Tag Archives: LEP 2013

Positive Planning Initatives

New Development Control Plan on right track Port Stephens Council will be adopting a new Development Control Plan (DCP) later this year.  TRRA made a major Submission on the Draft which was on exhibition in early 2015  We welcome both … Continue reading

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Local Environmental Plan 2012 – New Submission Deadline

Extension Of Draft LEP 2012 Exhibition Following appeals by TRRA and others about the inadequate consultation period, Council extended the exhibition period to Friday 14 December. We think the Council’s Draft LEP is mostly sound, but we have concerns about … Continue reading

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Extension ? Draft Port Stephens Local Environmental Plan 2012

TRRA Inc. Planning Sub Committee has sent a formal Submission to Council asking for an extension to the exhibition period for the Draft Port Stephens Local Environmental Plan.  The Draft was only put on exhibition for the minimum period of one … Continue reading

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Draft Port Stephens Local Environmental Plan 2012

At the Council Meeting on 24 April 2012 Port Stephens Council resolved to exhibit the draft Port Stephens Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2012 for public comment following Authorisation from the Department of Planning and Infrastructure. This Authorisation to Exhibit has … Continue reading

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PSC 2012 Local Environmental Plan

Council began the process at Tuesday night’s meeting of adopting the new LEP 2012.  This will be an extremely important document as it sets the criteria for all planning decisions for probably the next 12 to 15 years.  The Current plan is … Continue reading

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Council Again Ignores Its Own Planning Advice……!

At its 19 December 2011 meeting, Council once again overrode staff advice on two significant developments. Staff had recommended refusal of a DA for 16 new villas at the Salamander Haven complex on Deimars Rd because the applicant had failed … Continue reading

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Port Stephens Council Planning Strategy

Port Stephens Council is close to finalizing a Planning Strategy which replaces the existing Community Settlement and Infrastructure Strategy, and will be the foundation for the revised  Local Environment Plan (LEP), Development Control Plans and future re-zoning applications, as well as for infrastructure programmes.  The draft Plan is HERE (Large File, 2.37MB)

TRRA believes this important Strategy needs more work, as it uses inconsistent and confusing statistics, and does not reflect some key community expectations.  Our submission on the latest draft is HERE

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