Thank you to everyone who shared their feedback on the updates to the Bronte Park and Beach Plan of Management. All feedback has been considered and Council has now endorsed the updates to the Bronte Park and Beach Plan of Management 2024.

During the Strategic Planning and Development Committee meeting held on the 6 February 2024 Council adopted the Bronte Park and Beach Plan of Management in accordance with section 40 of the Local Government Act 1993 and section 3.23(6) of the Crown Lands Management Act 2016.

What is a Plan of Management?

A plan of management is a document that defines the value, use, management practices and intent for the public purpose for which the land has been reserved.

Bronte Park and Beach Plan of Management - Background and Updates.

Bronte Park and Beach Plan of Management (BPB PoM 2017) was developed through research and public consultation including public exhibition, before being adopted by Council in July 2017. Since the adoption of the BPB PoM Council has improved the park and beach.

Since Council’s adoption of the BPB PoM 2017, Crown Lands updated the Crown Land Management Act 2016 (CLM Act), which came into effect in June 2018. In October 2020, Council resolved to update a priority list of Plans of Management (PoM) to comply with the new CLM Act, including Bronte Park and Beach PoM.

These legislative changes are described in further detail in Section 3 (page 20) of the updated Bronte PoM.

Essentially there are three key changes required to update the Bronte PoM to bring it into line with CLM Act and LG Act including:

• Native Title Declaration (new Section 3.2.8 in Draft PoM page 23) An assessment and adherence to the Native Title Act (1993) is now a requirement, to establish if there are any existing native title claims on the park or reserve that would prevent Council from developing or managing the land.

• Community Land Categorisation (new Section 6.7 and 6.8 in Draft PoM page 104) The Local Government Act requires community land to be categorised in accordance with Section 36(4) of the LG Act. This process basically breaks the park up into areas assigning up to 5 main categories (and 5 sub-categories for natural areas) that best reflect land use and/or describe the physical characteristics of the land. Each category includes core objectives to guide how that land is to be managed. The categories and sub-categories applied at Bronte Park are indicated in the Land Categorisation Map in the current document library on this page and include:
  • Park
  • Natural Area – Escarpment
  • Natural Area - Bushland
  • Natural Area - Foreshore
  • General Community Use
• Leases and Licences and other Estates (new Section 6.9 in Draft PoM page 112) The PoM must clearly state what types of leases, licences and other estates that are allowed. Theses activities must support the Crown Reserve purpose for ‘public recreation’ and be consistent with the core objectives of the community land categorisation – see above.

Council and Crown Lands have approved the updated BPB PoM, the plan must be now made available for the community to review and provide feedback during a pubic exhibition period, before the plan is updated and adopted by Council.

Need more information?

Please contact Open Space and Recreation at openspaceplanning@waverley.nsw.gov.au

How to have your say

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