Enmore Park Plan of Management - Land

8.0 RELEVANT BACKGROUND INFORMATIONThe principles are that:• Environmental protection principles be observed in relation to the managementand administration of Crown land.• The natural resources of Crown land (including water, soil, flora, fauna andscenic quality) be conserved wherever possible.• Public use and enjoyment of appropriate Crown land be encouraged.• Where appropriate, multiple use of Crown land be encouraged.• Were appropriate, Crown land should be used and managed in such a way thatboth the land and its resources are sustained in perpetuity.• Crown land be occupied, used, sold, leased, licensed or otherwise dealt with inthe best interests of the State consistent with the above principles.Additional requirements under the Crown Lands Act 1989 relating to plans ofmanagement are:• that the Minister administering the Crown Lands Act 1989 or Minister assistingthe Minister for Natural Resources (Lands), gives consent for the preparation ofa plan of management and consent for a draft plan going on public exhibition;• that the plan of management observe appropriate reserve policy applicable tothe site along with relevant land management case law; and• that the draft plan of management shall be placed on public display for not lessthan 28 days to allow for submissions to be made on the plan of management.Local Government Act 1993Although Enmore Park is Crown Land and subject to the Crown Lands Act 1989,various aspects of community land management policy as arise for the LocalGovernment Act can be of assistance in management of Enmore Park.The Local Government Act provides the legislative framework for a council’s day to dayoperation. The Act emphasises a council’s responsibility to actively manage land and toinvolve the community in developing a strategy for management.Environmental and Planning Assessment Act 1979The objectives of this Act are:(a) to encourage:(i) the proper management, development and conservation of natural and artificialresources, including agricultural land, natural areas, forests, minerals, water,cities, towns and villages for the purpose of promoting the social andeconomic welfare of the community and a better environment,(ii) the promotion and co-ordination of the orderly and economic use anddevelopment of land,(iii) the protection, provision and co-ordination of communication and utility services,(iv) the provision of land for public purposes,(v) the provision and co-ordination of community services and facilities, and(vi) the protection of the environment, including the protection and conservationof native animals and plants, including threatened species, populations andecological communities, and their habitats, and(vii) ecologically sustainable development, and(viii) the provision and maintenance of affordable housing, and(b)(c)to promote the sharing of the responsibility for environmental planning betweenthe different levels of government in the State, andto provide increased opportunity for public involvement and participation inenvironmental planning and assessment.85 Marrickville CouncilOctober 2012