Hilltops Council has started work on its Local Environment Plan (LEP) and was one of the main concerns raised prior to last year’s elections; that a new LEP was needed to look at the different zonings to encourage both residential and industrial development. While a new LEP will solve some of these issues raised it will not solve them all.
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While we have looked at the three old LEPs and compared them, there are a lot of areas that vary because of what each of these councils were trying to achieve. We will be looking very closely at these differences to achieve the best outcome for our new shire. Over the next couple of months the consultant, that we have engaged along will the council will be holding a number of workshops to engage with the community so as we can get your input. I would encourage anyone who has an interest in what the final LEP document looks like, to be involved and have input.
The Murrumburrah Precinct Plan has been completed by consultants and will go before council, hopefully at the October meeting and if council are happy with the documents it will then be placed on public display for community input.
Harden Shire did a great job of revamping the CBD of Harden and now it is time to look at the Murrumburrah precinct to try and achieve a similar outcome. This precinct has changed dramatically over the last few years with the increasing tourism trade and the businesses should be congratulated for what they have done together to achieve this.
A big congratulations to the Kite Festival committee for a very successful day, who would have thought that the crowd would double? Thanks to council staff for their quick action in handling the large traffic problems.
