2022-11-14 GC Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Draft Eastern Beaches Foreshore Management Plan

Non-residential owners
Talking to the neighbours of our coastal reserves is complicated as there is a high proportion of
non-resident owners and properties in Eastern Beaches neighbourhoods, including short term let
properties, “family and friends” holiday houses, and resort style accommodation, some with
multiple owners and body corporates. Unaddressed delivery or local notices and advertisements
are unlikely to reach non-residential neighbours. Other people who regularly interact with the
coastal reserves are not always readily identifiable via ownership information such as letting
managers, and landscaping and maintenance companies and need to be considered through
further targeted engagement.



What we heard - initial consultation
The most common issue raised was encroachments – private garden extensions into public land,
private beach accesses and vegetation damage for views. The next most common issue raised
was weeds in the dunes, especially glory lily. The management of public beach accesses was also
a common theme, especially mowing and pruning around them, problem beach accesses, and
people spreading out across the dunes where the beach access fencing ended.

Volunteers raised concerns about the very low level of Council resources directed towards the
EBFRs outside of the Bushland Care program, and how much unpaid volunteer time goes into
project development, grant applications, project delivery and administration.




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