BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL
13.16 - Attachment 1
Ewingsdale Hall Monday 17 November 2014
PLANNING |
NEIGHBOURHOOD |
D.C.P |
· Traffic Impacts → Town Centre · No Overall Strategy / Need an Integrated Plan in place before zoning for retail/Seniors Housing in Ewingsdale · Density & Population increase · Sewerage treatment capacity · Ageing demographic · cycleway/pedestrian access off Avocado Crescent (not supported) · Access to Community Hall? · Suggest locating shopping centre on ‘Eastern’ lot · West Byron = more suitable site for S/H · Need an integrated plan in place before approving retail & Seniors Housing in Ewingsdale · Impact of
current STP on Belongil Creek health · High level of flooding on Eastern Creek (near McGettigans Ln) · Reduce scale of Easternmost units in order to have less visual impact · Timing of commercial/ retail development to occur after a certain % of Seniors Housing has been developed · Address/Resolve traffic issue before any rezoning approval is given · Need to re-evaluate this proposal in light of West Byron rezoning decision re: densities · Section 94 contributions – → will there be any if this proposal proceeds? · Completion of RMS study required ahead of a decision being made
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· Retain land for agriculture under current zoning (RU2) · Question of compliance with ‘NSW Retirement Villages Act’ & whether Seniors housing will be genuinely for this purpose? · Concern about over 55’s age threshold for Seniors Housing (too low as most people retire after 60) · Greater focus should be on ‘Care’ component in this proposal (rather than independent living). |
· Visual, ie Rural amenity & location of 2 storey structures · Buffer & landscaping · Proposed access off McGettigan’s Lane is very dangerous · Investigate use of a single access only to Seniors Housing development (eg the Hospital site only) · William Flick Lane may not have capacity for additional traffic generated by S/H proposal · Flooding/Stormwater management needs further attention. |
Tuesday – 25 November 2014
PLANNING |
NEIGHBOURHOOD |
D.C.P |
· Ribbon/Strip development along Ewingsdale Road · No strategic plan · “Rolling Green Hills” – to be kept · Rezoning will place pressure on Ewingsdale · Precedence on all RUZ land · Land towards Mullum under pressure · House surrounded by units – need better set back – or remove units & use as rural residential · Back zone Hospital to rural so seniors living cannot occur (SEPP) – North of hospital · Byron & Mullum hospital convert to car facilities · Not enough high care housing · Traffic figures pre-highway – need to review cumulative impact (West Byron Hospital) & highway · Ensure ongoing use is only for seniors housing · Provide less dense seniors housing · Call it a retirement village to ensure long term certainty · Sewerage Plant capacity? · Need to maintain Heritage Precinct inc. Ewingsdale Hall & Church, Fig Trees & Farm House · Retail shops may not be effective · Should be consistent with R5 zone · Place controls on number of units to be allowed on site
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· Check land pad for helicopter – no pad · Silica dust concerns · No access wanted through Avocado Crescent · Preferable to subdivide R5 into seniors housing · Roundabout proposed at McGettigans Lane · Parkway Drive condition disgrace · Seniors housing should be positioned closer to town. eg. Mitre 10, Shirley Street · Seniors Living need footpaths to connect/walk to town · Seniors move to Mullum, Bruns & Ballina not so many to Byron (Councils Ageing Strategy) · Statistics on PP incorrect – taken from Tweed & Ballina · West Byron more appropriate for seniors living · Senior housing should not be in Byron Shire – Lismore appropriate · Pressure to sewer Ewingsdale & then opens further subdivision |
· Question shops on Western side – Road access concerns – Shops better at Eastern end · Limit unit size density & sitting · No access through trees into William Flick Lane · Access in Flick Lane dangerous · Quarry Lane dangerous intersection also Woodford Road and McGettigans Lane · Sufficient setbacks required for housing in Parkway Drive · Concern DCP won’t be complied with · Question Council’s ability to enforce compliance. e.g. Byron Industrial Estate · Cycle track in front of hospital – needs safe crossings & extend to shops · Roundabout needs extending to two lanes · Access to McGettigans would be issue if shops on Eastern side · Shops could become ‘rest stop’ for highway traffic · 2 storeys inappropriate · Single storey should be controlled in LEP & Density |