Papers & submissions
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OBJECTION: Stockton Sand Quarry Dredging – State Significant Development Application No SSD 9490
__________EcoNetwork – Port Stephens Inc.__________ All correspondence to: Secretary PO Box 97 secretary@econetworkps.org 9 April 2020 NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment OBJECTION: Stockton Sand Quarry Dredging State Significant Development Application No SSD 9490 About Us EcoNetwork-Port Stephens is a grassroots community-based environmental and sustainability network comprising 26 community and environment groups and eco-businesses with a focus on sustainable planning. We are non-party political and do not donate to political parties. Objection EcoNetwork-Port Stephens submits that ...
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Submission on Port Stephens Council – Housing Strategy
__________EcoNetwork – Port Stephens Inc.__________ All correspondence to Kathy Brown Secretary PO Box 97 Nelson Bay secretary@econetworkps.org Mob. 0422 261 057________________ Submission on Port Stephens Council - Housing Strategy About EcoNetwork We are a grassroots community-based environmental and sustainability network. Operating in Port Stephens since 1993, we comprise individual members and 26 community and environment groups and eco-businesses. We are non-party political. Our focus is on eco-living to develop sustainable neighborhoods toward a sustainable future. EcoNetwork Port Stephens appreciates the ...
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Bobs Farm Sand Mine Project (SSD 6395) Property: LOT 254 DP753204, LOT 51 DP1015671, LOT 10 DP1071458
__________EcoNetwork – Port Stephens Inc.__________ All correspondence to: Nigel Dique Secretary PO Box 97 secretary@econetworkps.org _____________________________Mob. 0423 024 819_________________________________ Melissa Anderson Environmental Assessment Officer Resource Assessments Planning and Environment GPO Box 39 Sydney NSW 2001 Dear Ms Anderson, Re:Bobs Farm Sand Mine Project (SSD 6395) Property: LOT 254 DP753204, LOT 51 DP1015671, LOT 10 DP1071458 3631 Nelson Bay Road, Bobs Farm EcoNetwork-Port Stephens is a grassroots community-based environmental and sustainability network comprising 28 community and environment groups and eco-businesses ...
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Inquiry into the management of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in and around Defence bases.
Inquiry into the management of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in and around Defence bases. Submission from EcoNetwork Port Stephens Inc. 6 July 2018 About EcoNetwork Port Stephens EcoNetwork Port Stephens is a grassroots incorporated association representing a range of environmental interests in the Port Stephens area north of Newcastle. Founded in 1993, EcoNetwork operates as an advocacy network of 27 affiliated community organisations and eco-tourism businesses campaigning for ecological sustainability and the protection ...
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Cabbage Tree Road Sand Quarry
Attn: Genevieve Seed - Resource Assessment Department of Planning and Environment 26th July 2017. ____Cabbage Tree Road Sand Quarry___ Application No: SSD 6125. Though there have been changes to this original DA of 2016 and due to the deteriorated and distressed circumstances of Cabbage Tree Road residents, we are compelled to once again express our continuing concerns and opposition to this sand quarry application on the following grounds. Impacts on biological diversity and ecological integrity. Despite ...
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Re: Draft Biodiversity Conservation Regulations and Codes & draft (urban) Vegetation State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP)
21.6.2017 Re: Draft Biodiversity Conservation Regulations and Codes & draft (urban) Vegetation State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) EcoNetwork-Port Stephens is a grassroots network of 25 affiliated community groups and eco-businesses addressing local environmental and associated planning issues for the protection and conservation of our unique environmental assets. Our organization is a member of the Better Planning Network and Nature Conservation Council. We are not politically aligned and do not provide donations to any political party. In ...
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Submission on the draft Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2017
_____________EcoNetwork – Port Stephens Inc______________ _________PO Box 97, Nelson Bay, NSW 2315_________ Planning legislation updates 2017 30.3.2017 NSW Department of Planning and Environment GPO Box 2001 Sydney NSW 2001 Submission on the draft Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2017 Dear Sir/Madam EcoNetwork-Port Stephens is a grassroots network of 25 affiliated community groups and eco-businesses addressing local environmental and associated planning issues for the protection and conservation of our unique environmental assets. We are ...
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Progress of the Nelson Bay Town Centre & Foreshore
ECONETWORK SUBMISSION Discussion Paper: Progress of the Nelson Bay Town Centre & Foreshore Strategy. March 2017. EcoNetwork-Port Stephens Inc. welcomes the Discussion Paper as a step forward following four years of unfortunate delay in implementing the Council’s April 2012 decision on Clause 4.6 - Variation to Development Standards, which we also welcomed at that time. The following is an EcoNetwork advisory response to the Discussion Paper: For an aesthetically appealing, functional & sustainable town Nelson Bay is unique in that ...
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Offshore finfish farming an ‘unacceptable risk’ to marine environment and ‘out of character’ with Providence Bay
Nigel Dique authored this submission on behalf of EcoNetwork opposing an application to modify the consents approving finfish aquaculture for Pisces Aquaculture Holding Pty Ltd and the NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) in Providence Bay. The submission was made 31 March 2016 to Joanna Bakopanos, Independent Assessments, Department of Planning and the Environment Planning Services. Dear Joanna, EcoNetwork Port Stephens is a grassroots network of community groups and eco-businesses addressing local environmental and associated planning issues ...
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Proposed NSW coastal protection laws allow too much council discretion and insufficient legislative protections
Nigel Dique made this submission on behalf of EcoNetwork to the Office of Environment and Heritage on 29 February 2016 supporting the objectives of the proposed changes NSW coastal protection laws, but objecting to lack of enforceability and of legislative protections for sensitive coastal environments. EcoNetwork-Port Stephens is a grassroots network of 25 affiliated community groups and eco-businesses addressing local environmental and associated planning issues for the protection and conservation of our unique environmental assets. We ...