Local groups
- Hawkesbury Environment Network (HEN): the leading local organisation for environmental information, advocacy, education and action in the Hawkesbury region, running campaigns on koalas, kangaroo awareness, wetlands and planning laws.
The application
- Hawkesbury City Council: search the DA tracker for DA0060/26 to read the application documents and lodge an objection.
Roads & safety
- Transport for NSW: see the Bells Line of Road Long Term Strategic Corridor Plan for the road's documented safety constraints.
- Bells Line of Road safety improvements: Transport for NSW's current safety upgrade program for the corridor, evidence of the road's recognised safety challenges.
Planning policy
- NSW Department of Planning: home of the Draft Sydney Plan and its strengthened protections for rural land.
- Hawkesbury Local Strategic Planning Statement 2040 (PDF): the strategic vision for our LGA.
Wildlife
- NSW Koala Strategy: protecting koala populations, including genetically distinct local populations like ours.
- I Spy Koala: the NSW Government's free app for recording koala sightings and evidence such as scats. Records go to BioNet, the database used to assess whether koalas are present on a development site. Why this matters here.
- WIRES: report injured wildlife, including koala sightings and road strike.
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