Land & Environment Planning (LEP) records, 1986-2014

MLMSS 11078

fonds

1986-2006

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9638587

4.32 metres of textual and graphic material (27 boxes)

Land & Environment Planning (LEP) is a small, single person environmental planning consultancy founded by the donor in 1993 and based in Singleton, NSW. Specialising in biodiversity and natural resources planning and management, it undertook project work primarily for local and state government clients during a period when the significance of biodiversity and threatened species was receiving widespread recognition. The initial work of the consultancy led to the production of the Biodiversity Planning Guide for NSW Local Government (2000) which was awarded The National Planning Ministers Award by the Royal Planning Institute in 2002.
Reference: Mitchell Library aquisition file

Martin Fallding was the founder and sole operator of LEP.

Records of Land & Environment Planning Consultancy, 1986-2014, including photographs, reports and associated documents, projects, assessments, proposals, strategy briefs, notes and drafts of conference papers, environmental studies, local responses, correspondence, research material, draft notes for published papers and presentations, maps and publicity material. Material relates to local government areas including Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai, Singleton, Cessnock Kiama, Camden Wagga Wagga, Armidale, Byron, Walcha, Dungog, Baulkham Hills, and Shellharbour. Covers the period from the commencement of the consultancy in 1993 to 2006 together with earlier consultancy proposals, 1986-87.

BOXES 1-3
1986 to 1996 – Land & Environment Planning
Green folder includes consultancy proposals 1986 to 1987 (before LEP commenced), including correspondence and arrangements with Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB) in Berlin in 2000, correspondence relating to professional indemnity insurance, and first LEP consultancy proposal in April 1994. Includes CVs for other people interested in working collaboratively.
Consultancy proposals 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, & 1998.
Documents of most interest are as follows:
Name Description Notes
Bellbird South Coal Project Completion of socio-economic assessment for EIS for Janet Epps & Assoc 1988
Beecroft Bush subdivision Consultancy done for local community group and preparation of information for Commission of Inquiry 1988
Fauna Corridors and Vegetation Links in Hornsby Shire Original documents and working documents 1993, 1994
Update of Fauna Corridors and Vegetation Links for Hornsby Council following M2 construction. 1995 Review of impacts following construction. Includes photographs of construction of M2 Motorway at Beecroft.
Wollombi Vegetation and Habitat Plan Project undertaken for Cessnock City Council 1996. Includes background information and drafts.
Preparation of Plan of Management for Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council at Beacon Hill Work for Outline Planning Consultants, engaged 1997
Flora and Fauna Assessment for proposed Tourist Development Lomas Lane Nulkaba, near Cessnock 1997
Report on Bushfires in Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Report to Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Trust 1997
Review of Feldmast Coal Project at Cullen Bullen, near Lithgow Made submission for Russ Dickens (landowner) 1998, involving correspondence with government agencies. Includes Feldmast coal project EIS

BOXES 4-6
1999 to 2002 – Land & Environment Planning
Documents and files associated with the production of the Biodiversity Planning Guide for NSW Local Government, published by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2000. Includes drafts, publicity materials, consultation, correspondence and miscellaneous related information. This document was awarded the National Planning Ministers Award by the Royal Australian Planning Institute in 2002, and also received a number of other commendations.
Also includes materials related to the preparation of the Planning Framework for Natural Ecosystems for the ACT and NSW Southern Tablelands, including draft reports contractual information, etc 2001 to 2002.

BOXES 7-9
2000 to 2001 – Land & Environment Planning
Various documents and reports associated with a range of projects, including Newcastle Biodiversity Strategy for Newcastle City Council, work on development approval for Australian EcoForest project near Stroud, expert evidence for court case at Bryan Avenue, Normanhurst for Hornsby Council (Abbot Tout), planning seminar for capacity building for environmental impact assessment of projects, green corridors strategy for Upper Parramatta River Catchment Trust, ecological review for electricity lines at Glenmore Park for Integral Energy, and other miscellaneous projects.
Includes work for Singleton Council in relation to development application refusal of development application DA 85/2000 for proposed service station on Bridgman Road, Singleton. Includes photographs of site and Singleton floodplain.
Also includes Fauna Impact Statement review work for Hornsby Shire Council in 1993 that later led to the Hornsby Council Flora and Fauna Corridors Study.

BOXES 10-12
2002 to 2003 – Land & Environment Planning
Various documents and reports associated with a range of projects, including preparation of local environmental plan provisions for Great Lakes Council, preparation of plan of management for Prospect Reservoir for the Sydney Catchment Authority, Tomago Plan of Management for East Coast Flora Survey, weed
workshops for Tocal Agricultural College, Biodiversity Planning Pilot Project for Wagga Wagga City Council, Planning Guide to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 for World Wide Fund for Nature – training workshops and program, Camden Council development referral system and training related to threatened species, Cessnock City Council training workshop and field excursions in relation to biodiversity assessment in development applications, review of development application for North Arm Cove Progress Association at Port Stephens, preparation of state of the environment reporting guidelines for Kosciuszko National Park for the NSW Department of Planning, plus miscellaneous proposals.
Also includes A3 document Penrith City Remnant Native Vegetation Survey Inventory Maps 1995.

BOXES 13-15
Land & Environment Planning, 2003-2004
Various documents and reports associated with work for Molino Stewart Consultants, including Scenic World at Katoomba, Kerma Crescent Clarence development proposal. Also environmental review within Cessnock LGA, Pearl Beach development with Lindsay Johnson architect, miscellaneous consulting projects, Tocal College poster, Cessnock biodiversity review proposal and consultancy, Dungog Council Pilchers Mountain POM proposal, Cessnock Council work on Bow Wow Creek biodiversity planning, Ecological Consultants Association of NSW information, consultancy for Dungog Council to review development application for proposed tourist facility at Upper Allyn, preparation of Dungog Development Control plan for biodiversity, Local Government and Shires Association training modules relating to the Biodiversity Planning Guide for NSW Local Government, Byron Shire Council peer review of Biodiversity Strategy, work for Baulkham Hills Shire Council on rural LEP review and miscellaneous proposals.
Documents of most interest are as follows:
Name Description Notes
Tocal College, Paterson – land use poster Includes Tocal Code of Land Use Practice, Tocal Nature Study, photographs from 2004, etc Produced poster with Joh Waller
Bow Wow Creek Gorge Maps and documentation on scientific significance
Ecological Consultants Association of NSW Newsletters and information
Dungog Council DCP Development application documents
Healthy Rivers Commission Workshop and reports reviewed
Dungog Council Biodiversity DCP
Biodiversity Planning
Guide for NSW Local Government Training modules prepared in 2003

BOXES 16-18
Land & Environment Planning, 2004
EPBC Act Planning Guide – Workshops for Local Government and Natural Resource Management Committees. Organised for WWF Australia in 2004. Workshop overheads, presentation notes, lists of attendees and evaluation forms.
Planning NSW/Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources – Preparation of Urban Salinity Planning Guidelines 2002 – 2004. Includes workshop notes for Central West NSW and Blacktown, paper to Thredbo PIA conference, and case study projects for Wagga, Maitland, Camden and Forbes. Resulted in preparation of draft Urban Salinity Planning Guide (Dec 2003), model LEP provisions for urban salinity, a draft Section 117 direction, published information brochure on Planning for Urban Salinity, and extensive local government engagement.
Documents of most interest are as follows:
Name Description Notes
Draft Urban Salinity Planning Guide (23 Dec 2003) This never proceeded within DIPNR Potential for extending to this to a land and water planning guide in future

BOXES 19-21
Land & Environment Planning, 2005-2006
Documents and reports associated with work on the New England Strategic Alliance Land Use Strategy for four New England Councils in 2005/6 and work for a number of other clients including preparation of development application advisory documents and forms Upper Hunter Shire Council, peer review of a biodiversity strategy for Gosford City Council, and advice to Julia and Brian Leaver on a proposed multiple occupancy north of Branxton.
Documents of most interest are as follows:
Name Description Notes
New England Strategic Alliance notes and background information Relates to Armidale-Dumaresq, Uralla, Walcha and Guyra local government areas
Proposals for a planning document template for small rural councils
Martin Fallding planning reform submission
Various briefs for the preparation of local government strategies

BOXES 22-24
Conference & published papers
Background materials, notes and drafts of conference papers from 1998 to 2014. Includes many related documents:
Name Description Notes
Local responses to global warming in the Upper Hunter region Research, background material and notes Presentation to 1998 Australian Global Warming Conference
Paper “What makes a good natural resource management plan?” Research and background material Published in Ecological Management and Restoration journal in 2000
Land Use Tax Planning Includes presentation notes, newspaper clippings overview of presentation, copy of paper from Australian Conservation Foundation in 2000 titled Environmental Tax Reform – Using the tax system to protect the environment and promote employment (Tela Paper 4), and also brochure on the EcoForest project. Presentation to Environment Institute of Australia conference December 2000
Notes on design criteria for low impact development and Ecologically Sustainable Development Includes notes, references, draft papers and comment from a reviewer. Also draft SEPP for ESD prepared by Green Games Watch in 2000.
Predicted impacts on energy and greenhouse gases in Hunter Valley coal mining environmental impact statements Notes, drafts and correspondence relating to paper Published in Australian Journal of Environmental Management 1999
How to plan for biodiversity conservation Background notes, draft papers and reviewer comments for material published in Australian Planner in 2004
Paper with Isabelle Connolly 'Biocertification of local environmental plans - promise and reality' Background notes and references, includes draft standard LEP provisions for biocertification prepared in 2005 Environmental and Planning Law Journal 26 (128 - 151), March 2009
Short report on a framework for managing and monitoring bush regeneration programs: a case study from Lake Macquarie NSW Background material, drafts. Also includes correspondence relating to publication of review in Australian Journal of Environmental Management of ‘Reducing the impacts on wildlife’. Published in Environmental Management and Restoration in 2011
Paper presentation on Coal mine rehabilitation in the Hunter Valley – a land use and policy perspective Notes and program Best Practice Rehabilitation of Mined Lands Conference 2011
Biodiversity offsets practice and promise Notes and documents Planning Institute of Australia NSW State conference 2011
Paper on valuing biodiversity in planning Notes and program Planning Institute of Australia 2013 National Congress
Biodiversity offsets practice and promise Notes and background materials Ecological Consultants Association conference 2013. Led to publication of paper in Environmental Planning and Law Journal in 2014
Biodiversity offsets practice and promise References and background material
Biodiversity offsets practice and promise Notes and draft papers leading to published paper Environmental Planning and Law Journal in 2014
Effective biodiversity offsets – improving planning, valuation and monitoring practice (with Bob Dupont and Stephen Bell) Conference notes and background Mine Rehabilitation Conference 2014

BOXES 25-27
Conference presentations – Martin Fallding, Land & Environment Planning and other work projects, 2000-2014
Presentation notes for about 25 conferences and workshops from 2000 to 2014, including overhead transparencies. All in separate envelopes for each conference.
Various documents and reports associated with work on the Kiama Local Environmental Plan, also Myambat land management poster update, Maitland Council work, SEWPAC ecological corridor project in 2012 with Ecological Australia.

Copyright status:: In copyright – life of author(s) plus 70 years
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Contents list adapted from inventory supplied by donor.