New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

SYDNEY REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN NO 24--HOMEBUSH BAY AREA - SCHEDULE 7

SCHEDULE 7 – Issues to be addressed in statements of environmental effects

(Schedule 2)

Part 1 - Statements relating to development of major public facilities

Each of the following issues and any additional relevant issues required to be considered by section 79C of the Act:

• The extent to which the proposal is consistent with the latest transport strategy prepared for the Sydney Olympic Park Authority.

• The adequacy of and arrangements for the following:

(a) parking provision for the servicing of the facility,

(b) access to and egress from the site, on-site parking, loading and manoeuvring of buses and coaches,

(c) the regulation of the arrival and dispersal of vehicles, including buses and trucks.

• Measures to be taken to minimise noise impact on surrounding land uses caused by use of the facility.

• Potential vandalism and arrangements and measures to be taken to minimise it.

• Any plan of management which has been prepared relating to matters raised in the statement of environmental effects to deal with management of the site of a major public facility. (Such a plan of management should address measures to be taken to:

(a) control crowd movement,

(b) promote the use of public transport,

(c) minimise vandalism to adjacent facilities,

(d) facilitate traffic flow and avoid road congestion within the Homebush Bay Area and the surrounding land, and

(e) minimise noise impact on land adjoining the site.)

• The extent to which the proposal is consistent with any guidelines for development prepared for the Sydney Olympic Park Authority in respect of the Homebush Bay Area.

• The landscaping of the site and its consistency with any such guidelines for development.

Part 2 - Statements relating to development within environmental conservation areas

Each of the following issues and any additional relevant issues required to be considered by section 79C of the Act:

• The environmental effect of the proposed development (the proposal) on environmental conservation areas, including its effect on the following:

(a) the growth of native plant communities,

(b) the survival of native wildlife populations,

(c) the provision and quality of habitats for both indigenous and migratory bird species,

(d) the surface and groundwater characteristics of the site of the proposed development and of the surrounding area, including salinity and water quality.

• Whether feasible alternatives to the proposal (either involving the use of other land or other means) exist and, if so, the reasons for choosing the proposal.

• Whether adequate safeguards and rehabilitation measures are needed and, if so, whether they will be taken to avoid or minimise any effect of the proposal on the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d).

• The public benefit (if any) in carrying out the proposal compared with the public benefit in the preservation of the environmental conservation areas.

• The findings and recommendations of relevant ecological studies prepared for the Sydney Olympic Park Authority or the Australian Department of Defence for the Homebush Bay Area and any ecological plan of management based on these studies.

• Whether new areas of native vegetation and fauna habitats need to be created to compensate for any loss of vegetation within environmental conservation areas.