FRAMEWORK PRINCIPLES TO SAVE OUR COAST
FRAMEWORK PRINCIPLES TO SAVE OUR COAST
For more information about the threats to our coast, including case studies, click here.
1. PROTECT COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS
By prohibiting roads and developments that impact ecologically sensitive environments including Threatened Species Habitat and Endangered Ecological Communities and adding ecologically sensitive land to the protected area network.
2. CONSIDER CLIMATE CHANGE
By assessing and mapping areas vulnerable to floods, bushfires and sea level rise now and in the future and prohibiting development in those areas while resourcing and requiring local council’s to develop and update master bushfire and flood plans for their LGA.
3. ENSURE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES ARE IN PLACE
The Government must place requirements for adequate infrastructure and services before new housing developments can be built.
4. MAKE ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS TRANSPARENT AND INDEPENDENT
By making developers use independent ecological assessors provided by the department instead of being able to shop around for experts that enable development.
5. REIGN IN SHORT TERM HOLIDAY LETS
By giving councils the power to regulate and limit short term holiday lets, freeing up regional housing stock.
6. PUT POWER BACK IN THE HANDS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES
By scrapping Regional Planning Panels and placing development approvals back into the hands of local councils, with joint council planning decisions over inter-regional developments.
7. CLEAN UP LOCAL COUNCILS
By banning property developers and real estate agents from sitting on council, strengthening disclosure requirements for counsellors and giving whistleblower protections to council staff to ensure councils make the best decisions for their community.
8. END ZOMBIE DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS
By forcing existing Development Approvals over 5 years old to be reassessed through the planning system with inappropriate approvals forced to redesign, take a land swap or receive compensation where appropriate.
9. ASSESS THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT
The Government must require councils to develop LGA Master Plans that properly assess the cumulative impacts of development on ecologically sensitive coastal ecosystems including threatened species habitat.
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