Greater Taree LEP 2010 Amendment - Tallwood Drive and Old Soldiers Road Rainbow Flat

The proposal seeks to:* rezone approximately 107 hectares of land currently zoned RU1 Primary Production to part R5 Large Lot Residential and other parts to E2 Environmental Conservation or E3 Environmental Management in a manner consistent with Council's Hallidays Point Development Strategy and protecting ecological corridors and habitat areas. Final zone boundaries are proposed to be determined through further investigation and studies following Gateway Determination; * facilitate the provision of a safe and effective secondary access road for the Hallidays Point Villages;* identify important ecological values of the land and provide protective zoning to areas that are important as corridors and habitat areas;. * amend the associated Land Zoning, Lot Size, Height of Buildings Maps; The planning proposal is also to be progressed in conjunction with two voluntary planning agreements (VPAs) one with the Minister for the Environment and the other with Council to provide for:1) the dedication of land to National Parks and Wildlife Service for inclusion into the Khappinghat Nature Reserve to ensure a sensible road edge interface with the Reserve; and 2) the construction of the Old Soldiers Road link through the subject lands as part of the future subdivision of the lands.