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The Integrated Planning Act
(IPA) requires that the planning scheme is to be focused on outcomes.
The broad function of the scheme is to advance community wellbeing,
sound economic development and environmental responsibility that are the
cornerstones of the principle of ecological sustainability.
Agency capital works programs
and plans to improve water quality in catchments are examples where the
planning scheme can support these initiatives through development and
land use objectives but cannot instigate management solutions. The
planning scheme can also operate within a broader context with other
local, State, regional government and non government processes.
Matters that must be contained
in the planning scheme may be of local, regional or state interest.
The new IPA planning scheme
will guide the future shape of development and its location over the
next eight years. It is a document that primarily concerns residents and
landowners within the shire, as it advises where future development will
occur, what services are expected to be provided, and how Council will
ensure development is carried out in a manner that is ecologically
sustainable. It is a document that very much influence how the community
will enjoy the shire over the next decade or so. Council is proactive to
ensure that land is used for its highest use, which might be beach
protection, water catchment protection, resource development, scenic
amenity, residential use, community purposes, business, industry,
transport linkages and so forth. The planning scheme will influence how
the community interacts with the rural, natural and urban areas of the
shire. This will be achieved by advising where development will occur
and in what form, and advising of development requirements and levels of
assessment for new development.
ALSO…….
The Planning Scheme is well
underway. Projects on: Visual Quality and Multi-level development;
Bushfire Risk; Good Quality Agricultural Land; and Business and Industry
will dovetail into the codes for the new IPA Planning Scheme. Work is
also continuing on the development of "Codes",
"overlays", new "zones", and strategic level
considerations. These components of the new planning scheme are at
various stages of preparation and completion. The final completion of
these projects will determine when the Planning Scheme is offered to
State Government for review.
It is estimated that the State
Government Review will take between 2 and 3 months. Only after this time
will the communities have the opportunity to become informed about the
content of the whole document through a series of shop fronts and
workshops. It is envisaged that these will occur in the later half of
2002. Information about the progress of the planning scheme will be
forwarded via rates notice in August 2002 and various advertisements in
"The Mirror".
The Statement of Proposals and
new planning scheme will work alongside Council's Corporate Plan and
"Vision 2001", and the Operational Plan. Council remains
committed to the development of policies and programs aimed at enhancing
and enabling community participation in the activities of the Council,
development of local responses to local needs and issues.
Council's vision is to:
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Provide respect for people
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Provide community leadership
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Implement sound planning and infrastructure
provisions
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Appreciate and protect our natural
environment
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Enhance the economy
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Foster whole of shire approach to decision
making
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Action a commitment to open and accountable
local government
Council will continue to lobby
for support by State agencies in meeting the needs of the community for
public order and safety, human services, youth and aged, community,
education and services and facilities for remote and rural small
communities. Further, Council is working on your behalf to provide
corporate commitment to the forward planning objectives for land use
management in the shire. The Statement of Proposals is one of the first
steps in this process.
We would like to take this
opportunity to thank those who have shown an interest in this project
and those who have attended focus groups on the various issues of the
shire over the past 18 months. Your comments are valuable towards
shaping the new planning scheme which will guide the shape and form of
growth within the shire over the next 8 years.
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