PLAN OF MANAGEMENT
for
RESERVE 140084 for CARAVAN PARK (NORTH BEACH HOLIDAY PARK) at MYLESTOM
Prepared for the
BELLINGER HEADS HOLIDAY PARKS TRUST and the
December 2012
PLAN OF MANAGEMENT
for
RESERVE 140084 for CARAVAN PARK (NORTH BEACH HOLIDAY PARK) at MYLESTOM
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Contents
1 Preamble ........................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Introduction................................................................................................................. 1
1.2 Land Status .................................................................................................................. 1
1.3 Basis for Management ................................................................................................ 2
1.4 North Coast Holiday Parks........................................................................................... 3
1.5 Purpose of this Plan ..................................................................................................... 3
2 Statutory and Policy Framework ..................................................................................... 5
2.1 Introduction................................................................................................................. 5
2.2 Crown Lands Act 1989 ................................................................................................. 5
2.2.1 Plan of Management, Bellingen Coast Regional Crown Reserve and Bellinger
Heads State Park Operational Plan, February 2010 ........................................................... 6
2.3 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 .................................................... 8
2.4 Local Government Act 1993 ........................................................................................ 8
2.5 The Holiday Park (Long Term Casual Occupation) Act 2002 ....................................... 9
2.6 The Residential Parks Act 1998 ................................................................................... 9
2.7 Rural Fires Act 1997 .................................................................................................. 10
2.8 Relevant Environmental Planning Instruments ........................................................ 10
2.8.1 Bellingen Local Environment Plan 2010 ............................................................ 10
2.8.2 Mylestom Development Policy – Development Control Plan No 22, 2004 ....... 11
2.8.3 NSW Coastal Policy 1997 ................................................................................... 13
2.8.4 State Environmental Planning Policy No. 21 – Caravan Parks ........................... 14
2.8.5 State Environmental Planning Policy No 71 ...................................................... 14
2.8.6 State Environmental Planning Policy – Major Development and State
Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011 ....................... 15
2.8.7 State Environmental Planning Policy – Infrastructure ....................................... 16
2.9 Policies and Guidelines .............................................................................................. 17
2.9.1 Sea Level Rise ..................................................................................................... 17
2.9.2 Crown Lands Caravan Park Policy ...................................................................... 18
2.9.3 Bellinger and Kalang Rivers Estuary Management Plan, 2008 .......................... 19
2.10 Other Statutory and Policy Documents .................................................................... 19
2.11 Summary ................................................................................................................... 19
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3 The Existing Situation ................................................................................................... 20
3.1 Location ..................................................................................................................... 20
3.2 Existing Development................................................................................................ 21
3.3 Section 68 Approval .................................................................................................. 22
3.4 Wastewater treatment System ................................................................................. 22
3.5 Strategic Assessment ................................................................................................ 22
3.6 Vegetation Management .......................................................................................... 24
3.7 Summary ................................................................................................................... 24
4 Vision and Objectives ................................................................................................... 26
4.1 Introduction............................................................................................................... 26
4.2 The Vision Statement ................................................................................................ 26
4.3 Objectives .................................................................................................................. 26
5 Management Precincts ................................................................................................. 28
5.1 Entry Precinct ............................................................................................................ 28
5.2 Northern Precinct ...................................................................................................... 28
5.3 Central Precinct ......................................................................................................... 28
5.4 Long-Term Living Precinct ......................................................................................... 29
6 Proposed Improvement Program .................................................................................. 30
6.1 Introduction............................................................................................................... 30
6.2 Proposed Improvement Program ............................................................................. 30
6.3 Improvement Plan – see Drawing NB - 02. ............................................................... 31
6.4 Proposed Improvements ........................................................................................... 32
6.4.1 En-suites and Eco-Tents ..................................................................................... 33
7 Management Actions and Strategies ............................................................................. 36
7.1 Plan Objectives, Strategies and Actions .................................................................... 36
7.2 Regulatory Compliance ............................................................................................. 36
7.3 Health, Safety and Risk Management ....................................................................... 37
7.4 Business Management .............................................................................................. 38
7.5 Environmental Management .................................................................................... 39
7.6 Sustainability ............................................................................................................. 41
7.7 Facilities for Residents, Guests and Management .................................................... 42
7.8 Tourist Sites and Accommodation ............................................................................ 43
7.9 Integrated Management ........................................................................................... 43
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7.10 Authorised Activities and Works ............................................................................... 44
7.11 Vegetation Management .......................................................................................... 45
7.12 Holiday Vans .............................................................................................................. 47
8 Implementation and Review ......................................................................................... 47
APPENDIX A S68 Approval to Operate the North Beach Holiday Park
APPENDIX B Diagram of Land to be Added to Reserve 140084
APPENDIX C Correspondence re Wastewater Treatment System
APPENDIX D Vegetation Management Plan for North Beach Holiday Park
REFERENCES
DRAWINGS NB – 00 Survey Plan Overlay
NB – 01 Existing Site Plan and Site Analysis
NB – 02 Proposed Improvement Plan
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1 PREAMBLE
1.1 Introduction
This Plan of Management has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Crown
Lands Act 1989 to provide a framework for the future management, use and improvement
of the reserved Crown land and property known as the North Beach Holiday Park at
Mylestom in the Bellingen Shire. The Crown land covered by the Plan comprises a
community resource in a coastal setting that provides holiday accommodation and
recreation opportunities for the enjoyment of the community.
The Plan of Management outlines a management direction for the next 5 to 10 years for the
reserved land in accordance with the requirements of the Crown Lands Act 1989.
1.2 Land Status
The Crown land covered by this Plan of Management is described as Lot 7011 in DP 1056194
which is Reserve 140084 for Caravan Park with an area of approximately 3.32 ha. The
adjoining land is also Crown land comprising Reserve 66913 for Public Recreation and
Resting Place. Both reserves form part of the Bellingen Coast Regional Crown Reserve,
(Reserve 1011828 notified on 11th August 2006) and the Bellinger Heads State Park (Reserve
1014608 notified on 7 March 2008).
Figure 1 - North Beach Holiday Park – Approximate outline of Lot 7011 shown in red.
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North Beach Holiday Park is managed by the Bellinger Heads Holiday Parks Trust and the
New South Wales government for the benefit of the community. The Bellinger Heads
Holiday Parks Trust was appointed to manage the North Beach Holiday Park in June 2009.
The Reserve is located in the village of Mylestom in the Bellingen Local Government Area.
1.3 Basis for Management
The management of Reserve 140084 is to be in accordance with the objects and principles
of Crown land management described in Sections 10 and 11 of the Crown Lands Act 1989
and the land management provisions of Part 5 of the Act. The land will therefore be used
and managed in accordance with the following:
The Plan of Management applying to the land;
Crown Lands Act 1989;
Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and any planning instrument
permitting the use of the land for a specified purpose or otherwise regulating the
use of the land;
Local Government Act 1993;
Residential Parks Act 1998;
Holiday Parks (Long-term Casual Occupation) Act 2002; and
The provisions of the Local Government (Manufactured Home Estates, Caravan Park,
Camping Grounds and Moveable Dwellings) Regulation 2005.
The preparation of this Plan of Management for the North Beach Holiday Park has included,
over a period of time, site inspections, consultation with the Trust, discussions with the
caravan park manager and review of relevant NSW Government, Crown Lands Division and
Local Government legislation, policies, reports and data.
The principal issues addressed in this Plan include:
Compliance with the standards of the Local Government (Manufactured Home
Estates, Caravan Parks, Camping Grounds and Moveable Dwellings) Regulation 2005;
Improving the entry and site layout of the caravan park;
Improving the provision of facilities for guests and residents;
Improving environmental management;
Improving the financial performance of the Holiday Park by improving the
accommodation provided and exploring market opportunities particularly in off-peak
seasons;
Ensuring that holders of residential tenancy agreements or occupancy agreements
are treated in accordance with the law and in an appropriately transparent manner;
Meeting the needs of guests and long term residents; and
Maintaining and improving the amenity of the Holiday Park.
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1.4 North Coast Holiday Parks
North Coast Holiday Parks is the trading name that has been adopted for the management
and marketing of a number of caravan parks and reserves on the North Coast of New South
Wales. The reserves and the caravan parks are held in five Reserve Trusts; the North Coast
Accommodation Trust, the Boambee Creek Park Reserve Trust, the Bellinger Heads Holiday
Parks Trust, the Mid North Coast Accommodation Trust and the Scotts Head Reserve Trust.
Each of these Trusts has been established by the Minister for Lands under the provisions of
the Crown Lands Act 1989.
While a key focus of North Coast Holiday Parks relates to the operation of caravan parks
there is a range of wider land management responsibilities addressed. In this context the
operational and administrative framework of North Coast Holiday Parks has been structured
to ensure;
the Crown and community assets are used in accordance with legislative provisions,
policy goals and best practice commercial management;
accurate information is available to the government on the performance of the
Reserves and the caravan parks;
financial and human resources are used efficiently;
environmental impacts are minimised;
probity is achieved in the operation of each reserve and/or caravan park;
contractors and employees comply with established policies and procedures
including legal requirements with respect to occupational health and safety,
industrial relations, etc;
the value of the assets of the community and the Crown are safeguarded and
enhanced; and
the administration and management of the Reserves and the associated commercial
activities delivers ecological sustainability, intergenerational equity and identifiable
public benefits.
1.5 Purpose of this Plan
The purpose of this Plan of Management is to establish objectives, environmental and
management strategies and actions and identify the means the Trust will employ in the
management of the Reserve to meet the needs and expectations of the local and wider
community. The most significant issues to be addressed in relation to the ongoing
management of the Holiday Park are:
Compliance with the technical standards and other provisions of the Local
Government (Manufactured Home Estates, Caravan Parks, Camping Grounds and
Moveable Dwellings) Regulation 2005;
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Ensuring sustainability principles are incorporated into the development and
management practices adopted for the Holiday Park;
Addition of land to the Reserve to bring infrastructure that is essential to the
ongoing operation and viability of the Reserve and the Holiday Park under the day to
day care control and management of the Bellinger Heads Holiday Parks Trust;
Improving the presentation and site layout of the Holiday Park;
Maintaining and improving the financial performance of the Holiday Park by
expanding the range of accommodation provided and exploring market
opportunities particularly in the shoulder and low seasons;
Meeting the needs of guests and residents through the provision of additional and
improved facilities;
Vegetation management;
Storm water management;
Security; and
Appropriate risk management.
The management actions in the Plan of Management will be formulated to address and
achieve the following;
Environmental sustainability – using only the resources that are required to deliver
facilities and services and improving overall physical amenity while reducing
detrimental impacts on natural assets;
Social progress – decision making that leads to improved access to services and
facilities that are provided for the benefit of the community;
Economic prosperity - promoting the development of jobs, business improvement
and market growth in a sustainable manner; and
Corporate governance – managing assets and resources in a way that is
accountable, transparent, responsive, efficient, equitable and complying with all
relevant regulatory and statutory controls.
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2 STATUTORY AND POLICY FRAMEWORK
2.1 Introduction
This Plan of Management has been prepared in accordance with the Crown Lands Act 1989,
to provide a framework for the future management, use and development of the North
Beach Holiday Park. Other legislation including environmental planning policies, guidelines
and strategies also require consideration especially where any new development proposals
are contemplated.
2.2 Crown Lands Act 1989
The objects and principles of Crown land management are listed in Sections 10 and 11 of the
Crown Lands Act 1989 and form the starting point for the preparation of Plans of
Management. The principles of Crown land management are that:
Environmental protection principles be observed in relation to the management
and administration of Crown land;
The natural resources of Crown land (including water, soil, flora, fauna and scenic
quality) be conserved wherever possible;
Public use and enjoyment of appropriate Crown land be encouraged;
Where appropriate, multiple use of Crown land be encouraged;
Where appropriate, Crown land should be used and managed in such a way that
both the land and its resources are sustained in perpetuity; and
Crown land be occupied, used, sold, leased, licensed or otherwise dealt with in
the best interests of the State consistent with the above principles.
The Crown Lands Act 1989 and existing policy for the management of Crown land has always
encouraged the appropriate commercial use of reserved Crown land. Commercial activity
can meet the needs of public users of a reserve as well as generate the financial means to
manage and improve the Crown Reserve system generally. A specific requirement of the
Act is the proceeds of commercial activities on reserved Crown land are to be spent on the
management of reserved Crown land.
Part 5 of the Act deals specifically with the management of Reserves and matters related to
the appointment and responsibilities of Reserve Trusts. The purpose of establishing
reserve trusts is to allow reserved Crown land and potentially other land (Crown and
freehold) to be managed - to varying degrees of independence from the Crown Lands
Division of the Department of Trade and Investment - but subject to Ministerial direction.
“Reserve” is a term for an area of land set aside for a public purpose in the sense used in
Part 5 of the Act. A reserve trust can manage an unlimited number of reserves or parts of
reserves. The affairs of a reserve trust can be controlled by any one of the following:
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The Minister;
A board of Trustees (up to seven) plus any number of ex officio appointments;
A corporation (including a Council); or
An administrator.
Reserve trusts have a statutory responsibility to manage land in the public interest and to
achieve the Principles and Objects of Crown Land Management as defined by the Act. The
focus of a reserve trust’s activities in relation to land under its control is generally defined by
the public purpose(s) of the reservation. Where a Plan of Management has been adopted
by the Minister for Lands the trust is required to implement the actions described in the
Plan. In the absence of a Plan of Management the detail of how a reserve is developed and
used is a matter for the trust provided always its actions are consistent with the purpose of
the reservation and in conformity with the relevant requirements of the Act. Money
generated from commercial activities on the reserve must be spent on the management or
development of the reserve although the Minister may direct that money is applied for the
improvement of other reserves.
Provided a trust complies with legislative and policy requirements, there is no limit placed
on the activities of a trust, its organisational structure or the method of its operations. But,
the Minister has the statutory right to review a trust’s behaviour and performance and may
terminate a trust’s appointment. The Minister can issue directions in relation to the
functions of a reserve trust and how funds are employed in relation to debt and where the
proceeds of a sale or lease are applied. A trust can employ its own staff, use contactors or
enter into agreements with other entities, organisations and individuals to manage the land.
2.2.1 Plan of Management, Bellingen Coast Regional Crown Reserve and Bellinger Heads
State Park Operational Plan, February 2010
The Plan of Management for the Bellingen Coast Regional Crown reserve was adopted by
the Minister for Lands in May 2010. The following is the Executive Summary from the Plan.
“The Bellingen Coast Regional Crown Reserve was established by notification in the
Government Gazette on 11th August 2006, for the purpose of access and public
requirements, tourism purposes and environmental and heritage conservation. The
amalgamation of many smaller reserves into a single management unit will result in a more
holistic, sustainable and balanced approach which will lead to improvements in the
environmental, economic and social fabric of the area.
The Reserve comprises 133 parcels of Crown land along the 14 kilometres of Bellingen Shire
Council coastline from Tuckers Rock in the north to Oyster Creek in the south. The reserve
extends west to Newry Island and the Pacific Highway and seaward for 3 nautical miles. It
has a land area of around 500 ha, a waterway and estuary area of around 550 ha and ocean
and beach area of around 7000 ha, and supports a diverse range of land uses including
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environmental protection, public recreation, tourist facilities, civic buildings, public utilities
and services.
This Plan of Management sets out overarching principles for the ongoing management of
the reserve by establishing the reserve values, a vision and management objectives and
strategies. It also provides a framework for future detailed site or issue specific planning.
The vision for the Bellingen Coast Regional Crown Reserve is:
To encourage continued public access to the Bellingen Coast Regional Crown
Reserve, while protecting and enhancing its environmental, social, economic and
recreational values to ensure long term sustainability.
The major initiatives in the plan are in the following areas:
Ongoing management of environmentally sensitive lands
Upgrading of public recreation areas and facilities
Improvements to public access throughout the reserve
Improvements to tourist accommodation facilities
Improved income generation to support ongoing land management
Bellinger Heads State Park comprises Reserve 1014608 for Community Purposes, Public
Recreation & Coastal Environmental Protection and Tourist Facilities & Services notified in
the Government Gazette 7 March 2008. The State Park was established in response to the
unique recreational and environmental significance of the lower Bellingen estuary to the
community of NSW. It lies wholly within the Bellingen Coast Regional Crown Reserve
between Mylestom and Hungry Head. The Bellinger Heads State Park Operational Plan
outlines the detailed actions which are proposed to achieve the stated objectives and major
initiatives within the State Park.
The Bellinger Heads State Park is an area of great natural beauty with a heavy emphasis on
the natural environment. It has existing tourist and recreational infrastructure and a well
established pattern of visitor and local use. Demand for these uses will increase over time,
and the implementation of this plan will ensure that the reserve values are protected, while
allowing for multiple use and achieving balanced sustainable development.
There are three existing tourist accommodation centres on Crown land within the Regional
Crown Reserve and State Park (Urunga Heads Holiday Park, North Beach Holiday Park and
Hungry Head Cabins) which have the potential to provide an ongoing revenue stream for
improvement works. There is also potential for other existing and possible new enterprises
to contribute to overall financial management, self sufficiency and the distribution of
resources to the areas of greatest need.
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Sustainable development and management of the Bellingen Coast Regional Crown Reserve
and Bellinger Heads State Park is essential to maintain the tourism use which supports the
local economy, while protecting the natural resources on which continued tourism depends
and for which the local area is recognised.”
2.3 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
The Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) provides the statutory
basis for the development consent process in New South Wales. Section 79C of Part 4 of
the EP&A Act outlines the factors that a Council must consider when assessing a
Development Application. These include:
any environmental planning instrument;
any draft environmental planning instrument that has been placed on public
exhibition and details of which have been notified to the consent authority;
any development control plan;
the Regulations;
the likely impacts of the development, including environmental impacts on both the
natural and built environment, and social and economic impacts on the locality;
The suitability of the site for the development;
any submissions made in accordance with the Act or the Regulations; and
the public interest.
The EP & A Act has a range of other provisions that may take effect depending upon the
nature of a development proposal and the issues that may be encountered. In recent times
the EP & A Act has also been amended by the introduction of a new Part known as Part 3A
(this is discussed further below) as well as new provisions dealing with methods of
assessment and consent authorities.
2.4 Local Government Act 1993
The Local Government Act 1993 contains one aspect of particular importance: the
regulation and approval requirements for the design and operation of caravan parks that
flow from Section 68 of the Act.
Section 68 requires the owner or manager of a caravan park to seek an approval from
Council to operate a caravan park and, in certain circumstances, the prior approval for the
installation of moveable dwellings. Council can impose conditions on the operation and
structure of a caravan park. The standards for caravan parks are defined in the Local
Government (Manufactured Homes, Caravan Parks, Camping Grounds and Moveable
Dwellings) Regulation 2005. The standards address such planning standards as site types,
setbacks, size, and site coverage; road dimensions, amenities and the like.
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Clause 74 of this Regulation provides that the prior approval of a council is not required for
the installation of a relocatable home or an associated structure on a dwelling site within a
caravan park so long as it is designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements
of the regulations. This exemption is modified by sub clauses 6 and 7 which deal with
installation on flood-liable land and moveable dwellings of more than one storey.
2.5 The Holiday Park (Long Term Casual Occupation) Act 2002
The Holiday Parks (Long-term Casual Occupation) Act 2002 and the associated Regulations
set out the rights and obligations of long-term occupants of moveable dwellings in caravan
parks in New South Wales. The Act recognises that while the occupant has a right to occupy
a site there is no interest in the land. In essence, the Act provides for an occupation
agreement, which runs for at least 12 months, between the manager of a caravan park and
the owner of a moveable dwelling for the use of a site for tourist purposes.
Some of the principal issues addressed by the Act include:
Information that a park owner must provide prospective occupants;
The form and content of agreements;
What happens at the end of an agreement;
Occupation fees and charges;
The formation and amendment of Park Rules;
Dispute resolution mechanisms and the role of the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy
Tribunal constituted by the Consumer, Trade and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001.
The fate of abandoned goods (i.e. moveable dwelling) and sites.
The former Department of Lands introduced an Information Sheet on the creation of
occupation agreements and which provides policy guidance on the principles to be followed.
The State Government Policy states that agreements for sites on reserved Crown land must
be limited to no more than 12 months. The Trust will administer the holiday van occupancy
agreements in accordance with the Act and under the prevailing Crown Lands Division
guidelines.
2.6 The Residential Parks Act 1998
This legislation was developed by the Government to ensure that the rights of permanent
park residents and owners were clearly defined and that appropriate processes and
procedures were implemented which recognised these rights.
The Act provides for rental tenancy agreements, methods for rental determination and
methods for resolving any disputes between park owners and residents.
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2.7 Rural Fires Act 1997
Amendments to the Rural Fires Act 1997 have led to the mapping of bush fire prone lands
and a requirement for development proposals to respond to the requirements of the
“Planning for Bushfire Protection 2006” Guidelines. In addition the Act now defines a
number of different land uses including tourist accommodation within the category of
“special fire protection purpose”. Development proposals coming within this category
need to respond to a more restrictive set of requirements in the Guidelines.
2.8 Relevant Environmental Planning Instruments
2.8.1 Bellingen Local Environment Plan 2010
A majority of the Reserve and the North Beach Holiday Park is Zone RE1 which allows
“caravan park” as a land-use that is permissible with consent. The objectives for the RE1
zone are;
To enable land to be used for public open space or recreational purposes.
To provide a range of recreational settings and activities and compatible land uses.
To protect and enhance the natural environment for recreational purposes.
To identify proposed or existing publicly owned land that is used or is capable of
being used for the purpose of active or passive recreation.
A small area on the northern boundary of the Reserve is Zone E3 – Environmental
Conservation. The objectives for the E3 zone are;
To protect, manage and restore areas of high ecological, scientific, cultural or
aesthetic values.
To prevent development that could destroy, damage or otherwise have an adverse
effect on those values.
While “caravan park” is not a permissible land-use in the E3 Zone the Park does have
existing use rights.
Clause 7.7 of the LEP contains additional local provisions specific to the “Redevelopment of
caravan parks and manufactured home estates”. The objective of the clause is to ensure
that redevelopment of existing caravan parks does not reduce the availability of affordable
housing in Bellingen and outlines matters that must be considered by the consent authority
before granting consent to an application for the redevelopment of a caravan park.
As the Reserve and the Holiday Park are within the coastal zone it is subject to a number of
State Environmental Planning Policies and depending on the detail of any proposed
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development the consent or approval authority may be the Minister for Planning or a Joint
Regional Planning Panel rather than Council.
Figure 2 – Extract from Land Zoning Map Sheet LZN 006E, Bellingen Local Environmental Plan 2010.
Flood risk mapping produced and published as part of the Bellingen LEP 2010 indicates the
Holiday Park is not predicted to be inundated in the event of a 1% AEP flood, however, the
Park is predicted to be affected in the occurrence of a Maximum Probable Flood event.
The Flood Risk map from the LEP is reproduced on the following page.
2.8.2 Mylestom Development Policy – Development Control Plan No 22, 2004
The Plan highlights the fact that future development in the Mylestom is constrained by
requirements for on-site waste water disposal and natural features such as sand dunes, the
river, flooding, bushfire hazard and native vegetation. The existing development in the
village is a response to these factors and as a consequence is predominately low density,
detached residential buildings of one or two storeys. North Beach Holiday Park is within
Precinct 1 in the Plan which is generally the older section of Mylestom. The aims and
objectives of the Plan are to:
” ensure that new development retains and enhances the coastal village atmosphere
of Mylestom;
preserve the local environment in terms of its visual appearance and natural quality;
outline design requirements for new development in Mylestom relating to style,
density and form of construction that is appropriate to the local context;
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Figure 3 – Flood Risk map 09 of 27, © Copyright Bellingen Shire Council, 2008.
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ensure that new buildings are designed to allow sufficient area for on-site disposal of
waste water;
ensure that individual allotments have adequate private open space and landscaped
areas.”
In relation to built structures in public parks and reserves the Plan states that development
should be sympathetic to the character of the village and reflect the materials and style of
construction prevailing in the surrounding Precinct. As well new building work should
avoid the use of brick and generally be of light weight construction (e.g. timber and iron).
2.8.3 NSW Coastal Policy 1997
The NSW Coastal Policy 1997 was released by the New South Wales Government to replace
the 1990 Coastal Policy. The stated purpose of the Policy is:
The main challenge for the Government and the community in the coastal zone is to provide
for population growth and economic development without putting the natural, cultural and
heritage values of the coastal environment at risk. In recognition of this challenge, the
Coastal Policy incorporates the principles of ecologically sustainable development (ESD) into
coastal planning. ESD aims to ensure that development occurs in such a way that the
ecological processes on which life depends are maintained.1
The definition of the coastal zone takes in areas within one kilometre of the ocean, as well
as an area of one kilometre around coastal lakes, lagoons, islands, estuaries and rivers. The
Policy is described as integrative based on the principles of ecologically sustainable
development (ESD) and
Conservation of biological diversity and ecological integrity;
Intergenerational equity;
Improved valuation, pricing and incentive mechanisms; and
The precautionary principle.
The Policy sets out a hierarchy of goals, objectives and strategic actions which include an
emphasis on improving water quality and maintaining public access to the coastline.
The Coastal Policy proposes a range of management planning approaches including
catchment management plans be implemented in consultation with relevant agencies to
ensure sustainable development and use of natural resources occurs in harmony with the
protection of the environment. A Plan of Management under the Crown Lands Act 1989 is
one of the most valuable management tools available to implement the Policy.
1 Coastal Policy, A sustainable future of the NSW Coast - Fact Sheet, 1997
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2.8.4 State Environmental Planning Policy No. 21 – Caravan Parks
In 1986 the Government made changes to the prevailing legislation to allow both short-term
and long-term accommodation to occur in caravan parks by way of moveable dwellings.
This brought about a wider definition for caravan parks.
State Environmental Planning Policy No. 21 – Caravan Parks (SEPP 21) was prepared in order
to ensure that this wider meaning applied to all relevant planning instruments whether
existing or proposed. In essence the SEPP stated that where caravan parks are a
permissible land use they will take on this wider meaning.
In addition, the Policy makes development consent mandatory for all new caravan park
proposals regardless of local instruments. Council’s are also required to have regard to the
impact of new long and/or short-term dwelling sites on residential and tourism land uses
and operations in their local area.
A key element of the Policy is found in Clause 8, sub-clause (4A). The clause removes the
effect of any other environmental planning instrument and the need for a development
application with respect to the installation of moveable dwellings on land approved for use
as a caravan park.
2.8.5 State Environmental Planning Policy No 71
State Environmental Planning Policy No 71 – Coastal Protection (SEPP 71) was introduced in
October 2002 as part of the NSW Government’s Coastal Protection Package. SEPP 71
applies to the coastal zone of the State as defined in the Coastal Protection Act 1979. The
Policy gives statutory force to some of the elements of the NSW Coastal Policy 1997 and
makes the Minister for Planning the consent authority for certain developments. The Policy
also defines a category of sensitive coastal locations. Finally, the Policy identifies master
plan requirements for certain developments in the coastal zone.
While the policy primarily comes under consideration when a development application is
submitted for determination the objectives and principles established in the SEPP should be
recognised as relevant to any coastal planning exercise. The objectives of SEPP 71 are:
a) to protect and manage the natural, cultural, recreational and economic attributes of
the New South Wales Coast, and
b) to protect and improve existing public access to and along coastal foreshores to the
extent that this is compatible with the natural attributes of the coastal foreshore,
and
c) to ensure that new opportunities for public access to and along coastal foreshores
are identified and realised to the extent that this is compatible with the natural
attributes of the coastal foreshore, and
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d) to protect and preserve Aboriginal cultural heritage and Aboriginal places, values,
customs, beliefs and traditional knowledge, and
e) to ensure that the visual amenity of the coast is protected, and
f) to protect and preserve beach environments and beach amenity, and
g) to protect and preserve native coastal vegetation, and
h) to protect and preserve the marine environments of New South Wales, and
i) to protect and preserve rock platforms, and
j) to manage the coastal zone in accordance with the principles of ecologically
sustainable development (within the meaning of section 6(2) of the Protection of the
Environment Administration Act 1991), and
k) to ensure that the type, bulk, scale and size of development is appropriate for the
location and protects and improves the natural scenic qualities of the surrounding
area, and
l) to encourage a strategic approach to coastal management.
Clause 8 of the Policy establishes a list of the matters that a consent authority must take
into consideration in assessing developments in the coastal zone.
2.8.6 State Environmental Planning Policy – Major Development and State
Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011
State Environmental Planning Policy (Major Development) 2005 commenced on 29th July
2005 and underwent a substantial revision which came into effect on 1st July 2009.
Further amendments were made in 2011. The purpose of the Policy was to identify
projects to which the development assessment requirements under Part 3A of the Act
should apply and to set out the functions of Regional Planning Panels in determining
specified development applications.
The changes which occurred in 2011 relate to the removal of Part 3A from the EP&A Act and
consequently the SEPP now only contains some basic transitional provisions related to that
previous regime.
State Environmental Planning Policy State and Regional Development (SRD) 2011
commenced when Part 3A of the Act was repealed. Among other things this Policy
establishes what types of development constitute State Significant Development, State
Significant Infrastructure as well as Regional Development (in conjunction with Schedule 4A
of the EP&A Act).
A review of the Policy highlights that for tourist caravan park development to be classified
as State Significant Development the site has to be classified as a sensitive coastal location,
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the capital investment value of the work must be $10 million or more and the facility must
be considered to be a tourist related facility which is other than a ‘commercial premises’.
The capital investment value for a project has been determined to be the cost of
establishment of the facility. In the case of a caravan park development this value excludes
components such as cabins. The facility comprises the creation of the infrastructure which
includes the short term dwelling sites and all services but cabin accommodation is viewed as
‘discretionary spending’ as the sites can be utilised with or without the cabins.
It is also possible that the proposed development work could constitute Regional
Development. This occurs by way of Schedule 4A of the EP&A Act coupled with the
provisions of the SEPP. The Schedule indicates that development with a capital investment
value of more than $20 million is classified as Regional Development and is determined by a
Joint Regional Planning Panel. Similarly, a Crown Development (a particular type of
development) having a capital investment value of more than $5 million is classified as
Regional Development and is determined by a Joint Regional Planning Panel.
The development program proposed as part of this Plan of Management for the Jimmys
Beach Holiday Park does not fall within the various provisions of SEPP State and Regional
Development outlined above.
2.8.7 State Environmental Planning Policy – Infrastructure
State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 provides that certain types of
works do not require development consent under Part 4 of the EP&A Act. However, it does
not prevail over SEPP 14 – Coastal Wetlands, SEPP 26 – Littoral Rainforests or SEPP State
and Regional Development where there are inconsistencies. Further, the Infrastructure
SEPP does not remove the requirement to obtain consent from the Minister in relation to
State Significant Development.
Clause 20 of SEPP (Infrastructure) 2007 provides that a range of works are “exempt
development” when carried out on behalf of a public authority. These works are itemised
in Schedule 1 of the SEPP and include paths and ramps for disabled access, fencing, small
decks, prefabricated sheds of up to 30 m2 in area, retaining walls up to 2m in height,
landscaping including paving and access tracks, minor external and internal alterations to
buildings, open car parks (size is not specified) and demolition of buildings covering an area
of up to 100m2.
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Clause 65 (2)(d) of the Policy provides that in respect of land reserved within the meaning of
the Crown Lands Act 1989, development can be carried out without consent by or on behalf
of the Director-General of the Land and Property Management Authority, a trustee of the
reserve or the Ministerial Land Corporation, or an administrator of the reserve if the
development is for purposes of implementing a plan of management adopted for the land.
It should be noted that where this occurs, a review of environmental factors (REF) under
Part 5 of the Act is usually undertaken.
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 66(2) a number of additional works may be able to be
undertaken as exempt development on a Crown reserve where a plan of management has
been adopted.
Clearly the provisions of this SEPP are relevant to the future implementation of this Plan of
Management as well as to the Trust’s ongoing management of the Reserve lands.
2.9 Policies and Guidelines
The following non-statutory policies and guidelines are relevant to the implementation of
this Plan of Management. It is expected that the management of the Reserve will review
policies and guidelines as they are updated or changed and will modify operational and
development activities accordingly.
2.9.1 Sea Level Rise
The NSW Government has in place a range of policies and programs that allow for
ecologically sustainable growth in coastal areas while addressing the risk to life and property
from coastal hazards and flooding.
In September 2012 the NSW Government made a number of significant changes to way in
which the planning and development on the coast is managed. As part of the reform
package the 2009 NSW Sea Level Rise Policy Statement was withdrawn with a view to
providing greater flexibility in considering local conditions in the determination of future
hazards and preparing coastal management plans. The key components of the first stage of
the NSW Government’s coastal reforms have;
Removed the recommendations in regard to statewide sea level rise benchmarks;
Given support local councils in the determination and adoption of projections with
specific relevance to the local conditions;
Provided clarity with respect to the preparation and issue of Section 149 planning
certificates; and
Made it more straightforward for landholders to install temporary works to reduce
the impacts of erosion.
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In August 2010 the government also published a Flood Risk Management Guide and a
Coastal Risk Management Guide. These documents have been prepared to assist local
councils, the development industry and consultants to incorporate sea level rise planning
benchmarks in risk management planning and risk assessments for new development. The
Guides are to be read and applied in conjunction with existing relevant, manuals and
policies.
Alterations and additions to existing buildings, construction of new buildings, installation of
moveable dwellings and other works proposed within the Holiday Park will address the
relevant and applicable recommendations of the above documents. In addition the
Reserve Trust will be required to address emerging policy and regulatory provisions related
to the impacts of climate change and sea level rise.
2.9.2 Crown Lands Caravan Park Policy
April 1990 the former Department of Lands issued the Crown Lands Caravan Parks Policy.
The primary impetus for the creation of the Policy was to address issues of long-term
residency, the numbers of holiday vans and to improve the appearance and management of
caravan parks. The Policy establishes policies, objectives and strategies relevant to the
future management and development of caravan parks on Crown land in NSW.
The objectives of the Crown Lands Caravan Parks Policy are:
a. to develop a caravan park and camping ground system on Crown land which meets
the needs of the community and provides a range of facilities for short-term use, long
term use and camping.
b. to manage caravan parks on Crown land in an environmentally acceptable manner,
to provide for the protection of important scenic, natural and cultural resources
consistent with the objects and principles of the Crown Lands Act, 1989.
c. to ensure that caravan parks and camping grounds on Crown land are managed in a
way that provides appropriately for the recreational and social needs of the
community.
d. to encourage the entrepreneurial management of caravan parks on Crown lands in
order to provide the community with an appropriate standard of facility and the
government with an optimum financial return for the land it provides.
It is clear, particularly from objective (d) above, that the intent of the Crown Land Caravan
Parks Policy is that there will be a commercial orientation in the management of Crown
caravan parks. However, this objective is one of a set of objectives of equal weight and
therefore matters of environmental and community need must be addressed alongside
financial considerations.
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2.9.3 Bellinger and Kalang Rivers Estuary Management Plan, 2008
The Estuary Management Plan establishes objectives and actions related to active long term
management of the health of the estuarine components of the Bellinger and Kalang rivers.
The major concerns identified in the Plan have been classified into the following categories.
Water quality;
Bank erosion;
Habitat management;
Waterway use;
Land management;
Community education;
Fisheries management (inc. oyster aquaculture); and
Tourism management.
Management Objective 23 (Rank 16 – Low) deals with tourism and states “The Bellinger and
Kalang River estuaries are likely to be one of several drawcards for the Shire, in addition to
visits to National Parks and Nature Reserves and visiting orstaying in the historic township of
Bellingen and Dorrigo and the coastal hamlets of Urunga, Mylestom and Repton. The
promotion of tourism in the Shire needs to be considerate of the impacts of tourism upon the
existing and desirable values of the estuary. It will be important that the estuary is not
“loved to death”. Ultimately the aim of this objective is the development of a tourism
strategy that aims to promote tourism activities, which are consistent with community
attitudes and environmentally sustainable.”
2.10 Other Statutory and Policy Documents
There are a number of other documents relevant to the ongoing management of the
reserve that have been considered in the preparation of this Plan including;
Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1999;
NSW Estuary Management Policy;
SEPP No.14 – Coastal Wetlands; and
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995;
Disability (Access to Premises - Buildings) Standards 2010, Disability
Discrimination Act 1992
2.11 Summary
The management, operation and improvement of the North Beach Holiday Park must take
account of a range of statutory controls and policies. It is a fundamental requirement of
this Plan of Management that the Reserve Trust Manager will comply with the requirements
of applicable legislation, regulations, approvals and policies.
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3 THE EXISTING SITUATION
3.1 Location
The North Beach Holiday Park is located on the north eastern edge of the small coastal
settlement of Mylestom. The settlement is 8 km east of the Pacific Highway and located
between the bank of the Bellinger River and North Beach. North Beach is around 10 km in
length and is 4WD accessible. The village contains basic facilities including a general store,
surf club, community hall, Bowling and Recreation Club, a restaurant and the caravan park.
There are a number of golf courses within 25 minutes from the Park including Bonville
International.
Mylestom has approximately 180 residential properties of predominately low density
detached residential buildings of one or two storeys. Development is constrained by
infrastructure issues (only on-site waste water disposal is available) and environmental
factors (flooding and bushfire).
Figure 4 The location of the Holiday Park in relation to the village and its surrounds.
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3.2 Existing Development
The existing layout of the Holiday Park is shown in Drawing NB – 01. The Park is on Crown
land described as Lot 7011 in DP 1056194, which has been reserved for the public purpose
of “Caravan Park”. The reserve has an area of approximately 3.32 ha. The adjoining land
is also Crown land comprising Reserve 66913 for Public Recreation and Resting Place and is
part of the Bellinger Heads State Park. The topography of the Holiday Park is flat with parts
subject to minor flooding in high rainfall events. The entrance to the caravan park is in the
north-west corner, off Beach Parade. The eastern boundary of the Park runs along the foot
of the foredune which is about 100 metres wide and heavily vegetated. There are two
accessways from the Park to the beach. Vegetation within the Park has generally been
cleared with only a few mature trees remaining in the northern half of the Park.
The actual allocation of approved sites within the caravan park is:
Site Type Number
Long term sites 30
Short term sites – Holiday Vans 28
Short Term sites - Tourist 53
Beachcomber Cabins 5
2 Bedroom Cabins 2
Campsites 12
TOTAL SITES 132
50% of the long term and short term sites in the Park are occupied by long term residents
and holiday vans. This level complies with the current Crown Lands policy, however, the
long term sites take up a majority of the Park’s beach frontage and impose some limitations
with respect to the future improvement of the Park. The campsites are allocated to an
area in the northern part of the Park which does not have formal road access or water and
sullage points. The Park has a 3 ½ star AAA Tourism rating with facilities provided within
the Park including;
A range of powered and unpowered sites;
On-site accommodation – 3½ stars rated (AAAT);
Small swimming pool;
Amenities blocks;
A small kiosk;
Basic children’s playground;
BBQ facilities; and
Internet kiosk.
The Park is a dog friendly destination.
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3.3 Section 68 Approval
A copy of the operational approval is included in Appendix A. The Approval is for a total of
132 sites comprising 30 long term sites, 90 short term sites and 12 campsites.
3.4 Wastewater treatment System
The Holiday Park’s waste water treatment plant and the disposal system for the treated
water are located to the north of the boundary of Reserve 140084. The system is within
Reserve 66913 for Public Recreation and Resting Place which is now managed by the
Bellinger Heads State Park Trust. When the development of this system was authorised
and constructed both reserve trusts were managed by Bellingen Shire Council.
Management of the system will be simplified if the land occupied by the treatment plant
and disposal system is added to Reserve 140084. This would mean all infrastructure
associated with the ongoing operation of the Holiday Park is under the direct management
and control of the Bellinger Heads Holiday Parks Trust. In correspondence to the Trust in
March 2011(a copy is included at Appendix B) Bellingen Shire Council advised that the land
on which the treatment system is located should be within the “confines of the designated
caravan park land”. An area of 9633 square metres which adjoins the northern boundary
of the Reserve is proposed to be added to the Reserve in order to resolve this matter. A
diagram of the land is included at Appendix C. The boundaries of this area are also shown
on Drawing NB 02. The land is mostly covered with native vegetation (Pink Bloodwood,
Coast Banksia, Forest Red Gum Open Forest), with the treatment plant and disposal system
located in a small clearing in the south east corner. The new proposed northern boundary
for the Park follows the southern edge of the beach access track leading towards Tuckers
Rocks.
3.5 Strategic Assessment
The following assessment of the North Beach Holiday Park summarises the main issues that
require consideration. It has been used in identifying actions and priorities required to
ensure the commercial viability of the caravan park, to address key compliance and
operational issues, and to ensure the ecological impacts of the Park are adequately
addressed. The following points have not been ranked and therefore do not provide an
indication of the order of priority.
Strengths
Location – proximity to a small coastal settlement with Bowling Club, Surf Club
and essential retail facilities;
Established clientele with good levels of loyalty and return visitation;
Direct beach access – the beach is also 4WD accessible;
Facilities – swimming pool, barbecues, small camp kitchen;
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Accessibility to the river via two boat ramps which are nearby – this part of the
river is popular with water skiers;
Access from the Pacific Highway is straightforward and is well signposted;
There is a relatively new stock of self-contained accommodation; and
The Park is safe, quiet and has a relatively natural bush land setting.
Weaknesses
Location – limited availability of urban facilities and distance from Pacific
Highway/Freeway;
Minor regulatory compliance issues;
The cabin accommodation does not take full advantage of the quality of the
setting and location;
The northern part of the Park which accommodates the campsites is
undeveloped with no roads or services specific to those sites;
The Park has no en-suite sites;
Long-term sites occupy almost the entire beach frontage of the Park;
Condition of some holiday vans;
Recreation facilities in the Park are limited with no “wet weather” options;
There is no substantial undercover communal gathering space in the Park;
The waste water treatment plant is, as a result of recent changes, now on
reserved land which is under the day to day control of a separate Reserve Trust;
Landscaping within the Park is limited; and
The patrolled section of the Beach is not adjacent to the frontage of the Holiday
Park. In addition North Beach is only patrolled for limited periods and is not
regarded locally as a “safe” beach.
Opportunities
Rationalise existing internal road layout;
Improvement of the northern part of the Park to formalise the arrangements
for the existing approved campsites;
Improve the range and quality of the Park’s ancillary recreational facilities;
Increase occupancy with targeted marketing that includes packaging with other
local and regional attractions;
Installation of boom gates in the longer term;
Rationalise the allocation of sites for holiday vans with a view to creating quality
precincts for holiday accommodation capable of generating optimum financial
returns; and
Adjust the boundaries of the Park by incorporating the area that supports the
wastewater treatment facility into the Reserve.
Constraints
Age and condition of some Park buildings and infrastructure;
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Ongoing costs of improvements will be significant if the Park is to consolidate its
existing market share as well as capture new clients;
Delay in the application of a substantial capital injection could mean the
occupancy rates and revenues plateau at the current levels; and
Requirements of coastal planning legislation and policies.
3.6 Vegetation Management
A Vegetation Management Plan for the Reserve has been prepared by Greg Elks of Idyll
Spaces Environmental Consultants and is included at Appendix D.
The Reserve contains remnants of two native vegetation communities - Pink Bloodwood –
Coast Banksia – Forest Red Gum Open Forest and Coast Banksia – Pink Bloodwood
Woodland – associations which occupy parts of the Reserve. These vegetation
communities provide habitat elements for numerous threatened fauna including Green-
thighed Frog, Barred Cuckoo-shrike, Glossy Black Cockatoo, Little Lorikeet, Regent
Honeyeater, Brush-tailed Phascogale, Eastern bentwing bat, Eastern Freetail Bat, Greater
Broadnosed Bat, Little Bentwing Bat, Grey-headed Flying-fox, Koala and Spotted Quoll.
The vegetation communities in the Reserve are unlikely to provide habitat for threatened
native plants, with the possible exception of Scented Acronychia Acronychia littoralis.
Having said that the vegetation communities that occur in the Reserve are not listed as
Endangered Ecological Communities (EECs) under the Threatened Species Conservation Act
1995 or as EECs or Critically Endangered Communities under the Federal Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
There is also an artificial community of lawns, shrubs and specimen trees in the caravan
park which includes some native trees and shrubs.
The Vegetation Management Plan has been formulated to facilitate long-term planning for
vegetation in the Reserve, to assist the Trust to allocate resources for conservation and
management of the vegetation communities and associated fauna habitat and to guide the
selection and management of suitable areas of the Park for regeneration of those
communities.2
3.7 Summary
Over the past financial year the Park has achieved some growth in both income and profit.
Further growth in annual turnover could be achieved based primarily on an expansion of the
cabin precinct, introduction of en-suite sites and formalising the existing approved
campsites in the northern part of the Park.
2 Vegetation Management Plan for North Beach Holiday Park, Idyll Spaces Environmental Consultants, July
2011
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The capacity for the Park to grow its clientele and achieve consistent income growth in the
future will be constrained by a lack of ancillary facilities that could enable expansion of the
Park’s market targets, higher occupancy rates and increased length of stay. The
introduction of improved facilities such as a contemporary camp kitchen and upgraded pool
area and playground would allow the Park to broaden its market appeal and penetration.
Since the appointment of an administrator to manage the Trust in 2009 significant advances
have been made in many areas. This context provides a sound, financial, administrative
and management base from which to further improve the Park and enhance its financial
contribution to the improvement and management of reserved Crown land.
This is a modest caravan park with a modest income base but because management costs
have been well contained there is an opportunity for gains in revenue and profit on the
basis of a moderate level of targeted capital expenditure. The most important issues to
be addressed and resolved in the future management and operation of the caravan park
are;
Managing the Reserve and the Holiday Park in conformity with the objects and
principles of Crown land management;
Preserving and protecting the environmental resources and context of the
Reserve and the Holiday Park;
Growing the revenue of the Park and resulting profits by expanding the
accommodation provided and exploring new market opportunities particularly
in off-peak seasons;
Meeting the needs of guest, residents and holiday van owners through the
provision of an expanded range of ancillary guest facilities; and
Establishing and implementing measures for the management of vegetation
and in particular the interface with vegetation communities in the adjoining
State Park.
The following Sections describe objectives, strategies and actions required to address
these and other essential issues.
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4 VISION AND OBJECTIVES
4.1 Introduction
In the first instance this Plan of Management is based on the Vision Statement for the Regional Crown Reserve which is:
To encourage continue public access to the Bellingen Coast Regional Crown Reserve, while protecting and enhancing its environmental, social, economic and
recreational values to ensure long term sustainability. This Plan has also been formulated to enable the North Beach Holiday Park to have an effective role in the implementation of the major initiatives adopted for the Regional Crown reserve which are:
Ongoing management of environmentally sensitive lands; Upgrading of public recreation areas and facilities; Improvements to public access throughout the reserve; Improvements to tourist accommodation facilities; and
Improved income generation to support ongoing land management. The Regional Crown Reserve Plan of Management states that “Sustainable development and management of the Bellingen Coast Regional Crown Reserve is essential to maintain the tourism use which supports the local economy, while protecting the natural resources on which continued tourism depends and for which the local area is recognised”. In the case of the North Beach Holiday Park these outcomes will be achieved through the implementation of a specific Vision Statement supported by specific management
objectives, strategies and actions. The structure of the action plans will allow the Trust to be responsive to economic factors, new information and social and technological change.
4.2 The Vision Statement
The specific Vision of the Reserve Trust in managing the North Beach Holiday Park will be:
To promote, encourage and provide for the use of the land, and to provide recreational and tourist facilities on the land to meet the current and future needs of the community while conserving, maintaining and improving the natural, cultural and scenic environment of the Reserve.
4.3 Objectives The Vision for the North Beach Holiday Park will be implemented in conformity with the following specific objectives: Regulatory To ensure that the Holiday Park complies with all applicable
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Compliance statutory standards.
Health Safety and Risk Management
To provide and maintain facilities, in a manner, which minimises risk to caravan park users and park management, and promotes a healthy lifestyle.
Business Management
To maintain a management and operational structure which ensures commercial viability, promotes timely and responsible decision-making, and is responsive to environmental, legal, social and technological imperatives.
Environmental
Management To ensure that the environment of the Holiday Park is managed and protected in accordance with sound ecological principles and for the enjoyment of guests.
Sustainability
To ensure principles of ecological and environmental sustainability are incorporated into the design and management of the accommodation, facilities and infrastructure within the Park with the ultimate goal resources are used efficiently throughout their lifecycle and to meet the needs of the community.
Facilities for Management and Guests
To optimise the recreational and tourist potential of the Holiday Park consistent with the principles of ecological sustainability while improving park presentation and providing a range of recreation and communal facilities for guests and their visitors.
Tourist Sites and Accommodation
To optimise income to the Holiday Park by providing a range of quality tourist accommodation including opportunities for family and traditional camping within the bounds of ecologically sustainable development.
Integrated Coastal Management
To promote and assist integrated coastal land management associated with the use of North Beach Holiday Park.
In the development, improvement and management of the North Beach Holiday Park the Reserve Trust will adopt sustainability principles and recognise the need for;
(a) conservation of energy and reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, (b) building materials and building processes that involve low embodied energy; (c) building design and orientation that uses passive solar design, day lighting and natural ventilation,
(f) energy efficiency and conservation, (g) water conservation and water reuse, (h) waste minimisation and recycling, (i) the use of landscaping to provide shade, shelter and screening; and (j) potential for adaptive reuse of structures and materials.
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5 MANAGEMENT PRECINCTS
The future management and improvement of the Holiday Park will be considered in terms of four management precincts which reflect the character of the existing use of the land as well as the longer term priorities for the improvement of the Park by the Trust.
5.1 Entry Precinct
This area includes the Park entrance and the management and administrative facilities required for the effective day to day operation of the Holiday Park. These include the
manager’s residence, reception area and office and storage and maintenance facilities. The Precinct also includes the swimming pool and associated open space. The future function of this Precinct will be to continue to support the management infrastructure that is critical to the effective operation and management of the Holiday Park. Facilities and infrastructure will be maintained and improved in accordance with the improvement program that is outlined in this Plan of Management.
5.2 Northern Precinct
The Northern Precinct provides campsites and cabin accommodation along with a camp kitchen and children’s playground. The campsite area is informal with no constructed road access to the sites. Access to the beach is provided on the southern edge of the precinct and acts as a point of separation between tourist accommodation and long term residential living. The precinct supports some mature vegetation. The improvement and management of this part of the Park will be focused on the provision of sites and ancillary facilities for tourists. The layout and servicing of existing approved sites will be improved to meet regulatory requirements for short-term sites. Ancillary and recreational facilities for guests including children’s play structures and a contemporary camp kitchen will be added to service the needs of the Park’s established clientele and to
enable the Park to attract new clients. The Park’s supply of self contained accommodation stock will be consolidated with the installation of additional cabins and “eco-tents”. The overall presentation of the Precinct will be improved on the basis of a comprehensive approach to vegetation management and landscaping. An area of 9,633 square metres which adjoins the northern boundary of the Reserve is proposed to be added to the Reserve to contain the waste water treatment plant and disposal system within the boundaries of the Reserve. Existing native vegetation in this area will be retained and managed, and there will be no expansion of other holiday park uses into this area.
5.3 Central Precinct
The central precinct supports a majority of the Park’s short term sites which are serviced by two communal amenities. A number of sites in the precinct are occupied by holiday vans.
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This Precinct will continue to provide short term sites for tourists together with an allocation of holiday van sites that is appropriate to the policies of the Trust and the government. Facilities within the Precinct will be improved with the relocation of an existing shelter from the Northern Precinct. The range of available site types will be expanded with the installation of en-suite facility units in accordance with regulatory provisions.
5.4 Long-Term Living Precinct
This area of the Holiday Park provides long-term sites for the existing residents. On-going action is required to ensure the dwellings meet the compliance requirements of the
Regulations. Sites will continue to be provided for long term residential occupation. Management of the Precinct will continue to make provision for the requirements of these residents through the maintenance of services and infrastructure.
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6 PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
6.1 Introduction
Inspection and analysis of the North Beach Holiday Park has resulted in identification of a
range of desirable improvements, facilities and accommodation products which are
required for the Park to optimise its financial potential. Proposed improvements have
been assessed against their potential to enhance future financial and land management
outcomes for the Reserve and its contribution to the community and the management of
reserved Crown land. In formulating a practical development and improvement program,
a number of factors have been considered including;
Safety, security and regulatory compliance;
The principles and parameters established in relevant legislation and policies of
the New South Wales government;
Potential to generate income and profit;
Potential to improve visitor amenity;
Potential to improve the day-to-day management of the Holiday Park and the
interface with public access to and enjoyment of the adjoining reserved land;
Potential to achieve environmental objectives; and
Cost and contribution to the local economy.
Given budgetary constraints and operational considerations, any program will, of necessity,
take a number of years to implement. In terms of the future financial performance of the
North Beach Holiday Park the proposed improvement program has been formulated with
three principal aims;
To achieve an appropriate balance between responsible land management and
achieving profit outcomes from a business enterprise on public land;
To enable North Beach to capture a fair share of the existing overnight tourist
visitation to the region at tariff levels appropriate to the quality of the location;
and
To provide North Beach with the opportunity to capture new visitation from
recognised growth areas in the caravan park and tourist accommodation
marketplace.
6.2 Proposed Improvement Program
The proposed program for the Park has been structured to build on existing strengths and
attractions. There will be some redesign and redevelopment of the layout of parts of the
Park road system. The structure of the program is designed to bring improvements on-
stream in a way that will progressively enhance the income earning capacity and
profitability of the business. Works will be undertaken within the context of an operating
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business environment and will be programmed for the period from May to September each
year. While this will minimise the adverse impact of construction activity on occupancy
rates and financial performance it is a significant restriction in terms of timing and planning.
Item Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
Cabins
Eco - tents
En-suite sites
Roads
Camp Kitchen
Boom gates
Amenities
Service infrastructure
Hot Water Upgrade
Sewerage
Landscaping
Upgrade Pool Area
Children’s Play Area
Putt Putt Golf
6.3 Improvement Plan – see Drawing NB - 02.
The primary objective is to establish appropriate infrastructure for ongoing use of sites and
facilities in the Entry, Northern and Central Precincts of the Park. The key components of
the initial stages of the Plan are;
Addition of land to the north to include wastewater treatment plant and
disposal system within the Reserve.
Development of new road to establish formal access and a defined layout for
the existing approved sites in the northern part of the Park;
Installation of en-suite facilities to service six sites in the Central Precinct to
add to the range of site types offered by the Park;
Installation/construction of three additional cabins and four eco-tents
designed to deliver accommodation products that add to the range of
options offered by the existing cabin stock. One of the new cabins will
provide for disabled access;
Renovation of existing communal amenities; and
Improvements to the Park’s ancillary facilities for guests by upgrading the
landscaping and paving around the pool area, providing additional
playground equipment for young children and constructing a new camp
kitchen.
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Business and management due diligence requires that the investment process for North
Beach Holiday Park is subject to regular review with each area of expenditure implemented
only after an assessment of the results achieved from investment in the previous year. The
exact detail and timing of implementation may vary as a consequence of the review process.
At the completion of the improvement program the Park will supply a total of 131 sites
comprised of 30 long term and 101 short term sites.
6.4 Proposed Improvements
Roads and Park Entrance.
The existing manager’s accommodation and park office are adequate for a tourist
accommodation facility in this location. In the latter stages of the program for the Park it
will be appropriate to provide boom-gates for enhanced security and management control.
The gates will be installed in conjunction with some realignment and widening of the Park’s
entry forecourt to establish arrival and departure bays and visitor parking. New road
construction is required to establish a formal framework for the establishment of existing
approved sites in the northern part of the Park. In the longer term there are opportunities
to remove and change existing roads in the Central Precinct to create improved land
utilisation and in some cases increase the size of existing sites.
Guest Facilities
Guest facilities in the Park are relatively limited and an improvement in this aspect of the
Park’s infrastructure will be a key factor in the long term growth of the business and
commercial viability of the Park. A number of existing facilities will be improved and new
facilities added including;
A new camp kitchen which will be designed to provide indoor and outdoor
eating areas, a lounge space, barbecues, sinks, cook-tops and refrigeration for
campers and caravanners. This building will be a significant addition to the
facilities in the Park as it will provide a gathering place for campers and offer
alternatives during periods of inclement weather. The existing camp kitchen
and barbecue shelter will be relocated to the Central Precinct;
Expansion of the existing children’s playground through installation of
additional equipment and construction of a putt putt golf course; and
A larger landscaped area associated with the existing pool including provision
of shade, new outdoor furniture and landscape plantings. The existing
“pump shed” will be replaced with a more substantial structure that includes
a small attached undercover sitting area. In the future “water play” features
will be added on the northern side of the existing pool.
These changes will emphasise the family oriented character of the Park and provide a much
stronger base for the capture of shoulder and off season occupancies. The addition of
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facilities and undercover spaces will also assist in extending the “length of stay” for many
clients by giving guests more options for activity once they are in the Park.
Cabin Accommodation
Over time it is proposed the total number of cabins will be increased with the installation of
three new cabins comprising 2 bedroom, 4 to 6 person units with deck configurations to suit
individual site situations. The materials, colour schemes and design features of the cabins
will create a fresh distinctive appearance that complements the existing cabins and the
character of the setting. One of these cabins will be designed to address requirements for
disabled access.
6.4.1 En-suites and Eco-Tents
If the Park is to target “senior travellers” it is essential to offer some en-suite facilities.
Installation of en-suite units to service 6 sites will consolidate and expand the capacity for
the Park to attract senior travellers and reduce reliance on central amenities.
“Eco-tents” will introduce an accommodation option that is not offered in other caravan
parks in the area. As well as being a good fit with the character of the Park these units will
introduce a point of difference. “Eco-tents” are a simple cabin that combines some of the
attractive features of camping and sleeping under canvas with basic kitchen and bathroom
facilities and furniture and a number will be installed on suitable selected sites in the
Northern Precinct of the Park.
“Eco Tent” concept sketch.
Amenities Blocks
The existing main amenities building could benefit from some renovations. Items that will
be replaced include shower and wc partitions and doors, plumbing fixtures, some tiling etc.
Rainwater tanks will be added to store water for toilet flushing and landscape maintenance.
Grey water treatment and re-use will also be investigated.
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Landscaping
Native vegetation in the caravan park and on the adjoining reserve and dune system
provides a structural framework for an ongoing landscaping program. Improvement to the
presentation of the caravan park is desirable and landscaping can make a substantial
contribution to achieving this objective. Key issues to be addressed include;
Signature landscaping at the park entry;
Landscaping to spaces around the proposed cabins and facilities to reduce
the impact of the structures and create colour and interest; and
Hard and soft landscaping around the pool which has the potential to
establish a more vibrant and interesting character for this area so that it
becomes a feature of the Park.
The Northern Precinct of the Park adjoins an area of significant vegetation. As a
consequence vegetation management and the species used in relation to landscaping within
the Park will be appropriate to the preservation and protection of the integrity of this
vegetation community.
Utility Services and Wastewater Treatment and Disposal
There are requirements to upgrade electricity supply and distribution as well as extend
water and sullage to existing approved sites. Budgetary allowances have been made with
respect to these issues, however, it will be necessary to obtain expert professional advice
before proceeding. Initiatives are required to control and minimise water use. In
particular opportunities for grey water recycling must be investigated with a view to limiting
the volume of water that must be handled by the existing treatment system.
Environmental Management
Environmental initiatives cover vegetation management, water use controls and energy
efficiency. There are opportunities for improved storage and recycling of wastes, including
green waste. In many cases environmental objectives can be achieved through design
features of the roads, cabins and buildings generally.
To achieve an acceptable level of environmental management and ecological sustainability
it is intended that the following issues be considered in relation to all aspects of the
improvement of the caravan park;
installation of solar collectors to provide energy requirements for the office
and reception facilities;
grey water treatment and re-use;
use of low ecological impact materials;
use of renewable materials; and
use of low embodied energy materials.
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In addition a responsible approach to business management demands attention is given to
minimising operational energy and water requirements, recycling and the collection and re-
use of storm-water. New cabins and facilities will include rainwater tanks designed to
collect roof-water for use in landscaping and toilet flushing where appropriate.
The Trust could also consider a more general strategy to extend the use of solar and gas as
sources for the Park’s energy requirements. This could be by way of offering incentives for
long term residents to change from electric to gas or solar hot water. This would represent
long term cost savings for the residents as well as being a more environmentally responsible
approach.
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7 MANAGEMENT ACTIONS AND STRATEGIES
7.1 Plan Objectives, Strategies and Actions
A range of measures have been identified as required to implement this Plan of
Management to ensure the North Beach Holiday Park is improved and managed in
accordance with the Principles of Crown Land Management. The following tables detail
the Management Strategies and Management Actions to be implemented by the Reserve
Trust.
In the first instance the Strategies and Actions are designed to achieve the Vision for the
Reserve and address the Management Objectives outlined in Section 4. The
implementation of the identified Actions will address the Management Issues identified in
Section 3 and support the orderly implementation of the Improvement Program outlined in
Section 5. Where further documentation is required the planning and design process will
be guided by and comply with the Vision, Objectives and Strategies established by this Plan.
7.2 Regulatory Compliance
Objective: To ensure the Holiday Park complies with all applicable statutory standards.
Strategy Actions
Sites and facilities to conform to relevant regulations.
Ensure sites are sized, located and provided with utility services and amenities in accordance with the Local Government (Manufactured Home Estates, Caravan Parks, Camping Grounds and Moveable Dwellings) Regulation 2005.
Provide a total of 131 long term and short term sites as indicated on Drawing NB 02.
Comply with the conditions of the current Section 68 Approval to operate a Caravan Park.
Apply for renewal of the Section 68 Approval in a timely manner.
Design, construct and install moveable dwellings and submit documents in accordance with requirements of the Regulations.
Maintain the Park’s Community Map to accurately reflect the current layout and use of sites.
Through sound design ensure that proposed improvements comply with the requirements of the Regulations and any applicable statute, code or policy.
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7.3 Health, Safety and Risk Management
Objective: To provide and maintain facilities, in a manner, which minimises risk to Holiday
Park guests and staff and promotes a healthy lifestyle.
Strategy Actions
Continue to provide health, safety and risk management for the public and for staff involved in maintenance and management activities.
Undertake ongoing comprehensive risk assessment of the Holiday Park on the basis of a structured WH and S Management Plan.
Minimise public risk through the ongoing implementation of a risk management strategy.
Ensure all staff and management is appropriately trained. Maintain and use any equipment in accordance with
regulations and manufacturer’s specifications. Store and use chemicals as required by regulations and in
accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations.
Ensure the enjoyment and use of the reserve is not compromised by inappropriate behaviour.
Undertake ongoing review of the activities that should be prohibited or regulated on the reserve.
Maintain facilities and accommodation to appropriate standards.
Continue to maintain an asset management register and fund the ongoing implementation of the Park’s asset management plan.
Protect life and property from the consequences of natural events.
Maintain an adequate emergency evacuation plan.
Ensure the Park, cabins and facilities are maintained and presented to a high standard.
Provide consistent supervision and review of the maintenance and cleaning responsibilities of the Contract Manager.
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7.4 Business Management
Objective: To maintain a management system, which ensures viability, promotes
effective, informed and timely decision-making, and is responsive to financial,
industry, market, legal, social and technological imperatives.
Strategy Actions
Continue to maintain a process for business planning and performance review.
Prepare an annual budget for the operation and improvement of the Park.
Establish financial performance targets and undertake regular review of the operation of the Holiday Park against targets, budget and other management objectives.
Report financial outcomes to the Crown Lands Division on an annual basis.
Preserve the financial contribution the Holiday Park makes to the management of the Crown estate and to the local community.
Review and set tariffs for all sites and on-site accommodation in line with a comprehensive marketing plan on at least an annual basis.
Establish tariffs for sites, which reflect the market potential for the form of accommodation being offered.
Market and promote the Park to achieve optimum commercial outcomes.
Identify new and emerging market opportunities; Prepare and implement an annual marketing and
promotional strategy.
Provide competent day to day management.
Seek and engage competent and qualified contractors. Create, implement and maintain policies and procedures to
ensure best practice for all aspects of the operation of the business and maintenance of the Crown’s asset.
Provide high levels of customer service and asset and business management.
Maintain a human resource management strategy which ensures appropriate qualifications and skills are available.
Identify, prepare and implement training programs.
Manage sites occupied by long term residents and holiday van owners in a consistent and transparent manner.
Ensure all occupancy agreements are current and in accordance with the respective provisions of the Residential Parks Act 1998 and the Holiday Park(Long Term Casual Occupation) Act 2002.
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7.5 Environmental Management
Objective: To ensure that the vegetation and the natural environmental features of the
Holiday Park and the reserve are managed in accordance with sound ecological
principles and for the enjoyment of guests and visitors.
Strategy Actions
Maintain environmental integrity.
Formulate and implement an Environmental Management Strategy to identify, minimise and manage the environmental impacts of the Trust’s activities on the environment by systematically integrating environmental management into daily operations, long term planning and other quality management systems.
Undertake an independent Review of Environmental Factors before proceeding with implementation of proposed improvements and development.
Promote and maintain the health of existing and proposed native vegetation in the Holiday Park and along boundaries with adjoining reserves.
Preserve and protect existing native vegetation in the Park in accordance with the Vegetation Management Plan for the Park included at Appendix D.
Only use native species for landscaping and tree replacement; Only use non invasive grass species when turfing areas of the
Park. Remove weeds and re-vegetate areas appropriate to land-
use, design and management of facilities. All arboricultural work in the Park shall be best practice and
undertaken by a qualified arborist in accordance with the Vegetation Management Plan at Appendix D.
Do not permit attachment of signs, clothes lines or tent ropes to trees.
Ensure that no mowing or vegetation clearance is undertaken along the eastern or southern boundaries of the Holiday Park in State Park lands.
Ensure that lawn clippings and garden waste is disposed of correctly, and not deposited on adjacent lands.
Maintain the health of existing native vegetation on the proposed land addition north of the reserve and manage weeds as necessary
Improve and maintain environmental and visual amenity.
Provide additional landscaping to the surrounds of the amenities building and clothes drying areas.
Implement a replacement planting program for any trees required to be removed and provide protection during establishment.
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Minimise disturbance to native vegetation.
Use appropriate siting for facilities and walkways. Carefully manage pedestrian and vehicle access. Define buffer areas and protect vegetation through mulching,
edge planting and/or fencing as appropriate. Assist in the closure and rehabilitation of unauthorized beach
access tracks from the Holiday Park.
Implement effective catchment management to minimise impacts on water quality.
Implement erosion control measures, litter and silt traps and drainage line filters where required to control storm water.
Use chemicals in accordance with approved Trust and AS guidelines;
Promote catchment management principles as appropriate.
Minimise fire hazard to property and appropriately manage natural coastal vegetation.
Provide and maintain adequate fire control access. Provide and maintain fuel free and fuel reduced zones where
necessary. Minimise disturbance to natural vegetation. Do not allow solid fuel campfires or cooking fires.
Manage and respond to the impacts of coastal processes and climate change while allowing for natural occurrences.
Close access and repair damage as necessary after storm events.
Develop specific climate change adaptation plans in accordance with government policy.
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7.6 Sustainability
Objective: To ensure that principles of ecological and environmental sustainability
incorporated into the design and management of the accommodation,
facilities and infrastructure within the Park with the ultimate goal that
resources are used efficiently throughout their lifecycle and to meet the
needs of the community.
Strategy Actions
Sustainable Development
Assess improvement and development proposals in the light of sustainability principles.
Implement best practice approaches to achieving sustainable resource management.
Resource Sustainability Promote sustainability in the design, construction and management of assets including use of low embodied energy materials, replaceable resources, plantation timbers, etc.
Price goods and services to recover the full life cycle costs of providing the goods and services including the use of natural resources and assets and disposal of waste.
Reduce carbon footprint.
Progressively reduce dependence on high CO2 energy sources by considering acquisition of electricity from renewable energy sources.
Minimise use of water and energy.
Manage resources with an emphasis on minmisation of energy and water use, water harvesting and re-use, and environmentally responsible waste management.
Recycle waste where possible and appropriate.
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7.7 Facilities for Residents, Guests and Management
Objective: To optimise the recreational and tourism potential of the Holiday Park
consistent with principles of ecological sustainability while improving
presentation and management facilities and providing a range of recreation
and communal facilities for residents and guests.
Strategy Actions
Provide facilities that reflect the quality of the location, land management priorities and current industry and market benchmarks.
Improve the Holiday Park and develop facilities as described in this Plan of Management and as generally indicated on Drawing NB-02.
Provide communal facilities within the Holiday Park in accordance with the relevant regulations and improve ancillary facilities for guests including barbecues and children’s play equipment.
Maintain an adequate supply of short term sites for caravans, tents and recreational vehicles.
Over time provide power, water and sewer to every site in the caravan park in order to satisfy the requirements of guests.
Maintain and where possible improve the AAA Tourist rating for the Park.
Implement a staged development process that is achievable in terms of planning and financial constraints.
Undertake improvements to the Park based on the internal capacity of the caravan park to support the funding of the works.
Improve the presentation and efficiency of the Park entrance and reception facilities.
Renovate the existing reception, office and storage areas; Ensure signage and lighting throughout the park meets the
safety needs of visitors, guests, residents and staff.
Remove inefficient and redundant facilities and improve amenity for guests.
Install and construct new facilities for guests as detailed in Drawing NB–02 including roads and sites, barbecue facilities, expanding pool and camp kitchen facilities and renovation and upgrade of amenities as required.
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7.8 Tourist Sites and Accommodation
Objective: To optimise income to the Holiday Park by providing a range of market
appropriate tourist sites and accommodation within the limits of the capacity
of the land and principles of ecologically sustainable development.
Strategy Actions
Provide additional on-site accommodation and site types.
Install additional quality on-site accommodation designed to complement the character of the coastal setting and capable of generating a consistent income stream to finance the ongoing management of the caravan park and make a substantial contribution to the management of the adjoining reserved lands.
Provide an appropriate supply of accommodation products and facilities that are accessible to people with disabilities or limited mobility.
Install en-suite facilities in appropriate locations but retain a balance between the provisions of sites for camping and caravanning and self contained accommodation.
Maintain a 3 ½ star AAA rating for existing and proposed self contained on-site accommodation.
7.9 Integrated Management
Objective: To promote and assist integrated coastal land management associated with
the use of North Beach Holiday Park.
Strategy Actions
Implement the Plan of Management and relevant statutory requirements in an ongoing, co operative and timely manner within the available resources.
Liaise with other local, regional and state authorities particularly where co-ordination of activities on adjoining lands is involved.
Cooperate with and maintain awareness of the activities of other authorities particularly the Bellinger Heads State Park Trust.
Initiate and complete all actions required to add to Reserve 140084 the land identified in the Plan included at Appendix C and which supports the Holiday Park waste water treatment and disposal system.
Obtain approvals and consents as required. Continue liaison with the Crown Lands Division in relation
to new and emerging government policy that impacts on the management of reserved Crown land.
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7.10 Authorised Activities and Works
A range of measures have been identified as required to implement this Plan of
Management to ensure the North Beach Holiday Park is improved and managed in
accordance with the Principles of Crown Land Management. These improvements and
actions are indentified and described in Sections 6 and 7 of this Plan of Management and in
Drawing NB–02. The North Beach Holiday Park will supply a total of 131 long term and
short term sites for guests in accordance with the relevant regulatory controls. The
required improvements and works are itemised below under each of the relevant
Management Precincts and are authorised pursuant to Clause 65(2) of SEPP Infrastructure
2007.
Management Precinct Authorised Activities and Improvements
Park Entry Additions to and renovation of the existing manager’s residence,
park office and reception area; road works; installation of boom
gates; storm water drainage; paving to the pool area; installation
and construction of water play features; construction of a putt
putt golf course; fencing, vegetation management; alterations to
Park maintenance and storage compound; and landscaping.
Northern Demolition; road works; reconfiguration of site layout and site
boundaries; storm water drainage; underground utility service
installation; installation of relocatable homes(cabins and Eco-
tents) on various sites as required to meet the needs of the Park’s
clientele in accordance with the caravan park regulations;
construction of a new camp kitchen; fencing; landscaping;
vegetation management; construction and installation of
playground facilities and equipment.
Central Demolition; road works; reconfiguration of site layout and site
boundaries; storm water drainage; underground utility service
installation; installation of en-suite facilities in accordance with
the caravan park regulations; installation of the barbecue shelter
relocated from the Northern Precinct; renovations, alterations
and additions to existing communal amenities; fencing;
landscaping; and vegetation management.
Long-term Living Road works; reconfiguration of site layout and site boundaries;
underground service installation; installation of relocatable
homes in accordance with the caravan park regulations;
vegetation management; and landscaping.
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7.11 Vegetation Management
The following is an extract from the Vegetation Management Plan for North Beach Holiday
park and prescribes the approach that will be taken future vegetation management in the
Reserve.
Best practise and community expectations
The initial stages of best practice management of native vegetation include Inventory, Data
Collection, Mapping, and Status Assessment. In the case of vegetation that is a threatened
species, or which is part of an endangered population or an endangered ecological
community, or habitat for a threatened plant or animal species, best practice requires that a
survey and assessment be undertaken to meet DECCW guidelines.
These stages have been undertaken for this Vegetation Management Plan. In the case of
individual trees in the Park, best practice management focuses on tree protection measures
as outlined in Australian Standard (AS) 4970. The ultimate best practice outcome is
incorporation into the Regional Vegetation Management Planning process. Meanwhile,
the Community has a role to:
sustainably manage native vegetation on land for which they and individual land
managers are responsible;
coordinate local group development and action on native vegetation
management issues;
encourage local involvement in the management of public land;
communicate to government the native vegetation management issues of their
local area;
communicate to government the solutions to native vegetation management
issues they believe are appropriate to their local area;
participate in local and regional native vegetation management planning and
programs;
raise awareness and improve education regarding native vegetation
management issues; and
form partnerships to increase investment in local native vegetation management
issues.
Local government has a responsibility for the development and implementation of locally
relevant and applicable environmental policies within its jurisdiction in cooperation with
other levels of government and the local community
State Governments have primary responsibility for native vegetation management, in
recognition of the constitutional responsibility of the States for land use decisions and their
ownership of large areas of native vegetation. The management of parks and protected
areas is largely a function of the States.
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Action Plan for Vegetation in the Park.
General:
1. Maximise the lifespan of remnant trees by providing annual arboricultural
inspection, reporting and intervention as required.
2. Incorporate native trees into landscaping areas and identify suitable areas for
planting replacement native trees to develop mixed-age stands of trees.
3. Maintain an up to date plan showing locations of existing trees and critical root
zones.
4. Undertake only routine maintenance activities within the critical root zone of
existing trees. Routine activities include mowing, brush cutting, weed removal,
camping etc, where there is no disturbance to the soil surface.
5. Provide suitable beach access through the frontal dunes to minimise erosion and
damage to Coastal Cypress under-storey vegetation.
Bush Regeneration, Weed Control and Landscaping:
6. Continue control of under-storey weeds and exotic grass cover, specifically targeting
difficult to control weeds such as Small-leaf Trad, Morning Glory, Glory Lily and
Madeira Vine, to favour natural recruitment of native vegetation in bushland areas.
7. Use local native plant species which are characteristic of the vegetation community
(listed in Appendix 1 of the Vegetation Management Plan) for assisted regeneration
and landscaping.
8. Remove non-essential lawn areas and replace with a local native species.
9. Undertake an ongoing program of removing exotics and environmental weeds from
landscaped areas and replacing with native species selected from the species list in
Appendix 1 of the Vegetation Management Plan.
10. Minimise incursion of vehicles and pedestrians into areas of native under-storey
vegetation.
11. Implement planting controls on residents eg: exotics to be confined to pots.
12. Work with adjoining landowners to control weeds.
13. Avoid damaging basal bark and exposed roots with brush cutters and mowers.
14. Ensure that the impact of tree pruning is appropriately assessed and that pruning is
undertaken by a suitably qualified arborist.
New developments:
15. Mitigate impacts of new developments by means of offsets and appropriate
arboricultural interventions.
16. Where possible, exclude vehicular traffic and impervious paving and reduce
pedestrian traffic within critical root zones of remnant trees.
17. Use local native plant species (Appendix 1 of the Vegetation Management Plan)
rather than exotics wherever the native species can perform the required role in the
landscape.
18. Ensure ropes for tents and annexes are not secured to established trees.
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7.12 Holiday Vans
Holiday vans are those owned by individuals and families which, under agreement, are able
to be located in the Holiday Park for the payment of an annual fee. Owners of the vans are
entitled to a maximum of 180 days use in any 12 month period, with the Park Managers
able to issue three(3) months notice at any time for the vans to be removed. The tenure
arrangements for holiday vans are subject to the provisions of the Holiday Parks(Long Term
Casual Occupation) Act 2002.
As the demand for tourist accommodation increases, there may be a requirement to reduce
the number of holiday vans in the Park to make sites available to meet growth in demand
for tourist sites and accommodation. At this time, there is no intention to reduce the
number of holiday vans in the park. However, the Trust reserves the right to issue 90 days
notice for removal of holiday vans where it is required for the future development of the
park or to meet increases in demand for tourist sites.
8 IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW
This Plan of Management has been prepared pursuant to the provisions of the Crown Lands
Act 1989 to provide an appropriate statutory basis for the continuing improvement and
operation of the North Beach Holiday Park which is one of a number of caravan parks on
reserved land managed by the Bellinger Heads Holiday Parks Trust.
This Plan provides a medium term strategy for the management and improvement of the
North Beach Holiday Park. It is anticipated the majority of the works described will be
implemented over a five year period. Priorities for works and funding are to be addressed
on an annual basis to meet development priorities and community needs.
Progress in relation to the implementation of the Plan will be monitored by the Trust and
the Trust will report on an annual basis to the Crown Lands Division.
This Plan is to be reviewed approximately every five years or as required to ensure it
continues to be relevant to and consistent with government legislation and policy and
community expectation.
APPENDIX A Section 68 Approval
APPENDIX B Correspondence re Wastewater Treatment System
APPENDIX C Diagram of Land to be Added to Reserve 140084
APPENDIX D Vegetation Management Plan for North Beach Holiday Park
Vegetation Management Plan
for
North Beach Holiday Park
Prepared for the
North Coast Accommodation Trust
by
Idyll Spaces Environmental Consultants
21 Titans Close, Bonville 2441
02 6653 4190
18 July 2011
North Beach Holiday Park Vegetation Management Plan i
Executive Summary
Greg Elks of Idyll Spaces Environmental Consultants has been engaged by the North
Coast Accommodation Trust to undertake a survey of vegetation and fauna habitat
and prepare a Vegetation Management Plan for native vegetation remnants in North
Beach Holiday Park, which is located at Mylestom in the Bellingen Shire Local
Government Area on the north-coast of NSW.
Remnants of two native vegetation communities - Pink Bloodwood – Coast Banksia –
Forest Red Gum Open Forest and Coast Banksia – Pink Bloodwood Woodland -
occupy parts of the Park. There is also an artificial community of Lawns, Shrubberies
and Specimen Trees which includes some native trees and shrubs.
These communities are not listed as Endangered Ecological Communities (EECs)
under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act) or as EECs or
Critically Endangered Communities (CECs) under the Federal Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
The vegetation communities in the Park provide habitat elements for numerous
threatened fauna including Green-thighed Frog, Barred Cuckoo-shrike, Glossy Black
Cockatoo, Little Lorikeet, Regent Honeyeater, Brush-tailed Phascogale, Eastern
bentwing bat, Eastern Freetail Bat, Greater Broadnosed Bat, Little Bentwing Bat,
Grey-headed Flying-fox, Koala and Spotted Quoll. They are unlikely to provide
habitat for threatened native plants, with the possible exception of Scented
Acronychia Acronychia littoralis.
This Vegetation Management Plan has been prepared to facilitate long-term planning
for vegetation in the Park, assist the Trust to allocate resources for conservation and
management of the vegetation communities and associated fauna habitat, and to
guide the selection and management of suitable areas of the Park for regeneration of
those communities.
Idyll Spaces Draft Report 20/7/11
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Contents
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................ i
Introduction ..............................................................................................................................1
Background ..........................................................................................................................1
Assessment Methodology ..................................................................................................1
Location & character ...........................................................................................................1
Biodiversity context .............................................................................................................3
Flora and fauna ........................................................................................................................5
Vegetation Communities ....................................................................................................5
Pink Bloodwood – Coast Banksia – Forest Red Gum Open Forest. .........................5
Coast Banksia – Pink Bloodwood Woodland ..............................................................6
Lawns, shrubs and specimen trees ................................................................................8
Endangered populations and communities ...................................................................13
Fauna habitat resources ....................................................................................................13
Threatened species habitat ...............................................................................................14
Vegetation management .......................................................................................................15
Laws affecting vegetation management .........................................................................15
Garden waste in the Park .................................................................................................15
Weeds in the Park ..............................................................................................................15
Other issues ........................................................................................................................16
Strategic assessment ..............................................................................................................17
Future vegetation management .......................................................................................18
Best practise and community expectations ................................................................18
Action Plan for vegetation in the Park .......................................................................19
Bibliography ...........................................................................................................................20
Appendices .............................................................................................................................21
Appendix 1. Recommended native plant species for landscaping in North Beach
Holiday Park ......................................................................................................................22
Appendix 2. Plant species inventory, North Beach Holiday Park..............................24
Photographs ...........................................................................................................................26
Figures & Tables
Figure 1. North Beach Holiday Park location ......................................................................2
Figure 2. Map of the North Beach Holiday Park study area showing vegetation
communities and weed infestations .............................................................................4
Table 1. Likelihood of occurrence of TSC Act listed Threatened Flora known to occur
in the locality in North Beach Holiday Park ................................................................9
Table 2. Likelihood of occurrence of EPBC Act listed Threatened Flora predicted to
occur in North Beach Holiday Park ..............................................................................9
Table 3. Likelihood of occurrence of Threatened Fauna habitat in North Beach
Holiday Park (marine species excluded) ....................................................................10
Idyll Spaces Draft Report 20/7/11
North Beach Holiday Park Vegetation Management Plan 1
Introduction
Background
The North Coast Accommodation Trust has engaged Idyll Spaces Environmental
Consultants to assess native vegetation and prepare a Vegetation Management Plan
(‘VMP’) for native vegetation remnants in North Beach Holiday Park (‘the Park’). The
VMP has been prepared to complement a Landscape Masterplan and a
comprehensive Plan of Management currently in preparation.
Assessment Methodology
Assessment of the conservation significance of vegetation in the Park includes:
A review of threatened species, populations and ecological communities known
or predicted to occur within 5km of the Park;
A review of other relevant documents including aerial imagery and
geomorphological mapping;
A general terrestrial vegetation survey and list of plant species;
Targeted searches for plant species of conservation significance area including
Species listed as threatened under New South Wales Threatened Species
Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act) or the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act);
Review of TSC Act preliminary and final determinations;
A description of vegetation communities and fauna habitats;
A map of terrestrial vegetation communities, and
A determination of the conservation status of those vegetation communities
under the TSC Act and the EPBC Act.
Location & character
North Beach Holiday Park occupies a narrow strip of land located between the
eastern edge of the village of Mylestom and the estuarine north arm of the Bellinger
River (Figure 1). It is located on a beach ridge and associated plain of Holocene
marine sand that has been deposited by wave and aeolian processes (Troedson &
Hashimoto 2004).
Most of the Park has been cleared of native vegetation, but intact native vegetation
remains in the northern part and along the eastern edge. Occasional remnant native
trees occur in operational areas of the Park; some native trees have also been planted.
Most of the Park is zoned RE1 Public Recreation, with the intact native vegetation in
the northern and eastern parts zoned E2 Environmental Conservation and the area
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occupied by the wastewater treatment and disposal facility zoned E3 Environmental
Management.
Figure 1. North Beach Holiday Park location
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Biodiversity context
The Park is located in the NSW North Coast biogeographical region which has
internationally recognised biodiversity values. The region supports a high diversity
of endemic species, threatened species, endangered ecological communities and
species at their distributional limits.
Although it has been substantially modified the vegetation in part of the Park
contains remnant and regrowth vegetation providing potential habitat for various
threatened fauna.
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Figure 2. Map of the North Beach Holiday Park study area showing vegetation
communities and weed infestations
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Flora and fauna
Vegetation Communities
Pink Bloodwood – Coast Banksia – Forest Red Gum Open Forest.
Structure & Composition
Open forest dominated by Pink Bloodwood Corymbia intermedia with stands of Coast
Banksia Banksia integrifolia and scattered Forest Red Gum Eucalyptus tereticornis to
about 15m tall. There is a sparse to scattered mid-storey of rainforest trees and wiry
vines, and a sparse ground layer of grasses and herbs.
Habitat, Ecology & Dynamics
This intact forest remnant in the northern extremity of the Park shows no evidence of
prior clearing. It contains overmature (old growth) trees and large woody debris,
which are characteristic of mature forests and are important fauna habitat elements.
Some of these trees contain small hollows, and some also contain aerial termites
nests, into which nest hollows have been excavated (Photo 1).
This remnant also contains fauna nectar resources (Pink Bloodwood, Coast Banksia
and Forest Red Gum), rainforest fruit (Mistletoe, Tuckeroo, Red Bean, Guioa, Coast
Canthium), and potential Glossy Black Cockatoo feed trees (Black Oak).
In the locality of North Beach, Bloodwood shows its best development in Wet
Sclerophyll Forests whereas Coast Banksia is the dominant species in Coastal
Headland Heaths. The species are tolerant of salt spray and only occur together
behind the frontal dune on coastal sandplains. Forest Red Gum is less tolerant of salt.
It typically occurs in floodplain woodlands and in coastal wet sclerophyll forest.
Unlike Bloodwood and Forest Red Gum Coast Banksia is relatively short-lived and is
killed by moderate to high intensity fire. There is evidence of recent low intensity fire
in the form of scorched bark to approximately 2m height. The only evidence for high
intensity fire is the more or less even age of Coast Banksia trees that presumably
regenerated from seed safely stored in woody banksia cones after such a fire,
estimated as occurring about 30-50 years ago.
Classification, Mapping & Conservation status
The community is within the vegetation class ‘Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests’
(Keith 2004). The Biometric Vegetation Type is ‘Pink Bloodwood open forest of the
coastal lowlands of the North Coast’. The community is not threatened, with 75%
remaining uncleared in the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority
region.
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The community provides habitat elements for the following threatened fauna
species: Green-thighed Frog, Barred Cuckoo-shrike, Glossy Black Cockatoo, Little
Lorikeet (includes breeding habitat), Regent Honeyeater, Brush-tailed Phascogale
(includes breeding habitat), Eastern bentwing bat, Eastern Freetail Bat (includes
breeding habitat), Greater Broadnosed Bat (includes breeding habitat), Little
Bentwing Bat, Grey-headed Flying-fox, Koala and Spotted Quoll.
Impacts
Extensive areas of this community occur on the coastal lowlands north and south of
the Park and it is likely that it once occupied the cleared areas of the Park. Much of
this community has been colonised by naturalised exotic plants such as Lantana,
many of which are garden escapes (Winter Senna, Painted Spurge, Glory Lily,
Fishbone Fern, Tradescantia) or planted for dune stabilisation (Bitou Bush.
Impacts of weed invasion on this vegetation community in the northern part of the
Park are being minimised by bushland weed control, which has dramatically
reduced weed cover (see Photographs 2, 3).
Threats
Threats to this community appear to be limited to minor trampling associated with
occasional human access, removal of trees judged to be a threat to life and property,
and the potential for reinvasion by weeds.
Coast Banksia – Pink Bloodwood Woodland
Structure & Composition
Woodland dominated by Coast Banksia Banksia integrifolia with occasional Pink
Bloodwood Corymbia intermedia and rainforest trees, to about 10m tall. There is a
dense mid-storey of weeds and wiry vines, and a sparse to dense ground layer of
grasses and herbs.
Habitat, Ecology & Dynamics
This woodland remnant in and to the east of the Park contains some mature trees,
fauna nectar resources (Pink Bloodwood, Coast Banksia) and some rainforest fruit
(Tuckeroo, Red Bean, Guioa, Coast Canthium). It is located on and immediately
landward of the coastal dune system. It shows no evidence of prior clearing or of
recent fire, although the age of the banksias and rainforest trees suggests that the
area was burnt 30-50 years ago.
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Classification, Mapping & Conservation status
The community is within the vegetation class ‘Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests’
(Keith 2004). The Biometric Vegetation Type is ecotonal between ‘Pink Bloodwood
open forest of the coastal lowlands of the North Coast’ and ‘Coastal Headland
Heaths of the North Coast’. The community is not threatened, with 70-75%
remaining uncleared in the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority
region.
The community provides habitat elements for the following threatened fauna
species: Barred Cuckoo-shrike, Little Lorikeet, Eastern bentwing bat, Eastern Freetail
Bat, Greater Broadnosed Bat, Little Bentwing Bat, Grey-headed Flying-fox and
Spotted Quoll.
Impacts
Extensive areas of this community occur on the coastal dunes north and south of the
Park and it is likely that it once occupied the eastern edge of the Park. It has been
colonised by naturalised exotic plants including Lantana, Winter Senna, Painted
Spurge, Glory Lily, Fishbone Fern, Tradescantia and Bitou Bush.
Impacts of weed invasion on this vegetation community in the Park significant in
that they have altered the floristics and structure of the ground layer and midstratum
vegetation (Photographs 4, 5).
Threats
The major current threat to this community is weed invasion which, if untreated,
would lead to the eventual replacement of the entire vegetation community by a
dense thicket of weeds.
Minor current threats include dumping of litter and garden refuse, trampling
associated with unregulated human access across the dune, removal of trees judged
to be a threat to life and property, mowing of the understorey and planting of exotic
trees and garden plants.
In the longer term coastal erosion is also likely to be a threat. For this reason it is
important that existing native vegetation, which is adapted to this environment, is
retained in good condition so as to enable it to respond and revegetate dunes
following erosion events.
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Lawns, shrubs and specimen trees
Lawns in the Park consist mainly of exotic grasses known for their salt tolerance,
resistance to wear and ability to grow on sand. They form the ground layer to most
other vegetation communities in the Park. Lawns are the most extensive form of
vegetation throughout the Park.
Shrubs are common in the Park, where they are used to screen buildings and
demarcate various areas. Typical species include well-known exotics such as Golden
Cane Palms and Tibouchina as well as introduced native species such as Bottlebrush
and Grevillea. A wider range of shrubs and herbs are grown in the gardens of
permanent residents
Specimen trees include native species of Eucalypt, Paperbark, Wattle and Oak. There
are introduced natives such as Silky Oak, Weeping Paperbark and Fig, and exotics
such as Fiddlewood and Norfolk Pine. Most of the introduced trees have little
intrinsic conservation value, the exception being the introduced native Figs, which
are known to be utilised for foraging by a wide range of mobile fauna including the
threatened species Rose-crowned Fruit Dove and Grey–headed Flying Fox.
Impacts
Lawns in the Park are an impediment to natural regeneration, especially where the
grasses invade adjoining bushland.
The impact of shrubs ranges from exacerbation of weed invasion to missed
opportunities for provision of habitat attractive to native fauna. The planting of
Grevilleas and Bottlebrushes is also contributing to dominance of the bird fauna by
the Noisy Miner, which is an aggressive bird that drives away other small birds.
Except for the native species such as Eucalypt, Paperbark, Wattle and Oak and the
introduced native figs, the impact of the specimen trees is generally negative in that
they have replaced habitat utilised by native fauna.
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Table 1. Likelihood of occurrence of TSC Act listed Threatened Flora known to occur in the locality in North Beach Holiday Park
Scientific name No of records
TSC Status Detectability Essential Habitat Likelihood of occurrence
Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia 1 Vulnerable All year Subtropical rainforest, moist eucalypt forest and Brush Box forest Nil - habitat requirements not met
Marsdenia longiloba 13 Endangered Flowering (Summer) but leaf characters indicative
Subtropical and warm temperate rainforest, adjoining moist eucalypt forest and rock outcrops
Nil - habitat requirements not met
Neimeyera whiteri 6 Vulnerable All year rainforest or moist eucalypt forest Nil - habitat requirements not met
Tinospora tinosporoides 1 Vulnerable All year Wetter subtropical rainforest, including littoral rainforest Nil - habitat requirements not met
Table 2. Likelihood of occurrence of EPBC Act listed Threatened Flora predicted to occur in North Beach Holiday Park
Scientific name TSC Status Detectability Essential Habitat Likelihood of occurrence
Acronychia littoralis Endangered Fruit (May to August) but leaf characters indicative
littoral rainforest and adjacent open forest Unlikely – habitat marginal, not detected in study area, not known from locality
Allocasuarina defungens Endangered All year tall heath on sand, also on clay soils and sandstone on exposed coastal hills or headlands adjacent to sandplains
Nil - habitat requirements not met
Arthraxon hispidus Vulnerable November to May moist sites on edges of rainforest or in wet eucalypt forest Nil - habitat requirements not met Parsonsia dorrigoensis Endangered All year rainforest or moist eucalypt forest Nil - habitat requirements not met Taeniophyllum muelleri Vulnerable All year twigs overhanging creeks in rainforest Nil - habitat requirements not met Thesium australe Vulnerable Flowering (mid-Summer) but
morphology indicative grassland, grassy open forest or woodland on fertile or moderately fertile soils and
coastal headlands, often in association with Kangaroo Grass
Nil - habitat requirements not met
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Table 3. Likelihood of occurrence of Threatened Fauna habitat in North Beach Holiday Park (marine species excluded)
Class Common name Status Habitat type Habitat description Occurrence in study area
Amphibia Green-thighed Frog V Breeding habitat semi-permanent or ephemeral ponds or depressions in a range of vegetation communities, including rainforest, wet and dry
forest, heath and grassland.
No
Foraging habitat leaf litter within 300m of breeding habitat Yes
Shelter/roosting/refuge leaf litter or vegetation within 300m of breeding habitat Yes
Aves Barred Cuckoo-shrike V Breeding habitat unknown -
Foraging habitat Fruiting tree species in rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, vegetation remnants or isolated trees Occasional
Shelter/roosting/refuge unknown -
Aves Beach Stone-curlew E4A Breeding habitat Marine supralittoral zone, at backs of beaches, or on sandbanks and islands, of varying substrate, among low vegetation of
grass, scattered shrubs or low trees. Also among open mangroves.
No
Foraging habitat Intertidal zone of beaches and estuaries, on flats, banks and spits of sand, mud or gravel; also at edges of or among
mangroves.
No
Shelter/roosting/refuge During day, seen to roost in shade of trees, shrubs, fallen or beachcast timber or at edges of mangrove vegetation; on
beaches, and on islands in or shores of estuaries.
No
Aves Black Bittern V Breeding habitat Vegetation bordering water bodies or watercourses including Mangroves No
Foraging habitat as per breeding habitat No
Shelter/roosting/refuge as per breeding habitat No
Aves Black-necked Stork E1 Breeding habitat Live or dead tree within or near foraging habitat. Usually isolated, live, paddock trees in NSW, but also in paperbarks and
occasionally low shrubs within wetlands.
No
Foraging habitat Shallow open freshwater or saline wetlands and estuarine habitats, including swamps, floodplains, watercourses, wet
heathland, wet meadows, farm dams, saltmarsh, mud- and sand-flats, mangroves.
No
Shelter/roosting/refuge As foraging and breeding habitat combined. No
Aves Glossy Black-Cockatoo V Breeding habitat Tree hollows with minimum diameter > 15cm No
Foraging habitat Allocasuarina or Casuarina Occasional
Shelter/roosting/refuge n/a -
Aves Little Lorikeet V Breeding habitat Hollow-bearing trees Yes
Foraging habitat Tree canopies. Typically nectar and pollen from Eucalyptus but also other tree species such as Angophora and Melaleuca
plus native fruits such as mistletoe
Yes
Shelter/roosting/refuge habitat Tree canopies Yes
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Class Common name Status Habitat type Habitat description Occurrence in study area
Aves Osprey V Breeding habitat Emergent living or dead trees or artificial towers within 3 km of foraging habitat No
Foraging habitat Open protected water No
Shelter/roosting/refuge Structures on shorelines as vantage points for hunting and for resting No
Aves Regent Honeyeater E4A Breeding habitat n/a -
Foraging habitat mainly feeds on nectar from a wide range of eucalypts and mistletoes including swamp mahogany Occasional
Shelter/roosting/refuge habitat n/a -
Aves Sooty Owl V Breeding habitat Hollows >30 cm diameter that are >10 m above the ground in live or dead trees, or in caves No
Foraging habitat rainforest, including dry rainforest, subtropical and warm temperate rainforest, as well as moist eucalypt forests No
Shelter/roosting/refuge Hollows, small trees with dense foliage, damp gullies with tree ferns or vine tangles, or caves or cliffs or bank overhangs No
Aves Varied Sittella V Breeding habitat upright tree fork high in the living tree canopy No
Foraging habitat crevices in rough or decorticating bark, dead branches, standing dead trees and small branches and twigs in the tree
canopy
No
Shelter/roosting/refuge eucalypt forests and woodlands, especially those containing rough-barked species and mature smooth-barked gums with
dead branches
No
Mammalia Brush-tailed Phascogale V Breeding habitat Hollow trees, logs or stumps with entrances > 2.5 cm wide Yes
Foraging habitat trunks and branches of trees in open forest or woodland Yes
Shelter/roosting/refuge habitat as per breeding habitat and in globular nests or possum drays Yes
Mammalia Eastern Bentwing-bat V Breeding habitat caves No
Foraging habitat in forested areas, catching moths and other flying insects above the tree tops Yes
Shelter/roosting/refuge caves; will also use derelict mines, storm-water tunnels, buildings or other man-made structures No
Mammalia Eastern Freetail-bat V Breeding habitat tree hollows Yes
Foraging habitat dry sclerophyll forest, woodland, swamp forests and mangrove forests Yes
Shelter/roosting/refuge habitat in tree hollows but will also roost under bark or in man-made structures Yes
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Class Common name Status Habitat type Habitat description Occurrence in study area
Mammalia Greater Broad-nosed Bat V Breeding habitat Likely to be as per roosting habitat Yes
Foraging habitat Forests woodlands and wetlands Yes
Shelter/roosting/refuge Live or dead hollow-bearing trees, under exfoliating bark, or in buildings Yes
Mammalia Grey-headed Flying-fox V Breeding habitat Canopy trees associated with rainforest, or coastal scrub or riparian or estuarine communities and with sufficient forage
resources available within 40km.
Yes
Foraging habitat Most Yes
Shelter/roosting/refuge habitat Patches of forest with canopy trees within 40 kilometres of forage resource. Yes
Mammalia Koala V Breeding habitat eucalypt woodlands and forests Yes
Foraging habitat Feed on the foliage of more than 70 eucalypt species and 30 non-eucalypt species; in any one area will select preferred
browse species
Yes
Shelter/roosting/refuge habitat n/a Yes
Mammalia Little Bentwing-bat V Breeding habitat Caves No
Foraging habitat Moist eucalypt forest, rainforest or dense coastal banksia scrub Yes
Shelter/roosting/refuge habitat Caves, tunnels or tree hollows No
Mammalia Spotted-tailed Quoll V Breeding habitat Hollow-bearing trees, fallen logs, small caves, rock crevices, boulder piles, rocky-cliff faces or animal burrows No
Foraging habitat range of habitat types, including rainforest, open forest, woodland, coastal heath Yes
Shelter/roosting/refuge habitat as per breeding habitat No
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Endangered populations and communities
TSC Act listed endangered populations do not occur in the Park and no species
characteristic of endangered populations have been detected in or near the Park.
Several species characteristic of TSC Act listed endangered ecological communities
(EECs) on floodplain occur in the northern and central parts of the Park. These
species - Forest Red Gum, Broad-leaved Paperbark, Swamp Mahogany and Swamp
Oak – are characteristic of several EECs including ‘Subtropical Coastal Floodplain
Forest of the New South Wales North Coast Bioregion’; ‘Swamp Sclerophyll Forest
on Coastal Floodplains of the New South Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and
South East Corner Bioregions’; and ‘Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest of the New South
Wales North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregion’.
Floodplain EECs occur on alluvial soils such as those occurring on the nearby
Bellinger River floodplain, but some of the characteristic species may also extend to
adjoining habitats such as sandplains. These occurrences on habitats other than
floodplains are not regarded as part of the floodplain EECs.
Nineteen of the 117 species listed as characteristic of the TSC Act listed EEC ‘Littoral
Rainforest on the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner
Bioregions’ occur in the Park, reflecting in part the presence of the second largest
stand of littoral rainforest in NSW, which is located to the north of the Park in Bongil
Bongil National Park. Eleven of these species occur in Pink Bloodwood – Coast
Banksia – Forest Red Gum Open Forest of the Park, 10 occur in Coast Banksia – Pink
Bloodwood Woodland, and 6 occur in Lawns, Gardens & Specimen Trees.
As these characteristic species are not part of a closed canopy or are not dominant in
the canopy they do not constitute littoral rainforest, although in the absence of fire it
is possible that they could develop into littoral rainforest at some future time.
Similarly, vegetation in the Park does not meet size or condition thresholds for the EPBC Act listed critically endangered community (CEC) ‘Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia’.
Fauna habitat resources
There are three important nectar-producing tree species in the Park providing
nectar for nectivorous birds and bats (Forest Red Gum, Pink Bloodwood, Coast
Banksia).
Koala feed trees (Forest Red Gum) occur in the Park.
Older eucalypt trees in the Park have hollows suitable for fauna.
There is a variety of tree canopies providing foraging for insectivorous birds and
bats.
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There are minor occurrences of rainforest fruits within the Park (Mistletoe, Tuckeroo,
Red Bean, Guioa, Beach Birds-eye, Coast Canthium) that are known to be utilised by
frugivores (fruit eaters) such as fruit pigeons and flying-foxes.
Threatened species habitat
Plant communities in the Park provide habitat elements (foraging, roosting or
breeding) for threatened fauna including Green-thighed Frog, Barred Cuckoo-shrike,
Glossy Black Cockatoo, Little Lorikeet (includes breeding habitat), Regent
Honeyeater, Brush-tailed Phascogale (includes breeding habitat), Eastern bentwing
bat, Eastern Freetail Bat (includes breeding habitat), Greater Broadnosed Bat
(includes breeding habitat), Little Bentwing Bat, Grey-headed Flying-fox, Koala and
Spotted Quoll.
Plant communities in the Park are unlikely to provide habitat for threatened native
plants, with the possible exception of Scented Acronychia Acronychia littoralis.
The likelihood of occurrence of threatened flora species (Tables 1, 2) considered the
detectability of the species, the occurrence and condition of its habitat and whether
or not the species is known to occur in the locality. The presence of habitat elements
in the Park that may be utilised by threatened Fauna recorded in the locality is
summarised in Table 3.
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Vegetation management
Laws affecting vegetation management
Clearing of native vegetation in urban areas of NSW is regulated under the
Environment Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act) through the use of
development consents and tree preservation orders.
If the clearing affects a matter of national environmental significance, such as a
nationally listed threatened species or a migratory species, the Commonwealth
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) applies.
The EPA Act requires that, where an activity is likely to significantly affect threatened
species, populations or ecological communities, or their habitats, or critical habitat, a
species impact statement must be prepared. In deciding whether there is likely to be
a significant effect on threatened species, populations or ecological communities, the
seven-part test of significance must be applied as set out in the EPA Act.
Under the National Parks and Wildlife Act it is an offence to harm any animal or pick
any plant that is a threatened species, or which is part of an endangered population
or an endangered ecological community, or its habitat. Picking includes cutting or
harming any part of the plant.
There are many native species of flora and fauna which, although not threatened,
still have some degree of legal protection under the NPW Act.
Other relevant acts include the Noxious Weeds Act 1993.
Garden waste in the Park
Garden waste is currently disposed of in piles adjoining or within native vegetation.
This is inappropriate because the piles damage native vegetation, spread propagules
of invasive plants into native vegetation, and contribute to fire risk.
To address these issues, woody waste should either be chipped and used as mulch,
or composted together with clippings from the transpiration beds, and garden waste
that contains invasive native vegetation (such as Tradescantia, Fishbone Fern) should
be disposed of in a way that prevents new infestations of these plants.
Weeds in the Park
Significant weed infestations are shown at three locations on Figure 1.
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Location A
A stand of Annual Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia (a noxious weed), Castor Oil plant
Ricinus communis and invasive exotic grasses is located on the edge of Pink
Bloodwood – Coast Banksia – Forest Red Gum Open Forest in the vicinity of the
wastewater treatment disposal area (Photo 6).
The rampant growth of these weeds may be a response to elevated levels of nutrients
from the wastewater treatment plant, indicating that this area is functioning as a
transpiration bed.
The appropriate treatment would be to remove the weeds, turf the area, and
maintain as exotic lawn by means of frequent mowing. Clippings would be suitable
for composting with woody garden waste from non-invasive trees and shrubs.
Location B
A stand of garden escapes including Sleeping Hibiscus and Cocos Palm is located
near the formal beach access.
To prevent further expansion of these plants it would be appropriate to control them
and regenerate the area to native vegetation.
Location C
Four species of very invasive weeds - Morning Glory Ipomoea indica, Madiera Vine
Anredera cordifolia, Fishbone Fern Nephrolepis cordifolia and Small-leaf Trad
Tradescantia sp – extend from the Park into adjoining coastal vegetation and, if
uncontrolled, have the potential to overwhelm native vegetation and change it to a
weed thicket.
These weeds are spread primarily by fragments of the parent plant. It would be
appropriate to quarantine the infestation so as to prevent the further spread of these
weeds and bring them under control in conjunction with the adjoining land manager.
Other issues
A number of used utility poles are currently stored at Location C (Photo 6). These
poles have been treated with salts of copper, chromium and arsenic that are toxic to
living things and would be released into the immediate environment as the poles
decay, potentially leading to hazardous levels of these toxic materials in the
environment.
It would be appropriate to remove these poles, or at least store them in such a way as
to minimise contact with the surrounding environment.
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Strategic assessment
The following assessment is a summary of the issues to be considered in the
management of vegetation in the Park. It provides the basis for identifying and
prioritising actions required to ensure that native vegetation in the Park is managed
sustainably. The list is derived from this and other studies. The issues are not ranked
and do not indicate priority.
STRENGTHS
Natural beauty of existing mature native vegetation.
Shade, protection and fauna habitat offered by native vegetation.
Existing bushland weed control program.
WEAKNESSES
No planting controls on residents.
Inappropriate disposal of garden waste.
Native understorey vegetation affected by weed invasion, gardening and
mowing.
Weeds on transpiration beds.
Inadequate access controls on residents.
OPPORTUNITIES
Work with adjoining landowners to control weeds.
Upgrade wastewater transpiration beds.
Recycle clippings from transpiration beds by composting with garden waste or
worm farm.
Utilise native plants characteristic of local vegetation communities in
landscaping.
Manage impacts of public access on native vegetation.
Arboricultural intervention to manage impacts of Park operation on trees.
Apply the hierarchy of avoid, minimise and mitigate to impacts on native
vegetation.
THREATS
Piecemeal loss of native vegetation cover.
Undesirable impacts on vegetation from inappropriate use and overuse of
vegetated areas.
Undesirable impacts on native vegetation resulting from capital works and
maintenance.
Weed invasion from and to adjoining property.
Aging and decaying trees.
Trampling of native vegetation.
Mowing of understorey.
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Future vegetation management
Best practise and community expectations
The initial stages of best practise management of native vegetation include
Inventory, Data Collection, Mapping, and Status Assessment. In the case of
vegetation that is a threatened species, or which is part of an endangered population
or an endangered ecological community, or habitat for a threatened plant or animal
species, best practise requires that a survey and assessment be undertaken to meet
DECCW guidelines.
These stages have been undertaken for this Vegetation Management Plan.
In the case of individual trees in the Park, best practise management focuses on tree
protection measures as outlined in Australian Standard (AS) 4970.
The ultimate best practise outcome is incorporation into the Regional Vegetation
Management Planning process. Meanwhile, the Community has a role to:
sustainably manage native vegetation on land for which they and individual land
managers are responsible;
coordinate local group development and action on native vegetation
management issues;
encourage local involvement in the management of public land;
communicate to government the native vegetation management issues of their
local area;
communicate to government the solutions to native vegetation management
issues they believe are appropriate to their local area;
participate in local and regional native vegetation management planning and
programs;
raise awareness and improve education regarding native vegetation management
issues; and
form partnerships to increase investment in local native vegetation management
issues.
Local government has a responsibility for the development and implementation of
locally relevant and applicable environmental policies within its jurisdiction in
cooperation with other levels of government and the local community
State Governments have primary responsibility for native vegetation management,
in recognition of the constitutional responsibility of the States for land use decisions
and their ownership of large areas of native vegetation. The management of parks
and protected areas is largely a function of the States.
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Action Plan for vegetation in the Park
General:
1. Maximise the lifespan of remnant trees by providing annual arboricultural
inspection, reporting and intervention as required.
2. Incorporate native trees into landscaping areas and identify suitable areas for
planting replacement native trees to develop mixed-age stands of trees.
3. Maintain an up to date plan showing locations of existing trees and critical root
zones.
4. Undertake only routine maintenance activities within the critical root zone of
existing trees. Routine activities include mowing, brush cutting, weed removal,
camping etc, where there is no disturbance to the soil surface.
5. Provide suitable beach access through the frontal dunes to minimise erosion and
damage to Coastal Cypress understorey vegetation.
Bush Regeneration, Weed Control and Landscaping:
6. Continue control of understorey weeds and exotic grass cover, specifically
targeting difficult to control weeds such as Small-leaf Trad, Morning Glory, Glory
Lily and Madeira Vine, to favour natural recruitment of native vegetation in
bushland areas.
7. Use local native plant species which are characteristic of the vegetation
community (listed in Appendix 1) for assisted regeneration and landscaping.
8. Remove non-essential lawn areas and replace with a local native species.
9. Undertake an ongoing program of removing exotics and environmental weeds
from landscaped areas and replacing with native species selected from the
species list in Appendix 1.
10. Minimise incursion of vehicles and pedestrians into areas of native understorey
vegetation.
11. Implement planting controls on residents eg: exotics to be confined to pots.
12. Work with adjoining landowners to control weeds.
13. Avoid damaging basal bark and exposed roots with brush cutters and mowers.
14. Ensure that the impact of tree pruning is appropriately assessed and that pruning
is undertaken by a suitably qualified arborist.
New developments:
15. Mitigate impacts of new developments by means of offsets and appropriate
arboricultural interventions.
16. Where possible, exclude vehicular traffic and impervious paving and reduce
pedestrian traffic within critical root zones of remnant trees.
17. Use local native plant species (Appendix 1) rather than exotics wherever the
native species can perform the required role in the landscape.
18. Ensure ropes for tents and annexes are not secured to established trees.
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Appendices
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Appendix 1. Recommended native plant species for
landscaping in North Beach Holiday Park
Scientific name life form common name Symbols* comments
Corymbia intermedia large tree pink bloodwood PV
Eucalyptus signata large tree scribbly gum
Acacia disparrima subsp.
disparrima
tree brush ironbark wattle
Allocasuarina littoralis tree black oak HLVY
Araucaria cunninghamii tree hoop pine LPSWZ
Banksia integrifolia subsp.
integrifolia
tree coast banksia (AB)HLQVWY(Z)
Cryptocarya triplinervis rainforest tree three-veined laurel LOW
Elaeocarpus obovatus rainforest tree hard quandong FLPVZ
Euroschinus falcata rainforest tree ribbonwood Z
Syzygium leuhmanii rainforest tree riberry LOPUVYZ edible fruits
Persoonia stradbrokensis small tree geebung
Syzygium oleosum small tree blue lillypilly LOPVZ edible fruits
Acronychia imperforata small rainforest tree logan apple LUWZ
Cupaniopsis anacardiordes small rainforest tree tuckeroo LVWYZ
Cyclophyllum longipetalum small rainforest tree coast canthium FLOVWZ aka Canthium
coprosmoides
Syzygium australe small rainforest tree brush cherry LOPSUVWYZ edible fruits
Breynia oblongifolia medium shrub coffee bush OZ
Leucopogon margarodes medium shrub a beard heath H
Austromyrtus dulcis small shrub midyim CFHLZ edible fruits
Enchylaena tomentosa small shrub ruby saltbush edible fruits
Leucopogon ericoides small shrub pink beard-heath H
Leucopogon leptospermoides small shrub a beard heath H
Hibbertia scandens twiner guinea flower AWZ
Hoya australis subsp. australis twiner native hoya LSWZ
Pandorea pandorana twiner wonga vine FHLPUZ
Isolepis nodosa rush knobby club-rush LW
Lomandra longifolia rush spiny-headed mat
rush
EFGHLZ
Key to Symbols
(after Wrigley & Fagg
1996)
Landscape role
A ground cover in areas without trees or shrubs
B ground cover in areas with occasional trees
C taller ground covers
D small ground covers
E suitable for poor drainage
F suitable for heavy shade
G low maintenance
H frost hardy
I small rockery plant
J spreading rockery plant
K larger rockery plant
L attractive foliage
M die back to bulb or tuber
N alpine
O bird attracting
P feature plant
Q cur flower, foliage or fruit
R aquatic
S indoor /potted
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T aquarium
U hedge or screen
V attractive fruits
W salt spray resistant
X attractive bark
Y street trees
Z tropical areas
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Appendix 2. Plant species inventory, North Beach
Holiday Park
Scientific name common name status cover/abundance in
community:
1 2 3
Acacia aulacocarpa salwood 1
Acacia sophorae coast wattle 2 2
Acacia sp wattle 1 2
Acmena smithii lilly pilly 1 2
Anredera cordifolia madeira vine 1
Acronychia imperforata beach acronychia 2
Agapanthus sp nile lily exotic 1
Agonis flexuosa peppermint tree introduced native 2
Alectryon coriaceus beach birds-eye 2
Allocasuarina littoralis black oak 2
Alphitonia excelsa red ash 2 1
Ambrosia artemisiifolia annual ragweed Noxious Weed w5 2
Amyemer congener ssp congener mistletoe 1
Anredera cordifolia madeira vine naturalised exotic 1
Araucaria heterophylla norfolk pine planted exotic 2
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana bangalow palm 1
Ardisia crenata coral berry naturalised exotic 1
Arecastrum romazoffianum cocos palm naturalised exotic 2 2
Asparagus aethiopicus asparagus fern naturalised exotic 2
Asparagus plumosus climbing asparagus naturalised exotic 1
Banksia integrifolia var integrifolia coast banksia 4 4 2
Billardiera scandens apple dumplings 1
Breynia onlongifolia dwarves apple 1 2
Callistemon cv various names introduced native 1 2
Callitris rhomboidea port jackson pine introduced native 2
Casuarina glauca swamp oak 2
Cayratia clematidea slender grape 1
Cerastium glomeratum mouse-ear chickweed naturalised exotic 2
Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp rotundata bitou bush Noxious Weed w5 1 3
Cinnamomum camphora camphor laurel Noxious Weed w4 1 1
Citrus x taitensis bush lemon naturalised exotic 1
Commelina cyanea blue commelina 3 2
Corymbia intermedia pink bloodwood 3 2 1
Crinum pedunculatum beach lily 1
Cupaniopsis anacardioides tuckeroo 2 2 2
Cyclophyllum longipetalum 2
Cymbidium suave snake orchid 1
Cyperus albostriatus umbrella sedge naturalised exotic 2
Dianella sp flax lily 2
Digitaria didactyla Queensland blue couch 3
Drypetes australasica yellow tulipwood 1
Dysoxylum mollissimum red bean 1
Entolasia stricta wire grass 2
Erythrina x sykesii coral tree exotic 1
Eucalyptus robusta swamp mahogany 2
Eucalyptus signata scribbly gum 1
Eucalyptus tereticornis forest red gum 2 1
Euphorbia cyathophora painted spurge naturalised exotic 2
Ficus cv various names exotic 1
Ficus microcarpa var hillii hill's weeping fig introduced native 1
Ficus watkinsiana strangler fig 1
Galinsoga parviflora potato weed naturalised exotic 2
Glochidion ferdinandi cheese tree 1
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Gloriosa superba glory lily naturalised exotic 1 2
Grevillea cv various names introduced native 1 2
Grevillea robusta silky oak introduced native 2 2
Guioa semiglauca guioa 2
Hibiscus sp sleeping hibiscus exotic 2
Hypochoeris radicata cats ear naturalised exotic 2
Imperata cylindrica blady grass 3
Ipomoea indica morning glory naturalised exotic 2 3
Jagera pseudorhus foam bark 1
Lantana camara lantana Noxious Weed w4 2 3
Leucopogon margarodes sand heath 1
Lomandra longifolia spiny-headed mat-rush 2 2
Lophostemon confertus brush box 2
Melaleuca leucadendra cajeput introduced native 2
Melaleuca quinquenervia Broad-leaved paperbark 1
Melinis minutiflora molasses grass naturalised exotic 2
Nephrolepis cordifolia fishbone fern introduced native 2 3
Notothixos subaureus golden mistletoe 1
Ochna serratifolia mickey mouse plant naturalised exotic 1 2
Oplismenus imbecillus basket grass 3
Panicum maximum green panic naturalised exotic 2 2
Persoonia stradbrokensis coast geebung 1 2
Platycerium superbum staghorn fern 1
Poa annua winter poa naturalised exotic 2
Pteridium esculentum bracken fern 2
Rhodomyrtus psidiodes native guava 1
Ricinus communis castor oil plant naturalised exotic 2
Schefflera actinopylla umbrella tree introduced native 1
Sechium edule choko naturalised exotic 1
Senna pendula winter senna naturalised exotic 2 3
Smilax australis prickly smilax 1 2
Solanum mauritianum wild tobacco naturalised exotic 1
Solanum nigrum black nightshade naturalised exotic 2
Solanum seaforthianum climbing nightshade naturalised exotic 1
Stellaria media chickweed naturalised exotic 2
Stephania japonica snake vine 1 1
Syzygium australe brush cherry 2
Syzygium luehmanii riberry 1
Tabernaemontana pandacqui banana bush 1
Tradescantia sp small-leaf trad naturalised exotic 3
Trochocarpa laurina tree heath 1
Wilkiea hugeliana veiny wilkiea 1
Status is native unless otherwise indicated. Note that many of the native trees in the body of the Park (Community 3) have been planted. Cover/abundance scores: 1 = <5% cover, uncommon; 2 = <5% cover, common; 3 = 5-25% cover; 4 = 25-50% cover.
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Photographs
Photo 1. Pink Bloodwood – Coast Banksia – Forest Red Gum Open Forest in north of Park showing tree with hollows and large arboreal termite nest with excavated nest hollow (upper right)
Photos 2, 3. Adjoining areas of Pink Bloodwood – Coast Banksia – Forest Red Gum Open Forest before and after bushland weed control
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Photo 4 (top). Close-up view of Banksia Woodland with understorey replaced by Small-leaf Trad. Photo 5 (bottom). Banksia Woodland with Small-leaf Trad in foreground, Fishbone fern on dune behind, and Morning Glory starting to climb trees.
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Photo 6. Location A showing decaying utility poles in foreground, Castor Oil Plant and Annual Ragweed (dead) behind, open forest at rear.
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RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Document Name Reference area of applicability or comment
Bellingen 2030 Community
Strategic Plan
Currently under development.
Bellingen Shire Management
Plan 2011-2014
http://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/files/9259/File/BSC_Manage
ment_Plan_201011-201314_adopted_230610.pdf
Bellingen Shire Economic Profile
2010
http://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/files/13570/File/Bellingen_Shi
re_Economic_Profile_2010.pdf
Bellingen Shire Strategic
Tourism Plan
http://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/files/1824/File/Bellingen_Shir
e_Strategic_Tourism_Plan_2007_ADOPTED.pdf
Growth Management Strategy,
GHD, 2007
http://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/files/1779/File/GMS_Final_06
0807.pdf
Table 4-3 – Bellingen Population and Dwelling Projections
Figure 3-4 – Population projections by Area
Figure 3-5 – Population projections shire wide
Mid North Coast Regional
Strategy 2006 – 2031 (March
2009)
http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/plansforaction/pdf/midnorthc
oast_regionalstrategy_final.pdf
Bellingen Social Plan The expressed vision for the community by the community,
“To remain a small, functioning town and not become just a
Document Name Reference area of applicability or comment
tourist destination.”
http://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/files/3833/File/BSC_SOCIAL_P
LAN_2010_-_2015.pdf
LEP 2010, March 2010 http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/maintop/view/inforce/epi+4
18+2010+cd+0+N
DCP 2010 Addresses matters such as but not limited to:
Tourist Development
On-site Sewage Management Strategy
Development in Mylestom
Flood and Riverine Processes
Bellingen State of the
Environment Report 2009/2010
http://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/files/16294/File/BSC_SoE_200
9-2010.pdf
Estuary Management Plan Bellinger and Kalang Rivers Estuary Management Plan, May 2008
http://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/files/2736/File/BSC_Estuary_
Management_Plan_0508.pdf
Bellinger River Health Plan &
Kalang River Health Plan
http://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/files/6386/File/Bellinger_Rive
r_Health_Plan.pdf
http://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/files/9075/File/Kalang_River_
Health_Plan.pdf
Identifies Boating, Tourism and Recreation Use as a priority issue
for attention.
Coastal Erosion and Sea Level
Rise
Council has engaged a consultant to undertake a
Hazard and Processes study to measure the impacts on the
coastal zone. The results of this study will be used to inform the
development of a Coastal Zone Management Plan.
Coastal Mapping for Marine
Protected Areas by the North
Rivers Catchment Management
Authority’s Action Plan.
The Northern Rivers Catchment Action Plan sets a number of
Resource Condition and Catchment Management Targets for the
sustainable use and management of the Region’s biodiversity,
water, coast, marine and soil and land resources, along with
objectives for community NRM capacity and land use planning.
Draft Bellingen Shire Open
Space & Community Facilities
Study 2010
Document Name Reference area of applicability or comment
Flood studies and flood
mapping – Bellinger Keys and
Mylestom
Bellingen Shire Flood Map Grid
http://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/files/3354/File/Flood_Map_0
0_Grid.pdf
Mylestom Flood Map 9
http://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/files/3363/File/Flood_Map_0
9.pdf
Climate Change Action Plan Currently under development
Bellingen Coastal Vegetation
Mapping Project, July 2006
http://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/files/2914/File/Bellingen_Coa
stal_Vegetation_Mapping_Project.pdf
Northern Rivers Regional
Biodiversity Management Plan
References Biolink Ecological Overview
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/public
ations/recovery/pubs/northern-rivers.pdf
Bushfire Risk Management
Plans and Operations Plans
Mylestom Precinct Plan for Bushfire.
Draft Plan of Management –
Bellingen Coast Regional Crown
Reserve and Bellinger Heads
State Park Operational Plan
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CABIN STOCK IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND OF RELATIVELY RECENT CONSTRUCTION.EXISTING ROAD, SERVICES AND VEGETATION PROVIDE SCOPE FOR INSTALLATION OFADDITIONAL CABINS.
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CONSTRUCT FORMAL ROAD ACCESS TO THE EXISTING APPROVED SITES. PROVIDEWATER AND SULLAGE AND DELINEATE THE SITES.
UPGRADE AND ENLARGE THE EXISTING CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA.
CONSTRUCT A NEW CAMP KITCHEN AND LOUNGE FACILITIES. RELOCATE THEEXISTING SHELTER TO THE CENTRAL PRECINCT.
RE-ALIGN THE ROAD, SITE CONFIGURATION AND BEACH ACCESS PATHWAY ANDINSTALL NEW CABINS THAT WILL EXPAND THE RANGE OF ACCOMMODATIONOFFERED BY THE PARK TO A TOTAL OF 10 CABINS. INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTALLYEFFICIENT DESIGN FEATURES.
ECO-TENTS WILL BE INSTALLED ON SUITABLE SELECTED SITES TO PROVIDE ADIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE.
LAND TO BE ADDED TO RESERVE 140084 FOR MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OFWASTEWATER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL
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12IMPLEMENT VEGETATION MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANAPPROVED VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THESTATE PARK TRUST. PROGRESSIVELY ELIMINATE EXOTIC PLANT SPECIES FROM THEBOUNDARY AREA. IMPLEMENT A HAZARD REDUCTION STRATEGY.
UPGRADE THE EXISTING BEACH ACCESS WITH IMPROVED PATHWAY AND PARKBOUNDARY DEFINITION.
REVIEW COMPLIANCE IN THIS AREA AND EFFECT CHANGE AS REQUIRED.
PROVIDE PHYSICAL DEFINITION OF THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE HOLIDAYPARK.
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CHANGE ROAD PATTERN AND DEVELOP A NEW SCREENED DRYING AREA.
RELOCATE THE EXISTING BARBECUE FROM THE NORTHERN PRECINCT TO SERVICETHE SOUTHERN END OF THE PARK AND IMPLEMENT A LANDSCAPE PLANTINGPROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNAL OPEN SPACE.
INSTALL EN-SUITE FACILITY UNITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OFTHE REGULATIONS.
CONSTRUCT A NEW SECTION OF ROAD TO IMPROVE INTERNAL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.PROGRESSIVELY CONSOLIDATE HOLIDAY VANS ONTO SITES TO THE SOUTH OF THENEW ROAD.
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IMPROVE THE PARK ENTRANCE BY PROVIDING LAY-BYS FOR CHECK-IN ANDCHECK-OUT AND BOOM GATES FOR INCREASED SECURITY. UPGRADE LANDSCAPINGAND SIGNAGE.
EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE SURROUNDS TO THE POOL BY INCREASING THE PAVEDAREA, REPLACING THE PUMP SHED WITH A NEW BUILDING THAT INCORPORATESSOME SHELTER AND BASIC AMENITIES, SHADE SAILS, WATER PLAY FEATURES ANDLANDSCAPING.
CONSOLIDATE PARK MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE FACILITIES & REDUCE THE AREA OFTHE FENCED COMPOUND TO ENABLE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUTT PUTT GOLF COURSE.
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PROPOSEDPUTT-PUTT COURSE
WASTE WATERTREATMENT
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ACCESS
PART LOT 7004
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JOB NAME: NORTH BEACH HOLIDAY PARK, MYLESTOM
DRG TITLE: PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT PLAN DATE: DECEMBER 2012 A2 SCALE: 1.800
JOB No: 29.31 DRG No:CLIENT: BELLINGER HEADS HOLIDAY PARKS TRUST
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