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Filling of the Floodplain

Copy the letter below and paste it into an email to both Councils.

Blacktown Council

62 Flushcombe Road Blacktown NSW 2148
The General Manager PO Box 63 Blacktown NSW 2148 (mail)
Ph 9839 6000
Fax 9831 1961
council@blacktown.nsw.gov.au

Penrith Council

601 High St, Penrith NSW 2750
P.O. Box 60, Penrith NSW 2751 (mailing address)
Ph 4732 7777  
Fax 4732 7958
pencit@penrithcity.nsw.gov.au

 

To the Mayors of Penrith and Blacktown City Councils
Submission to Draft Dunheved Precinct Plan

 

Dear Mayors Thain and Kelly, 

I wish to express my opposition to the Draft Dunheved Precinct Plan lodged with your Council by Delfin Lend Lease for the following reasons: 

  • I believe it is irresponsible to allow development of the South Creek Floodplain. Floodplains are there for a reason. It is irresponsible to allow floodplains to be filled

  • It is irresponsible of Council to assess this plan using 1991 floodplain data. Consultants have only just been employed to conduct a new Council study and it should be this new data, taking into consideration climate change and the impact of the North and South West Growth Centres within the South Creek valley, that is used to guide Councils assessment of this plan

  • Council may not be acting in good faith if it approves this plan before the new floodplain data has been gathered. Therefore exposing ratepayers to potential litigation

  • It is hypocritical of both Councils to allow development and filling of the South Creek Floodplain within your LGA whilst denouncing the same concept further downstream in the proposed North West Growth Centres

  • There will be 450,000 cubic metres of fill required for this development site. You have historically argued that any filling of floodplain requires the provision of compensatory floodplain storage. Where is this equivalent area of compensatory floodplain storage situated?

  • How many truckloads will be required to transport this amount of fill to this area? When will these trucks operate? Will they be using our roads? Which roads? Will this fill be 100% guaranteed free of contaminants such as asbestos?

  • I oppose Council entering ratepayers into legally binding Development Agreements or Public Private Partnerships with developers. I do not want to be limited by such contracts such that my elected representatives cannot amend or repeal plans or act in the public interest. Can you guarantee this would not happen?

  • I oppose any new roads that will increase the amount of cars and trucks using Dunheved Road

Yours truly,

 

 

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