Draft Manning River Catchment and Estuary and Catchment Management Program 2021-2031 - Main document

Appendix 6: MCC land-use strategies aligned to the CM SEPP objectives This appendix sets out Council’s current and future land use planning controls for the CM SEPP Management Areas. Coastal wetland and littoral rainforest area Land identified by the State Environmental Planning Policy (Coastal Management) 2018 (CM SEPP) for the purposes of this Act, being land which displays the hydrological and floristic characteristics of coastal wetlands or littoral rainforests and land adjoining those features. The CM SEPP requires development consent for clearing native vegetation on land mapped as coastal wetlands or littoral rainforests, even if the clearing is not associated with any other development. The development controls for land mapped as coastal wetlands and littoral rainforests apply to all land use zones in LEPs. Clearing of native vegetation on land mapped as a coastal wetland or littoral rainforest is 'designated development' and triggers a requirement for an assessment under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

Strategic direction

Council will update the SEPP map layers, LEP zones and new areas as they are mapped in alignment with coastal management objectives e.g. migration pathways for climate adaptation. If land is purchased through the NSW Government’s coastal protection scheme for rehabilitation, restoration and ongoing protection, requirements for re-zoning will be identified through the ECMP reviews.

Objectives

Current land use plan

Future land use plan

(a) to protect coastal wetlands and littoral rainforests in their natural state, including their biological diversity and ecosystem integrity;

Under SEPP 14 and SEPP 26 Coastal wetlands and littoral rainforest were included in the Environmental Conservation (E2) Zone in the LEP. The MidCoast Local Strategic Planning Statement includes the following Planning Priorities: P6: Protect and improve our environment

Coastal wetlands and littoral rainforest mapped in the CM SEPP will be transitioned to E2 Environmental Conservation in two stages. Stage 1: Coastal wetlands identified in the expanded mapping of the CM SEPP will be recommended for E2 zoning in the forthcoming Rural Strategy. Stage 2: Proposed SEPP amendment through Manning River ECMP Action 7.01.

Draft Manning River Catchment and Estuary and Catchment Management Program 2021-2031 - Main document

Articles inside

Figure 39 MidCoast Council Organisational Structure

Appendix 6: MCC land-use strategies aligned to the CM SEPP objectives

Implementation Streams

Appendix 2: The Public Participation Spectrum

13. Bibliography

12. Proposed amendments to the CM SEPP

11.3 The Manning River ECMP Research Program

11.1 MERI for the Manning River, Estuary and Catchment

7. Management Actions

6.15 Systems thinking: the interaction between issues

10. Coastal Zone Emergency Sub-Plan

6.13 Sewerage and Septic System Pathogens

Figure 33: The Manning River floodplain, 20 March 2021

Figure 32: Cattle on the riverbank is a common sight

Table 4: Key impacts associated with water pollution from diffuse-source runoff

Figure 25: Estuary with negative impacts vs well-managed estuary

Figure 27: Cattai Wetlands

Figure 26: Conceptual diagram of the Greenhouse Effect

Figure 24: The relationship between activities, stressors and ecological impacts

Figure 22: Risk ratings for sediment and nutrient loading in drainage units

Table 2: Subcatchments posing the highest risk to ecological and community values

Figure 21: Stock intensity in the catchment

Figure 18: Manning River TN and TP readings from 2015-18

Figure 17: The sampling location for water quality data

Figure 9: The Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework

Figure 15: National Parks make up18.5% of the Manning catchment

Figure 14: Program Logic Model

Figure 12: Values our community ascribed to each subcatchment

Figure 11: The consultation program

Figure 16: Water quality monitoring sites in the estuary

Figure 10: Option for the Manning River ECMP Governance Structure

Figure 7: The five stages of a Coastal Management Program