) is

to g

uide

fu

ture

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent w

ithin

the

LGA

ove

r the

nex

t 30

year

s an

d en

sure

fu

ture

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent i

s su

stai

nabl

e an

d m

eets

the

need

s of

the

Haw

kesb

ury

popu

latio

n.

The

Stra

tegy

pro

vide

s a

sust

aina

ble

plan

ning

fram

ewor

k to

ens

ure

equi

ty in

acc

ess

to

a ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s, to

enc

oura

ge in

crea

sed

dive

rsity

in h

ousi

ng s

tock

an

d to

pro

mot

e a

rang

e of

life

styl

e ar

eas.

The

Stra

tegy

pro

vide

s a

philo

soph

y fo

r lo

calis

ed g

row

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent,

base

d on

a s

usta

inab

ility

che

cklis

t, as

wel

l as

an

over

all s

trate

gy fo

r the

ent

ire L

GA

.

Impl

emen

ting

Cou

ncil’

s Vi

sion

Th

e ke

y di

rect

ions

est

ablis

hed

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y C

omm

unity

Stra

tegi

c Pl

an 2

010-

2030

, hav

e gu

ided

the

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy:

Look

ing

afte

r peo

ple

and

plac

e

A c

omm

unity

in w

hich

the

area

’s c

hara

cter

is p

rese

rved

and

life

styl

e ch

oice

s ar

e pr

ovid

ed w

ith s

usta

inab

le, p

lann

ed, w

ell s

ervi

ced

deve

lopm

ent,

with

in s

trong

ly

conn

ecte

d, s

afe

and

frien

dly

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds.

Car

ing

for o

ur e

nviro

nmen

t

A c

omm

unity

ded

icat

ed to

min

imis

ing

its e

nviro

nmen

tal f

ootp

rint,

enjo

ying

a c

lean

riv

er a

nd a

n en

viro

nmen

t tha

t is

nurtu

red,

hea

lthy,

pro

tect

ed a

nd p

rovi

des

oppo

rtuni

ties

for i

ts s

usta

inab

le u

se.

Link

ing

the

Haw

kesb

ury

A

com

mun

ity w

hich

is p

rovi

ded

with

faci

litie

s an

d se

rvic

es e

ffici

ently

link

ed b

y w

ell

mai

ntai

ned

road

s an

d ac

cess

ible

and

inte

grat

ed tr

ansp

ort a

nd c

omm

unic

atio

n sy

stem

s w

hich

als

o co

nnec

t sur

roun

ding

regi

ons.

Supp

ortin

g B

usin

ess

and

Loca

l Job

s N

ew a

nd e

xist

ing

indu

strie

s, w

hich

pro

vide

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r a ra

nge

of lo

cal

empl

oym

ent a

nd tr

aini

ng o

ptio

ns, c

ompl

emen

ted

by th

rivin

g to

wn

cent

res.

Shap

ing

our f

utur

e to

geth

er

An

inde

pend

ent,

stro

ng a

nd e

ngag

ed c

omm

unity

, with

a re

spec

ted

lead

ersh

ip, w

hich

pr

ovid

es fo

r the

futu

re n

eeds

of i

ts p

eopl

e in

a s

usta

inab

le a

nd fi

nanc

ially

resp

onsi

ble

man

ner.

Page 5: attachment 2 to item 223 - City of Hawkesbury · 2.3_Future Dwelling Target The Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (2005) estimates that Sydney’s population will grow by around 1.1 million

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

1 | 2

1.1_

Com

mun

ity S

urve

y D

irect

ions

Cou

ncil

has

cons

ulte

d w

ith re

side

nts

on m

any

occa

sion

s re

gard

ing

the

futu

re

dire

ctio

n of

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA.

In 2

007,

Cou

ncil

cond

ucte

d a

surv

ey o

f loc

al

resi

dent

s to

info

rm th

e C

omm

unity

Stra

tegi

c P

lan.

Thi

s S

trate

gy is

gui

ded

by th

e re

leva

nt fi

ndin

gs o

f the

Com

mun

ity S

urve

y, p

rimar

ily th

e id

entif

ied

crite

ria to

: _M

aint

ain

the

rura

l cha

ract

er a

nd a

tmos

pher

e of

the

Haw

kesb

ury;

_A

chie

ve b

alan

ced

grow

th;

_Pro

vide

hou

sing

cho

ice;

_D

evel

op s

trong

tow

n ce

ntre

s, a

nd,

_Enc

oura

ge b

ette

r pub

lic tr

ansp

ort.

1.2_

Gui

ding

Doc

umen

ts

A hi

gh-le

vel l

itera

ture

revi

ew h

as g

uide

d an

d in

form

ed th

e H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l S

trate

gy. K

ey d

ocum

ents

revi

ewed

incl

ude:

_S

ydne

y M

etro

polit

an S

trate

gy- C

ity o

f Citi

es: A

Pla

n fo

r Syd

ney'

s Fu

ture

200

5;

_Dra

ft N

orth

Wes

t Sub

regi

onal

Stra

tegy

; _D

raft

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy 1

997;

_H

awke

sbur

y E

mpl

oym

ent L

ands

Stra

tegy

200

8;

_Haw

kesb

ury

Com

mun

ity S

trate

gic

Plan

201

0-20

30; a

nd

_Com

mun

ity S

urve

y R

esul

ts 2

007

and

2009

.

1.3_

Doc

umen

t Str

uctu

re

As

outli

ned

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

Pro

ject

Brie

f, th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

st

udy

is to

“dev

elop

a p

lann

ing

fram

ewor

k fo

r res

iden

tial p

reci

ncts

to p

rovi

de fo

r a

rang

e of

hou

sing

type

s an

d lo

catio

ns to

sat

isfy

dem

ogra

phic

dem

ands

with

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y re

gion

to a

t lea

st th

e ye

ar 2

031”

. Thi

s ha

s be

en a

chie

ved

thro

ugh

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Cen

tres

Dev

elop

men

t Mod

el (r

efer

Cha

pter

2) w

hich

gui

des

the

loca

tion

of fu

ture

hou

sing

in a

sus

tain

able

man

ner w

hich

mee

ts s

ocia

l, ec

onom

ic a

nd

envi

ronm

enta

l out

com

es. T

his

Stra

tegy

pro

vide

s a

stra

tegi

c di

rect

ion

on th

e lo

catio

n of

futu

re h

ousi

ng, h

owev

er a

dditi

onal

det

aile

d st

udie

s an

d st

ruct

ure

plan

ning

will

be

requ

ired

to c

onfir

m th

e ac

tual

loca

tion

of fu

ture

hou

sing

.

The

key

com

pone

nts

of th

is d

ocum

ent a

re:

_Int

rodu

ctio

n an

d ov

ervi

ew (C

hapt

er 1

); _O

utlin

e of

the

back

grou

nd a

nd c

onte

xt to

this

Stra

tegy

and

est

ablis

hes

the

over

-ar

chin

g fra

mew

ork

(Cha

pter

2);

_Ana

lysi

s of

exi

stin

g po

pula

tion,

hou

sing

mar

ket a

nd a

fford

abilit

y tre

nds

(Cha

pter

3);

_A re

view

of k

ey p

hysi

cal,

envi

ronm

enta

l and

soc

ial i

ssue

s im

pact

ing

the

entir

e LG

A

(Cha

pter

4);

_Ana

lysi

s of

opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d co

nstra

ints

acr

oss

the

LGA

to id

entif

y fu

ture

in

vest

igat

ion

site

s w

hich

may

be

suita

ble

to a

ccom

mod

ate

futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t (C

hapt

er 5

); an

d _T

he S

usta

inab

le D

evel

opm

ent F

ram

ewor

k th

at e

stab

lishe

s a

mod

el to

gui

de th

e lo

catio

n of

futu

re h

ousi

ng a

nd th

e pr

ovis

ion

of a

ncill

ary

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s to

su

ppor

t the

futu

re p

opul

atio

n. T

his

chap

ter i

nclu

des

stra

tegi

es a

nd a

ctio

ns to

ad

dres

s LG

A w

ide

issu

es (C

hapt

er 6

).

Page 6: attachment 2 to item 223 - City of Hawkesbury · 2.3_Future Dwelling Target The Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (2005) estimates that Sydney’s population will grow by around 1.1 million

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

1 | 3

Page 7: attachment 2 to item 223 - City of Hawkesbury · 2.3_Future Dwelling Target The Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (2005) estimates that Sydney’s population will grow by around 1.1 million

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

2 | 1

2_H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Mod

el

Page 8: attachment 2 to item 223 - City of Hawkesbury · 2.3_Future Dwelling Target The Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (2005) estimates that Sydney’s population will grow by around 1.1 million

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

2 | 1

2.1_

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial D

evel

opm

ent M

odel

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy u

ses

a m

odel

to g

uide

the

loca

tion

of fu

ture

ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent,

whi

ch c

onsi

ders

env

ironm

enta

l sus

tain

abili

ty, t

he n

eed

to

stre

ngth

en e

xist

ing

com

mun

ities

, and

resp

onds

to th

e ne

eds

of th

e fu

ture

pop

ulat

ion.

Th

e fo

llow

ing

prov

ides

an

over

view

of t

he k

ey is

sues

and

con

side

ratio

ns, w

hich

hav

e as

sist

ed w

ith th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he C

entre

Dev

elop

men

t Mod

el.

The

purp

ose

of th

is R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

is to

con

firm

the

stra

tegi

c di

rect

ion

of fu

ture

re

side

ntia

l gro

wth

with

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A an

d to

ens

ure

it is

dev

elop

ed in

a

sust

aina

ble

man

ner t

hat m

eets

soc

ial,

econ

omic

and

env

ironm

enta

l out

com

es.

2.2_

Res

iden

tial D

evel

opm

ent i

n H

awke

sbur

y LG

A

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is a

uni

que

area

ben

efite

d by

its

natu

ral s

ettin

g an

d st

rong

as

soci

atio

n w

ith th

e en

viro

nmen

t. Th

e ch

arac

ter a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal s

ettin

gs o

f the

H

awke

sbur

y is

one

of t

he d

efin

ing

elem

ents

that

attr

act r

esid

ents

to th

e LG

A a

nd th

e co

mm

unity

has

set

a s

trong

dire

ctio

n th

roug

h th

e 20

07 a

nd 2

009

Com

mun

ity S

urve

y th

at th

e ex

istin

g ru

ral c

hara

cter

and

atm

osph

ere

mus

t be

mai

ntai

ned.

How

ever

, due

to it

s lo

catio

n on

the

north

-wes

tern

edg

e of

the

Syd

ney

met

ropo

litan

re

gion

, the

LG

A h

as lo

ng fa

ced

a ra

nge

of d

evel

opm

ent p

ress

ures

. In

the

late

197

0’s

and

the

early

199

0’s

ther

e w

as s

igni

fican

t urb

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ithin

the

LGA

spu

rred

by s

trong

pop

ulat

ion

grow

th. T

here

has

als

o be

en o

ngoi

ng p

ress

ure

of s

praw

ling

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t, w

ith th

e ex

pans

ion

of th

e S

ydne

y M

etro

polit

an A

rea

just

to th

e so

uth

of th

e LG

A a

nd m

ore

rece

ntly

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

Nor

th W

est G

row

th

Cen

tre th

at in

clud

es th

e ea

ster

n re

ache

s of

the

LGA

.

2.3_

Futu

re D

wel

ling

Targ

et

The

Sydn

ey M

etro

polit

an S

trate

gy (2

005)

est

imat

es th

at S

ydne

y’s

popu

latio

n w

ill

grow

by

arou

nd 1

.1 m

illio

n pe

ople

by

2031

. Th

e M

etro

polit

an S

trate

gy e

stim

ates

that

S

ydne

y w

ill n

eed

an a

dditi

onal

640

,000

new

dw

ellin

gs b

y 20

31 to

take

into

acc

ount

fa

ctor

s su

ch a

s an

age

ing

popu

latio

n an

d de

crea

se in

hou

seho

ld s

izes

. Th

e M

etro

polit

an S

trate

gy s

eeks

to p

rovi

de b

etw

een

30-4

0% o

f new

hou

sing

in n

ew la

nd

rele

ase

area

s an

d 60

-70%

in e

xist

ing

esta

blis

hed

area

s, c

lose

to tr

ansp

ort a

nd

serv

ices

.

Impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

Stra

tegy

has

bee

n th

roug

h a

serie

s of

su

b-re

gion

al p

lans

des

igne

d to

gui

de lo

cal l

and-

use

plan

ning

thro

ugh

to 2

031.

H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

incl

uded

in th

e N

orth

-Wes

t Sub

regi

on, w

hich

als

o in

clud

es T

he

Hills

, Bla

ckto

wn,

Blu

e M

ount

ains

and

Pen

rith.

The

Nor

th W

est S

ubre

gion

cov

ers

the

larg

est l

and

area

, 5,2

40 s

quar

e ki

lom

etre

s, o

f al

l the

regi

ons

with

in th

e S

ydne

y m

etro

polit

an a

rea,

acc

omm

odat

ing

a po

pula

tion

of

over

760

,000

peo

ple.

The

Dra

ft N

orth

Wes

t Sub

regi

onal

Stra

tegy

200

7 ha

s es

tabl

ishe

d dw

ellin

g ta

rget

s fo

r eac

h of

the

LGA

s to

ass

ist w

ith a

chie

ving

the

addi

tiona

l 140

,000

dw

ellin

gs re

quire

d in

the

regi

on to

mee

t dem

and

thro

ugh

to 2

031.

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

has

a dw

ellin

g ta

rget

of 5

,000

add

ition

al d

wel

lings

.

The

purp

ose

of th

is R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

is to

iden

tify

popu

latio

n tre

nds

and

proj

ectio

ns in

line

with

sub

regi

onal

targ

ets

and

to id

entif

y ap

prop

riate

mea

ns to

ac

com

mod

ate

futu

re d

wel

ling

need

s. T

his

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy w

ill re

view

the

dwel

ling

targ

et a

nd e

stab

lish

a fra

mew

ork

to e

nsur

e th

at th

ese

addi

tiona

l dw

ellin

gs

are

supp

orte

d by

the

requ

ired

serv

ices

, fac

ilitie

s an

d in

frast

ruct

ure.

2.4_

Res

tric

ted

Dev

elop

men

t Cap

acity

Prev

ious

pla

nnin

g st

rate

gies

by

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil

have

inve

stig

ated

op

portu

nitie

s to

acc

omm

odat

e ad

ditio

nal r

esid

entia

l dev

elop

men

t with

in th

e LG

A. T

he

1997

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy (d

raft)

reco

gnis

ed th

at u

rban

gro

wth

was

sev

erel

y lim

ited

by e

lem

ents

with

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A n

atur

al e

nviro

nmen

t, su

ch a

s st

ate

and

natio

nal p

arks

, hig

h va

lue

agric

ultu

ral l

ands

, flo

odin

g is

sues

alo

ng th

e H

awke

sbur

y R

iver

and

lim

ited

deve

lopm

ent c

apac

ity w

ithin

the

exis

ting

cent

res.

The

Dra

ft 19

97

Stra

tegy

foun

d th

at th

ere

was

cap

acity

onl

y fo

r an

addi

tiona

l 550

dw

ellin

gs w

ithin

ar

eas

zone

d fo

r res

iden

tial u

ses

and

iden

tifie

d th

e ex

pans

ion

of s

ome

exis

ting

area

s to

cat

er fo

r sho

rt-te

rm a

dditi

onal

gro

wth

.

The

Dra

ft 19

97 S

trate

gy id

entif

ied

poss

ible

dev

elop

men

t are

as b

uild

ing

on th

e ex

istin

g se

ttlem

ents

. How

ever

, it h

as s

ince

bee

n re

cogn

ised

that

som

e of

thes

e ar

eas

are

not s

ervi

ced

and

are

not p

rogr

amm

ed to

be

serv

iced

, sev

erel

y lim

iting

the

supp

ly

of re

side

ntia

l lan

d w

ithin

the

LGA

. Som

e of

thes

e ar

eas

have

dev

elop

ed a

nd o

ther

s ha

ve b

een

deem

ed to

o co

nstra

ined

due

to li

mite

d in

frast

ruct

ure

and

natu

ral

cons

train

ts.

Page 9: attachment 2 to item 223 - City of Hawkesbury · 2.3_Future Dwelling Target The Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (2005) estimates that Sydney’s population will grow by around 1.1 million

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

2 | 2

Dev

elop

men

t with

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

furth

er c

onst

rain

ed b

y th

e ne

ed to

reta

in

agric

ultu

ral l

and

to m

aint

ain

a lo

ng te

rm fo

od s

uppl

y w

ithin

pro

xim

ity to

the

met

ropo

litan

regi

on. H

awke

sbur

y LG

A i

s pa

rt of

the

Syd

ney

Bas

in w

hich

is a

ferti

le

agric

ultu

ral a

rea

whi

ch p

rodu

ces

two

third

s of

NS

W’s

veg

etab

le p

rodu

ctio

n by

wei

ght

(SG

S 2

008)

. The

Bas

in is

stra

tegi

cally

sig

nific

ant i

n pr

ovid

ing

food

to th

e S

ydne

y re

gion

and

ben

efite

d by

its

prox

imity

to th

is m

arke

t, se

curin

g ar

eas

for f

ood

prod

uctio

n w

ithin

pro

xim

ity to

this

mar

ket w

ill b

ecom

e m

ore

sign

ifica

nt a

s th

e co

st o

f tra

nspo

rtatio

n in

crea

ses.

As

such

, fut

ure

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t sho

uld

be b

alan

ced

with

se

curin

g lo

ng-te

rm fo

od p

rodu

ctio

n ar

eas

with

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A an

d w

ithin

the

Syd

ney

Bas

in.

2.5_

Mee

ting

the

Nee

ds fo

r Fut

ure

Res

iden

tial D

evel

opm

ent

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

bui

lds

on th

e 19

97 D

raft

Res

iden

tial

Stra

tegy

app

roac

h an

d al

so is

gui

ded

by th

e di

rect

ion

esta

blis

hed

in th

e D

raft

Nor

th

Wes

t Reg

iona

l Stra

tegy

, and

focu

ses

on a

cen

tres

base

d ap

proa

ch:

The

dwel

ling

targ

et fo

r Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

ass

umes

that

gro

wth

will

occ

ur w

ithin

the

capa

city

of t

he e

xist

ing

LEP

; and

nor

th o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

Riv

er. T

his

wou

ld n

eed

to

be a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith e

xist

ing

loca

l cen

tres.

(p82

)

As

such

, cen

tres

and

exis

ting

urba

n ar

eas

are

the

focu

s of

inve

stig

atio

n w

hen

acco

mm

odat

ing

futu

re h

ousi

ng n

eeds

in th

is S

trate

gy. L

ocat

ing

new

gro

wth

in e

xist

ing

area

s is

a s

usta

inab

le a

ppro

ach

to m

anag

e re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t and

can

ass

ist i

n cr

eatin

g su

stai

nabl

e co

mm

uniti

es.

In e

nsur

ing

that

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent w

ithin

the

LGA

is s

usta

inab

le a

nd m

eets

the

dire

ctio

ns o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

Com

mun

ity S

trate

gic

Pla

n 20

10-2

030,

the

follo

win

g be

st

prac

tice

exam

ples

hav

e be

en c

onsi

dere

d.

2.6_

Sust

aina

ble

Com

mun

ities

The

NS

W D

epar

tmen

t of L

ocal

Gov

ernm

ent (

2006

) has

iden

tifie

d th

e co

re

com

pone

nts

of a

sus

tain

able

com

mun

ity to

incl

ude:

_S

ocia

l coh

esio

n: a

soc

ially

mix

ed c

omm

unity

whe

re n

eigh

bour

hood

s ar

e ch

arac

teris

ed b

y di

vers

ity o

f inc

ome,

age

, cul

ture

and

hou

sing

tenu

re e

tc a

nd th

ere

are

oppo

rtuni

ties

to m

ove

freel

y th

roug

h lif

e’s

cycl

e w

ithou

t the

nee

d to

relo

cate

. _F

unct

iona

l eco

nom

y: d

iver

se e

mpl

oym

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties

exis

t whi

ch u

nder

pin

a qu

ality

of l

ife m

atch

ed w

ith c

omm

unity

pro

sper

ity e

xpec

tatio

ns.

_Rob

ust e

nviro

nmen

t: ec

olog

ical

ly b

alan

ced

with

impa

cts

from

hum

an a

ctiv

ity

capa

ble

of b

eing

acc

omm

odat

ed w

ithou

t deg

rada

tion,

and

, _S

ound

infra

stru

ctur

e: fa

cilit

ies

and

serv

ices

are

mat

ched

to c

omm

unity

nee

ds.

The

key

com

pone

nts

of a

sus

tain

able

com

mun

ity w

ill b

e ad

dres

sed

thro

ugh

the

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy.

2.7_

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t

The

US

Gre

en B

uild

ing

Cou

ncil,

the

Con

gres

s fo

r New

Urb

anis

m a

nd U

S N

atio

nal

Res

ourc

es D

efen

ce C

ounc

il ha

ve d

evel

oped

Lea

ders

hip

in E

nerg

y an

d E

nviro

nmen

tal D

esig

n (L

EE

D) s

tand

ards

and

ratin

g sy

stem

s to

enc

oura

ge

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent i

n bu

ildin

gs a

nd n

eigh

bour

hood

dev

elop

men

t. Th

ese

stan

dard

s em

brac

e el

emen

ts o

f the

LE

ED

eco

nom

ic a

nd s

ocia

l ind

icat

ors,

with

the

key

indi

cato

rs u

sed

in th

e LE

ED

ratin

g sy

stem

for n

eigh

bour

hood

dev

elop

men

t in

clud

ing:

_S

mar

t loc

atio

n an

d lin

kage

whi

ch s

eeks

to e

nsur

e fu

ture

hou

sing

is d

evel

oped

in

clos

e pr

oxim

ity to

tran

spor

t and

key

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies,

whi

le b

eing

cog

nisa

nt o

f na

tura

l and

reso

urce

con

stra

ints

and

lim

itatio

ns a

nd c

onse

rvat

ion

area

s;

_Nei

ghbo

urho

od p

atte

rn a

nd d

esig

n w

hich

see

ks to

cre

ate

com

pact

invo

lved

co

mm

uniti

es w

ith a

div

ersi

ty o

f hou

sing

type

s (in

clud

ing

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng),

publ

ic

and

activ

e sp

aces

and

tran

sit f

acilit

ies

with

in w

alki

ng d

ista

nce

of a

div

ersi

ty o

f use

s.

Nei

ghbo

urho

od p

atte

rns

shou

ld e

ncou

rage

wal

kabl

e st

reet

s, u

nive

rsal

acc

essi

bilit

y an

d co

mm

unity

invo

lvem

ent,

and

_Gre

en c

onst

ruct

ion

and

tech

nolo

gy w

hich

see

ks to

cre

ate

certi

fied

gree

n bu

ildin

gs

whi

ch a

re e

ffici

ent i

n th

eir w

ater

and

ene

rgy

use,

that

reus

e an

d re

cycl

e an

d be

tter

man

age

was

te, l

ight

ing

and

heat

ing.

Page 10: attachment 2 to item 223 - City of Hawkesbury · 2.3_Future Dwelling Target The Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (2005) estimates that Sydney’s population will grow by around 1.1 million

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

2 | 3

The

LEE

D N

eigh

bour

hood

Dev

elop

men

t rat

ing

syst

em p

rovi

des

a ra

nge

of c

riter

ia fo

r de

velo

pmen

t to

mee

t to

achi

eve

sust

aina

ble

neig

hbou

rhoo

d st

atus

. The

focu

s of

this

sy

stem

and

mod

el is

to ra

te in

divi

dual

dev

elop

men

ts a

gain

st th

e cr

iteria

to g

ive

it a

star

ratin

g, a

s pe

r the

Gre

en B

uild

ing

Cou

ncil

ratin

g sy

stem

.

The

LEE

D N

eigh

bour

hood

Dev

elop

men

t rat

ing

syst

em a

nd c

riter

ia w

ill b

e in

corp

orat

ed in

to th

e R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

.

2.8_

Cor

e Ph

iloso

phy

for H

awke

sbur

y LG

A

The

core

phi

loso

phy

of th

e H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

con

side

rs th

e ab

ove

mod

els

of s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent a

nd c

omm

uniti

es a

s w

ell a

s th

e ke

y is

sues

rais

ed

in th

e C

omm

unity

Sur

vey

2007

and

200

9 an

d C

ounc

il’s

Haw

kesb

ury

Com

mun

ity

Stra

tegi

c P

lan

2010

-203

0.

The

core

phi

loso

phy

seek

s to

pro

vide

sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t with

in th

e LG

A w

hich

m

inim

ises

its

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

, pre

serv

es e

xist

ing

char

acte

r and

life

styl

e ch

oice

s, p

rom

otes

soc

ial i

nter

actio

n an

d is

eco

nom

ical

ly v

iabl

e. T

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

will

see

k to

: _M

aint

ain

the

rura

l cha

ract

er a

nd a

tmos

pher

e of

the

Haw

kesb

ury;

_A

chie

ve b

alan

ced

grow

th w

hich

pro

vide

s ad

ditio

nal h

ousi

ng w

hils

t pre

serv

ing

envi

ronm

enta

l and

agr

icul

tura

l are

as;

_Pro

vide

hou

sing

cho

ice

whi

ch m

eets

the

need

s of

a c

hang

ing

popu

latio

n;

_Max

imis

e th

e ef

fect

ive

use

of e

xist

ing

hard

and

sof

t inf

rast

ruct

ure;

_B

uild

on

exis

ting

urba

n ar

eas;

_D

evel

op s

trong

cen

tres

with

hig

h qu

ality

pub

lic d

omai

ns, i

ncre

ased

loca

l em

ploy

men

t opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d im

prov

ed s

ervi

ces;

_P

rovi

de a

cces

sibl

e he

alth

, edu

catio

n, le

gal,

recr

eatio

nal,

cultu

ral a

nd c

omm

unity

de

velo

pmen

t ser

vice

s;

_Pro

vide

regi

onal

/loca

l em

ploy

men

t opp

ortu

nitie

s to

sup

port

Syd

ney'

s ro

le in

the

glob

al e

cono

my;

_P

rovi

de a

cces

sibl

e tra

nspo

rt op

tions

for e

ffici

ent a

nd s

usta

inab

le tr

avel

bet

wee

n ho

mes

, job

s, s

ervi

ces

and

recr

eatio

n;

_Ens

ure

utili

ties,

tran

spor

t an

d co

mm

unic

atio

n ar

e pr

ovid

ed in

tim

ely

and

effic

ient

w

ay;

_Avo

id la

nd u

se c

onfli

cts,

and

risk

to h

uman

hea

lth a

nd li

fe;

_Nat

ural

reso

urce

lim

its a

re n

ot e

xcee

ded/

envi

ronm

enta

l foo

tprin

t min

imis

ed, a

nd

_Pro

tect

and

enh

ance

bio

dive

rsity

, air

qual

ity, h

erita

ge, a

nd w

ater

way

hea

lth.

2.9_

Cen

tre

Dev

elop

men

t Mod

el

To e

nsur

e fu

ture

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent m

eets

the

core

phi

loso

phy,

futu

re

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent w

ill b

e en

cour

aged

to fo

cus

on e

xist

ing

cent

res

and

in s

ome

urba

n co

rrido

rs li

nkin

g W

inds

or a

nd B

ligh

Par

k to

util

ise

exis

ting

serv

ices

and

fa

cilit

ies,

acc

ess

exis

ting

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort,

utili

ses

exis

ting

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d m

inim

ises

dem

and

for n

ew in

frast

ruct

ure.

Thi

s ap

proa

ch im

porta

ntly

min

imis

es th

e sp

raw

l of u

rban

dev

elop

men

t on

to s

ensi

tive

envi

ronm

enta

l or a

gric

ultu

ral a

reas

.

This

app

roac

h bu

ilds

on th

e di

rect

ion

set b

y th

e S

ydne

y M

etro

polit

an S

trate

gy (2

005)

to

loca

te 6

0-70

% o

f fut

ure

hous

ing

with

in th

e ex

istin

g ur

ban

area

s. C

entre

s ar

e th

e pr

iorit

y lo

catio

n fo

r suc

h gr

owth

as

they

are

ben

efite

d by

exi

stin

g re

tail,

com

mer

cial

, co

mm

unity

and

tran

spor

t inf

rast

ruct

ure

serv

ices

. It w

ill a

lso

inte

nsify

the

deve

lopm

ent

crite

ria e

stab

lishe

d in

the

1997

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy (d

raft)

.

In li

ne w

ith th

e D

raft

Nor

th W

est S

ubre

gion

al S

trate

gy 2

007,

the

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

iden

tifie

s a

num

ber o

f stra

tegi

c ce

ntre

s w

ithin

the

LGA

to

be th

e fo

cus

of fu

ture

resi

dent

ial a

ctiv

ity a

nd th

e pr

iorit

y lo

catio

ns fo

r com

mun

ity

serv

ices

, ret

ail a

nd c

omm

erci

al s

ervi

ces,

em

ploy

men

t and

tran

spor

t nod

es.

For e

ach

cent

re ty

pe, t

he h

iera

rchy

cle

arly

nom

inat

es th

e ch

arac

ter a

nd le

vel o

f se

rvic

e pr

ovis

ion

in te

rms

of n

umbe

rs o

f dw

ellin

gs, t

ypes

of r

etai

l and

em

ploy

men

t, in

frast

ruct

ure

requ

irem

ents

, pub

lic tr

ansp

ort p

rovi

sion

and

leve

l of c

omm

unity

ser

vice

as

sho

wn

in F

igur

e 2.

1.

This

hie

rarc

hy p

rovi

des

a ch

eckl

ist a

nd in

dica

tors

to e

nsur

e ea

ch c

entre

pro

vide

s th

e re

quire

d le

vel o

f ser

vice

s in

line

with

the

need

s of

the

indi

vidu

al c

entre

.

2.10

_Str

ateg

y fo

r Rur

al V

illag

e D

evel

opm

ent

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial D

evel

opm

ent M

odel

focu

ses

on fu

ture

resi

dent

ial

deve

lopm

ent i

n ur

ban

area

s an

d ke

y ce

ntre

s. H

owev

er, t

he im

porta

nce

of m

aint

aini

ng

the

viab

ility

of e

xist

ing

rura

l vill

ages

is re

cogn

ised

. As

such

, the

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy h

as d

evel

oped

a s

trate

gy fo

r rur

al re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t.

Futu

re d

evel

opm

ent i

n ru

ral v

illag

es s

houl

d be

of l

ow d

ensi

ty a

nd la

rge

lot d

wel

lings

, w

hich

focu

s on

pro

xim

ity to

cen

tres

and

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s. R

ural

vill

age

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3.1_

Cur

rent

Pop

ulat

ion

Prof

ile

A re

view

of c

urre

nt a

nd p

roje

cted

pop

ulat

ion

char

acte

ristic

s an

d tre

nds

info

rms

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy a

nd p

aint

s a

pict

ure

of w

ho w

e ar

e pl

anni

ng fo

r.

This

sec

tion

revi

ews

the

mos

t cur

rent

pop

ulat

ion

and

dem

ogra

phic

s da

ta fo

r H

awke

sbur

y LG

A to

dev

elop

a d

etai

led

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

curre

nt p

opul

atio

n an

d re

cent

dem

ogra

phic

tren

ds.

Info

rmat

ion

is fr

om th

e 19

96, 2

001

and

2006

Enu

mer

ated

Cen

sus

of P

opul

atio

n an

d H

ousi

ng p

rodu

ced

by th

e A

ustra

lian

Bur

eau

of S

tatis

tics

as w

ell a

s th

e H

awke

sbur

y C

ity C

ounc

il C

omm

unity

ID (I

D P

rofil

e). C

ompa

rison

s ar

e m

ade

betw

een

Wes

tern

S

ydne

y R

egio

nal O

rgan

isat

ion

of C

ounc

il (W

SR

OC

) and

the

Syd

ney

Sta

tistic

al

Div

isio

n (S

D).

3.1.

1_Po

pula

tion

Gro

wth

H

awke

sbur

y LG

A ex

perie

nced

sig

nific

ant d

evel

opm

ent d

urin

g th

e po

st-w

ar p

erio

d an

d al

so d

urin

g th

e 19

70s

and

1980

s. B

etw

een

1976

and

198

1 th

e po

pula

tion

incr

ease

d by

alm

ost 1

0,00

0 pe

ople

.

The

popu

latio

n co

ntin

ued

to in

crea

se d

urin

g th

e 19

90s,

bec

omin

g st

able

in th

e la

te

1990

s at

app

roxi

mat

ely

60,0

00 p

eopl

e. B

etw

een

2001

and

200

6 H

awke

sbur

y LG

A ex

perie

nced

a n

egat

ive

grow

th ra

te w

ith a

dec

line

of 1

52 p

eopl

e (re

fer T

able

3.1

). W

hils

t the

pop

ulat

ion

grow

th ra

te h

as d

eclin

ed, t

he ra

te o

f hou

seho

ld fo

rmat

ion

and

ther

efor

e de

man

d fo

r hou

sing

has

rem

aine

d hi

gh th

roug

hout

the

past

dec

ade.

The

po

pula

tion

of H

awke

sbur

y LG

A in

200

6 w

as 6

0,92

1 pe

rson

s.

3.1.

2_A

ge S

truc

ture

H

awke

sbur

y LG

A ac

com

mod

ates

an

incr

easi

ngly

age

ing

popu

latio

n w

ith in

crea

ses

in

the

prop

ortio

n of

peo

ple

aged

50

and

over

from

199

6 (1

9%) t

o 20

06 (2

6%).

Ther

e ha

ve a

lso

been

loss

es in

you

nger

age

gro

ups

such

as

thos

e ag

ed 0

-11

(21%

in 1

996

dow

n to

18%

in 2

006)

and

als

o th

ose

aged

25-

34 (1

7% in

199

6 do

wn

to 1

3% in

20

06).

Tabl

e 3.

1 A

ge S

truct

ure

of H

awke

sbur

y LG

A 1

996-

2006

1996

20

06

Cha

nge

Num

ber

%

Num

ber

%

0-

11

12,0

33

21

10,9

44

18

-1,0

89

12-2

4 11

,259

20

12

,252

20

99

3 25

- 34

9,62

4 17

7,

644

13

-1,9

80

35-4

9 13

,418

23

14

,021

23

60

3 50

+ 10

,780

19

15

,865

26

5,

085

Sou

rce:

Haw

kesb

ury

Com

mun

ity ID

(ID

Pro

file)

Acc

esse

d 28

/05/

09

3.1.

3_H

ouse

hold

Inco

me

Hou

seho

ld in

com

e is

ana

lyse

d th

roug

h qu

artil

es to

rem

ove

the

impa

ct o

f wag

e le

vel

fluct

uatio

ns a

nd in

flatio

n ch

ange

s ov

er ti

me.

The

qua

rtile

s ar

e ca

lcul

ated

on

the

dist

ribut

ion

of h

ouse

hold

inco

mes

in th

e S

ydne

y S

D.

Base

d on

a c

ompa

rison

to th

e S

ydne

y SD

inco

me

quar

tiles

, inc

omes

in H

awke

sbur

y ar

e ge

nera

lly in

the

‘med

ium

low

est’

and

‘med

ium

hig

hest

’ inc

ome

grou

ps. T

his

trend

w

as c

onsi

sten

t bet

wee

n 19

96 a

nd 2

006.

3.1.

4_SE

IFA

Inde

x Th

e SE

IFA

inde

x of

Dis

adva

ntag

e 20

06, i

s an

inde

x ba

sed

on v

alue

s su

ch a

s lo

w

inco

me,

low

edu

catio

nal a

ttain

men

t, hi

gh u

nem

ploy

men

t, jo

bs in

rela

tivel

y un

skill

ed

occu

patio

ns a

nd v

aria

bles

that

refle

ct d

isad

vant

age

rath

er th

an m

easu

re s

peci

fic

aspe

cts

of d

isad

vant

age

(e.g

. Ind

igen

ous

and

sepa

rate

d/di

vorc

ed).

Bas

ed o

n Lo

cal

Gov

ernm

ent A

reas

in th

e S

ydne

y S

D, H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

22nd

with

a S

EIF

A in

dex

of

1,03

3.

The

WS

RO

C re

gion

is e

leve

nth

in th

e in

dex

of L

GA

are

as. H

ighe

r val

ues

indi

cate

lo

wer

dis

adva

ntag

e in

an

area

with

resp

ect t

o th

e cr

iteria

list

ed a

bove

. Thi

s m

eans

th

at H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

con

side

rabl

y le

ss d

isad

vant

aged

than

the

WS

RO

C re

gion

.

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5_Em

ploy

men

t Cha

ract

eris

tics

Dur

ing

2006

, the

dom

inan

t ind

ustri

es in

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

wor

kfor

ce w

ere

reta

il tra

de

(14%

); m

anuf

actu

ring

(12%

), co

nstru

ctio

n (1

2%),

prop

erty

and

bus

ines

s se

rvic

es

(8%

) and

edu

catio

n (8

%).

The

high

per

cent

ages

of p

eopl

e in

edu

catio

n re

flect

the

sign

ifica

nt n

umbe

rs o

f sc

hool

s in

the

LGA

and

the

pres

ence

of t

he U

nive

rsity

of W

este

rn S

ydne

y R

ichm

ond

Cam

pus.

The

re w

ere

also

a h

igh

perc

enta

ge o

f tho

se in

Gov

ernm

ent A

dmin

istra

tion

and

Def

ence

(7%

) whi

ch c

an b

e at

tribu

ted

to th

e R

AA

F B

ase

in R

ichm

ond.

It a

lso

sugg

ests

that

peo

ple

are

wor

king

loca

lly w

ithin

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

.

3.1.

6_C

ar O

wne

rshi

p In

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

in 2

006

86.3

% o

f the

hou

seho

lds

owne

d at

leas

t one

car

co

mpa

red

with

81.

5% in

the

WS

RO

C R

egio

n. P

erce

ntag

e of

peo

ple

with

no

cars

in

Haw

kesb

ury

(5.6

%) w

as a

lso

cons

ider

ably

low

er th

an th

at in

the

WS

RO

C re

gion

(1

1%)

The

larg

est c

hang

es in

the

hous

ehol

d ca

r ow

ners

hip

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A b

etw

een

1996

and

200

6 w

ere

an in

crea

se in

ow

ners

of 3

veh

icle

s or

mor

e (1

5.7%

com

pare

d to

21

.6%

).

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y Th

e fo

llow

ing

sum

mar

ises

the

key

impl

icat

ions

aris

ing

from

the

revi

ew o

f Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

’s e

xist

ing

popu

latio

n pr

ofile

and

rece

nt tr

ends

. _T

he p

opul

atio

n of

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is g

ener

ally

sta

ble

with

a m

inor

loss

of 1

52

peop

le b

etw

een

2001

and

200

6. H

owev

er, t

here

has

bee

n si

gnifi

cant

cha

nges

to

the

age

stru

ctur

e, w

ith a

n ad

ditio

nal 5

,000

peo

ple

now

age

d 50

com

pare

d to

200

1.

This

may

gen

erat

e su

bsta

ntia

l add

ition

al d

eman

d fo

r ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

for

olde

r peo

ple

as w

ell a

s in

fluen

cing

hou

sing

type

s.

_The

re h

as b

een

som

e lo

ss in

pop

ulat

ion

of th

ose

in th

e yo

unge

r age

gro

ups

(0-

34ye

ars)

whi

ch a

gain

may

hav

e im

pact

s on

hou

sing

, fac

ilitie

s an

d se

rvic

es fo

r th

ese

grou

ps.

_The

hou

seho

ld in

com

e qu

artil

es in

dica

tes

incr

ease

d re

lativ

e in

com

e-ea

rnin

g ca

pabi

litie

s ac

ross

tim

e as

ther

e ar

e m

ore

peop

le o

ccup

ying

the

high

er in

com

e gr

oups

. Thi

s w

ealth

is re

flect

ed in

the

SE

IFA

inde

x w

here

Haw

kesb

ury

is 2

2nd

with

10

33, s

light

ly le

ss d

isad

vant

aged

than

Syd

ney.

It i

ndic

ates

that

the

area

has

few

fa

milie

s of

low

inco

me

and

few

peo

ple

with

littl

e tra

inin

g an

d in

uns

kille

d oc

cupa

tions

._C

ar d

epen

denc

y is

hig

h in

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

with

86.

3% o

f the

hou

seho

lds

owni

ng

at le

ast o

ne c

ar.

_Mai

ntai

n an

d bu

ild o

n lo

cal e

mpl

oym

ent t

hat m

eets

resi

dent

ski

ll se

ts.

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Cur

rent

Hou

sing

Pro

file

Th

e fo

llow

ing

outli

nes

the

curr

ent h

ousi

ng p

rofil

e of

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

taki

ng in

to

acco

unt t

he ty

pes

of h

ouse

hold

s, ty

pes

of d

wel

lings

and

als

o th

e im

pact

of h

ousi

ng

affo

rdab

ility

on th

e LG

A.

3.2.

1_H

ouse

hold

Str

uctu

re

The

mos

t sig

nific

ant t

rend

in h

ouse

hold

gro

ups

betw

een

1996

and

200

6 ha

s be

en th

e pr

opor

tiona

l dec

reas

e of

‘cou

ple

with

chi

ldre

n’ h

ouse

hold

gro

up. A

s sh

own

in T

able

3.

2, th

is g

roup

repr

esen

ted

45%

of h

ouse

hold

gro

ups

in 1

996

and

drop

ped

to 3

9% b

y 20

06, i

n to

tal t

here

was

a lo

ss o

f 331

‘cou

ple

with

chi

ldre

n’ h

ouse

hold

s in

this

per

iod.

Mos

t oth

er h

ousi

ng g

roup

s ha

ve h

ad s

mal

l gai

ns d

urin

g th

is p

erio

d, th

e m

ost n

otab

le

bein

g th

e ad

ditio

nal 8

07 ‘l

one

pers

on’ h

ouse

hold

s an

d 66

7 ad

ditio

nal ‘

coup

le w

ith n

o ch

ildre

n’ h

ouse

hold

s.

Tabl

e 3.

2: H

ouse

hold

Typ

es o

f Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

199

6-20

06

Hou

seho

ld T

ype

1996

(No.

) 19

96(%

) 20

06 (N

o.)

2006

(%)

Cou

ples

with

chi

ldre

n 8,

531

45%

8,

200

39%

Cou

ple

no c

hild

ren

4,43

1 23

%

5,09

8 24

%

One

par

ent f

amily

2,

112

11%

2,

512

12%

Oth

er h

ouse

hold

s 49

3 3%

67

0 5%

Gro

up h

ouse

hold

s 59

0 3%

51

5 2%

Lone

per

son

3,09

4 16

%

3,90

1 17

%

Tota

l Hou

seho

lds

19,2

51

100%

21

,262

10

0%

Sou

rce:

Haw

kesb

ury

Com

mun

ity ID

(ID

Pro

file)

Acc

esse

d 28

/05/

09

3.2.

2_D

wel

ling

Type

s H

awke

sbur

y LG

A a

ccom

mod

ated

21,

142

dwel

lings

in 2

006.

At t

his

time,

the

maj

ority

of

hou

seho

lds

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A oc

cupi

ed a

sep

arat

e ho

use

(85.

5%),

whi

le lo

wer

pr

opor

tions

occ

upie

d m

ediu

m d

ensi

ty d

wel

lings

(11.

9%) a

nd h

igh

dens

ity d

wel

lings

(0

.2%

).

Betw

een

1996

and

200

6, th

ere

wer

e 2,

147

addi

tiona

l dw

ellin

gs w

ithin

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

. The

larg

est c

hang

es in

the

type

of d

wel

lings

occ

upie

d by

hou

seho

lds

in

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

betw

een

1996

and

200

6 w

ere

for t

hose

occ

upyi

ng m

ediu

m d

ensi

ty

hous

ing

(+52

3), s

epar

ate

hous

e (+

1874

dw

ellin

gs) a

nd o

ther

(+24

7 dw

ellin

gs).

Tabl

e 3.

3: H

awke

sbur

y LG

A O

ccup

ied

Dw

ellin

g Ty

pes

1996

and

200

6

Dw

ellin

g Ty

pe

1996

(No.

)19

96 (%

) 20

06 (N

o.)

2006

(%)

Det

ache

d dw

ellin

gs

16,2

46

85.5

%

18,1

20

85.7

%

Villa

s, to

wn

hous

es, s

emi-d

etac

hed

1,99

0 10

.5%

2,

513

11.9

%

Flat

s, h

ome

units

, apa

rtmen

ts

44

0.2%

40

0.

2%

Oth

er d

wel

lings

71

5 3.

8%

468

2.2%

Tota

l Dw

ellin

gs

18,9

95

100%

21

,142

10

0%

Sou

rce:

Haw

kesb

ury

Com

mun

ity ID

(ID

Pro

file)

Acc

esse

d 28

/05/

09

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Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

3 | 4

3.2.

3_H

ousi

ng a

fford

abili

ty

Hou

sing

affo

rdab

ility

refe

rs to

the

abili

ty o

f ind

ivid

ual h

ouse

hold

s to

sec

ure

hous

ing

whi

ch is

app

ropr

iate

to th

eir n

eeds

and

inco

me.

Onc

e ho

usin

g co

sts

exce

ed th

e ho

useh

old’

s m

eans

to p

ay, h

ousi

ng s

tress

is e

xper

ienc

ed b

y th

at h

ouse

hold

. H

ouse

hold

s pa

ying

mor

e th

an 3

0% o

f the

hou

seho

ld in

com

e on

hou

sing

cos

ts a

re

gene

rally

con

side

red

to b

e in

hou

sing

stre

ss.

Mea

sure

men

ts o

f hou

sing

affo

rdab

ility

are

gen

eral

ly re

stric

ted

to lo

wer

inco

me

grou

ps, a

s th

ose

with

hig

her i

ncom

es a

re g

ener

ally

vie

wed

to h

ave

som

e de

gree

of

choi

ce in

the

loca

tion,

type

and

cos

t of t

heir

hous

ing.

The

NS

W C

entre

of A

fford

able

H

ousi

ng h

ave

num

eric

ally

def

ined

thes

e ve

ry lo

w to

mod

erat

e in

com

es, w

hich

are

in

com

es u

p to

120

% o

f the

med

ian

hous

ehol

d in

com

e m

ay e

xper

ienc

e ho

usin

g af

ford

abilit

y is

sues

dep

endi

ng o

n th

eir c

ircum

stan

ces

(Cen

tre fo

r Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ng

2008

). Th

e S

trate

gy a

dopt

s th

ese

mea

sure

men

ts.

Two

indi

cato

rs h

ave

been

use

d to

det

erm

ine

the

affo

rdab

ility

of h

ousi

ng w

ithin

H

awke

sbur

y LG

A an

d to

det

erm

ine

how

man

y ho

useh

olds

are

impa

cted

by

affo

rdab

ility

issu

es:

_Sto

ck o

f affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng, a

nd

_Hou

sing

Stre

ss fo

r bot

h m

ortg

age

and

rent

al m

arke

ts.

Eac

h of

thes

e in

dica

tors

hav

e be

en u

sed

to a

naly

se h

ouse

hold

s m

ost v

ulne

rabl

e to

ho

usin

g af

ford

abili

ty, b

eing

ver

y lo

w, l

ow a

nd m

oder

ate

inco

me

hous

ehol

ds. T

he

follo

win

g ou

tline

s th

e di

strib

utio

n of

thes

e in

com

e gr

oups

, bas

ed o

n th

e S

ydne

y S

D

med

ian

hous

ehol

d in

com

e of

$1,

154

per w

eek

(200

6 A

BS

Cen

sus)

: _V

ery

low

hou

seho

ld in

com

e (0

-50%

of m

edia

n) a

t $0-

$577

per

wee

k.

_Low

hou

seho

ld in

com

e (5

0-80

% o

f med

ian)

at $

578-

$923

per

wee

k.

_Mod

erat

e ho

useh

old

inco

me

(80-

120%

of m

edia

n) a

t $92

4-$1

,384

per

wee

k.

Stoc

k of

Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ng

The

NS

W C

entre

for A

fford

able

Hou

sing

pro

vide

s da

ta id

entif

ying

the

prop

ortio

n of

re

ntal

and

pur

chas

e ho

usin

g st

ock

that

is c

onsi

dere

d af

ford

able

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A w

ith c

ompa

rison

s ag

ains

t Syd

ney

SD

and

Out

er W

este

rn S

ydne

y S

SD

.

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

Ren

tal H

ousi

ng M

arke

t Th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A re

ntal

mar

ket i

s m

ore

affo

rdab

le th

an th

e S

ydne

y S

D fo

r ver

y lo

w, l

ow a

nd m

oder

ate

inco

me

earn

ers

but c

ompa

rabl

e to

the

Out

er W

este

rn S

ydne

y S

SD

rent

al m

arke

t (re

fer T

able

3.4

). In

200

9, 8

2% o

f mod

erat

e in

com

e ho

useh

olds

, 40

% o

f low

inco

me

hous

ehol

ds a

nd 1

1% o

f ver

y lo

w in

com

e ho

useh

olds

cou

ld a

fford

re

ntal

pro

perti

es w

ithin

the

LGA

. The

re w

as a

slig

ht d

ecre

ase

in a

fford

abili

ty o

f ren

tal

prop

ertie

s fo

r all

inco

me

grou

ps b

etw

een

2007

and

200

9.

Tabl

e 3.

4 P

ropo

rtion

of r

enta

l hou

sing

sto

ck th

at is

affo

rdab

le

% o

f A

fford

able

R

enta

l St

ock

Very

Lo

w

Inco

me

2007

Very

Lo

w

Inco

me

2009

Low

In

com

e 20

07

Low

In

com

e 20

09

Mod

erat

e In

com

e 20

07

Mod

erat

e In

com

e 20

09

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

16

%

11%

65

%

40%

91

%

82%

O

uter

Wes

tern

Syd

ney

SS

D

22%

12

%

69%

46

%

88%

86

%

Syd

ney

SD

11

%

5%

35%

19

%

69%

56

%

Sou

rce:

Cen

tre fo

r Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ng, 2

009,

Acc

esse

d 15

/09/

2009

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

Pur

chas

e H

ousi

ng M

arke

t P

urch

ase

hous

ing

stoc

k in

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is m

ore

affo

rdab

le th

an th

at o

f the

S

ydne

y S

D b

ut le

ss a

fford

able

than

pur

chas

e st

ock

in th

e O

uter

Wes

tern

Syd

ney

SS

D. I

n 20

09, 5

7% o

f mod

erat

e in

com

e ho

useh

olds

, 7%

of l

ow in

com

e ho

useh

olds

an

d 1%

of v

ery

low

inco

me

hous

ehol

ds c

ould

affo

rd p

urch

ase

prop

ertie

s w

ithin

the

LGA.

Bet

wee

n 20

07 a

nd 2

009

the

affo

rdab

ility

of p

urch

ase

hous

ing

stoc

k in

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

incr

ease

d, m

eani

ng m

ore

hous

ehol

ds h

ad th

e ab

ility

to e

nter

the

purc

hase

hou

sing

mar

ket.

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kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

3 | 5

Tabl

e 3.

5: P

ropo

rtion

of p

urch

ase

hous

ing

stoc

k th

at is

affo

rdab

le

% o

f A

fford

able

R

enta

l St

ock

Very

Lo

w

Inco

me

2007

Very

Lo

w

Inco

me

2009

Low

In

com

e 20

07

Low

In

com

e 20

09

Mod

erat

e In

com

e 20

07

Mod

erat

e In

com

e 20

09

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

0%

1%

2%

7%

12

%

57%

O

uter

Wes

tern

Syd

ney

SS

D

0%

1%

3%

11%

24

%

70%

S

ydne

y S

D

0%

0%

2%

7%

13%

38

%

Sou

rce:

Cen

tre fo

r Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ng, 2

009,

Acc

esse

d 15

/09/

2009

Hou

sing

Str

ess

Hou

seho

lds

payi

ng m

ore

than

30%

of t

heir

inco

me

on h

ousi

ng c

osts

(eith

er re

ntal

or

mor

tgag

e) a

re c

onsi

dere

d to

be

in h

ousi

ng s

tress

. The

follo

win

g id

entif

ies

the

num

ber

of h

ouse

hold

s w

ithin

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

faci

ng h

ousi

ng s

tress

, with

com

paris

ons

mad

e to

the

Out

er W

este

rn S

ydne

y S

SD

and

Syd

ney

SD

. Dat

a is

sou

rced

from

the

NS

W

Cen

tre fo

r Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ng.

In 2

009,

51%

of

very

low

, low

and

mod

erat

e ho

useh

olds

with

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A

wer

e in

hou

sing

stre

ss, t

his

mea

ns th

an 3

,531

of s

uch

hous

ehol

ds w

ere

payi

ng m

ore

than

30%

of t

heir

inco

me

on re

nt o

r mor

tgag

e re

paym

ents

. The

pro

porti

on o

f ver

y lo

w,

low

and

mod

erat

e ho

useh

olds

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A im

pact

ed b

y ho

usin

g st

ress

is

com

para

ble

to th

at o

f the

Out

er W

este

rn S

ydne

y S

SD

(49%

) and

Syd

ney

SD

(59%

).

Tabl

e 3.

6: N

umbe

r of H

ouse

hold

s in

Ren

tal a

nd m

ortg

age

stre

ss in

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

Ren

tal

Stre

ss

Mor

tgag

e St

ress

H

ousi

ng

Stre

ss

% o

f ver

y lo

w, l

ow a

nd

mod

erat

e in

com

e in

hou

sing

st

ress

H

awke

sbur

y LG

A

1,27

1 2,

260

3,53

1 51

%

Out

erW

este

rnS

ydne

y S

SD

7,

478

10,7

28

18,2

06

49%

S

ydne

y S

D

124,

586

117,

029

241,

615

59%

S

ourc

e: C

entre

for A

fford

able

Hou

sing

, 200

9, A

cces

sed

15/0

9/20

09

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y Th

e fo

llow

ing

sum

mar

ises

the

key

impl

icat

ions

aris

ing

from

the

revi

ew o

f Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

’s e

xist

ing

hous

ing

prof

ile a

nd re

cent

tren

ds.

_Whi

le p

opul

atio

n be

twee

n 20

00-2

006

decl

ined

by

152,

ther

e w

as a

ctua

lly a

n in

crea

se in

num

ber o

f dw

ellin

gs (+

2,14

7 dw

ellin

gs) a

nd in

the

num

ber o

f ho

useh

olds

(+2,

011

hous

ehol

ds).

This

sho

ws

that

hou

seho

ld s

izes

are

dec

reas

ing

whi

ch m

ay b

e lin

ked

to a

n ag

eing

pop

ulat

ion

or c

hang

e in

pre

fere

nces

. _H

ouse

hold

stru

ctur

e in

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

has

cha

nged

with

a d

eclin

e in

the

num

ber

of c

oupl

es w

ith c

hild

ren

and

incr

ease

in c

oupl

es w

ith n

o ch

ildre

n an

d lo

ne p

erso

n ho

useh

olds

. The

se tr

ends

are

com

mon

in a

n ag

eing

pop

ulat

ion

and

rein

forc

e th

e ne

ed to

pro

vide

a ra

nge

of d

wel

ling

type

s.

_Mos

t new

dw

ellin

gs in

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

have

bee

n de

tach

ed d

wel

lings

with

a

sign

ifica

nt a

mou

nt o

f med

ium

den

sity

(villa

s/to

wnh

ouse

s) a

lso

bein

g co

nstru

cted

. _H

ousi

ng in

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is s

light

ly m

ore

affo

rdab

le fo

r bot

h re

nter

s an

d pu

rcha

sers

whe

n co

mpa

red

to th

e S

ydne

y S

D. H

owev

er, h

ousi

ng re

mai

ns

unaf

ford

able

for v

ery

low

, low

and

mod

erat

e in

com

es w

ith 5

1% o

f the

se g

roup

s be

ing

impa

cted

by

hous

ing

stre

ss.

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kesb

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Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

3 | 6

3.3_

Popu

latio

n Pr

ojec

tions

to 2

031

An

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

futu

re p

opul

atio

n pr

ojec

tions

is c

entra

l to

enab

ling

the

appr

opria

te a

nd ti

mel

y pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

hou

sing

type

s. A

revi

ew o

f the

futu

re

grow

th s

cena

rios

of H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

bas

ed o

n po

pula

tion

proj

ectio

ns to

203

1 in

clud

ed in

the

Dra

ft H

awke

sbur

y Fu

ture

s: In

frast

ruct

ure

Req

uire

men

ts 2

006-

2036

(upd

ated

to in

clud

e 20

06 c

ensu

s da

ta) a

nd C

ensu

s A

pplic

atio

ns, 2

009

data

.

Acc

ordi

ng to

the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

Stra

tegy

(200

5), S

ydne

y w

ill re

quire

alm

ost

640,

000

addi

tiona

l dw

ellin

gs o

ver t

he n

ext 2

5 ye

ars

just

to c

ater

for t

he h

ousi

ng

dem

ands

of t

he e

xist

ing

popu

latio

n an

d ta

king

into

acc

ount

fact

ors

such

as

an a

gein

g po

pula

tion

and

shrin

king

hou

seho

ld s

izes

. With

in th

e N

orth

Wes

t Sub

regi

on, w

hich

in

clud

es B

aulk

ham

Hill

s, B

lack

tow

n, B

lue

Mou

ntai

ns, a

nd P

enrit

h LG

As,

it is

en

visa

ged

that

ther

e w

ill b

e a

need

for a

n ad

ditio

nal 1

40,0

00 n

ew d

wel

lings

. Of t

his,

H

awke

sbur

y LG

A w

ill p

rovi

de a

n ad

ditio

nal 5

,000

dw

ellin

gs b

y 20

30.

3.3.

1_Po

pula

tion

Tren

ds to

203

1 Th

e po

pula

tion

of H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

ant

icip

ated

to in

crea

se fr

om 6

0,92

1 pe

ople

in

2006

to 6

9,89

8 by

203

1. T

his

is a

n in

crea

se o

f 9,0

13 p

eopl

e ov

er a

thirt

y ye

ar p

erio

d,

or a

dditi

onal

300

peo

ple

per y

ear.

3.3.

2_Po

pula

tion

Proj

ectio

ns b

y A

ge

The

age

stru

ctur

e of

the

popu

latio

n is

ant

icip

ated

to c

hang

e in

the

follo

win

g w

ays:

_T

he 0

-24

age

grou

p w

ill b

e re

lativ

ely

stab

le w

ith a

tota

l gai

n of

497

peo

ple,

but

sm

all l

osse

s in

the

10-2

4 ag

e gr

oups

_T

here

will

als

o be

min

imal

gro

wth

in th

e 24

-59

age

grou

p w

ith a

n ad

ditio

nal 1

198.

Th

e 24

-35

age

grou

p w

ill b

e th

e ba

sis

of th

e m

ajor

ity o

f thi

s gr

owth

. _S

igni

fican

t inc

reas

es in

thos

e ag

ed 6

0+. T

his

grou

p is

exp

ecte

d to

incr

ease

by

6,71

3 pe

ople

by

2031

. Thi

s w

ill h

ave

sign

ifica

nt im

pact

on

hous

ing

need

s, s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s w

ithin

the

LGA

.

Thes

e ch

ange

s ar

e ill

ustra

ted

in F

igur

e 3.

1 be

low

.

Figu

re 3

.1 A

ge S

truct

ure

Cha

nge,

201

1-20

31

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

0�to�4

5�to�9

10�to

�14

15�to

�19

20�to

�24

25�to

�34

35�to

�49

50�to

�59

60�to

�69

70�to

�74

75+

2011

2031

Sou

rce:

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sus

App

licat

ions

200

9

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3.3.

3_H

ouse

hold

Typ

e Es

timat

es

The

Dra

ft H

awke

sbur

y Fu

ture

s: In

frast

ruct

ure

Req

uire

men

ts 2

006-

2036

(upd

ated

to

incl

ude

2006

cen

sus

data

) inc

lude

s es

timat

es o

n th

e ty

pes

of h

ouse

hold

s in

H

awke

sbur

y up

to 2

030.

Thi

s da

ta is

impo

rtant

for e

stim

atin

g ch

ange

s in

dw

ellin

g de

man

d an

d w

ill h

elp

unde

rsta

nd fu

ture

hou

sing

mix

.

Tabl

e 3.

7: H

awke

sbur

y LG

A H

ouse

hold

Typ

es 2

006

and

2031

Hou

seho

ld T

ype

2006

20

31

Cou

ples

with

chi

ldre

n 38

%

28%

Cou

ple

no c

hild

ren

27%

35

%

One

par

ent f

amily

12

%

11%

Oth

er h

ouse

hold

s 2%

3%

Gro

up h

ouse

hold

s 2%

2%

Lone

per

son

18%

22

%

Tota

l Hou

seho

lds

100%

10

0%

Sou

rce:

Cen

sus

App

licat

ions

(Haw

kesb

ury

Futu

res:

Infra

stru

ctur

e R

equi

rem

ents

200

6-20

31)

* V

aria

tions

in h

ouse

hold

type

s ar

e a

resu

lt of

upd

ated

cen

sus

data

for p

roje

ctio

ns.

Tabl

e 3.

7 sh

ows

that

ther

e w

ill b

e si

gnifi

cant

rest

ruct

urin

g in

hou

seho

ld ty

pes

with

in

the

LGA

, with

a p

ropo

rtion

al d

eclin

e in

‘cou

ple

with

chi

ldre

n’ h

ouse

hold

s (-1

0%) a

nd

incr

ease

s in

the

smal

ler h

ouse

hold

type

s, p

artic

ular

ly ‘c

oupl

e w

ith n

o ch

ildre

n’ (+

8%)

and

‘lone

per

son’

hou

seho

lds

(+4%

). S

imila

r tre

nds

have

bee

n ob

serv

ed a

cros

s th

e S

ydne

y m

etro

polit

an re

gion

and

hav

e be

en li

nked

to a

n ag

eing

pop

ulat

ion

and

a de

clin

e in

ave

rage

hou

seho

ld s

ize.

Thes

e tre

nds

have

sig

nific

ant i

mpl

icat

ions

on

futu

re h

ousi

ng re

quire

men

ts. A

dec

line

in th

e nu

mbe

r of l

arge

r hou

seho

ld ty

pes

(ie ‘c

oupl

es w

ith c

hild

ren’

hou

seho

lds)

may

re

duce

dem

and

for m

ore

tradi

tiona

l low

den

sity

fam

ily h

omes

. Whe

reas

the

incr

ease

d nu

mbe

r of s

mal

ler h

ouse

hold

type

s (ie

‘cou

ple

with

no

child

ren’

and

‘lon

e pe

rson

’ ho

useh

olds

) may

incr

ease

dem

and

for s

mal

ler d

wel

ling

type

s.

3.3.

4_D

wel

ling

Type

Est

imat

es

Dw

ellin

g ty

pes

have

bee

n an

alys

ed to

und

erst

and

the

dem

and

for d

iffer

ent d

wel

ling

type

s be

twee

n 20

06 a

nd 2

031.

Tabl

e 3.

8: H

awke

sbur

y LG

A D

wel

ling

Type

s 20

06 &

203

1

Dw

ellin

g Ty

pe

2006

(No.

)20

06 (%

) 20

31 (N

o.)

2031

(%)

Det

ache

d dw

ellin

gs

17,8

53

84%

18

,633

69

%

Villa

s, to

wn

hous

es, s

emi-d

etac

hed

2,24

8 11

%

7,48

5 28

%

Flat

s, h

ome

units

, apa

rtmen

ts

911

4%

940

3%

Oth

er d

wel

lings

17

0 1%

55

0%

Tota

l Dw

ellin

gs

21,1

81

100%

27

,113

10

0%

Sou

rce:

Cen

sus

App

licat

ions

(Haw

kesb

ury

Futu

res:

Infra

stru

ctur

e R

equi

rem

ents

200

6-20

31)

* V

aria

tions

in d

wel

ling

num

bers

are

a re

sult

of u

pdat

ed c

ensu

s da

ta fo

r pro

ject

ions

.

As

show

n in

Tab

le 3

.8, t

he d

eman

d fo

r var

ious

dw

ellin

g ty

pes

will

cha

nge

sign

ifica

ntly

be

twee

n 20

06 a

nd 2

031.

Mos

t not

able

is th

e si

gnifi

cant

incr

ease

in d

eman

d fo

r villa

s,

tow

n ho

uses

and

sem

i det

ache

d dw

ellin

gs a

nd re

duce

d de

man

d fo

r det

ache

d dw

ellin

gs. T

hese

tren

ds a

re c

onsu

mm

ate

with

dec

line

in th

e la

rger

hou

seho

ld ty

pes

and

incr

ease

in s

mal

ler h

ouse

hold

type

s di

scus

sed

in S

ectio

n 3.

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3.3.

5_D

wel

ling

Req

uire

men

ts to

203

1 Ta

ble

3.9

iden

tifie

s th

e pr

ojec

ted

dwel

ling

mix

of t

he n

ew d

wel

lings

to 2

031.

Thi

s da

ta

was

pro

vide

d by

Cen

sus

App

licat

ions

and

has

cal

cula

ted

the

proj

ectio

ns o

f dw

ellin

g ty

pes

from

an

asse

ssm

ent o

f pas

t tre

nds

and

rece

nt d

evel

opm

ent a

ctiv

ity. T

his

anal

ysis

giv

es d

irect

ion

on th

e ty

pes

of d

wel

lings

that

sho

uld

be p

lann

ed fo

r up

to

2031

.

The

proj

ectio

ns s

how

an

estim

ated

dem

and

for a

n ad

ditio

nal 5

,932

dw

ellin

gs w

hich

is

slig

htly

hig

her t

han

the

dwel

ling

targ

et s

et in

the

Nor

th W

este

rn S

ubre

gion

al S

trate

gy.

It is

und

erst

ood

that

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pla

nnin

g ad

opte

d a

cons

erva

tive

dwel

ling

targ

et g

iven

the

high

leve

l of e

nviro

nmen

tal c

onst

rain

ts w

ithin

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

. The

R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

is d

esig

ned

to b

e su

itabl

y fle

xibl

e to

pro

vide

5,0

00-6

,000

dw

ellin

gs w

ith th

e fin

al n

umbe

r of d

wel

lings

bei

ng s

hape

d by

mar

ket d

eman

d an

d m

ore

deta

iled

envi

ronm

enta

l cap

acity

ana

lysi

s.

Of t

he a

dditi

onal

5,0

00-6

,000

dw

ellin

gs, i

t is

antic

ipat

ed th

at 8

10 w

ill b

e lo

w d

ensi

ty

dwel

lings

, 5,2

37 w

ill b

e m

ediu

m d

ensi

ty a

nd 2

9 w

ill b

e hi

gh d

ensi

ty.

Tabl

e 3.

9: H

awke

sbur

y LG

A D

wel

ling

Type

s 20

06 &

203

1

Lo

w D

ensi

ty

Med

ium

D

ensi

ty

Hig

hD

ensi

ty

Oth

er

Tota

l

2006

17

,853

2,

248

911

170

21,1

81

2031

18

,663

7,

485

940

55

27,1

13

Cha

nge

+810

+5

,237

+2

9 -1

15

+5,9

32

% o

f New

D

wel

lings

14

%

10-1

5 88

%

70-8

0 1%

1-

5 -2

%

n/a

100%

Sou

rce:

Cen

sus

App

licat

ions

(Haw

kesb

ury

Futu

res:

Infra

stru

ctur

e R

equi

rem

ents

200

6-20

31)

Low

den

sity

: det

ache

d ho

uses

M

ediu

m d

ensi

ty: v

illas

, tow

n ho

uses

, sem

i-det

ache

d H

igh

dens

ity: f

lats

, hom

e un

its, a

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3.3.

6_A

ccom

mod

atin

g Fu

ture

Nee

ds

The

dwel

ling

targ

et fo

r Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

has

bee

n re

vise

d to

5,0

00-6

,000

add

ition

al

dwel

lings

by

2031

to ta

ke in

to a

ccou

nt th

e re

vise

d 20

06 C

ensu

s po

pula

tion

estim

ates

di

scus

sed

in S

ectio

n 3.

3.4.

The

Stra

tegy

will

see

k to

ach

ieve

the

high

er d

wel

ling

estim

ate,

how

ever

, mor

e de

taile

d la

nd c

apac

ity a

naly

sis

may

revi

se th

e dw

ellin

g ta

rget

up

or d

own

depe

ndin

g on

that

ana

lysi

s.

The

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

Stra

tegy

aim

s fo

r a d

evel

opm

ent r

atio

, of i

nfill

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t to

gree

nfie

ld d

evel

opm

ent,

of 7

0:30

. Th

ere

are

som

e pa

rticu

lar

circ

umst

ance

s in

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

that

mak

e st

rict a

dher

ence

to th

is a

im d

iffic

ult,

if no

t im

poss

ible

. M

uch

of th

e ex

istin

g ur

ban

deve

lope

d ar

eas

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y ar

e cu

rrent

ly s

ever

ely

cons

train

ed b

y flo

odin

g or

airc

raft

nois

e. A

dher

ence

to th

e M

etro

polit

an S

trate

gy d

evel

opm

ent r

atio

s w

ould

resu

lt in

inap

prop

riate

den

sitie

s co

ncen

trate

d in

inap

prop

riate

loca

tions

.

In a

n at

tem

pt to

con

form

to th

e ai

ms

of th

e S

ydne

y M

etro

polit

an S

trate

gy a

nd th

e ot

her s

trate

gies

of t

he S

tate

Gov

ernm

ent,

the

deve

lopm

ent r

atio

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y LG

A w

ill a

ggre

gate

the

urba

n in

fill d

evel

opm

ent a

nd th

e ex

pans

ion

deve

lopm

ent o

f ex

istin

g ur

ban

settl

emen

ts (g

ener

ally

into

the

appr

opria

te s

urro

undi

ng g

reen

field

ar

eas)

into

one

ratio

and

the

rem

aini

ng n

on-u

rban

dev

elop

men

t bei

ng th

e re

mai

nder

. In

this

rega

rd th

e R

esid

entia

l Lan

d S

trate

gy d

istri

bute

s th

e fu

ture

dw

ellin

g ta

rget

of

6,00

0 dw

ellin

gs a

ccor

ding

ly:

_5,4

00 d

wel

lings

to b

e in

fill,

or th

e gr

eenf

ield

exp

ansi

on o

f, ex

istin

g ur

ban

and

villa

ge a

reas

; _6

00 d

wel

lings

to b

e lo

cate

d in

the

rem

aini

ng lo

calit

ies,

sub

ject

to c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith

the

with

sus

tain

abilit

y m

atrix

for n

eigh

bour

hood

cen

tres

It is

ass

umed

that

, with

the

exce

ptio

n of

repl

acem

ent o

f exi

stin

g st

ock,

ther

e w

ill b

e a

need

to p

rovi

de m

ore

dens

e de

velo

pmen

t with

in a

nd a

djac

ent t

o ex

istin

g ur

ban

area

s in

ord

er to

min

imis

e th

e ov

eral

l res

iden

tial d

evel

opm

ent f

ootp

rint g

row

th (r

educ

e sp

raw

l) to

ass

ist i

n th

e re

tent

ion

of th

e ru

ral c

hara

cter

of t

he H

awke

sbur

y. T

hese

ar

eas

will

be

the

focu

s of

futu

re m

ediu

m to

hig

h de

nsity

(sub

ject

to th

e ne

cess

ary

deta

iled

stru

ctur

e pl

anni

ng to

resp

ect h

erita

ge a

nd o

ther

cha

ract

er tr

aits

of t

he

loca

lity)

in o

rder

to m

eet t

he lo

ng te

rm d

eman

d fo

r dw

ellin

gs (r

efer

Tab

le 3

.9).

The

600

dwel

lings

iden

tifie

d fo

r the

rem

aini

ng lo

calit

ies

will

be

the

focu

s of

low

den

sity

de

velo

pmen

t and

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d lo

w d

ensi

ty a

nd ru

ral r

esid

entia

l dw

ellin

g re

quire

men

ts in

Tab

le 3

.9, s

ubje

ct to

mee

ting

the

sust

aina

bilit

y re

quire

men

ts in

C

hapt

er 6

of t

his

Stra

tegy

.

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Lot S

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3.3.

7_A

naly

sis

of E

xist

ing

Cap

acity

In

line

the

dwel

ling

mod

el d

escr

ibed

in S

ectio

n 3.

3.6,

vac

ant l

ots

with

in e

xist

ing

cent

res

shou

ld b

e a

prio

rity

loca

tion

for f

utur

e dw

ellin

gs. C

ounc

il’s d

ata

on e

xist

ing

lot

supp

ly in

dica

tes

that

as

of O

ctob

er 2

009

ther

e w

ere

appr

oxim

atel

y 16

8 va

cant

lots

w

ithin

are

as c

urre

ntly

zon

ed fo

r Hou

sing

, Rur

al H

ousi

ng a

nd M

ulti

Uni

t Hou

sing

(R

efer

Fig

ure

3.2)

. The

se lo

ts w

ill c

ontri

bute

to fu

ture

dw

ellin

g su

pply

, pot

entia

lly

prov

idin

g m

ediu

m a

nd h

igh

dens

ity d

wel

lings

.

Whe

n co

nsid

erin

g fu

ture

gre

enfie

ld d

evel

opm

ent,

it is

not

ed th

at th

e N

orth

Wes

t G

row

th C

entre

ext

ends

to w

ithin

the

sout

hern

bou

ndar

y of

the

LGA

, how

ever

the

plan

ning

and

dev

elop

men

t of t

his

area

will

be

over

seen

by

the

Gro

wth

Cen

tres

Com

mis

sion

as

part

of a

co-

ordi

nate

d pl

anni

ng a

ppro

ach

to th

e gr

owth

cen

tre. T

his

entir

e G

row

th C

entre

will

gen

erat

e ap

prox

imat

ely

60,0

00 d

wel

lings

ove

r the

nex

t 30

year

s. H

owev

er, t

he N

orth

Wes

t Sub

regi

on S

trate

gy s

tate

that

this

will

be

in a

dditi

on

to th

e in

divi

dual

dw

ellin

g ta

rget

s as

sign

ed to

eac

h LG

A.

As

such

, the

maj

ority

of a

dditi

onal

dw

ellin

gs w

ill c

ome

thro

ugh

incr

easi

ng d

ensi

ties

with

in e

xist

ing

urba

n ar

eas

and

thro

ugh

new

, but

lim

ited,

gre

enfie

ld lo

catio

ns. T

he

follo

win

g se

ctio

ns o

f the

Stra

tegy

revi

ew th

e ke

y is

sues

, opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d co

nstra

ints

to

ass

ist w

ith a

ccom

mod

atin

g 60

,000

futu

re d

wel

lings

and

ens

urin

g dw

ellin

gs h

ave

acce

ss to

a ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s.

3.3.

8_R

ole

of R

ural

Res

iden

tial D

evel

opm

ent

Rur

al re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

ts h

ave

hist

oric

ally

bee

n a

popu

lar l

ifest

yle

choi

ce w

ithin

H

awke

sbur

y LG

A. H

owev

er, r

ural

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent h

as a

num

ber o

f iss

ues

asso

ciat

ed w

ith it

incl

udin

g:

_Im

pact

s on

road

net

wor

ks;

_Ser

vici

ng a

nd in

frast

ruct

ure;

_A

cces

s to

faci

litie

s an

d se

rvic

es;

_Acc

ess

to tr

ansp

ort a

nd s

ervi

ces;

_M

aint

aini

ng th

e ru

ral l

ands

cape

; and

_I

mpa

cts

on e

xist

ing

agric

ultu

ral o

pera

tions

.

Whi

lst t

his

Stra

tegy

ack

now

ledg

es ru

ral r

esid

entia

l dw

ellin

gs a

re a

par

t of t

he

Haw

kesb

ury

resi

dent

ial f

abric

, rur

al re

side

ntia

l dw

ellin

gs w

ill p

lay

a le

sser

role

in

acco

mm

odat

ing

the

futu

re p

opul

atio

n. A

s su

ch, f

utur

e ru

ral d

evel

opm

ent s

houl

d be

lo

w d

ensi

ty a

nd la

rge

lot r

esid

entia

l dw

ellin

gs.

Futu

re ru

ral r

esid

entia

l dev

elop

men

t, th

at is

larg

e lo

t res

iden

tial d

wel

lings

, will

be

requ

ired

to:

_Be

able

to h

ave

onsi

te s

ewer

age

disp

osal

; _C

lust

er a

roun

d or

on

the

perip

hery

of v

illag

es;

_Clu

ster

aro

und

villa

ges

with

ser

vice

s th

at m

eet e

xist

ing

neig

hbou

rhoo

d cr

iteria

se

rvic

es a

s a

min

imum

(with

in a

1km

radi

us);

and

_Add

ress

env

ironm

enta

l con

stra

ints

and

hav

e m

inim

al im

pact

on

the

envi

ronm

ent.

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3.4_

Sum

mar

y

The

follo

win

g pr

ovid

es a

sum

mar

y of

the

key

issu

es a

risin

g fro

m th

e an

alys

is o

f po

pula

tion

and

hous

ing

trend

s w

ithin

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

and

thei

r im

plic

atio

ns o

n fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t with

in th

e LG

A.

3.4.

1_Po

pula

tion

Gro

wth

and

Pro

ject

ions

Po

pula

tion

grow

th w

ithin

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

has

been

rela

tivel

y st

able

sin

ce 2

001.

H

owev

er p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

rate

s ar

e pr

ojec

ted

to in

crea

se th

roug

h to

203

1 w

ith a

n in

crea

se 9

,013

peo

ple,

brin

g th

e po

pula

tion

to 6

9,89

8. T

his

addi

tiona

l pop

ulat

ion

grow

th w

ill in

crea

se d

eman

d fo

r new

hou

sing

and

als

o se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies.

3.4.

2_A

gein

g Po

pula

tion

Whi

lst p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

has

bee

n st

able

, the

re h

ave

been

sig

nific

ant c

hang

es to

the

age

stru

ctur

e of

the

loca

l pop

ulat

ion,

in p

artic

ular

, gro

wth

of a

ge g

roup

s 60

+ an

d lo

sses

in y

oung

er a

ge g

roup

s. B

y 20

31 n

early

a q

uarte

r of t

he p

opul

atio

n w

ill b

e ab

ove

60, c

ompa

red

to o

nly

16%

pro

ject

ed in

201

1.

Gro

wth

in th

e ol

der a

ge g

roup

s m

ay g

ener

ate

addi

tiona

l dem

and

for s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s fo

r old

er p

eopl

e. It

will

als

o ha

ve a

n im

pact

on

the

dwel

ling

type

s w

ithin

the

LGA

as

olde

r peo

ple

gene

rally

requ

ire s

mal

ler h

ousi

ng fo

rmat

s, d

wel

lings

at g

roun

d le

vel a

nd d

wel

lings

fitte

d w

ith a

cces

sibl

e fe

atur

es.

3.4.

3_H

ousi

ng A

fford

abili

ty

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

prov

ides

an

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng o

ptio

n, w

hen

com

pare

d to

the

Syd

ney

SD

. How

ever

for s

ome

very

low

, low

and

mod

erat

e in

com

e ho

useh

olds

af

ford

abilit

y re

mai

ns a

n is

sue

with

51%

of t

hese

gro

ups

bein

g im

pact

ed b

y ho

usin

g st

ress

.

3.4.

4_Fu

ture

Dw

ellin

g Ta

rget

and

Mix

To

mee

t fut

ure

hous

ing

need

s, H

awke

sbur

y LG

A w

ill n

eed

to a

ccom

mod

ate

5,00

0-6,

000

addi

tiona

l dw

ellin

gs b

y 20

31. T

he m

ajor

ity o

f fut

ure

dwel

lings

will

be

loca

ted

in

exis

ting

urba

n ar

eas

whe

re th

ere

is g

ood

acce

ss to

exi

stin

g se

rvic

es, f

acili

ties

and

infra

stru

ctur

e. T

he re

mai

ning

futu

re d

wel

lings

will

be

loca

ted

in a

reas

on

the

fring

e of

ex

istin

g ur

ban

area

s an

d ru

ral v

illage

s.

3.4.

5_Pr

ovid

ing

Gre

ater

Dw

ellin

g D

iver

sity

Im

prov

ed d

wel

ling

dive

rsity

is re

quire

d to

mee

t the

futu

re n

eeds

of t

he H

awke

sbur

y LG

A p

opul

atio

n. T

rend

s ha

ve s

how

n th

at th

e po

pula

tion

is a

gein

g an

d ho

useh

old

size

s ar

e sh

rinki

ng, w

hich

in th

e m

ediu

m to

long

term

is li

kely

to re

sult

in d

eman

d fo

r an

add

ition

al 5

,000

med

ium

den

sity

dw

ellin

gs (a

ppro

xim

atel

y 75

% o

f fut

ure

dwel

lings

w

ill n

eed

to b

e m

ediu

m d

ensi

ty to

mee

t fut

ure

dwel

ling

need

s).

Low

den

sity

dw

ellin

gs w

ill co

ntin

ue to

be

the

prim

ary

dwel

ling

type

in th

e LG

A,

how

ever

it is

ant

icip

ated

that

dem

and

for n

ew lo

w d

ensi

ty d

wel

lings

will

be

limite

d to

le

ss th

an 1

000

dwel

lings

.

Dem

and

for h

igh

dens

ity d

wel

lings

is n

ot a

ntic

ipat

ed to

be

larg

e, h

owev

er th

ey m

ay

play

a ro

le in

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng, h

ousi

ng fo

r old

er p

eopl

e an

d in

gen

eral

impr

ovin

g ov

eral

l dw

ellin

g ch

oice

.

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KESB

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RESI

DENT

IAL

STRA

TEG

Y_

CHAP

TER

4 KE

Y IS

SUES

DRAF

T FO

R CO

MM

ENT

Prep

ared

for H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y Se

ptem

ber 0

9

4_K

ey Is

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Bac

kgro

und

rese

arch

and

map

ping

hav

e id

entif

ied

a ra

nge

of k

ey is

sues

that

will

influ

ence

the

futu

re s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent o

f hou

sing

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A Th

ese

issu

es in

clud

e:

_ N

atur

al E

nviro

nmen

t; _

Cen

tres

and

Em

ploy

men

t; _

Tran

spor

t; _

Ope

n Sp

ace

and

Rec

reat

ion;

_

Com

mun

ity S

ervi

ces

and

Faci

litie

s;

_ U

tiliti

es In

frast

ruct

ure;

_

Her

itage

and

Cha

ract

er; a

nd

_ Su

stai

nabl

e D

evel

opm

ent.

An

over

view

of t

hese

issu

es a

nd th

eir i

mpl

icat

ions

(con

stra

ints

and

opp

ortu

nitie

s) o

n th

e R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

is p

rovi

ded

in th

e fo

llow

ing

sect

ion.

The

dev

elop

men

t op

portu

nitie

s fo

r Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

in re

spon

se to

thes

e is

sues

are

ass

esse

d th

roug

h an

opp

ortu

nity

and

con

stra

ints

ana

lysi

s, d

iscu

ssed

in C

hapt

er 5

.

Map

s ar

e pr

esen

ted

thro

ugho

ut th

e ch

apte

r sho

win

g th

e lo

catio

n of

the

issu

es

disc

usse

d. T

he m

aps

focu

s on

the

sout

hern

par

t of t

he L

GA

as

this

is w

here

94%

of

the

popu

latio

n is

loca

ted

and

whe

re, a

s w

ill b

e di

scus

sed,

the

pote

ntia

l to

deve

lop

is

high

est.

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Figu

re 4

.1: H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

Veg

etat

ion

Com

mun

ities

(S

ourc

e: H

awke

sbur

y C

ity C

ounc

il G

IS, O

ctob

er 2

009)

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

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4.1_

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is u

niqu

e in

the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

con

text

, with

its

char

acte

r be

ing

stro

ngly

influ

ence

d by

the

natu

ral e

nviro

nmen

t and

rura

l qua

litie

s th

at m

ake

up

its d

iver

se la

ndsc

ape.

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is c

entre

d on

the

uppe

r rea

ches

of t

he

Haw

kesb

ury

Riv

er.

The

key

elem

ents

sha

ping

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

nat

ural

env

ironm

ent i

nclu

de it

s:

_ Bi

odiv

ersi

ty a

nd V

eget

atio

n;

_ B

ushf

ire P

rone

Are

as;

_ Sl

ope;

_

Aci

d S

ulph

ate

Soi

ls,

_ Fl

oodi

ng;

_ W

etla

nds;

and

_

Agric

ultu

ral L

and.

4.1.

1_B

iodi

vers

ity a

nd V

eget

atio

n Tw

o th

irds

of th

e LG

A is

loca

ted

in N

atio

nal P

arks

, inc

ludi

ng, W

olle

mi N

atio

nal P

ark,

P

arr S

tate

Con

serv

atio

n A

rea,

Cat

tai a

nd S

chey

ville

Nat

iona

l Par

ks Y

engo

Nat

iona

l P

arks

and

Blu

e M

ount

ains

Nat

iona

l Par

k. T

his

prov

ides

a to

tal o

f app

roxi

mat

ely

1,93

0 sq

uare

kilo

met

res

of n

atio

nal p

ark

area

s w

ithin

the

LGA

. H

awke

sbur

y LG

A a

lso

incl

udes

a p

art o

f the

Gre

ater

Blu

e M

ount

ains

Wor

ld H

erita

ge A

rea

to th

e w

est

cont

aini

ng a

wid

e an

d ba

lanc

ed re

pres

enta

tion

of e

ucal

ypt h

abita

ts a

s w

ell a

s lo

calis

ed

swam

ps, w

etla

nds,

and

gra

ssla

nd.

The

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

com

pris

es a

rang

e of

veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

that

con

tribu

te to

th

e bi

odiv

ersi

ty in

the

LGA

, as

show

n in

Fig

ure

4.1.

The

loca

tion

of th

ese

com

mun

ities

co

rresp

onds

with

the

exte

nsiv

e ar

eas

with

in n

atio

nal p

arks

, sta

te fo

rest

s an

d na

ture

re

serv

es.

The

veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

iden

tifie

d (a

nd s

how

n in

Tab

le 4

.1) c

ontri

bute

to

the

biod

iver

sity

in th

e LG

A a

s w

ell a

s th

e la

ndsc

ape

char

acte

r of t

he L

GA

. A

s su

ch

thes

e ar

eas

are

not c

onsi

dere

d su

itabl

e fo

r ext

ensi

ve fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent.

Tabl

e 4.

1: V

eget

atio

n C

omm

unity

Val

ues

CSA

Val

ue

Prio

rity

Ord

er

Cla

ssifi

catio

n

W, C

1, C

2, C

3, C

4

1 W

= W

etla

nds

C1-

C3

= R

egio

nal C

ore

C4

= Lo

cal C

ore

UR

T, O

1, O

2, O

3

2 U

RT

= U

rban

Rem

nant

Tre

es

O1-

O3

=Oth

er R

emna

nt V

eget

atio

n

S1,

S2

3 S

1-S

2 =

Sup

port

for C

ore

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

con

tribu

te to

the

biod

iver

sity

, cha

ract

er a

nd la

ndsc

ape

setti

ng o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

and

are

ther

efor

e no

t sui

tabl

e fo

r urb

an

deve

lopm

ent.

_ Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent t

o oc

cur i

n ar

eas

whe

re th

ere

are

limite

d im

pact

s on

si

gnifi

cant

veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

. _

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

the

Gre

ater

Blu

e M

ount

ains

Wor

ld H

erita

ge A

rea

or in

N

atio

nal P

arks

, Sta

te F

ores

ts, S

tate

Con

serv

atio

n A

reas

, Rec

reat

ion

Are

as o

r nat

ure

rese

rves

is in

appr

opria

te.

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

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Figu

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.2: H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

Bus

hfire

Cat

egor

y 1

and

2 Ar

eas

(Sou

rce:

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil

GIS

, Oct

ober

200

9)

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

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4.1.

2_B

ushf

ire P

rone

Are

as

Haw

kesb

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LGA

con

tain

s si

gnifi

cant

are

as o

f bus

hlan

d w

hich

are

impo

rtant

for

biod

iver

sity

and

als

o pr

one

to b

ushf

ire. I

t is

reco

gnis

ed th

at th

ese

area

s pr

ovid

e st

rong

la

ndsc

ape

char

acte

r and

rura

l set

tings

, how

ever

giv

en th

e hi

gh ri

sk o

f bus

hfire

, the

se

area

s ar

e ge

nera

lly n

ot a

ppro

pria

te fo

r int

ensi

ve re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t.

The

exte

nt o

f bus

hfire

risk

is id

entif

ied

and

cate

goris

ed to

det

erm

ine

whe

re u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t may

be

appr

opria

te w

ith m

inim

al ri

sk o

f bus

hfire

, sub

ject

to m

eetin

g th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f the

NS

W R

ural

Fire

Ser

vice

Pla

nnin

g fo

r Bus

h Fi

re P

rote

ctio

n,(V

ersi

on 3

), Ju

ne 2

006.

As

a re

sult

of th

e hi

gh n

umbe

r of n

atio

nal p

ark

area

s, F

igur

e 4.

2 sh

ows

that

: _

The

vast

maj

ority

of t

he H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

cat

egor

ised

as

Cat

egor

y 1

high

risk

and

no

t sui

tabl

e fo

r fut

ure

exte

nsiv

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent;

_ Th

e m

ain

urba

n ar

eas,

incl

udin

g th

e to

wn

cent

res

of W

inds

or a

nd R

ichm

ond,

hav

e be

en c

lear

ed o

f cla

ssifi

ed v

eget

atio

n fo

r the

exi

stin

g de

velo

pmen

t and

ther

efor

e ar

e no

t sub

ject

to b

ushf

ire le

gisl

atio

n; a

nd

_ C

ateg

ory

2 ve

geta

tion

is fo

und

surro

undi

ng th

e ou

tski

rts o

f Wilb

erfo

rce,

Nor

th

Ric

hmon

d, B

ligh

Par

k an

d V

iney

ard.

Dev

elop

men

t in

thes

e ar

eas

mus

t com

ply

with

the

requ

irem

ents

of P

lann

ing

for

Bus

hfire

Pro

tect

ion,

pre

pare

d by

the

NS

W R

ural

Fire

Ser

vice

in c

o-op

erat

ion

with

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pla

nnin

g an

d m

ay in

clud

e fu

rther

bus

hfire

inve

stig

atio

ns.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Larg

e ar

eas

of th

e LG

A a

re a

t hig

h ris

k of

bus

hfire

and

ther

efor

e no

t sui

tabl

e fo

r fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent.

_ S

ome

area

s in

pro

xim

ity to

Wilb

erfo

rce,

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

and

Vin

eyar

d ar

e at

risk

of

bush

fire,

whi

ch m

ay m

ake

them

uns

uita

ble

for r

esid

entia

l dev

elop

men

t. _

Det

aile

d si

te s

peci

fic s

tudi

es s

houl

d be

car

ried

out o

n ar

eas

iden

tifie

d as

bei

ng w

ithin

a

vege

tatio

n ca

tego

ry b

efor

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent c

an o

ccur

. _

Futu

re u

rban

and

oth

er d

evel

opm

ent i

s su

bjec

t to

mee

ting

the

requ

irem

ents

of t

he

NS

W R

ural

Fire

Ser

vice

Pla

nnin

g fo

r Bus

hfire

Pro

tect

ion

( Ver

sion

3),

June

200

6.

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

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.3: H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

Slo

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4.1.

3_Sl

ope

The

terra

in o

f Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is in

fluen

ced

by th

e B

lue

Mou

ntai

ns a

nd G

reat

D

ivid

ing

Ran

ge to

the

north

wes

t as

wel

l as

som

e of

Syd

ney’

s si

gnifi

cant

rive

r sys

tem

s as

soci

ated

with

the

Haw

kesb

ury

Nep

ean

Cat

chm

ent.

The

topo

grap

hy v

arie

s w

idel

y th

roug

hout

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

from

slo

pes

of le

ss

than

1:2

0 (5

% s

lope

) inc

reas

ing

to 1

:8 (1

2.5%

slo

pe),

with

the

maj

ority

of t

he c

urre

nt

urba

n ar

eas

pred

omin

antly

loca

ted

on a

reas

bel

ow 1

5 de

gree

slo

pe (1

:6.5

slo

pe).

Thes

e sl

opes

are

ofte

n as

soci

ated

with

the

river

and

cre

ek s

yste

ms

in th

e no

rth o

f the

LG

A, a

s sh

own

in F

igur

e 4.

3.

The

Dra

ft R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

199

7 S

usta

inab

le D

evel

opm

ent T

hres

hold

sta

ted

that

a

slop

e of

15%

is g

ener

ally

con

side

red

to b

e th

e up

per l

imit

for u

rban

dev

elop

men

t. B

eyon

d th

is, s

oil e

rosi

on b

ecom

es a

n in

crea

sing

ly d

iffic

ult p

robl

em to

man

age

and

may

eve

n ex

pose

dev

elop

men

t to

land

slip

and

mas

s m

ovem

ent h

azar

ds.

It is

impo

rtant

to a

ckno

wle

dge

that

the

Sta

te E

nviro

nmen

tal P

lann

ing

Pol

icy

(Hou

sing

fo

r Sen

iors

or P

eopl

e w

ith a

Dis

abili

ty) 2

004

stat

es th

at a

cces

s pa

thw

ays

shou

ld b

e no

m

ore

than

1:1

4. M

indf

ul o

f the

age

ing

popu

latio

n of

Haw

kesb

ury

futu

re re

side

ntia

l de

velo

pmen

t are

as s

houl

d be

aw

are

of th

is re

stric

tion.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Slop

e is

a c

onst

rain

t on

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent w

ithin

the

LGA

. _

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

area

s w

ith a

slo

pe o

f 15%

or m

ore

is n

ot c

onsi

dere

d ap

prop

riate

. _

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t mus

t add

ress

slo

pe s

tabi

lity

and

asso

ciat

ed is

sues

suc

h as

soi

l ero

sion

.

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

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Figu

re 4

.4: H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

Aci

d S

ulph

ate

Soi

ls

(Sou

rce:

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kesb

ury

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Cou

ncil

GIS

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ober

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ironm

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tegy

201

0

4 | 1

0

4.1.

4_A

cid

Sulp

hate

Soi

ls

Acid

sul

phat

e so

ils a

re s

edim

ents

and

soi

ls c

onta

inin

g iro

n su

lpha

tes

that

are

usu

ally

fo

und

in lo

w-ly

ing

parts

of c

oast

al fl

oodp

lain

s, ri

vers

and

cre

eks.

As

the

LGA

co

mpr

ises

an

exte

nsiv

e riv

er s

yste

m, a

cid

sulp

hate

soi

ls a

re c

omm

on th

roug

hout

the

area

, whi

ch, d

epen

ding

on

thei

r cla

ssifi

catio

n, c

an b

e a

cons

train

t to

deve

lopm

ent.

The

exte

nt o

f aci

d su

lpha

te s

oils

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

por

traye

d in

Fig

ure

4.4

and

desc

ribed

in T

able

4.2

. Th

ese

soils

are

cat

egor

ised

from

bei

ng C

lass

1 w

here

any

de

velo

pmen

t is

cons

train

ed, t

o C

lass

5 w

here

dev

elop

men

t is

less

con

stra

ined

. Soi

ls

in o

ther

cat

egor

ies

have

var

ying

leve

ls o

f con

stra

ints

ass

ocia

ted

with

futu

re

deve

lopm

ent.

Tabl

e 4.

2: A

cid

Sul

phat

e S

oil C

lass

ifica

tions

Cla

ss

of la

nd

Wor

ks

1A

ny w

ork

2 W

orks

bel

ow th

e na

tura

l gro

und

surfa

ce

3 W

orks

by

whi

ch th

e w

ater

tabl

e is

like

ly to

be

low

ered

W

orks

bey

ond

1 m

etre

bel

ow th

e na

tura

l gro

und

surfa

ce

4 W

orks

by

whi

ch th

e w

ater

tabl

e is

like

ly to

be

low

ered

bey

ond

1 m

etre

bel

ow n

atur

al g

roun

d su

rface

W

orks

bey

ond

2 m

etre

s be

low

the

natu

ral g

roun

d su

rface

5

Wor

ks b

y w

hich

the

wat

erta

ble

is li

kely

to b

e lo

wer

ed b

eyon

d 2

met

res

belo

w n

atur

al g

roun

d su

rface

W

orks

with

in 5

00 m

etre

s of

adj

acen

t Cla

ss 1

, 2, 3

or 4

land

whi

ch

are

likel

y to

low

er th

e w

ater

tabl

e be

low

1 m

etre

AH

D o

n ad

jace

nt

Cla

ss 1

, 2, 3

or 4

land

H

awke

sbur

y Lo

cal E

nviro

nmen

tal P

lan

1989

Dev

elop

men

t on

land

iden

tifie

d in

the

tabl

e is

requ

ired

to s

eek

cons

ent f

or w

orks

pr

opos

ed.

As

show

n in

Fig

ure

4.4,

ther

e is

a s

igni

fican

t am

ount

of l

and

iden

tifie

d as

con

tain

ing

Cla

ss 5

aci

d su

lpha

te s

oils

. C

lass

4 is

foun

d al

ong

the

river

s an

d cr

eeks

nam

ely

the

Haw

kesb

ury

Riv

er ru

nnin

g th

roug

h W

inds

or. T

his

incl

udes

Cla

rend

on a

nd P

itt T

own

but a

lso

affe

ctin

g th

e ag

ricul

tura

l lan

d to

the

north

of R

ichm

ond.

Cla

ss 3

aci

d su

lpha

te

soils

are

foun

d in

sm

all i

sola

ted

area

s cl

ose

to u

rban

cen

tres

but a

lso

in th

e ru

ral

north

ern

cree

ks w

here

Cla

ss 2

aci

d su

lpha

te s

oils

are

als

o pr

esen

t.

App

ropr

iate

pla

nnin

g an

d m

anag

emen

t of d

evel

opm

ent o

n ac

id s

ulph

ate

soils

is

requ

ired.

Whi

le th

e m

aps

do n

ot d

escr

ibe

the

seve

rity

of a

cid

sulp

hate

soi

ls in

an

area

, the

y pr

ovid

e an

initi

al in

dica

tion

that

aci

d su

lpha

te s

oils

cou

ld b

e pr

esen

t on

land

.

Furth

er in

vest

igat

ion

and

man

agem

ent o

f aci

d su

lpha

te s

oils

sho

uld

be c

arrie

d ou

t in

one

or tw

o st

ages

: _

A pr

elim

inar

y as

sess

men

t; an

d _

An

Aci

d S

ulph

ate

Soi

ls m

anag

emen

t pla

n.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Larg

e ar

eas

of th

e LG

A, p

artic

ular

ly a

roun

d ex

istin

g to

wns

hips

are

impa

cted

by

acid

su

lpha

te s

oils

. _

Loca

tion

of fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent s

houl

d be

cog

nisa

nt o

f aci

d su

lpha

te s

oil

clas

sific

atio

ns.

_ S

ite s

peci

fic s

tudi

es s

houl

d be

car

ried

out o

n ar

eas

iden

tifie

d as

sub

ject

to a

n A

cid

Sul

phat

e S

oil C

lass

ifica

tion

befo

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t is

appr

oved

. _

App

ropr

iate

con

stru

ctio

n m

etho

ds m

ust b

e us

ed fo

r urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

n ar

eas

iden

tifie

d as

at r

isk

of a

cid

sulp

hate

soi

ls, i

n lin

e w

ith H

awke

sbur

y Lo

cal

Env

ironm

enta

l Pla

n 19

89.

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

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1

Fig

ure

4.5:

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy 1

in 1

00 Y

ear F

lood

(Sou

rce:

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kesb

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ncil

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tegy

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0

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2

4.1.

5_Fl

oodi

ng

The

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is d

omin

ated

by

seve

ral r

iver

sys

tem

s as

soci

ated

with

the

Haw

kesb

ury–

Nep

ean

Cat

chm

ent a

nd th

e su

b ca

tchm

ents

of:

_ H

awke

sbur

y R

iver

; _

Cat

tai C

reek

; _

Sou

th C

reek

; _

Mac

Don

ald

Riv

er

_ G

rose

Riv

er; a

nd

_ C

olo

Riv

er.

As

Figu

re 4

.5 s

how

s, th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

urb

an a

rea

of H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

pro

ne to

at

leas

t 1:1

00 y

ear f

lood

ing,

mak

ing

flood

ing

a si

gnifi

cant

issu

e in

bot

h es

tabl

ishe

d an

d un

deve

lope

d ar

eas

and

effe

ctiv

ely

divi

des

the

LGA

into

nor

th a

nd s

outh

of t

he

Haw

kesb

ury

Riv

er.

Floo

ding

is p

artic

ular

ly p

reva

lent

in th

e so

uth

east

ern

area

aro

und

Nor

th R

ichm

ond,

Ric

hmon

d, W

inds

or, S

outh

Win

dsor

, Blig

ht P

ark,

Wilb

erfo

rce

and

Pitt

To

wn

area

s, S

outh

Win

dsor

and

Blig

h P

ark.

The

Nor

th W

est S

ubre

gion

al S

trate

gy id

entif

ies

that

the

area

s no

rth o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

Riv

er a

re p

redo

min

antly

abo

ve th

e Pr

obab

le M

axim

um F

lood

leve

l and

are

ther

efor

e m

ore

suita

ble

for f

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent.

The

Nor

th W

est S

ubre

gion

al S

trate

gy s

tate

s th

at fu

ture

hou

sing

gro

wth

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

sub

stan

tially

con

stra

ined

by

the

capa

city

with

in th

e ev

acua

tion

netw

ork.

The

gr

owth

pot

entia

l in

Win

dsor

and

Ric

hmon

d is

rest

ricte

d by

hig

h flo

odin

g oc

curre

nce.

The

Sub

regi

onal

Stra

tegy

als

o no

tes

that

stro

ng p

artn

ersh

ips

shou

ld b

e so

ught

with

H

awke

sbur

y– N

epea

n C

atch

men

t Man

agem

ent A

utho

rity

and

the

Nor

th W

est c

ounc

ils

to:

_ E

nsur

e ai

ms

and

obje

ctiv

es o

f Cat

chm

ent A

ctio

n P

lans

are

con

side

red

in th

e fu

ture

m

anag

emen

t and

pla

nnin

g of

LG

A;

_ C

oord

inat

e a

regi

onal

app

roac

h to

rive

rine

valu

es a

nd w

etla

nds,

incl

udin

g id

entif

ying

pr

iorit

y ar

eas

for m

anag

emen

t; _

Und

erta

ke s

tream

map

ping

to e

nabl

e co

unci

ls to

dev

elop

pla

nnin

g co

ntro

ls to

pro

tect

re

gion

ally

sig

nific

ant r

ipar

ian

corri

dors

; and

_

Und

erta

ke b

road

–sca

le s

tream

map

ping

at a

stra

tegi

c le

vel t

o de

term

ine

the

sign

ifica

nce

of ri

paria

n la

nds

and

thei

r man

agem

ent r

equi

rem

ents

in a

reas

that

are

po

tent

ially

bei

ng d

evel

oped

or r

edev

elop

ed.

Cou

ncil

reco

gnis

ed in

thei

r Dra

ft R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

199

7, th

at n

ew d

evel

opm

ent i

s to

av

oid

high

risk

floo

d pr

one

area

s an

d w

etla

nds.

Cou

ncil’

s Fl

oodp

lan

Ris

k M

anag

emen

t A

dvis

ory

Com

mitt

ee h

as c

omm

ence

d w

ork

on a

Flo

od R

isk

Man

agem

ent S

tudy

and

P

lan

for t

he L

GA

It is

incr

easi

ngly

impo

rtant

that

the

impa

cts

of c

limat

e ch

ange

are

con

side

red

in

deve

lopm

ent a

nd fo

r Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

the

incr

ease

d ris

k of

floo

ding

is a

fund

amen

tal

issu

e. T

he p

rinci

ple

of c

limat

e ch

ange

and

eco

logi

cally

sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t is

evol

ving

to a

poi

nt w

here

, in

the

futu

re, i

t wou

ld b

e a

man

dato

ry le

gal c

onsi

dera

tion

for

Cou

ncil

in d

evel

opm

ent d

ecis

ions

. A re

cent

cas

e in

the

Land

and

Env

ironm

ent C

ourt

(Wal

ker v

Min

iste

r for

Pla

nnin

g [2

007]

NSW

LEC

741

) fou

nd th

at th

e M

inis

ter w

as

oblig

ed to

con

side

r whe

ther

the

risk

of c

oast

al fl

oodi

ng fr

om c

limat

e ch

ange

was

re

leva

nt to

the

deve

lopm

ent b

efor

e th

e ap

plic

atio

n w

as d

eter

min

ed.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Floo

ding

is a

sig

nific

ant i

ssue

with

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A an

d fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent

mus

t avo

id h

igh

risk

flood

pro

ne a

reas

. _

Floo

d R

isk

Man

agem

ent P

lan

shou

ld b

e pr

epar

ed fo

r all

new

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent

occu

rring

in fl

ood

pron

e ar

eas.

_

App

ropr

iate

con

stru

ctio

n m

etho

ds m

ust b

e us

ed fo

r exi

stin

g ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent i

n ar

eas

iden

tifie

d as

at r

isk

of fl

oodi

ng.

_ Th

e im

pact

s of

clim

ate

chan

ge a

nd in

crea

sed

flood

ing

on fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t mus

t be

con

side

red

in fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t. _

Infil

l dev

elop

men

t is

depe

ndan

t on

flood

eva

cuat

ion

upgr

adin

g.

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

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re 4

.6: H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

Pro

babl

y M

axim

um F

lood

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ourc

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awke

sbur

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ity C

ounc

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IS, O

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ironm

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GE

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awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

Wat

erw

ays

(Sou

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Haw

kesb

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City

Cou

ncil

GIS

, Oct

ober

200

9)

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

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4.1.

6_W

etla

nds

Wet

land

s in

clud

e im

porta

nt a

nd p

rodu

ctiv

e pl

ant c

omm

uniti

es a

nd b

ird h

abita

ts a

nd

play

a s

igni

fican

t rol

e as

floo

d st

orag

e ar

eas.

The

re a

re a

num

ber o

f wet

land

s w

ithin

th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A an

d se

vera

l of t

hese

are

pro

tect

ed b

y S

ydne

y R

egio

nal

Env

ironm

enta

l Pla

n N

o. 2

0 - H

awke

sbur

y N

epea

n R

iver

199

7.

The

Nor

th W

est S

ubre

gion

al S

trate

gy re

com

men

ds th

at C

ounc

il co

ordi

nate

a re

gion

al

appr

oach

to ri

verin

e va

lues

and

wet

land

s, in

clud

ing

iden

tifyi

ng p

riorit

y ar

eas

for

man

agem

ent.

As

iden

tifie

d in

the

Dra

ft R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

199

7 S

usta

inab

le D

evel

opm

ent,

thre

shol

d an

d w

etla

nds

shou

ld b

e pr

otec

ted

in th

e en

viro

nmen

tal a

nd e

cono

mic

in

tere

sts

of th

e ca

tchm

ent b

y en

surin

g th

at a

ny p

oten

tially

har

mfu

l dev

elop

men

t is

care

fully

con

side

red

befo

re a

ppro

val f

or d

evel

opm

ent i

s gi

ven.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Ther

e is

a n

eed

to c

ontin

ue to

pro

tect

wet

land

s w

ithin

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA.

_

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

wet

land

are

as s

houl

d be

avo

ided

. _

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil

to w

ork

with

oth

er L

GAs

with

in th

e re

gion

to d

evel

op a

n ap

proa

ch to

rive

rine

valu

es a

nd w

etla

nds,

incl

udin

g id

entif

ying

prio

rity

area

s fo

r m

anag

emen

t.

4.1.

7_A

gric

ultu

ral a

nd R

ural

Lan

d H

awke

sbur

y LG

A al

so h

as a

n ex

tens

ive

amou

nt o

f agr

icul

tura

l lan

d w

hich

pro

vide

s a

sign

ifica

nt re

sour

ce to

the

LGA

and

the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

Reg

ion.

Rur

al

land

scap

es c

ontri

bute

to th

e pa

stor

al in

dust

ry a

s w

ell a

s th

e ru

ral c

hara

cter

of t

he

LGA

. P

rote

ctio

n of

thes

e pr

oduc

tive

and

land

scap

e ar

eas

is e

ssen

tial t

o m

aint

ain

a si

gnifi

cant

eco

nom

ic re

sour

ce in

term

s of

prim

ary

prod

uctio

n as

wel

l as

tour

ism

.

As

iden

tifie

d in

the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

Stra

tegy

, agr

icul

ture

in th

e S

ydne

y re

gion

re

pres

ents

up

to 1

2 pe

rcen

t of N

SW

’s to

tal a

gric

ultu

ral p

rodu

ctio

n an

d co

ntrib

utes

$1

billi

on to

the

Syd

ney

econ

omy.

The

mar

ket p

roxi

mity

a s

uita

ble

clim

ate

are

the

maj

or

reas

ons

why

agr

icul

ture

is in

the

fring

e of

Syd

ney.

Agr

icul

ture

pro

vide

s fo

r a la

rge

prop

ortio

n of

the

fresh

affo

rdab

le fo

od th

at is

con

sum

ed in

Syd

ney

(http

://w

ww

.rura

lpla

nnin

g.co

m.a

u/ru

ralp

lann

ing/

).

The

exte

rnal

ben

efits

of a

pro

xim

ate

and

acce

ssib

le fo

od s

uppl

y (fu

ture

cos

t sav

ings

fro

m re

duce

d ne

ed to

tran

spor

t foo

d) a

re in

crea

sing

ly im

porta

nt in

con

side

ring

the

mer

its o

f urb

an d

evel

opm

ent v

ersu

s pr

otec

ting

agric

ultu

ral p

rodu

ctio

n. C

onse

quen

tly

ther

e w

ill b

e a

need

for f

ood

to b

e pr

oduc

ed a

s cl

ose

as p

ossi

ble

to p

opul

atio

n

conc

entra

tions

. Agr

icul

tura

l and

rura

l ind

ustri

es in

the

Haw

kesb

ury,

whi

ch a

lread

y pl

ays

a si

gnifi

cant

eco

nom

ic c

ontri

buto

r, w

ill th

eref

ore

be in

crea

sing

ly im

porta

nt a

nd in

de

man

d.

As

iden

tifie

d in

the

Haw

kesb

ury

Em

ploy

men

t Lan

ds S

trate

gy 2

008,

Haw

kesb

ury

cont

ains

16

perc

ent o

f veg

etab

le a

nd o

ther

cro

p es

tabl

ishm

ents

in th

e S

ydne

y B

asin

(A

BS

, 200

6). T

here

has

als

o be

en in

tern

atio

nal d

eman

d fo

r the

Haw

kesb

ury

Har

vest

Fa

rm G

ate

Trai

l and

its

prod

ucts

. As

food

sec

urity

bec

omes

a m

ore

pres

sing

issu

e an

d de

man

d in

crea

ses,

man

agem

ent o

f Haw

kesb

ury’

s ag

ricul

tura

l lan

ds w

ill g

ain

in

impo

rtanc

e. T

his

will

requ

ire fo

rwar

d pl

anni

ng to

ass

ess

the

scal

e an

d na

ture

of l

and

that

wou

ld b

ecom

e m

ore

valu

able

for f

ood

prod

uctio

n fo

r the

Syd

ney

Bas

in in

the

futu

re.

Cha

lleng

es fo

r agr

icul

ture

incl

ude

wat

er s

ourc

es fo

r irri

gatio

n an

d av

aila

bilit

y of

ag

ricul

tura

l lan

d in

futu

re a

s co

mpe

titio

n fro

m o

ther

rura

l and

anc

illar

y us

es d

eman

ds

high

qua

lity

agric

ultu

ral l

ocat

ions

. As

such

, urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

n pr

oxim

ity to

ag

ricul

tura

l lan

d ne

eds

to b

e bu

ffere

d to

avo

id im

pact

s on

futu

re re

side

nts

of

agric

ultu

ral u

ses,

suc

h as

noi

se, o

dour

, hou

rs o

f ope

ratio

n an

d pe

stic

ides

. W

hile

ag

ricul

tura

l lan

d ne

eds

to b

e bu

ffere

d fro

m u

rban

land

use

s to

min

imis

e im

pact

s su

ch

as ru

n of

f, lo

ss o

f via

ble

hold

ings

and

loss

of p

rodu

ctio

n po

tent

ial.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Agr

icul

ture

is im

porta

nt to

the

loca

l and

regi

onal

eco

nom

y an

d sh

ould

not

be

impa

cted

by

futu

re u

rban

or r

ural

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent.

_ U

rban

and

rura

l res

iden

tial d

evel

opm

ent i

n ru

ral a

nd a

gric

ultu

ral a

reas

sho

uld

avoi

d co

nflic

ts b

etw

een

uses

and

mai

ntai

n ec

onom

ic a

nd to

uris

m re

sour

ces

for t

he L

GA

. _

Futu

re u

rban

and

rura

l res

iden

tial d

evel

opm

ent o

n pr

ime

agric

ultu

ral l

and

shou

ld b

e cl

early

ass

esse

d fo

r its

ben

efits

bef

ore

appr

oval

. _

Land

aud

iting

and

an

asse

ssm

ent o

f the

sca

le a

nd n

atur

e of

land

food

pro

duct

ion

is

requ

ired.

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

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.8:

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy C

entre

s M

ap

(Sou

rce:

Haw

kesb

ury

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Cou

ncil

GIS

, Oct

ober

200

9)

Cen

tres

and

Em

ploy

men

t

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4.2_

Cen

tres

and

Em

ploy

men

t

4.2.

1_K

ey C

entr

es

The

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

con

tain

s a

rang

e of

cen

tres

that

ser

vice

the

area

as

show

n on

Fi

gure

4.8

. W

hile

Cou

ncil

does

not

hav

e a

cent

res

hier

arch

y, th

is R

esid

entia

l Lan

d S

trate

gy h

as a

dopt

ed th

e N

orth

Wes

t Sub

Reg

ion

Cen

tres

and

Cor

ridor

s H

iera

rchy

. Th

is h

as b

een

used

to id

entif

y th

e fo

llow

ing

hier

arch

y fo

r the

key

cen

tres

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A sh

own

in T

able

4.3

:

Tabl

e 4.

3: K

ey C

entre

s H

iera

rchy

Tow

n C

entr

es:

Ric

hmon

d W

inds

or

Villa

ges

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

Vin

eyar

d *

Sout

h W

inds

or*

Smal

l Vill

ages

M

ulgr

ave/

McG

rath

s H

ill

Glo

ssod

ia

Wilb

erfo

rce

Pitt

Tow

n

Nei

ghbo

urho

od C

entr

es

Blig

h Pa

rk

Kur

mon

dK

urra

jong

Cla

rend

on

*Vin

eyar

d is

not

iden

tifie

d in

the

Nor

th W

est S

ub R

egio

n C

entre

s bu

t has

bee

n id

entif

ied

as a

po

tent

ial v

illag

e us

ing

the

Nor

th W

est S

ubre

gion

al S

trate

gy d

wel

ling

num

bers

for 2

031.

*Sou

th W

inds

or c

urre

ntly

has

resi

dent

ial a

reas

with

in a

nd b

eyon

d its

cat

chm

ent t

hat s

ugge

st it

co

uld

func

tion

as a

vill

age.

The

Dra

ft N

orth

Wes

t Sub

regi

onal

Stra

tegy

Cen

tre C

lass

ifica

tions

is s

how

n in

Tab

le

4.4.

The

cen

tres

clas

sific

atio

n gi

ves

an in

dica

tion

as to

wha

t the

func

tion

of th

e ce

ntre

w

as a

t the

tim

e of

pre

parin

g th

e st

rate

gy a

nd is

not

inte

nded

to b

e a

set c

lass

ifica

tion

to li

mit

the

grow

th o

r exp

ansi

on o

f the

se c

entre

s, a

nd m

ay b

e m

odifi

ed s

light

ly a

s lo

ng

as it

is p

art o

f a s

usta

inab

le s

trate

gy fo

r the

LG

A.

It is

not

ed th

at V

iney

ard

has

been

id

entif

ied

as a

villa

ge b

y 20

31 d

ue to

its

proj

ecte

d po

pula

tion

and

loca

tion

on th

e ra

ilway

line

and

its

posi

tion

in th

e N

orth

Wes

t Gro

wth

Cen

tre.

It is

reco

mm

ende

d th

at

the

role

and

func

tion

of c

entre

s be

revi

sed

at e

ach

revi

ew o

f the

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy.

The

maj

or c

entre

s of

Ric

hmon

d an

d W

inds

or a

re th

e pr

imar

y re

tail

and

com

mer

cial

ce

ntre

s fo

r Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

. W

inds

or p

rovi

des

the

hist

oric

, civ

ic a

nd h

ealth

focu

s fo

r

the

LGA

whi

le R

ichm

ond

prov

ides

sig

nific

ant e

duca

tiona

l and

def

ence

use

s an

d as

soci

ated

em

ploy

men

t.

The

villa

ge o

f Nor

th R

ichm

ond

and

smal

l vill

ages

of S

outh

Win

dsor

and

Mul

grav

e ar

e lo

cate

d ju

st o

utsi

de th

ese

mai

n ce

ntre

s an

d pr

ovid

e a

rang

e of

sm

alle

r sca

le re

tail,

ed

ucat

iona

l, co

mm

erci

al a

nd c

omm

unity

ser

vice

s. S

outh

Win

dsor

als

o pr

ovid

es fo

r in

dust

rial l

and

uses

. Nei

ghbo

urho

od c

entre

s pr

ovid

e lo

cal r

etai

l and

com

mer

cial

se

rvic

es a

nd in

som

e in

stan

ces

prov

ide

loca

l edu

catio

nal a

nd c

omm

unity

faci

litie

s.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

has

a h

iera

rchy

of c

entre

s w

hich

incl

udes

tow

n ce

ntre

s, v

illage

s,

smal

l vill

ages

and

nei

ghbo

urho

od c

entre

s. T

he e

stab

lishe

d ce

ntre

s hi

erar

chy

defin

ed

in th

e S

ubre

gion

al S

trate

gy is

sup

porte

d ho

wev

er; t

he lo

cal c

entre

s hi

erar

chy

that

de

fines

the

role

and

func

tion

of a

ll ce

ntre

s on

the

LGA

is re

quire

d to

be

inve

stig

ated

. _

The

Stat

e G

over

nmen

t’s p

ositi

on o

f con

solid

atin

g gr

owth

is re

cogn

ised

and

iden

tifie

s ce

ntre

s as

the

focu

s of

futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t. _

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t is

to lo

cate

with

in e

xist

ing

or p

ropo

sed

cent

res

whe

re a

ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s ar

e cu

rrent

ly a

vaila

ble

or a

re p

lann

ed to

be

avai

labl

e by

203

1.

_ “O

ut o

f cen

tre” d

evel

opm

ent i

s ge

nera

lly d

isco

urag

ed u

nles

s it

can

be ju

stifi

ed

satis

fact

orily

usi

ng th

e S

usta

inab

le D

evel

opm

ent F

ram

ewor

k. T

his

is p

artic

ular

ly

rele

vant

for r

ural

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent t

hat m

ust m

eet t

he N

eigh

bour

hood

Cen

tre

requ

irem

ents

in th

e S

usta

inab

le D

evel

opm

ent F

ram

ewor

k.

Cen

tres

and

Em

ploy

men

t

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9

Tabl

e 4.

4: D

raft

Nor

th W

est S

ubre

gion

al S

trate

gy C

entre

Cla

ssifi

catio

ns fo

r Tow

n C

entre

s, V

illag

es, S

mal

l Vill

ages

and

Nei

ghbo

urho

od C

entre

s

Cen

tre

Type

C

atch

men

t D

escr

iptio

n EX

ISTI

NG

H

IER

AR

CH

Y 20

31 H

AW

KES

BU

RY

LGA*

Tow

n C

entre

80

0m

Tow

n C

entre

s ha

ve o

ne o

r tw

o su

perm

arke

ts, c

omm

unity

faci

litie

s, m

edic

al c

entre

, sch

ools

, etc

. C

onta

ins

betw

een

4,50

0 an

d 9,

500

dwel

lings

. Usu

ally

a re

side

ntia

l orig

in th

an e

mpl

oym

ent

dest

inat

ion.

Ric

hmon

dW

inds

orR

ichm

ond

Win

dsor

Vill

age

600m

A

stri

p of

sho

ps a

nd s

urro

undi

ng re

side

ntia

l are

a w

ithin

a 5

to 1

0 m

inut

e w

alk

cont

ains

a s

mal

l su

perm

arke

t, ha

irdre

sser

, tak

e–aw

ay fo

od s

hops

. C

onta

ins

betw

een

2,10

0 an

d 5,

500

dwel

lings

.

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

Vin

eyar

d

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

Vin

eyar

d S

outh

Win

dsor

Sm

all V

illag

e 40

0m

A s

mal

l stri

p of

sho

ps a

nd a

djac

ent t

o re

side

ntia

l are

a w

ithin

a 5

to 1

0 m

inut

e w

alk.

Con

tain

s be

twee

n 80

0 an

d 2,

700

dwel

lings

. S

outh

Win

dsor

M

ulgr

ave/

McG

rath

Hill**

*M

ulgr

ave/

McG

rath

Hill

Pitt

Tow

n G

loss

odia

Wilb

erfo

rce

Nei

ghbo

urho

od

Cen

tre

150m

O

ne o

r a s

mal

l clu

ster

of s

hops

and

ser

vice

s.

Con

tain

s be

twee

n 15

0 an

d 90

0 dw

ellin

gs.

Blig

h P

ark

Kur

mon

d K

urra

jong

G

loss

odia

**W

ilber

forc

e**

Pitt

Tow

n**

Blig

h P

ark

Kur

mon

d K

urra

jong

G

loss

odia

Cla

rend

on

Rur

al to

wn,

vi

llage

or

neig

hbou

rhoo

d ce

ntre

As

abov

e Lo

cate

d in

rura

l zon

es o

utsi

de m

etro

polit

an u

rban

are

as w

ith s

imila

r rol

es to

tow

ns, v

illag

es a

nd

neig

hbou

rhoo

ds b

ut ru

ral i

n ch

arac

ter w

ith a

wid

er d

rivin

g ca

tchm

ent.

*As

prop

osed

by

the

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

. **

It is

con

side

red

that

thes

e ce

ntre

s ar

e cu

rren

tly S

mal

l Vill

ages

not

Nei

ghbo

urho

od C

entre

s an

d ba

sed

on th

eir c

urre

nt p

opul

atio

n si

ze s

houl

d be

abl

e to

gro

w to

th

e up

per l

imit

of th

e S

mal

l Vill

age

cate

gory

by

2031

. **

* Mul

grav

e is

pre

dom

inan

tly e

mpl

oym

ent l

ands

and

has

a le

sser

role

in a

ccom

mod

atin

g re

side

ntia

l gro

wth

.

NO

TE: T

he c

atch

men

t dis

tanc

es a

nd d

wel

ling

num

bers

in T

able

4.4

are

indi

cativ

e on

ly o

f the

cen

tre ty

pes

and

shou

ld n

ot b

e co

nsid

ered

as

abso

lute

lim

its.

Cen

tres

and

Em

ploy

men

t

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4.2.

2_Em

ploy

men

t Sec

tors

Th

e N

orth

Wes

t Sub

Reg

ion

Stra

tegy

iden

tifie

d th

at th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A h

as c

apac

ity

to p

rovi

de a

n ad

ditio

nal 3

,000

jobs

by

2031

. Thi

s w

ill in

crea

se lo

cal e

mpl

oym

ent f

rom

24

,000

jobs

in 2

001

to 2

7,00

0 jo

bs in

203

1. C

urre

ntly

with

in th

e LG

A, e

mpl

oym

ent i

s fo

cuse

d on

key

sec

tors

suc

h as

: _

Educ

atio

n –

Uni

vers

ity o

f Wes

tern

Syd

ney

(UW

S) H

awke

sbur

y C

ampu

s an

d th

e R

ichm

ond

Col

lege

TA

FE;

_ D

efen

ce –

Ric

hmon

d Ai

r Bas

e;

_ In

dust

rial –

Lar

ge la

nd h

oldi

ngs

prov

ide

for l

ocal

and

mor

e re

gion

al/ i

ndus

trial

use

s;

_ A

gric

ultu

ral a

nd P

asto

ral –

rive

r flo

odpl

ains

hav

e ex

tens

ive

mar

ket g

arde

ns, w

hile

th

e m

ore

undu

latin

g te

rrain

acc

omm

odat

es a

rang

e of

gra

zing

, pas

tora

l and

hor

se

rela

ted

indu

strie

s; a

nd

_ C

omm

erci

al a

nd R

etai

l – w

ithin

the

key

cent

res.

_

Tour

ism

and

oth

er “o

ut o

f cen

tre” e

mpl

oym

ent a

s id

entif

ied

for f

urth

er in

vest

igat

ion

in

Haw

kesb

ury

Em

ploy

men

t Stra

tegy

.

Exi

stin

g va

cant

indu

stria

l are

as a

re p

redo

min

antly

uns

ervi

ced,

with

thre

shol

d co

sts

and/

or p

oor a

cces

s to

key

tran

spor

t rou

tes

limiti

ng d

evel

opm

ent.

In c

omm

erci

al /

busi

ness

are

as e

xist

ing

lot c

onfig

urat

ions

, her

itage

and

exi

stin

g de

velo

pmen

t co

nstra

ins

the

pote

ntia

l for

rene

wal

and

rein

vest

men

t.

The

follo

win

g em

ploy

men

t are

as a

nd th

eir i

nten

ded

indu

stry

type

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A

corre

late

with

the

key

cent

res

that

are

iden

tifie

d fo

r pot

entia

l em

ploy

men

t dev

elop

men

t by

the

Haw

kesb

ury

Em

ploy

men

t Lan

ds S

trate

gy 2

008:

_

Mul

grav

e/Vi

neya

rd (M

anuf

actu

ring

Ligh

t/ M

anuf

actu

ring

Hea

vy/U

rban

) The

in

dust

rial a

rea

is la

nd z

oned

3(b

) Spe

cial

Bus

ines

s oc

cupi

ed b

y a

rang

e of

fast

food

re

stau

rant

s an

d an

aut

omot

ive

sale

s bu

sine

ss.

_N

orth

Ric

hmon

d (L

ocal

Indu

stry

, Util

ities

/Urb

an S

ervi

ces)

Thi

s is

an

indu

stria

l are

a w

ith a

num

ber o

f sm

all p

ocke

ts o

f ind

ustri

al la

nd c

ompr

isin

g lig

ht in

dust

ry a

nd

smal

ler i

ndus

trial

stra

ta u

nits

sup

porti

ng lo

cal s

ervi

ce p

rovi

ders

. Tw

o in

dust

rial

prec

inct

s ad

join

resi

dent

ial l

and,

a s

choo

l and

com

mun

ity c

entre

. _

Ric

hmon

d (L

ocal

Indu

stry

, Util

ities

/Urb

an S

ervi

ces)

Thi

s in

dust

rial a

rea

falls

with

in

two

prec

inct

s, th

e la

rges

t of w

hich

is lo

cate

d at

the

east

ern

edge

of t

he R

ichm

ond

Tow

n C

entre

aro

und

300

m fr

om th

e E

ast R

ichm

ond

Sta

tion

on th

e R

ichm

ond

bran

ch o

f the

Wes

tern

Lin

e. T

o th

e w

est i

s th

e R

ichm

ond

RA

AF

Bas

e an

d to

the

sout

h th

e R

ichm

ond

Gol

f Cou

rse.

_

Win

dsor

/Sou

th W

inds

or (M

anuf

actu

ring–

Ligh

t, M

anuf

actu

ring–

Hea

vy, U

rban

S

ervi

ces)

Thi

s in

dust

rial a

rea

is th

e la

rges

t with

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A. I

t sup

ports

a

broa

d m

ix o

f ind

ustri

al u

ses

and

adjo

ins

the

resi

dent

ial a

rea

of W

inds

or. T

he re

cent

ly

com

plet

ed W

inds

or F

lood

Eva

cuat

ion

Rou

te p

asse

s th

roug

h th

is in

dust

rial a

rea.

_W

ilber

forc

e (U

tiliti

es/U

rban

Ser

vice

s, L

ocal

Indu

stry

) The

are

a ad

join

s ru

ral l

ands

an

d op

en s

pace

to th

e so

uth

and

is n

ot s

ervi

ced

by re

ticul

ated

sew

er. T

here

are

als

o a

num

ber o

f loc

al s

ervi

ce p

rovi

ders

with

in th

e ar

ea.

The

Em

ploy

men

t Lan

ds S

trate

gy 2

008

also

iden

tifie

s th

e fo

llow

ing

gate

way

are

as

whi

ch s

houl

d be

inve

stig

ated

for d

evel

opm

ent a

nd d

esig

n tre

atm

ents

. _

Geo

rge

Stre

et a

nd B

lack

tow

n R

oad

_

Win

dsor

Roa

d, M

ulgr

ave

_

Bel

ls L

ine

of R

oad,

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

_

Land

on

wes

tern

sid

e of

Geo

rge

Stre

et, S

outh

Win

dsor

.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

has

a hi

gh le

vel o

f job

sel

f-con

tain

men

t with

loca

l em

ploy

men

t se

ctor

s in

edu

catio

n, in

dust

ry, a

gric

ultu

re, c

omm

erce

and

reta

il an

d th

is s

houl

d be

m

aint

aine

d or

impr

oved

. _

The

Nor

th W

est S

ub R

egio

nal S

trate

gy s

eeks

to in

crea

se lo

cal e

mpl

oym

ent b

y 30

00

jobs

by

2031

. _

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Em

ploy

men

t Lan

ds S

trate

gy (D

ecem

ber 2

008)

als

o id

entif

ies

Mul

grav

e an

d C

lare

ndon

as

havi

ng p

oten

tial t

o ac

com

mod

ate

futu

re e

mpl

oym

ent

grow

th.

_ K

ey s

ecto

rs a

nd p

oten

tial e

mpl

oym

ent a

reas

iden

tifie

d in

the

Em

ploy

men

t Lan

ds

Stra

tegy

200

8 ar

e to

be

prom

oted

to e

nsur

e em

ploy

men

t ass

ets

are

utilis

ed.

Cen

tres

and

Em

ploy

men

t

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awke

sbur

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A R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

: Tra

nspo

rt N

etw

orks

Ser

vice

s

(Sou

rce:

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil

GIS

, Oct

ober

200

9)

Tran

spor

t

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2

4.3_

Tran

spor

t

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is s

ervi

ced

by a

rang

e of

tran

spor

t opt

ions

incl

udin

g tra

in, b

us a

nd

priv

ate

vehi

cles

. Fi

gure

4.9

iden

tifie

s th

e ke

y tra

nspo

rt in

frast

ruct

ure

in th

e LG

A.

4.3.

1_Tr

ain

serv

ices

Tr

ain

serv

ices

are

an

impo

rtant

feat

ure

of th

e LG

A a

s th

ey p

rovi

de fa

cilit

ies

for t

he

com

mun

ity to

reac

h em

ploy

men

t des

tinat

ions

and

oth

er c

entre

s w

ithin

and

out

side

the

area

. Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is lo

cate

d on

the

Wes

tern

Rai

lway

Lin

e to

Ric

hmon

d, a

nd is

w

ithin

eas

y co

mm

uter

dis

tanc

e to

em

ploy

men

t nod

es lo

cate

d w

ithin

the

Haw

kesb

ury

as w

ell a

s th

ose

loca

ted

else

whe

re, w

ithin

the

Syd

ney

regi

on a

t Par

ram

atta

and

B

lack

tow

n.

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is s

ervi

ced

by th

e fo

llow

ing

City

Rai

l sta

tions

on

the

Wes

tern

Lin

e:

_ Vi

neya

rd;

_ M

ulgr

ave;

_

Win

dsor

; _

Cla

rend

on;

_ E

ast R

ichm

ond;

and

_

Ric

hmon

d.

The

line

term

inat

es a

t Ric

hmon

d bu

t pro

vide

s ac

cess

sou

th e

ast i

nto

Syd

ney

CB

D a

nd

also

join

s th

e B

lue

Mou

ntai

ns L

ine

head

ing

wes

t at B

lack

tow

n. S

ervi

ces

betw

een

Ric

hmon

d an

d Bl

ackt

own

oper

ate

at o

nly

a m

oder

ate

frequ

ency

with

a h

alf-h

ourly

se

rvic

e fo

r all

stop

s du

ring

peak

hou

r and

an

hour

ly s

ervi

ce fo

r all

stop

s du

ring

off-

peak

tim

es.

4.3.

2_R

oad

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Key

road

s pr

ovid

ing

acce

ss to

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

incl

ude:

_

Win

dsor

Rd

conn

ectin

g w

ith W

estli

nk M

2 at

Bau

lkha

m H

ills

and

tow

ards

Par

ram

atta

an

d th

e S

ydne

y LG

A to

the

sout

h ea

st; a

nd

_ R

ichm

ond

Rd/

The

Nor

ther

n R

d pr

ovid

ing

a no

rth s

outh

link

into

Win

dsor

.

Oth

er p

ublic

road

s in

clud

e:

_ Lo

ndon

derr

y R

d an

d C

astle

reag

h R

d bo

th le

adin

g to

Pen

rith

in th

e S

outh

; _

Wilb

erfo

rce

Rd

lead

ing

to P

arr S

tate

Con

serv

atio

n A

rea

to th

e no

rth;

_ P

itt T

own

Rd

lead

ing

to H

orns

by in

the

sout

h ea

st;

_ B

lack

tow

n R

d le

adin

g B

lack

tow

n an

d P

arra

mat

ta in

the

sout

h ea

st; a

nd

_ B

ells

line

of R

d le

adin

g to

Lith

gow

and

the

Blu

e M

ount

ains

to th

e N

orth

Wes

t.

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil’

s C

omm

unity

Stra

tegi

c Pl

an id

entif

ied

the

need

to li

nk th

e LG

A m

ore

effe

ctiv

ely

with

the

surro

undi

ng a

reas

. The

follo

win

g ha

ve b

een

iden

tifie

d:

_ A

com

mun

ity p

rovi

ded

with

faci

litie

s an

d se

rvic

es e

ffici

ently

link

ed b

y w

ell m

aint

aine

d ro

ads;

_

Acc

essi

ble

and

inte

grat

ed tr

ansp

ort a

nd c

omm

unic

atio

n;

_ C

onne

ct s

urro

undi

ng re

gion

s;

_ To

ena

ble

thes

e vi

sion

s, th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

a tr

ansp

ort n

etw

ork

and

deve

lopm

ent o

f a

hier

arch

y of

road

s w

ill n

eed

to b

e fa

cilit

ated

; and

_

Roa

d in

frast

ruct

ure

was

als

o id

entif

ied

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y C

ity C

ounc

il C

omm

unity

su

rvey

resu

lts w

here

impr

ovin

g lo

cal r

oads

was

rate

d th

e m

ost i

mpo

rtant

for b

oth

rura

l and

urb

an re

side

nts.

Exi

stin

g ro

ad c

apac

ity is

sues

sho

uld

be a

ddre

ssed

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e R

oads

and

Tr

affic

Aut

horit

y pr

ior t

o or

as

part

of th

e de

velo

pmen

t for

any

dev

elop

men

t with

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A.

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spor

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3

Figu

re 4

.10:

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy B

us R

oute

s

(Sou

rce:

Reg

ion

1 P

ropo

sed

Net

wor

k M

ap, D

epar

tmen

t of P

lann

ing,

Oct

ober

200

9)

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iden

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and

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4 | 2

4

4.3.

3_B

us S

ervi

ces

Like

trai

n se

rvic

es, b

us s

ervi

ces

prov

ide

links

to m

ain

cent

res

and

empl

oym

ent a

reas

an

d ar

e an

impo

rtant

faci

lity

for c

omm

uniti

es a

nd a

lso

tour

ists

vis

iting

the

area

.

Mos

t sub

urbs

with

in th

e so

uthe

rn s

ectio

n of

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

are

ser

vice

d by

bus

ro

utes

pro

vide

d by

: _

Wes

t Bus

_

Haw

kesb

ury

Val

ley

bus

com

pany

Rou

te 6

61: (

wee

kday

s an

d Sa

turd

ays)

R

iver

ston

e - M

cGra

ths

Hill

– W

inds

or

_Rou

te 6

62: (

wee

kday

s on

ly)

Oak

ville

- M

aray

lya

– R

iver

ston

e

_Rou

te 6

63/4

: (w

eekd

ays

and

Sat

urda

ys)

Rou

te66

3: W

isem

ans

Ferr

y - P

itt T

own

- Oak

ville

- W

inds

or

Rou

te 6

64: M

aray

lya

- Oak

ville

– W

inds

or

_ S

choo

l Ser

vice

s _

Busa

bout

NS

W T

rans

port

and

Infra

stru

ctur

e (fo

rmal

ly th

e M

inis

try o

f Tra

nspo

rt) p

ropo

sed

chan

ges

to b

us ro

utes

(por

traye

d in

Fig

ure

4.10

) whi

ch in

clud

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A a

nd

the

prop

osed

cha

nges

cam

e in

to e

ffect

in O

ctob

er 2

009.

The

se in

clud

e th

e fo

llow

ing

rout

es w

hich

bet

wee

n ce

ntre

s:

_ 68

2 R

ichm

ond

to B

eram

bing

via

Bel

ls L

ine

of R

d an

d Ku

rrajo

ng;

_ 68

0 R

ichm

ond

to B

owen

Mou

ntai

n vi

a G

rose

Wol

d an

d G

rose

Val

e;

_ 67

8 R

ichm

ond

to P

enrit

h vi

a A

gnes

Ban

k, C

astle

reag

h an

d C

rane

broo

k;

_ 67

7 R

ichm

ond

to P

enrit

h vi

a Lo

ndon

derr

y R

d an

d th

e N

orth

ern

Rd;

_

676

Sout

h W

inds

or L

oop;

_

675

Ric

hmon

d, W

inds

or, B

ligh

Par

k Lo

op;

_ 67

4 W

inds

or to

Mt D

ruitt

; _

673

Win

dsor

to P

enrit

h vi

a Ll

andi

lo a

nd C

rane

broo

k;

_ 66

1 W

inds

or to

Rei

vers

tone

via

McG

rath

s H

ills,

Vin

eyar

d &

Dar

kvill

e;

_ 66

3 W

inds

or to

Wie

sman

s Fe

rry

via

Pitt

Tow

n; a

nd

_ 66

2 R

iver

ston

e to

Oak

ville

via

Mar

ayly

a.

_ 66

9 W

inds

or to

Sac

kvill

e W

ilber

forc

e;

_ 66

8 W

inds

or to

Ric

hmon

d vi

a G

loss

odia

; _

608

Win

dsor

to R

ouse

Hill

via

Win

dsor

Rd;

4.3.

4_C

ar U

se

Due

to li

mite

d pu

blic

tran

spor

t ser

vice

s an

d th

e ex

pans

ive

area

that

is th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A th

ere

is s

igni

fican

t rel

ianc

e on

the

priv

ate

mot

or c

ar fo

r tra

nspo

rt. In

200

6 86

.3%

of

the

hous

ehol

ds o

wne

d at

leas

t one

car

com

pare

d w

ith 8

1.5%

in th

e W

SR

OC

R

egio

n. T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

peo

ple

with

no

cars

in H

awke

sbur

y (5

.6%

) is

cons

ider

ably

lo

wer

than

that

in th

e W

SR

OC

regi

on (1

1%).

The

road

net

wor

ks a

re d

escr

ibed

in S

ectio

n 4.

3.2

of th

is re

port.

How

ever

due

to th

e ru

ral n

atur

e of

muc

h of

the

LGA

, res

iden

ts a

re re

quire

d to

trav

el o

n th

e m

ajor

regi

onal

an

d ar

teria

l roa

d ne

twor

ks to

acc

ess

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s re

sulti

ng in

pot

entia

l co

nflic

ts b

etw

een

resi

dent

ial a

nd h

eavy

veh

icle

traf

fic.

4.3.

5_C

ycle

way

s Th

ere

are

dedi

cate

d lo

cal c

ycle

rout

es w

ithin

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA,

as

show

n in

Fig

ure

4.11

. The

cyc

le ro

utes

follo

w th

e ex

istin

g ro

ad n

etw

orks

and

run

alon

g op

en s

pace

ne

twor

ks, p

rovi

ding

key

link

s th

roug

h lo

cal r

esid

entia

l are

as.

The

maj

ority

of t

he c

ycle

ne

twor

ks a

re o

n-st

reet

. The

re a

re p

ropo

sed

exte

nsio

ns to

the

exis

ting

cycl

e ro

utes

th

roug

h K

urm

ond

and

Vin

eyar

d as

wel

l as

an o

ff-st

reet

cyc

lew

ay e

xten

ding

from

W

inds

or, a

long

Win

dsor

Roa

d to

the

M2.

The

Dra

ft N

orth

Wes

t Sub

regi

onal

Pla

n pr

omot

es a

n in

crea

se in

the

num

ber o

f cy

clew

ays,

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith w

alki

ng ro

utes

, to

prom

ote

cycl

ing

as a

n al

tern

ativ

e an

d le

gitim

ate

form

of t

rans

port

to c

ars.

Cyc

lew

ays

shou

ld th

eref

ore

not j

ust b

e us

ed w

ithin

ur

ban

area

s fo

r rec

reat

iona

l pur

pose

s bu

t als

o to

con

nect

cen

tres.

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Mob

ility

Pla

n (a

dopt

ed 1

1 M

ay 2

010)

out

lines

futu

re c

ycle

and

oth

er m

obili

ty fa

cilit

ies.

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spor

t

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re 4

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Haw

kesb

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Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy C

ycle

Net

wor

ks

(Sou

rce:

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil

Cyc

le w

ays

map

, Oct

ober

200

9)

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spor

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4.3.

6_Pe

dest

rian

Faci

litie

s In

May

201

0 C

ounc

il ad

opte

d th

e H

awke

sbur

y M

obilit

y Pl

an. T

he p

lan

cons

ists

of n

ot

only

a n

ew b

icyc

le n

etw

ork,

but

a n

ew P

edes

trian

Acc

ess

and

Mob

ility

Plan

. The

co

mpr

ehen

sive

pla

n as

sist

s in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f ped

estri

an p

olic

ies

and

faci

litie

s.

The

need

s of

peo

ple

who

requ

ire s

peci

al a

cces

s ar

e al

so c

onsi

dere

d.

In H

awke

sbur

y C

ity C

ounc

il’s C

omm

unity

Sur

vey

Res

ults

200

7 fo

otpa

ths

wer

e id

entif

ied

as a

hig

h pr

iorit

y ar

ea fo

r ser

vice

s.

Add

ition

ally

, the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

Stra

tegy

- City

of C

ities

: A P

lan

for S

ydne

y's

Futu

re 2

005

iden

tifie

d th

e ne

ed fo

r eas

ier w

alki

ng a

cces

s fro

m n

earb

y ar

eas

to s

hops

an

d fa

cilit

ies

to im

prov

e th

e he

alth

pro

blem

s of

loca

l res

iden

ts a

nd re

duce

the

use

of

cars

for s

hort

trips

whi

le m

akin

g ce

ntre

s m

ore

acce

ssib

le.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Exis

ting

road

cap

acity

issu

es s

houl

d be

add

ress

ed in

con

sulta

tion

(whe

re

appr

opria

te) w

ith th

e R

oads

and

Tra

ffic

Aut

horit

y (R

TA) p

rior t

o or

as

part

of th

e pl

anni

ng fo

r any

dev

elop

men

t with

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A.

_ Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

s to

con

cent

rate

in p

roxi

mity

to C

ityR

ail T

rain

Sta

tions

w

ithin

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

_

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t is

to lo

cate

in p

roxi

mity

to a

reas

whi

ch a

re li

nked

into

the

exis

ting

train

net

wor

k an

d pr

ovid

e se

rvic

es to

out

lyin

g ce

ntre

s _

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

be s

ervi

ced

by a

dequ

ate

road

net

wor

ks w

ith li

nks

to k

ey c

entre

s.

_ Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

s to

con

cent

rate

in p

roxi

mity

to re

gula

r and

relia

ble

bus

netw

orks

and

ser

vice

s.

_ R

egul

ar a

nd re

liabl

e bu

s se

rvic

es s

houl

d be

in p

lace

to k

ey d

estin

atio

ns a

nd fu

rther

tra

nspo

rt lin

ks.

_ Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

s to

focu

s on

exi

stin

g an

d pr

opos

ed c

entre

s to

enc

oura

ge

grea

ter a

cces

s an

d th

eref

ore

use

of p

ublic

tran

spor

t opt

ions

as

wel

l as

prox

imity

to

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s.

_ C

ycle

link

s to

oth

er c

entre

s an

d ke

y de

stin

atio

ns s

houl

d be

con

side

red

_ Ex

tend

ing

cycl

eway

s sh

ould

be

cons

ider

ed to

con

nect

exp

andi

ng c

entre

s as

a re

sult

of in

crea

sed

dwel

ling

dens

ities

_

Incr

ease

d ac

cess

and

usa

ge o

f pat

hs s

houl

d be

enc

oura

ged.

_

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

prov

ide

univ

ersa

lly a

cces

sibl

e pe

dest

rian

faci

litie

s.

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spor

t

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kesb

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Res

iden

tial S

trate

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ocal

Ope

n Sp

ace

(S

ourc

e: H

awke

sbur

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ity C

ounc

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IS, O

ctob

er 2

009)

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7

Ope

n Sp

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Rec

reat

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Ope

n Sp

ace

and

Rec

reat

ion

4.4.

1_D

istr

ibut

ion

of O

pen

Spac

e A

s sh

own

in F

igur

e 4.

12, t

he m

ajor

ity o

f ope

n sp

ace

with

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

as

soci

ated

with

the

natu

ral l

ands

cape

are

as w

ithin

Nat

iona

l Par

ks, S

tate

For

ests

, re

crea

tion

and

natu

re re

serv

es a

nd c

onse

rvat

ion

area

s. O

f the

alm

ost 2

,800

squ

are

kilo

met

res

of la

nd w

ithin

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

, 71%

is lo

cate

d w

ithin

Nat

iona

l Par

ks,

Nat

ure

Res

erve

s an

d R

ecre

atio

nal A

reas

.

Ope

n sp

ace

area

s pr

ovid

e a

rang

e of

recr

eatio

n op

portu

nitie

s fo

r res

iden

ts a

nd

tour

ists

to th

e H

awke

sbur

y. W

ithin

the

LGA

ther

e ar

e ap

prox

imat

ely

200

park

s an

d 23

ov

als.

Whi

le s

ome

of th

ese

area

s pr

ovid

e fo

r rec

reat

iona

l use

, som

e ar

eas

cont

ain

sens

itive

bu

shla

nd a

nd h

abita

t and

are

rela

tivel

y re

mot

e fro

m th

e ur

ban

cent

res,

and

as

such

, th

ey p

rovi

de li

mite

d re

sour

ces

for e

very

day

pass

ive

and

activ

e re

crea

tiona

l use

.

In o

rder

to u

se th

e av

aila

ble

park

spa

ce to

its

full

pote

ntia

l, C

ounc

il is

cur

rent

ly

unde

rtaki

ng a

pla

ygro

und

repl

acem

ent p

rogr

am to

upg

rade

exi

stin

g si

tes

and

impr

ove

the

amen

ities

for t

he c

omm

unity

.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Ope

n sp

ace

is a

sig

nific

ant a

sset

for H

awke

sbur

y LG

A th

at c

ontri

bute

to c

hara

cter

an

d am

enity

of t

he L

GA

. _

Exi

stin

g pa

rk a

nd re

crea

tion

area

s ar

e to

be

mai

ntai

ned.

_

To p

rom

ote

heal

thy

com

mun

ities

, fut

ure

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t sho

uld

be lo

cate

d cl

ose

to a

rang

e of

exi

stin

g or

pro

pose

d pa

ssiv

e an

d ac

tive

publ

ic o

pen

spac

es w

here

po

ssib

le.

4 | 2

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n Sp

ace

and

Rec

reat

ion

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and

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tegy

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Figu

re 4

.13:

Haw

kesb

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Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy R

ecre

atio

n Fa

cilit

ies

(S

ourc

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AS

SE

LL G

IS, O

ctob

er 2

009)

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n Sp

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reat

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Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

4.4.

2_R

ecre

atio

n Fa

cilit

ies

Rec

reat

iona

l fac

ilitie

s ar

e a

valu

able

reso

urce

for r

esid

ents

and

tour

ists

. Stre

ams

and

wat

er c

ours

es a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e H

awke

sbur

y N

epea

n R

iver

Cat

chm

ent f

orm

par

t of

the

publ

ic o

pen

spac

e an

d re

crea

tion

syst

em w

ithin

or a

roun

d th

e ed

ges

of u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t. Th

ey h

old

high

recr

eatio

nal v

alue

and

attr

act p

eopl

e fro

m b

oth

insi

de

and

out o

f the

LG

A. T

he n

atur

al v

eget

atio

n an

d fa

una

and

geol

ogic

al fe

atur

es a

re a

lso

part

of th

e re

crea

tiona

l exp

erie

nce.

In a

dditi

on to

the

natu

ral r

ecre

atio

n fa

cilit

ies

and

reso

urce

s w

ithin

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

, th

ere

is a

rang

e of

form

al re

crea

tion

faci

litie

s. F

igur

e 4.

13 id

entif

ies

the

num

erou

s re

crea

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s pr

ovid

ed n

ear o

r with

in th

e LG

A. T

hese

incl

ude:

_

Sw

imm

ing

cent

res;

_

Clu

bs (i

nclu

ding

bow

ling

club

s);

_ C

omm

unity

cen

tres;

_

Gol

f cou

rses

; _

Con

fere

nce

cent

res;

and

_

Art

scho

ols.

With

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A, t

here

are

app

roxi

mat

ely

15 te

nnis

cou

rts, 3

7 pl

ayin

g fie

lds,

four

gol

f cou

rses

, and

two

swim

min

g po

ols

incl

udin

g an

indo

or a

quat

ic c

entre

.

As

Figu

re 4

.13

show

s, th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

se a

re lo

cate

d in

urb

an a

reas

sur

roun

ding

ex

istin

g ce

ntre

s su

ch a

s W

inds

or a

nd R

ichm

ond.

The

y ar

e lo

cate

d cl

ose

to th

e m

ain

road

infra

stru

ctur

e na

mel

y R

ichm

ond

Roa

d an

d P

utty

Roa

d.

Tabl

e 4.

5 id

entif

ies

indi

cativ

e be

nchm

arks

for o

pen

spac

e an

d re

crea

tion

faci

litie

s an

d ap

plie

s th

ese

benc

hmar

ks to

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

to id

entif

y cu

rrent

and

futu

re

pote

ntia

l lev

els

of p

rovi

sion

. The

se b

ench

mar

ks a

re a

gui

de o

nly

and

mor

e de

taile

d in

vest

igat

ions

are

requ

ired

to a

scer

tain

bet

ter t

he c

ondi

tion,

use

and

dem

and

on

recr

eatio

nal f

acilit

ies.

This

tabl

e in

dica

tes

that

the

LGA

prov

ides

a s

trong

leve

l of o

pen

spac

e an

d re

crea

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s fo

r exi

stin

g re

side

nts.

Futu

re re

side

ntia

l num

bers

are

ant

icip

ated

to in

crea

se m

argi

nally

and

ther

efor

e su

gges

ts fu

ture

resi

dent

s w

ill h

ave

adeq

uate

pro

visi

on o

f ope

n sp

ace

and

recr

eatio

n.

Det

aile

d in

vest

igat

ions

on

thes

e ar

eas,

the

leve

l of s

ervi

ce, a

nd th

e ap

prop

riate

ness

of

faci

litie

s fo

r fut

ure

popu

latio

n is

requ

ired.

Tabl

e 4.

5: R

ecre

atio

nal F

acili

ties

Infra

stru

ctur

e P

rovi

sion

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Cen

tres

shou

ld p

rovi

de a

leve

l of r

ecre

atio

nal f

acilit

ies

whi

ch m

eet t

he n

eeds

of t

he

loca

l com

mun

ity.

_ Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent s

houl

d m

axim

ise

the

use

of e

xist

ing

recr

eatio

n as

sets

. _

Ope

n sp

ace

and

recr

eatio

n fa

cilit

ies

prov

ide

high

am

enity

to re

side

ntia

l are

as. F

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent i

s to

focu

s on

are

as w

ith o

pen

spac

e an

d re

crea

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s.

_ D

etai

led

inve

stig

atio

ns o

f the

leve

l of s

ervi

ce, a

nd th

e ap

prop

riate

ness

of f

acilit

ies

for

futu

re p

opul

atio

n is

requ

ired.

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Ben

chm

ark

Serv

ice

Prov

isio

n (In

dica

tive

Onl

y)

2009

Fac

ilitie

s/

Cur

rent

pr

ovis

ion

Ant

icip

ated

fu

ture

de

man

d 20

31

Ope

n Sp

ace

and

Rec

reat

ion

Reg

iona

l Par

k (2

0ha+

) LG

A C

atch

men

t 1

Dis

trict

Par

k (3

-10h

a)

1 pe

r 25,

000-

50,0

00 re

side

nts

2 2

Loca

l Par

k (1

-4ha

) 1

per 3

,000

-5,

000

resi

dent

s 15

17

Nei

ghbo

urho

od P

ark

1 pe

r 1,0

00-

2,00

0 re

side

nts

41

47

Spor

ting

Ope

n Sp

ace

(2ha

) 2h

a pe

r 1,0

00

resi

dent

s 37

4 | 3

0

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n Sp

ace

and

Rec

reat

ion

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Res

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tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

Figu

re 4

.14:

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy C

omm

unity

Fac

ilitie

s

(Sou

rce:

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil

GIS

, Oct

ober

200

9)

4 | 3

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mun

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ervi

ces

and

Faci

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s

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and

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tegy

201

0

4.5_

Com

mun

ity S

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

curre

ntly

con

tain

s a

larg

e ra

nge

of c

omm

unity

faci

litie

s in

clud

ing

com

mun

ity c

entre

s, s

choo

ls a

nd te

rtiar

y in

stitu

tions

and

faci

litie

s fo

r you

ng a

nd o

lder

pe

ople

. The

se fa

cilit

ies,

iden

tifie

d in

Fig

ure

4.14

, are

prim

arily

loca

ted

in th

e so

uthe

rn

part

of th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A w

hich

alig

ns w

ith th

e ke

y po

pula

tion

cent

res

whe

re th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

popu

latio

n (9

4%) l

ive.

The

rem

aini

ng 6

% o

f the

po

pula

tion

live

in th

e m

ore

rura

l and

rem

ote

parts

of t

he L

GA

with

lim

ited

acce

ss to

fa

cilit

ies

and

serv

ices

. It

is w

orth

not

ing

that

ther

e ar

e nu

mer

ous

mob

ile c

omm

unity

se

rvic

es to

cat

er fo

r the

mor

e re

mot

e po

pula

tions

.

A h

igh

leve

l rev

iew

of t

he e

xist

ing

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

y pr

ovis

ion

has

been

und

erta

ken

agai

nst i

ndic

ativ

e be

nchm

arks

, pro

vide

d in

Tab

le 4

.6 to

det

erm

ine

how

the

num

ber o

f th

e ex

istin

g co

mm

unity

faci

litie

s m

ay m

eet e

xist

ing

and

futu

re c

omm

unity

nee

ds. T

he

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ce re

view

iden

tifie

d th

at th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A c

urre

ntly

pro

vide

s:

_ 18

Com

mun

ity c

entre

s an

d ha

lls;

_ 1

com

mun

ity h

ealth

cen

tre in

Win

dsor

; and

_

2 C

ounc

il Li

brar

ies

(Cen

tral L

ibra

ry in

Win

dsor

and

Bra

nch

Libr

ary

in R

ichm

ond)

You

th s

ervi

ces

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A in

clud

e:

_ 2

mob

ile y

outh

cen

tres

(Col

o W

ilder

ness

Mob

ile R

esou

rce

Uni

t and

For

gotte

n Va

lley

Mob

ile R

esou

rce

Uni

t);

_ A

you

th in

form

atio

n se

rvic

e;

_ A

You

th T

rans

port

Ser

vice

; an

d _

You

th c

entre

s an

d se

rvic

es in

Glo

ssod

ia, B

ligh

Par

k an

d N

orth

Ric

hmon

d

Com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

spec

ifica

lly fo

r old

er p

eopl

e an

d pe

ople

with

a d

isab

ility

are

pr

ovid

ed b

y bo

th C

ounc

il an

d no

t for

pro

fit o

rgan

isat

ions

and

incl

ude:

_

2 re

spite

day

cen

tre (R

ichm

ond

and

Win

dsor

); _

Sup

port

& R

esou

rce

Cen

tres

(Win

dsor

); _

Ret

irem

ent v

illag

es; a

nd

_ N

ursi

ng h

omes

;

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

cont

ains

a v

arie

ty o

f edu

catio

n es

tabl

ishm

ents

incl

udin

g:

_ 9

publ

ic p

resc

hool

s;

_ 6

com

mun

ity o

r Cou

ncil

oper

ated

long

day

car

e ce

ntre

s;

_ 18

priv

atel

y op

erat

ed lo

ng d

ay c

are

cent

res;

_

2 m

obile

pre

scho

ols

(for r

emot

e an

d m

ore

isol

ated

regi

ons

of th

e H

awke

sbur

y);

_ 35

pub

lic p

rimar

y sc

hool

s;

_ 9

othe

r prim

ary

scho

ols

(inde

pend

ent,

relig

ious

, priv

ate,

etc

); _

6 pu

blic

hig

h sc

hool

s; a

nd

_ 5

othe

r sec

onda

ry s

choo

ls (i

ndep

ende

nt, r

elig

ious

, priv

ate,

etc

).

In a

dditi

on, H

awke

sbur

y LG

A p

rovi

des:

_

1 oc

casi

onal

car

e ce

ntre

; and

_

5 be

fore

and

afte

r sch

ool f

acili

ties.

The

LGA

als

o of

fers

a ra

nge

of te

rtiar

y ed

ucat

ion

oppo

rtuni

ties

incl

udin

g th

e U

nive

rsity

of

Wes

tern

Syd

ney

Haw

kesb

ury

Cam

pus,

Ric

hmon

d C

olle

ge o

f TA

FE a

nd a

regi

onal

co

mm

unity

col

lege

.

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mun

ity S

ervi

ces

and

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tegy

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0

~Thi

s is

a P

rivat

e H

ospi

tal;

how

ever

, it d

oes

have

the

faci

litie

s fo

r Pub

lic H

ealth

Car

e.

*Fig

ures

not

fully

con

sist

ent w

ith s

ervi

ce p

rovi

sion

sta

ndar

ds d

ue to

dat

a av

aila

bilit

y.

Pop

ulat

ion

proj

ectio

n da

ta o

nly

avai

labl

e fo

r gro

ups

0-4

year

s an

d 5-

11 y

ears

Tabl

e 4.

6: C

omm

unity

Infra

stru

ctur

e P

rovi

sion

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Ben

chm

ark

Serv

ice

Prov

isio

n (In

dica

tive

Onl

y)

2009

fa

cilit

ies/

plac

es/b

eds

Cur

rent

Dem

and

2006

A

ntic

ipat

ed F

utur

e D

eman

d 20

31

Cap

acity

to

Mee

t Fut

ure

Dem

and

Com

mun

ity C

entr

e Lo

cal (

Sm

all)

1 fa

cilit

y pe

r 5,0

00-1

0,00

0 re

side

nts

19

8 9

Nei

ghbo

urho

od/D

istri

ct (l

arge

) 1

faci

lity

per 3

0,00

0 re

side

nts

2 3

Educ

atio

n P

resc

hool

1

faci

lity

per 5

,000

-10,

000

resi

dent

s 9

8 9

Prim

ary

Sch

ool (

Pub

lic)

1 fa

cilit

y pe

r 2,0

00-2

,500

dw

ellin

gs

35 fa

cilit

y 27

faci

lity

31 fa

cilit

y �

Prim

ary

Sch

ool (

Priv

ate)

1

faci

lity

per 2

0,00

0 re

side

nts

9 fa

cilit

y 3

faci

lity

4 fa

cilit

y �

Sec

onda

ry S

choo

l (P

ublic

) 1

faci

lity

per 6

,000

-7,0

00 d

wel

lings

6

faci

lity

12 fa

cilit

y 14

faci

lity

Sec

onda

ry S

choo

l (P

rivat

e)

1 fa

cilit

y pe

r 35,

000

resi

dent

s 5

faci

lity

2 fa

cilit

y 2

faci

lity

Loca

l TA

FE

1 fa

cilit

y pe

r 30,

00-5

0,00

0 re

side

nts

2 fa

cilit

y 2

faci

lity

2 fa

cilit

y �

Uni

vers

ity

1 fa

cilit

y pe

r 220

,000

1

faci

lity

0 0

Hea

lth

Pub

lic H

ospi

tal

2-3

beds

per

1,0

00 re

side

nts

- 18

3 be

ds

210

beds

P

rivat

e H

ospi

tal

1-2

beds

per

1,0

00 re

side

nts

127~

12

2 be

ds

140

beds

N

eigh

bour

hood

Com

mun

ity H

ealth

C

entre

1

per 1

0,00

0 re

side

nts

6

7

Chi

ld C

are

and

Yout

h Lo

ng D

ay C

entre

1

plac

e pe

r 10

child

ren

aged

0-4

yea

rs

24 c

entre

s 42

9 pl

aces

45

9 pl

aces

Fam

ily D

ay C

are

(hom

e ba

se)

1 pl

ace

per 2

00 c

hild

ren

aged

0-5

yea

rs*

22

pla

ces

23 p

lace

s �

Occ

asio

nal C

are

1 pl

ace

per 1

00 c

hild

ren

aged

0-5

yea

rs*

1 ce

ntre

43

pla

ces

46 p

lace

s �

Out

side

of S

choo

l Hou

rs (O

OS

H)

1 pl

ace

per 8

0 ch

ildre

n ag

ed 5

-12

year

s*

5 ce

ntre

s 83

pla

ces

89 p

lace

s �

Vac

atio

n C

are

1 pl

ace

per 7

5 ch

ildre

n ag

ed 5

-12

year

s*

6 ce

ntre

s 87

pla

ces

95 p

lace

s �

Yout

h C

entre

1

faci

lity

per 2

0,00

0 re

side

nts

4 ce

ntre

s 3

cent

res

4 ce

ntre

s �

Age

d C

are

Faci

litie

s R

esid

entia

l Hig

h C

are

Bed

s 44

bed

s pe

r 1,0

00 re

side

nts

over

70

year

s

175

beds

19

6 be

ds

�R

esid

entia

l Low

Car

e B

eds

44 b

eds

per 1

,000

resi

dent

s ov

er 7

0 ye

ars

17

5 be

ds

196

beds

Com

mun

ity C

are

Spa

ces

25 b

eds

per 1

,000

ove

r 70

year

s

100

beds

11

1 be

ds

�Li

brar

ies

B

ranc

h Li

brar

y 1

faci

lity

per 2

0,00

0-30

,000

2

2 3

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tegy

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0

4.5.

1_C

omm

unity

Nee

ds A

naly

sis

The

futu

re c

omm

unity

faci

lity

need

s fo

r the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

in 2

031

can

in p

art b

e de

term

ined

by

a re

view

of t

he fu

ture

com

mun

ity a

nd s

ocia

l inf

rast

ruct

ure

need

s ag

ains

t a ra

nge

of in

dica

tive

benc

hmar

ks. I

n ad

ditio

n to

util

isin

g be

nchm

arks

ther

e is

a

need

to u

nder

take

con

sulta

tion

with

key

ser

vice

pro

vide

rs a

nd th

e w

ider

com

mun

ity to

m

ore

accu

rate

ly d

eter

min

e fu

ture

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

y ne

eds.

Ben

chm

arks

hav

e be

en

used

as

a hi

gh le

vel t

ool t

o de

term

ine

a le

vel o

f ser

vice

pro

visi

on to

mee

t pop

ulat

ion

need

s. T

hese

ben

chm

arks

do

not i

dent

ify th

e le

vel o

r qua

lity

of s

ervi

ce p

rovi

sion

. The

R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

has

relie

d on

thes

e be

nchm

arks

pur

ely

to a

scer

tain

if le

vels

of

serv

ice

prov

isio

n ar

e be

ing

met

how

ever

furth

er in

vest

igat

ions

are

requ

ired

to m

ore

accu

rate

ly d

eter

min

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A’s

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

y ne

eds

to 2

031.

4.

5.2_

Serv

ice

and

Infr

astr

uctu

re R

equi

rem

ents

Ta

ble

4.7

outli

nes

the

curre

nt o

n-gr

ound

pro

visi

on o

f com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

in th

e LG

A

plus

ben

chm

ark

stan

dard

s fo

r the

pro

visi

on o

f com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

base

d on

the

popu

latio

n fro

m th

e 20

06 A

BS

Cen

sus

Dat

a (6

0,92

1 pe

rson

s) a

nd a

pop

ulat

ion

grow

th

of a

ppro

xim

atel

y 9,

000

by 2

031.

As

prev

ious

ly n

oted

, Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is a

ntic

ipat

ed to

hav

e a

stea

dy in

clin

e in

po

pula

tion

grow

th. T

here

are

sub

stan

tial s

hifts

in th

e ag

e st

ruct

ure,

with

par

ticul

ar

grow

th in

old

er a

ge g

roup

s, w

hich

will

lead

to a

n in

crea

se in

dem

and

for m

ore

spec

ialis

ed ty

pes

of s

ervi

ces

such

as

aged

car

e an

d su

ppor

t. It

is re

com

men

ded

that

a

mor

e de

taile

d C

omm

unity

Nee

ds A

naly

sis

be u

nder

take

n an

d up

date

d ev

ery

5 ye

ars

in

line

with

AB

S C

ensu

s re

leas

es a

nd C

ounc

il’s

LEP

revi

ew.

It ca

n be

not

ed fr

om T

able

4.7

that

cur

rent

ly th

e on

-gro

und

prov

isio

n of

ser

vice

s is

ge

nera

lly m

eetin

g th

at re

quire

d fo

r the

cur

rent

pop

ulat

ion.

Giv

en th

e st

eady

incl

ine

in

popu

latio

n gr

owth

, it i

s an

ticip

ated

that

ther

e m

ay b

e a

mar

gina

l inc

reas

e in

the

dem

and

for t

he n

umbe

r of f

acili

ties

and

serv

ices

, how

ever

the

type

and

ser

vice

de

liver

y m

odel

s is

sub

ject

to fu

rther

revi

ew, p

artic

ular

ly in

con

side

ratio

n of

key

targ

et

grou

ps.

4.5.

3_Fa

cilit

ies

for O

lder

Peo

ple

to 2

031

Trad

ition

ally

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

has

acc

omm

odat

ed y

oung

fam

ilies

and

ther

efor

e ha

s ha

d lim

ited

serv

ices

for o

lder

peo

ple

or p

eopl

e w

ith a

dis

abili

ty.

With

the

agei

ng

popu

latio

n th

ere

is a

nee

d to

ens

ure

that

ser

vice

pro

visi

on is

revi

ewed

and

dem

ands

ar

e m

et in

a ti

mel

y m

anne

r. F

utur

e pr

ovis

ion

of s

ervi

ces

for o

lder

peo

ple

need

s to

en

sure

that

thes

e se

rvic

es a

re w

ell l

ocat

ed in

key

cen

tres,

in p

roxi

mity

to a

rang

e of

w

ider

tran

spor

t, co

mm

erci

al a

nd c

omm

unity

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies.

4.5.

4_H

ealth

Fac

ilitie

s to

203

1 H

awke

sbur

y LG

A cu

rrent

ly c

onta

ins

a pr

ivat

e ho

spita

l whi

ch p

rovi

des

127

beds

(H

awke

sbur

y D

istri

ct H

ealth

Ser

vice

), an

d pr

ovid

es p

ublic

hea

lth s

ervi

ces

with

the

Syd

ney

Wes

t Are

a H

ealth

Ser

vice

. Whi

lst t

his

anal

ysis

doe

s no

t tak

e in

to a

ccou

nt

hosp

ital b

eds

outs

ide

of th

e LG

A bo

unda

ry, b

ased

on

the

benc

hmar

k se

rvic

e pr

ovis

ion

ther

e is

evi

dent

ly a

n un

der s

uppl

y of

bot

h pu

blic

and

priv

ate

hosp

ital b

eds

to m

eet b

oth

the

curre

nt a

nd fu

ture

requ

irem

ents

.

4.5.

5_C

hild

Car

e an

d Yo

uth

Faci

litie

s to

203

1 H

awke

sbur

y LG

A ha

s si

gnifi

cant

num

bers

of c

hild

care

and

edu

catio

nal f

acilit

ies

and

serv

ices

, whi

ch a

ppea

r to

mee

t the

cur

rent

leve

ls o

f dem

and,

as

iden

tifie

d in

the

benc

hmar

ks.

Ther

e is

a w

ide

rang

e of

ser

vice

s fo

r you

ng p

eopl

e pr

ovid

ed in

the

Haw

kesb

ury,

re

flect

ing

the

youn

g na

ture

of t

he p

opul

atio

n, w

hich

als

o ap

pear

s to

mee

t cur

rent

and

fu

ture

nee

ds.

Mor

e de

taile

d an

alys

is a

nd re

sear

ch is

requ

ired

to a

scer

tain

whe

ther

the

serv

ices

cu

rrent

ly a

vaila

ble

are

adeq

uate

ly s

ervi

cing

the

popu

latio

n. A

naly

sis

wou

ld a

lso

need

to

con

side

r the

app

ropr

iate

ness

of t

he lo

catio

n of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

base

d on

w

here

futu

re g

row

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent m

ay o

ccur

, suc

h as

that

in V

iney

ard,

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

Nor

th W

est G

row

th C

entre

are

a.

4.5.

6_Li

brar

ies

to 2

031

Ther

e ar

e cu

rrent

ly 2

libr

arie

s pr

ovid

ed in

the

LGA

as

illust

rate

d in

Tab

le 4

.7. B

ased

on

the

benc

hmar

k pr

ovis

ion

of 1

per

20,

000-

30,0

00 re

side

nts,

ther

e is

a p

oten

tial d

eman

d fo

r 2 li

brar

ies

in 2

006,

and

3 li

brar

ies

for 2

031

(one

add

ition

al li

brar

y).

4.5.

7_So

cial

Con

side

ratio

ns

Key

soc

ial t

rend

s cu

rrent

ly in

fluen

cing

the

Haw

kesb

ury

popu

latio

n in

clud

e:

_ An

age

ing

popu

latio

n;

_ D

eclin

ing

hous

ehol

d si

ze w

ith in

crea

sing

lone

per

son

hous

ehol

ds; a

nd

_ Lo

ss o

f you

ng p

eopl

e.

Ove

rall,

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

app

ears

to ra

te w

ell a

gain

st th

e co

mm

unity

faci

lity

benc

hmar

ks, h

owev

er th

e cu

rren

t pro

visi

on o

f com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s ha

ve

been

bas

ed o

n pa

st d

eman

ds a

nd n

eeds

. Th

e H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

pr

ovid

es a

n op

portu

nity

to id

entif

y fu

ture

pop

ulat

ion

trend

s, n

eeds

and

loca

tions

to

bette

r pla

n fo

r fut

ure

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

y pr

ovis

ion.

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iden

tial L

and

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tegy

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0

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

As

the

focu

s of

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y is

in th

e so

uthe

rn p

arts

of t

he

LGA

futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

focu

s w

here

ther

e is

a s

trong

pro

visi

on o

f co

mm

unity

faci

litie

s.

_ Fu

ture

pro

visi

on o

f all

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

is to

be

enco

urag

ed to

loca

te in

tow

n ce

ntre

s, v

illag

es, s

mal

l villa

ges

and

neig

hbou

rhoo

d ce

ntre

s.

_ C

omm

unity

faci

litie

s an

d se

rvic

es s

houl

d be

acc

essi

ble

by a

ll re

side

nts

of th

e LG

A in

fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent.

_ C

omm

unity

ser

vice

pla

nnin

g ne

eds

to re

view

pop

ulat

ion

grow

th a

nd e

ncou

rage

co

lloca

tion

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s in

key

cen

tres

of th

e LG

A.

_ Th

e ag

eing

of t

he p

opul

atio

n m

ay re

sult

in in

crea

sed

dem

and

on s

ervi

ces

for o

lder

pe

ople

and

peo

ple

with

a d

isab

ility

. _

Edu

catio

n an

d ch

ildca

re fa

cilit

ies

are

to b

e ac

cess

ible

to a

ll re

side

nts

of th

e LG

A in

fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent,

parti

cula

rly in

are

as w

ith fa

mili

es w

ith c

hild

ren.

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mun

ity S

ervi

ces

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iden

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0

4.6_

Util

ities

Infr

astr

uctu

re

4.6.

1_Se

wer

age

Pro

vidi

ng a

dequ

ate

sew

erag

e is

one

of t

he m

ain

issu

es in

term

s of

infra

stru

ctur

e fo

r H

awke

sbur

y LG

A. R

etic

ulat

ed s

ewer

age

is c

urre

ntly

ava

ilabl

e to

the

follo

win

g ar

eas:

N

orth

Ric

hmon

d, R

ichm

ond,

Win

dsor

, Sou

th W

inds

or a

nd B

ligh

Par

k, M

cGra

ths

Hill,

W

inds

or D

owns

and

Pitt

Tow

n.

Trea

tmen

t pla

nts

are

loca

ted

at N

orth

Ric

hmon

d, R

ichm

ond

(bot

h of

whi

ch a

re

oper

ated

by

Syd

ney

Wat

er) S

outh

Win

dsor

and

McG

rath

s H

ill (o

wne

d an

d op

erat

ed b

y H

awke

sbur

y C

ity C

ounc

il).

Ther

e is

als

o tre

atm

ent p

lant

s lo

cate

d at

Bla

xlan

ds R

idge

ser

vici

ng p

ump

out f

acilit

ies

in ru

ral a

reas

dur

ing

flood

em

erge

ncie

s, R

AA

F ba

se a

t Ric

hmon

d, a

nd s

mal

l loc

al

plan

ts a

t Wilb

erfo

rce

and

Sch

eyvi

lle.

Cur

rent

ly th

ere

are

thre

e co

mm

on s

yste

ms

of s

ewag

e tre

atm

ent,

stor

age

and

disp

osal

be

ing

used

in th

e th

ree

tow

ns a

rea.

_

Sep

tic ta

nk p

lus

on-s

ite s

oil a

bsor

ptio

n.

_ S

eptic

tank

and

road

tank

er p

ump-

out.

_ A

erat

ion

plus

on-

site

irrig

atio

n.

4.6.

2_El

ectr

icity

In

tegr

al E

nerg

y se

rves

all

of th

e H

awke

sbur

y ar

ea a

nd c

onne

ctio

ns to

resi

dent

ial

prop

ertie

s ar

e ca

rried

out

on

appl

icat

ion.

It i

s no

ted

that

som

e ou

ter l

ying

rura

l are

as

of H

awke

sbur

y LG

A m

ay h

ave

no li

nes

or h

ave

very

old

line

s w

hich

may

nee

d ad

ditio

nal s

uppl

y.

Sol

ar p

ower

has

bee

n an

opt

ion

for h

ouse

s in

the

LGA

whe

re it

has

bee

n to

o ex

pens

ive

to c

onne

ct to

the

pow

er g

rid s

uch

as a

t Kur

rajo

ng H

ills.

4.6.

3_Te

leco

mm

unic

atio

ns

Tels

tra h

as p

rovi

ded

netw

ork

mod

erni

satio

n fo

r mos

t of H

awke

sbur

y C

ity C

ounc

il ar

ea

and

the

(024

5) a

rea

has

rece

ntly

bee

n di

gitis

ed. I

n ad

ditio

n to

loca

l and

inte

rnat

iona

l ca

lls, a

var

iety

of a

dditi

onal

tele

com

mun

icat

ion

serv

ices

are

ava

ilabl

e. S

ome

of th

e on

- lin

e fa

cilit

ies

are

not y

et a

vaila

ble

to a

ll ar

eas,

but

Tel

stra

is s

yste

mat

ical

ly p

rovi

ding

th

em o

n re

ques

t.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Inve

stig

atio

ns a

re re

quire

d to

det

erm

ine

the

abili

ty o

f all

exis

ting

utili

ties

infra

stru

ctur

e.

_ In

vest

igat

ions

are

requ

ired

to d

eter

min

e th

e ca

paci

ty o

f inf

rast

ruct

ure

to m

eet t

he

need

s of

futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t. _

Infra

stru

ctur

e to

mee

t the

cap

acity

of n

ew u

rban

gro

wth

. _

Sew

age

optio

ns s

houl

d be

exp

lore

d fo

r fut

ure

dwel

ling

dem

and.

_

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

n to

wn

cent

res

to b

e lim

ited

to a

reas

ser

vice

d by

retic

ulat

ed

sew

erag

e.

_ U

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

villa

ges,

sm

all v

illage

s an

d ne

ighb

ourh

ood

cent

res

whe

re n

o re

ticul

ated

sew

er s

yste

m is

ava

ilabl

e to

be

limite

d to

are

as c

apab

le fo

r ons

ite

disp

osal

. _

Maj

or in

frast

ruct

ure

and

evac

uatio

n ro

ute

upgr

ades

to b

e co

nsid

ered

for f

urth

er

grow

th.

Util

ities

Infr

astr

uctu

re

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iden

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and

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tegy

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Figu

re 4

.15:

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy A

NE

F

(Sou

rce:

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil

GIS

, Oct

ober

200

9)

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ities

Infr

astr

uctu

re

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iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

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0

4.6.

4_N

oise

exp

osur

e Th

e R

AA

F B

ase

at R

ichm

ond

is a

vita

l and

inte

gral

par

t of t

he H

awke

sbur

y LG

A in

te

rms

of it

s so

cial

and

eco

nom

ic c

ontri

butio

ns to

the

area

. Thi

s ar

ea h

as th

eref

ore

been

exc

lude

d fro

m c

onsi

dera

tion

for f

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent.

The

nois

e ge

nera

ted

by a

ircra

ft as

soci

ated

with

the

RA

AF

also

rest

ricts

dev

elop

men

t in

the

surr

ound

ing

area

s du

e to

exc

essi

ve n

oise

exp

osur

e.

Tabl

e 4.

7: A

NE

F C

lass

ifica

tions

Bui

ldin

g Ty

pe

AN

EF z

one

of s

ite

Acc

epta

ble

Con

ditio

nal

Una

ccep

tabl

e H

ouse

, hom

e un

it,

flat,

cara

van

park

Le

ss th

an 2

0 A

NE

F20

to 2

5 A

NE

F G

reat

er th

an 2

5 A

NE

FH

otel

, mot

el, h

oste

l Le

ss th

an 2

5 A

NE

F25

-30

AN

EF

Gre

ater

than

30

AN

EF

Scho

ol, u

nive

rsity

Le

ss th

an 2

0 A

NE

F20

-25

AN

EF

Gre

ater

than

25

AN

EF

Hos

pita

l, nu

rsin

g ho

me

Less

than

20

AN

EF

20-2

5 A

NE

F G

reat

er th

an 2

5 A

NE

FPu

blic

bui

ldin

g Le

ss th

an 2

0 A

NE

F20

-30

AN

EF

Gre

ater

than

30

AN

EF

Com

mer

cial

bu

ildin

g Le

ss th

an 2

5 A

NE

F25

-35

AN

EF

Gre

ater

than

35

AN

EF

Ligh

t ind

ustr

ial

Less

than

30

AN

EF

30-4

0 A

NE

F G

reat

er th

an 4

0 A

NE

FO

ther

indu

stria

l A

ccep

tabl

e in

all

AN

EF

zone

s A

ustra

lian

Sta

ndar

d –

AS

2021

-200

0 A

cous

tic A

ircra

ft N

oise

Intru

sion

– B

uild

ing

sitin

g an

d co

nstru

ctio

n

The

Aust

ralia

n St

anda

rd 2

021-

2000

giv

es th

e ab

ove

listin

g fo

r acc

epta

ble

ANEF

leve

ls

agai

nst d

evel

opm

ent.

The

tabl

e id

entif

ies

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent i

s to

be

loca

ted

in a

le

ss th

an 2

0 A

NE

F zo

ne.

As

Figu

re 4

.15

iden

tifie

s, th

e ar

ea im

med

iate

ly s

urro

undi

ng R

ichm

ond

from

ap

prox

imat

ely

McG

rath

s H

ill to

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

is a

ffect

ed b

y ai

r cra

ft no

ise

expo

sure

fo

reca

st (A

NE

F) ra

ngin

g fro

m 2

0-35

and

ther

efor

e no

t sui

tabl

e fo

r fut

ure

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent s

houl

d oc

cur i

n ar

eas

with

noi

se e

xpos

ure

cont

our l

ess

than

20.

_

The

Aust

ralia

n St

anda

rd c

riter

ia s

houl

d be

ado

pted

as

a m

easu

re o

f app

ropr

iate

no

ise

zone

s fo

r fut

ure

deve

lopm

ent.

_ D

evel

opm

ent i

n ar

eas

with

noi

se e

xpos

ure

cont

our b

etw

een

20-2

5 w

ill re

quire

sp

ecia

l noi

se a

sses

smen

t and

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res.

_

Dev

elop

men

t in

area

abo

ve 2

5+A

NE

F is

con

side

red

unac

cept

able

.

4 | 3

8

Util

ities

Infr

astr

uctu

re

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kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

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0

Figu

re 4

.16:

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy H

erita

ge

(Sou

rce:

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil

GIS

, Oct

ober

200

9)

4 | 3

9

Her

itage

and

Cha

ract

er

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Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

4.7_

Her

itage

and

Cha

ract

er

The

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is a

n ar

ea ri

ch w

ith h

erita

ge c

hara

cter

, with

ove

r 500

item

s be

ing

iden

tifie

d as

pla

ces

of lo

cal h

erita

ge s

igni

fican

ce.

The

char

acte

r of H

awke

sbur

y ha

s be

en in

fluen

ced

by it

s in

dige

nous

, Eur

opea

n an

d na

tura

l her

itage

. Th

e fu

ture

ch

arac

ter o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

will

nee

d to

bui

ld o

n th

ese

sign

ifica

nt a

nd u

niqu

e el

emen

ts th

at w

ill c

ontri

bute

to th

is c

hara

cter

and

see

k to

cre

ate

high

qua

lity

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t in

both

pub

lic s

pace

s an

d ur

ban

desi

gn.

4.7.

1_In

dige

nous

Her

itage

Th

e D

arug

Peo

ple

com

pris

ed th

e la

rges

t gro

up o

f Abo

rigin

al p

eopl

e in

the

Syd

ney

regi

on, e

xten

ding

from

the

Coa

st to

the

Blu

e M

ount

ains

. Th

e D

arug

Peo

ple

of th

e H

awke

sbur

y, th

e M

arra

mar

ra C

lan,

sub

side

d ar

ound

the

rich

and

dive

rse

Haw

kesb

ury

Riv

er, k

now

n as

the

Dee

rubb

in.

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Riv

er p

laye

d a

sign

ifica

nt ro

le in

the

Dar

ug P

eopl

e’s

day

to d

ay

subs

iden

ce a

nd c

erem

onie

s, a

s su

ch th

ere

are:

_

193

know

n in

dige

nous

her

itage

site

s; a

nd

_ 40

00 p

oten

tial s

ites

with

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A.

4.7.

2_Eu

rope

an H

erita

ge

The

Haw

kesb

ury

was

orig

inal

ly e

xplo

red

and

settl

ed to

pro

vide

a fo

od s

ourc

e fo

r the

S

ydne

y co

lony

. Th

e la

te C

r Rex

Stu

bbs,

May

or o

f Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil

2000

and

Pr

esid

ent o

f The

Haw

kesb

ury

His

toric

al S

ocie

ty p

repa

red

a hi

stor

y of

the

Haw

kesb

ury

(und

ated

), w

hich

sta

ted:

Gov

erno

r Phi

llip

first

exp

lore

d th

e H

awke

sbur

y R

iver

by

boat

in J

uly

1789

re

achi

ng a

s fa

r as

an a

rea

now

kno

wn

as Y

arra

mun

di F

alls

at t

he ju

nctio

n of

the

Gro

se a

nd N

epea

n R

iver

s. H

e pl

ante

d cr

ops

on R

ichm

ond

Hill

bef

ore

retu

rnin

g to

S

ydne

y.

Gov

erno

r Phi

llip

retu

rned

to th

e H

awke

sbur

y by

foot

in A

pril

1791

. He

was

ac

com

pani

ed b

y C

apta

in W

atki

n Te

nch

who

reco

rded

in h

is jo

urna

l the

firs

t m

eetin

g in

the

Haw

kesb

ury

betw

een

Eur

opea

ns a

nd th

e D

arug

peo

ple.

The

par

ty

met

and

sta

yed

over

nigh

t with

Gom

beer

ee, Y

ello

mun

di a

nd D

eeim

ba a

t B

arde

nara

ng C

reek

. Ten

ch's

acc

ount

s sh

ows

the

begi

nnin

gs o

f und

erst

andi

ng

betw

een

the

two

peop

les

but a

lso

just

how

littl

e w

as a

ctua

lly k

now

n ab

out

Abo

rigin

al c

ultu

re.

Set

tlem

ent o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

by E

urop

eans

firs

t occ

urre

d in

Jan

uary

179

4 w

hen

twen

ty tw

o fa

mili

es w

ere

gran

ted

farm

s on

Pitt

Tow

n B

otto

ms,

then

kno

wn

as

Bar

dena

rang

Eur

opea

n se

ttler

s fir

st c

ame

to th

e H

awke

sbur

y R

iver

in 1

788

and

shor

tly a

fter

bega

n to

est

ablis

h fa

rms

to fe

ed th

e S

ydne

y co

lony

.

The

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is c

onsi

dere

d to

be

one

of th

e ol

dest

Eur

opea

n se

ttlem

ent a

reas

in

Aus

tralia

. D

urin

g th

e la

tter h

alf o

f 181

0, G

over

nor M

acqu

arie

mad

e a

tour

of t

he

colo

ny s

urro

undi

ng S

ydne

y, ta

king

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y N

epea

n R

iver

s. D

urin

g th

is to

ur

Mac

quar

ie n

amed

the

five

tow

ns o

f Ric

hmon

d, C

astle

reag

h, P

itt T

own,

Wilb

erfo

rce

and

Win

dsor

. With

the

exce

ptio

n of

Cas

tlere

agh,

thes

e to

wns

are

all

foun

d w

ithin

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA.

They

are

now

refe

rred

to a

s th

e fiv

e M

acqu

arie

tow

ns a

nd a

re s

ettle

men

ts h

e la

id o

ut

on h

ighe

r gro

und

afte

r ser

ious

floo

ding

of t

he d

istri

ct's

pla

ins.

Gov

erno

r Mac

quar

ie h

ad a

pro

foun

d in

fluen

ce o

n th

e de

velo

pmen

t and

land

scap

e of

th

e C

ity o

f Haw

kesb

ury.

The

refo

re, t

he H

awke

sbur

y LG

A c

onta

ins

a ch

arac

ter t

hat i

s do

min

ated

by

the

lega

cy o

f ear

ly c

olon

ial t

imes

. The

her

itage

sig

nific

ance

not

onl

y re

fers

to th

e bu

ilt fo

rm, b

ut a

lso

the

adjo

inin

g fa

rmla

nds.

It is

vita

l tha

t dev

elop

men

ts in

an

d ar

ound

the

iden

tifie

d M

acqu

arie

Tow

ns a

dher

e to

dev

elop

men

t con

trols

(h

ttp://

ww

w.h

awke

sbur

yhis

tory

.org

.au/

acc

esse

d 11

/09/

09)

Figu

re 4

.16

show

s th

at th

e m

ajor

ity o

f loc

al h

erita

ge it

ems

are

loca

ted

with

in th

ese

Mac

quar

ie T

owns

, par

ticul

arly

Ric

hmon

d an

d W

inds

or. S

tate

her

itage

item

s ar

e lo

cate

d in

Wilb

erfo

rce,

Ric

hmon

d an

d W

inds

or.

Bei

ng w

ithin

exi

stin

g se

ttlem

ents

, new

dev

elop

men

t will

mos

t lik

ely

occu

r in

prox

imity

to

her

itage

item

s. T

his

shou

ld n

ot b

e se

en a

s a

cons

train

t, as

her

itage

item

s co

ntrib

ute

to th

e ch

arac

ter o

f the

are

a. H

owev

er, a

ny d

esig

n ne

ar a

her

itage

item

sho

uld

be

treat

ed s

ensi

tivel

y. C

ontro

ls a

re e

nfor

ced

to p

rote

ct h

erita

ge it

ems.

New

dev

elop

men

ts

shou

ld b

e de

sign

ed to

min

imis

e vi

sual

impa

ct o

n th

e su

rroun

ding

her

itage

.

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil

has

iden

tifie

d th

e fo

llow

ing

Euro

pean

her

itage

item

s si

tuat

ed

with

in th

e LG

A:

_ 53

0 Lo

cal S

ites;

_

44 S

tate

Site

s;

_ 13

9 on

regi

ster

of t

he N

atio

nal E

stat

e; a

nd

_ 1

liste

d pl

ace

on C

omm

onw

ealth

her

itage

list

.

4.7.

3_N

atur

al H

erita

ge

As

iden

tifie

d in

Sec

tion

4.1.

1, th

e B

lue

Mou

ntai

ns W

orld

Her

itage

Are

a pr

ovid

es a

si

gnifi

cant

nat

ural

her

itage

reso

urce

to th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A.

4 | 4

0

Her

itage

and

Cha

ract

er

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Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

Rur

al la

nds

with

in th

e su

breg

ion

also

attr

act v

isito

rs a

nd to

uris

ts to

the

area

s. A

farm

ga

te tr

ail t

hrou

gh H

orns

by, B

aulk

ham

Hills

and

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is p

rom

oted

by

Haw

kesb

ury

Har

vest

, a c

omm

unity

bas

ed o

rgan

isat

ion

esta

blis

hed

to p

rom

ote

rura

l in

dust

ries

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A.

The

rura

l cha

ract

er o

f Haw

kesb

ury

is s

een

as a

ttrac

tive

to v

isito

rs a

nd th

e lo

cal

com

mun

ity. B

est p

ract

ice

guid

elin

es a

nd p

erfo

rman

ce s

tand

ards

hav

e be

en

impl

emen

ted

to p

rote

ct th

e ru

ral c

hara

cter

of t

he a

rea.

Impl

icat

ions

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Str

ateg

y _

Des

ign

prox

imat

e to

her

itage

item

s sh

ould

be

treat

ed s

ensi

tivel

y in

new

de

velo

pmen

t. _

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

n cl

ose

prox

imity

to h

erita

ge it

ems

shou

ld b

e as

sess

ed fo

r its

im

pact

on

the

herit

age

envi

ronm

ent.

4 | 4

1

Her

itage

and

Cha

ract

er

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Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

4.8_

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil

is c

omm

itted

to s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent a

nd h

as k

ey a

ims

to m

inim

ise

the

envi

ronm

enta

l foo

tprin

t of f

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t, pr

otec

ting

and

enha

ncin

g bi

odiv

ersi

ty, a

nd e

nsur

ing

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent i

s su

stai

nabl

e (H

awke

sbur

y C

omm

unity

Stra

tegi

c P

lan

2010

-203

0). T

he R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

is c

entra

l is

achi

evin

g th

ese

aim

s, a

s ou

tline

d be

low

.

4.8.

1_En

hanc

e B

iodi

vers

ity

Sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

prot

ect e

xist

ing

flora

and

faun

a as

sets

and

min

imis

e ne

w d

evel

opm

ent w

ithin

exi

stin

g en

viro

nmen

tally

sen

sitiv

e ar

eas.

The

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

Stra

tegy

200

5 ha

s ad

opte

d a

cons

olid

ated

form

for f

utur

e ur

ban

grow

th,

whi

ch p

rom

otes

loca

ting

addi

tiona

l gro

wth

with

in e

xist

ing

urba

n ar

eas.

Thi

s th

eref

ore

min

imis

es n

ew d

evel

opm

ent i

n na

tura

l and

con

serv

atio

n ar

eas.

4.8.

2_Pr

eser

ve H

igh

Qua

lity

Agr

icul

tura

l Lan

d Th

e D

raft

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy 1

997

iden

tifie

d th

e ne

ed to

pre

serv

e pr

ime

agric

ultu

ral l

and

from

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent.

Agr

icul

tura

l lan

ds a

re a

lso

a ke

y pa

rt of

the

loca

l and

regi

onal

eco

nom

y (D

raft

Nor

th W

est S

ubre

gion

al S

trate

gy).

The

Sta

te

Gov

ernm

ent p

olic

y di

rect

ion

of c

onta

inm

ent o

f urb

an g

row

th a

ssis

ts in

pre

serv

ing

agric

ultu

ral l

and

and

is u

phel

d by

this

Stra

tegy

.

4.8.

3_En

viro

nmen

tally

Res

pons

ive

Des

ign

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Com

mun

ity S

trate

gic

Pla

n re

cogn

ises

that

exi

stin

g ch

arac

ter o

f the

LG

A m

ust b

e pr

eser

ved

by e

nsur

ing

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent r

espo

nds

to th

e un

ique

en

viro

nmen

tal l

ands

cape

set

ting

of th

e LG

A. I

t rec

ogni

ses

that

resi

dent

s of

H

awke

sbur

y LG

A ha

ve a

clo

se re

latio

nshi

p w

ith th

e na

tura

l env

ironm

ent a

nd th

e st

anda

rd o

f liv

ing

in H

awke

sbur

y is

ben

efite

d by

the

amen

ity a

nd h

ealth

y lif

esty

le

aspe

cts

of li

ving

with

in s

uch

a la

ndsc

ape.

As

such

, it i

s im

porta

nt th

at th

e na

tura

l as

pect

s of

the

LGA

are

pre

serv

ed a

nd im

pact

on

the

envi

ronm

ent a

s a

who

le is

m

inim

ised

, by

ensu

ring

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent i

s en

viro

nmen

tally

resp

onsi

ve a

nd b

ased

on

prin

cipl

es o

f sus

tain

able

des

ign.

Impr

oved

hou

sing

des

ign

can

also

sig

nific

antly

redu

ce th

e am

ount

of w

ater

and

ene

rgy

cons

umed

by

hous

ehol

ds. D

wel

ling

desi

gn c

an re

duce

the

dem

and

for e

nerg

y so

urce

s th

roug

h ap

prop

riate

des

ign

and

use

of a

ltern

ate

ener

gy s

ourc

es s

uch

as s

olar

pow

er.

Dem

and

for w

ater

can

als

o be

redu

ced

thro

ugh

use

of ra

inw

ater

tank

s an

d sy

stem

s,

on s

ite d

eten

tion

and

recy

clin

g as

wel

l as

hous

ehol

d ap

plia

nces

and

fixt

ures

whi

ch

redu

ce u

sage

of w

ater

.

4.8.

4_U

rban

Des

ign

Prin

cipl

es fo

r Fut

ure

Dw

ellin

gs

All

new

dw

ellin

gs w

ithin

NS

W a

re re

quire

d by

BA

SIX

to m

eet a

min

imum

crit

erio

n fo

r su

stai

nabl

e de

sign

. How

ever

, the

re is

an

oppo

rtuni

ty to

enc

oura

ge d

wel

ling

cont

rols

in

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

that

go

beyo

nd th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f BA

SIX

to p

rovi

de th

e hi

ghes

t st

anda

rds

of e

nviro

nmen

tally

sus

tain

able

des

ign

whi

lst b

eing

min

dful

of c

ost

impl

icat

ions

and

impa

cts

on h

ousi

ng a

fford

abilit

y. T

here

fore

, a h

ighe

r lev

el th

an B

AS

IX

is s

trong

ly e

ncou

rage

d.

Dw

ellin

g ty

pes

have

bee

n de

velo

ped

for t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

that

are

re

spon

sive

to th

e en

viro

nmen

tal a

nd la

ndsc

ape

cont

ext,

dem

onst

rate

env

ironm

enta

l de

sign

prin

cipl

es a

nd re

flect

the

type

s of

hou

sing

requ

ired

to a

ccom

mod

ate

hous

ehol

ds in

Haw

kesb

ury

as id

entif

ied

by th

e Po

pula

tion

and

Hou

sing

Nee

ds

anal

ysis

in C

hapt

er 3

. The

typo

logi

es a

re o

utlin

ed o

n th

e fo

llow

ing

page

s.

4 | 4

2

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t

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iden

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and

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tegy

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0

4.8.

5_U

rban

Des

ign

Prin

cipl

es fo

r Rur

al R

esid

entia

l Lot

s R

ural

resi

dent

ial d

wel

lings

hav

e hi

stor

ical

ly b

een

a po

pula

r hou

sing

opt

ion

with

in

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA.

How

ever

, rur

al re

side

ntia

l dw

ellin

gs a

lso

utilis

e la

rge

amou

nts

of

land

and

pro

mot

e a

spra

wle

d ur

ban

form

. Rur

al re

side

ntia

l dw

ellin

gs a

lso

have

ad

ditio

nal c

osts

with

pro

vidi

ng s

ervi

ces

and

infra

stru

ctur

e to

rem

ote

area

s. W

hils

t thi

s S

trate

gy a

ckno

wle

dges

rura

l res

iden

tial d

wel

lings

are

a p

art o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

resi

dent

ial f

abric

, rur

al re

side

ntia

l dw

ellin

gs w

ill pl

ay a

less

er ro

le in

acc

omm

odat

ing

the

futu

re p

opul

atio

n.

Key

prin

cipl

es fo

r Rur

al R

esid

entia

l Lot

s:

_ D

wel

ling

shou

ld b

e de

sign

ed a

nd lo

cate

d on

the

lot t

o m

axim

ise

sola

r acc

ess

into

liv

ing

area

s of

dw

ellin

g;

_ D

wel

lings

sho

uld

be s

ited

in a

man

ner w

hich

pre

serv

es e

xist

ing

trees

and

bus

hlan

d ar

eas;

_

Dw

ellin

gs s

houl

d be

des

ign

to re

spon

d to

the

natu

ral t

opog

raph

y an

d re

duce

the

over

all a

mou

nt o

f dis

turb

ance

to th

e si

te;

_ B

uild

ing

mat

eria

ls s

houl

d be

resp

onsi

ve to

the

loca

l mic

rocl

imat

e;

_ P

itche

d ro

ofs,

ski

llion

roof

s an

d ea

ves

shou

ld b

e in

corp

orat

ed to

con

tribu

te to

pa

ssiv

e he

atin

g an

d co

olin

g of

the

dwel

ling;

_

Eac

h lo

t sho

uld

be in

depe

nden

tly s

ervi

ced

for e

nerg

y, w

ater

and

sew

age;

_

Use

of w

ater

tank

s sh

ould

be

cons

ider

ed;

_ R

ural

resi

dent

ial l

ots

shou

ld b

e lo

cate

d on

the

fring

e of

cen

tres

or e

xist

ing

urba

n ar

eas;

and

_

Rur

al re

side

ntia

l lot

s sh

ould

not

be

loca

ted

in a

reas

with

hig

h ris

k to

bus

hfire

or

flood

ing.

Figu

re 4

.16

Layo

ut o

f Rur

al R

esid

entia

l Dw

ellin

g re

spon

ding

to to

pogr

aphy

and

slo

pe

Sou

rce:

HA

SS

ELL

200

9

4 | 4

3

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t

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ury

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iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

4.8.

6_U

rban

Des

ign

Prin

cipl

es fo

r Low

Den

sity

Dw

ellin

gs

The

maj

ority

of d

wel

ling

stoc

k w

ithin

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is lo

w d

ensi

ty, d

etac

hed

dwel

lings

. The

re is

an

oppo

rtuni

ty to

impr

ove

both

des

ign

and

sust

aina

bilit

y ou

tcom

es

for f

utur

e lo

w d

ensi

ty d

wel

lings

.

Key

prin

cipl

es fo

r low

den

sity

dw

ellin

gs:

_ D

wel

ling

shou

ld b

e si

ted

to p

rovi

de g

ood

acce

ss to

the

north

ern

sun

and

to a

llow

for

pass

ive

heat

ing

and

cool

ing

for t

he m

ain

livin

g ar

eas,

as

show

n in

Fig

ure

4.17

; _

Ens

ure

pass

ive

sola

r gai

ns to

the

room

s w

hich

are

the

mos

t use

d, s

uch

as li

ving

ar

eas;

_

Bed

room

s sh

ould

be

loca

ted

on th

e si

de o

f the

bui

ldin

g w

hich

rece

ives

littl

e su

nlig

ht;

_ La

yout

to a

llow

all

bree

zes

to p

ass

thro

ugh

the

dwel

ling

and

vent

ilate

the

mai

n liv

ing

area

s;

_ U

tility

, ser

vice

are

as a

nd g

arag

es c

an b

e lo

cate

d on

the

wes

tern

sid

e of

a d

wel

ling

to

act a

s a

buffe

r to

the

afte

rnoo

n su

n;

_ O

pen

spac

e sh

ould

be

loca

ted

on th

e no

rth o

r nor

thea

ster

n el

evat

ions

to m

axim

ise

sola

r acc

ess

to th

e dw

ellin

g;

_ M

inim

ise

site

cov

erag

e to

allo

w s

torm

wat

er to

infil

trate

nat

ural

ly in

to th

e gr

ound

and

re

duce

incr

ease

d ov

erflo

w;

_ D

wel

lings

sho

uld

be d

esig

ned

to re

spon

d to

the

natu

ral t

opog

raph

y an

d re

duce

the

over

all a

mou

nt o

f dis

turb

ance

to th

e si

te;

_ B

uild

ing

mat

eria

ls s

houl

d be

resp

onsi

ve to

the

loca

l mic

rocl

imat

e; a

nd

_ P

itche

d ro

ofs,

ski

llion

roof

s an

d ea

ves

shou

ld b

e in

corp

orat

ed to

con

tribu

te to

pa

ssiv

e he

atin

g an

d co

olin

g of

the

dwel

ling.

_

Sub

divi

sion

con

trols

sho

uld

enco

urag

e/re

quire

lot d

esig

n/la

yout

s th

at p

rovi

de th

at

allo

tmen

t lay

out t

hat w

ill fa

cilit

ate

mor

e su

stai

nabl

e dw

ellin

g de

sign

/siti

ng.

Figu

re 4

.17

Dw

ellin

g La

yout

s fo

r Sol

ar A

cces

s S

ourc

e: H

AS

SE

LL 2

009

4 | 4

4

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t

Out

door

Liv

ing

Are

as

Indo

or L

ivin

g A

reas

Util

ity A

reas

(i.e

Kitc

hen,

Bat

hroo

m)

Gar

age

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kesb

ury

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iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

4.8.

7_U

rban

Des

ign

Prin

cipl

es fo

r Med

ium

Den

sity

Dw

ellin

gs

Med

ium

den

sity

dw

ellin

gs a

re p

layi

ng a

n ev

er in

crea

sing

role

in th

e ur

ban

area

s of

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

. The

y pr

ovid

e an

impo

rtant

sm

alle

r hou

sing

form

at s

uite

d to

the

incr

easi

ng n

umbe

r of s

mal

ler h

ouse

hold

s su

ch a

s co

uple

s w

ithou

t chi

ldre

n an

d lo

ne

pers

on h

ouse

hold

s. M

ediu

m d

ensi

ty d

wel

lings

sho

uld

also

pro

vide

hou

sing

opt

ions

for

olde

r peo

ple

and

ther

efor

e it

is im

porta

nt th

at th

ey a

re d

esig

ned

to b

e ac

cess

ible

and

a

sing

le le

vel.

Key

prin

cipl

es fo

r med

ium

den

sity

dw

ellin

gs:

_ D

wel

lings

sho

uld

be a

rran

ged

on th

e lo

t to

max

imis

e so

lar a

cces

s to

mai

n liv

ing

area

s of

dw

ellin

gs;

_ O

pen

spac

e sh

ould

be

loca

ted

on th

e no

rth o

r nor

thea

ster

n el

evat

ions

to m

axim

ise

sola

r acc

ess

to th

e dw

ellin

g;

_ D

wel

lings

sho

uld

be d

esig

ned

to m

inim

ise

over

shad

owin

g an

d lo

ss o

f priv

acy

to

neig

hbou

ring

dwel

lings

; _

Set

back

s an

d he

ight

s of

med

ium

den

sity

dw

ellin

gs s

houl

d re

spec

t exi

stin

g pa

ttern

s w

ithin

the

stre

et;

_ ‘G

un b

arre

l’ dr

ivew

ays

shou

ld b

e av

oide

d w

here

pos

sibl

e;

_ In

tegr

ate

gara

ges,

par

king

and

acc

ess

into

the

over

all b

uild

ing

desi

gn;

_ U

tilis

e C

PTE

D (C

rime

Pre

vent

ion

Thro

ugh

Env

ironm

enta

l Des

ign)

Prin

cipl

es fo

r all

com

mun

al a

reas

; _

Ens

ure

all d

wel

lings

impl

emen

t prin

cipl

es o

f Acc

essi

ble

Des

ign;

_

Min

imis

e si

te c

over

age

to a

llow

sto

rmw

ater

to in

filtra

te n

atur

ally

into

the

grou

nd a

nd

redu

ce in

crea

sed

over

flow

; _

Dw

ellin

gs s

houl

d be

des

igne

d to

resp

ond

to th

e na

tura

l top

ogra

phy

and

redu

ce th

e ov

eral

l am

ount

of d

istu

rban

ce to

the

site

; _

Bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

sho

uld

be re

spon

sive

to th

e lo

cal m

icro

clim

ate;

and

_

Pitc

hed

roof

s, s

killi

on ro

ofs

and

eave

s sh

ould

be

inco

rpor

ated

to c

ontri

bute

to

pass

ive

heat

ing

and

cool

ing

of th

e dw

ellin

g.

Figu

re 4

.18

Dw

ellin

g La

yout

s fo

r Sol

ar A

cces

s

4.8.

8_U

rban

Des

ign

Prin

cipl

es fo

r Hig

h D

ensi

ty D

wel

lings

H

igh

Den

sity

Dw

ellin

gs p

rovi

de a

n im

porta

nt h

ousi

ng c

hoic

e fo

r sm

alle

r hou

seho

lds

and

low

-mai

nten

ance

dw

ellin

gs. H

owev

er, t

he lo

catio

n an

d de

sign

of h

igh

dens

ity

dwel

lings

mus

t res

pect

the

exis

ting

rura

l cha

ract

er o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

. It i

s co

nsid

ered

that

ther

e is

lim

ited

dem

and

for s

uch

dwel

lings

and

that

they

sho

uld

gene

rally

be

3-6

stor

eys,

in k

eepi

ng w

ith th

e su

rroun

ding

urb

an c

hara

cter

.

Key

prin

cipl

es fo

r hig

h de

nsity

dw

ellin

gs:

_ Bu

ildin

gs s

houl

d be

des

igne

d an

d lo

cate

d on

the

lot t

o m

axim

ise

sola

r acc

ess

into

liv

ing

area

s of

dw

ellin

gs;

_ E

nsur

e th

e bu

ildin

g fro

nts

and

addr

esse

s th

e st

reet

; _

Build

ing

shou

ld b

e hi

ghly

arti

cula

ted

and

have

a d

efin

ed b

ase,

mid

dle

and

top

sect

ions

; _

Hei

ghts

and

set

back

s of

hig

h de

nsity

dw

ellin

gs s

houl

d re

spec

t exi

stin

g pa

ttern

s w

ithin

the

stre

et;

_ Bu

ildin

g sh

ould

be

desi

gned

to m

inim

ise

over

shad

owin

g an

d lo

ss o

f priv

acy

to

neig

hbou

ring

dwel

lings

; _

All

high

den

sity

dw

ellin

gs to

be

cons

truct

ed in

acc

orda

nce

with

SE

PP

65;

_

Prov

ide

a m

ix o

f dw

ellin

g si

zes

with

in a

sin

gle

build

ing

to p

rovi

de h

ousi

ng c

hoic

e.

_ U

tilis

e C

PTE

D C

rime

Pre

vent

ion

Thro

ugh

Env

ironm

enta

l Des

ign)

prin

cipl

es fo

r all

com

mun

al a

reas

; _

Ens

ure

all d

wel

lings

impl

emen

t prin

cipl

es o

f Acc

essi

ble

Des

ign;

_

Min

imis

e si

te c

over

age

to a

llow

sto

rmw

ater

to in

filtra

te n

atur

ally

into

the

grou

nd a

nd

redu

ce in

crea

sed

over

flow

; _

Dw

ellin

gs s

houl

d be

des

ign

to re

spon

d to

the

natu

ral t

opog

raph

y an

d re

duce

the

over

all a

mou

nt o

f dis

turb

ance

to th

e si

te;

_ B

uild

ing

mat

eria

ls s

houl

d be

resp

onsi

ve to

the

loca

l mic

rocl

imat

e; a

nd

_ P

itche

d ro

ofs,

ski

llion

roof

s an

d ea

ves

shou

ld b

e in

corp

orat

ed to

con

tribu

te to

pa

ssiv

e he

atin

g an

d co

olin

g of

the

dwel

ling.

4 | 4

5

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t

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kesb

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iden

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and

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tegy

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Sum

mar

y of

Key

Issu

es

The

follo

win

g pr

ovid

es a

sum

mar

y of

bac

kgro

und

rese

arch

and

map

ping

of t

he k

ey

issu

es in

fluen

cing

the

futu

re s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent o

f hou

sing

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A

and

thei

r im

plic

atio

ns (c

onst

rain

ts a

nd o

ppor

tuni

ties)

on

the

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy.

4.9.

1_N

atur

al E

nviro

nmen

t B

iodi

vers

ity a

nd v

eget

atio

n Tw

o th

irds

of th

e LG

A is

loca

ted

in N

atio

nal P

arks

pro

vidi

ng a

tota

l of a

ppro

xim

atel

y 1,

930

squa

re k

ilom

etre

s. T

hese

com

pris

e a

rang

e of

veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

that

co

ntrib

ute

to th

e bi

odiv

ersi

ty in

the

LGA

and

are

ther

efor

e no

t sui

tabl

e fo

r urb

an

deve

lopm

ent.

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

occu

r in

area

s w

here

ther

e ar

e lim

ited

impa

cts

on s

igni

fican

t veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

aw

ay, f

rom

nat

iona

l par

ks a

nd S

tate

C

onse

rvat

ion

Are

as.

Floo

ding

Th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

dom

inat

ed b

y se

vera

l riv

er s

yste

ms

with

the

maj

ority

of t

he

urba

n ar

ea o

f Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

pron

e to

at l

east

1:1

00 y

ear f

lood

ing.

Flo

odin

g is

pr

eval

ent i

n ar

eas

arou

nd th

e N

orth

Ric

hmon

d, R

ichm

ond,

Win

dsor

, Wilb

erfo

rce

and

Pitt

Tow

n ar

eas.

Fut

ure

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t mus

t avo

id h

igh

risk

flood

pro

ne a

reas

and

ap

prop

riate

con

stru

ctio

n m

etho

ds m

ust b

e us

ed. D

evel

opm

ent m

ust a

lso

be m

indf

ul o

f in

crea

sing

pot

entia

l for

floo

ding

as

a re

sult

of c

limat

e ch

ange

.

Bus

hfire

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

cont

ains

sig

nific

ant a

reas

of b

ushl

and

whi

ch a

re p

rone

to b

ushf

ire.

The

vast

maj

ority

of t

he L

GA

is c

ateg

oris

ed a

s ve

geta

tion

Cat

egor

y 1

- Hig

h R

isk

exce

pt fo

r the

urb

an a

reas

whi

ch h

ave

been

cle

ared

of c

lass

ified

veg

etat

ion.

Fur

ther

in

vest

igat

ion

shou

ld b

e ca

rried

out

on

area

s id

entif

ied

befo

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t can

oc

cur.

Terr

ain

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is in

fluen

ced

by th

e B

lue

Mou

ntai

ns a

nd G

reat

Div

idin

g R

ange

to th

e no

rth w

est a

s w

ell a

s so

me

of S

ydne

y’s

sign

ifica

nt ri

ver s

yste

ms.

As

a re

sult,

the

topo

grap

hy v

arie

s w

idel

y fro

m s

lope

s of

less

than

1:2

0 (5

% s

lope

), in

crea

sing

to 1

:8

(12.

5% s

lope

). Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent m

ust o

ccur

in a

reas

with

a s

lope

of l

ess

than

15

% (1

:6.5

) and

mus

t add

ress

slo

pe s

tabi

lity

and

soil

eros

ion.

Aci

d Su

lpha

te S

oils

D

ue to

the

exte

nsiv

e riv

er s

yste

m fo

und

thro

ugho

ut th

e LG

A, a

cid

sulp

hate

soi

ls a

re

com

mon

and

can

be

a co

nstra

int t

o de

velo

pmen

t. Th

ere

is s

igni

fican

t am

ount

of l

and

iden

tifie

d as

con

tain

ing

Cla

ss 5

aci

d su

lpha

te s

oils

with

Cla

ss 4

foun

d al

ong

the

river

s

and

cree

ks. C

lass

3 a

cid

sulp

hate

soi

ls a

re fo

und

in s

mal

l iso

late

d ar

eas

in th

e ur

ban

area

s. F

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent s

houl

d be

cog

nisa

nt o

f aci

d su

lpha

te s

oil

clas

sific

atio

ns.

Wet

land

s Th

ere

are

a nu

mbe

r of w

etla

nds

with

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A in

clud

ing

impo

rtant

and

pr

oduc

tive

plan

t com

mun

ities

and

bird

hab

itats

and

ther

efor

e fu

ture

urb

an

deve

lopm

ent i

n w

etla

nd a

reas

sho

uld

be a

void

ed. H

awke

sbur

y C

ity C

ounc

il ar

e to

id

entif

y pr

iorit

y ar

eas

for m

anag

emen

t.

Agr

icul

ture

and

Rur

al L

and

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

has

an e

xten

sive

am

ount

of a

gric

ultu

ral l

and

whi

ch s

houl

d be

pr

otec

ted

to m

aint

ain

a si

gnifi

cant

eco

nom

ic re

sour

ce. F

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent o

n pr

ime

agric

ultu

ral l

and

shou

ld b

e re

stric

ted

with

any

pro

perty

cle

arly

ass

esse

d in

det

ail,

with

con

flict

s be

twee

n ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent i

n ru

ral a

nd a

gric

ultu

ral a

reas

avo

ided

. Ag

ricul

ture

in T

he H

awke

sbur

y is

alre

ady

a si

gnifi

cant

eco

nom

ic c

ontri

buto

r and

will

be

incr

easi

ngly

impo

rtant

and

in d

eman

d as

tran

spor

t cos

ts ri

se.

4.9.

2_C

entr

es a

nd E

mpl

oym

ent

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

con

tain

s a

rang

e of

cen

tres

that

ser

vice

the

LGA

. The

maj

or c

entre

s of

Ric

hmon

d an

d W

inds

or a

re th

e pr

imar

y re

tail

and

com

mer

cial

cen

tres

with

the

villa

ge o

f Nor

th R

ichm

ond

and

smal

l vill

ages

of S

outh

Win

dsor

and

Mul

grav

e lo

cate

d ju

st o

utsi

de th

ese

mai

n ce

ntre

s. T

he e

stab

lishe

d ce

ntre

s hi

erar

chy

defin

ed in

the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

Stra

tegy

is s

uppo

rted

and

futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

be

loca

ted

with

in e

xist

ing

or p

ropo

sed

cent

res.

Em

ploy

men

t with

in th

e LG

A is

focu

ssed

on

key

sect

ors

such

as

educ

atio

n, d

efen

ce,

indu

stria

l, ag

ricul

tura

l and

pas

tora

l and

com

mer

cial

and

reta

il w

ithin

the

key

cent

res.

Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

s to

loca

te w

ithin

exi

stin

g or

pro

pose

d ce

ntre

s to

max

imis

e co

lloca

tion

with

em

ploy

men

t sec

tors

with

in th

e LG

A.

4.9.

3_Tr

ansp

ort

Due

to li

mite

d co

nnec

tivity

of p

ublic

tran

spor

t ser

vice

s, th

ere

is s

igni

fican

t rel

ianc

e on

th

e pr

ivat

e m

otor

car

for t

rans

port.

Key

road

s pr

ovid

ing

acce

ss to

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

in

clud

e W

inds

or R

oad

and

Ric

hmon

d R

oad.

How

ever

, the

LG

A is

loca

ted

on th

e W

este

rn R

ailw

ay L

ine

to R

ichm

ond

and

is w

ithin

eas

y co

mm

uter

dis

tanc

e to

em

ploy

men

t nod

es. R

egul

ar a

nd re

liabl

e bu

s se

rvic

es s

houl

d al

so b

e in

pla

ce to

key

de

stin

atio

ns a

nd fu

rther

tran

spor

t lin

ks.

Ade

quat

e ro

ad n

etw

orks

with

link

s to

key

cen

tres

and

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s is

als

o im

porta

nt fo

r fut

ure

deve

lopm

ent.

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4.9.

4_O

pen

spac

e an

d re

crea

tion

Haw

kesb

ury

has

a nu

mbe

r of n

atur

al a

nd fo

rmal

recr

eatio

n fa

cilit

ies.

The

maj

ority

of

thes

e ar

e lo

cate

d in

urb

an a

reas

sur

roun

ding

exi

stin

g ce

ntre

s su

ch a

s W

inds

or a

nd

Ric

hmon

d. F

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent s

houl

d fo

cus

on a

reas

with

ope

n sp

ace

and

recr

eatio

nal f

acilit

ies

and

cent

res

shou

ld p

rovi

de a

leve

l of r

ecre

atio

nal f

acili

ties,

whi

ch

mee

t the

nee

ds o

f the

loca

l com

mun

ity.

4.9.

5_C

omm

unity

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

curre

ntly

con

tain

s a

larg

e ra

nge

of c

omm

unity

faci

litie

s in

clud

ing

com

mun

ity c

entre

s, s

choo

ls a

nd te

rtiar

y in

stitu

tions

and

faci

litie

s fo

r you

ng p

eopl

e an

d ol

der p

eopl

e pr

imar

ily lo

cate

d in

the

sout

hern

par

t of t

he L

GA

. Cur

rent

ly th

e LG

A ra

tes

wel

l aga

inst

gen

eral

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

y be

nchm

arks

but

futu

re p

rovi

sion

of a

ll co

mm

unity

faci

litie

s is

to b

e en

cour

aged

to lo

cate

in to

wn

cent

res,

vill

ages

, sm

all

villa

ges

and

neig

hbou

rhoo

d ce

ntre

s.

4.9.

6_U

tiliti

es in

fras

truc

ture

Pro

vidi

ng a

dequ

ate

sew

erag

e is

one

of t

he m

ain

issu

es in

term

s of

infra

stru

ctur

e fo

r H

awke

sbur

y LG

A. R

etic

ulat

ed s

ewer

age

is c

urre

ntly

ava

ilabl

e in

Nor

th R

ichm

ond,

R

ichm

ond,

Win

dsor

, Sou

th W

inds

or a

nd B

ligh

Par

k, M

cGra

ths

Hill,

Win

dsor

Dow

ns

and

Pitt

Tow

n. In

tegr

al E

nerg

y se

rves

all

of th

e H

awke

sbur

y ar

ea, h

owev

er s

ome

oute

r ly

ing

rura

l are

as o

f Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

may

hav

e no

ele

ctric

ity li

nes

or h

ave

very

old

lin

es w

hich

may

nee

d ad

ditio

nal s

uppl

y. T

elst

ra h

as p

rovi

ded

netw

ork

mod

erni

satio

n fo

r mos

t of L

GA

and

has

rece

ntly

bee

n di

gitis

ed

Furth

er in

vest

igat

ions

are

requ

ired

to d

eter

min

e th

e ab

ility

of a

ll ex

istin

g ut

ilitie

s in

frast

ruct

ure

for f

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t. In

frast

ruct

ure

to m

eet t

he c

apac

ity o

f new

urb

an

grow

th is

requ

ired

with

sew

age

optio

ns e

xplo

red

for f

utur

e dw

ellin

g de

man

d.

4.9.

7_N

oise

exp

osur

e A

ircra

ft as

soci

ated

with

the

RA

AF

gene

rate

s no

ise

whi

ch re

stric

ts d

evel

opm

ent i

n th

e su

rroun

ding

are

as d

ue to

exc

essi

ve n

oise

exp

osur

e. A

reas

imm

edia

tely

sur

roun

ding

R

ichm

ond

from

app

roxi

mat

ely

McG

rath

s H

ill to

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

are

affe

cted

by

air

craf

t noi

se e

xpos

ure

fore

cast

(AN

EF)

rang

ing

from

20-

35 a

nd th

eref

ore

deve

lopm

ent

not o

ccur

.

4.9.

8_H

erita

ge a

nd c

hara

cter

Th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

an

area

rich

with

cha

ract

er, w

ith o

ver 5

00 it

ems

havi

ng b

een

iden

tifie

d as

pla

ces

of lo

cal h

erita

ge s

igni

fican

ce a

nd 5

5 as

sta

te s

igni

fican

t. U

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

clos

e pr

oxim

ity to

her

itage

item

s sh

ould

be

asse

ssed

for i

ts

impa

ct o

n th

e he

ritag

e en

viro

nmen

t with

the

Urb

an d

esig

n of

the

herit

age

item

trea

ted

sens

itive

ly

4.9.

9_Su

stai

nabl

e D

evel

opm

ent

Haw

kesb

ury

City

Cou

ncil

is c

omm

itted

to s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent a

nd h

as k

ey a

ims

to m

inim

ise

the

envi

ronm

enta

l foo

tprin

t of f

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t and

this

can

be

done

th

roug

h en

hanc

ing

biod

iver

sity

, pre

serv

ing

high

qua

lity

agric

ultu

ral l

and,

pro

vidi

ng a

n en

viro

nmen

tally

resp

onsi

ve d

esig

n an

d ur

ban

desi

gn p

rinci

ples

for f

utur

e dw

ellin

gs

Dw

ellin

g ty

polo

gies

for u

rban

des

ign

prin

cipl

es fo

r low

den

sity

dw

ellin

gs, m

ediu

m

dens

ity d

wel

lings

, hig

h de

nsity

dw

ellin

gs a

nd ru

ral r

esid

entia

l lot

s ha

ve b

een

deve

lope

d th

at re

flect

the

resp

onsi

ve to

the

envi

ronm

enta

l and

land

scap

e co

ntex

t and

de

mon

stra

te e

nviro

nmen

tal d

esig

n pr

inci

ples

.

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5_O

ppor

tuni

ty &

Con

stra

ints

A

naly

sis

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5.1_

Intr

oduc

tion

The

Key

Issu

es A

naly

sis

(Cha

pter

4) s

how

ed th

at la

nd w

ithin

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is

cons

train

ed b

y a

rang

e of

fact

ors

incl

udin

g co

nser

vatio

n ar

eas,

bus

hfire

pro

ne la

nd,

flood

ing

and

lack

of i

nfra

stru

ctur

e. T

he a

rea

is a

lso

reco

gnis

ed fo

r its

hig

h am

enity

rura

l an

d na

tura

l set

ting.

With

thes

e co

nstra

ints

and

the

Sta

te G

over

nmen

t’s d

irect

ion

to p

rovi

de fo

r mor

e su

stai

nabl

e an

d co

nsol

idat

ed m

odel

s of

urb

an g

row

th, t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l S

trate

gy u

ses

the

Sus

tain

able

Dev

elop

men

t Fra

mew

ork

to e

nsur

e fu

ture

dw

ellin

gs a

re

loca

ted

in c

lose

pro

xim

ity to

cen

tres,

tran

spor

t, se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies.

As

outli

ned

in

Sect

ion

3.3.

6, 9

0% o

f add

ition

al d

wel

lings

(5,4

00 d

wel

lings

) will

be

loca

ted

in e

xist

ing

or

expa

nded

urb

an a

reas

whe

re th

ey c

an a

cces

s su

ch s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s. O

nly

10%

of

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent w

ill b

e lo

cate

d on

non

-urb

an s

ites

com

plyi

ng w

ith th

e Su

stai

nabi

lity

Mat

rix fo

r nei

ghbo

urho

od c

entre

s.

The

Con

stra

ints

Sev

erity

Inde

x (C

SI I

ndex

) has

bee

n us

ed to

ass

ist w

ith th

e id

entif

icat

ion

of fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t site

s. C

SI b

rings

toge

ther

the

diffe

rent

laye

rs o

f key

is

sue

anal

ysis

to b

uild

a p

ictu

re o

f dev

elop

men

t con

stra

ints

and

opp

ortu

nitie

s ac

ross

th

e LG

A. T

his

anal

ysis

iden

tifie

s lo

catio

ns th

at a

re n

ot s

uita

ble

for d

evel

opm

ent,

ther

eby

iden

tifyi

ng s

ites

that

cou

ld b

e fu

rther

inve

stig

ated

for t

he p

ossi

bilit

y to

loca

te th

e 6,

000

dwel

lings

. The

ana

lysi

s re

view

s bo

th in

fill a

nd G

reen

field

opp

ortu

nitie

s.

It is

not

ed th

at th

is is

a h

igh-

leve

l mod

ellin

g ex

erci

se a

nd is

a g

uide

to a

ssis

t Cou

ncil

in

unde

rtaki

ng m

ore

site

spe

cific

det

aile

d in

vest

igat

ions

and

stu

dies

. The

mod

ellin

g is

ba

sed

on th

e da

ta a

vaila

ble

and

usin

g cr

iteria

and

wei

ghtin

gs d

evel

oped

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith C

ounc

il O

ffice

rs.

5.2_

Con

stra

ints

Sev

erity

Inde

x (C

SI)

The

conc

ept b

ehin

d th

e C

onst

rain

ts S

ever

ity In

dex

wor

ks o

n th

e un

ders

tand

ing

that

en

viro

nmen

tally

or o

ther

wis

e co

nstra

ined

land

sho

uld

gene

rally

not

be

used

for u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t. Th

e C

onst

rain

ts S

ever

ity In

dex

is a

GIS

tool

whi

ch c

an id

entif

y lo

catio

ns

whi

ch a

re c

onst

rain

ed b

y a

rang

e of

fact

ors

and

ther

efor

e m

ay n

ot b

e su

itabl

e fo

r urb

an

deve

lopm

ent.

Th

e C

onst

rain

ts S

ever

ity In

dex

wor

ks b

y an

alys

ing

a se

ries

of c

onst

rain

ts in

dica

tors

, it

also

take

s in

to a

ccou

nt o

ppor

tuni

ty in

dica

tors

that

may

sup

port

deve

lopm

ent,

it th

en

eval

uate

s th

e le

vel o

f con

stra

int i

n th

e st

udy

area

. The

loca

tions

with

low

er c

onst

rain

t ar

e gi

ven

posi

tive

valu

es a

nd a

re e

arm

arke

d fo

r fur

ther

inve

stig

atio

ns.

The

tool

ove

rlays

a w

eigh

ted

inde

x of

opp

ortu

nitie

s an

d co

nstra

ints

to e

stim

ate

loca

tions

whi

ch c

ould

be

inve

stig

ated

for f

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent:

Opp

ortu

nitie

s O

ppor

tuni

ties

incl

ude

elem

ents

suc

h as

: _P

roxi

mity

to c

entre

s _A

vaila

bilit

y of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

(ie c

omm

erci

al, r

etai

l and

com

mun

ity)

_Ava

ilabi

lity

of e

xist

ing

or p

lann

ed k

ey in

frast

ruct

ure

(ie ro

ad, t

rans

port

and

sew

er)

Opp

ortu

nitie

s in

clud

ing

thei

r sub

-cat

egor

ies

have

bee

n w

eigh

ted

from

+5

bein

g th

e gr

eate

st o

ppor

tuni

ty to

+1

bein

g th

e le

ast o

ppor

tuni

ty. O

ppor

tuni

ties

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

are

iden

tifie

d in

gre

en to

nes.

Con

stra

ints

C

onst

rain

ts p

redo

min

atel

y re

late

to e

nviro

nmen

tal c

onst

rain

ts in

clud

ing:

_F

lood

ing

_Aci

d su

lpha

te s

oils

_B

ushf

ire p

rone

land

and

buf

fers

_S

igni

fican

t veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

_S

lope

_R

ipar

ian

zone

s an

d bu

ffers

Con

stra

ints

als

o in

clud

e im

pact

s as

soci

ated

with

exi

stin

g us

es s

uch

as R

ichm

ond

Air

Base

, her

itage

item

s as

wel

l as

lack

of i

nfra

stru

ctur

e.

Con

stra

ints

, inc

ludi

ng th

eir s

ub-c

ateg

orie

s ha

ve b

een

wei

ghte

d fro

m -5

bei

ng th

e m

ost

cons

train

ed to

-1 b

eing

leas

t con

stra

ined

. Con

stra

ints

are

iden

tifie

d in

red

tone

s.

The

final

par

t of t

he a

sses

smen

t ove

rlays

the

oppo

rtuni

ty a

nd c

onst

rain

ts m

appi

ng in

to

a si

ngle

map

that

will

sho

w a

reas

with

pot

entia

l for

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent.

Tabl

e 5.

1 ou

tline

s th

e op

portu

nity

and

con

stra

int i

ndic

ator

s th

at w

ere

used

for t

his

asse

ssm

ent.

The

asse

ssm

ent h

as b

een

limite

d to

ava

ilabl

e da

ta.

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5 | 2

5.2.

1_Pr

oces

s Th

e fo

llow

ing

proc

ess

was

use

d to

det

erm

ine

the

seve

rity

of e

ach

cons

train

t and

op

portu

nity

:

1.

Iden

tify

indi

cato

rs (i

nclu

ding

sub

-cat

egor

ies)

with

ava

ilabl

e sp

atia

l dat

a.

2.

Assi

gn w

eigh

ting

to e

ach

indi

cato

r inc

ludi

ng s

ub-c

ateg

orie

s, if

any

. Opp

ortu

nitie

s ar

e gi

ven

a po

sitiv

e va

lue

(0 to

5) a

nd c

onst

rain

ts a

re g

iven

a n

egat

ive

valu

e

(0 to

-5).

3.

Div

ide

the

LGA

into

a g

rid o

f uni

form

ly s

ized

squ

are

cells

to s

tand

ardi

se th

e sp

atia

l un

it of

ana

lysi

s. T

he c

ells

with

in th

e gr

id m

easu

re 4

00m

by

400m

. 4.

E

ach

indi

cato

r dat

a se

t is

anal

ysed

to id

entif

y ho

w m

uch

of th

e cr

iterio

n m

easu

red

(by

that

indi

cato

r) fa

lls w

ithin

eac

h ce

ll. S

ince

the

units

of i

ndic

ator

s va

ry

depe

ndin

g on

wha

t is

bein

g m

easu

red,

they

are

all

stan

dard

ised

aga

inst

the

max

imum

val

ue in

any

cel

l on

a sc

ale

of 0

to 1

00. T

his

proc

ess

is re

peat

ed fo

r eac

h op

portu

nity

and

con

stra

int i

ndic

ator

dat

a se

t. 5.

Th

ese

stan

dard

ised

indi

cato

r val

ues

are

aggr

egat

ed in

to a

sin

gle

data

set a

fter

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt th

eir a

ssig

ned

wei

ghts

. Thi

s pr

ovid

es a

pic

ture

of t

he

oppo

rtuni

ties

and

cons

train

ts c

ombi

ned

toge

ther

. 6.

Th

e fin

al o

utpu

t wei

ghs

the

‘sev

erity

’ or c

ombi

ned

impa

ct o

f the

opp

ortu

nity

or

cons

train

t ind

icat

ors

in e

ach

grid

cel

l, to

iden

tify

whe

ther

the

com

bine

d im

pact

s ar

e hi

gh o

r low

. 7.

A

hig

h (p

ositi

ve) i

ndex

val

ue in

dica

tes

high

er p

oten

tial,

and

a lo

w (n

egat

ive)

inde

x va

lue

indi

cate

s lo

w o

r no

pote

ntia

l for

add

ition

al re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t. Th

eref

ore,

cel

ls w

ith h

ighe

r ind

ex v

alue

s ar

e id

entif

ied

for f

urth

er in

vest

igat

ion

for

thei

r sui

tabi

lity

to a

ccom

mod

ate

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent.

5.2.

2_C

alcu

latio

ns

CS

I can

be

calc

ulat

ed a

s su

m o

f all

indi

cato

rs m

ultip

lied

by th

eir r

espe

ctiv

e w

eigh

tings

, di

vide

d by

the

resp

ectiv

e m

axim

um v

alue

s an

d co

nver

ted

to p

erce

nt, b

y m

ultip

lyin

g th

e re

sulti

ng v

alue

with

100

.

Mat

hem

atic

ally

it c

an b

e re

pres

ente

d as

:

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� � � � ��

���

��� ���W

here

: C

SI=

Con

stra

int S

ever

ity In

dex

I i=

i th i

ndic

ator

val

ue (a

rea

of la

nd o

ccup

ied

in a

cel

l by

the

crite

rion

or n

umbe

r of i

tem

s in

a c

ell)

n= to

tal n

umbe

r of i

ndic

ator

s W

i= w

eigh

ting

of th

e i th

indi

cato

r I m

ax=

high

est v

alue

s of

the

indi

cato

r in

any

cell

of th

e gr

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Opp

ortu

nity

and

Con

stra

int I

ndic

ator

s

Tabl

e 5.

1 ou

tline

s th

e in

dica

tors

and

dat

a us

ed to

dev

elop

the

Opp

ortu

nity

and

C

onst

rain

ts s

ever

ity m

appi

ng.

Tabl

e 5.

1 O

ppor

tuni

ty a

nd C

onst

rain

ts In

dica

tors

Subc

ateg

ory

Sour

ceU

nit

Type

Wei

ghtin

g

CO

NST

RA

INT

MAP

PIN

GF

lood

pro

ne la

nd

1:10

0 C

ounc

il G

ISsq

mCo

nstra

int

-5

Oth

er

Cou

ncil

GS

sq

m

Cons

train

t -3

Bush

fire

pron

e la

nd

Ve g

etat

ion

Gro

ups

1 C

ounc

il G

ISsq

mCo

nstra

int

-4V

eget

atio

n G

roup

2

Cou

ncil

GIS

sq

m

Cons

train

t -3

B

uffe

r C

ounc

il G

IS

sqm

Co

nstra

int

-2

ANEF

R

AAF

Cou

ncil

GIS

sq

m

Cons

train

t -4

>2

0

Cou

ncil

GIS

sq

m

Cons

train

t -4

Acid

Sul

phat

e S

oils

C

lass

1&

2 C

ounc

il G

ISsq

mCo

nstra

int

-4C

lass

3,4

&5

Cou

ncil

GIS

sq

m

Con

stra

int

-2

Slop

e >1

5 de

gree

sC

ounc

il G

ISsq

mCo

nstra

int

-4

Vege

tatio

n/Ec

olog

y W

C1,

C2,

C3,

C4

(Prio

rity

Ord

er 1

) C

ounc

il G

IS

sqm

Co

nstra

int

-5

UR

T, O

1,O

2,O

3 (P

riorit

y O

rder

2)

Cou

ncil

GIS

sq

m

Cons

train

t -4

S

1, S

2 (P

riorit

y O

rder

3)

Cou

ncil

GIS

sq

m

Cons

train

t -3

R

ipar

ian

100m

buf

fer a

long

cre

eks/

wat

erw

ays

HAS

SELL

sq

m

Cons

train

t -4

H

erita

ge

Sta

te a

nd L

ocal

Her

itage

Item

s C

ounc

il G

IS

Item

Co

nstra

int

-2

Lack

of s

ewer

Cou

ncil

GIS

sq

m

Cons

train

t -4

O

PPO

RTU

NIT

Y M

APP

ING

Cen

tre

catc

hmen

t

Tow

n c

entre

H

ASSE

LL

800m

buf

fer

Opp

ortu

nity

5

Vill

age

HAS

SELL

60

0m b

uffe

r O

ppor

tuni

ty

5 S

mal

l Vill

age

HAS

SELL

400m

buf

fer

Opp

ortu

nity

5N

eigh

bour

hood

Cen

tre

HAS

SELL

15

0m b

uffe

r O

ppor

tuni

ty

5 R

esid

entia

l zon

e

Cou

ncil

GIS

Zon

e ar

ea

Opp

ortu

nity

5Bu

sine

ss z

one

C

ounc

il G

IS

Zon

e ar

ea

Opp

ortu

nity

2

Acce

ss

Rai

l Sta

tion

Cou

ncil

GIS

1k

m b

uffe

r O

ppor

tuni

ty

5 B

us R

oute

C

ounc

il G

IS

400m

buf

fer

Opp

ortu

nity

4

Roa

ds

Cou

ncil

GIS

m

etre

s O

ppor

tuni

ty

5 Lo

cal o

pen

spac

e

Cou

ncil

GIS

400m

buf

fer

Opp

ortu

nity

4R

ecre

atio

nal f

acili

ties

C

ounc

il G

IS

400m

buf

fer

Opp

ortu

nity

4

Com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

C

ounc

il G

IS

400m

buf

fer

Opp

ortu

nity

4

Her

itage

Cou

ncil

GIS

It

em

Opp

ortu

nity

2

Sew

er

C

ounc

il G

IS

sqm

O

ppor

tuni

ty

5

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Figu

re 5

.1: O

ppor

tuni

ty a

nd C

onst

rain

ts A

naly

sis,

Haw

kesb

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LGA

S

ourc

e: H

AS

SE

LL (O

ctob

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5 | 5

5.4_

LGA

Wid

e O

ppor

tuni

ties

and

Con

stra

ints

Figu

re 5

.1 il

lust

rate

s th

e op

portu

nity

and

con

stra

ints

sev

erity

inde

x fo

r the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA.

The

key

find

ings

of t

his

anal

ysis

are

as

follo

ws:

_T

he m

ajor

ity o

f the

LG

A is

cla

ssifi

ed a

s ‘h

igh

cons

train

t’ sh

owin

g th

e ar

ea c

onta

ins

sign

ifica

nt im

plic

atio

ns to

futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t. Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent s

houl

d no

t be

cons

ider

ed in

thes

e ar

eas

with

out d

etai

led

inve

stig

atio

n an

d an

alys

is o

f the

id

entif

ied

cons

train

ts.

_It i

s im

porta

nt to

not

e th

at th

e O

ppor

tuni

ty a

nd C

onst

rain

ts A

naly

sis

is a

tool

to id

entif

y ar

eas

for f

utur

e in

vest

igat

ion.

As

it m

easu

res

oppo

rtuni

ties

and

cons

train

ts a

t a h

igh

leve

l, lo

cal l

evel

inve

stig

atio

ns m

ay id

entif

y ot

her a

reas

app

ropr

iate

for u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t. _T

he s

outh

-eas

tern

par

t of t

he L

GA

has

mor

e po

tent

ial f

or fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent

with

som

e ar

eas

of ‘h

igh

oppo

rtuni

ty’,

parti

cula

rly a

roun

d th

e ce

ntre

s of

Ric

hmon

d,

Nor

th R

ichm

ond,

Win

dsor

and

the

corr

idor

bet

wee

n W

inds

or a

nd B

ligh

Par

k, s

ubje

ct

to th

e re

solu

tion

of fl

ood

cons

train

ts.

_Som

e ar

eas

with

in th

e so

uth-

east

ern

part

of th

e LG

A ar

e “n

eutra

l” fo

r fut

ure

deve

lopm

ent (

shad

ed y

ello

w/g

old)

thes

e ar

eas

have

som

e co

nstra

ints

but

do

not

cont

ain

man

y of

the

fact

ors

whi

ch a

re c

onsi

dere

d im

porta

nt to

sup

port

futu

re u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t suc

h as

tran

spor

t inf

rast

ruct

ure

and

faci

litie

s fo

r exa

mpl

e. T

hese

are

as

may

requ

ire in

vest

igat

ion

and

subj

ect t

o pr

ovis

ion

of s

ervi

ces

and

elem

ents

in

Sus

tain

abili

ty In

dex

may

be

suita

ble

for u

rban

dev

elop

men

t. _I

n ge

nera

l, th

e O

ppor

tuni

ty a

nd C

onst

rain

ts S

ever

ity In

dex

anal

ysis

for H

awke

sbur

y LG

A s

uppo

rts th

e pr

inci

ples

of t

he S

usta

inab

le D

evel

opm

ent F

ram

ewor

k fo

r the

LG

A,

by in

dica

ting

that

cen

tres

cont

ain

the

mos

t opp

ortu

nity

to s

uppo

rt ad

ditio

nal

deve

lopm

ent.

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kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

Ric

hmon

d

Win

dsor

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

Vin

eyar

d

Mul

grav

e

Sout

h W

inds

or

Blig

h P

ark

Pitt

Tow

n

Wilb

erfo

rce

Glo

ssod

ia

Kur

rajo

ng

Kurm

ond

Figu

re 5

.2: O

ppor

tuni

ty a

nd C

onst

rain

ts A

naly

sis,

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

Sout

hern

Are

as

Sou

rce:

HA

SS

ELL

(Oct

ober

, 200

9)

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iden

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and

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tegy

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0

5 | 7

5.5_

Sout

hern

Are

as O

ppor

tuni

ties

and

Con

stra

ints

Figu

re 5

.2 is

a d

etai

l of t

he o

ppor

tuni

ty a

nd c

onst

rain

ts a

naly

sis

for t

he s

outh

-eas

tern

ar

eas

of th

e LG

A, w

hich

is c

urre

ntly

the

focu

s of

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent.

The

key

findi

ngs

of th

is a

naly

sis

is a

s fo

llow

s:

_The

are

as w

ith th

e gr

eate

st p

oten

tial f

or fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t gen

eral

ly a

lign

with

the

loca

tion

and

catc

hmen

t of t

he e

xist

ing

cent

res.

Ric

hmon

d, N

orth

Ric

hmon

d, W

inds

or,

Sou

th W

inds

or a

nd M

ulgr

ave

have

are

as w

ith h

igh

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r dev

elop

men

t. _T

here

is a

cor

ridor

of h

igh

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t pot

entia

l bet

wee

n W

inds

or a

nd B

ligh

Par

k. W

hich

may

requ

ire fu

rther

inve

stig

atio

ns to

det

erm

ine

exte

nt a

nd c

apac

ity o

f se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies

and

reso

lutio

n of

floo

d an

d flo

od e

vacu

atio

n co

nstra

ints

. _W

hile

ther

e is

pot

entia

l for

futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

som

e of

the

exis

ting

smal

ler

cent

res

such

as

Cla

rend

on, V

iney

ard,

Glo

ssod

ia, K

urra

jong

, Wilb

erfo

rce

and

Pitt

Tow

n. S

ome

of th

ese

cent

res

are

cons

train

ed a

nd o

ther

s m

ay b

e la

ckin

g th

e se

rvic

es

and

faci

litie

s to

sup

port

futu

re g

row

th, p

artic

ular

ly s

ewer

ser

vice

s. In

vest

igat

ion

into

cu

rren

t ext

ent a

nd c

apac

ity o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

may

iden

tify

long

term

opp

ortu

nity

fo

r the

se c

entre

s.

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and

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tegy

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0

5 | 8

5.6_

Futu

re In

vest

igat

ion

Are

as

The

CS

I map

ping

has

iden

tifie

d ar

eas

with

hig

h op

portu

nity

for f

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t tha

t sh

ould

be

furth

er in

vest

igat

ed to

det

erm

ine

the

area

’s a

bilit

y to

sup

port

addi

tiona

l or

new

hou

sing

dev

elop

men

t. Fu

ture

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

have

bee

n id

entif

ied

from

hig

h le

vel d

ata,

whi

ch h

as c

onsi

dere

d:

_Are

as w

ith h

igh

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r fut

ure

deve

lopm

ent

_Aer

ial p

hoto

s to

det

erm

ine

on-g

roun

d ca

paci

ty

Exis

ting

cent

res

wer

e th

e fo

cus

of th

e an

alys

is a

s th

e op

portu

nity

and

con

stra

ints

an

alys

is id

entif

ied

mos

t opp

ortu

nity

lay

in a

reas

with

in o

r adj

acen

t to

cent

res.

Thi

s R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

impl

emen

ts a

cen

tres

base

d st

rate

gy a

nd s

eeks

to lo

cate

muc

h of

th

e fu

ture

gro

wth

with

in e

xist

ing

area

s in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

S

trate

gy. T

he a

naly

sis

has

revi

ewed

are

as w

ithin

exi

stin

g ce

ntre

cat

chm

ents

to id

entif

y fu

ture

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas.

This

ana

lysi

s w

ill a

lso

assi

st C

ounc

il in

loca

ting

a pr

opor

tion

of d

evel

opm

ent w

ithin

and

ad

jace

nt to

exi

stin

g ur

ban

area

s.

Bas

ed o

n th

e ou

tcom

es o

f the

opp

ortu

nity

and

con

stra

ints

ana

lysi

s th

e fo

llow

ing

area

s w

ere

the

focu

s of

this

revi

ew:

_Ric

hmon

d _N

orth

Ric

hmon

d _W

inds

or

_Wilb

erfo

rce

_Glo

ssod

ia

Inve

stig

atio

ns in

Glo

ssod

ia m

ay n

eed

to c

onsi

der a

redu

ctio

n in

ext

ensi

on o

f res

iden

tial

zone

am

endi

ng s

ome

of th

is z

oned

land

to in

clud

e la

rge

lot r

esid

entia

l in

reco

gniti

on o

f en

viro

nmen

tal a

nd s

ervi

cing

con

stra

ints

.

The

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

on th

e fo

llow

ing

page

s ar

e ea

ch a

ssig

ned

a S

usta

inab

ility

Mat

rix c

riter

ia fo

r the

cen

tre ty

pe (a

s sh

own

in T

able

4.4

). Th

is c

entre

type

cla

ssifi

catio

n sh

ould

not

be

cons

ider

ed a

s th

e de

finiti

ve c

lass

ifica

tion

and

may

cha

nge,

up

or d

own,

su

bjec

t to

the

requ

ired

deta

iled

stru

ctur

e pl

anni

ng.

The

rem

aini

ng c

entre

s id

entif

ied

in th

e R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

that

hav

e no

t bee

n id

entif

ied

as in

vest

igat

ion

area

s, a

re c

onsi

dere

d to

be

subj

ect t

o un

acce

ptab

le im

pact

s fo

r fut

ure

deve

lopm

ent i

n th

e sh

ort-l

ong

term

. The

se a

reas

are

as

follo

ws:

Vine

yard

- Th

e fu

ture

pla

nnin

g w

ill b

e su

bjec

t to

the

Nor

th W

est G

row

th C

entre

. Pi

tt To

wn-

The

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent h

as p

revi

ousl

y be

en a

ddre

ssed

by

the

Dep

artm

ent

of P

lann

ing

in 2

008

as p

art o

f a P

art 3

A C

once

pt A

ppro

val,

whi

ch is

con

side

red

to

supp

ly P

itt T

own

with

an

adeq

uate

sup

ply

of z

oned

resi

dent

ial l

and

for t

he d

urat

ion

of

the

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy. P

itt T

own

has

long

er te

rm d

evel

opm

ent p

oten

tial i

n zo

ned

area

s.

Cla

rend

on-C

lare

ndon

has

bee

n id

entif

ied

in th

e E

mpl

oym

ent L

and

Stra

tegy

200

8 fo

r co

mm

erci

al a

nd in

dust

rial u

se. C

lare

ndon

als

o ha

s si

gnifi

cant

con

stra

ints

to

deve

lopm

ent s

uch

as fl

oodi

ng a

nd in

adeq

uate

road

infra

stru

ctur

e.

Mul

grav

e/M

cGra

ths

Hill

- Thi

s ar

ea h

as b

een

rem

oved

from

the

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

as

it is

sub

ject

to u

nacc

epta

ble

flood

ing

and

evac

uatio

n im

pact

. So

uth

Win

dsor

-Sou

th W

inds

or h

as b

een

rem

oved

as

it is

pre

dom

inan

tly a

ser

vice

in

dust

rial c

entre

. Fut

ure

inve

stig

atio

n sh

ould

con

side

r the

rem

oval

of l

and

iden

tifie

d in

th

e cu

rren

t MD

P d

ue to

una

ccep

tabl

e flo

odin

g an

d se

rvic

ing.

Non

-urb

an fl

ood

pron

e la

nd- A

ll no

n-ur

ban

zone

d la

nd c

urre

ntly

affe

cted

by

the

1:10

0 ye

ar fl

ood

even

t is

not c

onsi

dere

d su

itabl

e fo

r int

ensi

ficat

ion

of re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t.

The

CS

I map

ping

has

als

o sh

own

the

pote

ntia

l for

a c

orrid

or b

etw

een

Win

dsor

and

B

ligh

Par

k su

bjec

t to

the

reso

lutio

n of

floo

d re

late

d co

nstra

ints

. Cor

ridor

dev

elop

men

t ca

n be

con

sist

ent w

ith th

e C

entre

s B

ased

pla

nnin

g m

odel

as

long

as

all d

wel

lings

are

w

ithin

pro

xim

ity to

a c

entre

. Thi

s m

ay b

e ac

hiev

ed b

y lo

catin

g ad

ditio

nal s

mal

ler c

entre

s w

ithin

the

corr

idor

to m

eet t

he c

onve

nien

ce n

eeds

of t

he lo

cal p

opul

atio

n.

Det

aile

d S

truct

ure

Plan

ning

to d

eter

min

e la

nd c

apac

ity a

nd a

bilit

y to

mee

t dw

ellin

g ta

rget

s of

the

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

has

not b

een

unde

rtake

n as

par

t of t

his

stud

y an

d is

re

quire

d to

be

unde

rtake

n in

futu

re in

vest

igat

ions

.

As

part

of th

e Fu

ture

Inve

stig

atio

n pr

oces

ses,

eac

h ce

ntre

sho

uld

be re

view

ed a

gain

st

the

Sus

tain

abili

ty M

atrix

(Ref

er to

Cha

pter

6) t

o en

sure

the

cent

re h

as s

uffic

ient

se

rvic

es, i

nfra

stru

ctur

e an

d fa

cilit

ies

to s

uppo

rt ad

ditio

nal d

evel

opm

ent.

S

truct

ure

Pla

nnin

g of

cen

tres

will

als

o as

sist

in d

evel

opin

g a

cohe

rent

and

co

mpr

ehen

sive

app

roac

h to

incr

easi

ng re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t in

suita

ble

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas.

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iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

5.6.

1_R

ichm

ond

Futu

re In

vest

igat

ion

Are

as

Inve

stig

ate

addi

tiona

l med

ium

de

nsity

with

in e

xist

ing

area

and

ca

tchm

ent

Sou

rce:

HA

SS

ELL

(Sep

tem

ber,

2010

) *In

vest

igat

ion

area

s id

entif

ied

may

ext

end

beyo

nd th

e tim

e sc

ales

of t

his

Res

iden

tial S

tudy

. *T

he in

clus

ion

of th

e ar

eas

for i

nves

tigat

ion

does

not

gua

rant

ee th

at th

e w

hole

of t

hat l

and

can

be d

evel

oped

in th

e fu

ture

.

Med

ium

-term

opp

ortu

nitie

s ab

ove

flood

leve

l.

Long

term

mix

ed u

se e

duca

tiona

l pre

cinc

t sub

ject

to

reso

lutio

n of

floo

d ev

acua

tion

issu

es

Shor

t – M

ediu

m te

rm o

ppor

tuni

ty

abov

e 1:

100

Shor

t ter

m o

ppor

tuni

ties

abov

e flo

od le

vel.

Med

ium

-term

opp

ortu

nitie

s ou

tsid

e ca

tchm

ent

Inve

stig

atio

ns m

ust

cons

ider

the

Sust

aina

bilit

y M

atrix

cr

iteria

for a

Tow

n C

entr

e to

ens

ure

the

cent

re h

as th

e re

quire

d le

vel o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

to

acco

mm

odat

e fu

ture

po

pula

tion.

Furth

er In

vest

igat

ions

ar

e su

bjec

t to:

_ T

he a

bilit

y to

ap

prop

riate

ly s

ervi

ce

deve

lopm

ent i

n a

timel

y m

anne

r _ F

lood

eva

cuat

ion

_ Det

aile

d st

ruct

ure

plan

ning

of t

own

cent

re a

nd

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas.

Dev

elop

men

t mus

t add

ress

po

tent

ial l

andu

se c

onfli

cts

in

this

loca

tion

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iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

5.6.

2_N

orth

Ric

hmon

d Fu

ture

Inve

stig

atio

n A

reas

Inve

stig

ate

addi

tiona

l den

sity

with

in e

xist

ing

area

and

cat

chm

ent

Long

er te

rm o

ppor

tuni

ty s

ubje

ct to

pro

visi

on o

f sho

ps,

trans

port

infra

stru

ctur

e, c

omm

unity

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d se

rvic

es o

utsi

de c

atch

men

t

Inve

stig

atio

ns m

ust

cons

ider

the

Sus

tain

abili

ty M

atrix

cr

iteria

for a

Vill

age

to e

nsur

e th

e ce

ntre

ha

s th

e re

quire

d le

vel o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

to

acco

mm

odat

e fu

ture

po

pula

tion.

Incr

ease

d de

nsity

an

d in

vest

igat

ion

area

s ar

e su

bjec

t to:

_R

esol

utio

n of

road

ac

cess

, tra

ffic

and

trans

port

issu

es

_Inv

estig

atio

n in

to

bush

fire

pron

e ar

eas

_Det

aile

d st

ruct

ure

plan

ning

of t

he

villa

ge a

nd

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

_Pro

visi

on o

f an

incr

ease

d ra

nge

of

serv

ices

and

fa

cilit

ies

Sou

rce:

HA

SS

ELL

(Sep

tem

ber,

2010

) *In

vest

igat

ion

area

s id

entif

ied

may

ext

end

beyo

nd th

e tim

e sc

ales

of t

his

Res

iden

tial S

tudy

. *T

he in

clus

ion

of th

e ar

eas

for i

nves

tigat

ion

does

not

gua

rant

ee th

at th

e w

hole

of t

hat l

and

can

be d

evel

oped

in th

e fu

ture

.

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kesb

ury

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iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

5.6.

3_W

ilber

forc

e Fu

ture

Inve

stig

atio

n A

reas

Inve

stig

atio

ns m

ust

cons

ider

the

Sus

tain

a bM

atrix

crit

eria

for a

Sm

Villa

ge to

ens

ure

the

cent

re h

as th

e re

quire

dle

vel o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

to a

ccom

mod

afu

ture

pop

ulat

ion.

Incr

ease

d in

tens

ity o

f de

velo

pmen

t and

in

vest

igat

ion

area

s su

bto

: _P

rovi

sion

of s

ewer

age

infra

stru

ctur

e _R

esol

utio

n of

floo

d ev

acua

tion

_Tim

ely

prov

isio

n of

in

frast

ruct

ure

_Det

aile

d st

ruct

ure

plan

ning

of i

nves

tiga t

area

s _P

rovi

sion

of a

dditi

ona

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

sO

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r inc

reas

ed d

ensi

ty a

nd in

fill

subj

ect t

o th

e ex

pans

ion

of c

omm

erci

al,

reta

il an

d co

mm

unity

ser

vice

s to

ac

com

mod

ate

a la

rger

pop

ulat

ion

Med

ium

to lo

ng te

rm

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r rur

al re

side

ntia

l de

velo

pmen

t

Sour

ce: H

AS

SEL

L (S

epte

mbe

r, 20

10)

*Inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

iden

tifie

d m

ay e

xten

d be

yond

the

time

scal

es o

f thi

s R

esid

entia

l Stu

dy.

*The

incl

usio

n of

the

area

s fo

r inv

estig

atio

n do

es n

ot g

uara

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that

the

who

le o

f tha

t lan

d ca

n be

dev

elop

ed in

the

futu

re.

Sho

rt te

rm o

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tuni

ty fo

r de

velo

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t adj

acen

t to

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loss

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cons

ider

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aina

bilit

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atrix

cr

iteria

for a

N

eigh

bour

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Cen

tre

to e

nsur

e th

e ce

ntre

has

th

e re

quire

d le

vel o

f se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies

to

acco

mm

odat

e fu

ture

po

pula

tion.

Incr

ease

d in

tens

ity o

f de

velo

pmen

t and

in

vest

igat

ion

area

s su

bjec

t to:

_R

esol

utio

n of

tran

spor

t, ac

cess

and

traf

fic is

sues

pa

rticu

larly

road

in

frast

ruct

ure

cros

sing

th

e riv

er

_Pro

visi

on o

f sew

age

for

incr

ease

in d

ensi

ty o

f de

velo

pmen

t _D

etai

led

stru

ctur

e pl

anni

ng to

revi

ew

resi

dent

ial t

ypes

and

di

strib

utio

n _R

evie

w o

f ext

ent o

f zo

ning

to d

eter

min

e ap

prop

riate

ness

of t

he

scal

e an

d de

nsity

of

deve

lopm

ent w

ithin

the

cent

re

Ext

ent a

nd ty

pe o

f res

iden

tial z

oned

land

to

be re

view

ed s

ubje

ct to

sew

erag

e, th

e ex

pans

ion

of c

omm

erci

al, r

etai

l and

co

mm

unity

ser

vice

s to

acc

omm

odat

e a

larg

er p

opul

atio

n

Sou

rce:

HA

SS

ELL

(Sep

tem

ber,

2010

) *In

vest

igat

ion

area

s id

entif

ied

may

ext

end

beyo

nd th

e tim

e sc

ales

of t

his

Res

iden

tial S

tudy

. *T

he in

clus

ion

of th

e ar

eas

for i

nves

tigat

ion

does

not

gua

rant

ee th

at th

e w

hole

of t

hat l

and

can

be d

evel

oped

in th

e fu

ture

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Larg

er lo

t res

iden

tial i

s to

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stig

ated

with

in th

e ur

ban

zone

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mer

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e

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or F

utur

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vest

igat

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Are

a

Ther

e is

an

oppo

rtuni

ty

for a

cor

ridor

bet

wee

n W

inds

or a

nd B

ligh

Par

k co

ntai

ning

a ra

nge

of

dens

ities

.

Add

ition

al s

mal

ler

cent

res

with

in th

e co

rrido

r are

to e

nsur

e th

e co

nven

ienc

e ne

eds

of th

e lo

cal p

opul

atio

n ar

e m

et. I

ncre

ased

in

tens

ity a

nd

deve

lopm

ent o

f in

vest

igat

ion

area

s ar

e su

bjec

t to:

_R

esol

utio

n of

exi

stin

g flo

od e

vacu

atio

n;

_Pro

visi

on o

f add

ition

al

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s;

_Det

aile

d st

ruct

ure

plan

ning

of t

own

cent

re a

nd

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas;

an

d _T

imel

y pr

ovis

ion

of

infra

stru

ctur

e.

Sou

rce:

HA

SS

ELL

(Oct

ober

, 200

9)

*Inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

iden

tifie

d m

ay e

xten

d be

yond

the

time

scal

es o

f thi

s R

esid

entia

l Stu

dy.

*The

re a

re n

o in

vest

igat

ion

area

s no

min

ated

in V

iney

ard

due

to th

e fa

ct th

at a

ll su

itabl

e ar

ea in

this

loca

lity

has

been

incl

uded

in th

e N

orth

Wes

t Gro

wth

Cen

tre

*The

incl

usio

n of

the

area

s fo

r inv

estig

atio

n do

es n

ot g

uara

ntee

that

the

who

le o

f tha

t lan

d ca

n be

dev

elop

ed in

the

futu

re.

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er te

rm o

ppor

tuni

ties

to

incr

ease

den

sitie

s su

bjec

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reso

lutio

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floo

d ev

acua

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es

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(kno

wn

as B

ligh

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th) i

s su

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sign

ifica

nt fl

oodi

ng

and

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Inve

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6.1_

Intr

oduc

tion

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

has

ado

pted

a c

entre

s ba

sed

plan

ning

ap

proa

ch to

gui

de th

e lo

catio

n of

5,0

00-6

,000

add

ition

al d

wel

lings

to 2

031.

The

ce

ntre

s ba

sed

appr

oach

bui

lds

on th

e D

raft

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy 1

997

and

assi

sts

in a

chie

ving

the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

Stra

tegy

’s o

bjec

tive

of lo

catin

g 60

-70

% o

f fut

ure

dwel

lings

with

in e

xist

ing

resi

dent

ial a

reas

.

The

Sus

tain

able

Dev

elop

men

t Fra

mew

ork

iden

tifie

s ce

ntre

s as

the

focu

s of

futu

re

resi

dent

ial a

ctiv

ity a

nd th

e pr

iorit

y lo

catio

n fo

r com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces,

reta

il an

d co

mm

erci

al s

ervi

ces,

em

ploy

men

t and

tran

spor

t nod

es.

The

thre

e el

emen

ts o

f the

Sus

tain

able

Dev

elop

men

t Fra

mew

ork

are:

_C

entr

es H

iera

rchy

iden

tifie

s fo

ur ty

pes

of c

entre

s w

ithin

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

bas

ed

on th

eir s

ize,

func

tion

and

role

with

in th

e hi

erar

chy.

_Su

stai

nabi

lity

Mat

rix e

stab

lishe

s a

stan

dard

leve

l of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s; d

efin

ed

by th

e cl

assi

ficat

ion

of e

ach

cent

re.

The

Mat

rix n

omin

ates

the

char

acte

r and

leve

l of

serv

ice

prov

isio

n in

term

s of

num

bers

of d

wel

lings

, typ

es o

f ret

ail a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent,

infra

stru

ctur

e re

quire

men

ts, p

ublic

tran

spor

t pro

visi

on a

nd le

vel o

f com

mun

ity

serv

ice.

Thi

s M

atrix

pro

vide

s a

chec

klis

t and

indi

cato

rs to

ens

ure

each

cen

tre

prov

ides

the

requ

ired

leve

l of s

ervi

ces

in li

ne w

ith th

e ne

eds

of th

e in

divi

dual

cen

tre

and

can

be u

sed

whe

n co

nsid

erin

g lo

catin

g ad

ditio

nal d

evel

opm

ent w

ithin

or

adja

cent

to a

cen

tre.

_Im

plem

enta

tion

Plan

that

out

lines

key

stra

tegi

es a

nd a

ctio

ns to

resp

ond

to th

e br

oad

LGA

wid

e is

sues

iden

tifie

d in

Cha

pter

4. I

t als

o in

clud

es s

trate

gies

and

ac

tions

to a

ssis

t Cou

ncil

in m

eetin

g th

e st

anda

rds

for c

entre

s es

tabl

ishe

d in

the

Sus

tain

abili

ty M

atrix

.

_D

etai

led

Stru

ctur

e Pl

ans

are

the

next

sta

ge o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

and

will

dete

rmin

e th

e sp

ecifi

c lo

catio

n of

add

ition

al d

wel

lings

and

su

bseq

uent

sta

ging

. The

Sus

tain

abili

ty M

atrix

will

gui

de th

e st

ruct

ure

plan

ning

, ou

tlini

ng b

ench

mar

k se

rvic

e pr

ovis

ion

need

s an

d th

e po

pula

tion

and

dwel

ling

targ

ets

for e

ach

cent

re ty

pe.

As

iden

tifie

d th

roug

h th

e O

ppor

tuni

ty a

nd C

onst

rain

ts A

naly

sis

(Cha

pter

5) t

he p

riorit

y lo

catio

ns fo

r fut

ure

stru

ctur

e pl

anni

ng a

re:

Hig

h Pr

iorit

y R

ichm

ond

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

Win

dsor

Med

ium

Prio

rity

Wilb

erfo

rce

Glo

ssod

ia

Low

Prio

rity

Blig

h P

ark

Cla

rend

on

Vin

eyar

d*

Mul

grav

e P

itt T

own

Sout

h W

inds

or

*The

tim

ing

for V

iney

ard

will

be

subj

ect t

o th

e N

orth

Wes

t Gro

wth

Cen

tre p

lann

ing.

6.2_

Rev

iew

and

Mon

itorin

g

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

sho

uld

be re

view

ed e

very

five

yea

rs to

m

eet S

tate

Pla

nnin

g an

d LE

P re

quire

men

ts a

nd to

upd

ate

with

AB

S C

ensu

s an

d po

pula

tion

proj

ectio

n da

ta.

The

Sus

tain

abili

ty M

atrix

is th

e ke

y to

ol fo

r mon

itorin

g th

e im

plem

enta

tion

and

achi

evem

ent o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

. In

line

with

the

revi

ews

of

the

LEP

and

rele

ase

of A

BS

Cen

sus

data

, an

asse

ssm

ent c

an b

e m

ade

of e

ach

cent

re a

gain

st th

e S

usta

inab

ility

Mat

rix.

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6.3_

Cen

tres

Hie

rarc

hy

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

use

s a

Cen

tres

Hie

rarc

hy to

gui

de th

e lo

catio

n an

d de

nsity

of f

utur

e ho

usin

g an

d to

ens

ure

that

cen

tres

cont

ain

the

stan

dard

pr

ovis

ion

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s. T

able

6.1

sum

mar

ises

the

hier

arch

y of

cen

tres

with

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A, o

utlin

es th

eir c

atch

men

t, ro

le, d

wel

ling

rang

e, a

nd id

entif

ies

the

poss

ible

futu

re d

esig

natio

n of

cen

tres

with

in th

e LG

A. F

urth

er in

form

atio

n on

eac

h of

the

cent

re is

in S

ectio

n 4.

2.

Tabl

e 6.

1: S

umm

ary

of C

entre

s H

iera

rchy

for H

awke

sbur

y LG

A

Cen

tre

Type

C

atch

men

t D

escr

iptio

n H

awke

sbur

y LG

A C

entr

es

Tow

n C

entre

80

0m

Tow

n C

entre

s ha

ve o

ne o

r tw

o su

perm

arke

ts, c

omm

unity

faci

litie

s,

med

ical

cen

tre, s

choo

ls, e

tc. C

onta

in

betw

een

4,50

0 an

d 9,

500

dwel

lings

. U

sual

ly a

resi

dent

ial o

rigin

than

em

ploy

men

t des

tinat

ion.

Ric

hmon

dW

inds

or

Vill

age

600m

A

stri

p of

sho

ps a

nd s

urro

undi

ng

resi

dent

ial a

rea

with

in a

5 to

10

min

ute

wal

k co

ntai

ns a

sm

all s

uper

mar

ket,

haird

ress

er, t

ake–

away

food

sho

ps.

Con

tain

bet

wee

n 2,

100

and

5,50

0 dw

ellin

gs.

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

Vin

eyar

d *

Sou

th W

inds

or*

Sm

all V

illag

e 40

0m

A s

mal

l stri

p of

sho

ps a

nd a

djac

ent

resi

dent

ial a

rea

with

in a

5 to

10

min

ute

wal

k. C

onta

in b

etw

een

800

and

2,70

0 dw

ellin

gs.

Mul

grav

eG

loss

odia

*W

ilber

forc

e*P

itt T

own*

N

eigh

bour

hood

C

entre

15

0m

One

or a

sm

all c

lust

er o

f sho

ps a

nd

serv

ices

. C

onta

in b

etw

een

150

and

900

dwel

lings

.

Blig

h P

ark

Kur

mon

d K

urra

jong

C

lare

ndon

*D

enot

es c

entre

s w

hich

will

ach

ieve

this

sta

tus

in th

e lo

ng te

rm

Not

e: T

he c

atch

men

t dis

tanc

es a

nd d

wel

ling

num

bers

in T

able

6.1

are

indi

cativ

e on

ly

of th

e ce

ntre

type

s an

d sh

ould

not

be

cons

ider

ed in

abs

olut

e lim

its.

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6.4_

Sust

aina

bilit

y M

atrix

The

Sus

tain

abili

ty M

atrix

est

ablis

hes

a m

inim

um le

vel o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies;

de

fined

by

the

clas

sific

atio

n of

eac

h ce

ntre

. Th

e M

atrix

nom

inat

es th

e ch

arac

ter a

nd

leve

l of s

ervi

ce p

rovi

sion

in te

rms

of n

umbe

rs o

f dw

ellin

gs, t

ypes

of r

etai

l and

em

ploy

men

t, in

frast

ruct

ure

requ

irem

ents

, pub

lic tr

ansp

ort p

rovi

sion

and

leve

l of

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ce.

The

Mat

rix s

houl

d be

use

d to

ass

ess

curre

nt s

ervi

ce a

nd fa

cilit

y pr

ovis

ion

of e

ach

cent

re w

hen

cons

ider

ing

addi

tiona

l dev

elop

men

t with

in a

cen

tre. I

t will

als

o in

form

fu

ture

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d fa

cilit

y se

rvic

e pr

ovis

ion.

ALL

CEN

TRES

Su

stai

nabi

lity

Elem

ent

Crit

eria

Hou

sing

Typ

es

New

dw

ellin

gs to

prim

arily

be

loca

ted

with

in c

entre

cat

chm

ents

. N

ew d

wel

lings

to p

rovi

de a

var

iety

of h

ousi

ng ty

pes.

M

ixed

use

dev

elop

men

t to

surro

und

com

mer

cial

cor

e.

Prov

ide

suita

ble

trans

ition

bet

wee

n di

ffere

nt d

wel

ling

dens

ities

.

Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ng

Affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng to

be

inte

grat

ed in

to n

ew u

rban

dev

elop

men

ts.

Affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng to

be

loca

ted

with

in c

entre

cat

chm

ent a

nd c

lose

to p

ublic

tra

nspo

rt an

d se

rvic

es.

Prov

isio

n of

hou

sing

to m

eet s

peci

al n

eeds

i.e.

ess

entia

l wor

kers

, itin

eran

t re

side

nts,

eld

erly

, cul

tura

l gro

ups,

etc

.

Empl

oym

ent a

nd

Cen

tres

Al

l cen

tres

to a

ccom

mod

ate

the

reta

il an

d co

mm

erci

al s

ervi

ce n

eeds

of t

heir

surro

undi

ng re

side

ntia

l pop

ulat

ion,

acc

ordi

ng to

thei

r des

igna

tion.

Fa

cilit

ate

rene

wal

of e

xist

ing

cent

res

with

the

capa

city

for g

row

th.

Mai

ntai

n or

impr

ove

the

exis

ting

leve

l of s

ubre

gion

al e

mpl

oym

ent s

elf

cont

ainm

ent.

To p

erm

it ur

ban

expa

nsio

n at

the

perim

eter

of t

hose

tow

ns a

nd v

illag

es w

hich

ca

n ex

pand

eco

nom

ical

ly a

nd w

ithou

t env

ironm

enta

l det

rimen

t. M

eets

sub

regi

onal

em

ploy

men

t cap

acity

targ

ets.

Em

ploy

men

t rel

ated

land

is p

rovi

ded

in a

ppro

pria

tely

zon

ed a

reas

.

ALL

CEN

TRES

Su

stai

nabi

lity

Elem

ent

Crit

eria

Serv

ice

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Follo

win

g in

frast

ruct

ure

is re

quire

d fo

r all

cent

res:

_

Wat

er (d

rinki

ng/re

cycl

ed)

_ St

orm

wat

er

_ Se

wer

_

Ener

gy (e

lect

ricity

/gas

) _

Com

mun

icat

ions

(lan

dlin

e, m

obile

, bro

adba

nd)

_ R

oad

netw

orks

with

link

s to

key

cen

tres

_ R

esol

utio

n of

floo

d ev

acua

tion

_ Su

itabl

e pu

blic

par

king

In

frast

ruct

ure

has

capa

city

or c

an b

e au

gmen

ted

to c

ater

for f

utur

e gr

owth

and

de

man

d _

Wat

er: C

apac

ity to

dev

elop

sus

tain

able

wat

er s

yste

ms

to re

use

and

recy

cle

stor

mw

ater

runo

ff an

d ov

erla

nd fl

ows.

_

Sew

er: U

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

tow

n ce

ntre

s an

d vi

llage

s to

be

limite

d to

are

as

serv

iced

by

retic

ulat

ed s

ewer

age.

U

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

smal

l vill

ages

and

nei

ghbo

urho

od c

entre

s to

be

limite

d to

are

as c

apab

le fo

r ons

ite d

ispo

sal a

nd/o

r was

te w

ater

irrig

atio

n.

The

infra

stru

ctur

e ca

paci

ty o

f eac

h ce

ntre

mus

t be

able

to s

uppo

rt fu

ture

dw

ellin

g pr

ojec

tions

and

pro

vide

d in

a ti

mel

y an

d ef

ficie

nt w

ay.

Dev

elop

men

t is

loca

ted

outs

ide

of 2

0+ A

NEF

noi

se c

orrid

ors.

Publ

ic T

rans

port

and

A

cces

s

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t: _

Pro

mot

es h

igh

leve

l of p

ublic

tran

spor

t to

min

imis

e ca

r usa

ge;

_ Is

con

cent

rate

d in

pro

xim

ity to

City

Rai

l Tra

in S

tatio

ns w

ithin

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA;

_

Is c

once

ntra

ted

in p

roxi

mity

to re

gula

r and

relia

ble

bus

netw

orks

and

ser

vice

s;

_ Is

acc

essi

ble

to tr

ansp

ort o

ptio

ns fo

r effi

cien

t and

sus

tain

able

trav

el b

etw

een

hom

es, j

obs,

ser

vice

s an

d re

crea

tion

Tran

spor

t inf

rast

ruct

ure

is a

vaila

ble

or s

ched

uled

to b

e pr

ovid

ed in

a ti

mel

y an

d ef

ficie

nt w

ay to

ser

vice

futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t. Al

l cen

tres

prov

ide

cycl

e lin

ks w

ithin

eac

h ce

ntre

and

with

link

ages

to o

ther

ce

ntre

s an

d ke

y de

stin

atio

ns

All

cent

res

cont

ain

univ

ersa

lly a

cces

sibl

e pe

dest

rian

faci

litie

s th

roug

hout

the

cent

re

Page 91: attachment 2 to item 223 - City of Hawkesbury · 2.3_Future Dwelling Target The Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (2005) estimates that Sydney’s population will grow by around 1.1 million

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

6 | 4

ALL

CEN

TRES

Su

stai

nabi

lity

Elem

ent

Crit

eria

Ope

n Sp

ace

and

Rec

reat

ion

Ope

n sp

ace

prov

isio

n lin

king

and

con

tribu

ting

to d

istri

ct le

vel o

pen

spac

e ne

twor

k Al

l fut

ure

resi

dent

s ar

e lo

cate

d in

pro

xim

ity to

loca

l and

dis

trict

ope

n sp

ace

and

recr

eatio

n fa

cilit

ies

All c

entre

s m

eet o

pen

spac

e an

d re

crea

tion

benc

hmar

ks a

ccor

ding

to th

eir

catc

hmen

ts a

nd p

opul

atio

n ne

eds

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

and

Res

ourc

es

Futu

re d

evel

opm

ent i

s co

gnis

ant o

f and

resp

onsi

ve to

nat

ural

and

en

viro

nmen

tal c

onst

rain

ts in

clud

ing

natu

ral a

reas

; wat

er a

nd a

ir qu

ality

; flo

od

pron

e la

nd (l

ess

than

1:1

00);

wet

land

s an

d rip

aria

n zo

nes;

aci

d su

lpha

te s

oils

; st

eep

terr

ain;

bus

hfire

pro

ne la

nd; b

iodi

vers

ity a

nd s

igni

fican

t fau

na o

r flo

ra

habi

tat;

herit

age.

Det

aile

d cr

iteria

for e

ach

cons

train

t is

outli

ned

belo

w.

Nat

ural

Are

as

_ N

o ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent i

n ar

eas

iden

tifie

d fo

r con

serv

atio

n, e

nviro

nmen

tal

sens

itivi

ty a

nd re

crea

tion

_ M

aint

ains

a h

igh

qual

ity n

atur

al e

nviro

nmen

t and

resp

ects

ele

men

ts o

f nat

ural

en

viro

nmen

t. _

Prot

ect a

nd e

nhan

ce b

iodi

vers

ity, a

ir qu

ality

, her

itage

, and

wat

erw

ay h

ealth

. M

aint

ains

or i

mpr

oves

are

as o

f reg

iona

lly s

igni

fican

t ter

rest

rial a

nd a

quat

ic

biod

iver

sity

(as

map

ped

and

agre

ed b

y D

ECC

W a

nd D

PI).

This

incl

udes

re

gion

ally

sig

nific

ant v

eget

atio

n co

mm

uniti

es; c

ritic

al h

abita

t; th

reat

ened

sp

ecie

s; p

opul

atio

ns; e

colo

gica

l com

mun

ities

and

thei

r hab

itats

.

Wat

er a

nd A

ir Q

ualit

y M

aint

ain

or im

prov

e ex

istin

g en

viro

nmen

tal c

ondi

tion

for a

ir qu

ality

. M

aint

ain

or im

prov

e ex

istin

g en

viro

nmen

tal c

ondi

tion

for w

ater

qua

lity

and

quan

tity.

Fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t is

cons

iste

nt w

ith c

omm

unity

wat

er q

ualit

y ob

ject

ives

for

recr

eatio

nal w

ater

use

and

rive

r hea

lth (D

ECC

W a

nd C

MA)

.

Floo

d Pr

one

Land

Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent:

_ m

ust a

void

hig

h ris

k flo

od p

rone

are

as, b

elow

1:1

00 fl

ood

leve

l. _

in fl

ood

pron

e or

at r

isk

area

s is

to p

repa

re a

Flo

od R

isk

Man

agem

ent P

lan;

_

mus

t dem

onst

rate

and

und

erta

ke a

ppro

pria

te c

onst

ruct

ion

met

hods

to b

e us

ed

in a

reas

iden

tifie

d as

at r

isk

of fl

oodi

ng; a

nd

_ is

con

sist

ent w

ith c

atch

men

t and

sto

rmw

ater

man

agem

ent p

lann

ing

(CM

A an

d lo

cal c

ounc

il).

ALL

CEN

TRES

Su

stai

nabi

lity

Elem

ent

Crit

eria

Wet

land

s Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

s to

be

avoi

ded

in (o

r in

clos

e pr

oxim

ity to

) wet

land

ar

eas,

to c

ontin

ue to

pro

tect

wet

land

s in

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA.

Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent t

o be

loca

ted

outs

ide

of ri

paria

n zo

nes.

Lo

catio

n of

futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t is

to b

e co

gnis

ant o

f aci

d su

lpha

te s

oil

clas

sific

atio

ns.

Acid

Sul

phat

e S

oils

S

ite s

peci

fic s

tudi

es s

houl

d be

car

ried

out o

n ar

eas

iden

tifie

d as

sub

ject

to a

n Ac

id S

ulph

ate

Soil

and

Urb

an S

alin

ity C

lass

ifica

tion

befo

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t is

app

rove

d.

Appr

opria

te c

onst

ruct

ion

met

hods

mus

t be

used

for u

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

area

s id

entif

ied

as a

t ris

k of

aci

d su

lpha

te s

oils

, in

line

with

Haw

kesb

ury

Loca

l En

viro

nmen

tal P

lan

1989

.

Her

itage

Fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t is

cogn

isan

t of a

nd re

spon

sive

to a

rcha

eolo

gica

l and

cu

ltura

l her

itage

. Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent t

o pr

otec

t are

as o

f Abo

rigin

al c

ultu

ral h

erita

ge v

alue

(a

s ag

reed

by

DE

CC

W).

Scen

ic L

ands

cape

s Th

e ex

istin

g la

ndsc

ape

and

its re

tent

ion

form

an

impo

rtant

con

side

ratio

n fo

r fu

rther

dev

elop

men

t of t

he L

GA.

Its

sign

ifica

nce

is b

oth

loca

l and

regi

onal

and

a

cons

ider

able

ass

et to

tour

ism

and

incr

easi

ngly

impo

rtant

to m

arke

ting

of

loca

l pro

duct

s as

an

adju

nct t

o to

uris

m.

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent t

o m

inim

ise

impa

cts

on v

iew

cor

ridor

s to

sig

nific

ant r

ural

an

d na

tura

l lan

dsca

pes.

Stee

p Te

rrain

U

rban

dev

elop

men

t to

be li

mite

d to

are

as w

ith a

slo

pe o

f 15%

or l

ower

. D

evel

opm

ent o

n sl

opes

gre

ater

than

15%

are

requ

ired

to d

emon

stra

te th

ere

is

no im

pact

on

soil

eros

ion,

sub

side

nce,

land

slip

and

mas

s m

ovem

ents

.

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Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

201

0

6 | 5

ALL

CEN

TRES

Su

stai

nabi

lity

Elem

ent

Crit

eria

Prim

e Ag

ricul

tura

l Lan

d Pr

ime

agric

ultu

ral l

and

is to

be

prot

ecte

d.

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

n ru

ral a

nd a

gric

ultu

ral a

reas

sho

uld

be a

void

ed to

m

inim

ise

conf

licts

bet

wee

n us

es a

nd to

mai

ntai

n ec

onom

ic a

nd to

uris

m

reso

urce

s fo

r the

LG

A.

Ther

e is

a n

eed

to p

rote

ct th

e po

tent

ial f

or fu

ture

agr

icul

tura

l pro

duct

ions

as

circ

umst

ance

s an

d op

portu

nitie

s ch

ange

. The

pro

tect

ion

of a

gric

ultu

ral l

and

is

also

see

n as

impo

rtant

by

the

loca

l com

mun

ity fo

r pro

tect

ing

the

rura

l, sc

enic

qu

ality

of t

he H

awke

sbur

y.

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t on

prim

e ag

ricul

tura

l lan

d ne

eds

to d

emon

stra

te th

e ra

tiona

le fo

r los

s of

prim

e ag

ricul

tura

l lan

d an

d lo

ss o

f eco

nom

ic a

ctiv

ity,

empl

oym

ent a

nd fo

od s

ourc

e in

the

LGA

and

shou

ld b

e cl

early

ass

esse

d fo

r its

be

nefit

s be

fore

app

rova

l.

Bush

fire

Pron

e La

nd

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

n C

ateg

ory

1 an

d 2

Bush

fire

area

s is

to b

e av

oide

d.

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

s su

bjec

t to

mee

ting

the

requ

irem

ents

of t

he N

SW R

ural

Fi

re S

ervi

ce P

lann

ing

for B

ushf

ire P

rote

ctio

n” V

ersi

on 3

, Jun

e 20

06 g

uide

lines

.D

etai

led

site

spe

cific

stu

dies

are

to b

e ca

rried

out

in a

reas

iden

tifie

d as

bei

ng

with

in a

bus

hfire

veg

etat

ion

cate

gory

bef

ore

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t can

occ

ur.

Spec

ial U

ses

Land

Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

s no

t to

impa

ct o

n th

e co

ntin

ued

use

and

exis

tenc

e of

sig

nific

ant s

peci

al u

ses,

suc

h as

the

RAA

F Ba

se a

t Ric

hmon

d an

d th

e U

nive

rsity

and

TAF

E C

olle

ge s

ites.

Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent a

void

s im

pact

s on

pro

duct

ive

reso

urce

land

s;

extra

ctiv

e in

dust

ries

and

othe

r min

ing.

Noi

se E

xpos

ure

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent w

ith n

oise

exp

osur

e co

ntou

r of 2

0 or

hig

her A

NEF

sho

uld

not o

ccur

. Au

stra

lian

Stan

dard

202

1:20

01 c

riter

ia s

houl

d be

ado

pted

as

a m

easu

re o

f ap

prop

riate

noi

se z

ones

for f

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t.

Com

mun

ity F

acili

ties

All

cent

res

to p

rovi

de a

leve

l of c

omm

unity

faci

litie

s an

d se

rvic

es th

at a

re

acce

ssib

le a

nd m

eet t

he n

eeds

of t

heir

loca

l com

mun

ity.

Som

e se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies

may

exi

st in

are

as o

utsi

de o

f the

cen

tres

ther

efor

e lo

ng te

rm p

lann

ing

of fu

ture

faci

lity

prov

isio

n to

cre

ate

com

mun

ity h

ubs

whi

ch

seek

to c

o-lo

cate

and

con

solid

ate

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s in

key

nod

es.

ALL

CEN

TRES

Su

stai

nabi

lity

Elem

ent

Crit

eria

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t is

to e

nsur

e th

at:

_ Q

ualit

y he

alth

, edu

catio

n, le

gal,

recr

eatio

nal,

cultu

ral a

nd c

omm

unity

de

velo

pmen

t and

oth

er g

over

nmen

t ser

vice

s ar

e ac

cess

ible

. _

Adeq

uate

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s ex

ist t

o m

eet t

he n

eeds

of t

he

futu

re re

side

nts

_ E

xist

ing

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s ha

ve th

e ca

paci

ty to

ser

vice

the

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent

_ Fu

ture

ser

vice

pro

visi

on h

as b

een

plan

ned

and

budg

eted

_

Dev

elop

er fu

ndin

g fo

r req

uire

d se

rvic

e up

grad

e/ac

cess

is a

vaila

ble.

Cha

ract

er a

nd P

ublic

D

omai

n Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

s to

hav

e lit

tle o

r no

impa

ct o

n ite

ms

of in

dige

nous

, Eu

rope

an o

r Nat

ural

her

itage

Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent t

o be

cog

nisa

nt o

f the

cha

ract

er o

f sur

roun

ding

ar

eas.

Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent t

o be

cog

nisc

ant o

f the

land

scap

e ch

arac

ter a

nd it

s se

tting

. Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

s to

focu

s ar

ound

or b

e pr

oxim

ate

to a

ctiv

e ur

ban

spac

e w

hich

faci

litie

s fo

rmal

and

info

rmal

mee

ting

and

gath

erin

g sp

aces

bot

h du

ring

day

and

nigh

t i.e

. pla

za, s

quar

e, m

all e

tc

Cre

atio

n of

hig

h qu

ality

and

saf

e pu

blic

dom

ain

both

dur

ing

day

and

nigh

t.

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t Al

l new

hou

sing

to b

e ad

apta

ble,

and

whe

re p

ossi

ble

acce

ssib

le, a

nd e

mbr

ace

prin

cipl

es o

f sus

tain

able

hou

sing

des

ign.

D

efin

e th

e en

viro

nmen

tal a

nd in

frast

ruct

ure

capa

city

for e

ach

cent

re a

nd

ensu

re th

at n

ew d

evel

opm

ent d

oes

not e

xcee

d th

e de

fined

cap

aciti

es.

Ensu

re a

ll de

velo

pmen

t is

cons

truct

ed to

the

high

est e

nviro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

. N

atur

al re

sour

ce li

mits

not

exc

eede

d/ e

nviro

nmen

tal f

ootp

rint m

inim

ised

. D

eman

d fo

r wat

er d

oes

not p

lace

una

ccep

tabl

e pr

essu

re o

n in

frast

ruct

ure

capa

city

to s

uppl

y w

ater

and

on

envi

ronm

enta

l flo

ws.

D

eman

d fo

r sew

er d

oes

not p

lace

una

ccep

tabl

e pr

essu

re o

n in

frast

ruct

ure

capa

city

to s

uppl

y se

wer

. D

emon

stra

tes

mos

t effi

cien

t/sui

tabl

e us

e of

land

. D

eman

d fo

r ene

rgy

does

not

pla

ce u

nacc

epta

ble

pres

sure

on

infra

stru

ctur

e ca

paci

ty to

sup

ply

ener

gy; r

equi

res

dem

onst

ratio

n of

effi

cien

t and

sus

tain

able

su

pply

sol

utio

n

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TOW

N C

EN

TRE

R

ichm

ond

Win

dsor

Dw

ellin

g Ta

rget

4,

500-

9,00

0 dw

ellin

gs w

ithin

800

m ra

dius

Hou

sing

Typ

es

Med

ium

to h

igh

dens

ity re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t tha

t is

com

men

sura

te w

ith th

e ex

istin

g, o

r des

ired

futu

re, c

hara

cter

of t

he

rele

vant

Tow

n C

entre

. (D

wel

ling

dens

ity to

be

defin

ed in

the

deta

iled

stru

ctur

e pl

anni

ng fo

r ind

ivid

ual c

entre

s, i.

e. L

EP

, DC

P,

and

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith S

ectio

n 6.

6 of

this

Stra

tegy

) U

p to

25-

50 d

wel

lings

per

hec

tare

S

enio

rs li

ving

/age

d ca

re h

ousi

ng e

ncou

rage

d M

ixed

use

dev

elop

men

t – s

hopp

ing

on s

treet

and

co

mm

erci

al/re

side

ntia

l abo

ve.

Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ng

Affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng in

tegr

ated

into

new

dev

elop

men

ts.

Prio

rity

loca

tion

for a

fford

able

hou

sing

, to

ensu

re re

side

nts

can

acce

ss a

bro

ad ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

avai

labl

e in

maj

or c

entre

s.

Empl

oym

ent a

nd C

entr

es

Ret

ail a

nd s

ervi

ce fo

cus

to s

erve

larg

e re

side

ntia

l cat

chm

ent:

-Lar

ge g

roup

of r

etai

l ser

vice

s -1

-2 s

uper

mar

kets

-L

ifest

yle/

café

focu

s -M

edic

al fa

cilit

ies

-Sm

all s

hopp

ing

mal

l -S

ome

loca

l bus

ines

s an

d em

ploy

men

t -L

imite

d ni

ght t

ime

activ

ity

Serv

ice

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Ref

er to

all

cent

res

Publ

ic T

rans

port

(tar

get)

Pub

lic tr

ansp

ort i

nter

chan

ge fo

r bus

and

trai

n 18

hr p

ublic

tran

spor

t ser

vice

s fo

r rai

l and

bus

10

-15

min

freq

uenc

y in

pea

k an

d 20

-30

min

off

peak

S

trong

con

nect

ion

to o

ther

cen

tres

Par

k an

d rid

e fa

cilit

ies

Ope

n Sp

ace

and

Rec

reat

ion

2 lo

cal p

arks

(1-4

ha) d

istri

bute

d ac

ross

loca

l are

a 6

neig

hbou

rhoo

d pa

rks

(0.2

5-2h

a)

Cyc

le li

nks

to o

ther

cen

tres

and

key

dest

inat

ions

U

nive

rsal

ly a

cces

sibl

e pe

dest

rian

faci

litie

s th

roug

hout

cen

tre

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

Ref

er a

ll ce

ntre

s

TOW

N C

EN

TRE

Com

mun

ity F

acili

ties

1 lo

cal c

omm

unity

hea

lth c

entre

1

pres

choo

l 1

publ

ic p

rimar

y sc

hool

1

publ

ic s

econ

dary

sch

ool

1 yo

uth

cent

re

1 br

anch

libr

ary

Chi

ld c

are

faci

litie

s A

ged

care

faci

litie

s

Cha

ract

er a

nd P

ublic

Dom

ain

Act

ive

urba

n sp

ace

whi

ch fa

cilit

ies

form

al a

nd in

form

al m

eetin

g an

d ga

ther

ing

spac

es i.

e. p

laza

, squ

are,

mal

l etc

H

igh

qual

ity a

nd s

afe

publ

ic d

omai

n du

ring

both

day

and

nig

ht.

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t A

ll ne

w h

ousi

ng to

be

adap

tabl

e an

d em

brac

e pr

inci

ples

of

sust

aina

ble

hous

ing

desi

gn

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LAG

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Nor

th R

ichm

ond

Vin

eyar

d*

Sou

th W

inds

or*

Dw

ellin

g Ta

rget

2,

100-

5,50

0 dw

ellin

gs w

ithin

600

m ra

dius

Hou

sing

Typ

es

Low

to m

ediu

m d

ensi

ty re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t tha

t is

com

men

sura

te w

ith th

e ex

istin

g, o

r des

ired

futu

re, c

hara

cter

of

the

rele

vant

Vill

age

Cen

tre. (

Dw

ellin

g de

nsity

to b

e de

fined

in

the

deta

iled

stru

ctur

e pl

anni

ng fo

r ind

ivid

ual c

entre

s, i.

e. L

EP

, D

CP

, and

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith S

ectio

n 6.

6 of

this

Stra

tegy

). U

p to

25

dwel

lings

per

hec

tare

S

enio

rs li

ving

/age

d ca

re h

ousi

ng e

ncou

rage

d M

ixed

use

dev

elop

men

t – s

hopp

ing

on s

treet

and

co

mm

erci

al/re

side

ntia

l abo

ve.

Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ng

Affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng in

tegr

ated

into

new

dev

elop

men

ts.

Des

irabl

e lo

catio

n fo

r affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng, t

o en

sure

resi

dent

s ca

n ac

cess

a b

road

rang

e of

ser

vice

s av

aila

ble

in m

ajor

ce

ntre

s.

Empl

oym

ent a

nd C

entr

es

Clu

ster

of s

hops

for d

aily

sho

ppin

g w

ith 1

0-50

sh

ops:

-Sm

all s

uper

mar

ket

-Stri

p of

sho

ps

-Lim

ited

serv

ices

-L

imite

d m

edic

al s

ervi

ces

Serv

ice

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Ref

er to

all

cent

res

Publ

ic T

rans

port

(tar

get)

Bus

inte

rcha

nge

(mor

e th

an 1

bus

) 14

hr s

ervi

ces

10 -

15 m

in fr

eque

ncy

Ope

n Sp

ace

and

Rec

reat

ion

1 lo

cal p

ark

(1-4

ha)

3 ne

ighb

ourh

ood

park

s (0

.25-

2ha)

C

ycle

link

s to

oth

er c

entre

s an

d ke

y de

stin

atio

ns

Uni

vers

ally

acc

essi

ble

pede

stria

n fa

cilit

ies

thro

ugho

ut c

entre

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

Ref

er a

ll ce

ntre

s

Com

mun

ity F

acili

ties

1 lo

cal c

omm

unity

hea

lth c

entre

1

pres

choo

l 1

publ

ic p

rimar

y sc

hool

C

hild

car

e fa

cilit

ies

Age

d ca

re fa

cilit

ies

VIL

LAG

E

Cha

ract

er a

nd P

ublic

Dom

ain

Act

ive

urba

n sp

ace

whi

ch fa

cilit

ies

form

al a

nd in

form

al m

eetin

g an

d ga

ther

ing

spac

es i.

e. p

laza

, squ

are,

mal

l etc

H

igh

qual

ity a

nd s

afe

publ

ic d

omai

n

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t A

ll ne

w h

ousi

ng to

be

adap

tabl

e an

d em

brac

e pr

inci

ples

of

sust

aina

ble

hous

ing

desi

gn

*Den

otes

cen

tres

whi

ch m

ay a

chie

ve th

is s

tatu

s in

the

long

term

out

side

the

scop

e an

d tim

e fra

mes

of t

his

Stra

tegy

.

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and

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tegy

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0

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SM

ALL

VIL

LAG

E

Mul

grav

e/M

cGra

ths

Hill

G

loss

odia

*W

ilber

forc

e*

Dw

ellin

g Ta

rget

80

0-2,

700

dwel

lings

with

400

m ra

dius

Hou

sing

Typ

es

Low

den

sity

hou

sing

2 s

torie

s

Sen

iors

Liv

ing/

Aged

car

e ho

usin

g de

pend

ent o

n lo

catio

n an

d pr

oxim

ity to

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ng

Affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng in

tegr

ated

into

new

dev

elop

men

ts.

Empl

oym

ent a

nd C

entr

es

Sm

all c

lust

er o

f sho

ps fo

r dai

ly s

hopp

ing

5-30

sh

ops:

Con

veni

ence

Lim

ited

spec

ialis

t sho

ps

Lim

ited

serv

ices

Ta

ke-a

way

/caf

es

Serv

ice

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Ref

er a

ll ce

ntre

s

Publ

ic T

rans

port

(tar

get)

Bus

inte

rcha

nge

(mor

e th

an 1

bus

) 14

hr s

ervi

ces

10 -

15 m

in fr

eque

ncy

Ope

n Sp

ace

and

Rec

reat

ion

1 lo

cal p

ark

(1-4

ha)

3 ne

ighb

ourh

ood

park

s (0

.25-

2ha)

C

ycle

link

s to

oth

er c

entre

s an

d ke

y de

stin

atio

ns

Uni

vers

ally

acc

essi

ble

pede

stria

n fa

cilit

ies

thro

ugho

ut c

entre

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

Ref

er a

ll ce

ntre

s

Com

mun

ity F

acili

ties

(by

benc

hmar

ks n

o fa

cilit

ies

requ

ired

in c

atch

men

t) 1

smal

l com

mun

ity h

ealth

cen

tre

1 sm

all c

omm

unity

cen

tre

1 pr

esch

ool

Chi

ld c

are

faci

litie

s A

ged

care

faci

litie

s

Cha

ract

er a

nd P

ublic

Dom

ain

Act

ive

urba

n sp

ace

whi

ch fa

cilit

ies

form

al a

nd in

form

al m

eetin

g an

d ga

ther

ing

spac

es i.

e. p

laza

, squ

are,

mal

l etc

H

igh

qual

ity a

nd s

afe

publ

ic d

omai

n

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t A

ll ne

w h

ousi

ng to

be

adap

tabl

e an

d em

brac

e pr

inci

ples

of

sust

aina

ble

hous

ing

desi

gn

*Den

otes

cen

tres

whi

ch m

ay a

chie

ve th

is s

tatu

s in

the

long

term

out

side

the

time

fram

es o

f thi

s S

trate

gy.

NE

IGH

BO

UR

HO

OD

C

EN

TRE

B

ligh

Par

k*

K

urm

ond*

K

urra

jong

*

C

lare

ndon

*

Dw

ellin

g Ta

rget

15

0-90

0 dw

ellin

gs w

ithin

150

m ra

dius

.

Hou

sing

Typ

es

Low

den

sity

hou

sing

C

once

ntra

ted

hous

ing

dive

rsity

in c

entre

Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ng

Affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng in

tegr

ated

into

new

dev

elop

men

ts.

Empl

oym

ent a

nd

Cen

tres

Con

veni

ence

sho

ppin

g ne

eds

of 1

-5 s

hops

suc

h a

s C

onve

nien

ce

stor

e, M

ilkba

r -P

etro

l sta

tion

–Tak

eaw

ay (t

hese

to b

e w

ithin

1km

for

rura

l res

iden

tial d

evel

opm

ent)

Serv

ice

Infr

astr

uctu

re

Ref

er a

ll ce

ntre

s

Publ

ic T

rans

port

(ta

rget

)

Bus

inte

rcha

nge

(mor

e th

an 1

bus

) 14

hr s

ervi

ces

10 -

15 m

in fr

eque

ncy

Ope

n Sp

ace

and

Rec

reat

ion

Nei

ghbo

urho

od p

arks

for l

ocal

are

as

Cyc

le li

nks

to o

ther

cen

tres

and

key

dest

inat

ions

U

nive

rsal

ly a

cces

sibl

e pe

dest

rian

faci

litie

s th

roug

hout

cen

tre

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

Ref

er a

ll ce

ntre

s

Com

mun

ity F

acili

ties

(by

benc

hmar

ks n

o fa

cilit

ies

requ

ired

in c

atch

men

t) 1

smal

l com

mun

ity h

ealth

cen

tre

1 sm

all c

omm

unity

cen

tre

1 pr

esch

ool

Chi

ld c

are

faci

litie

s A

ged

care

faci

litie

s

Cha

ract

er a

nd P

ublic

D

omai

n

Hig

h qu

ality

and

saf

e pu

blic

dom

ain

Act

ive

urba

n sp

ace

whi

ch fa

cilit

ies

form

al a

nd in

form

al m

eetin

g an

d ga

ther

ing

spac

es

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t A

ll ne

w h

ousi

ng to

be

adap

tabl

e an

d em

brac

e pr

inci

ples

of

sust

aina

ble

hous

ing

desi

gn

*Den

otes

cen

tres

whi

ch m

ay a

chie

ve th

is s

tatu

s in

the

long

term

out

side

the

scop

e an

d tim

e fra

mes

of t

his

Stra

tegy

.

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6.5_

Rur

al V

illag

e D

evel

opm

ent C

riter

ia

Whi

le th

e m

ajor

ity o

f fut

ure

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent w

ill o

ccur

with

in e

xist

ing

resi

dent

ial a

reas

or o

n th

e pe

riphe

ry o

f exi

stin

g ur

ban

area

s an

d co

rrido

rs, i

t is

reco

gnis

ed th

at th

ere

is a

nee

d to

mai

ntai

n th

e on

goin

g vi

abilit

y of

rura

l vill

ages

. Fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t with

in ru

ral v

illag

es s

houl

d be

prim

arily

low

den

sity

and

larg

e lo

t re

side

ntia

l dw

ellin

gs.

Addi

tiona

lly a

ll fu

ture

low

den

sity

and

larg

e lo

t res

iden

tial d

evel

opm

ent i

n ru

ral v

illag

es

mus

t:_B

e ab

le to

hav

e on

site

sew

erag

e di

spos

al;

_Clu

ster

aro

und

or o

n th

e pe

riphe

ry o

f vill

ages

; _C

lust

er a

roun

d vi

llage

s w

ith s

ervi

ces

that

mee

t exi

stin

g ne

ighb

ourh

ood

crite

ria

serv

ices

as

a m

inim

um (w

ithin

1km

radi

us);

_A

ddre

ss e

nviro

nmen

tal c

onst

rain

ts a

nd w

ith m

inim

al e

nviro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts;

and

_W

ithin

the

capa

city

of t

he ru

ral v

illag

e.

6.6_

Act

ions

and

Impl

emen

tatio

n

The

follo

win

g ar

e a

serie

s of

issu

es, c

riter

ia, a

ctio

ns a

nd in

dica

tors

for e

ach

of th

e 10

S

usta

inab

ility

Ele

men

ts. E

ach

sust

aina

bilit

y el

emen

t has

bee

n re

view

ed in

the

Key

Is

sues

(Cha

pter

4) a

nd th

e su

stai

nabi

lity

crite

ria a

bove

to m

ake

a se

ries

of a

ctio

ns

dire

ctly

rele

vant

to H

awke

sbur

y LG

A.

Eac

h ac

tion

is c

ateg

oris

ed u

nder

the

follo

win

g ac

tion

area

s of

inve

stig

atio

n, p

olic

y,

partn

ersh

ip a

nd p

lann

ing

to a

ssis

t with

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

eac

h el

emen

t.

INVE

STIG

ATI

ON

: Res

earc

h or

inve

stig

atio

n to

ass

ist i

n fu

ture

pol

icy

and

plan

ning

di

rect

ion;

PO

LIC

Y: F

orm

al C

ounc

il di

rect

ion;

PA

RTN

ERSH

IP: W

orki

ng w

ith k

ey s

take

hold

ers

and

auth

oriti

es to

pro

vide

ser

vice

s,

faci

litie

s or

infra

stru

ctur

e; a

nd

PLA

NN

ING

: Sta

tuto

ry o

r stra

tegi

c pl

anni

ng re

spon

se.

The

num

ber o

f the

issu

es d

oes

not n

eces

saril

y re

late

to th

e nu

mbe

red

crite

ria o

r ac

tions

as

som

e cr

iteria

and

act

ions

add

ress

mul

tiple

issu

es.

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(A) H

OU

SIN

G T

YPES

ISSU

ESC

RIT

ERIA

A

CTI

ON

S

A.1

.1 T

he n

umbe

r of d

wel

lings

has

incr

ease

d fro

m 1

996-

2006

w

hils

t pop

ulat

ion

has

decr

ease

d de

mon

stra

ting

that

ho

useh

old

size

s ar

e de

crea

sing

. A

1.2

Pop

ulat

ion

is a

gein

g, w

ith o

ne q

uarte

r of t

he p

opul

atio

n ag

ed 5

0 ye

ars

or o

ver,

requ

iring

a ra

nge

of h

ousi

ng ty

pes

to s

uit n

eeds

of o

lder

peo

ple.

A

1.3

The

maj

ority

of e

xist

ing

dwel

lings

(79%

) are

det

ache

d ho

uses

, whi

le 4

1% o

f hou

seho

lds

are

smal

ler h

ouse

hold

ty

pes

(lone

per

son

and

coup

les

with

no

child

ren)

. A

1.4

By

2031

, 50%

of h

ouse

hold

s w

ill b

e sm

alle

r hou

seho

ld

type

s (lo

ne p

erso

n an

d co

uple

s w

ith n

o ch

ildre

n).

A1.

5 P

opul

atio

n pr

ojec

tions

and

resi

dent

ial t

arge

ts fo

r H

awke

sbur

y id

entif

y th

e ne

ed to

acc

omm

odat

e be

twee

n 5,

000

and

6,00

0 ne

w d

wel

lings

by

2031

. A

1.6

Mos

t new

dw

ellin

gs h

ave

been

det

ache

d dw

ellin

gs (8

6%)

with

a s

igni

fican

t am

ount

of m

ediu

m d

ensi

ty

(vill

as/to

wnh

ouse

s) a

lso

bein

g co

nstru

cted

(10%

). H

awke

sbur

y po

pula

tion

is a

gein

g H

ouse

hold

stru

ctur

es

have

cha

nged

and

rein

forc

ed th

e ne

ed to

pro

vide

a ra

nge

of d

wel

ling

type

s.

A2.

1 N

ew d

wel

lings

to p

rovi

de a

var

iety

of h

ousi

ng ty

pes

tom

eet e

xist

ing

and

futu

re h

ousi

ng n

eeds

of t

he H

awke

sbur

y LG

A, i

n te

rms

of a

rang

e of

hou

sing

opt

ions

in s

mal

ler

dwel

ling

type

s, th

e pr

ovis

ion

of a

rang

e of

hou

sing

type

s fo

r old

er p

eopl

e an

d pe

ople

with

a d

isab

ility

.A

2.2

New

dw

ellin

gs to

prim

arily

be

loca

ted

with

in c

entre

ca

tchm

ents

dem

onst

rate

d to

be

capa

ble

of

acco

mm

odat

ing

futu

re g

row

th.

A2.

3 M

ixed

use

dev

elop

men

t to

surr

ound

com

mer

cial

cor

e.

A2.

4 P

rovi

de s

uita

ble

trans

ition

bet

wee

n di

ffere

nt d

wel

ling

dens

ities

.

A3.

1PO

LIC

Y H

awke

sbur

y C

ity C

ounc

il to

impl

emen

t the

R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

and

sus

tain

abili

ty c

riter

ia fo

r cen

tres

to e

nsur

e th

at d

wel

lings

are

in a

sui

tabl

e an

d ap

prop

riate

lo

catio

n an

d ty

pe to

mee

t the

nee

ds o

f the

cur

rent

and

fu

ture

pop

ulat

ion.

A

3.2

INVE

STIG

ATI

ON

: H

awke

sbur

y C

ity C

ounc

il to

un

derta

ke s

truct

ure

plan

ning

and

loca

l env

ironm

enta

l st

udie

s, s

ubje

ct to

app

ropr

iate

fund

ing

mod

el, t

o de

term

ine

the

capa

bilit

y of

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

to

acco

mm

odat

e fu

ture

gro

wth

. A

.3.3

PO

LIC

Y: H

awke

sbur

y C

ity C

ounc

il to

pre

pare

des

ign

guid

elin

es to

gui

de th

e de

sign

and

siti

ng o

f med

ium

and

hi

gher

den

sity

dev

elop

men

t in

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

. A

.3.4

PLA

NN

ING

: H

awke

sbur

y C

ity C

ounc

il to

incr

ease

m

ediu

m a

nd h

ighe

r den

sity

zon

ing

in c

entre

s id

entif

ied

as c

apab

le o

f acc

omm

odat

ing

futu

re g

row

th.

(B) A

FFO

RD

AB

LE H

OU

SIN

G

ISSU

ESC

RIT

ERIA

A

CTI

ON

S

B1.

1 H

ousi

ng re

mai

ns u

naffo

rdab

le fo

r ver

y lo

w, l

ow a

nd

mod

erat

e in

com

es w

ith 5

1% o

f the

se g

roup

s be

ing

impa

cted

by

hous

ing

stre

ss.

B2.

1 In

tegr

ate

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng in

to n

ew u

rban

de

velo

pmen

ts.

B2.

2Lo

cate

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng w

ithin

cen

tre c

atch

men

t and

cl

ose

to p

ublic

tran

spor

t and

ser

vice

s.

B2.

3 P

rovi

de h

ousi

ng to

mee

t spe

cial

nee

ds i.

e. e

ssen

tial

wor

kers

, itin

eran

t res

iden

ts, e

lder

ly, c

ultu

ral g

roup

s, e

tc

B3.

1PL

AN

NIN

G: L

EP

and

DC

P c

ontro

ls a

re to

pro

tect

the

supp

ly o

f exi

stin

g af

ford

able

hou

sing

. B

3.1

PAR

TNER

SHIP

: Fac

ilita

te p

artn

ersh

ips

with

Sta

te

Gov

ernm

ent,

Com

mun

ity H

ousi

ng g

roup

s an

d de

velo

pers

to fa

cilit

ate

deve

lopm

ent o

f affo

rdab

le

hous

ing.

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OYM

ENT

AN

D C

ENTR

ES

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ESC

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ERIA

A

CTI

ON

S

C1.

1 Th

e ce

ntre

s cl

assi

ficat

ion

is b

ased

on

that

iden

tifie

d in

th

e N

orth

Wes

t Sub

Reg

iona

l Pla

n an

d co

nsid

erat

ions

de

velo

ped

in th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

this

Res

iden

tial

Stra

tegy

, it r

equi

res

futu

re lo

cal i

nves

tigat

ion

to

dete

rmin

e th

e ro

le a

nd fu

nctio

n of

cen

tres.

C

1.2

The

Cen

tres

clas

sific

atio

n is

reco

mm

ende

d as

a g

uide

to

ass

ist i

n fu

ture

pla

nnin

g di

rect

ions

, cla

ssifi

catio

ns

iden

tifie

d ar

e no

t int

ende

d to

lim

it th

e gr

owth

or

expa

nsio

n of

thes

e ce

ntre

s, w

here

cap

acity

for f

utur

e su

stai

nabl

e gr

owth

and

dev

elop

men

t can

be

dem

onst

rate

d.

C1.

2 Th

e S

tate

Gov

ernm

ent M

etro

polit

an S

trate

gy s

eeks

co

nsol

idat

ion

of g

row

th to

be

the

focu

s of

futu

re u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t, ra

ther

than

cre

atio

n of

new

are

as fo

r gr

owth

. C

1.3

Exi

stin

g va

cant

indu

stria

l are

as a

re p

redo

min

antly

un

serv

iced

, with

thre

shol

d co

sts

and/

or p

oor a

cces

s to

ke

y tra

nspo

rt ro

utes

lim

iting

dev

elop

men

t. C

1.4

In c

omm

erci

al /

busi

ness

are

as e

xist

ing

lot

conf

igur

atio

ns, h

erita

ge a

nd e

xist

ing

deve

lopm

ent

cons

train

s th

e po

tent

ial f

or re

new

al a

nd re

inve

stm

ent.

C2.

1 Lo

cate

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent w

ithin

exi

stin

g or

pro

pose

d ce

ntre

s w

here

a ra

nge

of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s ar

e cu

rren

tly a

vaila

ble

or a

re p

lann

ed to

be

avai

labl

e by

203

1.

C2.

2 Fu

ture

infra

stru

ctur

e pr

ogra

ms

to b

e un

derta

ken

in k

ey

cent

res,

in a

tim

ely

man

ner t

o fa

cilit

ate

antic

ipat

ed g

row

th

and

deve

lopm

ent.

C2.

3U

rban

dev

elop

men

t is

to a

ccom

mod

ate

reta

il an

d co

mm

erci

al s

ervi

ces

in a

ll ce

ntre

s to

mee

t the

nee

ds o

f th

eir s

urro

undi

ng re

side

ntia

l pop

ulat

ion,

acc

ordi

ng to

thei

r de

sign

atio

n.C

2.4

Faci

litat

e th

e re

new

al o

f exi

stin

g ce

ntre

s w

ith th

e ca

paci

ty

for g

row

th.

C2.

5 M

aint

ain

or im

prov

e th

e ex

istin

g le

vel o

f sub

regi

onal

em

ploy

men

t sel

f con

tain

men

t. C

2.6

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent t

o pe

rmit

expa

nsio

n at

the

perim

eter

of

thos

e to

wns

and

vill

ages

whi

ch c

an e

xpan

d ec

onom

ical

ly, s

usta

inab

ly, w

ithin

ser

vice

are

as a

nd w

ithou

t en

viro

nmen

tal d

etrim

ent.

C2.

6 U

rban

dev

elop

men

t to

mee

t sub

regi

onal

em

ploy

men

t ca

paci

ty ta

rget

s C

2.7

Pro

vide

em

ploy

men

t rel

ated

land

in a

ppro

pria

tely

zon

ed

area

s.

C3.

1 IN

VEST

IGA

TIO

N A

ND

PLA

NN

ING

: Inv

estig

ate

role

and

fu

nctio

n of

cen

tres

and

empl

oym

ent a

reas

to c

reat

e a

form

al c

entre

s hi

erar

chy

and

deve

lop

stra

tegi

c di

rect

ions

to

gui

de fu

ture

form

, fun

ctio

n of

thes

e ce

ntre

s an

d em

ploy

men

t are

as.

C3.

2 IN

VEST

IGA

TIO

N: U

nder

take

inve

stig

atio

n in

to e

xist

ing

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s in

key

cen

tres

to d

eter

min

e ad

ditio

nal s

ervi

ces

requ

ired

to m

eet f

utur

e po

pula

tion

need

s.C

3.3

INVE

STIG

ATI

ON

: Und

erta

ke s

tudi

es in

to th

e in

vest

igat

ion

area

s of

Ric

hmon

d, N

orth

Ric

hmon

d an

d W

inds

or S

tatio

n an

d fa

cilit

ate

rene

wal

of e

xist

ing

cent

res

with

cap

acity

for g

row

th.

C3.

4IN

VEST

IGA

TIO

N: I

nves

tigat

e an

d fa

cilit

ate

the

serv

icin

g of

vac

ant i

ndus

trial

land

s to

unl

ock

exis

ting

supp

ly in

the

iden

tifie

d ar

eas.

C

3.5

PLA

NN

ING

: Cap

italis

e on

stra

tegi

c as

sets

by

cons

ider

ing

futu

re o

f lan

d at

Cla

rend

on fo

r offi

ce a

nd

busi

ness

dev

elop

men

t with

min

or a

nd a

ncill

ary

reta

il de

velo

pmen

t.C

3.6

INVE

STIG

ATI

ON

: Inv

estig

ate

addi

tiona

l ind

ustri

al la

nd

supp

ly to

add

ress

futu

re e

mpl

oym

ent g

row

th in

M

ulgr

ave,

Sou

th W

inds

or a

nd N

orth

Ric

hmon

d.

C3.

7IN

VEST

IGA

TIO

N: I

nves

tigat

e th

e na

ture

of e

mpl

oym

ent

activ

ities

on

non

empl

oym

ent z

oned

land

s.

C3.

8PL

AN

NIN

G: S

uppo

rt sp

ecia

lised

indu

stry

sec

tors

of

Agr

icul

ture

and

Gov

ernm

ent,

Adm

inis

tratio

n an

d D

efen

ce.

C3.

9PL

AN

NIN

G: I

dent

ify a

ppro

pria

te d

evel

opm

ent a

nd

desi

gn tr

eatm

ents

for t

he fo

llow

ing

gate

way

are

as:

_Geo

rge

Stre

et a

nd B

lack

tow

n R

oad

_W

inds

or R

oad,

Mul

grav

e

_Bel

ls L

ine

of R

oad,

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

_L

and

on w

este

rn s

ide

of G

eorg

e S

treet

, Sou

th W

inds

or.

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AST

RU

CTU

RE

ISSU

ESC

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ERIA

A

CTI

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S

D1

Ove

rall

Serv

ice

Infr

astr

uctu

re

D1.

1.1

Due

to th

e la

rge

geog

raph

ic a

rea

of th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A, i

nfra

stru

ctur

e is

lim

ited

in m

ore

rem

ote

parts

of

the

LGA

. D

1.1.

2 Th

ere

is a

nee

d to

exp

and

the

sew

erag

e se

rvic

e ar

eas

to m

eet c

urre

nt a

nd fu

ture

resi

dent

ial n

eeds

and

zo

ned

land

with

in e

xist

ing

urba

n ce

ntre

s.

D1.

1.3

Exi

stin

g el

ectri

cal s

uppl

y, p

artic

ular

ly in

som

e ou

ter

lyin

g ru

ral a

reas

, may

hav

e no

line

s of

sup

ply

or

agei

ng in

frast

ruct

ure

in n

eed

of a

ugm

enta

tion

and

upgr

ade

for e

lect

ricity

or h

ave

very

old

line

s w

hich

m

ay n

eed

addi

tiona

l sup

ply.

D

1.1.

4Th

e ca

paci

ty o

f inf

rast

ruct

ure

to m

eet f

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t nee

ds is

unk

now

n.

D1.

2.1

Infra

stru

ctur

e: H

as c

apac

ity o

r can

be

augm

ente

d to

cat

er

for f

utur

e gr

owth

and

dem

and

D1.

2.2

Wat

er: C

apac

ity to

dev

elop

sus

tain

able

wat

er s

yste

ms

to

reus

e an

d re

cycl

e st

orm

wat

er ru

noff

and

over

land

flow

s.

D1.

2.3

Sew

er: U

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

tow

n ce

ntre

s an

d vi

llage

s to

be

lim

ited

to a

reas

ser

vice

d by

retic

ulat

ed s

ewer

age.

D

1.2.

4 U

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

smal

l vill

ages

and

nei

ghbo

urho

od

cent

res

to b

e lim

ited

to a

reas

cap

able

for o

nsite

dis

posa

l an

d/or

was

te w

ater

irrig

atio

n.

D1.

2.5

The

infra

stru

ctur

e ca

paci

ty o

f eac

h ce

ntre

mus

t be

able

to

supp

ort f

utur

e dw

ellin

g pr

ojec

tions

and

pro

vide

d in

a

timel

y an

d ef

ficie

nt w

ay.

D1.

2.6

Tele

com

mun

icat

ions

infra

stru

ctur

e ha

s ca

paci

ty o

r can

be

augm

ente

d to

mee

t cur

rent

and

futu

re g

row

th n

eeds

. D

1.2.

7 U

rban

dev

elop

men

t of l

ots

less

than

400

0 sq

uare

met

res

to b

e se

wer

ed.

D1.

3.1

PAR

TNER

SHIP

:Rev

iew

cur

rent

cap

aciti

es o

f all

hard

in

frast

ruct

ure

to d

eter

min

e ca

pabi

lity

to m

eet e

xist

ing

and

grow

ing

need

s ov

er ti

me.

D

1.3.

2PL

AN

NIN

G A

ND

PA

RTN

ERSH

IP: O

ptim

ise

use

of

serv

ices

and

infra

stru

ctur

e. P

riorit

ise

and

plan

in a

tim

ely

man

ner t

he a

ugm

enta

tion

and

futu

re p

rovi

sion

of

infra

stru

ctur

e D

1.3.

3IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

E: R

ecog

nise

infra

stru

ctur

e lim

itatio

ns to

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent.

D1.

3.4

PLA

NN

ING

: Cap

italis

e on

und

erut

ilise

d tra

nspo

rt in

frast

ruct

ure

and

lobb

y fo

r im

prov

ed s

ervi

cing

. D

1.3.

5IN

VEST

IGA

TIO

N: I

nves

tigat

e th

e op

portu

nity

for

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y an

d w

ater

reso

urce

s/sy

stem

s.

D2

Spec

ial U

ses

Land

: D

2.1.

1 S

peci

al u

ses

land

acc

ount

s fo

r a la

rge

amou

nt o

f the

LG

A, p

artic

ular

ly in

Ric

hmon

d, a

nd is

not

sui

tabl

e fo

r fu

ture

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent.

D2.

2.1

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t is

not t

o im

pact

on

the

cont

inue

d us

e an

d ex

iste

nce

of s

igni

fican

t spe

cial

use

s,

such

as

the

RA

AF

Bas

e at

Ric

hmon

d an

d th

e U

nive

rsity

an

d TA

FE C

olle

ge s

ites.

D

2.2.

2 Fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent a

void

s im

pact

s on

pro

duct

ive

reso

urce

land

s; e

xtra

ctiv

e in

dust

ries

and

othe

r min

ing.

D2.

3.1

PLA

NN

ING

: LE

P a

nd D

CP

to p

rote

ct s

peci

al u

ses

land

and

pre

vent

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent i

n th

ese

area

s or

adj

acen

t to

thes

e ar

eas

that

may

com

prom

ise

chan

ging

use

and

func

tion

of s

peci

al u

ses

land

.

D3

Noi

se E

xpos

ure:

D

3.1.

1 Th

e no

ise

gene

rate

d by

airc

raft

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

e R

AA

F re

stric

ts d

evel

opm

ent i

n th

e su

rrou

ndin

g ar

eas

due

to e

xces

sive

noi

se e

xpos

ure.

D

3.1.

2 Th

e ar

ea im

med

iate

ly s

urro

undi

ng R

ichm

ond

is

affe

cted

by

air c

raft

nois

e ex

posu

re fo

reca

st (A

NE

F)

rang

ing

from

20-

35 a

nd n

ot s

uita

ble

for f

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent.

D3.

2.1

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent t

o be

loca

ted

outs

ide

of 2

0+ A

NE

F no

ise

corr

idor

s in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

Aus

tralia

n S

tand

ard

2021

:200

1.

D.3

.2.2

Dev

elop

men

t in

area

s w

ith n

oise

exp

osur

e co

ntou

r be

twee

n 20

-25

will

requ

ire s

peci

al n

oise

ass

essm

ent a

nd

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res.

D

3.2.

3D

evel

opm

ent i

n ar

ea a

bove

25+

AN

EF

is c

onsi

dere

d un

acce

ptab

le fo

r res

iden

tial u

ses.

D3.

3.1

PLA

NN

ING

: The

Aus

tralia

n S

tand

ard

2021

:200

1 sh

ould

be

adop

ted

as a

mea

sure

of a

ppro

pria

te n

oise

zo

nes

for f

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t.

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(E) T

RA

NSP

OR

T A

ND

AC

CES

S

ISSU

ESC

RIT

ERIA

A

CTI

ON

S

E1.1

Infra

stru

ctur

e an

d im

prov

ing

loca

l roa

ds a

nd li

nkag

es

with

in th

e LG

A h

as b

een

high

light

ed a

s th

e m

ost

impo

rtant

are

as fo

r im

prov

emen

t in

the

Com

mun

ity

Stra

tegi

c P

lan.

E1

.2 Im

prov

ed s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s su

ch a

s tra

nspo

rt an

d re

tail

are

requ

ired

to d

evel

op e

mpl

oym

ent l

ands

and

m

eet c

omm

unity

’s n

eeds

for r

esid

entia

l are

as.

E1.3

Cer

tain

em

ploy

men

t pre

cinc

ts la

ck ro

ad a

nd s

ervi

ce

infra

stru

ctur

e.

E1.4

Ther

e is

sig

nific

ant r

elia

nce

on th

e pr

ivat

e m

otor

car

fo

r tra

nspo

rt.

E1.5

Due

to th

e si

ze o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

, the

re is

lim

ited

publ

ic tr

ansp

ort s

ervi

ces

thro

ugho

ut th

e LG

A,

how

ever

eve

n in

urb

an a

reas

, pub

lic t

rans

port

serv

ices

, par

ticul

arly

bus

ser

vice

s ar

e lim

ited.

E1

.6 P

ublic

tran

spor

t ser

vice

s ar

e no

t a v

iabl

e or

affo

rdab

le

optio

n fo

r the

com

mun

ity.

E1.7

The

re is

a n

eed

to li

nk th

e LG

A m

ore

effe

ctiv

ely

with

th

e su

rrou

ndin

g ar

eas

as id

entif

ied

by th

e C

omm

unity

S

trate

gic

plan

. E1

.8 V

acan

t lan

d in

indu

stria

l are

as is

ofte

n un

serv

iced

, w

ith th

resh

old

cost

s lim

iting

dev

elop

men

t, or

has

poo

r ac

cess

to k

ey tr

ansp

ort r

oute

s.

E1.9

The

key

cent

res

in th

e so

uthe

rn a

rea

are

linke

d by

a

loca

l bic

ycle

net

wor

k, w

hich

is p

redo

min

antly

on

stre

et

linka

ges.

The

re is

a n

eed

to e

nsur

e th

at b

icyc

le

netw

orks

hav

e su

ffici

ent s

epar

atio

n fro

m ro

ad n

etw

ork

to p

rovi

de s

afe

linka

ges.

Add

ition

al b

icyc

le ro

utes

are

so

ught

for r

ecre

atio

n an

d co

mm

uter

use

. E

1.10

Ped

estri

an fa

cilit

ies

are

limite

d ou

tsid

e th

e la

rger

ce

ntre

s, th

ere

is a

nee

d to

pro

vide

ped

estri

an fa

cilit

ies,

su

ch a

s fo

otpa

ths

in a

ll ur

ban

area

s, li

nkin

g re

side

ntia

l ar

eas

with

tran

spor

t, se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies.

E1

.11

The

exis

ting

road

net

wor

ks d

o no

t mee

t cur

rent

ev

acua

tion

need

s

E2.1

Upg

rade

road

tran

spor

t inf

rast

ruct

ure

to fa

cilit

ate

econ

omic

de

velo

pmen

t and

enh

ance

d ac

cess

with

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A.

E2.2

Pro

mot

e hi

gh le

vel o

f pub

lic tr

ansp

ort t

o m

inim

ise

car u

sage

. E2

.3 U

rban

dev

elop

men

t to

be a

cces

sibl

e to

tran

spor

t opt

ions

for

effic

ient

and

sus

tain

able

trav

el b

etw

een

hom

es, j

obs,

ser

vice

s an

d re

crea

tion:

_

In p

roxi

mity

to C

ityR

ail T

rain

Sta

tions

. _

In p

roxi

mity

to re

gula

r and

relia

ble

bus

netw

orks

and

se

rvic

es.

E2.4

Fre

quen

cy a

nd s

ervi

cing

of p

ublic

tran

spor

t ser

vice

s to

be

upgr

aded

to m

eet c

urre

nt a

nd fu

ture

com

mun

ity n

eeds

.

E2.5

Bic

ycle

net

wor

ks to

be

expa

nded

to fa

cilit

ate

recr

eatio

n an

d co

mm

uter

use

in a

saf

e en

viro

nmen

t.

E 2.

6 P

edes

trian

foot

path

s ar

e pr

ovid

ed in

all

urba

n ar

eas

and

cent

res.

E2.7

Floo

d ev

acua

tion

netw

orks

to b

e up

grad

ed to

mee

t fut

ure

deve

lopm

ent r

equi

rem

ents

.

E3.1

AU

DIT

AN

D IN

VEST

IGA

TIO

N:

Rev

iew

cur

rent

pr

ovis

ion

and

leve

ls o

f pub

lic tr

ansp

ort s

ervi

cing

to

dete

rmin

e if

the

serv

ices

mee

t cur

rent

leve

ls o

f dem

and

and

if m

odal

spl

it or

co-

ordi

natio

n of

ser

vice

s is

bei

ng

achi

eved

in a

n ef

ficie

nt m

anne

r. U

nder

take

in

vest

igat

ions

to u

pgra

de s

ervi

ce d

eliv

ery

to m

eet

curr

ent a

nd fu

ture

nee

ds.

E3.2

PLA

NN

ING

: Cap

italis

e on

und

erut

ilise

d tra

nspo

rt in

frast

ruct

ure

and

lobb

y fo

r im

prov

ed s

ervi

cing

incl

udin

g pr

opos

ed n

ew b

us ro

utes

. E3

.3PL

AN

NIN

G: F

acili

tate

inte

grat

ion

of a

tran

spor

t net

wor

k an

d de

velo

p a

hier

arch

y of

road

s. E

xist

ing

road

cap

acity

is

sues

sho

uld

be a

ddre

ssed

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e R

oads

and

Tra

ffic

Aut

horit

y pr

ior t

o or

as

part

of th

e de

velo

pmen

t for

any

pla

nnin

g w

ithin

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

.E3

.4PA

RTN

ERSH

IP: L

obby

Sta

te G

over

nmen

t to

wor

k in

pa

rtner

ship

to im

prov

e tra

nspo

rt ne

twor

ks, p

ublic

tra

nspo

rt se

rvic

es a

nd fr

eque

ncy

to s

eek

to a

chie

ve

sust

aina

ble

mat

rix ta

rget

s by

203

1.

E3.5

PAR

TNER

SHIP

: Est

ablis

h pa

rtner

ship

with

ne

ighb

ourin

g C

ounc

ils a

nd tr

ansp

ort p

rovi

ders

to

enha

nce

serv

ices

(del

iver

y an

d fre

quen

cy) i

n th

e LG

A.

E3.6

INVE

STIG

ATI

ON

: Und

erta

ke d

etai

led

inve

stig

atio

ns o

n ce

ntre

s, th

e le

vel o

f ser

vice

, and

the

appr

opria

tene

ss o

f fa

cilit

ies

for f

utur

e po

pula

tion.

E3

.7PL

AN

NIN

G: E

ncou

rage

mor

e su

stai

nabl

e tra

nspo

rt,

expa

ndin

g bi

cycl

e an

d pe

dest

rian

netw

orks

, pro

vidi

ng

mor

e tra

nspo

rt op

tions

E3

.7PL

AN

NIN

G: P

rovi

de s

afe

cycl

e lin

ks w

ithin

eac

h ce

ntre

an

d w

ith li

nkag

es to

oth

er c

entre

s an

d ke

y de

stin

atio

ns.

E3.8

PLA

NN

ING

: Pro

vide

uni

vers

ally

acc

essi

ble

pede

stria

n fa

cilit

ies

thro

ugho

ut a

ll ce

ntre

s.

E3.

9PL

AN

NIN

G: U

rban

dev

elop

men

t sub

ject

to re

solu

tion

of

the

flood

eva

cuat

ion

issu

es.

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and

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tegy

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PEN

SPA

CE

AN

D R

ECR

EATI

ON

ISSU

ESC

RIT

ERIA

A

CTI

ON

S

F1.1

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

has

sig

nific

ant o

pen

spac

e an

d re

crea

tion

reso

urce

s in

its

natu

ral a

reas

, nat

iona

l pa

rks

and

rese

rves

, how

ever

man

y of

thes

e ar

eas

are

rem

ote

from

urb

an a

reas

or a

re n

ot a

cces

sibl

e du

e to

te

rrai

n or

env

ironm

enta

l sen

sitiv

ity.

F1.2

Som

e re

crea

tiona

l are

as c

onta

in s

ensi

tive

bush

land

an

d ha

bita

t and

pro

vide

lim

ited

reso

urce

s fo

r eve

ryda

y pa

ssiv

e an

d ac

tive

recr

eatio

nal u

se.

F1.3

Foo

tpat

hs w

ere

iden

tifie

d as

a h

igh

prio

rity

area

for

serv

ices

in th

e C

omm

unity

Sur

vey

Res

ults

200

7 an

d 20

09.

F2.1

Pro

vide

ope

n sp

ace

linki

ng a

nd c

ontri

butin

g to

dis

trict

leve

l op

en s

pace

net

wor

k.

F2.2

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent t

o be

loca

ted

in p

roxi

mity

to lo

cal a

nd

dist

rict o

pen

spac

e an

d re

crea

tion

faci

litie

s.

F2.3

All

cent

res

to m

eet o

pen

spac

e an

d re

crea

tion

benc

hmar

ks

acco

rdin

g to

thei

r cat

chm

ents

and

pop

ulat

ion

need

s.

F3.1

PLA

NN

ING

: Com

plet

e pl

aygr

ound

repl

acem

ent p

rogr

am,

to u

pgra

de e

xist

ing

site

s an

d im

prov

e th

e am

eniti

es fo

r the

co

mm

unity

. F3

.2IN

VEST

IGA

TIO

N:D

etai

led

inve

stig

atio

ns o

n de

velo

pmen

t ar

eas,

the

leve

l of s

ervi

ce a

nd th

e ap

prop

riate

ness

of

ffaci

litie

s fo

r fut

ure

popu

latio

n is

requ

ired.

F3

.3 IN

VEST

IGA

TIO

N A

ND

AU

DIT

: Rev

iew

exi

stin

g re

crea

tion

infra

stru

ctur

e pr

ovis

ion

with

in th

e LG

A a

nd d

eter

min

e us

e,

cond

ition

and

mai

nten

ance

, dem

and

(cur

rent

and

pr

ojec

ted)

and

sui

tabi

lity.

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and

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tegy

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0

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5

(G) N

ATU

RA

L EN

VIR

ON

MEN

T A

ND

RES

OU

RC

ES

ISSU

ESC

RIT

ERIA

A

CTI

ON

S

G1

Nat

ural

Are

as a

nd V

eget

atio

n:

G1.

1.1

Two

third

s of

the

LGA

is lo

cate

d in

Nat

iona

l P

arks

, res

erve

s, e

tc a

nd th

eref

ore

not

suita

ble

for d

evel

opm

ent.

G1.

1.2

The

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

com

pris

es a

rang

e of

ve

geta

tion

com

mun

ities

whi

ch a

re s

usce

ptib

le

to d

amag

e by

dev

elop

men

t.

G1.

2.1

No

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t in

area

s id

entif

ied

for c

onse

rvat

ion,

en

viro

nmen

tal s

ensi

tivity

and

recr

eatio

n.

G1.

2.2

Mai

ntai

n a

high

qua

lity

natu

ral e

nviro

nmen

t and

resp

ect

elem

ents

of n

atur

al e

nviro

nmen

t. G

1.2.

3 P

rote

ct a

nd e

nhan

ce b

iodi

vers

ity, a

ir qu

ality

, her

itage

, and

w

ater

way

hea

lth.

G1.

2.3

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t to

occu

r in

area

s w

here

ther

e is

lim

ited

impa

cts

on s

igni

fican

t veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

.

G1.

3.1

PAR

TNER

SHIP

: Edu

cate

the

com

mun

ity o

f the

si

gnifi

canc

e of

nat

ural

are

as a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tally

se

nsiti

ve a

reas

.

G1.

3.2

PLA

NN

ING

: Mai

ntai

n or

impr

ove

area

s of

re

gion

ally

sig

nific

ant t

erre

stria

l and

aqu

atic

bi

odiv

ersi

ty (a

s m

appe

d an

d ag

reed

by

DE

CC

W

and

DP

I). T

his

incl

udes

regi

onal

ly s

igni

fican

t ve

geta

tion

com

mun

ities

; crit

ical

hab

itat;

thre

aten

ed s

peci

es; p

opul

atio

ns; e

colo

gica

l co

mm

uniti

es a

nd th

eir h

abita

ts.

G2

Bus

hfire

Pro

ne L

and:

G

2.1.

1 Th

e va

st m

ajor

ity o

f the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is

cate

goris

ed a

s C

ateg

ory

1 at

hig

h ris

k fo

r bu

shfir

es a

nd n

ot s

uita

ble

for f

utur

e ex

tens

ive

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t.

G 2

.1.2

Cat

egor

y 2

vege

tatio

n is

foun

d su

rrou

ndin

g th

e ou

tski

rts o

f Wilb

erfo

rce,

Nor

th R

ichm

ond,

B

ligh

Par

k an

d V

iney

ard

and

deve

lopm

ent i

n th

ese

area

s po

tent

ially

pos

es a

mod

erat

e ris

k.

G2.

2.1

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

n C

ateg

ory

1 an

d 2

Bus

hfire

are

as is

to

be a

void

ed.

G2.

2.2

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

n C

ateg

ory

1 or

2 B

ushf

ire A

reas

is

subj

ect t

o m

eetin

g th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f the

NS

W R

ural

Fire

S

ervi

ce P

lann

ing

for B

ushf

ire P

rote

ctio

n” V

ersi

on 3

, Jun

e 20

06 g

uide

lines

or a

s am

ende

d fro

m ti

me

to ti

me.

G2.

3.1

INVE

STIG

ATI

ON

: Det

aile

d si

te s

peci

fic s

tudi

es

are

to b

e ca

rrie

d ou

t in

area

s id

entif

ied

as b

eing

w

ithin

a b

ushf

ire v

eget

atio

n ca

tego

ry b

efor

e ur

ban

or a

ny o

ther

dev

elop

men

t can

occ

ur.

G3

Slop

e an

d Te

rrai

n:

G3.

1.1

The

topo

grap

hy v

arie

s w

idel

y fro

m s

lope

s of

le

ss th

an 1

:20,

incr

easi

ng to

1:8

with

co

nstru

ctio

n an

d ac

cess

diff

icul

t in

stee

per

area

s.

G3.

1.2

A s

lope

of 1

5% is

gen

eral

ly c

onsi

dere

d to

be

the

uppe

r lim

it fo

r urb

an d

evel

opm

ent.

G3.

2.1

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent t

o be

lim

ited

to a

reas

with

a s

lope

of

15%

or l

ower

. .

G3.

3.1

INVE

STIG

ATI

ON

: Ide

ntify

if fu

ture

urb

an

deve

lopm

ent i

nves

tigat

ion

area

s ar

e su

bjec

t to

slop

e co

nstra

ints

G3.

3.2

PLA

NN

ING

: LE

P/D

CP

Con

trols

to s

peci

fy

max

imum

slo

pe p

erm

issi

ble

for u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t and

oth

er fo

rms

of d

evel

opm

ent.

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6

G5

Floo

d Pr

one

Land

: G

5.1.

1 M

uch

of th

e ex

iting

urb

an a

rea

is p

rone

to a

t le

ast 1

:100

yea

r flo

odin

g, m

akin

g flo

odin

g a

sign

ifica

nt is

sue.

G

5.1.

2Fl

oodi

ng is

par

ticul

arly

pre

vale

nt in

the

Sou

th

Eas

tern

are

a ar

ound

the

Nor

th R

ichm

ond,

R

ichm

ond,

Win

dsor

, Wilb

erfo

rce

and

Pitt

To

wn

area

s.

G5.

1.3

Are

as n

orth

of t

he H

awke

sbur

y R

iver

are

pr

edom

inan

tly a

bove

the

Pro

babl

e M

axim

um

Floo

d le

vel a

nd a

re th

eref

ore

mor

e su

itabl

e fo

r fut

ure

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t.

G5.

2.1

Exi

stin

g an

d fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent t

o av

oid

high

risk

flo

od p

rone

are

as, b

elow

1:1

00 fl

ood

line.

G

5.2.

2 P

repa

re a

Flo

od R

isk

Man

agem

ent P

lan

in fl

ood

pron

e ar

eas.

G

5.2.

3 D

emon

stra

te a

nd u

nder

take

app

ropr

iate

con

stru

ctio

n m

etho

ds to

be

used

in a

reas

iden

tifie

d as

at r

isk

of fl

oodi

ng.

G5.

2.4

Be

cons

iste

nt w

ith c

atch

men

t and

sto

rmw

ater

man

agem

ent

plan

ning

(CM

A a

nd lo

cal c

ounc

il) a

nd th

e N

SW

Flo

odpl

ain

Dev

elop

men

t Man

ual.

G5.

3.1

INVE

STIG

ATI

ON

: Inv

estig

ate

and

iden

tify

all f

lood

pron

e la

nd, p

repa

re a

Flo

od R

isk

Man

agem

ent

Pla

n in

floo

d pr

one

area

s. A

ddre

ss e

xist

ing

urba

n ar

eas

subj

ect t

o flo

odin

g.

G5.

3.2

PLA

NN

ING

: Pro

vide

info

rmat

ion

on a

ppro

pria

te

cons

truct

ion

met

hods

to b

e us

ed in

are

as

iden

tifie

d at

risk

of f

lood

ing.

G

5.3.

2 PA

RTN

ERSH

IP: F

orm

par

tner

ship

s w

ith

Haw

kesb

ury–

Nep

ean

Cat

chm

ent M

anag

emen

t A

utho

ritie

s an

d th

e N

orth

Wes

t cou

ncils

to:

_ E

nsur

e ai

ms

and

obje

ctiv

es o

f Cat

chm

ent A

ctio

n P

lans

are

con

side

red

in th

e fu

ture

man

agem

ent

and

plan

ning

of L

GA

. _

Coo

rdin

ate

a re

gion

al a

ppro

ach

to ri

verin

e va

lues

an

d w

etla

nds,

incl

udin

g id

entif

ying

prio

rity

area

s fo

r man

agem

ent.

_ U

nder

take

stre

am m

appi

ng to

ena

ble

coun

cils

to

deve

lop

plan

ning

con

trols

to p

rote

ct re

gion

ally

si

gnifi

cant

ripa

rian

corr

idor

s.

_ U

nder

take

bro

ad–s

cale

stre

am m

appi

ng a

t a

stra

tegi

c le

vel t

o de

term

ine

the

sign

ifica

nce

of

ripar

ian

land

s an

d th

eir m

anag

emen

t re

quire

men

ts in

are

as th

at a

re p

oten

tially

bei

ng

deve

lope

d or

rede

velo

ped.

G6

Wat

er a

nd A

ir Q

ualit

y:

G6.

1.1

Nav

igab

ility,

saf

ety

and

usab

ility

of w

ater

way

s an

d st

abili

satio

n of

rive

r ban

ks re

quire

s im

prov

emen

t. G

6.1.

2 H

igh

prio

rity

area

s fo

r ser

vice

s id

entif

ied

in th

e C

omm

unity

Sur

vey

Res

ults

200

7 an

d 20

09

wer

e st

orm

wat

er m

anag

emen

t and

reus

e.

G6.

1.3

Impr

ovin

g ai

r qua

lity

was

iden

tifie

d as

hig

h im

porta

nce

and

low

sat

isfa

ctio

n in

the

Com

mun

ity S

urve

y R

esul

ts 2

007

and

2009

.

G6.

2.1

Mai

ntai

n or

impr

ove

exis

ting

envi

ronm

enta

l con

ditio

n fo

r air

qual

ity.

G6.

2.2

Mai

ntai

n or

impr

ove

exis

ting

envi

ronm

enta

l con

ditio

n fo

r w

ater

qua

lity

and

quan

tity.

G

6.2.

3 D

evel

opm

ent t

o be

con

sist

ent w

ith c

omm

unity

wat

er q

ualit

y ob

ject

ives

for r

ecre

atio

nal w

ater

use

and

rive

r hea

lth

(DE

CC

W a

nd C

MA

). G

6.2.

4 P

oten

tially

har

mfu

l dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

be c

aref

ully

co

nsid

ered

bef

ore

appr

oval

.

G2.

3.1

PLA

NN

ING

: Im

plem

ent a

ctio

ns in

the

Wat

er a

nd

Ene

rgy

Sav

ing

Act

ion

Pla

ns.

G2.

3.2P

LAN

NIN

G: A

chie

ve a

nd e

xcee

d S

tate

G

over

nmen

t sta

ndar

ds fo

r rec

yclin

g an

d re

duct

ion

of w

aste

wat

er.

G2.

3.3

PLA

NN

ING

: Com

ply

with

Sta

te G

over

nmen

t W

ater

Sha

ring

Pla

n.

G2.

3.4

PLA

NN

ING

: Und

erta

ke b

road

–sca

le s

tream

m

appi

ng a

t a s

trate

gic

leve

l to

dete

rmin

e th

e si

gnifi

canc

e of

ripa

rian

land

s an

d th

eir

man

agem

ent r

equi

rem

ents

in a

reas

that

are

po

tent

ially

bei

ng d

evel

oped

or r

edev

elop

ed.

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G7

Wet

land

s:

G7.

1.1

Wet

land

s sh

ould

be

prot

ecte

d in

the

envi

ronm

enta

l and

eco

nom

ic in

tere

sts

of th

e ca

tchm

ent.

G7.

1.2

Ther

e ar

e a

num

ber o

f wet

land

s pr

otec

ted

by

Syd

ney

Reg

iona

l Env

ironm

enta

l Pla

n N

o. 2

0 -

Haw

kesb

ury

Nep

ean

Riv

er 2

007.

G7.

2.1

Dev

elop

men

t is

to a

void

wet

land

are

as.

G7.

2.2

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t to

be lo

cate

d ou

tsid

e of

ripa

rian

zone

s.G

7.2.

3D

evel

opm

ent s

houl

d no

t adv

erse

ly im

pact

on

the

drai

nage

re

gim

e of

wet

land

are

as.

G7.

3.1

INVE

STIG

ATI

ON

AN

D P

LAN

NIN

G: I

dent

ify

ripar

ian

zone

s, p

repa

re L

EP

/DC

P to

lim

it de

velo

pmen

t with

in ri

paria

n zo

nes

with

in th

e LG

A.

G7.

3.2

PAR

TNER

SHIP

: Wor

k w

ith o

ther

LG

As

with

in th

e re

gion

to d

evel

op a

n ap

proa

ch to

rive

rine

valu

es

and

wet

land

s, in

clud

ing

iden

tifyi

ng p

riorit

y ar

eas

for m

anag

emen

t.

G8

Scen

ic L

ands

cape

s, s

teep

land

: G

8.1.

1The

exi

stin

g la

ndsc

ape

and

its re

tent

ion

form

an

impo

rtant

con

side

ratio

n fo

r fur

ther

de

velo

pmen

t of t

he L

GA

. G

8.1.

2Th

e si

gnifi

canc

e of

sce

nic

land

scap

es is

bot

h lo

cal a

nd re

gion

al a

nd a

con

side

rabl

e as

set t

o to

uris

m a

nd n

eeds

to b

e pr

otec

ted

acco

rdin

gly.

G8.

2.1

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent t

o m

inim

ise

impa

cts

on v

iew

cor

ridor

s to

si

gnifi

cant

rura

l and

nat

ural

land

scap

es.

G8.

3.1

PLA

NN

ING

: LE

P a

nd D

CP

to p

rote

ct s

ceni

c vi

ews

G9

Prim

e ag

ricul

tura

l lan

d:

G9.

1.1

Ther

e is

an

exte

nsiv

e am

ount

of a

gric

ultu

ral

land

whi

ch p

rovi

des

a si

gnifi

cant

reso

urce

to

the

LGA

and

the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

Reg

ion

whi

ch re

quire

s pr

otec

ting.

G

9.1.

2 P

rote

ctio

n of

rura

l lan

dsca

pes

as p

rodu

ctiv

e an

d la

ndsc

ape

area

s ar

e es

sent

ial t

o m

aint

ain

a si

gnifi

cant

eco

nom

ic re

sour

ce in

te

rms

of p

rimar

y pr

oduc

tion

as w

ell a

s to

uris

m in

the

LGA

.

G9.

2.1

Prim

e ag

ricul

tura

l lan

d is

to b

e pr

otec

ted.

G

9.2.

2 U

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

rura

l and

agr

icul

tura

l are

as s

houl

d be

av

oide

d to

min

imis

e co

nflic

ts b

etw

een

uses

and

to m

aint

ain

econ

omic

and

tour

ism

reso

urce

s fo

r the

LG

A.

G9.

2.3

Pro

tect

the

pote

ntia

l for

futu

re a

gric

ultu

ral p

rodu

ctio

ns a

s ci

rcum

stan

ces

and

oppo

rtuni

ties

chan

ge.

G9.

2.4

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t on

prim

e ag

ricul

tura

l lan

d ne

eds

to d

emon

stra

te th

e ra

tiona

le fo

r los

s of

prim

e ag

ricul

tura

l la

nd a

nd lo

ss o

f eco

nom

ic a

ctiv

ity, e

mpl

oym

ent a

nd fo

od

sour

ce in

the

LGA

and

sho

uld

be c

lear

ly a

sses

sed

for i

ts

bene

fits

befo

re a

ppro

val

G9.

3.1

PLA

NN

ING

: Mai

ntai

n ag

ricul

ture

as

a vi

able

in

dust

ry.

G9.

3.2

PLA

NN

ING

: LE

P a

nd D

CP

to p

rote

ct e

xist

ing

high

qu

ality

agr

icul

tura

l lan

ds fr

om u

rban

exp

ansi

on o

r co

nflic

ting

land

uses

.

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8

(H) C

OM

MU

NIT

Y FA

CIL

ITIE

S

ISSU

ESC

RIT

ERIA

A

CTI

ON

S

H1.

1 H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

wel

l pro

vide

d w

ith c

omm

unity

fa

cilit

ies

serv

icin

g th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

pop

ulat

ion,

ho

wev

er, 6

% o

f the

pop

ulat

ion

live

in th

e m

ore

rura

l an

d re

mot

e pa

rts o

f the

LG

A, w

ith li

mite

d ac

cess

to

faci

litie

s an

d se

rvic

es

H1.

2 Th

ere

are

subs

tant

ial s

hifts

in th

e ag

e st

ruct

ure,

with

pa

rticu

lar g

row

th in

old

er a

ge g

roup

s re

quiri

ng a

cces

s to

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies.

H2.

1 Fo

cus

futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

cent

res

whe

re th

e m

ajor

ity o

f com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s ar

e lo

cate

d.H

2.2A

ll ce

ntre

s ar

e to

pro

vide

a le

vel o

f com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

and

serv

ices

that

are

acc

essi

ble

and

mee

t the

nee

ds

of th

eir l

ocal

com

mun

ity.

H2.

3 Q

ualit

y he

alth

, edu

catio

n, le

gal,

recr

eatio

nal,

cultu

ral

and

com

mun

ity d

evel

opm

ent a

nd o

ther

gov

ernm

ent

serv

ices

are

acc

essi

ble.

H

2.4

Ade

quat

e co

mm

unity

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

exis

t to

mee

t the

nee

ds o

f the

cur

rent

and

futu

re re

side

nts

H3.

1A

UD

IT A

ND

INVE

STIG

ATI

ON

: Und

erta

ke a

udit

of

exis

ting

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

to d

eter

min

e ca

paci

ty to

m

eet c

urre

nt a

nd fu

ture

nee

ds, c

apac

ity fo

r gro

wth

, fu

ture

nee

ds, e

tc.

H3.

2 PL

AN

NIN

G: S

eek

to e

nsur

e al

l com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

are

acce

ssib

le.

H3.

3IN

FRA

STR

UC

TUR

E: S

ome

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s m

ay e

xist

in a

reas

out

side

of t

he c

entre

s th

eref

ore

long

term

pla

nnin

g of

futu

re fa

cilit

y pr

ovis

ion

to c

reat

e co

mm

unity

hub

s w

hich

see

k to

col

loca

te a

nd

cons

olid

ate

serv

ices

and

faci

litie

s in

key

nod

es.

H3.

4PL

AN

NIN

G: U

nder

take

con

sulta

tion

with

key

ser

vice

pr

ovid

ers

and

the

wid

er c

omm

unity

to m

ore

accu

rate

ly

dete

rmin

e fu

ture

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

y ne

eds.

H

3.5

PLA

NN

ING

: Mor

e de

taile

d C

omm

unity

Nee

ds

Ana

lysi

s be

und

erta

ken

and

upda

ted

ever

y 5

year

s in

lin

e w

ith A

BS

Cen

sus

rele

ases

and

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ISSU

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ERIA

A

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I1 H

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ew d

evel

opm

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ill m

ost l

ikel

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cur i

n pr

oxim

ity to

he

ritag

e ite

ms.

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Haw

kesb

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LGA

has

sig

nific

ant c

ultu

ral a

nd

indi

geno

us h

erita

ge w

hich

nee

ds to

be

ackn

owle

dged

, re

cord

ed a

nd p

rote

cted

.

I1.2

.1 F

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t is

cogn

isan

t of a

nd re

spon

sive

to

arch

aeol

ogic

al a

nd c

ultu

ral h

erita

ge.

I1.2

.2 F

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent t

o pr

otec

t are

as o

f A

borig

inal

cul

tura

l her

itage

val

ue (a

s ag

reed

by

DE

CC

W).

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.3 U

rban

des

ign

of th

e he

ritag

e ite

m s

houl

d be

trea

ted

sens

itive

ly in

new

dev

elop

men

t. I1

.2.4

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

n cl

ose

prox

imity

to h

erita

ge

item

s sh

ould

be

asse

ssed

for i

ts im

pact

on

the

herit

age

envi

ronm

ent i

n lin

e w

ith H

awke

sbur

y Lo

cal

Env

ironm

enta

l Pla

n 19

89.

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VEST

IGA

TIO

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nder

take

inve

stig

atio

ns a

nd

docu

men

t cul

tura

l and

indi

geno

us h

erita

ge (w

here

ap

prop

riate

) I1

.3.2

PLA

NN

ING

: Dev

elop

pla

ns to

enh

ance

the

char

acte

r an

d id

entit

y of

tow

ns a

nd v

illag

es a

nd c

onse

rve

and

prom

ote

herit

age.

I2 C

hara

cter

I2.1

.1 T

here

are

sig

nific

ant a

nd u

niqu

e el

emen

ts w

hich

co

ntrib

ute

to th

e ch

arac

ter o

f the

LG

A th

at fu

ture

ch

arac

ter w

ill n

eed

to b

uild

on.

I2.2

.1 F

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent i

s to

hav

e lit

tle o

r no

impa

ct o

n ite

ms

of in

dige

nous

, Eur

opea

n or

Nat

ural

he

ritag

e I2

.2.2

Be

cogn

isan

t of t

he c

hara

cter

of s

urro

undi

ng a

reas

. I2

.2.3

Be

cogn

isan

t of t

he la

ndsc

ape

char

acte

r and

its

setti

ng.

I2.2

.4 F

ocus

aro

und

or b

e pr

oxim

ate

to a

ctiv

e ur

ban

spac

e w

hich

faci

litie

s fo

rmal

and

info

rmal

mee

ting

and

gath

erin

g sp

aces

bot

h du

ring

day

and

nigh

t i.e

. pla

za,

squa

re, m

all e

tc.

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evel

opm

ent s

houl

d cr

eate

hig

h qu

ality

and

saf

e pu

blic

dom

ain

both

dur

ing

day

and

nigh

t.

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AN

NIN

G: I

nteg

rate

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tain

able

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ctic

es in

to

Cou

ncil

plan

s an

d po

licie

s.

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NIN

G: U

nder

take

pub

lic d

omai

n pl

ans

to g

uide

th

e de

velo

pmen

t of t

he p

ublic

dom

ain

to e

nsur

e th

e in

divi

dual

cha

ract

er o

f eac

h ce

ntre

is re

tain

ed a

nd

enha

nced

.

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ENT

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New

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ique

en

viro

nmen

tal l

ands

cape

set

ting

of th

e LG

A.

J2.1

All

new

hou

sing

is to

be

adap

tabl

e, a

nd w

here

pos

sibl

eac

cess

ible

, and

em

brac

e pr

inci

ples

of s

usta

inab

le

hous

ing

desi

gn.

J2.2

All

deve

lopm

ent i

s to

ens

ure

that

it is

con

stru

cted

to

the

high

est e

nviro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

. J2

.3 N

atur

al re

sour

ce li

mits

mus

t not

be

exce

eded

and

en

viro

nmen

tal f

ootp

rint m

inim

ised

. J2

.4 D

eman

d fo

r wat

er m

ust n

ot p

lace

una

ccep

tabl

e pr

essu

re o

n in

frast

ruct

ure

capa

city

to s

uppl

y w

ater

and

on

env

ironm

enta

l flo

ws.

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.5 D

eman

d fo

r sew

er m

ust n

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lace

una

ccep

tabl

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essu

re o

n in

frast

ruct

ure

capa

city

to s

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opm

ent m

ust d

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stra

te th

e m

ost e

ffici

ent a

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suita

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use

of la

nd.

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and

for e

nerg

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ust n

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lace

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ccep

tabl

e pr

essu

re o

n in

frast

ruct

ure

capa

city

to s

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y en

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quire

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mon

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usta

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le

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ly s

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STIG

ATI

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envi

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in

frast

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for e

ach

cent

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nsur

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Impl

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the

Haw

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Res

iden

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and

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tegy

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

gui

des

the

loca

tion

and

type

of f

utur

e re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t with

in th

e LG

A. T

he s

trate

gy is

bas

ed o

n be

st p

ract

ice

mod

els

of s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent w

hich

see

k to

gui

de fu

ture

resi

dent

ial

deve

lopm

ent w

ithin

the

LGA

ove

r the

nex

t 30

year

s an

d en

sure

futu

re re

side

ntia

l de

velo

pmen

t is

sust

aina

ble

and

mee

ts th

e ne

eds

of th

e H

awke

sbur

y po

pula

tion.

The

revi

ew o

f pop

ulat

ion

and

dwel

ling

char

acte

ristic

s (C

hapt

er 3

.0) i

dent

ified

that

fu

ture

pop

ulat

ion

grow

th w

ithin

the

LGA

is a

gein

g an

d ho

useh

old

size

s ar

e de

crea

sing

. Thi

s w

ill h

ave

sign

ifica

nt im

pact

on

hous

ing

need

s, s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s w

ithin

the

LGA

.

The

proj

ectio

ns s

how

an

estim

ated

dem

and

for a

n ad

ditio

nal 5

,932

dw

ellin

gs w

hich

is

slig

htly

hig

her t

han

the

dwel

ling

targ

et s

et in

the

Nor

th W

este

rn S

ubre

gion

al S

trate

gy.

The

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy is

des

igne

d to

be

suita

bly

flexi

ble

to p

rovi

de 5

,000

-6,0

00

dwel

lings

with

the

final

num

ber o

f dw

ellin

gs b

eing

sha

ped

by m

arke

t dem

and

and

mor

e de

taile

d en

viro

nmen

tal c

apac

ity a

naly

sis.

As

outli

ned

in S

ectio

n 3.

3.6,

the

maj

ority

of a

dditi

onal

dw

ellin

gs (5

,400

dw

ellin

gs) w

ill

be lo

cate

d in

exi

stin

g or

exp

ande

d ur

ban

and

villa

ge a

reas

whe

re th

ey c

an a

cces

s su

ch s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s. T

he re

mai

nder

of f

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t (60

0 dw

ellin

gs) w

ill

be lo

cate

d in

the

rem

aini

ng lo

calit

ies,

sub

ject

to c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

e w

ith

sust

aina

bilit

y m

atrix

for n

eigh

bour

hood

cen

tres.

It is

ass

umed

that

, with

the

exce

ptio

n of

repl

acem

ent o

f exi

stin

g st

ock,

ther

e w

ill b

e a

need

to p

rovi

de m

ore

dens

e de

velo

pmen

t with

in a

nd a

djac

ent t

o ex

istin

g ur

ban

area

s in

ord

er to

min

imis

e th

e ov

eral

l res

iden

tial d

evel

opm

ent f

ootp

rint g

row

th (r

educ

e sp

raw

l) to

ass

ist i

n th

e re

tent

ion

of th

e ru

ral c

hara

cter

of t

he H

awke

sbur

y. T

hese

ar

eas

will

be

the

focu

s of

futu

re m

ediu

m to

hig

h de

nsity

(sub

ject

to th

e ne

cess

ary

deta

iled

stru

ctur

e pl

anni

ng to

resp

ect h

erita

ge a

nd o

ther

cha

ract

er tr

aits

of t

he

loca

lity)

in o

rder

to m

eet t

he lo

ng te

rm d

eman

d fo

r dw

ellin

gs.

The

600

dwel

lings

iden

tifie

d fo

r the

rem

aini

ng lo

calit

ies

will

be

the

focu

s of

low

den

sity

de

velo

pmen

t and

mee

t the

iden

tifie

d lo

w d

ensi

ty a

nd ru

ral r

esid

entia

l dw

ellin

g re

quire

men

ts, s

ubje

ct to

mee

ting

the

mee

ting

the

requ

irem

ents

of t

he S

usta

inab

ility

M

atrix

.

This

mod

el fo

r gro

wth

bui

lds

on th

e ex

istin

g as

sets

of t

he H

awke

sbur

y LG

A, b

y:

_Pro

tect

ing

natu

ral a

reas

and

agr

icul

tura

l are

as w

hich

stro

ngly

influ

ence

the

char

acte

r of t

he L

GA

. _B

uild

ing

on th

e ex

istin

g st

ruct

ure

of v

illage

s an

d to

wns

; _L

imiti

ng u

rban

dev

elop

men

t out

side

cen

tres

and

in a

reas

whi

ch m

ay im

pact

the

envi

ronm

enta

l val

ues

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

e LG

A;

_Im

prov

ing

dwel

ling

mix

to b

ette

r mee

t the

nee

ds o

f the

cur

rent

and

futu

re p

opul

atio

n;

_Mak

ing

bette

r use

of e

xist

ing

phys

ical

and

com

mun

ity in

frast

ruct

ure,

and

, _R

einf

orci

ng th

e to

wns

hip

and

villa

ge c

hara

cter

of t

he L

GA

.

The

grea

test

cha

lleng

es fo

r Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

will

be

to o

verc

ome:

_F

lood

pro

ne la

nd a

nd fl

ood

evac

uatio

n re

solu

tion;

_P

rovi

sion

of s

ewer

age

faci

litie

s in

futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t are

as a

nd fo

r inc

reas

e in

den

sity

of d

evel

opm

ent;

_The

abi

lity

to a

ppro

pria

tely

ser

vice

dev

elop

men

t in

a tim

ely

man

ner

_Tim

ely

and

appr

opria

te p

rovi

sion

of i

nfra

stru

ctur

e;

_Res

olut

ion

of ro

ad a

cces

s, tr

affic

and

tran

spor

t iss

ues;

_I

nves

tigat

ion

into

bus

hfire

pro

ne a

reas

; and

_R

evie

w o

f zon

ing

to d

eter

min

e ap

prop

riate

ness

of t

he s

cale

and

den

sity

of

deve

lopm

ent w

ithin

cen

tres.

Thes

e in

itiat

ives

hav

e be

en in

corp

orat

ed in

a S

usta

inab

le D

evel

opm

ent F

ram

ewor

k w

hich

will

gui

de fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t with

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A. T

he F

ram

ewor

k w

ill

assi

st w

ith th

e re

new

al o

f exi

stin

g ar

eas,

ens

ure

that

futu

re h

ousi

ng m

eets

the

need

s of

a c

hang

ing

popu

latio

n an

d pr

ovid

e th

e re

quire

d le

vels

of c

omm

unity

, tra

nspo

rt an

d pu

blic

infra

stru

ctur

e to

sup

port

the

popu

latio

n.

The

Sus

tain

able

Dev

elop

men

t Fra

mew

ork

cons

ists

of t

he fo

llow

ing:

_C

entre

s H

iera

rchy

whi

ch id

entif

ies

the

type

s of

cen

tres

with

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A a

nd

allo

cate

s ex

istin

g ce

ntre

s to

thei

r siz

e, re

tail

catc

hmen

t and

func

tion;

_S

usta

inab

ility

Mat

rix w

hich

est

ablis

hes

a st

anda

rd le

vel o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

for

cent

res,

bas

ed o

n th

eir d

esig

natio

n w

ithin

the

Cen

tres

Hie

rarc

hy;

_Sus

tain

abili

ty E

lem

ents

bui

lds

upon

the

rese

arch

in th

e H

ousi

ng A

naly

sis

and

Urb

an

Issu

es; a

nd

_Ana

lysi

s to

dev

elop

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st o

f key

stra

tegi

es a

nd a

ctio

ns w

hich

will

ass

ist H

awke

sbur

y LG

A in

mee

ting

the

stan

dard

s es

tabl

ishe

d in

the

Sust

aina

bilit

y M

atrix

.

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mew

ork

will

ass

ist C

ounc

il in

en

surin

g fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t with

in th

e LG

A is

resp

onsi

ve to

the

need

s of

the

futu

re

com

mun

ity, i

s a

sust

aina

ble

form

of d

evel

opm

ent a

nd m

eets

futu

re h

ousi

ng ta

rget

s.

7.2_

Prog

ress

ion

of th

e H

awke

sbur

y R

esid

entia

l Lan

d St

rate

gy

Det

aile

d S

truct

ure

Pla

nnin

g to

det

erm

ine

land

cap

acity

and

abi

lity

to m

eet d

wel

ling

targ

ets

of th

e id

entif

ied

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

is re

quire

d to

be

unde

rtake

n in

futu

re

inve

stig

atio

n.

Stru

ctur

e P

lann

ing

of c

entre

s w

ill a

lso

assi

st in

dev

elop

ing

a co

here

nt a

nd

com

preh

ensi

ve a

ppro

ach

to in

crea

sing

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent i

n su

itabl

e in

vest

igat

ion

area

s.

As

part

of th

e Fu

ture

Inve

stig

atio

n pr

oces

ses,

eac

h ce

ntre

sho

uld

be re

view

ed a

gain

st

the

Sus

tain

abili

ty M

atrix

(Cha

pter

6) t

o en

sure

the

cent

re h

as s

uffic

ient

ser

vice

s,

infra

stru

ctur

e an

d fa

cilit

ies

to s

uppo

rt ad

ditio

nal d

evel

opm

ent.

7.3_

Rev

iew

and

Mon

itorin

g

It is

reco

mm

ende

d th

at th

e H

awke

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y R

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entia

l Lan

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gy is

revi

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eve

ry

five

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ount

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l Lan

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ol fo

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I. In

trod

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n

The

Haw

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Res

iden

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and

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see

ks to

: _A

ccom

mod

ate

bet

wee

n 5,

000

to 6

,000

add

ition

al d

wel

lings

by

2031

, prim

arily

with

in

the

exis

ting

urba

n ar

eas

as p

resc

ribed

in th

e D

epar

tmen

t of P

lann

ing’

s N

orth

Wes

t S

ubre

gion

al S

trate

gy;

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serv

e th

e un

ique

and

hig

h qu

ality

nat

ural

env

ironm

ent o

f the

LG

A;

_Acc

omm

odat

e ch

angi

ng p

opul

atio

n, w

hich

pre

sent

s ne

w d

eman

ds in

term

s of

ho

usin

g, s

ervi

ces

and

acce

ss;

_Ide

ntify

on-

goin

g de

velo

pmen

t pre

ssur

es to

exp

and

into

nat

ural

and

rura

l are

as, a

s w

ell a

s ne

w d

evel

opm

ent b

oth

in a

nd a

roun

d ex

istin

g ce

ntre

s; a

nd

_Ide

ntify

phy

sica

l con

stra

ints

of f

lood

, nat

ive

vege

tatio

n an

d bu

shfir

e ris

k.

II.

Who

are

we

plan

ning

for?

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

ide

ntifi

es th

e fo

llow

ing

dem

ogra

phic

ch

arac

teris

tics

that

will

gui

de c

urre

nt a

nd fu

ture

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent n

eeds

:

Popu

latio

n Th

e po

pula

tion

of H

awke

sbur

y LG

A in

200

6 w

as 6

0,92

1 pe

rson

s ha

ving

exp

erie

nced

a

nega

tive

grow

th ra

te w

ith a

dec

line

of 1

52 p

eopl

e si

nce

2001

. The

pop

ulat

ion

is

agei

ng w

ith:

_ A

n in

crea

se in

the

prop

ortio

n of

peo

ple

aged

50

year

s an

d ov

er fr

om 1

996

(19%

) to

2006

(26%

); an

d _L

osse

s in

you

nger

age

gro

ups

aged

bet

wee

n 0-

11 y

ears

and

age

d 25

-34

year

s.

The

proj

ecte

d po

pula

tion

for H

awke

sbur

y in

203

1 is

69,

898

pers

ons.

Hou

seho

lds

Whi

lst t

he p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

rate

has

dec

lined

in re

cent

yea

rs, t

he ra

te o

f hou

seho

ld

form

atio

n an

d th

eref

ore

dem

and

for d

wel

lings

has

rem

aine

d hi

gh th

roug

hout

the

past

de

cade

.

The

mos

t sig

nific

ant t

rend

s in

hou

seho

ld g

roup

s be

twee

n 19

96 a

nd 2

006

wer

e:

_ A

decr

ease

in ‘c

oupl

e w

ith c

hild

ren’

hou

seho

ld g

roup

(lar

ger h

ouse

hold

s), w

hich

re

pres

ente

d 45

% o

f hou

seho

ld g

roup

s in

199

6 an

d dr

oppe

d to

39%

by

2006

_ An

incr

ease

in a

dditi

onal

‘lon

e pe

rson

’ hou

seho

lds

(807

) and

add

ition

al ‘c

oupl

e w

ith

no c

hild

ren’

hou

seho

lds

(667

), re

pres

entin

g an

ove

rall

incr

ease

in s

mal

ler

hous

ehol

ds.

As

show

n in

Fig

ure

0.1,

by

2031

the

larg

er fa

mily

hou

seho

lds

(cou

ple

with

chi

ldre

n an

d on

e-pa

rent

fam

ilies)

are

ant

icip

ated

to re

pres

ent 3

9% o

f all

hous

ehol

ds.

Add

ition

ally

, ove

r hal

f of a

ll ho

useh

olds

in 2

031

(57%

) will

be

smal

ler h

ouse

hold

type

s (lo

ne p

erso

n an

d co

uple

no

child

ren

hous

ehol

ds).

Figu

re 0

.1: H

ouse

hold

type

tren

ds 1

996,

200

6 &

203

1

Dw

ellin

gs

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

acco

mm

odat

ed 2

1,14

2 dw

ellin

gs in

200

6. T

he m

ajor

ity o

f ho

useh

olds

occ

upie

d a

sepa

rate

hou

se (8

5.5%

), w

hile

low

er p

ropo

rtion

s oc

cupi

ed

med

ium

den

sity

dw

ellin

gs (1

1.9%

) and

hig

h d

ensi

ty d

wel

lings

(0.2

%),

portr

ayed

in

Figu

re 0

.2 b

elow

.

Betw

een

1996

and

200

6, th

ere

wer

e 2,

147

addi

tiona

l dw

ellin

gs w

ithin

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA.

The

larg

est c

hang

es in

the

type

of d

wel

lings

occ

upie

d by

hou

seho

lds

betw

een

1996

and

200

6 w

ere

for t

hose

occ

upyi

ng m

ediu

m d

ensi

ty h

ousi

ng (+

523)

, sep

arat

e ho

use

(+18

74 d

wel

lings

) and

oth

er (+

247

dwel

lings

).

0%10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Cou

ples

with

ch

ildre

nC

oupl

e no

ch

ildre

nO

ne p

aren

t fa

mily

Oth

erho

useh

olds

Gro

upho

useh

olds

Lone

per

son

Hou

seho

ld T

ypes

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2006

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.2: D

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1

Thes

e dw

ellin

g ty

pe tr

ends

refle

ct c

urre

nt tr

ends

, the

re is

a n

eed

to in

fluen

ce fu

ture

dw

ellin

g tre

nds

to m

ore

appr

opria

tely

mat

ch c

hang

ing

hous

ehol

d si

ze a

nd n

eeds

.

Hou

sing

affo

rdab

ility

B

etw

een

2007

and

200

9 th

e af

ford

abili

ty o

f pur

chas

e ho

usin

g st

ock

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A in

crea

sed.

Pur

chas

e ho

usin

g st

ock

is m

ore

affo

rdab

le in

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

than

in th

e S

ydne

y S

D b

ut le

ss a

fford

able

than

in th

e O

uter

W

este

rn S

ydne

y S

D.

In 2

009,

the

follo

win

g co

uld

affo

rd to

pur

chas

e pr

oper

ties

with

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A.

_ 57

% o

f mod

erat

e in

com

e ho

useh

olds

; _

7% o

f low

inco

me

hous

ehol

ds; a

nd

_ 1%

of v

ery

low

inco

me

hous

ehol

ds.

Ther

efor

e, h

ousi

ng a

fford

abilit

y to

pur

chas

e a

hous

e is

a s

igni

fican

t iss

ue fo

r low

and

ve

ry lo

w-in

com

e re

side

nts,

and

to a

sig

nific

ant p

ropo

rtion

of m

oder

ate

inco

me

resi

dent

s.

Bet

wee

n 20

07 a

nd 2

009

the

affo

rdab

ility

of r

enta

l hou

sing

sto

ck in

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

dec

reas

ed, a

lthou

gh H

awke

sbur

y LG

A re

mai

ned

mor

e af

ford

able

for r

enta

l ho

usin

g th

an th

e S

ydne

y SD

, and

slig

htly

less

affo

rdab

le w

hen

com

pare

d w

ith th

e O

uter

Wes

tern

Syd

ney

SS

D.

In 2

009,

the

follo

win

g co

uld

affo

rd to

rent

pro

perti

es

with

in th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A.

_ 82

% o

f mod

erat

e in

com

e ho

useh

olds

; _

40%

of l

ow in

com

e ho

useh

olds

; and

_

11%

of v

ery

low

inco

me

hous

ehol

ds.

SIEF

A

SE

IFA

is a

n in

dex

base

d on

val

ues

such

as

low

inco

me,

low

edu

catio

nal a

ttain

men

t, hi

gh u

nem

ploy

men

t and

jobs

in re

lativ

ely

unsk

illed

occu

patio

ns.

Haw

kesb

ury

has

a SE

IFA

inde

x of

103

3 an

d is

rate

d 22

nd o

n th

e lis

t. Th

e av

erag

e sc

ore

acro

ss S

ydne

y is

100

0 an

d va

lues

abo

ve th

is re

flect

low

er le

vels

of

disa

dvan

tage

whi

le lo

wer

than

that

indi

cate

s hi

gh d

isad

vant

age

and

ther

efor

e H

awke

sbur

y is

slig

htly

less

dis

adva

ntag

ed th

an th

e S

ydne

y St

atis

tical

Div

isio

n.

The

WSR

OC

regi

on is

ele

vent

h in

the

inde

x w

ith 9

81.6

and

as

such

, Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is le

ss d

isad

vant

aged

than

the

over

all W

SR

OC

regi

on.

Who

are

we

plan

ning

for -

Sum

mar

y Th

e H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

exp

erie

ncin

g a

chan

ge in

the

com

posi

tion

of it

’s p

opul

atio

n,

prim

arily

ass

ocia

ted

with

an

agei

ng p

opul

atio

n an

d de

clin

ing

hous

ehol

d si

ze.

In

addi

tion,

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

need

s to

pla

n an

d m

anag

e a

proj

ecte

d ad

ditio

nal 5

,000

to

6,00

0 ne

w d

wel

lings

by

2031

.

In re

cogn

ition

of t

he fu

ture

hou

seho

ld n

eeds

, pla

nnin

g fo

r fut

ure

dwel

lings

it is

re

com

men

ded

to p

rovi

de a

wid

er ra

nge

and

choi

ce o

f hou

sing

type

s to

bet

ter m

eet

the

need

s of

exi

stin

g an

d fu

ture

resi

dent

s.

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20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

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d dw

ellin

gsV

illas

, tow

n ho

uses

, se

mi-d

etac

hed

Flat

s, h

ome

units

, ap

artm

ents

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er d

wel

lings

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ellin

g Ty

pes

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tres

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el

Cen

tres

are

the

prio

rity

loca

tion

for g

row

th a

s th

ey a

re b

enef

ited

by e

xist

ing

reta

il,

com

mer

cial

, com

mun

ity a

nd tr

ansp

ort i

nfra

stru

ctur

e se

rvic

es.

The

mod

el fo

r fut

ure

deve

lopm

ent i

n H

awke

sbur

y LG

A is

bas

ed o

n:

_ S

ydne

y M

etro

polit

an S

trate

gy: C

entre

s ba

sed

polic

y;

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orld

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lth O

rgan

isat

ion:

Soc

ial I

ndic

ator

s of

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lth; a

nd

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Bui

ldin

g C

ounc

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usta

inab

le N

eigh

bour

hood

crit

eria

.

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such

, the

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

focu

ses

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent

arou

nd:

_ C

entre

s;

_ C

entre

s an

d co

rrido

rs; a

nd

_ Th

e ca

paci

ty o

f lan

d an

d re

cogn

isin

g en

viro

nmen

tal a

nd n

atur

al c

onst

rain

ts.

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

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tegy

focu

ses

on e

xist

ing

cent

res

and

in s

ome

corri

dors

link

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Win

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and

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h P

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to u

tilis

e ex

istin

g se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies

and

acce

ss to

exi

stin

g pu

blic

tran

spor

t.

The

Haw

kesb

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tial L

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tial L

and

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0

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| IV

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy h

as a

dopt

ed a

dw

ellin

g m

ix th

at s

eeks

to

cons

olid

ate

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent w

hile

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt th

e pa

rticu

lar

circ

umst

ance

s in

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

. Muc

h of

the

exis

ting

urba

n de

velo

ped

area

s in

the

Haw

kesb

ury

are

curr

ently

sev

erel

y co

nstra

ined

by

flood

ing

or a

ircra

ft no

ise

and

the

exis

ting

rura

l cha

ract

er o

f the

LG

A s

houl

d be

pre

serv

ed.

The

Res

iden

tial S

trate

gy d

istri

bute

s th

e fu

ture

dw

ellin

g ta

rget

of 6

,000

dw

ellin

gs

acco

rdin

gly:

_5

,400

dw

ellin

gs to

be

infil

l, or

the

gree

nfie

ld e

xpan

sion

of,

exis

ting

urba

n an

d vi

llage

are

as;

_600

dw

ellin

gs to

be

loca

ted

in th

e re

mai

ning

loca

litie

s, s

ubje

ct to

com

plia

nce

with

th

e w

ith s

usta

inab

ility

mat

rix fo

r nei

ghbo

urho

od c

entre

s

As

portr

ayed

in F

igur

e 0.

4 th

ere

are

high

er p

ropo

rtion

s of

med

ium

-hig

h de

nsity

ho

usin

g in

reco

gniti

on o

f the

stro

ng s

uppl

y of

low

den

sity

/ de

tach

ed d

wel

lings

for

curre

nt a

nd fu

ture

nee

ds, b

ased

on:

_t

he n

eed

for s

mal

ler d

wel

ling

type

s; a

nd

_the

nee

d fo

r mor

e va

riety

and

cho

ice

in h

ousi

ng.

IV.

Key

Issu

es

The

follo

win

g ke

y is

sues

wer

e id

entif

ied

in H

awke

sbur

y LG

A th

roug

h ba

ckgr

ound

re

sear

ch a

nd m

appi

ng o

f the

issu

es in

fluen

cing

the

futu

re s

usta

inab

le d

evel

opm

ent o

f ho

usin

g an

d th

eir i

mpl

icat

ions

(con

stra

ints

and

opp

ortu

nitie

s) o

n th

e R

esid

entia

l S

trate

gy.

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

Two

third

s of

the

LGA

is lo

cate

d in

Nat

iona

l Par

ks e

quat

ing

to a

tota

l of a

ppro

xim

atel

y 1,

930

squa

re k

ilom

etre

s. T

hese

com

pris

e a

rang

e of

veg

etat

ion

com

mun

ities

that

co

ntrib

ute

to th

e bi

odiv

ersi

ty in

the

LGA

and

are

ther

efor

e no

t sui

tabl

e fo

r urb

an

deve

lopm

ent.

The

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is d

omin

ated

by

seve

ral r

iver

sys

tem

s, a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e H

awke

sbur

y an

d N

epea

n R

iver

s w

ith th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

urb

an a

rea

of H

awke

sbur

y LG

A p

rone

to a

t lea

st 1

:100

yea

r flo

odin

g. F

lood

ing

is p

reva

lent

in a

reas

aro

und

the

Nor

th R

ichm

ond,

Ric

hmon

d, W

inds

or, W

ilber

forc

e an

d P

itt T

own

area

s. F

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent m

ust a

ddre

ss fl

ood

evac

uatio

n is

sues

and

mus

t avo

id h

igh

risk

flood

pr

one

area

s.

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

cont

ains

sig

nific

ant a

reas

of b

ushl

and

whi

ch a

re p

rone

to b

ushf

ire.

The

vast

maj

ority

of t

he L

GA

is c

ateg

oris

ed a

s ve

geta

tion

Cat

egor

y 1

- Hig

h R

isk

exce

pt fo

r the

urb

an a

reas

whi

ch h

ave

been

cle

ared

of c

lass

ified

veg

etat

ion.

Fu

ture

ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent a

reas

mus

t be

avoi

ded

in a

reas

of c

onta

inin

g bu

shfir

e ris

k an

d m

ust c

ompl

y w

ith th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f Pla

nnin

g fo

r Bus

hfire

Pro

tect

ion

by th

e N

SW

R

ural

Fire

Ser

vice

.

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is in

fluen

ced

by th

e B

lue

Mou

ntai

ns a

nd G

reat

Div

idin

g R

ange

to

the

north

wes

t as

wel

l as

som

e of

Syd

ney’

s si

gnifi

cant

rive

r sys

tem

s. A

s a

resu

lt, th

e to

pogr

aphy

var

ies

wid

ely

from

slo

pes

of le

ss th

an 1

:20

(5%

slo

pe),

incr

easi

ng to

1:8

(1

2.5%

slo

pe).

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t mus

t occ

ur in

are

as w

ith a

slo

pe o

f les

s th

an 1

5% (1

:6.5

).

Due

to th

e ex

tens

ive

river

sys

tem

foun

d th

roug

hout

the

LGA

, aci

d su

lpha

te s

oils

are

co

mm

on a

nd c

an b

e a

cons

train

t to

deve

lopm

ent.

Ther

e is

sig

nific

ant a

mou

nt o

f lan

d id

entif

ied

as c

onta

inin

g C

lass

5 a

cid

sulp

hate

soi

ls w

ith C

lass

4 fo

und

alon

g th

e riv

ers

and

cree

ks. C

lass

3 a

cid

sulp

hate

soi

ls a

re fo

und

in s

mal

l iso

late

d ar

eas

in th

e ur

ban

area

s.

Futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t is

to b

e co

gnis

ant o

f aci

d su

lpha

te s

oil

clas

sific

atio

ns.

Ther

e ar

e a

num

ber o

f wet

land

s w

ithin

the

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

incl

udin

g im

porta

nt a

nd

prod

uctiv

e pl

ant c

omm

uniti

es a

nd b

ird h

abita

ts a

nd th

eref

ore

futu

re u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t in

wet

land

are

as s

houl

d be

avo

ided

.

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

has

an e

xten

sive

am

ount

of a

gric

ultu

ral l

and

whi

ch s

houl

d be

pr

otec

ted

to m

aint

ain

a si

gnifi

cant

eco

nom

ic re

sour

ce. F

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent o

n pr

ime

agric

ultu

ral l

and

shou

ld b

e re

stric

ted

with

any

pro

perty

cle

arly

ass

esse

d in

de

tail,

with

con

flict

s be

twee

n ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent i

n ru

ral a

nd a

gric

ultu

ral a

reas

av

oide

d.

Cen

tres

and

Em

ploy

men

t H

awke

sbur

y LG

A c

onta

ins

a ra

nge

of c

entre

s th

at s

ervi

ce th

e LG

A. T

he m

ajor

ce

ntre

s of

Ric

hmon

d an

d W

inds

or a

re th

e pr

imar

y re

tail

and

com

mer

cial

cen

tres

with

th

e vi

llage

of N

orth

Ric

hmon

d an

d sm

all v

illag

es o

f Sou

th W

inds

or a

nd M

ulgr

ave

loca

ted

just

out

side

thes

e m

ain

cent

res.

The

est

ablis

hed

cent

res

hier

arch

y de

fined

in

the

Syd

ney

Met

ropo

litan

Stra

tegy

is s

uppo

rted

and

futu

re u

rban

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

be lo

cate

d w

ithin

or a

djoi

ning

exi

stin

g ce

ntre

s.

Em

ploy

men

t with

in th

e LG

A is

focu

ssed

on

key

sect

ors

such

as

educ

atio

n, d

efen

ce,

indu

stria

l, ag

ricul

tura

l and

pas

tora

l ind

ustri

es.

In a

dditi

on, k

ey e

mpl

oym

ent i

s al

so

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Haw

kesb

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iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

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c |

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| V

prov

ided

thro

ugh

com

mer

cial

and

reta

il bu

sine

sses

with

in th

e ke

y ce

ntre

s. F

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent i

s to

loca

te w

ithin

exi

stin

g or

pro

pose

d ce

ntre

s to

max

imis

e co

lloca

tion

with

em

ploy

men

t sec

tors

with

in th

e LG

A.

Tran

spor

t D

ue to

lim

ited

conn

ectiv

ity o

f pub

lic tr

ansp

ort s

ervi

ces,

ther

e is

sig

nific

ant r

elia

nce

on

the

priv

ate

mot

or c

ar fo

r tra

nspo

rt. K

ey ro

ads

prov

idin

g ac

cess

to H

awke

sbur

y LG

A

incl

ude

Win

dsor

Roa

d an

d R

ichm

ond

Roa

d an

d B

ells

Lin

e of

Roa

d to

wes

t. H

owev

er,

the

LGA

is lo

cate

d on

the

Ric

hmon

d R

ailw

ay L

ine

and

is w

ithin

eas

y co

mm

uter

di

stan

ce to

em

ploy

men

t nod

es. R

egul

ar a

nd re

liabl

e bu

s se

rvic

es s

houl

d al

so b

e in

pl

ace

to k

ey d

estin

atio

ns a

nd fu

rther

tran

spor

t lin

ks.

Ope

n sp

ace

and

recr

eatio

n H

awke

sbur

y ha

s a

num

ber o

f nat

ural

and

form

al re

crea

tion

faci

litie

s. T

he m

ajor

ity o

f th

ese

are

loca

ted

in u

rban

are

as s

urro

undi

ng e

xist

ing

cent

res

such

as

Win

dsor

and

R

ichm

ond.

Fut

ure

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t sho

uld

focu

s on

are

as w

ith o

pen

spac

e an

d re

crea

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s an

d ce

ntre

s sh

ould

pro

vide

a le

vel o

f rec

reat

iona

l fac

ilitie

s,

whi

ch m

eet t

he n

eeds

of t

he lo

cal c

omm

unity

.

Com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s H

awke

sbur

y LG

A cu

rrent

ly c

onta

ins

a la

rge

rang

e of

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

incl

udin

g co

mm

unity

cen

tres,

sch

ools

and

terti

ary

inst

itutio

ns a

nd fa

cilit

ies

for y

oung

peo

ple

and

olde

r peo

ple

prim

arily

loca

ted

in th

e so

uthe

rn p

art o

f the

LG

A. C

urre

ntly

the

LGA

ra

tes

wel

l aga

inst

gen

eral

com

mun

ity fa

cilit

y be

nchm

arks

but

futu

re p

rovi

sion

of a

ll co

mm

unity

faci

litie

s is

to b

e en

cour

aged

to lo

cate

in to

wn

cent

res,

vill

ages

, sm

all

villa

ges

and

neig

hbou

rhoo

d ce

ntre

s.

Util

ities

infr

astr

uctu

reP

rovi

ding

ade

quat

e se

wer

age

is o

ne o

f the

mai

n is

sues

in te

rms

of in

frast

ruct

ure

for

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

. Ret

icul

ated

sew

erag

e is

cur

rent

ly a

vaila

ble

in p

arts

of N

orth

R

ichm

ond,

Ric

hmon

d, W

inds

or, S

outh

Win

dsor

and

Blig

h P

ark,

McG

rath

s H

ill,

Win

dsor

Dow

ns a

nd P

itt T

own.

Furth

er in

vest

igat

ions

are

requ

ired

to d

eter

min

e th

e ab

ility

of a

ll ex

istin

g ut

ilitie

s in

frast

ruct

ure

for f

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t. In

frast

ruct

ure

to m

eet t

he c

apac

ity o

f new

urb

an

grow

th is

requ

ired

with

sew

age

optio

ns e

xplo

red

for f

utur

e dw

ellin

g de

man

d.

Noi

se e

xpos

ure

Airc

raft

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

e R

AA

F ge

nera

tes

nois

e w

hich

rest

ricts

dev

elop

men

t in

the

surro

undi

ng a

reas

due

to e

xces

sive

noi

se e

xpos

ure.

Are

as im

med

iate

ly s

urro

undi

ng

Ric

hmon

d fro

m a

ppro

xim

atel

y M

cGra

ths

Hill

to N

orth

Ric

hmon

d ar

e af

fect

ed b

y ai

r cr

aft n

oise

exp

osur

e fo

reca

st (A

NE

F) ra

ngin

g fro

m 2

0-35

and

ther

efor

e de

velo

pmen

t sh

ould

not

occ

ur in

thes

e ar

eas

affe

cted

by

nois

e le

vels

abo

ve 2

0 A

NE

F.

Her

itage

and

cha

ract

er

The

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

is a

n ar

ea ri

ch w

ith c

hara

cter

, with

ove

r 500

item

s ha

ving

bee

n id

entif

ied

as p

lace

s of

loca

l her

itage

sig

nific

ance

and

55

as S

tate

Sig

nific

ant H

erita

ge.

Urb

an d

evel

opm

ent i

n cl

ose

prox

imity

to h

erita

ge it

ems

shou

ld b

e as

sess

ed fo

r its

im

pact

on

the

herit

age

envi

ronm

ent w

ith th

e ur

ban

desi

gn o

f the

her

itage

item

trea

ted

sens

itive

ly.

Sust

aina

ble

Dev

elop

men

t H

awke

sbur

y C

ity C

ounc

il is

com

mitt

ed to

sus

tain

able

dev

elop

men

t and

has

key

aim

s to

min

imis

e th

e en

viro

nmen

tal f

ootp

rint o

f fut

ure

deve

lopm

ent.

Thi

s ca

n be

ach

ieve

d th

roug

h en

hanc

ing

biod

iver

sity

, pre

serv

ing

high

qua

lity

agric

ultu

ral l

and,

pro

vidi

ng a

n en

viro

nmen

tally

resp

onsi

ve d

esig

n an

d ur

ban

desi

gn p

rinci

ples

for f

utur

e dw

ellin

gs.

Dw

ellin

g ty

polo

gies

for u

rban

des

ign

prin

cipl

es fo

r low

den

sity

dw

ellin

gs, m

ediu

m

dens

ity d

wel

lings

, hig

h de

nsity

dw

ellin

gs a

nd ru

ral r

esid

entia

l lot

s ha

ve b

een

deve

lope

d th

at re

flect

the

dwel

ling

resp

onse

to th

e en

viro

nmen

tal a

nd la

ndsc

ape

cont

ext a

nd d

emon

stra

te e

nviro

nmen

tal d

esig

n pr

inci

ples

.

V.

Con

stra

ints

Sev

erity

Inde

x

Due

to th

e si

gnifi

cant

con

stra

ints

influ

enci

ng th

e m

ajor

ity o

f the

LG

A th

ere

is a

nee

d to

ap

ply

an a

ppro

ach

that

bal

ance

s th

e co

nstra

ints

with

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

det

erm

ine

appr

opria

te a

reas

for f

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent.

Eac

h of

the

key

issu

es h

ave

been

id

entif

ied

as a

con

stra

int o

r opp

ortu

nity

and

allo

cate

d a

wei

ghtin

g on

impa

cts

or

oppo

rtuni

ties

for f

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent,

crea

ting

a C

onst

rain

ts S

ever

ity In

dex.

Fr

om th

is in

dex,

map

ping

was

dev

elop

ed to

gui

de fu

ture

stru

ctur

e pl

anni

ng o

f the

LG

A.

Con

stra

ints

Sev

erity

Map

ping

can

iden

tify

loca

tions

that

are

con

stra

ined

by

a ra

nge

of

fact

ors

and

ther

efor

e m

ay n

ot b

e su

itabl

e fo

r urb

an d

evel

opm

ent.

Con

vers

ely,

this

m

appi

ng c

an b

e us

ed to

iden

tify

posi

tive

fact

ors

that

can

acc

omm

odat

e or

ena

ble

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t.

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| VI

The

Con

stra

ints

Sev

erity

Inde

x (C

IS In

dex)

was

use

d to

iden

tify

site

s fo

r fur

ther

, de

taile

d an

alys

is.

The

oppo

rtuni

ty a

nd c

onst

rain

ts w

ere

appl

ied

acro

ss L

GA

on a

grid

of

spa

tial a

naly

sis

units

of 4

00m

x 4

00m

pro

vidi

ng a

spa

tial a

ppro

ach

to id

entif

ying

ar

eas

too

cons

train

ed fo

r urb

an d

evel

opm

ent o

r with

stro

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties

for f

utur

e in

vest

igat

ion

for u

rban

dev

elop

men

t.

Wha

t is

the

proc

ess?

The

key

issu

es w

ere

used

as

indi

cato

rs o

f pot

entia

l for

futu

re u

rban

gro

wth

be

they

a

cons

train

t or o

ppor

tuni

ty. O

n th

is b

asis

, eac

h in

dica

tor w

as a

ssig

ned

a w

eigh

ting.

O

ppor

tuni

ties

have

bee

n gi

ven

a po

sitiv

e va

lue

(0 to

5) a

nd c

onst

rain

ts a

re g

iven

a

nega

tive

valu

e (0

to -5

).

The

LGA

was

div

ided

into

a g

rid o

f uni

form

ly s

ized

squ

are

cells

to s

tand

ardi

se th

e sp

atia

l uni

t of a

naly

sis

(400

m b

y 40

0m).

Eac

h in

dica

tor w

as th

en q

uant

ified

with

in

each

cel

l and

sta

ndar

dise

d in

dica

tor v

alue

s as

sign

ed a

gain

st th

e m

axim

um v

alue

in

any

cell

on a

sca

le o

f 0 to

100

. Th

is p

rovi

des

a pi

ctur

e of

the

oppo

rtuni

ties

and

cons

train

ts c

ombi

ned

toge

ther

.

A h

igh

(pos

itive

) ind

ex v

alue

indi

cate

s hi

gher

pot

entia

l (gr

een/

yello

w a

reas

), an

d a

low

(n

egat

ive)

inde

x va

lue

indi

cate

s lo

w o

r no

pote

ntia

l for

add

ition

al re

side

ntia

l de

velo

pmen

t (re

d an

d or

ange

are

as).

Ther

efor

e, c

ells

with

hig

her i

ndex

val

ues

are

iden

tifie

d fo

r fur

ther

inve

stig

atio

n fo

r the

ir su

itabi

lity

to a

ccom

mod

ate

futu

re

deve

lopm

ent.

Figu

re 0

.4: O

ppor

tuni

ty a

nd C

onst

rain

ts A

naly

sis,

Haw

kesb

ury

LGA

VI.

Futu

re In

vest

igat

ion

Are

as

Afte

r app

lyin

g C

IS, t

he c

entre

s ar

e th

en fo

cuss

ed o

n to

iden

tify

land

cap

acity

. In

vest

igat

ions

mus

t con

side

r the

Sus

tain

abili

ty M

atrix

crit

eria

by

rele

vant

cen

tre

desi

gnat

ion

to e

nsur

e th

e ce

ntre

has

the

requ

ired

leve

l of s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s to

ac

com

mod

ate

futu

re p

opul

atio

n (a

s pe

r sus

tain

abili

ty m

atrix

tabl

e).

Furth

er In

vest

igat

ions

are

sub

ject

to:

_The

abi

lity

to a

ppro

pria

tely

ser

vice

dev

elop

men

t in

a tim

ely

man

ner;

_Flo

od e

vacu

atio

n;

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ury

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iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

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c |

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| VI

I

_Det

aile

d st

ruct

ure

plan

ning

of t

own

cent

re a

nd in

vest

igat

ion

area

s;

_App

licat

ion

of s

usta

inab

le c

riter

ia m

atrix

; and

_S

tagi

ng o

f dev

elop

men

t in

line

with

app

ropr

iate

sta

ging

and

pro

visi

on o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies.

Ric

hmon

d In

vest

igat

ions

mus

t con

side

r the

Sus

tain

abili

ty M

atrix

crit

eria

for a

Tow

n C

entr

e to

en

sure

the

cent

re h

as th

e re

quire

d le

vel o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

to a

ccom

mod

ate

futu

re p

opul

atio

n (a

s pe

r sus

tain

abili

ty m

atrix

tabl

e).

The

follo

win

g op

portu

nitie

s in

Ric

hmon

d ar

e id

entif

ied

in th

e m

appi

ng:

_ S

hort

term

and

med

ium

opp

ortu

nitie

s ou

tsid

e ca

tchm

ent t

o th

e N

orth

; _

Inve

stig

ate

addi

tiona

l med

ium

den

sity

with

in e

xist

ing

area

and

cat

chm

ent;

_ M

ediu

m-te

rm o

ppor

tuni

ties

outs

ide

catc

hmen

t to

the

sout

h; a

nd

_ Lo

ng te

rm m

ixed

use

edu

catio

nal p

reci

nct s

ubje

ct to

reso

lutio

n of

floo

d ev

acua

tion

issu

es.

Win

dsor

In

vest

igat

ions

mus

t con

side

r the

Sus

tain

abili

ty M

atrix

crit

eria

for a

Tow

n C

entr

e to

en

sure

the

cent

re h

as th

e re

quire

d le

vel o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

to a

ccom

mod

ate

futu

re p

opul

atio

n.

Add

ition

al d

ensi

ty w

ithin

exi

stin

g ar

ea a

nd c

atch

men

t is

to b

e in

vest

igat

ed in

Win

dsor

ar

e su

bjec

t to:

_R

esol

utio

n of

exi

stin

g flo

od e

vacu

atio

n;

_Tim

ely

and

appr

opria

te p

rovi

sion

of i

nfra

stru

ctur

e; a

nd

_Det

aile

d st

ruct

ure

plan

ning

of t

own

cent

re a

nd in

vest

igat

ion

area

s.

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

Inve

stig

atio

ns m

ust c

onsi

der t

he S

usta

inab

ility

Mat

rix c

riter

ia fo

r a V

illag

e to

ens

ure

the

cent

re h

as th

e re

quire

d le

vel o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

to a

ccom

mod

ate

futu

re

popu

latio

n.

The

follo

win

g op

portu

nitie

s in

Nor

th R

ichm

ond

are

iden

tifie

d in

the

map

ping

: _

Long

er te

rm o

ppor

tuni

ty to

the

north

and

wes

t sub

ject

to p

rovi

sion

of s

hops

, tra

nspo

rt in

frast

ruct

ure,

com

mun

ity in

frast

ruct

ure

and

serv

ices

out

side

cat

chm

ent;

and

_ In

vest

igat

e ad

ditio

nal d

ensi

ty w

ithin

exi

stin

g ar

ea a

nd c

entre

cat

chm

ent.

Incr

ease

d de

nsity

and

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

in N

orth

Ric

hmon

d ar

e su

bjec

t to:

_R

esol

utio

n of

road

acc

ess,

traf

fic a

nd tr

ansp

ort i

ssue

s;

_Inv

estig

atio

n in

to b

ushf

ire p

rone

are

as;

_Det

aile

d st

ruct

ure

plan

ning

of t

he v

illage

and

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas;

and

_P

rovi

sion

of a

n in

crea

sed

rang

e of

ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies.

Wilb

erfo

rce

Inve

stig

atio

ns m

ust c

onsi

der t

he S

usta

inab

ility

Mat

rix c

riter

ia fo

r a V

illag

e to

ens

ure

the

cent

re h

as th

e re

quire

d le

vel o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

to a

ccom

mod

ate

futu

re

popu

latio

n.

Incr

ease

d de

nsity

and

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

in W

ilber

forc

e ar

e su

bjec

t to:

_

Opp

ortu

nity

for i

ncre

ased

den

sity

and

infil

l sub

ject

to th

e ex

pans

ion

of c

omm

erci

al,

reta

il an

d co

mm

unity

ser

vice

s to

acc

omm

odat

e a

larg

er p

opul

atio

n;

_ M

ediu

m to

long

term

opp

ortu

nity

for r

ural

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent t

o th

e no

rth; a

nd

_ S

hort

term

opp

ortu

nity

for d

evel

opm

ent a

djac

ent t

o ex

istin

g ur

ban

area

to th

e no

rth

wes

t.

Incr

ease

d in

tens

ity o

f dev

elop

men

t and

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

in W

ilber

forc

e ar

e su

bjec

t to

:_R

esol

utio

n of

floo

d ev

acua

tion

issu

es;

_Tim

ely

prov

isio

n of

infra

stru

ctur

e;

_Det

aile

d st

ruct

ure

plan

ning

of t

he v

illage

and

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas;

and

_P

rovi

sion

of a

dditi

onal

ser

vice

s an

d fe

es.

Glo

ssod

ia

Inve

stig

atio

ns m

ust c

onsi

der t

he S

usta

inab

ility

Mat

rix c

riter

ia fo

r a N

eigh

bour

hood

C

entr

eto

ens

ure

the

cent

re h

as th

e re

quire

d le

vel o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

to

acco

mm

odat

e fu

ture

pop

ulat

ion.

Incr

ease

d in

tens

ity o

f dev

elop

men

t and

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

in G

loss

odia

are

sub

ject

to

:_

Ext

ent a

nd ty

pe o

f res

iden

tial z

oned

land

to b

e re

view

ed s

ubje

ct to

sew

erag

e, th

e ex

pans

ion

of c

omm

erci

al, r

etai

l and

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces

to a

ccom

mod

ate

a la

rger

po

pula

tion;

and

_

Larg

er lo

t res

iden

tial i

s to

be

inve

stig

ated

with

in th

e ur

ban

zone

d ar

ea, i

n th

e pe

riphe

ral p

arts

of t

he z

one.

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Res

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tial L

and

Stra

tegy

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0

Exe

c |

Pag

e | V

III

Incr

ease

d in

tens

ity o

f dev

elop

men

t and

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

in G

loss

odia

are

sub

ject

to

:_R

esol

utio

n of

tran

spor

t, ac

cess

and

traf

fic is

sues

par

ticul

arly

road

infra

stru

ctur

e cr

ossi

ng th

e riv

er;

_Pro

visi

on o

f sew

age

for i

ncre

ase

in d

ensi

ty o

f dev

elop

men

t; _D

etai

led

stru

ctur

e pl

anni

ng to

revi

ew re

side

ntia

l typ

es a

nd d

istri

butio

n; a

nd

_Rev

iew

of e

xten

t of z

onin

g to

det

erm

ine

appr

opria

tene

ss o

f the

sca

le a

nd d

ensi

ty o

f de

velo

pmen

t with

in th

e ce

ntre

.

Cor

ridor

Fut

ure

Inve

stig

atio

n A

rea

In a

dditi

on to

thes

e ke

y ce

ntre

s, th

ere

is a

n op

portu

nity

for f

utur

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent

to fu

rther

con

cent

rate

in th

e co

rrido

r bet

wee

n W

inds

or a

nd B

ligh

Par

k co

ntai

ning

a

rang

e of

den

sitie

s.

Est

ablis

hmen

t of t

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f the

futu

re W

inds

or to

Blig

h P

ark

corri

dor i

s su

bjec

t to:

_

Long

er te

rm o

ppor

tuni

ties

to in

crea

se d

ensi

ties

subj

ect t

o re

solu

tion

of fl

ood

evac

uatio

n is

sues

; and

_

Are

a (k

now

n as

Blig

h P

ark

Nor

th) i

s su

bjec

t to

sign

ifica

nt fl

oodi

ng a

nd fl

ood

evac

uatio

n is

sues

that

mus

t be

reso

lved

prio

r to

any

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent.

Add

ition

al s

mal

ler c

entre

s w

ithin

the

Win

dsor

to B

ligh

Par

k co

rrido

r are

to e

nsur

e th

e co

nven

ienc

e ne

eds

of th

e lo

cal p

opul

atio

n ar

e m

et. I

ncre

ased

inte

nsity

and

de

velo

pmen

t of i

nves

tigat

ion

area

s ar

e su

bjec

t to:

_R

esol

utio

n of

exi

stin

g flo

od e

vacu

atio

n;

_Pro

visi

on o

f add

ition

al s

ervi

ces

and

faci

litie

s;

_Det

aile

d st

ruct

ure

plan

ning

of t

own

cent

re a

nd in

vest

igat

ion

area

s; a

nd

_Tim

ely

prov

isio

n of

infra

stru

ctur

e.

Oth

er C

entr

es

The

rem

aini

ng c

entre

s id

entif

ied

in th

e R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

that

hav

e no

t bee

n id

entif

ied

as in

vest

igat

ion

area

s. T

hey

are

cons

ider

ed to

be

subj

ect t

o un

acce

ptab

le

impa

cts

for f

utur

e de

velo

pmen

t in

the

shor

t-lon

g te

rm. T

hese

are

as a

re a

s fo

llow

s:

Vine

yard

- Th

e fu

ture

pla

nnin

g w

ill b

e su

bjec

t to

the

Nor

th W

est G

row

th C

entre

. Pi

tt To

wn-

The

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent h

as p

revi

ousl

y be

en a

ddre

ssed

by

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pla

nnin

g in

200

8 as

par

t of a

Par

t 3A

Con

cept

App

rova

l, w

hich

is

cons

ider

ed to

sup

ply

Pitt

Tow

n w

ith a

n ad

equa

te s

uppl

y of

zon

ed re

side

ntia

l lan

d fo

r

the

dura

tion

of th

e R

esid

entia

l Stra

tegy

. Pitt

Tow

n ha

s lo

nger

term

dev

elop

men

t po

tent

ial i

n zo

ned

area

s.

Cla

rend

on-C

lare

ndon

has

bee

n id

entif

ied

in th

e E

mpl

oym

ent L

and

Stra

tegy

200

8 fo

r co

mm

erci

al a

nd in

dust

rial u

se. C

lare

ndon

als

o ha

s si

gnifi

cant

con

stra

ints

to

deve

lopm

ent s

uch

as fl

oodi

ng a

nd in

adeq

uate

road

infra

stru

ctur

e.

Mul

grav

e/M

cGra

ths

Hill

- Thi

s ar

ea h

as b

een

rem

oved

from

the

inve

stig

atio

n ar

eas

as it

is s

ubje

ct to

una

ccep

tabl

e flo

odin

g an

d ev

acua

tion

impa

ct.

Sout

h W

inds

or- S

outh

Win

dsor

has

bee

n re

mov

ed a

s it

is p

redo

min

antly

a s

ervi

ce

indu

stria

l cen

tre. F

utur

e in

vest

igat

ion

shou

ld c

onsi

der t

he re

mov

al o

f lan

d id

entif

ied

in

the

curre

nt M

DP

due

to u

nacc

epta

ble

flood

ing

and

serv

icin

g.

VII.

Rur

al V

illag

es

The

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial D

evel

opm

ent M

odel

focu

ses

on fu

ture

resi

dent

ial

deve

lopm

ent i

n ur

ban

area

s an

d ke

y ce

ntre

s. H

owev

er, t

he im

porta

nce

of m

aint

aini

ng

the

viab

ility

of e

xist

ing

rura

l vill

ages

is re

cogn

ised

. As

such

, the

Haw

kesb

ury

Res

iden

tial L

and

Stra

tegy

has

dev

elop

ed a

stra

tegy

for l

arge

lot r

esid

entia

l or r

ural

re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t to

focu

s ar

ound

exi

stin

g ru

ral v

illag

es.

The

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent o

f rur

al v

illag

es is

reco

mm

ende

d to

: _

Be lo

w d

ensi

ty a

nd la

rge

lot r

esid

entia

l dw

ellin

gs, w

hich

focu

s on

pro

xim

ity to

vi

llage

s an

d se

rvic

es a

nd fa

cilit

ies;

and

_

Min

imis

e im

pact

s on

agr

icul

tura

l lan

d, p

rote

ct s

ceni

c la

ndsc

ape

and

natu

ral a

reas

, an

d oc

cur w

ithin

ser

vici

ng li

mits

or c

onst

rain

ts.

Addi

tiona

lly d

evel

opm

ent w

ithin

and

adj

acen

t to

rura

l vill

ages

mus

t: _B

e ab

le to

hav

e on

site

sew

erag

e di

spos

al;

_Clu

ster

aro

und

or o

n th

e pe

riphe

ry o

f vill

ages

; _C

lust

er a

roun

d vi

llage

s w

ith s

ervi

ces

that

mee

t exi

stin

g ne

ighb

ourh

ood

crite

ria

serv

ices

as

a m

inim

um (w

ithin

a 1

km ra

dius

);

_Add

ress

env

ironm

enta

l con

stra

ints

and

with

min

imal

env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

s; a

nd

_Onl

y oc

cur w

ithin

the

capa

city

of t

he ru

ral v

illag

e.

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