Draft Foundations Development Control Plan (DCP) (April 2023)

Upon rezoning of the site in April 2022, the site became an Urban Release Area within Lithgow Local Environmental Plan 2014 which triggers Part 6 of the LEP.

To ensure development of land in an urban release area occurs in a logical and cost-effective manner, Clause 6.3 requires a development control plan to be prepared for the land prior to any major development on the site.

Clause 6.3 of the LLEP 2014 requires the Urban Release Area DCP’s to address the following matters:

(a)  a staging plan for the timely and efficient release of urban land, making provision for necessary infrastructure and sequencing,

(b)  an overall transport movement hierarchy showing the major circulation routes and connections to achieve a simple and safe movement system for private vehicles, public transport, pedestrians and cyclists,

(c)  an overall landscaping strategy for the protection and enhancement of riparian areas and remnant vegetation, including visually prominent locations, and detailed landscaping requirements for both the public and private domain,

(d)  a network of active and passive recreation areas,

(e)  stormwater and water quality management controls,

(f)  amelioration of natural and environmental hazards, including bush fire, flooding and site contamination and, in relation to natural hazards, the safe occupation of, and the evacuation from, any land so affected,

(g)  detailed urban design controls for significant development sites,

(h)  measures to encourage higher density living around transport, open space and service nodes,

(i)  measures to accommodate and control appropriate neighbourhood commercial and retail uses,

(j)  suitably located public facilities and services, including provision for appropriate traffic management facilities and parking.