Sunday 20 December 2015

Draft Hunter Regional plan and Hunter City

It looks like Lake Macquarie will be able to stand alone as an independent Council…hoorah! 
But the State government’s plans for the region go beyond the local government boundaries with the Draft Hunter Regional plan and  Draft plan for Growing Hunter City, being recently released and comments due by 28 February 2016.
There are four goals in the draft Hunter Regional Plan 
1. Grow Australia’s next major city- Hunter City
2. Grow the largest regional economy in Australia
3. Protect and connect natural environments
4. Support robust regional communities
Where is Hunter City you may be wondering? It is described in the plan as “the metropolitan area extending from Toronto and Swansea in the south to Raymond Terrace in the north and from Newcastle Harbour in the east to Lochinvar in the west. It has emerged from the expansion of Newcastle and its surrounding towns and has a rich history and strong growth prospects for the future. Today, Hunter City is the State’s second largest and the nation’s seventh largest urban population. “
The ‘Hunter City’ landscape is divided into five districts and it looks like the Coal Point peninsula is the southern boundary of the this proposed entity. 

The two draft plans are available on line at planning.nsw.gov.au and there is a ‘Have your say’ opportunity as well.

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