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Approach being taken to Busselton LSPS and Scheme Review
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Approach being taken to Busselton LSPS and Scheme Review
by Michael Swift on Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:22 am
I suspect that I am in a similar position to many others in that I am only just getting to the feedback sheet in realtion to the Busselton LSPS. My apologies for that.
However, when I did sit down to complete the ‘feedback’ sheet I found that it does not seek feedback on the presentation and issues dealt with at the workshop that was convened to faciliate feedback. Rather, it seeks responses to ‘motherhood’ issues and statements and not the strategies outlined at the workshop. Completing the document therefore does not provide an opportunity to comment on the approach to the LSPS that was announced at the workshop and, given that the LSPS is well underway, is unlikely to influence that approach.
What I heard at the workshop was that the strategy:
• Will propose a more restrictive zoning framework generally;
• Will not include any urban expansion options over those already documented in the current TPS and policies,
• Will preclude expansion of rural residential precincts (although might consider increasing density in existing rural residential zones); and
• When combined with the Local Tourism Planning Strategy will:
o Reduce tourism opportunities in the Agriculture Zone;
o Place further restrictions on tourist development in existing tourist zones; and
o Prohibit redevelopment of existing caravan parks for (even) other tourist uses.
I might be wrong, but I left the workshop with the impression that this approach was of considerable concern to the majority of those present.
In my opinion the approach to the LSPS and broader scheme review that has been adopted at the professional level needs to be formally announced and feedback invited on the specifics of that approach prior to a draft Town Planning Scheme being presented to Council. It is the philosophical approach to the TPS review that will guide the preparation of the draft TPS, and if the philosophies are not subject to discussion within a proper consultation process then there is the risk (to the Shire and all stakeholders) that the draft TPS will be ‘off-base’ from the start. Certainly, it is my observation that, if the approach to the LSPS and LTPS that has been announced so far prevails, then there is little justification for the significant time and expenditure that is being put into the Scheme Review process and the Shire should be encouraged to simply submit a ‘Section 91’ TPS after completion of the current ‘policy neutral’ scheme review exercise.
Others might have the same or a different opinion.........................................
However, when I did sit down to complete the ‘feedback’ sheet I found that it does not seek feedback on the presentation and issues dealt with at the workshop that was convened to faciliate feedback. Rather, it seeks responses to ‘motherhood’ issues and statements and not the strategies outlined at the workshop. Completing the document therefore does not provide an opportunity to comment on the approach to the LSPS that was announced at the workshop and, given that the LSPS is well underway, is unlikely to influence that approach.
What I heard at the workshop was that the strategy:
• Will propose a more restrictive zoning framework generally;
• Will not include any urban expansion options over those already documented in the current TPS and policies,
• Will preclude expansion of rural residential precincts (although might consider increasing density in existing rural residential zones); and
• When combined with the Local Tourism Planning Strategy will:
o Reduce tourism opportunities in the Agriculture Zone;
o Place further restrictions on tourist development in existing tourist zones; and
o Prohibit redevelopment of existing caravan parks for (even) other tourist uses.
I might be wrong, but I left the workshop with the impression that this approach was of considerable concern to the majority of those present.
In my opinion the approach to the LSPS and broader scheme review that has been adopted at the professional level needs to be formally announced and feedback invited on the specifics of that approach prior to a draft Town Planning Scheme being presented to Council. It is the philosophical approach to the TPS review that will guide the preparation of the draft TPS, and if the philosophies are not subject to discussion within a proper consultation process then there is the risk (to the Shire and all stakeholders) that the draft TPS will be ‘off-base’ from the start. Certainly, it is my observation that, if the approach to the LSPS and LTPS that has been announced so far prevails, then there is little justification for the significant time and expenditure that is being put into the Scheme Review process and the Shire should be encouraged to simply submit a ‘Section 91’ TPS after completion of the current ‘policy neutral’ scheme review exercise.
Others might have the same or a different opinion.........................................
- Michael Swift
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