In Hunters Hill a range of consultative committees provide advice and recommendations to Council.
Council Minutes are available in Council Business papers
All NSW Councils are required to have an Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee (ARIC). The role of the Committee is to provide independent assurance and advice to Council on risk management, internal control, governance and external accountability.
Mozammel Ali (Chair)
Jose Herrera-Perea
Mark Dickinson.
The Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) is legislated as the organisation responsible for the control of traffic on all roads in New South Wales. However, the RMS has delegated certain aspects of the control of traffic on regional roads and local roads to Council.
Should Council wish to consider measures to regulate traffic on regional roads and local roads it must seek the advice of the Local Traffic Committee. This is a technical advisory group which considers proposed traffic measures to ensure that technical criteria and local requirements are being met. Traffic measures may include:
Meetings are normally held in March, June, September and December.
Informal advisors can also attend the Traffic Committee meeting which may include Council technical officers, Road Safety Officers, Bus and Taxi operators, Emergency Services operators such as NSW Fire Brigade or NSW Ambulance.
Recommendations of the Traffic Committee are then heard at a following Council meeting for determination.
A guide to the delegation to councils for the regulation of traffic
(Including the operation of Traffic Committees)
The role of the Advisory Steering Committee is to:
Frequency of Meetings
Monthly (evenings) or as required
Council Representatives
Members
Ex officio Members
The role of the Advisory Committee is to:
Meetings of the Committee are held at least quarterly
Council Representatives
Members
Ex officio Members
Terms of Reference – Bushland Management Advisory Committee
The role of the Panel is to consider and provide advice on any matter of environmental heritage referred to the Committee by staff, including:
Monthly, 3rd Wednesday, 4 pm (2nd Wednesday in December)
Council Representatives
Community Representatives
Representatives of External Organisations
Ex officio Members
Terms of Reference – Conservation Advisory Panel
The role of the Advisory Committee is to provide advice to Council on the development and management of Council’s Annual Cultural and Events Program.
Quarterly
Council Representative
Members
Ex officio Members
To consider and advise on movement and transport matters referred to it by Council, making recommendations where appropriate.
Every second month (or as required)
Council Representative
Members
Ex officio Members
Terms of Reference – Movement and Transport Advisory Committee
The function of the School Principals Liaison Group is to provide a liaison mechanism with local schools to develop relationships and share information.
Twice a year.
Council Representatives
Members
Ex officio Members
Role
The role of the Advisory Committee is to:
Quarterly.
Nine members (as outlined below)
Council Representatives
Members
Ex officio Members
Terms of Reference – Sport and Recreation Advisory Committee
The function of the Committee is to:
Every second month
Council Members
Community Members
Council Representatives
Members
Council representative
The Hunters Hill Local Planning Panel (LPP) makes decisions on applications that involve a conflict of interest, contentious development, departure(s) from development standards or sensitive development as per the Ministerial directions dated 30 June 2020.
LPPs are independent committees appointed by councils to determine certain development applications and to provide advice on planning proposals. An LPP is not subject to the direction and control of the Council, except on matters relating to panel procedures, or the time within which the panel is to deal with a matter that is not inconsistent with the above Ministerial directions.
The LPP consists of a chair and two independent experts appointed by Council from a Minister-endorsed pool of independent, qualified people, plus a community representative.
Independent expert members are required to have expertise in one or more of the following fields: planning, architecture, heritage, the environment, urban design, economics, traffic and transport, law, engineering, tourism, or government and public administration. Panel chairs are required to have expertise in law or government and public administration.
Community representatives appointed to a local planning panel are not required to have planning expertise. The role of the community representative is to ensure that local insights and knowledge are considered as part of the panel’s decision-making. Councillors, property developers and real estate agents are ineligible to be panel members.
DAs that do not require determination by a Local Planning Panel or the Sydney North Regional Planning Panel are assessed by Council staff under delegation.
Monthly, as required
The Panels are to consist of 4 members:
Chairs
Community Representatives
Expert Members
The Sydney North Planning Panel (SNPP) strengthens decision making on regionally significant development applications (DAs) and certain other planning matters. The Planning Panels are independent bodies and determinations are not subject to the direction of the Minister for Planning.
Schedule 6 of State Environmental Planning Policy (Planning Systems) 2021 outlines the criteria for development that is considered regionally significant development, including, but not limited to, general development that has a capital investment value (CIV) of $30million and Council related development or private educational establishments, for example, with a CIV over $5million.
CIV is calculated at the time of lodgement of the DA for the purpose of determining whether an application should be referred to a Planning Panel. For information on how to calculate CIV, – refer to Planning Circular PS 10-008.
State Significant Development is determined by the Minister, not the SNPP.
For further information on Planning Panels please visit https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/planningpanels
Council Representative
Members
22 Alexandra Street, Hunters Hill NSW 2110
PO Box 21, Hunters Hill NSW 2110
Tel: (02) 9879 9400
E: customerservice@huntershill.nsw.gov.au
ABN: 75 570 316 011
We acknowledge that The Wallumedegal people of the Eora Nation are the Traditional Custodians of this land.