Draft MidCoast Rural Strategy

Maintain or improve waterways within all catchments Impacts on waterways will continue to arise from urban and rural development, population growth, increased use by residents and visitors for recreation, and influenced by land use and development decisions taken within the MidCoast and upstream. Monitoring indicators for ecological and environmental health, drinking water quality, safety for swimming, heavy metal contamination, and biosecurity for oyster farming or fishing, will assist with identifying where focused efforts may need to be taken to prevent, reduce or reverse the consequences of these impacts. In the MidCoast's rural areas, management of agricultural runoff, soil erosion and wastewater have positive impacts on waterways as does integrated water cycle management in the development and ongoing use of urban land. Integrating these considerations and on-ground practices into land use and development assessment processes can result in transformative change to the water quality across our catchments. Therefore, by taking a catchment-based approach in collaboration with water planning authorities, Council can implement effective land use planning controls and assist with establishing a common understanding of the environmental, economic, and sociocultural considerations that inform decision-making for the long-term health of waterways and sustainability of surrounding land uses. Figure 14. Broad Catchment Areas of the MidCoast from the Rural Waterways paper

Draft MidCoast Rural Strategy

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Table 10. Recommended E3 Environmental Management Zone Criteria

Table 9. Recommended E2 Environmental Conservation Zone Criteria

Figure 18. NSW Planning Legislation Framework

Figure 17. Current Planning Controls, from Local Strategic Planning Statement

Figure 16. Coastal Zone of the MidCoast, Coastal Management SEPP 2018

Figure 15. Priority Drinking Water Catchments and Aquifer Catchments in the MidCoast

Figure 14. Broad Catchment Areas of the MidCoast from the Rural Waterways paper

Figure 13. Hunter Regional Plan 'Proposed Biodiversity Corridors'

Figure 12. The MidCoast LGA - Location, Infrastructure and Natural Assets

Figure 11. Location of MidCoast centres, from Local Strategic Planning Statement

Figure 10. Experiences available across the 'Green Grid' of the MidCoast

Figure 9. Destination Barrington Coast, statistics from December 2020

Figure 8. Our Growing and Changing Population, from MidCoast Housing Strategy

Figure 7: Typical mine or quarry project life cycle

Figure 6: Location of underground resources in the MidCoast

Table 8. MidCoast Tourism Destination Management Plan SWOT of Rural Tourism

Figure 5. MidCoast contribution to NSW economy by agricultural industry (ABS 2011

Table 7. MidCoast LSPS Planning Priorities relevant to the Rural Strategy

Table 6. MidCoast 2030 Goals and Actions relevant to the Rural Strategy

Table 5. NSW Government Priority Actions relevant to MidCoast Rural Strategy

Figure 4. Location Quotients and Employment Growth for MidCoast Industries

Figure 3. Strategic Actions for Priority Growth Industries in the Hunter

Figure 2. Hunter Regional Development Investment Prospectus, Local Government Areas

Table 4. Data Gaps identified in Background Reports to Rural Strategy

Table 1. Non-Urban Zones from the Standard Instrument Principal Local Environmental Plan available to use across the rural landscape of the MidCoast Local Government Area

Table 2. Strategic Centres and Centres of Local Significance, Hunter Regional Plan 2036

Table 3. Major legislation, policy and strategies influencing the Rural Strategy

Figure 1. Rural, Environmental and Waterway zoned land considered in the Rural Strategy

1 Strategic Goals and Local Planning...................................................................................64

1 Data Gaps – Challenges and Opportunities......................................................................19