The new draft Palerang Local Environmental Plan (PLEP) is now on public exhibition. As part of the exhibition process, council will be running a series of public information sessions throughout the shire to provide background information to interested residents. The schedule for these session is as follows:
| Monday | 10 December | 6-8pm | Bungendore | Council Chambers |
| Tuesday | 11 December | 6-8pm | Burra | Community Hall |
| Thursday | 13 December | 6-8pm | Captains Flat | Community Hall |
| Sunday | 16 December | 10-12am | Araluen | Community Hall |
| Sunday | 16 December | 2-4pm | Braidwood | National Theatre |
| Monday | 17 December | 6-8pm | Wamboin | Community Hall |
The exhibition period is being extended to compensate for the Christmas/New Year break, and will run until Friday 8 March 2013. Following a review of public submissions, Council will make any necessary amendments prior to final submission of the Plan for adoption, expected to be before the middle of 2013.
Given the public nature of the process by which the draft PLEP has been developed, it is expected that the document will be generally acceptable as it stands. The exhibition period, however, is the first opportunity most people will have had to review the finished draft in its entirety and thus to assess its internal consistency. As such, interested residents are encouraged to download a copy of the document and associated Fact Sheets from the council website and submit their comments before the end of the exhibition period.
This is the first major revision of planning regulations in some parts of Palerang in over 20 years. It will replace the six individual LEPs currently in use in various parts of the shire and, for the first time since Palerang was formed, bring planning across the whole shire under the control of a uniform planning instrument.
For a little more background, and on-line viewable copies of the PLEP maps, follow the Palerang Info Zone link in the left side menu.
Pete Harrison ~ The Palerang Blog cross-reference
26 October 2013 @ 17:45
[…] There remains some confusion in parts of the community relating to the role that land use zones play in the application of environmental controls over land use practices under the new PLEP. […]