Belfield Small Village Master Plan

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Council is working on a master plan for the Belfield Small Village Centre and is seeking your ideas to help shape the future of this centre.

A master plan outlines a vision for growth alongside ways to improve the look and feel of a centre over the coming decades. A master plan helps to manage change while preserving existing character. Without a master plan, growth occurs in an uncoordinated way.

We have completed the Early Engagement Phase for Belfield where we sought to understand:

What makes Belfield unique and interesting?
What do you love about Belfield and what needs improvement?
What are your ideas for growth and change in the future?

The Early Engagement Phase closed on 15 July 2022.

There will be more opportunities for community feedback once the draft Master Plan has been prepared. See the timeline to learn more about where we are at in the process or visit the Early Engagement page to see what people have said so far.

Background

In 2019, Council completed our Local Strategic Planning Statement Connective City 2036. This document set out the strategic land use and transport vision for Canterbury-Bankstown and identifies the need for place-based and design-led master planning for precincts across the LGA. Council has been planning for the future of a number of local centres by preparing master plans that aim to ensure that our centres are safe, prosperous and attractive places that the community can be proud of.

The current planning framework for the Belfield Small Village is over ten years old. Although this plan identifies a number of public domain upgrades and public benefits such as new laneways, through-site links and public spaces, none of these have been delivered. Developing a new master plan presents an opportunity for Council to re-evaluate the current planning framework and involve the community in creating a new vision for the future of the Belfield Small Village, importantly, a vision that can be achieved.

General FAQ

Engagement plan

Stage 1: Early Engagement Phase

Early engagement with the community and landowners.

Open
Stage 2: Draft Master Plan Engagement

Council seeks feedback on the draft Master Plan.

Coming soon
Stage 3: Exhibition Planning Proposal

The community are invited to give further feedback.

Coming soon

Community Engagement Gallery

See below photos from various community engagement activities undertaken by Council as part of the Belfield Master Plan.

Timeline

Timeline item 1 - complete

Monday 20 June 2022 - Friday 15 July 2022 5:00PM

Early Engagement Period
This consultation was open for early contributions and ideas from the community.
Timeline item 2 - active

Preparation of draft Master Plan

Preparation of the draft master plan and supporting studies with feedback from the Community Voice Panel.
Timeline item 3 - incomplete

Engaging with the community on the Draft Master Plan

Community engagement on the draft Belfield Master Plan for comment and submissions
Timeline item 4 - incomplete

Review of submissions

Following this engagement period all submissions and feedback received on the draft plan will be reviewed to refine the master plan for Council consideration.
Timeline item 5 - incomplete

Report to Council

The refined draft Master Plan will be reported to Council for their consideration.
Timeline item 6 - incomplete

Planning Proposal

If supported by Council, staff will prepare a Planning Proposal to implement the Master Plan. A Planning Proposal will formally change the planning controls (including land zoning, building heights and other controls) applying to the centre. This Planning Proposal will be submitted to the Department of Planning and Environment for a Gateway Determination, seeking approval for public exhibition.*
*Before a planning proposal goes on formal exhibition, it must go through the ‘Gateway Process’. The ‘Gateway Process’ refers to assessment of the Planning Proposal by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment.
A ‘Gateway Determination’ is issued when the NSW Department of Planning and Environment decide that a Planning Proposal can progress to the next stage of the plan making process.
Timeline item 7 - incomplete

Exhibition of Planning Proposal

Provided the Department of Planning Environment issue a Gateway Determination, the Planning Proposal will be placed on public exhibition for further community consultation.
This is for a minimum of 28 days.
Timeline item 8 - incomplete

Review of submissions

Council staff will consider all the submissions received following the public exhibition of the Planning Proposal.
Timeline item 9 - incomplete

Finalisation

The final outcomes of the community consultation will be reported to Council, and the Planning Proposal will be sent back to the NSW Department of Planning and Environment for finalisation and implementation.