January's Neighbourhood Forum 1 report

By NF1 convenor Warwick Erwin

Change in Zoning names

As part of the State’s Employment Lands Reforms, as 1 December 2021 the E zones have now been renamed to:

C1 National Parks and Nature Reserves

C2 Environmental Conservation

C3 Environmental Management

C4 Environmental Living

This change frees up the use of E for the proposed Employment zone changes.

Darkes Forest Planning Proposal

A Draft Planning Proposal for Lot 86 DP 752054, 117 Darkes Forest Road, Darkes Forest. The proposal seeks to enable development of a cider processing facility and associated uses on the site. Submissions will be received until 31 January 2022, via writing or email. The site is legally described as Lot 86 DP 752054 at 117 Darkes Forest Road, Darkes Forest. It is 41.4 hectares. Darkes Forest Road bisects the parcel of land into two portions. The northern portion contains the former mine buildings and infrastructure. The southern side portion contains an occupied dwelling house.
Go to our.wollongong.nsw.gov.au

Liquor Licence Application for corner of Walker and Short St by Coles Group

APP-0008817690: Status shows Under Assessment on ILGA noticeboard at time of writing.

Thirroul Plaza development

This development was taken to the Land and Environment Court when the developer enacted their right of the “deemed refusal” clause of the EP&A Act last year. An NF1 member has brought up a concern: that Lawrence Hargrave Drive is the major evacuation route in a bushfire (as the motorway and National Park would be closed as bushfires usually come from the west or south-west) and that this has not been taken into account as part of the development’s traffic impact.

Planning Proposal request for land located at Lot 10 DP 260258 and Lot 24 DP 260258, 20 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Stanwell Tops. Also known as Wagon Wheels.

Council will now prepare a report for the Wollongong Local Planning Panel (WLPP) seeking the panel’s recommendations. After the report to the WLPP, a report will be prepared for Council’s consideration. The report to Council will consist of an initial assessment of the draft Planning Proposal request, which will include the WLPP recommendations and comments received as part of the preliminary notification. This report will help Council determine whether to start preparing a draft Planning Proposal. If Council resolves to prepare a draft Planning Proposal, it will be referred to the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) seeking a Gateway Determination. Should DPIE issue a Gateway determination to progress the draft Planning Proposal, a formal exhibition period will be held, providing a chance for community input.

DA-2021/1058 Lot 2 Short Lane, Helensburgh

This is the laneway next to Bear Trader. Council officers will now assess the DA. Council has refused previous DAs for this laneway. We wait.

UCI 2022 Road World Championship Courses

Helensburgh will be the start of the road races for the weekend of 24 and 25 September. Find course details at wollongong2022.com.au

NF1’s first meeting of 2022 will be at 7pm on 9 February at Helensburgh Community Centre.