Pillar 2 - Quality, well planned development

This pillar is about working together as a community to protect and enhance our natural environment, build resilience towards climate change, and improve the quality and quantity of open space in the LGA.

The goals in this pillar include:

• Goal 2.1: Sustainable development delivers better amenity and liveability for the community and the environment • Goal 2.2: The community helps to plan the LGA’s future • Goal 2.3: Council-led development and assets provide quality, long-term benefits to everyone.

Achievements

• We completed the Georges River Local

Environmental Plan 2021 to help create housing opportunities in the LGA to meet NSW

Government short-term targets. This creates capacity for 300 additional dwellings through the rezoning of a housing growth area identified in our Local Strategic Planning Statement 2040. • The Georges River Development Control Plan was adopted by the Local Planning Panel in

March 2021. The Georges River Development

Control Plan 2020 will become effective upon the gazettal of the Georges River Local

Environmental Plan 2020. • We commenced Part 2 of the Commercial

Centres Strategy starting with a detailed review of the Mortdale Local Centre through a master plan, enabling a review of the centre and its surroundings to encourage urban renewal, improve the amenity and quality of the built environment and public domain, and provide new housing and employment opportunities to create a vibrant local centre. • Oatley West Early Learning Centre opened in

September 2020 with 97.14% of places filled within the first month of opening. • We complied with the directions set by the NSW

Government relating to external combustible cladding and Fire Safety Audit.

Oatley West Early Learning Centre

Summary of performance against indicators

Measure

Target 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21

Number of DAs determined. >800 511 692 675 730 666

Number of DAs determined by Georges River LPP Number of DAs determined by the SSPP

Community participation in strategic land use planning. 35 49 37 52 86 67

15 2 11 10 2 6

New measure

1% of the population of for LGA-wide consultation. N/A – N/A – 1.40% 16%

In 2020/21 we will …

• Ensure the Georges River LEP 2021 and Georges River DCP 2021 are in place and effective. • Ensure a new local infrastructure contributions plan is adopted by Council and in effect. • Complete the Mortdale Local Centre Master Plan. • Complete the Beverly Hills Local Centre Master Plan.

Peakhurst Park amenities