Urban Land Use Strategy

Lake Macquarie City Council (`LMCC`) has engaged the services of Dickson Rothschild and URS to prepare an urban land use strategy for the Glendale SRA land (incorporating the Glendale sub-regional centre), the PCCS site and southern slopes of Munibung Hill (known as the Hawkins Land). The main objective of the study was to prepare a document to guide the future land uses, planning and development for the Boolaroo, Argenton, and Glendale locality adjacent to and including the PCCS site. The broad strategy is to reflect the sustainability principles that underpin the LMCC`s Lifestyle 20/20 Strategy.

The proposed strategy will ensure that:

• Future development and management of lands within the study area reflects the social, economic and environmental values of the lands; and
• Future land uses are compatible with and integrate with the adjoining urban areas of Boolaroo, Argenton, Glendale and Cardiff.

The draft land use strategy incorporating the PCCS site was completed by LMCC in early May 2005 and relied primarily on a Principles Diagram prepared by LMCC outlining the preferred land uses for the site. The Principles Diagram was subsequently adopted by Council.

Development and Rezoning Proposals

Development Applications for Subdivision

Proposals were lodged with LMCC in mid-January 2005 to change the land use and subdivide land generally on the edge of the main smelter site. The proposals include:

1. A western extension of the Cardiff Industrial Estate and Munibung Road, Cardiff with the subdivision of approximately 18 hectares of the PCCS site;
2. A northern extension of Boolaroo with the rezoning of a triangular land holding between Frith Avenue and Main Road, Boolaroo for residential and open space uses; and
3. An eastern extension of Boolaroo with the rezoning of land east of First, Second and Third Streets, Boolaroo to allow residential and open space uses.
   
   Two further applications were lodged in mid 2006 being:
   
   
4. A further extension of the Cardiff Industrial Estate to the south along the main Sydney to Newcastle railway line; and
5. A further eastern extension of Boolaroo with the rezoning and subdivision of land

LMCC has assessed the proposals in accordance with the NSW Environmental Planning & Assessment Act and LMCC`s public notification policy, and provided the local community with a formal opportunity to view and comment on the proposals during the exhibition period.

Rezoning Process

Following the completion of site analysis and assessment studies the LMCC have recently detailed to formally commence the rezoning process with the preparation of a Local Environment Study (LES) to inform the necessary amendments to the LMCC Local Environmental Plan 2004 (LMCC LEP 2004).

In May 2006 the Department of Planning’s LEP Review Panel endorsed the preparation of an amendment to the LMCC LEP 2004 subject to the preparation of a LES by an independent consultant appointed by Council.

GeoLINK was subsequently appointed by Council to prepare the LES. The exhibition of the draft LEP amendment to rezone a significant portion of the site is scheduled for early 2007.

The diagram below illustrates the areas of the site for which development applications for subdivision have been submitted and the areas of the site which are to be rezoned under the current process. Note the LES being prepared by Council only relates to the rezoning of zones 1, 2 and 3.

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