2017-02-07 Planning and Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  7 FEBRUARY 2017


2.    Trunk Park Types
The current PIP includes all levels of parks under the Local, District and Regional (Shire-wide)
categories, however for the new LGIP, it is proposed that only parks at the District and Shire-
wide levels be included. The considerations in making this proposal to exclude Local parks from
the new LGIP is derived from review of sections 2.3 and 2.5.5a of the current Statutory Guideline
03/14 as follows:
Section 2.3:
      “Infrastructure may only be identified in an LGIP if that infrastructure is development
      infrastructure which the local government has also determined is trunk infrastructure.
      Non-trunk infrastructure is generally infrastructure that is internal to a development,
      connects a development to external infrastructure networks or necessary to protect or
      maintain the safety or efficiency of the infrastructure network of which the non-trunk
      infrastructure is a component.
      To assist local governments in making a determination as to whether infrastructure is trunk
      infrastructure, the following matters should be considered:
          function – does the infrastructure provide a distribution function, collection function or
            service to a wider catchment comprising multiple development sites?
          number of users – does it service multiple development sites or catchments of users?
          development certainty – can the planning of the infrastructure be undertaken without
            knowing the details of individual developments? For example, can the infrastructure be
            planned without knowing the detailed layout for lot reconfigurations or the design of the
            development?”
and
Section 2.5.5a:
      “When deciding what infrastructure to include in the PFTI and consequently what is defined
      as trunk infrastructure, a local government must consider:
      (1)    the matters stated in Part A, section 2.3 (Infrastructure identified in a local
             government infrastructure plan) of this guideline;
      (2)    whether the infrastructure:
             a) is necessary to service assumed growth and urban development or an increase in
                the standard of service inside the PIA;
             b) provides an affordable, yet adequate standard of service to development;
             c) is the most cost effective means of servicing assumed growth and urban
                development, having regard to not only the capital cost, but also the maintenance
                and operating costs of the infrastructure going forward;
             d) reflects a consistent servicing strategy across all trunk infrastructure networks
      (3)    its ability to fund the infrastructure.”
In examining local parks, it considered that these are generally:
    created as a park internal to a lot reconfiguration development and do not generally satisfy
      the distribution, collection or service the wider catchment functions;
    only services small numbers of users and not multiple development sites or catchments of
      users;
    cannot be planned without knowing the detailed layout for lot reconfigurations;
    not the most cost effective means of servicing assumed growth and urban development;

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