Old Farm Road Precinct

OLD FARM ROAD PRECINCT

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WCC Recommendations
It is recommended that no amendment be made to the zoning of the three (3) lots in Old Farm Road and they retain an E3 Environmental Management zone, and no subdivision be permitted.
Please e-sign the submission letter below
- A brief review on the different precincts proposed for 2508 -submission letter
- general submission letter on retaining the E2 environmental protection across the majority of the 2508 area

	The Administrators Wollongong City Council Locked Bag 8821 Wollongong 2500 Preliminary Review 7D Lands - Old Farm RoadPrecinct - Helensburgh
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	The Old Farm Road precinct must be zoned E2 Environmental Conservation, as it sits above tributary creeks leading to the Hacking River. All stormwater and run off leads directly to the Hacking River, and borders the Garawarra State Conservation & Royal National Park area. Containment ponds in Helensburgh have failed , and more will not help. There is no guarantee stormwater and pollution control systems will work effectively in such a high rainfall region. The only method to retain the relative purity of the Hacking catchment and river, is to cease and prevent any new development, and restore degraded land to native bush. The forest and bushland north, east and south of this precinct should not only be preserved but restored. It provides an important buffer and air filter to the airborne coaldust from the Metropolitan Colliery, and a natural block to hot westerly winds, keeping the Otford valley and Hacking catchment moist and temperate. An zoning other than E2 does not provide adequate protection against land clearing nor future high density dwellings. We have already seen how quick the Department of Planning can remove clauses that would otherwise inhibit development. This precinct must be zoned E2. For the remainder of the the '7d' lands I do not support the zone downgrading of environmental protection of any '7D' land in the 2508 region. Yours faithfully
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