Biodiversity Strategy - Gosford City Council - NSW Government

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The principal reason suggested for this was the limited land available in the Gosford LGA compared to Wyong that is suitable for major residential development. Key characteristics of the population profile are a high proportion of youth aged 0-18 years (27.9%) and people aged 60 years and over (almost 21.7%), this is higher than the New South Wales average of 17.3%. The population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in the Gosford LGA was 2,183 or (1.4%) in the 2001 Census. The number of people born overseas in the 2001 Census was 21987 (14.3%) and the main country of origin was the United Kingdom (6.6%) followed by New Zealand (1.7%) (Source: http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@census.ns). Gosford has a lower than average representation of peoples from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (ABS Census 2001 in Sustainability Report). In 2001, the Central Coast had a higher percentage of separate houses (79%) than NSW (64.1%), a marginally higher percentage that the state average. Over the longer term the area has seen a decrease in holiday homes to permanent residences. Development trends are for more townhouse and unit development around transport nodes. Although this assists with housing increasing population in urban areas it has a negative aspect of decreasing areas for gardens and mature trees. Residential development is becoming increasingly denser in the coastal parts of the City with increasing medium density, and some high rise, development in the last ten years. This creates potential conflicts for biodiversity conservation as less areas are available as landscaped areas. Also remnant vegetation including trees is removed, often because of conflicts regarding safety, bushfire protection or simply due to space limitations. At the same time medium density development, if well designed and located, can offer potential biodiversity gains as development can be focused in existing urban areas close to transport and rural, semi-rural and conservation value lands can be retained. The issue of determining where and how higher density development will occur remains a challenge for Council's strategic planning as well as broader regional planning initiatives. Council’s Residential Strategy identifies that most future housing will be medium density and some infill development to accommodate future population growth. Medium density is considered most appropriate as it contains development within existing residential zones where infrastructure is available and public transport generally accessible (Sustainability Report 2005). No new low density housing areas are planned due to constraints such as environmental and topographical features and infrastructure limitations. For the plateau areas, Council has adopted a strategy for Rural Lands that acknowledges the importance of protecting the area for sustainable agriculture but that allows for minor and ancilliary activities that complement the rural nature of the area such as tourist development (Sustainability Report GCC 2005). The rural lands study considered biodiversity objectives but noted that there was limited ability to control inappropriate farm management through the statutory planning process and that competing demand for resources and landuse competition may result in a decline in resource quantity and quality (GCC 1999). There are a number of strategies being developed by state government that will provide a framework for the future development of the Central Coast region and that build upon previous regional planning documents such as the Shaping the Central Coast (ref). Increasing population pressures and the State Government’s direction that this will be partially accommodated outside the Sydney metropolitan area means that the Central Coast will be likely to undergo a significant population increase in the next several decades. At this stage, Gosford and Wyong are considered to be part of the Sydney metropolitan area and are included in the metropolitan plan being prepared by the Department of Planning. The plan consists of a number of key documents such as Settlement Strategy that will identify areas to accommodate an additional 30,000 people in the Gosford LGA by 2031. Greater population increases are planned for Wyong to the north and parts of the Hunter region. The Biodiversity - Technical Report Page 93
State government is also preparing an Employment Lands Strategy that will identify future needs for local employment and the availability of suitably zoned lands such as for industry. There is also a study planned for retail and commercial centres. Biodiversity - Technical Report Page 94
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Gosford City Council BIODIVERSITY S
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CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION............
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A - 4.5 Climate ...................
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1 INTRODUCTION In accordance with C
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• Local interest groups such as B
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GOSFORD VISION 2025 INTERNATIONAL C
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Council is placing the information
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2 EXISTING SITUATION 2.1 Biodiversi
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ackdrop to areas of the City, conse
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Table 2: Statistics on Gosford's wa
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example, of the approximately 83 di
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• Biodiversity is best conserved
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6 Council to consider the developme
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Actions • Enhancing community edu
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5 Develop and implement strategies
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Appendix Gosford City Council BIODI
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CONTENTS APPENDIX GOSFORD CITY COUN
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A - 7.7 Human Interactions with Nat
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Genetic diversity is the variety of
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Biodiversity - Technical Report Pag
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A - 2.0 LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT The dev
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Amendment Act 2004 Standard Instrum
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Page 49 and 50: Biodiversity Toolbox The Commonweal
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Page 55 and 56: A - 2.6 References Australian Local
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Page 59 and 60: A - 3.2 Appraisal of biodiversity p
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northeast lies the suburb of North
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Figure 6.11 Weedy Seadragon (Phyllo
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Lisarow Wetland Lisarow Wetland is
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• appropriately timed collection
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A - 6.3 References ANZECC (1992) Au
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Almost thirty key threatening proce
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Whilst these two species appear mor
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Low (1999) surmised that this fungu
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A - 7.8 Fire Management Fire manage
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1. Salinity mediated processes - Sa
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• Structural flood mitigation wor
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Increased needs for active recreati
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A - 7.14 References Anderson, C (20
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