Summary of Objectives, Nature and Effect of the Planning Agreement. The objective of the Planning Agreement is to ensure the provision of public roads, parks, , community land, open space, shared pathways, stormwater drainage, public art and community facilities to meet the needs of the local community. In order to secure the obligations of the Developer under the Planning Agreement, the terms of the Planning Agreement require the provision of security in the form of a Treasury Guarantee, Bonds, the registration of the Planning Agreement on the title of the Land and restriction on issuing of Part 4A certificates. The Planning Agreement also allows the Council to acquire the Contribution Land in the event the Developer fails to dedicate it. The public benefits to be provided under the Planning Agreement are summarised as follows:
Summary of Objectives, Nature and Effect of the Planning Agreement. The objective of the Planning Agreement is to ensure public access along the coastal area adjacent to North Diamond Beach. This will be achieved by dedication of part of the E2 – Environmental Conservation land by the Developer to Council and payment of monetary contributions to enable construction of appropriate infrastructure. Council will then manage this land as E2 - Environmental Conservation under the Greater Taree LEP in the future. A plan showing the land to be dedicated by the Developer, as well as the proposed rezoning of the Site, is below: Under the Planning Agreement Council will be required to prepare a strategy with the aim to provide a public link along the coastline of North Diamond Beach. This will include the land adjacent to the Site. Council must exhibit the strategy for public comment and adopt the strategy within three years of the signing of the Planning Agreement. Within one year of adoption of the strategy by Council, the Developer will:
Summary of Objectives, Nature and Effect of the Planning Agreement. The Land Owner has made an unconditional offer to the Minister to enter into the Planning Agreement with the Minister in connection with the EPI Change and the Development. The objective of the Planning Agreement is to facilitate delivery of the Land Owner’s contribution to an Affordable Housing Provider for Affordable Housing purposes. To achieve these objectives, the Planning Agreement requires the Land Owner to provide the Transfer Contribution (as identified in Schedule 4 of the Planning Agreement). The Transfer Contribution requires the entry into Sale of Land Contracts for the transfer of seven Affordable Housing Lots to an Affordable Housing Provider. The particulars of the Affordable Housing Lots are outlined in more detail in the Planning Agreement. The Planning Agreement, and the requirements in it for the Land Owner to provide the Contribution, does not exclude the application of sections 94 and 94A of the Act except that the Affordable Housing Lots are to be disregarded when calculating any payment required under those sections and any payment under those section is limited to a maximum of $20,000 per lot. The Land Owner is required to register the Planning Agreement on the title to the Land.
Summary of Objectives, Nature and Effect of the Planning Agreement. The Objective of the Planning Agreement is to enable the provision of the proposed Quinns Land/Old Southern Road Link (Internal Service Road) as proposed by Shoalhaven City Council. The provision of this road would not otherwise be the case upon the strict application of the relevant Contributions Plan. The Planning Agreement requires the developer to: • Acquire Land being part of Lot 102 (Acquired Land) • Dedicate Land to Council being part of the CVC Land as well as the Acquired Land (Land Dedication). • Construct the following Road Works : o Intersection at the round about at Princes Highway and Central Ave (Round About). o Internal Service Road from the Round About to enable vehicle access to the Development in accordance with the submitted DA plans. o Closure of northern service road, creation of cul-de-sac and new entrance to Lot 102. ( collectively the Road Works). The Road Works are not presently included in the Council’s Section 94 Contributions Plan as proposed infrastructure for which contributions could be sought. . Concept plans of the Road Works and Land Dedication are included as an Annexure to the Planning Agreement. The estimated value of the Acquired Land, Dedicated Land and the cost of the Road Works exceeds the total contributions that would otherwise be required to be paid by the Developer under Council’s applicable Section 94 Contributions Plan. Assessment of the Merits of the Planning Agreement
Summary of Objectives, Nature and Effect of the Planning Agreement. The Planning Agreement provides that the Developer will carry out related works to public infrastructure in accordance with a Traffic Management Plan which is annexed at schedule 4 of the draft Planning Agreement, with such works to be capped at $74,500.00 incl GST, subject to Consumer Price Index adjustment as stipulated in the Planning Agreement. The Developer is required to undertake such works before the Principal Certifying Authority can issue an interim occupation certificate for the Development under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Xxx 0000. The objective of the Planning Agreement is to facilitate the undertaking by the Developer of the works recommended in the Traffic Management Plan, or otherwise as agreed between Council and the Developer but still relating to the improvement of traffic and pedestrian management associated with the Subject Land.
Summary of Objectives, Nature and Effect of the Planning Agreement. The Planning Agreement requires a monetary contribution in the amount of $3,287,975.00 to Council as a contribution towards any of the following public purposes within the St Leonards / Crows Nest precinct west of Xxxxxxxxxx Road: public domain improvements, open space, local services and / or infrastructure, as determined by the General Manager of Council from time to time. The Council will, in accordance with the Environmental Planning and Assessment Xxx 0000, apply the Monetary Contribution for any of those purposes. Assessment of the Merits of the Planning Agreement How the Planning Agreement Promotes the Objects of the Act and the public interest By requiring contributions towards public infrastructure and services, including public open space, the draft Planning Agreement promotes the following objectives of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Xxx 0000:
Summary of Objectives, Nature and Effect of the Planning Agreement. The Planning Agreement requires the Developer and the Landowners to register a biodiversity stewardship agreement under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 over part of the land shown in Annexure B in the agreement (Conservation Land) before the issue of a subdivision certificate for Stage 1 of the Development. The Planning Agreement further requires the Landowners to retire biodiversity credits for several ecosystems and species over the course of the Development. A number of credits are to be retired prior to the issue of a subdivision certificate for Stage 1 of the Development and further credits must be retired prior to commencement of construction of Stage 8 of the Development. The Conservation Land is to be dedicated to Council before the issue of a subdivision certificate for Stage 1 of the Development and before the clearing of vegetation in any later stage of the Development (except for some permitted works for drainage and infrastructure). Assessment of the Merits of the Planning Agreement In accordance with section 1.3 of the Act, the Planning Agreement promotes the objects of the Act and specifically achieves the objectives stated in section 1.3 because it facilitates the protection of the environment, including the conservation of threatened and other species of native animals and plants, ecological communities and their habitats (s 1.3(e)). The Planning Agreement will promote the public interest by requiring implementation of conservation measures to offset the ecological impacts of the Development, providing secure long-term protection of ecosystems and habitat. In accordance with section 7.4(2) of the Act, the Planning Agreement will require contributions towards public purposes, including the conservation or enhancement of the natural environment. The Planning Agreement provides a reasonable means for achieving the abovementioned public purposes on the basis that the Planning Agreement: • stipulates the timing for the contributions; and • restricts the progression of the development unless the obligations are met. Under the Planning Agreement, subdivision certificates must not be issued unless the obligations due in connection with that subdivision certificate have been met. The Developer and the Landowners will be required to retire biodiversity credits, which must be created from the protection of the Conservation Land or other similar habitat. The Planning Agreement will have a positive impact on residents and community and future ge...
Summary of Objectives, Nature and Effect of the Planning Agreement. The Planning Agreement requires the following works in kind:
Summary of Objectives, Nature and Effect of the Planning Agreement. The objective of the Planning Agreement is to create public access along the coastal area adjacent to North Diamond Beach and to protect the environmentally sensitive habitat on the Site. This will be achieved in two ways:
Summary of Objectives, Nature and Effect of the Planning Agreement. The objective of the Planning Agreement is to ensure the provision of an Affordable Housing Unit and Disabled Car Space and provide a monetary contribution to Council to meet the needs of the local community. In order to secure the obligations of the Developer under the Planning Agreement, the terms of the Planning Agreement requires the provision of security in the form of Bank Guarantees, the registration of the Planning Agreement on the title of the Land and allows the Council to register the transfer of the Contribution Land itself. The public benefits to be provided under the Planning Agreement are summarised as follows:
