Background
Council is seeking comments from the community on amendments to the Community Facilities Plan of Management. One of the amendments is the inclusion of Unit 1/29-35 Burlington Road Homebush, which is located on Community Land. As this requires this community land to be categorised, a public hearing will be held in accordance with the Local Government Act 1993.
The Plan of Management (PoM) provides direction for the use and management of community facilities owned or managed by Strathfield Council under the Crown Land Management Act 2016 and Local Government Act 1993.
Plans of Management describe the features of the land and set out how Council intends to manage, use and develop the land in the future, thereby providing a transparent and coordinated approach to public land management. The draft plan also includes an action plan with objectives and performance targets for the land, prescribes permissible uses of land and the management of tenures over the land.
You are invited to provide feedback and comments on the amended Community Facilities Plan of Management Draft Plan of Management until Friday July 12 2024.
A copy can be viewed or downloaded from this page. A printed copy of the draft Plan of Management document can also be viewed at the Council Customer Service Centre at 65 Homebush Road and Strathfield Library, 65-67 Rochester Street, Homebush.
Following the public exhibition process, submissions will be reviewed and considered for inclusion in the Plan of Management.
Public Hearing
Updated content 27 June 2024: The Public Hearing was held on 26 June 2024 for the new land categorisation of community land owned by Council. The report is available in the Document Library on this page.
Council is proposing categorising the area owned by Council at Unit 1/29-35 Burlington Road Homebush as General Community Use. Under section 40A of the Local Government Act 1993, Council is required to hold a public hearing concerning a new land categorisation of community land owned by Council. Council is proposing categorising the area owned by Council at Unit 1/29-35 Burlington Road Homebush as General Community Use.
Under 36I (LG Act), the core objectives for management of community land categorised as general community use are to promote, encourage and provide for the use of the land, and to provide facilities on the land, to meet the current and future needs of the local community and of the wider public:
(a) in relation to public recreation and the physical, cultural, social and intellectual welfare or development of individual members of the public, and
(b) in relation to purposes for which a lease, licence or other estate may be granted in respect of the land (other than the provision of public utilities and works associated with or ancillary to public utilities).
Members of the public are invited to attend a public hearing about the proposed categorisation of community land on Wednesday, 26 June 2024 at 7pm at the Ironbark Room, Strathfield Library, 65 Rochester Street Homebush.
A background information package is provided in the Document Library.
How to make a submission on the draft Plan of Management
There are three ways you can lodge a submission:
- Complete the online submission form below.
- Email your submission to council@strathfield.nsw.gov.au with the subject line Amended Community Facilities Plan of Management.
- Mail to the Chief Strategy Officer, Strathfield Council, PO Box 120, Strathfield NSW 2135.
For more information, please contact Cathy Jones, Chief Strategy Officer on 9748 9937 or email cathy.jones@strathfield.nsw.gov.au.
