Draft MidCoast Rural Strategy

MidCoast Council completed its Local Strategic Planning Statement in September 2020. 26 It identifies ten planning priorities, along with short, medium, long term, and ongoing actions to monitor and report on the progress of implementation and is closely aligned with the vision and key values set out in the MidCoast Community Strategic Plan 2030 and the Hunter Regional Plan 2036.

Table 7. MidCoast LSPS Planning Priorities relevant to the Rural Strategy 27 Planning Priority 1 (P1): One Council, one plan 1.1 Provide consistent and renewed planning controls that reflect the diversity and character of the MidCoast through the establishment of the MidCoast LEP

Short term

1.2 Renew development standards and provide a consistent approach to development through the establishment of the MidCoast DCP

Short term

Planning Priority 2 (P2): Foster planning partnerships 2.1 Continue to undertake Community Conversations and work with Reference Groups to identify strategic issues and develop actions

Ongoing

2.2 Implement the MidCoast Community Engagement Strategy 2019-2022 and monitor improvements through the Community Satisfaction Survey

Ongoing

Planning Priority 3 (P3): Deliver housing supply, choice and diversity 3.1 Finalise and implement the Housing Strategy to provide a consistent and renewed approach to housing that caters for our diverse housing needs and character in the MidCoast and enables the growth of our towns and villages

Short term

Planning Priority 4 (P4): Place making in our towns and villages 4.1 Identify and enhance the character of our towns and villages through the implementation of the Community Plan program across the MidCoast

Ongoing

Planning Priority 5 (P5): Connect people and places 5.1 Pursue opportunities through NSW Government partnerships for improved public transport and active transport

Ongoing

Local-Strategic-Planning-Statement (1).pdf https://www.midcoast.nsw.gov.au/files/assets/public/document-resources/council/plans-amp-publications/local-strategicplanning-statement.pdf 26 27

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

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