The preparation of this generic plan of management for community land is part of an ongoing process in developing a comprehensive management framework for Warringah Council’s public open space. In accordance with the Local Government Act 1993, all land vested in a council (except a road or land to which the Crown Lands Act 1989 applies) must be classified as either community land or operational land.
Plans of management must be prepared and adopted for all community land (i.e. public land vested in or under the control of Council and classified as community land). The use and management of community land must also be consistent with its designated categories and their respective core objectives. These categories include natural area (i.e. bushland, wetland, escarpment, watercourse and foreshore), sportsground, park, area of cultural significance and general community use. This plan of management focuses on land parcels categorised as general community use.
The parcels investigated during the development of this plan of management have a wide variety of characteristics and associated values and issues. These parcels have been grouped according to their core characteristics in order to provide consistent decision-making and guide ongoing management for existing, and subsequently acquired, parcels of community land.
Many of the parcels investigated satisfy the objectives for community land categorised as general community use and will continue to be managed under this as roadside buffers, drainage reserves and for public access and recreation. The plan of management has also identified some parcels which have values that could be better served by other plans of management particularly areas of bushland and parks and a range of parcels that should be reclassified as operational land. |
