Promotion of the Council’s Charter. A Planning Agreement is to promote elements of the Council’s charter, which is established under section 8 of the Local Government Act 1993 (LG Act). It is considered that the Planning Agreement would further a number of elements of the charter, as shown below: Element of the Council’s charter (section 8 of the LG Act) to provide directly or on behalf of other levels of government, after due consultation, adequate, equitable and appropriate services and facilities for the community and to ensure that those services and facilities are managed efficiently and effectively to exercise community leadership to promote and to provide and plan for the needs of children How does the Planning Agreement promote the element? This element is embedded in the purposes and objectives of the Planning Agreement. That is: the Planning Agreement will be the subject of community input prior to its consideration by the Council; the services and facilities to be provided reflect the requirements of the East Leppington Precinct; and the Planning Agreement includes arrangements for the handover of completed facilities, adequate security and a defects liability period. The Planning Agreement: secures the means of providing local infrastructure to meet the needs of a major development in one of Campbelltown’s key growth areas; taps into and applies the expertise offered by land developers towards providing substantial public benefits for the future East Leppington community; and together with other similar agreements that have been negotiated, establishes Campbelltown Council as an innovative facilitator of Greenfield urban development schemes. The Planning Agreement provides for the delivery of various facilities focused on the needs of children, including various ports facilities, cycleways, and natural areas for exploring. to properly manage, develop, protect, restore, enhance and conserve the environment of the area for which it is responsible, in a manner that is consistent with and promotes the principles of ecologically sustainable development to have regard to the long term and cumulative effects of its decisions to bear in mind that it is the custodian and trustee of public assets and to effectively plan for, account for and manage the assets for which it is responsible to engage in long-term strategic planning on behalf of the local community to exercise its functions in a manner that is consistent with and promotes social justice principles of equity, access, ...
