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Plan of Management Options
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1. Develop a specific Plan of Management for the Church Point Foreshore Precinct
The preparation of a Church Point Plan of Management (PoM) for Church Point Crown Land is currently in progress, and aims to address issues associated with: environmental protection and requirements; pedestrian access and safety; traffic flow, vehicle access and vehicle parking for offshore residents, tourists and day trippers, patrons of the shops, restaurants, Pasadena, and other users of Church Point Reserve and waterway; commuter boat access, traffic flow and facilities; accommodating increased demand for all facilities with future redevelopment of offshore settlements (eg, Pasadena); future wharf replacement; cargo and goods handling; and recreational and environmental amenity.
2. Develop a specific Plan of Management for Palm Beach Wharf/Pittwater Park and associated facilities
Similar to the Church Point PoM, the preparation of a Palm Beach Wharf / Pittwater Park PoM would aim to address issues regarding parking, access, transport, commerce, commuter boat facilities, future development, and recreational and environmental amenity.
In addition to a potential increase in offshore resident population, increasing numbers of commuters from the Central Coast (Ettalong) need be also accommodated.
3. Develop a specific Plan of Management for Scotland Island and the other offshore communities along the western foreshore of Pittwater
This option involves the development of a PoM for Scotland Island and the western foreshore communities to address the issues related to the isolation of these areas, including:
- Water only access to properties; and associated demand upon public infrastructure for commuter moorings, carparking, and other transport and commuter requirements.
- Water supply and waste water disposal;
- Emergency response;
- Solid waste management and disposal;
- Appropriateness of future development and redevelopment of existing dwellings (and how this changes the demands on existing services);
- Vegetation clearing and requirements under recently amended bushfire legislation.
For each of the above PoMs, specific amendments to Pittwater 21 DCP, and/or the forthcoming standard LEP will be required to integrate the PoM’s into Council’s planning framework.
Responsibility: All three PoMs would be prepared by Council and Department of Lands, with input from the stakeholder communities (from the areas of commerce, residency, recreation, commuting etc) relevant to the areas covered by the PoMs (ie, Church Point, Palm Beach/Pittwater Park, and Scotland Island and the foreshore communities respectively).
Once adopted, Council would be responsible for implementing the Plan in close co-operation with the relevant State Government Agencies. In order to facilitate the proper integration of each of the three PoMs, it would be useful for consistency to prepare all three PoM’s at the same time.