Brisbane Water Plan of Management - Gosford City Council - NSW ...

4 Adopt management policies for all public open space.
The Brisbane Water Plan of Management, Stage I, will affect all land and waters below
mean high water mark within Brisbane Water including its tributaries. The plan will also
affect all land fronting onto mean high water mark in Brisbane Water and will apply to all
major forms of development on the waterway and its foreshores.
The Brisbane Water Plan of Management Stage 2 will proceed to expand its area of
coverage to include private and public land areas within the catchment of Brisbane Water.
It is anticipated that a Total Catchment Management Committee will be appointed for the
City of Gosford which will include the total catchment area of Brisbane Water. With the
recent establishment of the Brisbane Water and Gosford Lagoons Catchment
Management Committee, it is expected that Stage 2 of preparing a catchment wide
Management Plan for Brisbane Water will be undertaken by this Committee. A Plan of
Management will then be expected to be prepared as part of the overall Catchment
Management process for the land areas surrounding Brisbane Water.
The Brisbane Water Plan of Management is a reflection of the community concern and
awareness of the possible impact that unconstrained or inappropriate development can
have on this important estuarine resource and, accordingly, has a strong emphasis on
protecting and enhancing the natural characteristics of the waterway. The management
guidelines are aimed at facilitating development which is compatible with the existing
character of Brisbane Water, within the current statutory and policy based planning
framework.
Planning the future of Brisbane Water is about implementing community values in regard
to how the waterway's character, its usage, and future directions are identified. Whilst
various community values have been identified through the representation of the
committee, the success of the Brisbane Water Plan of Management still relies heavily on
community input to ensure that the plan is truly representative of current values but which
can also be readily understood and successfully implemented. It is on this basis that
Council is placing the Brisbane Water Plan of Management on public exhibition and
inviting public comment to:
- gauge public reaction to the plan;
- ensure community values are properly reflected;
- ensure that the plan is in a form which does not conflict with relevant state
authorities and their procedures;
- enable completion and adoption of the Plan of Management; and
- assist Council in determining appropriate further action to finalise the plan and
commence the implementation of the plan.
Brisbane Water Plan of Management - July 1995 Page 2