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Media Release - Minister's Office Sydney: 10 July 2008 PITT TOWN DEVELOPMENT GETS GREEN LIGHT The NSW Government has approved final plans for the growth of Pitt Town in the Hawkesbury which will help deliver new homes and community infrastructure for the area. Planning Minister Frank Sartor said the subdivision would over time create 893 new housing lots, including almost 300 rural housing lots, and was expected to generate 1500 local jobs. “This decision delivers certainty for the community and several landowners after years of debate over the future of Pitt Town,” Mr Sartor said. “After meeting locals and Council on a number of occasions, I have ensured that the expansion will provide the infrastructure that many residents have lobbied for, including new playing fields, and over time a road bypass. “The plans will restore public access to a 2 kilometre stretch of the river foreshore, with a new jetty, trailer access and children’s bike track to be constructed. “We have also ensured that lot sizes step up from at least 550 m2 near similar-sized lots in the existing town to up to 1 hectare adjacent to the Hawkesbury River.” Under the plans, the expansion will deliver: • Four playing fields: Three fields to be accommodated on Fernadell Park, with a new facilities block, and an existing playing field at Brinsley Park to be upgraded; • Pitt Town Bypass: The section 94 plan has been amened to include funding of the Pitt Town Bypass; • 2 parks for recreation purposes: A 1.43 hectare park at Bona Vista and a 1.7 hectare park at Blighton, that includes a jetty and children's bike track; • A community centre; • Additional parking at Mulgrave Station; and • Local road upgrades, including an upgrade to the flood evacuation route; A local infrastructure contributions plan will now be exhibited for public comment. Mr Sartor also approved a concept plan lodged by Johnson Property Group in relation to a number of the lots covering 130 hectares. The JPG plans include: • 659 allotments, including 390 residential lots and 269 rural lots; • A new boat ramp with 16 car parking spaces and 14 car/trailer parking spaces adjacent to the Hawkesbury River;
• Internal roads and on-site water, sewerage and stormwater infrastructure; • $2 million for the dedication of land for expansion of Pitt Town Public School; • $976,000 monetary contribution to school building; • $1.7 million towards the Pitt Town Road Intersection Works; • $11.2 million for shoulder works to Pitt Town Road; and • $630,000 to the Department of Conservation to acquire conservation lands. “Due to concerns raised in the exhibition of the proposal, a number of changes were made to the original plans to preserve the historical significance of the site, its visual amenity and the environment,” Mr Sartor said. “For example, the number of housing lots on the western boundary of the site, opposite the area known as the Pitt Town Bottoms, has been reduced from 6 to 3.” The township of Pitt Town is located six kilometres north-east of Windsor in Sydney’s north-west. The area was used for many years for agriculture and orcharding, although most of the orchard trees have been removed.
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