The Planning Purposes Served by the Planning Agreement. The delivery of the contributions will provide community benefits that will facilitate the redevelopment of the Land envisaged by relevant planning strategies, including the Xxxxxxx Master Plan. The monetary contribution will be used to provide public amenities and infrastructure in the vicinity of the Development as proposed in the Xxxxxxx Master Plan. This contribution will assist in implementing the Council’s strategy and vision for the Xxxxxxx area as identified in the Xxxxxxx Master Plan. The contributions to be delivered under the Planning Agreement will contribute to providing appropriate facilities and infrastructure for the Development and the surrounding area, producing a good planning outcome for the Development of the Land. As it would be difficult to obtain these benefits through other statutory means, the Planning Agreement is the most suitable instrument by which the contributions can be delivered. How the Planning Agreement promotes the objectives of the Local Government Act 1993 and the elements of the Council’s Charter The Planning Agreement is consistent with the following purposes of the Local Government Act 1993: • to give councils the ability to provide goods, services and facilities, and to carry out activities, appropriate to the current and future needs of local communities and the wider public; • to give councils a role in the management, improvement and development of the resources of their areas. By enabling Council to provide public infrastructure and improve public domain areas, the Planning Agreement is consistent with the following guiding principles for councils, set out in section 8A of the Local Government Act 1993 (replacing the Council’s Charter): • Councils should provide strong and effective representation, leadership, planning and decision-making. • Councils should carry out functions in a way that provides the best possible value for residents and ratepayers. • Councils should plan strategically, using the integrated planning and reporting framework, for the provision of effective and efficient services and regulation to meet the diverse needs of the local community. • Councils should manage lands and other assets so that current and future local community needs can be met in an affordable way. • Councils should consider the long term and cumulative effects of actions on future generations. • Councils should consider the principles of ecologically sustainable development. • Councils should actively engage with their...
The Planning Purposes Served by the Planning Agreement. The Planning Agreement satisfies the objectives of making provision for public amenities and infrastructure to meet demands created by the Development, and to ensure that the community does not bear those costs. The Planning Agreement is directed towards legitimate planning purposes identified in the statutory planning controls and other adopted planning strategies and policies as follows: • Fairfield Local Environmental Plan 2013; and • Fairfield City Council Direct Development Contributions Plan 2011 (Section 7.11). In accordance with section 7.4(2) of the Act, the Planning Agreement promotes the following public purposes:
The Planning Purposes Served by the Planning Agreement. The Planning Agreement will provide for dedication of land and construction of public road infrastructure. The dedicated land will become part of future public road infrastructure in this area. This infrastructure is required to adequately serve the subject development and the future development of the area. Further, In accordance with section 93F(2) of the EPA Act, the Planning Agreement promotes the following public purpose:
The Planning Purposes Served by the Planning Agreement. The planning agreement will:
The Planning Purposes Served by the Planning Agreement. The Planning Agreement protects the rights and interests of the Parties and the public by ensuring a monetary contribution to fund nearby road and other public infrastructure works. The Planning Agreement enables the economic and orderly development of the Land to proceed, with a proportionate contribution to the upgrade of the local road infrastructure. How the Planning Agreement Promotes the Public Interest The Planning Agreement promotes the public interest by enabling the development of the Land to proceed in circumstances where any additional traffic generated by the development itself shares, with other development in the area, in the reasonable funding of the upgrade of Council’s local roads infrastructure. For Planning Authorities:
