24 September 2020
CONSULTING THE COMMUNITY
Colbee Park Draft Masterplan - Colbee Park Masterplan
Community feedback is sought on the Landscape Draft Masterplan and a short survey is available for members of the community to prioritize projects which may be considered for funding in future capital works programs.
Please note that development of this draft masterplan does not represent a formal commitment to funding.
The Draft Masterplan is a planning document that will inform future operational plans. It is not anticipated that full development of the park will be completed in the short to medium term.
The Draft Masterplan and survey can be found at www.yourhawkesbury-yoursay.com.au
You can have your say by any of the following methods:
* Online: by completing an online submission via Your Hawkesbury Your Say, accessed from Council’s website www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au
* Email: council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au
* Mail: PO Box 146, Windsor NSW 2756
The last day for the receipt of submissions is Friday, 16 October 2020.
For more information please contact Council’s Parks and Recreation Manager on (02) 4560 4444.
Exhibition of Draft Hawkesbury Employment Lands Strategy
Once adopted by Council, the Draft Employment Lands Strategy will supersede the current Hawkesbury Employment Lands Strategy 2008.
The Draft Hawkesbury Employment Lands Strategy identified the following opportunities in Key Industry Sectors and Economic Anchors:
- agriculture
- freight network
- education
- Defence/RAAF Base Richmond
- equine
- tourism.
- agribusiness: working with stakeholders in Clarendon to progress the agricultural strength of the local government area
- developing new research, development, employment and career pathways for local residents and students, particularly in relation to sustainable fresh produce processing.
- supermarket, hospitality and bulky good floor space: as population projections and retail spending analysis indicates these types of commodity goods will be in the most demand in the future
- small scale healthcare providers: to support the local population as it ages
- small scale commercial services: such as local accounting and law firms, that provide a ‘population serving commercial role’ in centres
- light industry and urban services: given the wealth of industrial lands in the local government area the focus should be towards developing a diversity of lots and attracting smaller operators in order to be in a position to address the competition from other industrial lands in Western Sydney that are better connected
- tourism: given the existing strategic intent in planning documents to grow this industry and the wealth of assets (nature/fresh produce/heritage) that already exist in the local government area.
The Draft Hawkesbury Employment Lands Strategy and other supporting documentation is on public exhibition for the period Friday 11 September 2020 to Monday 12 October 2020.
The Draft Strategy and supporting documentation can be viewed during the exhibition period:
- Council’s online community engagement site www.yourhawkesbury-yoursay.com.au
- on Council’s website www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au, or
- between 9.00am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday at Council’s Administration Office, 366 George Street, Windsor.
Written submissions in relation to the Draft Strategy can be:
- submitted via Council’s online community engagement site www.yourhawkesbury-yoursay.com.au
- posted to Hawkesbury City Council, PO Box 146, WINDSOR NSW 2756,
- faxed to (02) 4587 7740, or
- emailed to council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au.
Should you have any enquiries with respect to this matter, please contact Andrew Kearns, Manager Strategic Planning on (02) 4560 4604 or Sunehla Bala, Strategic Land Use Planning Coordinator on (02) 4560 4544.
Exhibition of Draft Hawkesbury Local Housing Strategy
Hawkesbury City Council has recently prepared the Draft Hawkesbury Local Housing Strategy in order to set a clear plan for housing in the Hawkesbury Local Government Area for the next 10 and 20 years.
Preparation of a Local Housing Strategy is a State Government requirement of all councils in Metropolitan Sydney. Local Housing Strategies must address the Sydney Region Plan and Western City District Plan, including housing targets. They must also align housing growth with the necessary supporting infrastructure and social services. Strategic studies such as this are required to inform the development of the Local Strategic Planning Statement.
Key recommendations of the Draft Hawkesbury Local Housing Strategy include:
- Focus new housing growth in urban release areas and encourage some smaller dwellings in these areas to increase housing diversity
- Maximise the potential of existing urban lands
- Increase the supply of smaller dwellings in both established and new areas
- Continue to expand affordable housing options and further enhance Council’s existing Affordable Housing Policy, including Council’s involvement with the preparation of the Western City Affordable Housing Strategy
- Maintain a long term supply of residential land by investigating potential new urban areas
- Develop a program to monitor housing land supply and housing delivery
- Address homelessness through continued implementation and updates to the Homelessness Action Plan.
- Consideration of the provision of Detached Dual Occupancies and Secondary Dwellings through a place based approach that considers the recommendations of the Hawkesbury Rural Lands Strategy
At its meeting on 11 August 2020, Council resolved to place the Draft Hawkesbury Local Housing Strategy on public exhibition.
The Draft Hawkesbury Local Housing Strategy and other supporting documentation is on public exhibition for the period Friday 11 September 2020 to Monday 12 October 2020.
The Draft Strategy and supporting documentation can be viewed during the exhibition period:
- Council’s online community engagement site www.yourhawkesbury-yoursay.com.au
- on Council’s website www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au, or
- between 9.00am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday at Council’s Administration Office, 366 George Street, Windsor.
Written submissions in relation to the Draft Strategy can be:
- submitted via Council’s online community engagement site www.yourhawkesbury-yoursay.com.au
- posted to Hawkesbury City Council, PO Box 146, WINDSOR NSW 2756,
- faxed to (02) 4587 7740, or
- emailed to council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au.
Should you lodge a submission, it will be considered, along with any other submissions received and may be included in Council’s meeting business paper. Your submission, including any personal information, is accessible by any person upon written application, subject to Council’s Privacy Management Plan and the GIPA Act. The inclusion of personal information in your submission is voluntary but, if not provided, may affect consideration of the submission. The information will ultimately be stored in Council’s records system.
Should you have any enquiries with respect to this matter, please contact Andrew Kearns, Manager Strategic Planning on (02) 4560 4604 or Sunehla Bala, Strategic Land Use Planning Coordinator on (02) 4560 4544.
Local Government Act 1993 Notice of Public Hearing – Reclassification of Land - Lot 2 & 3 DP 582878 - 1913 & 1905 Bells Line of Road, Kurrajong Heights
proposal to reclassify Lot 2 & 3 DP 582878 - 1913 & 1905 Bells Line of Road, Kurrajong Heights from community to operational land.
The Public Hearing is scheduled for Wednesday 7 October 2020 at 5:30 pm
The hearing will be chaired by an independent person from Locale Consulting.
Due to current social distancing requirements, the hearing will be held online using the Zoom platform.
Interested persons need to register with Council by Friday 2 October 2020 to:
- virtually attend or listen to the hearing
- make a submission at the hearing
via the following link:
https://publichearinglots2and3dp582878.eventbrite.com.au
Registered participants will be provided guidelines to participate in the Public Hearing.
Documentation providing details of the proposed Reclassification of Land can be viewed:
- on Council’s website www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au or
- between 9.00am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday at Council’s Administration Office, 366 George Street, Windsor.
Should you have any enquiries with respect to this matter, please contact Andrew Kearns, Manager Strategic Planning on (02) 4560 4604 or Sunehla Bala, Strategic Land Use Planning Coordinator on (02) 4560 4544 or email enquiries to council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au
Council Meetings
SEPTEMBER
Tuesday 29 6:30PM Ordinary
OCTOBER
Tuesday 13 Ordinary 6:30PM
Tuesday 27 Ordinary 6:30PM
COUNCIL NOTICES
Richmond Swimming Centre opens to public
Richmond Swimming Centre will be open for the 2020-2021 Spring/Summer Season in time for the October School holidays on Saturday, 26 September 2020.
With large open spaces,an olympic size pool, a half size basketball court, shaded toddlers pool and playground, Richmond Swimming Centre a great place to take the family to cool down this Summer.
Learn to Swim lessons and Squad training will again operate after school and on Saturday mornings throughout Term 4, 2020 and Term 1, 2021. January Intensive Sessions will run for all levels during the Summer school holidays in the lead up to School Swimming Carnivals.
Richmond Swimming Centre will again be open until 7pm on weekdays throughout the school term to allow for longer lap swimming times.
For more information please contact Richmond Swimming Centre on (02) 4578 1349.
2020-2021 Opening Hours
26 September – 11 October
Saturday, 8am – 6pm
Sunday – Monday, 10am – 6pm
12 October – 30 November
Monday – Friday, 7:30am – 7pm
Saturday, 8am – 6pm
Sunday, 10am – 6pm
1 December – 28 February
Monday – Friday, 6am – 8pm
Saturday, 8am – 8pm
Sunday and Public Holidays, 10am – 8pm
(Hours may vary at Christmas and New Year)
1 March – 1 April
Monday – Friday, 7:30am – 7pm
Saturday, 8am – 6pm
Sunday, 10am – 6pm
2 April – 18 April
Monday – Sunday, 11am – 4pm
Richmond Swimming Centre will be closed Christmas Day 2020 and Good Friday 2021.
DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS RECENTLY DETERMINED
The Development Consents, Complying Development Certificates, Section 4.55 Modifications and Section 8.2 Reviews recently determined.
- DA0172/20-8/211 Windsor Street, RICHMOND -Take - Away Food and Drink Premises-Approved
- DA0213/20-18 Wilkinson Street, PITT TOWN -Dwelling House-Approved
- DA0225/20-53 Hawkesbury Street, PITT TOWN -Dwelling House and Swimming Pool-Approved
- DA0323/19-503 Terrace Road, FREEMANS REACH -Intensive Plant Agriculture, Sediment Dams, Dwelling House and Conversion of Existing Dwelling House to Rural Workers Dwelling-Approved
- DA0336/19-552 Old Pitt Town Road, OAKVILLE -Roadside Stall, Associated Car Parking and Signage-Approved
- DA0432/19-631 West Portland Road, LOWER PORTLAND -Structure Ancillary to Dwelling - Outbuilding-Withdrawn
- DA0521/19-661 Comleroy Road, KURRAJONG -Intensive Plant Agriculture - Earthworks, Installation of Hydroponic Benches and Hail Netting-Approved
- S960036/20-191 West Portland Road, SACKVILLE - Modification to Development Consent - M0855/01 - Design Amendments-Approved
- S960042/20-253 Blaxlands Ridge Road, BLAXLANDS RIDGE -Modification to Development Consent - DA0414/19 - Design Amendments-Approved
All plans and details may be viewed on Council’s DA Tracking via the Council
Website at www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/development/developmentapplications/
application-tracking or in person at Council’s Administration Building, 366 George Street, Windsor. Office hours are 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday.
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Hawkesbury City Council
Tennis Courts Upgrades
Tender No T00107
Tenders are invited for the upgrades of three Tennis Courts Complexes which will be received up to 2pm on Thursday, 15 October 2020.
Council has a number of satellite tennis complexes located within the Hawkesbury Local Government Area which require upgrading. Funding has been allocated to upgrade three of those sites. These include, Maraylya Park, Freemans Reach Reserve and Blaxland Crown Reserve.
One of the courts at Freemans Reach is proposed to be converted into a Multi-Sport court. The upgrades to this court will only include the repair of the playing surface and installation of line marking (i.e. Basketball & Soccer court). Installation of Multi-Sports court equipment and fencing is to be provided by specialist supplier and is not part of this tender.
Tender documents are available at Council’s Administration Building at 366 George Street, Windsor from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 for a non-refundable fee of $100 (incl. GST) or available free at WSROC e-tendering website at https://tenders.nsw.gov.au/wsroc/.
Tenders may only be submitted by the means described in the tender documents and must be received by the closing time. Late tenders will not be accepted.
Please Note that three separate Mandatory Site Meetings (Pre-tender meetings) have been organized for these upgrades. The first meeting will be held at 10.00am (sharp) Thursday 1st October 2020 at Maraylya Park Courts - 346 Boundary Rd Maraylya NSW. Subsequent meetings will be held at the following sites;
Meeting 2 – Freemans Reach Reserve Courts – 361 Kurmond Rd Freemans Reach NSW.
Meeting 3 – Blaxland Crown Reserve Courts - 231 Blaxland Ridge Rd. Blaxland NSW.
The canvassing of Councillors will automatically disqualify the applicant from the tender process.
For further information, please contact Gordon Sainsbury, Coordinator Procurement on (02) 4560 4470.
Positions Vacant
Intermediate Plant Operator - Construction and Maintenance IS009CM - Please see www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au for details
Trainee - Records Officer SS076RE- Please see www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au for details
Public Notices
Proposed Road Closing JR 0554
PROPOSED ROAD CLOSING
Under Section 38B of the Roads Act 1993, notice is given that Hawkesbury City Council will consider the closing of a road in connection with an application proposed by Council.
The road under consideration comprises part of the Council unformed public road known as the section of Laws Farm Road, Cumberland Reach (shown on the map below). Upon closure vest the land in the Crown for disposal action to be taken by the Crown.
Council will receive submissions regarding the Proposal. All submissions received will be considered in reaching a decision regarding the proposed road closing.
Please forward your submission to the General Manager, Hawkesbury City Council, PO Box 146, Windsor NSW 2756; in person at Council’s Administration Building at 366 George Street, Windsor; by email to council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au; or online at Your Hawkesbury Your Say up to close of business on Thursday, 22 October 2020.
Should you lodge a submission, it will be considered, along with any other submissions received and may be included in Council’s meeting business paper. Information contained in submission may, at the discretion of Hawkesbury City Council and the NSW Department of Industry - Lands, be referred to the person (s) who initiated the proposal for appropriate consideration. Your submission, including any personal information, is accessible by any person upon written application, subject to Council’s Privacy Management Plan and the Government Information (Public Access) Act, 2009. The inclusion of personal information in your submission is voluntary but, if not provided, may affect consideration of the submission. The information will ultimately be stored in Council’s records system.
Enquiries should be directed to Council’s Property Officer on (02) 4560 4435 or by email to council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au.
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