On 10 August 2017, the NSW Parliament enacted key changes to the Environmental Planning & Assessment and Electoral legislation. These changes set up mandatory Minister-appointed Planning Panels that will now assess developments above $5 Million, excluding Local Councillors from the process. An analysis of the impacts of this decision has been compiled by long-time Better Planning Network member Phil Jenkyn, Co-convenor of the Save Hunters Hill Municipality Coalition. The analysis can be downloaded here.
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Thursday, September 7, 2017
Mandatory Planning Panels
About the new, mandatory Planning Panels
On 10 August 2017, the NSW Parliament enacted key changes to the Environmental Planning & Assessment and Electoral legislation. These changes set up mandatory Minister-appointed Planning Panels that will now assess developments above $5 Million, excluding Local Councillors from the process. An analysis of the impacts of this decision has been compiled by long-time Better Planning Network member Phil Jenkyn, Co-convenor of the Save Hunters Hill Municipality Coalition. The analysis can be downloaded here.
On 10 August 2017, the NSW Parliament enacted key changes to the Environmental Planning & Assessment and Electoral legislation. These changes set up mandatory Minister-appointed Planning Panels that will now assess developments above $5 Million, excluding Local Councillors from the process. An analysis of the impacts of this decision has been compiled by long-time Better Planning Network member Phil Jenkyn, Co-convenor of the Save Hunters Hill Municipality Coalition. The analysis can be downloaded here.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Community Planning Forum in Parramatta on 7 March, 2013
Better Planning Network and ParraCAN are hosting a Community Planning Forum
Overdevelopment in YOUR street
Have your say !!!
Important forum for all residents of Western Sydney
Before the 2011 election Barry O'Farrell promised to replace the notorious Part 3A planning law. What he didn't tell us was he was going to replace it with something far worse, including:
▪ The proposal to remove the right of residents and communities to comment and appeal against specific developments in their neighbourhood
▪ The proposal to establish ‘enterprise zones’ across entire Local Government Areas with few, if any planning controls
▪ The removal of Ecological Sustainable Development as the overall driver of the NSW Planning System
▪ Downgrading the importance of good building design, open space, parks and urban bushland
▪ The removal of legal protection for many environmental policies
▪ The omission of any reference to heritage protection
▪ Prioritising fast-track development ahead of community wellbeing.
Public meeting 7.30 PM Thursday 7th March
Parramatta Town Hall, Church St Mall
Speakers: Corinne Fisher (Better Planning Network)
Ron Hoenig (ALP Shadow Minister for Energy and Shadow Minister for Ports)
David Shoebridge (Greens MP)
No booking is necessary but RSVP preferred on our Facebook page
Parramatta Climate Action Network is a grassroots not-for-profit organisation acting in the community to raise awareness on climate change and renewable energy solutions.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Better Planning Network Petition
The Better Planning Network have started a petition as they are concerned about the NSW Government Green Paper to replace the existing planning laws in NSW with a system that will:
• Remove the right of communities to have a say in development proposals and planning matters directly affecting their lives
• Diminish the role of elected Councillors
• Permit ‘Enterprise Zones’ with no planning controls to be imposed over entire suburbs or Local Government Areas
• Not protect the environment or the heritage of the State
The Better Planning Network are requesting the Parliament of NSW to:
• Urgently establish a multi-party Parliamentary Committee to fairly assess the proposals to amend the planning system and ensure the community’s rights of participation, consultation and appeal are not reduced
• Ensure that the community consultation period on the Government’s final proposal (White Paper) is at least 6 months long
• Remove the right of communities to have a say in development proposals and planning matters directly affecting their lives
• Diminish the role of elected Councillors
• Permit ‘Enterprise Zones’ with no planning controls to be imposed over entire suburbs or Local Government Areas
• Not protect the environment or the heritage of the State
The Better Planning Network are requesting the Parliament of NSW to:
• Urgently establish a multi-party Parliamentary Committee to fairly assess the proposals to amend the planning system and ensure the community’s rights of participation, consultation and appeal are not reduced
• Ensure that the community consultation period on the Government’s final proposal (White Paper) is at least 6 months long
To sign the petition go to http://betterplanningnetwork.good.do/nsw/petition-state-parliament/
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