Former Oatley Bowling Club Plan of Management and Master plan

Update:

Please be advised that the Former Oatley Bowling Club and Closed Road Plan of Management and Master Plan was adopted by Council at its meeting on Monday 26 July 2021.

For further information and to view the Plan of Management and Masterplan, please visit Council’s website at: https://www.georgesriver.nsw.gov.au/Environment/Parks-and-Reserves/Plans-of-Management

Council has prepared a Draft Plan of Management and Master plan for the former Oatley Bowling Club and Closed Road, Oatley. The community are invited to provide their comments/feedback on the draft to help Council finalise these documents.

A copy of the draft Plan of Management and Draft Master Plan can be viewed or downloaded from the document library.

The Plan of Management provides a clear set of guidelines for the short and long term management of the park. It outlines how the park will be used, improved and managed in the future and identifies goals and objectives for the land, establishing the overall direction for planning, management and maintenance. This Plan of Management includes a detailed Landscape Master plan outlining the future vision for the park.

Previous consultation and site information can be accessed here.

Public Exhibition details

The Draft Plan of Management and Master plan will be on public exhibition from 3 March 2021 to 31 March 2021.

Additional supporting information:

• Project Overview
• Plan of Management
• Landscape Master plan
• Landscape Master plan Staging

If you have no online access, you can view the draft Plan of Management and draft Master plan at:

• Georges River Civic Centre, MacMahon Street, Hurstville, between the hours of 8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.
• Hurstville and Clive James libraries, within library hours

PLEASE NOTE: If you visit the Civic Centre and the libraries, social distancing guidelines must be adhered to.

Submissions should quote SF21/736 – Former Oatley Bowling Club Plan of Management and Master plan and must be received by 14 April 2021 via:

• Online by completing a submission form below
• Email: mail@georgesriver.nsw.gov.au
• Mail: addressed to The General Manager, Georges River Council, PO Box 205, Hurstville BC NSW 1481

Any submissions received are considered public, however, a person may request to have their personal details suppressed. If you make a submission and have made political donations or gifts, a political donations and gifts disclosure statement must be completed. This form is available on Council’s website by clicking on the ‘Find a form’ icon at www.georgesriver.nsw.gov.au

Webinar

Council hosted a webinar to ensure everyone could raise questions and have their say about the draft Plan of Management and draft Master plan. The webinar was held on 16 March 2021. A recording of this webinar is available to view at the bottom of this page.

Categorisation and Public Hearing

The Draft Plan of Management proposes to recategorised the former Bowling Club Site (Lot 100 DP 1252069) from 'Natural Area' to 'Park'. The closed road component of the site (Lot 106 in DP1252069) is proposed to remain categorised as 'Natural Area'. The land within the Natural Area category will in turn be sub-categorised as 'Bushland'.

Under Section 40A of the Local Government Act 1993, Councils are required to hold a public hearing into the proposed categorisation or re-categorisation of Community land. The public hearing will be required in relation to Lot 100 DP 1252069. The Independent Public Hearing was held on 20 April 2021.