Part 8 Locality Strategy - Coffs Harbour City Council

Part 8Locality StrategyLocality:Population:Urban Status:Corindi834 (Coffs Harbour CityCouncil, 2007)Village – CoastalIt is intended to retain the character ofCorindi Beach as a low key urban villagesurrounded by bushland, and furtherrecognise its holiday, tourism andrecreational appeal, as well as itsAboriginal cultural significance.Capacity:32.9 hectaresDesired Future CharacterCorindi Beach is one of a number ofcoastal villages located along the NorthernBeaches, situated 11 km north ofWoolgoolga along the Pacific Highway.It is to offer a broad range of lifestyles,including those associated with abeachside village and small rural estatesand farms, with pristine waters for a rangeof recreational activities.The village will have a limited localisedeconomy, based around the existing Hotel(i.e. “Amble Inn Tavern”) with theintention to develop a village core in thislocation, offering local retail services.Community activity will be centred aroundthe focal points of the Hotel, CorindiBeach Public School, general store andCorindi Beach Holiday Park.The village will maintain its strong linkswith its Aboriginal heritage, with theYarrawarra Aboriginal Centre remaining atourist attraction giving an historical andcontemporary insight into the aboriginalculture of the area, and offeringconference and education facilities.Main ConstraintsThe majority of the candidate area southof Corindi Beach village is flood prone,while a large area to the north west of thevillage, including the Corindi Park Drivelocality, is potentially flood prone but toan unknown extent.Large expanses of the candidate area havebeen identified as having ecologicalsignificance.The majority of the area south of CorindiBeach village is identified as beingbushfire prone.Small areas around the Corindi Park Drivearea are identified as having the potentialto contain acid sulfate soil.Parts of the candidate area immediately,north, west and to the south of CorindiBeach village have been identified asbeing ‘regionally significant farmland’.Parts of the candidate area (KangarooTrail Drive and Red Rock Road) adjoinState Forest and National Park.The candidate areas are bisected by theexisting Pacific Highway, with the PacificHighway Upgrade route proposed todeviate just north of Eggins Drivewestward, affecting the Kangaroo TrailRoad area.Coffs Harbour City Rural Residential Strategy 2009 79

Three areas adjoining the Corindi Beachvillage have been identified as requiringfurther investigation for urban purposes.Parts of the candidate area, west andnorth of Corindi Beach village, areidentified as being of ‘high’ archaeologicaland Aboriginal significance.Servicing CatchmentThe village of Corindi Beach containslimited community services and facilities(i.e. primary school, cultural centre, postoffice and fire brigade) and health andemergency services, and provides onlylocalised shopping facilities (i.e. generalstore). It relies on Woolgoolga which is11 km to the south, and to a large extentCoffs Harbour and Grafton, for higherorder services and facilities.The candidate area is split by the PacificHighway, with some western areas havingdirect access to the Highway. The easternparts of the candidate area are accessedvia Coral Street and Tasman Street fromthe Highway.DiscussionThe Corindi Beach candidate area offers avery attractive natural environment forrural residential lifestyle opportunities andwould have a relatively high demand forland for this purpose. However the areahas significant physical and socialservicing limitations in comparison tomany of the other candidate areas. It hasan undeveloped business centre, isseverely limited by flooding and someareas will have access limitations when thePacific Highway Upgrade is completed.From a strategic and community planningperspective, this area should be given alow priority for land release.80 Coffs Harbour City Rural Residential Strategy 2009

ARRAWARRA BEACH RDSTDRCORINDI PARK DRARRAWARRA RDCandidate AreasUnconstrained Land (in Hectares)Constrained LandBARCOONGERE WYFLAHERTY STFORD STSCHAFERSTCASSON CLRED ROCK RD2.6COXS LN19PACIFIC HWYCORALSTSIMONEILEENKANGAROO TRAIL RD11.3S ATASMAN STLTWATER CRSPACIFICSTSHERWOODCREEK RDEGGINS DRTHAVIRDHEADLAND RDFigure 20This map compiled byCoffs Harbour City CouncilGIS Section~LRMMay 2009Unconstrained Land:Candidate Areas -Corindi Beach(Subject to review)´0 1 2KMNote: Locational and exclusionarycriteria as detailed in CommunityInformation Fact Sheet No. 1,yet to be applied.

Locality:Population:Urban Status:Capacity:Korora, Sapphire andMoonee5,990 (Coffs Harbour CityCouncil, 2007)Village/Town252.4 hectaresFocal points within the locality will be theMoonee Beach Town Centre, generalstores in smaller settlements (i.e.Beachstone café at Sapphire), KororaPrimary School and holiday and caravanparks.Main ConstraintsDesired Future CharacterThis locality contains a number of discretesettlements, separated by topography,forested areas and the Pacific Highway.Moonee Beach is to develop into a coastaltown, centred on the Moonee ShoppingCentre, and providing a range of housing,retail, commercial and communityfacilities.Sapphire is to develop into three smallcoastal villages, which have holiday,tourism and recreational appeal, andlocalised retailing via general stores.Korora is to develop as a coastal village,centred around a village core located nearthe corner of Old Coast Road and KororaBasin Road.Sensitive riparian corridors locatedthroughout the locality are to provideecological links between the coast andhinterland, while the locality’s holiday,tourism and recreational appeal is to berecognised.Hinterland areas are to continue toprovide a stunning scenic backdrop, withsmall-scale agricultural pursuits tocontinue, while also providing lifestyleopportunities for rural residentialdevelopment and small farms.A small part in the north of the candidatearea and a further part included in theNorth Coffs Release Area are identified asbeing flood prone.The candidate area contains manyscattered areas of ecological significance,with much of this located alongwaterways and in steeper parts.The majority of the candidate area isidentified as being bushfire prone.The high scenic qualities of the Kororaridgelines warrant protection from furtherscarring by rural residential development.Significant parts of the candidate areahave a slope greater than 20%, with manyof these parts located along the westernedge of the candidate area.Extensive areas are mapped as potentiallycontaminated land from past bananagrowing activities.A very small part of the candidate areajust north of the Kororo Nature Reserve isidentified as ‘regionally significantfarmland’.The entire western edge of the candidatearea adjoins State Forest, with a small partadjoining the Kororo Nature Reserve.Holiday accommodation will continue tobe available, providing opportunities forholidaymakers to experience both thecoast and hinterland.Coffs Harbour City Rural Residential Strategy 2009 81

The eastern edge of the candidate areaadjoins the Pacific Highway, while theUpgrade route is proposed through thesouthern part (area included in the NorthCoffs Release Area), before making use ofthe existing Highway corridor.The southern part of the candidate area isidentified for further investigation forurban purposes under the North CoffsRelease Area project.Servicing CatchmentThe villages of Korora and Sapphirecontain very limited community servicesand facilities (i.e. primary school) andhealth and emergency services (andSapphire limited retailing services). Eachis however in very close proximity to theMoonee Beach Shopping Centre and CoffsHarbour where such higher order servicesand facilities are available.DiscussionThe Korora, Sapphire and Mooneecandidate area has very good access tosocial and economic services and providesgood opportunities for rural residentialhousing in close proximity to the coast.The area has a high demand for ruralresidential lots, but this is tempered by theexisting supply of land zoned for ruralresidential purposes. The existing accesspoints to the Pacific Highway provide asignificant limitation to the logical releaseof land in these areas prior to the PacificHighway Upgrade and development ofsafer interchanges.These candidate areas should be given amedium priority for land release; thispriority should be reviewed when thePacific Highway Upgrade project iscompleted in this area.The village of Moonee Beach has anexpanding range of community serviceand facilities, in part as a result of thesignificant areas being developed forresidential purposes. The majority ofthese services are located in and adjacentthe Moonee Beach Shopping Centre, andlike the villages of Korora and Sapphire, isin reasonably close proximity to CoffsHarbour where higher order services andfacilities are available.The candidate areas all rely on the PacificHighway for access to the north andsouth. The existing intersections arereaching capacity from a safety point ofview, but this will be relieved with thecompletion of the dual carriageway andinterchanges as part of the PacificHighway Upgrade project.82 Coffs Harbour City Rural Residential Strategy 2009

EBRUXNRI P PINGALES R DRRDFAIRVIEW RDWAKELANDS RDSUGARMILL RDSTCandidate AreasDRHERITAG EUnconstrained Land (in Hectares)BUCCA RDConstrained LandWEARS RDMARDELLSRDDISCOVERY DROVERLANDERRDSTOCKMANS DRTIKI RD(ROW)OLD BUCCACENTRAL BU CCA RD57.1HOYS RDTIDALCRSMARDELLS RDMACCUESRDMOONEE BEACH RDDAWN DR11.6RUSHT ON AVBR UXNER PARK RD10.8GAUDRONS RD142PACIFIC HWYIS LREDASH RDANDRDNORTH SAPPHIRE RDCRYSTAL DRTHE MOUNTAIN WY(R OW)BEACH RDS WANS RDJOR DANS WYHUNTER CLWA RRAWEEEL O UE RA DR(RO W)OLDCOAST RDSAPPHIRE CRSLOV ETTS RDCLROWSELLS RDLLCAMPBEFINLAYSRDJAMESSMALL DRNORMAN HILL DRSEALYRPARKRDLINKS AVLOOKOUT13.6KORORA BAYDRDRBREAKERS WYFIV E ISLANDS DRESORTDR17.3BAY DRCHAR LESWORTH BAY RDWEST KORORA RDGATELYSRDFIRMAN DRFigure 21This map compiled byCoffs Harbour City CouncilGIS Section~LRMMay 2009Unconstrained Land: (Subject to review)Candidate Areas -Korora, Moonee and Sapphire´0 1 2KMNote: Locational and exclusionarycriteria as detailed in CommunityInformation Fact Sheet No. 1,yet to be applied.

Locality:Population:Urban Status:Capacity:Bonville2,610 (Coffs Harbour CityCouncil, 2007)Town (Future)441.2 hectaresDesired Future CharacterBonville will retain its village atmosphere,providing for a rural residential lifestyle,while the Crossmaglen Valley will remain aproductive agricultural area.Bonville will develop as a larger urbancentre and as a family oriented placeproviding for the needs for the localcommunity, and will include limitedretailing and community facilities andservices expected in a Town Centre.Public recreation areas will providesignificant community focal points,fulfilling a wide range of activitiesincluding sporting needs, communitymarkets and entertainment.The rich natural landscape will continueto provide a diversity of environmentsincluding coastal estuarine settings andwetlands, eucalypt woodlands and littoralrainforests, and rural/agriculturallandscapes.Bongil Bongil National Park and otherbushland areas will remain important,maintaining and enhancing biodiversityand preserving the long termenvironmental quality of the area.Main ConstraintsOnly a small part of the candidate areasouth of North Bonville Road is identifiedas being flood prone.Scattered parts of the candidate area areidentified as being of ecologicalsignificance, including areas containingriparian vegetation along waterways.Significant parts of the candidate area areidentified as being bushfire prone.Only a small part of the candidate area isidentified as having a slope greater than20%.Land previously used for banana growingis identified as potentially contaminatedland.Significant parts of the candidate area areidentified for urban investigationpurposes, in the longer term under theOLC including along Bonville StationRoad, North Bonville Road, Glennifer Roadand Irvines Road.While a large part of the candidate area isidentified as containing ‘regionallysignificant farmland’ this is excludedbecause the area is identified under theexisting Strategy.Small parts of the candidate area adjoinState Forest, while the Pacific HighwayUpgrade adjoins eastern parts of the area;the upgrade is complete.Coffs Harbour City Rural Residential Strategy 2009 83

Servicing CatchmentBonville supports limited communityservices and facilities and health andemergency services. A private school andpublic primary school are located atBonville.Bonville is identified as a major releasearea under the OLC Settlement Strategyand will, in time, have a local businesscentre (i.e. Town Centre) to service thefuture population; any rural residentialareas will benefit from development of anew town centre.In the interim, Bonville will rely on itsaccess to the nearby centres at Boambee,Sawtell and Toormina and the CoffsHarbour City Centre which isapproximately 10 km to the north.The completion of the Pacific HighwayUpgrade has significantly reduced trafficmovements along the old Pacific Highway.Consequently efficient and safe access tothe candidate area is available from theold Pacific Highway (Pine Creek Way),with new connections to the PacificHighway located at Archville Station Road,East Bonville Road, Bonville Station Road,Williams Road, and Strouds Road.DiscussionThe Bonville area is earmarked for urbandevelopment and provides a uniqueopportunity for rural residentialdevelopment to take advantage of thefacilities and services that will be providedto support the new population. With thecompletion of the Pacific HighwayUpgrade (i.e. Bonville deviation), a safeand efficient road network will beavailable to service the area.The Bonville area has good access to thenearby centres of Boambee andSawtell/Toormina and is in close proximityto the City Centre. The area is relativelyfree of land constraints and provides anopportunity for a balancing of thelocational supply of rural residential land.These factors, coupled with its attractiveforested backdrop and closeness to thecoast, will create a high market demandfor rural residential land in this locality;figures on the past demand for thislocality and nearby Boambee support thisview. In light of the above, the Bonvillearea is identified as a high priority forrelease.84 Coffs Harbour City Rural Residential Strategy 2009

RDDRCandidate AreasUnconstrained Land (in Hectares)Constrained LandFRIDAYS CREEK RDENGLANDS RDC ARS ONS RDENGLANDS RDENGINEERING DRFORGE DRISLES DRCEDA RVALE3.2AY R SHIRE PARK DRFRIDAYSCRE EK R DMIDDLE BOAMBEECANALE DRRDFOREST CLRAINF O RD DRMCALPINE WYAVSYMO NSWEDDS RDMCRAE CLBLIG HLINDSAYS RDB AYLISSAVSAWTELL RDSOUT H BOAMBEE RDCABA CLSHAWS CLSOU TH BOAMBEEBRUCE KING DRRDIBISDR32.5CASSIDYSRD101.9TITA NS CLDEANS RDSANDPIPER CRSL UKINCLD E CASTELLA DRSUNRISE DRLINDEN AVHAR VIE DRVIEW DRMOSELEY DRSUN BIRD CRSLADY BELMORE DRKINCHE LA AVJANE CRCTCAVANBA RDNARIAHCRSAN AVCORRIGDRALLEENAAMAROOCRS115.8YARRAMAN RD3.9 14.5BAKKER DRNORTH BONVILLERDPINE CREEK WY29.526.510.3IRVINES RDWILLIAMS RDPACIFIC HWYSEN CRSS OREN LARUTLANDRLYONS RDSTPADDYMELPL AY FORDAVTON CRCTUCKER CLEUNGELLA STTOORMINA RDSHELTO N CLD E WS AVPLATTSCLFAVIELL DRBRAFORD DRSABAL DRBOWER CRSJAYPLCROSSMAGLEN RD11.7FIGCLBONVILLE STATION RDMOLL ER DRGLENIFFER RD26.7GRANDIS RD6.3EAST9.7BONVILLERDB UTLERSRDBONVILLE RD19KEOGHS RD29.7PINE CREEK WYGOULD RDARCHVILLESTATION RDEASTFigure 22This map compiled byCoffs Harbour City CouncilGIS Section~LRMMay 2009Unconstrained Land: (Subject to review)Candidate Areas -Bonville and Boambee´0 1 2KMNote: Locational and exclusionarycriteria as detailed in CommunityInformation Fact Sheet No. 1,yet to be applied.

Locality:Population:Urban Status:Nana Glen1046 (Coffs Harbour CityCouncil, 2007)Village – InlandScattered parts of the candidate area areidentified as being of ecologicalsignificance, particularly areas containingriparian vegetation along waterways, aswell as significant areas north east andsouth east of Nana Glen village.Capacity:805.4 hectaresDesired Future CharacterNana Glen, including surroundinglocalities, will provide opportunities to livein a rural setting.The locality will continue to boast ruralcharm with open river flats, denselyvegetated creek banks and timberedbackdrops. Mixed agricultural pursuitswill enhance existing beef and timberenterprises, and the community willmaintain its important links withagriculture.Planting of local species along the OraraRiver, Bucca Creek and associated streamswill assist in maintaining improved waterquality.Main ConstraintsSignificant parts of the candidate area areidentified as flood prone, along both theOrara River and Bucca Creek. TheStrategy utilises the data from the 1991Orara Bucca Valley Flood Study. Councilhas recognised that this informationrequires updating and furtherinvestigation to provide more accurateflood information and risk levels. Councilhas recently received a grant under theNatural Disaster Mitigation Program toprepare a revised flood study of the OraraBucca Valley. This study is expected to becompleted by 2010.Extensive parts of the candidate area areidentified as being bushfire prone,particularly areas containing riparianvegetation along waterways.Large tracts of land in the candidate areaare identified as ‘regionally significantfarmland’, including areas along both theOrara River and Bucca Creek.The north east and southern parts of thecandidate area adjoin State Forest andNational Park.Servicing CatchmentThe village of Nana Glen contains limitedcommunity services and facilities andhealth and emergency services, andprovides only localised shopping facilities(general store); a primary school islocated at Nana Glen. It relies on CoffsHarbour, and to some extent Grafton, forhigher order services and facilities; thevillage is approximately 20 km from theCity Centre.DiscussionNana Glen provides a picturesque rurallandscape and contains relativelyimportant farmland areas. The village haslimited access to services and facilities andis located some distance from the CityCentre. Based on the number ofregistered lots, demand for housing in theexisting rural residential areas has beenlow in comparison to other areas. Thearea is constrained by flooding and theroad network. With these factors in mind,Nana Glen should be given a low priorityfor release relative to the other candidateareas.Coffs Harbour City Rural Residential Strategy 2009 85

McPHERSONS RDRDTHORNTON RDCandidate AreasUnconstrained Land (in Hectares)Constrained LandCOWLING CLMORROWS RDELLEMSQUARRYRD12.942.36.5ORARA WY287.684.66.328.9MORROWS RD3.6WEIR ST12.219.387.16.4ORARA WYBENTST3 4.5NANA STGRAF TON STSOLO MON CLBUCCA RDHALLGATHS RDBUCCA RD59.2BREWERSRD67.12.927.9DE AST BANK R4.715.7FERRETTS RD50103.5COLDWATE R CREEK RDC REEKRDORARAWY4.7 114.9NANAEASTB ATTERYBANKRDORARA WYFigure 23This map compiled byCoffs Harbour City CouncilGIS Section~LRMMay 2009Unconstrained Land:Candidate Areas -Nana Glen(Subject to review)´0 1 2KMNote: Locational and exclusionarycriteria as detailed in CommunityInformation Fact Sheet No. 1,yet to be applied.

Locality:Population:Urban Status:Capacity:Coramba (including UpperOrara) and Karangi1865 (Coffs Harbour CityCouncil, 2007)Village – Inland837 hectaresExtensive parts of the candidate area areof ecological significance.The majority of the candidate area isidentified as being bushfire prone.Parts of the candidate area contain landwith a slope greater than 20%, particularlyaround Poperaperan Creek Road.Desired Future CharacterThe Coramba - Karangi - Upper Oraralocality will be a place providing a rurallifestyle close to Coffs Harbour.It will be a vibrant rural living areacomplementing the traditional ruralenterprises of dairy farming, beef cattleand timber production, in addition toalternative forms of agriculture andtourism-based industry.Community activity will focus on thehistoric village of Coramba, with localheritage reflected in its main street; thevillage enhanced by the existing ruralresidential areas on its periphery; and localemployment a priority.Vegetation is managed to maintainbiodiversity and maintain the long termenvironmental quality of the area,particularly along the Orara River.Main ConstraintsAreas adjoining the Orara River areidentified as being flood prone. As statedpreviously, the Strategy utilises the datafrom the 1991 Orara Bucca Valley FloodStudy and Council is preparing a newflood study which is expected to becompleted by 2010.Areas adjoining the Orara River areidentified as ‘regionally significantfarmland’.The majority of the candidate area adjoinsState Forest and National Park, with aquarry located south of Upper Orara Road.Servicing CatchmentThe villages of Coramba, Karangi andUpper Orara contain limited communityservices and facilities and health andemergency services, and provide onlylocalised shopping facilities (i.e. TheCoramba Store). Primary schools arelocated at both Karangi and Coramba.Coramba provides the widest range ofservices; however each village reliesheavily on Coffs Harbour for higher orderservices and facilities.DiscussionCoramba reflects a traditional countryvillage surrounded by the rural hinterland.The area includes flood prone land andregionally significant farmland along thealluvial flats of the Orara River. Thevillage has limited services and facilities,particularly in the Karangi and UpperOrara areas. The area has reasonableaccess to the Coffs Harbour City Centre,but the geometry of Coramba Road is alimiting factor in providing safe andefficient access. The candidate areas ofCoramba, Karangi and Upper Orara shouldbe given a higher priority than the outerareas of Nana Glen and Corindi, but alower priority than the more accessiblecandidate areas nearer the coast.86 Coffs Harbour City Rural Residential Strategy 2009

DUNCANS BRIDGE RDCandidate AreasUnconstrained Land (in Hectares)Constrained LandORARA WYKING S RIDGRDE FORESTEASTBANK FORES T RD3.5PRIORS RD28.8EAST BANK RD6.63.3146.4ORARA WY5.7MOSES CL7.1EAST BANKRD4.73.55.2MARTIN LNGALE ST7.69.56.259.7CORAMBARD5.86.8HARTLEYS RD98.716.628.644.8POPERAPERAN CREEKRDCONVIN CI NGGROUN D RD13.129.816.1CORAMBA RDWALTERS RDWATKIN RDUPPER ORARARD21.8UP PE RORARA RDCASUARINA LN98.33.37.62.192.18.5MASTONS RD13.225.4DAIRYVILLE RD3.2176.4MT BISHOP RDCORAMBA RDMOUNTBROWNERDJABOH CLFigure 24This map compiled byCoffs Harbour City CouncilGIS Section~LRMMay 2009Unconstrained Land: (Subject to review)Candidate Areas -Coramba and Karangi´0 1 2KMNote: Locational and exclusionarycriteria as detailed in CommunityInformation Fact Sheet No. 1,yet to be applied.