see Northern Beaches Council’s draft Local Environment Plan
Northern Beaches Council’s new Local Environment Plan moved a stage closer to completion when it went to the Northern Beaches Local Planning Panel for consideration last Thursday.
The item, known technically as the “Planning Proposal for the new Northern Beaches Local Environmental Plan”, can now be viewed on the planning panel Agenda for the meeting of May 23, 2024.
This was subsequently passed by the Northern Beaches Local Planning Panel. The Decision may be read in the Minutes for that Meeting.
The panel is meant to provide planners with independent advice about the proposal, before it goes to an extraordinary council meeting on June 17 for approval by councillors.
The draft should next move to the NSW Planning Department for a “Gateway determination” - where it checks technical information and that the appropriate authorities have been consulted.
Finally, the LEP will return to council for exhibition, which staff estimate is likely to be in the first quarter of next year.
Councillors have received several briefings about the draft, the latest last week, and in good news, residents will see that all Pittwater’s current Conservation Zones will be retained - with a few extra added.
Staff say there are significant changes to the LEP - so the delay until it returns for official public exhibition will be useful for considering three documents comprising it.
Disappointingly, staff have not opted to include limits on excavation, which many in Pittwater have called for, saying that the combination of Floor Space Ratios and Landscape Ratios should do the same job.
Additionally, they say councils with excavation controls in place are having trouble defending them in practice.
Councillor Miranda Korzy.
Previous reports
- Council Announces Intention To Progress One LEP For Whole LGA, Transport Oriented Development Begins - May 2024
- Pittwater Community Forum: A Discussion On How To Save Our Area - July 2022, Issue 548
- From The Council Chamber August 23, 2022: Conservation Zones review - Issue 552
- Conservation Zones Review Has Potential To Facilitate Medium Density In Previously 'Environmental Living' Zones - October 2022, Issue 557
- Conservation Zones Review Residents Forum: Resolutions Call For Shift In Criteria Applied, For Keeping Pittwater's Green-Blue Wings Intact, For State Election Candidates To Declare Their Position On Pittwater Community's Stated Expectations - October 2022, Issue 559
- NBC’s Conservation Zones Review - What’s It All About? - November 2022, Issue 562
- Saving Pittwater From The Chainsaws: Community Forum At Warriewood - Thursday February 2nd 2023, At 7pm + 'Concreting Our Coast: The Developer Onslaught Destroying Our Coastal Villages and Environment' Report Released - January 2023, Issue 568
- Pittwater Planning Could Be Covered By Its Own LEP: Greens Lawyer - February 2023, Issue 570
- Who Wants To Keep All Pittwater's Conservation Zones?: Cr. Korzy Motion for February 2023 Council Meeting - February 2023, Issue 573
- Sediment Running Off Into Creeks and Beaches From Work Sites - Public Parks Not Maintained – Bilgola Plateau Park Still Not Fixed: Residents NOT Happy - February 2023, Issue 573
- From The Council Chamber - February 28, 2023 By Miranda Korzy, Pittwater Greens Councillor - March 2023, Issue 574
- A Huge Win For Pittwater's Environment! Pittwater To Keep Its Conservation Zones - December 2023
razing the hillside at Palm Beach. Photo supplied