“Can you have your chook and eat it too?”

Rural Lands Protection Alongside Growth

Peri Urban• Balanced approach to

development

• Risks – the Peri Urban predicament

• Solution searching

• Community partnership approach

4 “C” Approach

• Controls

• Community education

• Compliance

• Community engagement

Specific Activities• Community partnership approach to

define "rural living"

• Growth Management Strategy

• Solution-focused Community Forums

• Refinement of Development Control Plans, Compliance Policy, Conditions of Consent

Specific Activities (con’t)

• Council resolutions reflecting initiatives to protect the good things related to rural living and growth

• Rural Living Handbook

• Facilitation of the Sydney Peri Urban Local Government Network (SPUN)

Way Forward

Innovative, well planned and coordinated development and infrastructure that considers the uniqueness of our towns and villages and Wollondilly’s rural setting

Way Forward (con’t)

Authentic community partners in planning for our future, sharing both risk and reward, ultimately “having our chook and eating it too”.