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For example, aquaculture is a specialised industry where the MidCoast has a significant regional advantage however, it employs a relatively small number of people and this number was in slight decline compared to the rest of NSW at the time of analysis (2018). Figure 4. Location Quotients and Employment Growth for MidCoast Industries

The Strategy then identifies key opportunities within the MidCoast indicating how these opportunities can be realised by focussing on Strengthening the Region as a location of choice, Creating a supportive environment for businesses to invest and grow, and Marketing the MidCoast Region. The key initiatives to strengthen the region as a location of choice identified in the Strategy include: • • • •

improve core infrastructure, roads, bridges, telecommunications and water; enhance and expand business infrastructure that will be drivers for growth; invest in key tourism assets to increase visitation, particularly in the off-season; encourage other lifestyle and tourist developments that will increase the Region’s attractiveness to sea/tree change professionals and other skilled workers. 20

The Strategy also identifies that local businesses face barriers including land use uncertainty and recommends local action to enable development and growth, including the following initiatives: • • •

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identify and reduce/remove barriers that hinder business growth, including ensuring policies, procedures and charges are appropriate to support economic development consistent with the vision; resolving potential land-use conflicts through completion of a land-use strategy; support development of the Region’s workforce;

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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

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