DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS
9. SPECIAL PROVISIONS
9.12 WASTE MANAGEMENT
(g) Applications for development consent shall be accompanied by a Waste Management Plan in relation to the proposed development.
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APPENDIX A
ROADS AND MARITIME SERVICES
STRATEGIC DESIGN PLAN FOR THE UPGRADE OF MEMORIAL AVENUE
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Roads and Maritime Services Strategic Design Plan for the upgrade of Memorial Avenue Draft concept – subject to further detail design
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Roads and Maritime Services Strategic Design Plan for the upgrade of Memorial Avenue Draft concept – subject to further detail design
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PAGE 155 ITEM-5 POST EXHIBITION REPORT - BELLA VISTA FARM
(8/2013/PLP)
THEME: Balanced Urban Growth
OUTCOME: 7 Responsible planning facilitates a desirable living environment and meets growth targets.
STRATEGY: 7.1 The Shire’s natural and built environment is well managed through strategic land use and urban planning that reflects our values and aspirations.
MEETING DATE: 26 MAY 2015 COUNCIL MEETING
GROUP: STRATEGIC PLANNING
AUTHOR: SENIOR TOWN PLANNER
NICHOLAS CARLTON
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: MANAGER FORWARD PLANNING STEWART SEALE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Bella Vista Farm Park is a State Heritage listed item in Council’s ownership. Since coming into Council’s ownership just under $5 million has been expended on the Farm.
In order to keep the buildings from decaying it is estimated that approximately $650,000 is required as well as around $60,000 each year on maintenance. This expenditure does not necessarily make the buildings re-usable and over a long period Council has tried to attract suitable private investment to assist Council financially to look after the site.
This report recommends that Council adopt and forward to the Department of Planning and Environment the planning proposal to rezone Bella Vista Farm subject to amendments. It is recommended that the maximum building height be amended from RL 120 metres to 9 metres (2 storeys), the maximum floor space ratio be reduced from 1:1 to 0.5:1, the boundary of the area to be rezoned be amended to only include land classified as ‘operational’ within Bella Vista Farm and additional permitted uses be included within Schedule 1 of Local Environmental Plan 2012 (‘LEP 2012’) to ensure all existing and proposed future uses will be permissible on the site under the upfront statutory planning regime.
The proposal seeks to widen the permitted uses available under LEP 2012 without relying on heritage incentive provisions. Council owns the site and is cognisant of the strict heritage controls that apply to the state listed item. Any future uses would need to be authorised by Council and could only be approved if such a proposal meets the heritage controls that apply. Any future use or structures must respect the significance of the farm as a heritage item in how they relate to the existing buildings, must be assessed against the requirements of the NSW Heritage Act 1977, LEP 2012, the Conservation Management Plan and Council’s DCP and must be deemed to be acceptable by both Council and the NSW Heritage Council on its own merits.
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PAGE 156 While it is acknowledged that the existing provisions within LEP 2012 provide flexibility for the approval of additional land uses on the site (if it can be demonstrated that the use will facilitate the conservation of a heritage item), the objectives for the rezoning were broader than simply increasing the number of permissible uses on the site. Rather, the proposal was initiated (based on the recommendations contained within the CMP) to reinforce the ties between past commercial activities on the farm and modern business in the surrounding area and provide more certainty and clarity to future proponents in the upfront statutory planning regime in order to establish a stable platform for sponsorship and investment into Bella Vista Farm.
OWNER/APPLICANT
The Hills Shire Council – Council initiated REPORT
The purpose of this report is to inform Council of the outcome of the exhibition of the planning proposal for the rezoning of Bella Vista Farm.
BACKGROUND
Bella Vista Farm is a significant cultural landscape on the Cumberland Plain, and is of exceptional significance to The Hills Shire Council as a cultural and recreational facility.
Bella Vista Farm is listed as a Heritage Conservation Area on the New South Wales State Heritage Register and within Schedule 5 of LEP 2012. The site is owned and managed by The Hills Shire Council. In recent years major conservation works have been undertaken to a number of the buildings and provided new public recreation facilities on the site.
In order to ensure the long term financial sustainability of Bella Vista Farm, Council commissioned a review and update of the Conservation Management Plan (‘CMP’) (2000) which was completed by Worley Parsons in May 2012. The Review and Upgrade of the CMP (2012) was prepared as an addendum to the original CMP (2000). It recommends a variety of actions for future management of Bella Vista Farm and in particular, that the best way to create financial sustainability for Bella Vista Farm is to attract viable commercial land uses that are compatible with, and sensitive to, the identified values and cultural significance of the site through rezoning of the site to the B7 Business Park zone.
The following is an indicative plan showing aspects of the policies within the CMP which are intended to indicate the type and scale of development. It must be noted these are examples only and any future use will need the appropriate approvals and heritage impact assessments.
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Location and examples of B7 uses for Bella Vista Farm Park
Based on the recommendations contained within the CMP, the planning proposal to rezone Bella Vista Farm from RE1 Public Recreation to B7 Business Park was initiated by Council and forwarded to the Department of Planning and Environment for Gateway Determination which was issued on 24 June 2013. A copy of the previous report, to initiate the Planning Proposal, is provided as Attachment 1.