Objectives and implementation
1 Name of plan
This plan may be cited as Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991.
2 Land to which this plan applies
This plan applies to certain land within the City of Blue Mountains, being—(a) that land shown on the Map, within the meaning of Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 2005, by distinctive colouring as “Area subject to LEP 1991”, or(b) that land not shown on the Map within the meaning of Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 2005.cl 2: Subst 28.5.1993; 2005 (633), cl 3 (2).
3 Objectives
3.1 The principal objectives for the City are—(a) Maintain the unique character of the CityTo identify and protect the Blue Mountains’ natural and cultural heritage, and the distinctive character and amenity of local communities; to recognise and maintain the positive qualities of the traditional lifestyle enjoyed by the residents of the City; and to recognise the importance of the Blue Mountains National Park as the setting of the City.(b) Urban ContainmentTo concentrate and contain the spread of urban development.(c) Environmentally sensitive design and bushfire protection(i) To locate, design, carry out and service development so that it does not exceed land capability and other physical constraints of the Blue Mountains.(ii) To implement a bush fire management plan which will not cause unacceptable impact on Water Supply Catchment Areas or environmentally sensitive areas.(iii) To ensure that new development is located and managed so as to reduce the threat from bushfire.(d) Pollution and Erosion Control(i) To achieve unpolluted streams, land and air as well as a stable, attractive landscape.(ii) In the short term, to attain water quality appropriate for recreational use in the headwaters of the Blue Mountains’ streams.(e) Town CharacterTo improve the physical quality of life for residents of the Blue Mountains.(f) Economic Development and EmploymentTo encourage tourism and other economic enterprises and the creation of employment opportunities which are sympathetic to the Blue Mountains’ character, and promote long term sustainability in the use of resources.(g) Energy and ResourcesTo promote maximum efficiency in the use of resources.(h) Social EnvironmentTo maintain and improve the social environment by ensuring the planned development of community facilities, services, programmes and other activities relevant to the needs and aspirations of residents of the City.(i) Arts and Cultural ActivityTo protect and promote the use and development of land for arts and cultural activity, including music and other performance arts.3.2 Additional Objectives for the Blue Mountains Ridge (ie The Sandstone Plateau from Lapstone to Mt Victoria and Bell, being a Planning District shown on Sheet 1 of the Map)(a) To maintain and enhance the natural bushland buffer zones between towns.(b) To ensure that development for tourism and recreation is consistent with the conservation of the natural landscape, the cultural heritage, the environment and the Blue Mountains National Park.(c) To encourage a variety of residential development forms.(d) To develop serviced land within existing towns for urban land uses and discourage premature development which would place an uneconomic or unreasonable burden on the provision of services and facilities on the urban fringe.(e) To ensure that the individual and cumulative impacts of development do not have an adverse effect on stream catchments particularly associated with water supply or the Blue Mountains National Park.(f) To encourage a high quality of design.(g) To locate public utilities sensitively, so as to minimise environmental and visual impact.(h) To maintain the character of the Mountains when viewed from the Great Western Highway and Great Western Railway line and reduce advertising signs on these routes.(i) To minimise the impact of development on the Blue Mountains National Park by providing appropriate buffer areas and protecting wildlife corridors.3.3 Additional Objectives for Megalong Valley (being a Planning District shown on Sheet 1 of the Map)(a) To retain the low density of development in the Valley.(b) To conserve the rural and natural landscape of the Valley, and views within the Valley and from public lookouts.(c) To maintain the attraction of the entrance road and the characteristics of the existing roads in the Valley (ie curves, rises and falls, limited carriageway width, unpaved shoulders and verges and adjacent vegetation).(d) To ensure that development for tourism and recreation is consistent with the conservation of the rural and natural landscape, heritage and agricultural qualities of the Valley.(e) To maintain the agricultural capability of the Valley.(f) To encourage a high quality of design.(g) To locate public utilities sensitively, so as to minimise environmental and visual impact.3.4 Additional Objectives for Mt Wilson, Mt Irvine, Mt Tomah and Berambing (being a Planning District shown on Sheet 1 of the Map)(a) To conserve the low density, semi-rural heritage and natural landscapes.(b) To conserve areas of natural vegetation which provide key landscape and ecological elements, in particular, the rainforest and tall open forest communities on basalt soils.(c) To retain a pleasing combination of formal avenues and roadsides plantings, private gardens and landscaping, forests and stands of natural vegetation, attractive rural and semi-rural landscape, local vistas and distant views.(d) To maintain the characteristics of the existing local roads, (ie curves, rises and falls, limited carriageway width, unpaved shoulders and verges, and adjacent vegetation and attractive plantings).(e) To conserve historic building, their curtilages and landscaped settings.(f) To ensure that the individual and cumulative impact of development does not have an adverse effect on stream catchments particularly associated with water supply or the Blue Mountains National Park.(g) To encourage a high quality of design.(h) To locate sensitively public utilities to minimise environmental and visual impact.(i) To minimise the impact of development on the Blue Mountains National Park by providing buffer areas and protecting wildlife corridors.cl 3: Am 2020 (724), Sch 1.1.
4 Relationship to other environmental planning instruments
4.1 This plan repeals Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan No 4 in so far as it applied to—(a) land shown on the Map as being within a zone under this plan, or(b) roads shown on the Map in so far as they are adjacent to and contiguous with any such land.4.2 This Plan amends Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan No 4 in the manner shown in Schedule 5.cl 4: Am 28.5.1993.
5 Consent authority
The Blue Mountains City Council is the consent authority for the purposes of this plan.
5A Savings provisions relating to development applications
(1) A development application made, but not finally determined, before the commencement of State Environmental Planning Policy Amendment (Exceptions to Development Standards) 2023 must be determined as if that policy had not commenced.(2) A development application made, but not finally determined, before the commencement of State Environmental Planning Policy Amendment (Flood Planning) 2023 must be determined as if that policy had not commenced.cl 5A: Ins 2023 (524), Sch 1.1[3]. Am 2023 (609), Sch 2.2[1].
General control of development
6 Zone objectives
6.1 Zone: Rural Conservation (RC)(a) To ensure that development is compatible with the rural and natural landscape and heritage of the locality.(b) To avoid further fragmentation and loss of usable rural land; to encourage consolidation of small lots and resubdivision of existing holdings where the existing subdivision pattern is not appropriate or is unrelated to existing topography and natural constraints.(c) To retain the low density of rural settlement and ensure that development does not create unreasonable, uneconomic or environmentally damaging demands for the provision of services.(d) To maintain safety and convenience along main roads by discouraging uses that are likely to generate traffic volumes that disrupt traffic flow.(e) To avoid ribbon development.(f) To provide for the requirements of the rural community.6.2 Zone: Bushland Conservation (BC)(a) To conserve the natural bushland character of the landscape surrounding the existing urban areas of the City and minimise the visual impact of development on the landscape, particularly when viewed from the Blue Mountains National Park.(b) To protect the natural bushland buffer zones between towns, to avoid ribbon development and to conserve and enhance the views and vistas of natural bushland obtained from the Great Western Highway and the Great Western Railway, public places, lookouts and areas within the Blue Mountains National Park.(c) To ensure that the form and siting of buildings, colours, landscaping and building materials are appropriate for, and harmonise with, the bushland character of the areas.(d) To provide only for development that utilises and retains the natural bushland on the site as an important feature of the development.(e) To ensure that development in bushfire prone areas is carried out so that effective bushfire management can be implemented within the property boundaries with appropriate environmental controls.(f) To encourage landscaping and regeneration of natural bushland in areas with sparse tree or canopy cover.6.3 Zone: Residential Bushland Conservation (RES-BC)(a) To ensure that all development including subdivision is environmentally sensitive and site responsive and maintains and facilitates sustainable natural ecosystems and biodiversity within the Blue Mountains.(b) To utilise best practice water management techniques—• to protect, and where practicable to improve, existing perennial and non-perennial watercourses and the associated riparian zone, and• to protect, and where practicable to improve, water quality, and• to maintain pre-development downstream flow patterns, and• to promote ecologically sustainable water and land management practices.(c) To establish an appropriate landscape character by encouraging the preservation, regeneration and re-establishment of native bushland, where practicable.(d) To ensure that the form and siting of development, and the building materials, colours, and landscaping utilised in that development, are each appropriate for, and harmonise with, the bushland character of the area in which the development is to take place.(e) To ensure bushfire protection measures are adequate to protect proposed development and are able to be implemented without unacceptable adverse environmental impacts.(f) To ensure that non-residential land uses are compatible with the residential character of the area in which development is proposed.6.4 Zone: Residential Investigation (RES-I)(a) To identify land suitable for consideration by the Council for rezoning for future residential development and, in the case of Hawkesbury Road, Winmalee and Mort Street, Katoomba, for a range of urban uses.(b) To ensure that development within the zone is compatible with, and does not prejudice the anticipated future development of, the land.(c) To conserve the natural bushland character of the landscape surrounding the existing urban areas of the City.(d) To ensure that rezoning does not precede a detailed environmental investigation of a contiguous area zoned Residential Investigation shown edged on the Map.6.5 Zone: Light Industries (IND-LT)(a) to provide for a range of light industrial land uses, compatible with the environment of the City.(b) To encourage employment opportunities.6.6 Zone: Recreation (REC)(a) To provide for active recreational requirements of the City.(b) To ensure that recreational development is environmentally sensitive and site responsive.6.7 Zone: Recreation—Environmental Protection (REC-EP)(a) To ensure protection of environmentally sensitive land and areas of high scenic value in the City.(b) To provide a buffer around areas of natural ecological significance.(c) To restrict development on land that is inappropriate by reason of physical characteristics or high bushfire hazard.(d) To encourage the restoration of disturbed bushland areas.(e) To provide for passive recreational activities that are compatible with the land’s environmental characteristics.6.8 Zone: Environmental Protection (EP)(a) To protect environmentally sensitive land and areas of high scenic value in the City from development.(b) To provide a buffer around areas of natural ecological significance.(c) To restrict development on land that is inappropriate by reason of physical characteristics or high bushfire hazard.(d) To encourage the restoration of disturbed bushland areas.6.9 Zone: Environmental Protection—Acquisition (EPac)(a) To protect environmentally sensitive land and areas of high scenic value in the City from development.(b) To provide a buffer around areas of natural ecological significance.(c) To restrict development on land that is inappropriate by reason of physical characteristics or high bushfire hazard.(d) To encourage the restoration of disturbed bushland areas.(e) To provide for the acquisition of this land.6.10 Zone: National Park (NP)(a) To maintain the spectacular natural environment of the Blue Mountains.(b) To facilitate the management of the Blue Mountains National Park in accordance with the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and the Blue Mountains National Park Plan of Management.6.11 Zone: Regional Open Space (R)(a) To enhance and protect the unique natural and scenic environment of the Blue Mountains.(b) To provide greater opportunities for passive recreation in the Blue Mountains.(c) To provide for acquisition of this land.cl 6: Am 28.5.1993; 23.3.2001.
7 Protected areas objectives
7.1 Canopy Conservation(a) To maintain the bushland landscape as a predominant feature in that part of the Megalong Valley designated Protected Area—Canopy Conservation on the Map, when viewed from public places on the Escarpment.(b) To maintain the rural and natural landscape of the Megalong Valley by retaining tree cover.(c) To ensure adequate conservation of tree stands and beneficial ecological associations.7.2 Environmental Constraint Area(a) To protect environmentally sensitive land and areas of high scenic value in the City.(b) To provide a buffer around areas of ecological significance.(c) To restrict development on land that is inappropriate by reason of its physical characteristics or bushfire risk.7.3 Escarpment Area(a) To preserve and enhance the natural environmental and visual significance of the escarpment system of the Blue Mountains.(b) To limit the presence of buildings and works in the escarpment area and to limit the impact of buildings on the perception of the escarpment as a significant natural feature.(c) To limit the proportion of hard surfaces in the escarpment area and to provide for the restoration of all degraded areas and their return to a natural habitat.7.4 Land Between Towns(a) To ensure the conservation of the natural bushland character of land designated as Land Between Towns on the Map.(b) To utilise the indigenous bushland as an important feature of development on land designated as Land Between Towns on the Map and to minimise the removal of vegetation on that land.(c) To minimise traffic generating uses along Classified Roads.(d) To minimise the visibility of development.7.5 Water Supply Catchment Area(a) To protect the City’s water supply.(b) To maintain the quality of the natural environment.
8 Abbreviations and symbols used on the Map
The following zones, zone subscripts and protected areas are used in this plan. They are shown on the Map in a distinctive manner and by the following annotations—(a) Zones
Rural Conservation RC Bushland Conservation BC Residential Bushland Conservation RES-BC Residential Investigation RES-I Light Industrial IND-LT Recreation REC Recreation—Environmental Protection REC-EP Environmental Protection EP Environmental Protection—Acquisition EPac National Park NP Regional Open Space R(b) Zone Subscripts
Density Control Provision shown as lots per hectare eg (8/ha) No Subdivision to create additional lots (NS) Minimum Area Requirement shown as square metres eg (2000) Minimum Area Requirement shown as hectares eg (1 ha) Consolidation Requirement (CONS) Specific uses eg (SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT)(c) Protected Areas
Canopy Conservation Environmental Constraint Area Escarpment Area Land Between Towns Water Supply Catchment Area — c —(d) Roads
Proposed Road Closure Proposed New AlignmentP.N.A.
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9 General control of development
9.1 With the consent of the Council, development for the purposes of any activity, building, place or work specified in the Table may be carried out on land within a zone where “C” is shown in the Table.9.2 Except as permitted by clause 9.1 or by some other specific provision of this plan, the carrying out of development is prohibited.9.3 Except as otherwise provided by this plan, the Council shall not grant consent to the carrying out of development on land to which this plan applies unless the Council has considered the objectives of this plan and the objectives of the zone and of any protected area in which the land is situated, and is of the opinion that the carrying out of the development complies with the objectives that are relevant to that development.9.4 Notwithstanding clause 9.1—(a) Development for the purposes of an arts and crafts gallery, depot, guest house, helicopter landing site, holiday cabin, refreshment room, rural industry or sawmill is prohibited in the Rural Conservation zone at Mount Irvine, Mount Tomah, Mount Wilson, Shipley Plateau and Sun Valley.(b) Development for the purposes of an electricity substation (not being a pole or padmount substation), gasholder or generating work is prohibited on land within the Recreation, Recreation—Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection—Acquisition, National Park or Regional Open Space zone.(c) Development, except for the purposes of a utility installation or National Park, in the Recreation or Recreation—Environmental Protection zone is permissible only when carried out by the Council.(d) In the Protected Area—Land Between Towns, development other than for the purposes of a dwelling house, bushfire hazard reduction, drainage works or utility installation (not being a gasholder, generating work or electricity substation, except a pole or padmount substation) is prohibited within 100 metres of, or having direct access to, a Classified Road.(e) In the Recreation—Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection and Environmental Protection—Acquisition and Regional Open Space zones, the use of land for recreation is limited to use for passive recreation.(f) Development for the purposes of a communication facility is permissible within the Rural Conservation, Residential Bushland Conservation, Residential Investigation, Recreation and National Park zones only when its use is ancillary or incidental to the use for which the land is otherwise put.(g) Work by the Council in accordance with Section 14 of the Bush Fires Act 1949 shall not require consent.(h) Development for any purpose authorised by or under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 is permissible in the National Park zone without the consent of the Council.(i) Where the maximum permissible number of holiday cabins, calculated in accordance with clause 26.1 (in the case of land within the Rural Conservation zone in Megalong Valley) or clause 26.2 (in the case of other land), have been erected on a holding (in the case of the land in Megalong Valley) or a lot (on other land), any development for the purpose of a bed and breakfast establishment, guest house or education establishment (if the latter includes accommodation), excluding a dwelling house, is prohibited.(j) Where any development for the purpose of a bed and breakfast establishment, holiday cabin, guest house or education establishment is carried out on a holding (in the case of land within the Rural Conservation zone in Megalong Valley) or a lot (in the case of other land), and where that development includes or provides accommodation of, or equivalent to, 60 single beds or more, then development for the purpose of any additional accommodation including holiday cabins, but excluding a dwelling house, is prohibited on the holding concerned (in the case of the land in Megalong Valley) or the lot concerned (in the case of other land).(k) Where any development for the purpose of a bed and breakfast establishment, holiday cabin, guest house or education establishment is carried out on a holding (in the case of land within the Rural Conservation zone in Megalong Valley) or lot (in the case of other land), and where that development includes or provides accommodation of, or equivalent to, 60 single beds or less, then any development for the purpose of a bed and breakfast establishment, holiday cabin, guest house or an education establishment (if the latter includes accommodation), but excluding a dwelling house, is restricted so that the total accommodation provided on the holding (in the case of the land in Megalong Valley) or the lot (in the case of other land) must not exceed 60 single beds or equivalent.9.5 In clause 9.4 (i)–(k), holding has the same meaning as in clause 26, and those paragraphs, in so far as they apply to development for the purpose of holiday cabins, apply subject to that clause.NOTE—COUNCIL MUST ASSESS EACH DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION ON ITS MERITS. DEVELOPMENT MAY BE RESTRICTED OR NOT PERMITTED, DESPITE THE ZONING, DUE TO PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SITE.Table
Development Zones* RC BC RES-BC RES-I IND-LT REC REC-EP EP & EPac NP R Advertising Sign C C C C C C Agriculture C Airport Animal establishment C C Aquaculture C Arts & crafts gallery C C Bed and breakfast establishment C C C C Boarding house Bushfire hazard reduction C C C C C C C C C Business premises Camping site C C Caravan Park Child care centre C C C Communications facility C C C C C C C Community centre C C C C Dam C C C C Depot C C Display garden C C C C C Drainage works C C C C C C C C C C Dwelling house C C C C Educational establishment C C C C Exhibition homes C C C C Extractive industry Forestry C General store C C C C Generating works C Guest house C C Hazardous Industry Hazardous Storage Establishment Helicopter landing site C Heliport High technology industry C C Holiday cabin C C Home industry C C C C Hospital C Hotel Industry Institution C Intensive agriculture Junk yard Keeping of hoofed animals C C C C C Light industry C Low intensity agriculture C C C Medical centre Mine C Motor showroom C National Park C C C C C C C C C C Neighbourhood shopping centre Offensive industry Parking C C C C C C C C Place of public worship C C C C C Public office C Public transport terminal C Recreation area C C C C C C C C C C Recreation facility C C C C Refreshment room C C C Registered club C Residential flat building Resort Retail plant nursery C C C Riding establishment C Roads C C C C C C C C C C Roadside stall C Rural industry C Sawmill C Service station C Shop Stock and sale yard C Subdivision C C C C C C C C Tourist accommodation Transport depot C Utility Installation C C C C C C C C C C Vehicle repair workshop C Veterinary establishment C C C Visitor facilities C C C C C C C C C Walking track C C C C C C C C C C Warehouse or distribution centre C Wholesale plant nursery C C C Note—See also restrictions under clause 9.3.Editorial note—* Zone descriptions have been abbreviated. The Table as gazetted listed the following Zones—Rural ConservationBushland ConservationResidential Bushland ConservationResidential InvestigationLight IndustrialRecreationRecreation—Environmental ProtectionEnvironmental Protection & Environmental Protection—AcquisitionNational ParkRegional Open Spacecl 9: Am 28.5.1993; 23.3.2001; 15.6.2001.cl 9, table: Am 28.5.1993; 3.9.1993.
9A What is exempt and complying development?
9A.1 Development of minimal environmental impact listed in Schedule 1 to Development Control Plan No 33 as adopted by the Council on 24 August 1999 is exempt development, despite any other provision of this plan.9A.2 Development listed in Schedule 2 to Development Control Plan No 33 as adopted by the Council on 24 August 1999 is complying development if—(a) it is local development of a kind that can be carried out with consent on the land on which it is proposed, and(b) it is not an existing use, as defined in section 106 of the Act.9A.3 Development is exempt or complying development only if it complies with the development standards and other requirements applied to the development by Development Control Plan No 33 as adopted by the Council on 24 August 1999.9A.4 A complying development certificate issued for any complying development is to be subject to the conditions for the development specified in Development Control Plan No 33 adopted by the Council, as in force when the certificate is issued.cl 9A: Ins 27.10.2000.
Development criteria
10 Development criteria—general
10.1 Any Development Even where the consent of the Council is not required for development, where relevant to development the criteria in Clauses 10 and 11 apply.10.2 Access(a) The Council shall not consent to development which requires vehicular access unless an all-weather vehicular access road leading up to the boundary of the land on which development is to take place from outside that land is provided to a standard satisfactory to the Council. In order to prevent erosion, no such access road shall be permitted on slopes of 33% or greater.(b) The Council shall not consent to development which requires an on-site access road unless such a road is designed and constructed to minimise grades, to suit contours, and to be stable, taking into account the characteristics of the site and the locality, and should avoid slopes of 33% or greater.(c) The Council shall not consent to development for the purposes of any additional vehicular access, or if there is no vehicular access, to more than one vehicular access, to land fronting a Classified Road, nor shall any existing vehicular access be relocated without the consent of the Council.10.3 Building Setback(a) The Council shall not consent to development for the purposes of a building on land adjoining a Classified Road, unless the setback of the building from the alignment or Proposed New Alignment of the Classified Road is, for a site within the—
Rural Conservation or Bushland Conservation Zone 30 metres Other Zone 18 metres Protected Area—Land Between Towns (except dwelling house) 100 metres(b) VariationThe Council may reduce the building setback where it is satisfied that—(i) the exceptional physical characteristics of the site make it necessary to do so, and(ii) no traffic hazard, ribbon development or adverse visual impact will, or is likely to, occur.10.4 Design and Character(a) The Council shall not consent to development for the purposes of a building in the Rural Conservation or Bushland Conservation zone unless it is to be below the skyline when viewed from a public place or unless the Council is satisfied that no alternative location for the building is available on the lot.(b) The Council shall not consent to development for the purposes of a building unless the building form, its sitting, the colours of the exterior surface of the building, its landscaping and the building materials used are appropriate for the characteristics of the site and the locality, and consistent with any Environmental Design and Management Guidelines for the building or its site.(c) The Council shall not consent to development unless landscaping is to be retained or provided to the Council’s satisfaction so as to reduce its visual impact, particularly when viewed from a public place. In the Rural Conservation and Bushland Conservation zone where landscaping is to be provided species characteristic of the locality shall be used.(d) The Council shall not consent to development on land adjacent to land within the Regional Open Space zone, unless it has had particular regard to the impact of that development on the aesthetic, historical, natural and scientific attributes of the land within the Regional Open Space zone.10.5 Environmental Impact(a) The Council shall not consent to development unless the development—(i) incorporates measures specified in accordance with any Development Control Plan that shows requirements for erosion and sedimentation control, and(ii) avoids unnecessary clearing of indigenous plants, and(iii) minimises site disturbance and soil erosion, and(iv) where the development is for the purposes of a dwelling, minimises “cut” or “fill” or both as far as is practical and contains such “cut” or “fill” or both within the dwelling where conditions allow, and(v) incorporates best practice water management techniques to protect the surface and groundwater regimes and water quality for the site.(b) Where land on which development is proposed has been cleared, the Council shall not consent to development unless it is to take place as far as is practicable within the cleared area.(c) The Council shall not consent to subdivision, unless the bushfire protection measures required to protect the land to be subdivided are contained within a perimeter road or the boundaries of the property to be subdivided, and do not have any adverse environmental impact on any water supply catchment area or any development excluded land.(ca) The Council shall not consent to development, other than subdivision, unless the development—(i) incorporates effective measures, within the boundaries of the lot concerned, and satisfactory to the Council, to protect the development from bushfire, and(ii) mitigates the adverse environmental impacts of those measures to the maximum extent practicable.(d) (Repealed)(da) The Council shall not consent to development for the purpose of a dwelling house, or to development ordinarily incidental and ancillary to a dwelling house, on any lot created otherwise than in accordance with clause 34.1 (c), unless the development incorporates effective measures, satisfactory to the Council, to ensure that the development has no significant adverse environmental impact on—(i) any environmentally sensitive vegetation unit (as listed in Schedule 3), and(ii) any rare or threatened species of flora or fauna or its habitat and any unusual plant community, and(iii) the hydrological aspect of the locality, and(iv) any lake, lagoon, or perennial or non-perennial watercourse, and(v) any significant natural feature, including rock outcrops, rock ledges and cliffs.(db) The Council shall not consent to development, other than development referred to in clause 10.5 (da), on any lot created otherwise than in accordance with clause 34.1 (c), unless the development incorporates effective measures, satisfactory to the Council, to ensure that the development has no adverse environmental impact on any development excluded land.(dc) The Council shall not consent to any development (excluding a work for the purpose of providing public utility services), proposed to take place either wholly or partly on development excluded land—(i) located within any lot created in accordance with clause 34.1 (c), andunless the Council is satisfied, by means of a detailed environmental assessment, that the development has no adverse environmental impact on the development excluded land concerned.(ii) identified when the Council granted consent to the subdivision by which the lot concerned was created,(e) Land which is steeper than 33% (1 in 3) shall for the purpose of this Plan be deemed to be a Protected Area—Environmental Constraint Area.(f) The Council shall, when considering an application to carry out development on land in the Residential Bushland Conservation zone which is adjacent to land within the National Park zone, make an assessment of the impact of that development on the aesthetic, historical, natural, scenic and scientific attributes of the land within the National Park zone.10.6 Height of Buildings(a) The Council shall not consent to development for the purpose of a building which exceeds two storeys.(b) The Council shall not consent to development for the purpose of a building which exceeds 8 metres in height above natural ground level at any point measured to the highest point of the roof.(c) The Council shall not consent to development for the purpose of a building the maximum height of which, when measured at the eaves, gutter line or any equivalent building element to a point on the natural ground level immediately below, exceeds 6.5 metres.10.7 Heritage The Council shall not grant consent to any development unless it has made an assessment of the impact of the proposed development on—(a) the heritage significance of the site, and(b) the heritage significance of any site in the immediate locality which, in the opinion of the Council, may be affected.10.8 Services(a) The Council shall not consent to development unless it is satisfied that adequate arrangements can be made for drainage, the provision of power supply, water supply or water storage, and the disposal of effluent. The Council shall take account of the requirements of the Water Board where the area is serviced by the Board.(b) The Council shall not consent to subdivision of land to create additional lots in the Rural Conservation, Bushland Conservation or Residential Bushland Conservation zone unless it is in accordance with any Development Control Plan which incorporates strategies for social infrastructure and for the use of existing community facilities and services in the locality.(c) Clauses 10.8 (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) do not apply to land within a Protected Area—Water Supply Catchment Area.(d) Where a development application is for consent to—(i) subdivision, orthe Council shall—(ii) other development which the Council has been required by the Water Board to refer to the Board,(iii) where on-site disposal of effluent is proposed, require the applicant to furnish a geotechnical and water balance report to establish that the land is capable of such disposal, and(iv) include in any development consent a provision which requires that satisfactory arrangements be made with the Water Board for the provision of water and sewerage facilities.(e) The Council shall not consent to the subdivision of land to create additional lots or to the carrying out of development the Council considers is significant in the Residential Bushland Conservation zone unless—(i) each of the lots to be created which will require effluent disposal or the site on which the development will be carried out is to be serviced by a reticulated sewerage system, and(ii) the Water Board has previously provided certification to the Council that the sewage treatment plant serving the area concerned has the capacity to accommodate the additional development.(f) The Council shall not consent to any development that requires effluent disposal, unless—(i) the development is to be connected to a reticulated sewerage system, or(ii) the Council is satisfied by means of a geotechnical and water balance report that the effluent may be effectively disposed of on that part of the site on which the development is permissible.This paragraph does not apply to subdivision of land in the Residential Bushland Conservation zone.(g) The Council may grant development consent for the erection of a dwelling house served by an effluent pump out system on a lot existing at the appointed day where the sewer is not available. This provision does not extend to dual occupancy.(h) For the purpose of this clause, geotechnical and water balance report means a report which contains sufficient technical data to meet the requirements specified in any Development Control Plan that shows guidelines for the disposal of waste waters by land application, that includes consideration of—(i) the waste water treatment system, andand that demonstrates that the development site is capable of the disposal of effluent without adversely affecting bushland, watercourses, ground water, adjacent land, or environmentally sensitive areas.(ii) site selection criteria,10.9 Site Coverage(a) The Council shall not consent to development (other than development for the purpose of agriculture in the Megalong Valley) on any land zoned Rural Conservation, Bushland Conservation, Residential Bushland Conservation or Residential Investigation, if the total building site cover resulting from carrying out the development, including any part of the site covered by buildings ancillary to a main building (such as tennis courts, swimming pools, sheds and the like) exceeds the total building site cover specified in the following Table—Table
Notional development area of the Lot Total Building Site Cover Less than 1,000 m2 160 m2 or 40% of the notional development area, up to a maximum of 300 m2, whichever is the greater 1,000 m2 or more but less than 2,000 m2 300 m2 plus 10% of any amount by which the notional development area exceeds 1,000 m2 2,000 m2 or more 400 m2 plus 5% of any amount by which the notional development area exceeds 2,000 m2, up to a maximum total building site cover of 2,500 m2(b) Certain development on any lot consisting of or including land having an area of more than 4,000 m2 zoned Bushland Conservation, Residential Bushland Conservation or Residential Investigation must take place within a Principal Development Area, as required by clause 30 and the Table to that clause.10.10 Storage, Sale or Display of Goods(a) The storage, sale or display of goods is prohibited—(i) except at or from roadside stalls, between a road alignment and the principal building on a lot, or(ii) on or in a road, or(iii) except at or from roadside stalls, on a lot with frontage to a road where there is no building on that lot or where the building is only of a minor character.(b) On a Classified Road, the storage, sale or display of goods is prohibited—(i) between a road alignment and the principal building on a lot, or(ii) on or in the road, or(iii) on a lot with frontage to the road where there is no building on that lot or where the building is only of a minor character.10.11 Tree Preservation(a) Where it appears to the Council that it is expedient for the purpose of securing amenity, of preserving existing amenity or of protecting the natural environment, it may, for that purpose and by resolution, make an order (a tree preservation order) and may, by like resolution, rescind or vary any such order.(b) A tree preservation order may prohibit the ring-barking, cutting down, topping, lopping, pruning, root-pruning, removing, placement of soil within the root zone, injuring or wilful destruction of any tree or trees specified in the order except with the consent of the Council and any such consent may be given subject to such conditions as the Council thinks fit.(c) A tree preservation order may relate to any tree or trees or to any specified class, type or description of trees on land described particularly or generally by reference to the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains or any divisions of the area.(d) The Council must, as soon as practicable after the making of a tree preservation order, cause notice of the making of the order to be published in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land described in the order is situated.(e) A person who contravenes or causes or permits to be contravened a tree preservation order after it has been published in the Gazette is guilty of an offence.(f) It is a sufficient defence to proceedings under this clause relating to the ring-barking, cutting down, topping, lopping, pruning, root-pruning, removal, placement of soil within the root zone, injury or wilful destruction of a tree to prove—(i) that the tree was dead and that tree was not a “likely habitat tree” within the meaning of this clause, or(ii) that the tree posed an imminent danger to property or life, or(iii) that taking the action was reasonably necessary to protect human life, buildings or other property from imminent danger from a bush fire burning in the vicinity of the land on which the tree was situated.(g) For the purposes of this clause, likely habitat tree means any tree naturally occurring (being native vegetation or remnant native vegetation) which has developed hollows in the trunks or limbs, and which is suitable for nesting birds, arboreal marsupials (such as possums) or native placental mammals (such as bats) or which is supporting the growth of locally indigenous or endemic epiphytic plants (such as orchids).cl 10: Am 28.5.1993; 26.9.1997; 24.12.1999; 23.3.2001; 2005 No 98, Sch 2.4 [1].
11 Development criteria—protected areas
11.1 General In addition to the provisions of Clause 10, the following criteria apply in the “Protected Areas” designated on the Map.11.2 Canopy Conservation The Council shall not consent to any development involving the clearing of trees in an area designated as Protected Area—Canopy Conservation, unless it is satisfied, by means of an assessment of the landscape and environmental impact of the proposed development, that the visual and ecological effects of the proposed clearing will not compromise the objectives for the Canopy Conservation Protected Area.11.3 Environmental Constraint Area The Council shall not consent to development in a Protected Area—Environmental Constraint Area, unless it is satisfied, by means of a detailed environmental assessment, that the development complies with the objectives of the Protected Area that are relevant to the development and will comply with the development criteria in clause 10 that are relevant to the development.11.4 Escarpment Area(a) The Council shall not consent to any development involving the clearing of vegetation in an area designated as Protected Area—Escarpment Area, unless it is satisfied, by means of an assessment of the landscape and environmental impact of the proposed development, that the visual and ecological effects of the proposed clearing will not compromise the Protected Area—Escarpment Area objectives.(b) No building, other than of single storey construction, shall be erected in a Protected Area—Escarpment Area if it protrudes above the vegetation canopy of the immediate locality, or the height of adjacent buildings.11.5 Land Between Towns(a) In Protected Area—Land Between Towns, development is prohibited it is screened from view from any public place to the satisfaction of the Council by the retention of existing vegetation or by planting indigenous vegetation.(b) Subdivision of land fronting a Classified Road is prohibited unless all of the proposed lots have a single point of vehicular access to the Classified Road, whether such access is by way of a public road or otherwise.11.6 Water Supply Catchment Area(a) Any development consent must include a provision which requires that satisfactory arrangements be made with the Water Board for the provision of water and sewerage facilities.(b) Within a Protected Area—Water Supply Catchment Area, the Council shall not consent to any development that requires effluent disposal unless the development is to be connected to a reticulated sewerage system.(c) The Council may grant development consent for the erection of a dwelling house served by an effluent pump out system on a lot that existed at the appointed day where the sewer is not available. This provision does not extend to dual occupancy.cl 11: Am 28.5.1993; 23.3.2001; 2006 (289), Sch 1.1.
Special provisions
12 Acquisition of land within the Environmental Protection—Acquisition zone
The owner of any land within the Environmental Protection—Acquisition zone may by notice in writing require the Council to acquire that land. On receipt of any such notice the Council shall acquire the land to which the notice relates.
13 Advertising signs
13.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 9, the Council may grant development consent for the erection or use of a directional sign by the Council, only if the sign advertises solely for the purpose of directing the public to tourist facilities, places of scientific, historic or scenic interest or to commercial and industrial areas.13.2(a) The Council may grant development consent for the erection or use of an advertising sign only—(i) where the sign relates to the purpose for which the premises on the land are, or are to be, used, or(ii) where the sign relates to the services available from the premises on the land.(b) A sign erected in accordance with Clause 13.2 (a) shall have an area no greater than 0.7 square metres, and shall—(i) where it is on a building, not be located above the parapet or eaves-level of the building, or(ii) where it is not a building, not be higher than 5 metres above natural ground level.13.3 Development consent is not required for one sign no larger than 0.3 square metres relating to a home industry or home business provided that the sign only contains information relating to one or more of the following—(a) the use carried out on the land,(b) the name of the person or business carrying on that use,(c) particulars of the services available and/or any affiliation with any trade or other association.13.4 Development consent is not required for an advertising sign not exceeding 0.3 square metres for the sale or lease of the land on which the sign is erected.13.5 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this clause, the Council may grant development consent for a period not exceeding one month to an advertising sign to be erected—(a) for community or charitable purposes, or(b) advertising the sale by public auction of the land on which the sign is erected.
14 (Repealed)
cl 14: Rep 2008 (571), Sch 3.16 [1].
15 Ancillary or incidental development
Development which is ancillary or incidental to a purpose for which land may be used with consent, is prohibited unless there is a current consent to use the land for that purpose, or the land is lawfully used for that purpose.
15A Bed and breakfast establishment
15A.1 In the Residential Bushland Conservation zone, the owner of a bed and breakfast establishment must be a permanent resident of the dwelling house.15A.2 Short-term paid accommodation provided at a bed and breakfast establishment shall be for no more than six visitors at any one time.15A.3 A dwelling house in the Residential Bushland Conservation zone must not be used as a bed and breakfast establishment unless it is connected to a reticulated sewerage system. A dwelling house in the Rural Conservation zone or the Bushland Conservation zone must not be used as a bed and breakfast establishment unless it is connected to a reticulated sewerage system or is on a lot having an area of at least 1 hectare.cl 15A: Ins 3.9.1993.
16 Bushrock
Bushrock shall not be removed from the land unless from a site of a work for which consent of the Council has been granted.
17 Crown development and public utilities
17.1 Nothing in this plan shall be construed as restricting or prohibiting or enabling the Council to restrict or prohibit—(a) the carrying out of development of any description specified in this Clause, or(b) the use of existing buildings of the Crown by the Crown.17.2 The carrying out by persons carrying on railway undertakings on land comprised in their undertakings of—(a) any development required in connection with the movement of traffic by rail, including the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance and repair of ways, works and plant, andbut excluding—(b) the erection within the limits of a railway station of buildings for any railway purpose,(c) the construction of new railways, railway stations and bridges over roads,(d) the erection, reconstruction and alteration of buildings for purposes other than railway undertaking purposes outside the limits of a railway station and the reconstruction or alteration so as materially to affect the design thereof of railway stations or bridges,(e) the formation or alteration of any means of access to a road, and(f) the erection, reconstruction and alteration of buildings for purposes other than railway purposes where such buildings have direct access to a public place.17.3 The carrying out by persons carrying on public utility undertakings, being water, sewerage, drainage, electricity or gas undertakings, of any of the following development, being development required for the purposes of their undertakings, that is to say—(a) development of any description at or below the surface of the ground,(b) the installation of any plant inside a building or the installation or erection within the premises of a generating station or substation established before the appointed day of any plant or other structures or erections required in connection with the station or substation,(c) the installation or erection of any plant or other structures or erections by way of addition to or replacement or extension of plant or structures or erections already installed or erected, including the installation in an electrical transmission line of substations, feeder-pillars or transformer housing, but not including the erection of overhead lines for the supply of electricity or pipes above the surface of the ground for the supply of water, or the installation of substations, feeder-pillars or transformer housings of stone, concrete or brickworks,(d) the provision of overhead service lines in pursuance of any statutory power to provide a supply of electricity,(e) the erection of service reservoirs on land acquired or in process of being acquired for the purposes thereof before the appointed day, provided reasonable notice of the proposed erection is given to the Council, or(f) any other development, except—(i) the erection of buildings, the installation or erection of plant or other structures or erections and the reconstruction or alteration, so as materially to affect the design or external appearance thereof, of buildings, or(ii) the formation or alteration of any means of access to a road.17.4 The carrying out by persons carrying on public utility undertakings, being air transport undertakings, on land comprised in their undertakings within the boundaries of any aerodrome, of any development required in connection with the movement of traffic by air, including the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance and repair of ways, buildings, wharves, works and plant required for that purpose, except—(a) the erection of buildings and the reconstruction or alteration of buildings so as materially to affect the design or external appearance thereof, or(b) the formation or alteration of any means of access to a road.17.5 The carrying out by persons carrying on public utility undertakings, being road transport undertakings, on land comprised in their undertakings, of any development required in connection with the movement of traffic by road, including the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance and repair of buildings, works and plant required for that purpose, except—(a) the erection of buildings and the reconstruction or alteration of buildings so as materially to affect the design or external appearance thereof, or(b) the formation or alteration of any means of access to a road.17.6 The carrying out by the owner or lessee of a mine (other than a mineral sands mine), on the mine, of any development required for the purposes of a mine, except—(a) the erection of buildings (not being plant or other structures or erections required for the mining, working, treatment or disposal of minerals) and the reconstruction, alteration or extension of buildings so as materially to affect the design or external appearance thereof, or(b) the formation or alteration of any means of access to a road.17.7 The carrying out of any development required in connection with the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance or repair of any Classified Road, except the widening, realignment or relocation of such road.17.8 The erection of any sign required in connection with the movement of traffic by road.17.9 The carrying out of any forestry work by the Forestry Commission, a School Forest Trust or Community Forest Authorities empowered under relevant Acts to undertake afforestation, roading, protection, cutting and marketing of timber, and other forestry purposes under such Acts or upon any Crown land temporarily reserved from sale as a timber reserve under the Forestry Act 1916.17.10 The carrying out by a Rural Lands Protection Board of any development required for the improvement and maintenance of travelling stock and water reserves, except—(a) the erection of buildings and the reconstruction or alteration of buildings so as materially to affect the design or purposes thereof, or(b) any development designed to change the use or purpose of any such reserve.
18 (Repealed)
cl 18: Rep 17.12.2004.
19 Definitions
Schedule 4 has effect.
20 Development in adjoining zone
A person may, with the consent of the Council, extend development onto land on which that development would, in the absence of this clause, be prohibited provided that—(a) the development is permissible on the land from which it is extended,(b) the development is carried out within 20 m of the zone boundary, and(c) the Council is satisfied that the objectives of the zone within which the development would otherwise be prohibited are not prejudiced.
21 Dwelling house
(a) Where a dwelling house is permissible under the Plan, no more than one dwelling house may be erected on a lot.(b) A person may, with the consent of the Council, erect a second dwelling house on a lot where a dwelling house already exists, provided that the new dwelling house is intended to wholly replace the existing dwelling house.
22 Exhibition homes
A person may, with the consent of the Council, use a dwelling house as an exhibition home for up to 6 months, but only where the land on which the dwelling house is erected does not have frontage to, and is not within 50 metres of, a Classified Road, and is not located in a cul-de-sac.
23 (Repealed)
cl 23: Rep 26.9.1997.
24 General store
The Council shall not grant consent to a general store on land within 2 kilometres by the shortest practicable route by road (or within 1 kilometre by the shortest practicable route by road when the use of such a route involves crossing the Great Western Highway) of any site being lawfully used for a general store or a shopping centre, or where Council consent for such a use of a site within that distance is still in force.cl 24: Subst 28.5.1993.
25 Heritage conservation
25.1 A person shall not, without the consent of the Council, in respect of a building, work, relic, place or tree that is a heritage item—(a) demolish or alter the building or work, or(b) damage or move the relic, or excavate for the purpose of exposing or moving the relic, or(c) damage or despoil the place or tree, or(d) damage or remove any tree or horticultural features on the land on which the building, work, or relic is situated or on the land which comprises the place.25.2 A person shall not, without the consent of the Council, in respect of a Heritage Conservation Area—(a) demolish or alter a building or work within the area, or(b) damage or move a relic, or excavate for the purpose of exposing or moving a relic, within the area, or(c) damage or despoil a place, tree or other horticultural feature within the area.25.3 The Council shall not grant consent to a development application in respect of—(a) a heritage item, or(b) development likely to affect a heritage item, orunless it has assessed the effect that the development would have on the heritage significance of the heritage item or Heritage Conservation Area.(c) development in a Heritage Conservation Area,Note—The website of the Heritage Branch of the Department of Planning has publications that provide guidance on assessing the impact of proposed development on the heritage significance of items (for example, Statements of Heritage Impact).25.4, 25.5 (Repealed)25.6 The Council may grant consent to development, other than subdivision, for any purpose, of a building that is a heritage item or is within a Heritage Conservation Area, or of the land on which the building is erected, even though development for that purpose would otherwise be prohibited by this plan, if it is satisfied that—(a) the proposed development would not adversely affect—• the heritage significance of the building or any Heritage Conservation Area within which the building is situated, or• the amenity of any Heritage Conservation Area within which the building is situated, or• the heritage significance and amenity of the surrounding neighbourhood, and(b) when the building is a heritage item—• the heritage item will be most appropriately conserved if used for the proposed development, and• a conservation plan, prepared for the heritage item, supports the proposed development.25.7 In this clause—Conservation plan means a document establishing the heritage significance of a heritage item or of a building within a Heritage Conservation Area and identifying all the steps needed to be taken to retain that significance in its future use and development. In preparing the conservation plan, regard is to be had to the publications “The Conservation Plan” by James Semple Kerr, The National Trust of Australia (NSW), 3rd ed 1990 and “The Illustrated Burra Charter” by P Marquis-Kyle and M Walker; Australia ICOMOS Inc., 1992, copies of which are deposited in the offices of the Council of the City of the Blue Mountains.cl 25: Am 21.2.1997; 2008 (571), Sch 3.16 [2] [3].
26 Holiday cabin
26.1 On land within the Megalong Valley within the Rural Conservation zone—(a) the erection of a holiday cabin is prohibited where the number of cabins after its erection would exceed a density of one cabin per 10 hectares of notional development area, and(b) the number of cabins on a holding must not exceed 10, and(c) if there are two or more holiday cabins on a lot, all the holiday cabins shall have a common access from a public road.26.2 On other land—(a) the erection of a holiday cabin is prohibited where the number of cabins would exceed a density of one cabin per hectare of notional development area, and(b) the number of cabins on a lot must not exceed 10, and(c) if there are two or more holiday cabins on a lot, all the holiday cabins shall have a common access from a public road.26.3 In this clause, holding means all contiguous land held in the same ownership on 27 December 1991.cl 26: Am 28.5.1993; 23.3.2001.
27 Home business
A home business shall not require the consent of the Council and nothing in this plan shall be constructed as restricting or prohibiting or enabling the Council to restrict or prohibit home business.
28 Keeping of hoofed animals
28.1 This clause applies to land in the Blue Mountains Ridge, as shown on Sheet 1 of the Map, except for Shipley Plateau and Sun Valley.28.2 The Council shall not grant consent to the use of land for the keeping of hoofed animals, unless the development incorporates effective measures, satisfactory to the Council, to ensure that the development has no adverse environmental impact on any development excluded land.28.3 Consent of the Council is not required for the use of land for the keeping of hoofed animals where the stocking rate is less than 1 such animal per 5 hectares of notional development area.28.4 The Council shall not consent to the use of land for the keeping of hoofed animals on a lot with an area of 1 hectare of less unless that lot was in existence at the appointed day, or was a lot created after the appointed day as a result of a boundary adjustment or a consolidation of more than one lot.cl 28: Am 23.3.2001.
29 Minimum area and consolidation requirements
29.1 Where a Minimum Area Requirement is specified on the Map for any land, the Council shall not consent to development (other than for the purpose of bushfire hazard reduction) on a lot of that land unless the lot contains land within the Bushland Conservation zone or Residential Bushland Conservation zone equal to or greater than the Minimum Area Requirement.29.2 Where a Consolidation Requirement is shown on the Map, development (other than an existing use or for the purpose of bushfire hazard reduction) is prohibited unless all adjoining lots with this subscript which are shown edged with a heavy black line on the Map have been consolidated into one lot.cl 29: Subst 28.5.1993.
30 Principal Development Area
30.1 This clause applies to any lot consisting of or including land having an area of more than 4,000 m2 zoned Bushland Conservation, Residential Bushland Conservation or Residential Investigation.30.2 No development shall take place on a lot to which this clause applies unless—(a) in the case of a lot created in accordance with clause 34.1 (c), the development takes place within a Principal Development Area, except where that development is—(i) subdivision or development ancillary to subdivision, or(ii) for the purpose of providing access or public utility services,(b) in the case of a lot created otherwise than in accordance with clause 34.1 (c), the development takes place in a Principal Development Area, except where that development is—(i) for the purpose of bushfire hazard reduction, or(ii) ancillary or incidental to a dwelling house which was in existence at 27 December 1991, but only if any clearing of vegetation that is involved is not located on any development excluded land and is carried out on an area of less than 50 m2, and the total area cleared outside the Principal Development Area does not involve more than 5% of the notional development area of the lot, or(iii) for the purpose of providing access or public utility services, or(iv) subdivision or development ancillary to subdivision.30.3 A Principal Development Area shall—(a) have a maximum total area, to be determined with regard to the notional development area of the lot, as specified in the Table to this clause, and(b) subject to clause 30.4, not include any development excluded land, and(c) have boundary setbacks of at least 15 metres, where the width of the lot at the building line is 50 metres or more, or boundary setbacks of least 10 metres, where the width of the lot at the building line is less than 50 metres, and(d) be located to the Council’s satisfaction.Table
Notional development area of the Lot Maximum Total Area of Principal Development Area (applies to land described in clause 30.1) Less than 2,000 m2 750 m2 or the notional development area, whichever is the greater 2,000 m2 or more 2,000 m2 or 25% of the notional development area, up to a maximum of 5,000 m2, whichever is the greater30.4 Clause 30.3 (b) shall not apply to a Principal Development Area within any lot where the part of the lot that is not development excluded land, and that is so configured as to be capable of being the site of a dwelling house, and of accommodating development ordinarily ancillary or incidental to a dwelling house, has a total area of less than 750 m2, but in that event the Principal Development Area shall include the minimum practicable amount of development excluded land and in no event shall the amount of development excluded land within a Principal Development Area exceed 750 square metres.30.5 The Council shall not consent to development on a lot to which this clause applies unless it is or will be screened from view from outside the lot either by—(a) the retention of existing vegetation, within the lot, or(b) the planting of indigenous vegetation within the lot which will achieve such screening within a time frame considered by the Council to be reasonable.cl 30: Subst 28.5.1993; 23.3.2001.
31 Public notice of certain applications
(1) The provisions of sections 84, 85, 86, 87 (1) and 90 of the Act apply to, and in respect of, development for the purposes of the following in the same way as those provisions apply to, and in respect of, designated development—Child care centreEducational establishmentHome industryHospitalPlace of public worshipRecreation facilityand those provisions so apply to and in respect of the demolition of a heritage item or of a building, work, relic or place within a Heritage Conservation Area, unless the demolition is partial and in the opinion of the Council will be of a minor nature and will not adversely affect the heritage significance of the heritage item or Heritage Conservation Area.Registered club(2) In this clause—demolition means the damaging, defacing, destruction, pulling down or removal of a heritage item, building, work, relic or place in whole or in part.cl 31: Am 3.9.1993; 2019 (659), Sch 2.3[1].
32 Regional Open Space
32.1 The Council shall not consent to the carrying out of development on land zoned Regional Open Space unless, in addition to those matters listed in Clauses 10 and 11 that are of relevance, it has made an assessment of—(a) the extent to which the land will be disturbed or modified by works and vehicular access associated with the development,(b) the extend to which the land has been previously disturbed or modified with particular regard to—(i) weed infestation,(ii) drainage,(iii) clearing, and(iv) construction,(c) the adequacy of measures to safeguard and rehabilitate the environment,(d) the feasibility of situating the development away from ridge tops or escarpment edges,(e) an alternative site for the development,(f) an alternative method of carrying out the development,(g) measures proposed for the proper disposal of effluent, and(h) land capability and soil erosion hazard.32.2 Except as provided by clause 32.4, the Council shall not grant consent to a development application to erect a building or carry out or alter a work of a permanent character or make or alter a permanent excavation other than a building or a permanent work or a permanent excavation required for or incidental to the purposes for which the land is zoned.32.3 A person shall not carry out any development upon land zoned Regional Open Space so as to render it unfit for the purpose for which it is zoned.32.4 Where it appears to the Council that the purpose for which land is zoned Regional Open Space cannot be carried into effect within a reasonable time after the land first became so zoned the owner of the land may, with the consent of the Council, carry out development on that land for a different purpose.32.5 Acquisition of land within Regional Open Space zone by corporation(a) The owner of any land within the Regional Open Space zone may, by notice in writing, require the corporation to acquire that land.(b) Upon receipt of the notice, the corporation shall acquire the land to which the notice relates.
32A Roads
With the consent of the Council a person may carry out development on a road for any purpose for which development may be carried out on land which is contiguous and adjacent to the road.cl 32A: Ins 28.5.1993.
33 Specific uses
Where a specific use is shown on the Map by overlaid lettering, that use is permissible with the consent of the Council.
34 Subdivision—further provisions
34.1 General Provisions(a) The Density Control Provision shown on the Map specifies the maximum number of lots per hectare into which land may be subdivided with the consent of the Council.(b) The Council may consent to subdivision of any land covered by a Density Control Provision shown on the Map only if the total number of lots (other than lots for a public purpose) existing after the subdivision will not exceed the product of the notional development area of the original lot, in hectares, multiplied by the maximum number of lots per hectare specified in the Density Control Provision in respect of the original lot, rounded down to the nearest whole number.(c) The Council may consent to subdivision of any land that is zoned Bushland Conservation or Residential Bushland Conservation only if each new lot proposed to be created, (other than lots for a public purpose, and other than lots created as part of a cluster housing development), and intended to be the site of a dwelling house, includes land with a minimum area of 750 m2, no part of which is development excluded land, and which is so configured as to be capable of being the site of a dwelling house and accommodating development ordinarily incidental and ancillary to a dwelling house.(d) The Council may consent to subdivision of any land for the purpose of cluster housing development only if it is satisfied that—(i) all development for the purpose of any dwelling house proposed to be erected as part of the cluster housing development, andis not to be located on any development excluded land.(ii) all development ordinarily incidental and ancillary to a dwelling house,34.2 Rural Conservation Zone—Special Provisions(a) The Council may only consent to the subdivision of land in the Rural Conservation Zone if—(i) it is for a boundary adjustment where no additional lots are created, or(ii) in Mt Irvine, Mt Tomah, Mt Wilson and Berambing, it is for the purpose of creating an additional lot from an original lot, (provided that the original lot has an area of at least 20 hectares), or(iii) it is for the purpose of providing land for public purposes.(b) In any subdivision permitted under clause 34.2 (a) (i) or (ii), each lot in the Rural Conservation Zone created by the subdivision shall have a minimum area of—(i) 1 hectare for land in Mt Irvine, Mt Tomah, Mt Wilson, Berambing and Megalong Valley, or(ii) 5,000 m2 elsewhere.34.3 Bushland Conservation Zone—Special Provisions(a) Where a Density Control Provision is shown on the Map, subdivision of the land, in accordance with clause 34.1, to a density exceeding that shown is prohibited. Each resulting lot shall have an area of at least 5,000 m2 zoned Bushland Conservation that includes a Principal Development Area.(b) The Council may only consent to subdivision of land shown BC (NS), BC (CONS) or BC with a Minimum Area Requirement on the map if—(i) it is for a boundary adjustment where no additional lots are created and each resulting lot has an area of at least 5,000 m2 zoned Bushland Conservation that includes a Principal Development Area, or(ii) it is for the purpose of providing land for public purposes.34.4 Residential Bushland Conservation Zone—Special Provisions(a) Where a Density Control Provision is shown on the Map, subdivision of the land, in accordance with clause 34.1, to a density exceeding that shown is prohibited.(b) For the purposes only of clause 34.1, the notional development area of that part of a lot zoned RES-BC and subject to a Density Control Provision of (8/ha) shown on the Map shall not include any land which is steeper than 20%.(c) The Council may only consent to subdivision of land shown RES-BC (NS), RES-BC (CONS) or RES-BC with a Minimum Area Requirement on the Map if—(i) it is for a boundary adjustment where no additional lots are created, or(ii) it is for the purpose of providing land for public purposes.34.5 Residential Investigation Zone—Special Provisions The Council may only consent to subdivision of land shown RES-I on the Map if—(a) it is for a boundary adjustment where no additional lots are created, or(b) it is for the purpose of providing land for public purposes.34.6 Light Industrial Zone—Special Provisions The Council may consent to subdivision of land within the Light Industrial zone only if all lots are connected to a reticulated sewer.34.7 Recreation Zone—Special Provisions The Council shall not consent to subdivision of land within the Recreation zone unless the only purpose of the subdivision is to provide land for public purposes.34.8 Recreation—Environmental Protection Zone—Special Provisions The Council shall not consent to subdivision of land within the Recreation—Environmental Protection zone unless the only purpose of the subdivision is to provide land for public purposes.34.9 Environmental Protection Zone—Special Provisions The Council shall not consent to subdivision where any lot created consists entirely of land within the Environmental Protection zone unless the only purpose of the subdivision is to provide land for public purposes.34.10 Environmental Protection—Acquisition Zone—Special Provisions The Council shall not consent to subdivision of land within the Environmental Protection—Acquisition zone unless the only purpose of the subdivision is to provide land for public purposes.34.11 Regional Open Space Zone—Special Provisions The Council shall not consent to the subdivision of land within the Regional Open Space zone unless the subdivision is for the purpose of boundary adjustment.34.12 Proposed New Alignment—Special Provisions The Council shall consent to a subdivision of land affected by a Proposed New Alignment only where the land between the Classified Road and the Proposed New Alignment does not form part of any lot other than a lot consisting entirely of land affected by the Proposed New Alignment.34.13 Subdivision of land otherwise prohibited This clause does not apply to land in the Escarpment Area or Land Between Towns. Notwithstanding any other clause of this plan, the Council may consent to the subdivision of land within more than one zone if—(a) part of the land is zoned Rural Conservation or Bushland Conservation (No Subdivision) or Residential Bushland Conservation (No Subdivision) or Residential Investigation, and(b) the remainder of the land is within any one or more of the other zones referred to in paragraph (a), whether or not the remainder also contains some land zoned Environmental Protection, and(c) as a result of the subdivision, at least one part of the land within a particular zone referred to in paragraph (a) will be wholly contained within one of the lots created by the subdivision, whether or not that lot also contains some land zoned Environmental Protection.cl 34: Am 28.5.1993; 9.9.1994; 23.3.2001; 2019 (659), Sch 2.3[2].
35 Temporary use of land
The Council may grant consent to the carrying out, for a maximum period of 28 days, whether consecutive or not, in any twelve month period, of development for any purpose otherwise prohibited in a zone, but only if the Council imposes a condition on the grant of consent prohibiting the making of permanent changes to the land or buildings on the land.
36 Classification and reclassification of public land as operational land
(1) The public land described in Schedule 6 is classified, or reclassified, as operational land for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1993, subject to this clause.(2) Land described in Part 1 of Schedule 6—(a) to the extent (if any) that the land is a public reserve, does not cease to be a public reserve, and(b) continues to be affected by any trusts, estates, interests, dedications, conditions, restrictions or covenants by which it was affected before its classification, or reclassification, as the case requires, as operational land.(3) Land described in Columns 1 and 2 of Part 2 of Schedule 6, to the extent (if any) that it is a public reserve, ceases to be a public reserve on the commencement of the relevant amending plan and, by the operation of that plan, is discharged from all trusts, estates, interests, dedications, conditions, restrictions and covenants affecting the land or any part of the land except those (if any) specified for the land in Column 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 6.(4) In this clause, the relevant amending plan, in relation to land described in Part 2 of Schedule 6, means the local environmental plan that inserted the description of the land into that Part.(5) Before the relevant amending plan inserted the description of land into Part 2 of Schedule 6, the Governor approved of subclause (3) applying to the land.cl 36: Ins 2013 (380), Sch 1 [1].
37 Exceptions to development standards
(1) The objectives of this clause are as follows—(a) to provide an appropriate degree of flexibility in applying certain development standards to particular development,(b) to achieve better outcomes for and from development by allowing flexibility in particular circumstances.(2) Development consent may, subject to this clause, be granted for development even though the development would contravene a development standard imposed by this or any other environmental planning instrument. However, this clause does not apply to a development standard that is expressly excluded from the operation of this clause.(3) Development consent must not be granted to development that contravenes a development standard unless the consent authority is satisfied the applicant for development consent has demonstrated that—(a) compliance with the development standard is unreasonable or unnecessary in the circumstances, and(b) there are sufficient environmental planning grounds to justify the contravention of the development standard.Note—The Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021 requires the development application to be accompanied by a document setting out the grounds on which the applicant seeks to demonstrate the matters in paragraphs (a) and (b).(4) The consent authority must keep a record of its assessment carried out under subclause (3).(5) (Repealed)(6) Development consent must not be granted under this clause for a subdivision of land in Zone: Rural Conservation (RC), Zone: Bushland Conservation (BC), Zone: Residential Bushland Conservation (RES-BC), Zone: Residential Investigation (RES-I), Zone: Recreation—Environmental Protection (REC-EP), Zone: Environmental Protection (EP) or Zone: Environmental Protection—Acquisition (EPac) if—(a) the subdivision will result in 2 or more lots of less than the minimum area specified for such lots by a development standard, or(b) the subdivision will result in at least one lot that is less than 90% of the minimum area specified for such a lot by a development standard.Note—Land in Zone: Rural Conservation (RC) includes land in Berambing, Mount Irvine, Mount Wilson, Mount Tomah, Shipley Plateau, Sun Valley and Megalong Valley.(7) (Repealed)(8) This clause does not allow development consent to be granted for development that would contravene any of the following—(a) a development standard for complying development,(b) a development standard that arises, under the regulations under the Act, in connection with a commitment set out in a BASIX certificate for a building to which State Environmental Planning Policy (Building Sustainability Index: BASIX) 2004 applies or for the land on which such a building is situated.cl 37: Ins 2019 (659), Sch 1.3. Am 2023 (524), Sch 1.1[1].
38 Demolition requires development consent
The demolition of a building or work may be carried out only with development consent.Note—If the demolition of a building or work is identified in an applicable environmental planning instrument, such as this plan or State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008, as exempt development, the Act enables it to be carried out without development consent.cll 38: Ins 2019 (659), Sch 2.3[3].
39 Conversion of fire alarms
(1) This clause applies to a fire alarm system that can be monitored by Fire and Rescue NSW or by a private service provider.(2) The following development may be carried out, but only with development consent—(a) converting a fire alarm system from connection with the alarm monitoring system of Fire and Rescue NSW to connection with the alarm monitoring system of a private service provider,(b) converting a fire alarm system from connection with the alarm monitoring system of a private service provider to connection with the alarm monitoring system of another private service provider,(c) converting a fire alarm system from connection with the alarm monitoring system of a private service provider to connection with a different alarm monitoring system of the same private service provider.(3) Development to which subclause (2) applies is complying development if it consists only of—(a) internal alterations to a building, or(b) internal alterations to a building together with the mounting of an antenna, and any support structure, on an external wall or roof of a building so as to occupy a space of not more than 450mm × 100mm × 100mm.(4) A complying development certificate for any such complying development is subject to a condition that any building work may only be carried out between 7.00 am and 6.00 pm on Monday to Friday and between 7.00 am and 5.00 pm on Saturday, and must not be carried out on a Sunday or a public holiday.(5) In this clause—private service provider means a person or body that has entered into an agreement that is in force with Fire and Rescue NSW to monitor fire alarm systems.cll 39: Ins 2019 (659), Sch 2.3[3].
40 Standards that cannot be used to refuse consent—playing and performing music
(1) The consent authority must not refuse consent to development in relation to licensed premises on the following grounds—(a) the playing or performance of music, including the following—(i) the genre of music played or performed, or(ii) whether the music played or performed is live or amplified, or(iii) whether the music played or performed is original music, or(iv) the number of musicians or live entertainment acts playing or performing, or(v) the type of instruments played,(b) whether dancing occurs,(c) the presence or use of a dance floor or another area ordinarily used for dancing,(d) the direction in which a stage for players or performers faces,(e) the decoration to be used, including, for example, mirror balls, or lighting used by players or performers.(2) The consent authority must not refuse consent to development in relation to licensed premises on the grounds of noise caused by the playing or performance of music, if the consent authority is satisfied the noise may be managed and minimised to an acceptable level.(3) In this clause—licensed premises has the same meaning as in the Liquor Act 2007.cl 40: Ins 2020 (724), Sch 3.
41 Flood planning
(1) The objectives of this clause are as follows—(a) to minimise the flood risk to life and property associated with the use of land,(b) to allow development on land that is compatible with the flood function and behaviour on the land, taking into account projected changes as a result of climate change,(c) to avoid adverse or cumulative impacts on flood behaviour and the environment,(d) to enable the safe occupation and efficient evacuation of people in the event of a flood.(2) Development consent must not be granted to development on land the consent authority considers to be within the flood planning area unless the consent authority is satisfied the development—(a) is compatible with the flood function and behaviour on the land, and(b) will not adversely affect flood behaviour in a way that results in detrimental increases in the potential flood affectation of other development or properties, and(c) will not adversely affect the safe occupation and efficient evacuation of people or exceed the capacity of existing evacuation routes for the surrounding area in the event of a flood, and(d) incorporates appropriate measures to manage risk to life in the event of a flood, and(e) will not adversely affect the environment or cause avoidable erosion, siltation, destruction of riparian vegetation or a reduction in the stability of river banks or watercourses.(3) In deciding whether to grant development consent on land to which this clause applies, the consent authority must consider the following matters—(a) the impact of the development on projected changes to flood behaviour as a result of climate change,(b) the intended design and scale of buildings resulting from the development,(c) whether the development incorporates measures to minimise the risk to life and ensure the safe evacuation of people in the event of a flood,(d) the potential to modify, relocate or remove buildings resulting from development if the surrounding area is impacted by flooding or coastal erosion.(4) A word or expression used in this clause has the same meaning as it has in the Considering Flooding in Land Use Planning Guideline unless it is otherwise defined in this clause.(5) In this clause—Considering Flooding in Land Use Planning Guideline means the Considering Flooding in Land Use Planning Guideline published on the Department’s website on 14 July 2021.flood planning area has the same meaning as it has in the Flood Risk Management Manual.Flood Risk Management Manual means the Flood Risk Management Manual, ISBN 978-1-923076-17-4, published by the NSW Government in June 2023.cl 41: Ins 2022 (629), Sch 2[2]. Am 2023 (609), Sch 2.2[2] [3].
42 Canal estate development prohibited
(1) Canal estate development is prohibited on land to which this Plan applies.(2) In this clause—canal estate development has the same meaning as in the standard instrument prescribed by the Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006.cl 42: Ins 2022 (629), Sch 2[4].
Schedule 1 Development for additional purposes
A person may, with the consent of the Council, carry out development of the land described in this Schedule as specified in respect of the land, despite other provisions of this plan. Unless inconsistent with the specific provisions of this Schedule, the remainder of this plan shall apply.Lot 1, DP 575204, No 54 Great Western Highway, Valley Heights: subdivision into two lots.
Portions 59, 60, 61, 62 Smith’s Road, Mt Wilson: subdivision of each lot into two lots.
Shipley Plateau, Blackheath—
Lot 1, DP 603618, Mt Blackheath Road: subdivision into two lots,
Lot 1, DP 328231, Mt Blackheath Road: subdivision into two lots,
Portion 42 Ph Kanimbla Shipley Road: subdivision into two lots,
Lot 2, DP 324227, Shipley Road Blackheath: subdivision into three lots, and
Lot 2, DP 533697, Mt Blackheath Road, Shipley Road, Blackheath: subdivision into three lots.
Lot 41, DP 614720 Grose Road, Faulconbridge: subdivision to a density of 4 lots/ha, but only if—
(a) a mining and restoration plan for the quarry to the satisfaction of the Council has been submitted within 12 months of the appointed day, and
(b) the work included in the mining and restoration plan for the quarry approved by the Council has been substantially completed.
Lot 1, DP 793331, Great Western Highway, Wentworth Falls: development on so much of the land as is shown BC (NS) on the Map for the purposes of a recreational establishment flora and fauna park, but only if access is provided from the Great Western Highway, over that part of the land zoned Environmental Protection, to the land so shown and the Council is satisfied—
(a) that the visual impact of the development will not prejudice the planning principles recommended for a visual and environmental buffer between Bullaburra and Wentworth Falls, and
(b) that run-off from hard surfaces is disposed of and treated so that no adverse environmental effect occurs, and
(c) that adequate arrangements have been made for traffic safety on the Great Western Highway, Wentworth Falls, by restricting entry to and exit from, the land to left-hand turn movements, and
(d) that any development is connected to the Water Board sewer.
The Council shall not grant consent to any such development after the expiration of 12 months from the appointed day, unless the consent is for the carrying out of alterations or extensions to, or the rebuilding of, a building or place being used for a purpose for which consent has been granted under this item.
Lots 19–52, DP 23365, and lots 7–19, DP 27617, Heather Glen Road, Winmalee—erection of a dwelling house on each lot which is less than 2,000 m2 in area, but only if the lot has the same boundaries as it had on 5 July 1983.
Lot 1, DP 300226, and Lot 214, DP 751657, Echo Point Road, Katoomba: use of the land for the purposes of a refreshment room and an arts and craft gallery, but only if—
(a) the floor space ratio for such of the gross floor area as is situated above natural ground level is not greater than 0.5:1, and
(b) the height of any building does not exceed one storey above natural ground level, and
(c) the maximum height of any building does not exceed 7 metres above natural ground level, and
(d) the area of the site covered by a building does not exceed 40%, and
(e) the setbacks to allow for landscaping and service access are at least the following—
Boundary Setback from boundary west 6m south 12m north 3m east (street) Nil
(f) the maximum linear elevation to Echo Point Road is 30m.
Lots 12–19, 22–25 and 39–48, DP 7047 and Lot 8, DP 30397 Herbert Street, Leura—but only after the consolidation of all the subject lots, in accordance with clause 29.
(a) (Repealed)
(b) recreation facility,
(c) refreshment room,
(d) retail plant nursery,
Lots 1 and 2, DP 22156, Part Lot B, DP 959609, Lot 2, DP 236203, and Lot 63, DP 751627, Govetts Leap Road, Blackheath—
integrated housing and subdivision development, which means—
development in the course of which a subdivision is carried out, and buildings, private and public open space, roads, pathways and landscaping are designed and constructed, as an entity, except that development as an entity is not required where the density does not exceed two dwellings per hectare,
guest house,
hotel,
recreation facility,
refreshment room,
resort,
tourist accommodation.
Lot 3, DP 12641, No 16 Waratah Road, Warrimoo, as shown edged heavy black on the map marked “Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 14)”: subdivision into two lots but only if the existing industrial building is contained in a separate lot of no greater than 2,300 m2 with separate frontage to and access from Waratah Road.
Lot 21 DP 626099, Bells Line of Road, Mt Tomah, as shown edged heavy black on the map marked “Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 16)”: subdivision into three lots.
Part Lot 303 DP 751644, Nos 12–20 Great Western Highway, Mt Victoria, as shown edged heavy black on the map marked “Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 21)”: subdivision into two lots, but only if—
(a) the land zoned Bushland Conservation (No Subdivision) fronting Mount York Road is wholly contained within one of the lots created, and
(b) the land zoned Bushland Conservation (No Subdivision) fronting the Great Western Highway is wholly contained within the other lot created.
Lot 2, DP 862626, Nos 24–30 Hilton Road, Valley Heights, as shown edged heavy black on the map marked “Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 27)”—subdivision into two lots, but only if one lot has an area greater than 1,500 square metres and the other lot is wholly contained within the Residential Bushland Conservation Zone.
Lot 33, DP 5936, 61 Grose Street, Leura: development for the purposes of 2 dwelling houses.
sch 1: Am 28.5.1993; 4.3.1994; 13.5.1994; 1.7.1994; 20.6.1997; 5.3.1999; 2010 (313), cl 4; 2020 (667), Sch 1.1.
Schedule 2 Heritage Items and Heritage Conservation Areas
Note—
1 This Schedule relates to Clause 25 of this Plan, except for Heritage Items and Heritage Conservation Areas marked with the symbol “•”, to which Clause 58 of Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan No 4 applies.
2 For Heritage Items and Heritage Conservation Areas marked with the symbol “○”, Clause 25 of this Plan and Clause 58 of Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan No 4 apply to different parts of them.
3 The symbol “*” denotes a Heritage Conservation Area.
Register No | Name | Address | Land Description | |
Lapstone | ||||
L 1 | Lapstone Monocline | Great Western Highway | ||
L 2 | • | Sedimentary Dykes Intruding Hawkesbury Sandstone | Lapstone Station, Main Western Railway | |
L 3 | • | Lapstone Monocline | Mitchell’s Pass | |
L 4 | Lapstone Monocline | Between Hawkesbury Lookout and Mt Riverview | ||
L 5 | Blue Mountains National Park | City of Blue Mountains | ||
Glenbrook | ||||
G 1 | Elizabeth’s Lookout | |||
G 2 | Marge’s Lookout | |||
G 3 | Red Hand Cave | Blue Mountains National Park | ||
G 4 | The Bluff | 67 Brook Road | RR 63647 | |
G 5 | The Spurline | 5 Explorers Road | Lot 355, DP 45723 | |
G 6 | Glenbrook Lagoon | 15 Lagoon Drive 17–19 Lagoon Drive | Lot 11, DP 249003 Lot 12, DP 249003 Lot 39, DP 29605 DP 29605, U | |
G 7 | • | Blaxland Wentworth Lawson Memorial | 41 Great Western Highway | RM 86305 |
G 8 | • | Whitton Park | 2 Hare Street | RR 78592 |
G 9 | • | Water tank foundations | 41 Great Western Highway | RM 86305 |
G 10 | • | Former Station Master’s house | 78 Great Western Highway | Lots A, B, & C, DP 366485 |
G 11 | • | Glenbrook Railway Station | Burfitt Parade | |
G 12 | • | Former St. Peter’s Church of England | 20 Ross Street | Lot 1, DP 224782 |
G 13 | • | “Green Gables” No 1 Gatekeeper’s Cottage | 2 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 581049 Lot 1, DP 43293 U Pt MS 12734 U Pt MS 3164 U Pt M 3475 |
G 14 | • | Railway Tunnel | Great Western Highway | |
G 15 | • | Glenbrook Primary School | 10 Park Street | Lot 371, DP 820543 |
G 16 | • | “Briarcliffe” (R.A.A.F. Base) | 29 Great Western Highway | Pt Lots 1 & 2, DP 310114 Lot 23, DP 762 Lots A, B, & C, DP 364363 Lots 99 & 281, DP 751622 |
G 17 | • | Glenbrook Railway Deviation | Main Western Railway | |
G 18 | ○ | Former railway line, abandoned rail tunnel | 15 Great Western Highway 2–4 Explorers Road | Lot 156, DP 30433, RR 62317 RR 26979 |
G 19 | • | Native plant reserve | 41 Great Western Highway | RM 86305 |
G 20 | • | Original Glenbrook Railway Station sign | 41 Great Western Highway | RM 86305 |
G 21 | • | Sandstone residence | 12 Hare Street | Lot 9, Section 7, DP 758448 |
G 22 | • | “Bonnydoon” | 33 Moore Street | Lot 1, DP 564152 |
G 23 | • | Knapsack Bridge | Great Western Highway | |
G 24 | Lapstone Zig Zag | Skarratt Park, 15 Great Western Highway | Lot 156, DP 30433 RR 62317 | |
G 25 | • | Knapsack Viaduct | Main Western Railway | |
G 26 | • | Whitton Memorial | 2 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 581049 Lot 1, DP 43293 U Pt MS 12734 U Pt MS 3164 U Pt M 3475 |
G 27 | Lennox Bridge | Michell’s Pass | ||
G 28 | Lapstone Cave | Michell’s Pass | R 83996 | |
G 29 | Lucasville Station | Zig Zag Street 15 Great Western Highway | Lot 156, DP 30433 RR 62317 | |
G 30 | • | Former Lapstone Hotel (R.A.A.F. Base) | 29 Great Western Highway | Pt Lots 1 & 2, DP 310114 Lot 23, DP 762 Lots A, B, & C, DP 364363 Lots 99 & 281, DP 751622 |
G 31 | • | Knapsack Marshalling Yard | 2 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 581049 Lot 1, DP 43293 U Pt MS 12734 U Pt MS 3164 U Pt M 3475 |
G 32 | • | “Ulinbawn” | 1 Newbridge Place (6 Nepean Gardens Place) | Lot 5, DP 222068 |
G 33 | • | “Briahill” | 41 Park Street | Lots 1 & 2, DP 6665 |
G 34 | • | “Mountside” | 6 Knapsack Street | Lot 3, DP 529256 |
Blaxland | ||||
BX 1 | • | Pilgrim Inn (site only) | 1–11 Layton Avenue | Lot 100, DP 802660 |
BX 2 | • | Blaxland Railway Station | Great Western Highway | |
BX 3 | Old Bathurst Road | Old Bathurst Road | ||
BX 4 | • | Mile post | Mitchell’s Pass | |
BX 5 | • | Railway Overpass | Wilson Way | |
BX 6 | • | Garden—“Twenty Two” | 22 Koala Road & 296 Railway Parade | Lots 1 & 2, DP 545115 |
BX 7 | • | Stone Residence | 108 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 1, DP 332882 |
BX 8 | • | Wascoe Siding | 15 Graham Street | Lot D, DP 29505 |
Warrimoo | ||||
WM 1 | ○ | Garden—“Gurawin” | 16 Railway Parade | Lot 2, DP 590836 |
WM 2 | • | Horse Trough | ||
Valley Heights | ||||
VH 1 | • | Valley Heights Railway Station | Great Western Highway | |
VH 2 | • | Wyoming House (site only) | 48–50 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 226185 |
VH 3 | • | Gatekeeper’s Cottage | 110 & 112 Green Parade | Lots 101 & 102, DP 631760 |
VH 4 | • | Locomotive Roundhouse | 26Y Tusculum Road | Lot 3, DP 746630 |
VH 5 | • | House | 4 Green Parade | Lot 2, DP 354408 |
VH 6 | ○ | “White Lodge” | 16 Green Parade | Lot 1, DP 338964 |
VH 7 | • | House | 3 The Valley Road | Pt Lot 3, Lot 4, DP 7737 |
VH 8 | House | 54 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 1, DP 575204 | |
VH 9 | ○ | “Coolhi” | 17 Green Parade | Lot 2, DP 338964 |
Springwood | ||||
SP 1 | Martin’s Lookout | |||
SP 2 | Martin’s Falls | |||
SP 3 | Magdala Falls | |||
SP 4 | Blue Pool | |||
SP 5 | Wiggins Track | |||
SP 6 | • | “Moorecourt” (site only) | 341–343 Great Western Highway 10–12 Charles Street 2–10 Sylvania Avenue | Lots 9 & 10, DP 28933 Lots 3 & 2, DP 28933 Lots 4–8, DP 28933 |
SP 7 | • | Bolands Inn (site only) | 8–9 Ferguson Road | Lot 5, DP 2838 |
SP 8 | • | Christ Church, Church of England | 345–347 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 18, DP 751635 Lot 1, DP 724139 Lots 1 & 11, DP 28933 Lot 1, DP 9200 Lot 1, DP 123552 |
SP 9 | • | Buttenshaw Park and Sandstone Gate Posts | 389–407 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot, MS 10194 |
SP10 | • | First School (site only) | 169–171 Macquarie Road 173 Macquarie Road 175 Macquarie Road 177 Macquarie Road | RM 78492 Pt Por 54, RM 88302 MS 13826 Lot 1, DP 443144 |
SP11 | • | Springwood Railway Station | Macquarie Road | |
SP12 | • | “Karkoola” | 353 Great Western Highway | Pt Lots 1 & 2, DP 9834 |
SP13 | • | St. Thomas Catholic Church | 73–77 Macquarie Road | Lot 1, DP 801908 |
SP16 | Buckland Convalescent Home and Garden | 39 Hawkesbury Road | Pt Lot 3, DP 241629 | |
SP17 | • | House | 14 Homedale Street | Lot 2, DP 509449 |
SP18 | • | Gatekeeper’s Cottage | 7 Macquarie Road | Lots 1 & 2, DP 399519 |
SP19 | • | Presbyterian Church | 158 Macquarie Road | Lot 10, DP 740446 |
SP20 | • | Cairn | Macquarie Road | |
SP21 | • | Bakehouse (site only) | 170 Macquarie Road | Lot 4, DP 701119 |
SP22 | • | “Braemar” | 102–104 Macquarie Road | DP 181124 |
SP23 | • | “Danebury” and grounds | 100 Macquarie Road | Lot 1, DP 516591 |
SP24 | • | Former Roxy Theatre | 288–290 Macquarie Road | Pt Lot A, DP 313622 |
SP25 | • | Fire Station | 282–286 Macquarie Road | DP 387639 |
SP26 | • | Former Police Station lock-up | 181–183 Macquarie Road | MS 13828 |
SP27 | • | Post Office | 179 Macquarie Road | Lot 1, DP 437176 |
SP28 | • | “Stanway” | 352 Macquarie Road | Lot 1, DP 7903 |
SP29 | • | Oriental Hotel | 110–112 Macquarie Road | Lot 1, DP 533829 |
SP30 | • | “Eringath” and grounds | 1–10 Railway Parade | Lots 1 & 2, DP 739780 |
SP31 | • | Buckland Park and Baxter Memorial Gates | 101–105 Macquarie Road | Lot 3, DP 226942 |
SP32 | Cottage | 99 Paterson Road | Lot 39, DP 751635 | |
SP35 | • | Springwood Cemetery | 40 Davesta Road | Lots 1, 5, 6 & 7, C 1317 Lots 2 & 3, MS 8654 Lots 4 & 7, MS 11423 |
SP36 | • | “The Spinnery” | 57 Hawkesbury Road | Lot A, DP 340152 |
SP37 | • | Railway water reservoir | 105X Macquarie Road | Lot 1, DP 449039 |
SP39 | • | Streetscape | Valley Road (between Bee Farm Road and Short Street) | |
SP40 | • | “Wancalee” | 253 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 60, DP 751635 |
SP41 | • | House | 239 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 1, DP 70952 |
SP42 | • | Stone Cottage | 14 Railway Parade | Lot 1, DP 781878 |
SP43 | • | “The Rectory” | 371 Great Western Highway | Lot 2, DP 502087 |
SP44 | • | “Greenhays” and grounds | 409–417 Great Western Highway | Lot 14, DP 615001 |
SP45 | • | Royal Hotel | 220 Macquarie Road | Lot 1, DP 719932 |
SP46 | • | Lomatia Park | 32–44 Bland Road | Pt Por 35, MS 933 |
Hawkesbury Heights | ||||
HH 1 | ○ | Hawkesbury Lookout Fault Zone | 847–1013 Hawkesbury Road | RR 5266 |
HH 2 | ○ | Hawkesbury Panorama Lookout | 847–1013 Hawkesbury Road | RR 5266 |
HH 3 | Stone residence | 696–752 Hawkesbury Road | Lot 2, DP 582976 | |
Winmalee | ||||
WL 1 | St. Columba’s College | 168 Hawkesbury Road | Pt Lot 4, DP 2544 Lots 8–28, DP 2544 | |
WL 2 | “Heatherbrae” and garden | 363 Hawkesbury Road 351 Hawkesbury Road | Pt Lot 52, DP 569253 Lot 51, DP 569253 | |
WL 3 | • | Group of Bunya Pine Trees | 2–12 White Cross Road 14–28 White Cross Road 30 White Cross Road 32–54 White Cross Road 56 White Cross Road | Pt Lot 221, DP 619188 Lot 222, DP 619188 Lot 212, DP 701184 Lot 209, DP 735111 Lot 210, DP 735111 |
WL 4 | “Hartfields” | 592–596 Hawkesbury Road | Lot 11, DP 749923 | |
Yellow Rock | ||||
YR 1 | Yellow Rock Trig Station | Yellow Rock Road | ||
Faulconbridge | ||||
FB 1 | Victory Track | 34–48 Sir Henrys Parade | Lot 1, DP 233349 | |
FB 2 | Norman Lindsay Gallery, Museum and grounds | 14 Norman Lindsay Crescent | Lot 1, DP 530317 | |
FB 3 | • | “Coomassie” | 19 Grose Road | Lot 2, 3 & 21, DP 235995 |
FB 4 | • | “Danville” | 492 Great Western Highway | Lot *, Sec A, DP 960192 |
FB 5 | • | Faulconbridge Railway Station | Great Western Highway | |
FB 6 | • | The Waterhole | Great Western Highway | |
FB 7 | • | “Everton” and garden | 507 Great Western Highway | Lot 5, DP 260042 |
FB 8 | • | “Phoenix Lodge” and “Knock-y-Theina” | 32 Grose Road | Lot 2, DP 547970 |
FB 9 | • | Corridor of Oaks/Jackson Park | 8 Sir Henrys Parade | Lots 1, 2 & 3, Sec 3, DP 8968 |
FB10 | “Eurama” | 34–48 Sir Henrys Parade | Pt Por 16, Lots 13, 14, 21 & 22, DP 751654 Lots 1 & 2, DP 981867 Lot 3, DP 902120 | |
FB11 | “Weemala” | 704 & 704A Great Western Highway | Lots 1–4, DP 308301 | |
FB12 | • | Sir Henry Parkes’ Grave | Sir Henrys Parade | |
FB13 | • | House | 1 Sir Henrys Parade | Lot 2, DP 504062 |
FB14 | ○ | Faulconbridge House and gardens | 2 Sir Henrys Parade | Pt Lot 14, Sec 2, DP 8968 Lot 1, Sec 2, DP 504062 |
FB15 | • | “The Pines” | 6 Railway Avenue | Lot 85, DP 8210 |
FB16 | • | House | 25 Sir Henrys Parade | Lot 18, Sec 4A, DP 959125 Lot 2, DP 787468 |
FB17 | The Oast House | 18 Clarinda Avenue | Lot 10, Sec 4A, DP 11523 | |
FB18 | • | House | 496 Great Western Highway | Lot 2, DP 521457 |
Linden | ||||
LD 1 | Kings Cave | Burke Road | ||
LD 2 | Grave of John Donohoe | Burke Road | ||
LD 3 | • | Toll Bar House (site only) | Burke Road | |
LD 4 | • | Toll Bar Inn (site only) | Burke Road | |
LD 5 | Caley’s Repulse | Tollgate Drive | ||
LD 6 | Lake Woodford | Glossop Road | MS 6334 | |
LD 7 | • | Linden Railway Station | Great Western Highway | |
LD 8 | Remnants of Cox’s Road | Tollgate Drive | ||
LD 9 | “Linden Lodge” | 783–789 Great Western Highway | Lots 1–5, DP 9715 Lot 1, DP 727377 | |
LD10 | Bull’s Camp | 1–6 Great Western Highway, Woodford | RR 88820 | |
LD11 | “Banool” | 1 Numantia Road | Lot 1, DP 799294 | |
LD12 | Lady Martin’s Bath | 765–771 Great Western Highway | Lots 6–9, DP 727379 | |
LD13 | Rockcorry Cottages | 30 Old Bathurst Road, Woodford 32–34 Old Bathurst Road, Woodford | Lot 3, DP 342000 Pt Lots 1 & 2, DP 447 | |
LD14 | • | Railway Overpass | Tollgate Drive | |
LD15 | Concrete Dam Wall | 22 Glossop Road | Lot 1, DP 26398 | |
LD16 | “Kingscliffe” and grounds | 41 Glossop Road | Lot B, DP 381754 | |
LD17 | • | Capt Bull’s Chair | ||
LD18 | Linden Observatory | 105–111 Glossop Road | Part of Lot 1, DP 575127 | |
LD19 | Remnants of Cox’s Road | Old Bathurst Road | ||
LD20 | • | Parapet Wall | Martin Place | |
LD21 | • | Road/Rail—Cuttings/Overpasses | Tollgate Drive and Great Western Highway | |
LD24 | Store Cave | 867–868 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 5, Sec 14, DP 1024 | |
Woodford | ||||
WD 1 | • | “Woodford Academy” and grounds | 90–92 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 1, DP 503405 Pt Lot 2, DP 526971 Lots 1 & 2, DP 506138 Lots 10–13, DP 12872 DP 344568, MS 14723 |
WD 2 | • | Woodford Railway Station | Railway Parade | |
WD 3 | ○ | “Tyn-y-Coed” (site only) | 107 Great Western Highway 8–16 Woodbury Street | Lot 7, DP 620467 Lots 2 & 3, DP 229517 Lots 1–3, DP 27616 |
WD 4 | • | 20 mile Hollow Lock-up (site only) | Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 1, DP 503405 Pt Lot 2, DP 526971 Lots 1 & 2, DP 506138 |
WD 5 | • | St. Paul’s Church of England | 78A Great Western Highway | Lot A, DP 956050 |
WD 6 | • | Uniting Church | 68A & 68B Great Western Highway | DP 927883 Lot 2, DP 597929 |
WD 7 | “Weroona” and grounds | 19A Woodford Avenue | DP 350413 | |
WD 8 | • | Railway Overbridge | Park Road | |
WD 9 | • | Remnants of Cox’s Road | 42A & 42B Railway Parade | RM 55 (Part) Lot 4, DP 108090 |
WD10 | • | Memorial Park | 75A Great Western Highway | RR53511 |
WD11 | • | House | 69 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 597929 |
WD12 | • | Abandoned Railway Cutting | 42A & 42B Great Western Highway | RM 55 (Part) Lot 4, DP 108090 |
WD13 | • | “Birralee” | 11 The Appian Way | Lot 42, DP 568721 |
WD14 | Garden—“Stoney Hill” | 127 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 3, DP 402152 | |
WD15 | Gypsy Pool and Wilson Glen | 26–31 Railway Parade | Lots 1, 2, 3, 9, Sec 4, DP 590 Lots A, B, C, D, E, F, G, DP 329895 | |
32 Railway Parade | Pt Lot 4, DP 467 | |||
33–35 Railway Parade | Pt Lots 11–13, DP 606633 | |||
36–50 Railway Parade | Pt Lots 20 & 28, DP 751652 | |||
Hazelbrook | ||||
H 1 | Rainbow Lodge and grounds | 124 Great Western Highway 125 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot B, DP 367829 Pt Lot 6, Sec 2, DP 617 Pt Lot B, DP 335725 Pt Lot 2, DP 29165 | |
H 2 | ○ | R. T. Hall Sanitorium | 62 Hall Parade | Lots 94 & 109, DP 32238 |
H 4 | • | “The Willows” | 27 Addington Road | Lot C, DP 300360 |
H 5 | • | War Memorial | 183–186 Great Western Highway | Pt Lots 1 & 2, Sec 4, DP 7454 Pt Lot 1, Sec 4, DP 660 |
H 6 | • | Streetscape | Winbourne Road (between Falcon and Short Streets) | |
H 7 | • | Hazelbrook Railway Station | Railway Parade | |
H 8 | • * | Precinct of Predominantly Edwardian Cottages | Railway Parade | |
H 9 | • | “Selwood House” and grounds | 41 Railway Parade | Lots 1 & 2, DP 778759 |
H10 | • * | Precinct of Weatherboard and Iron houses | Addington Road | |
H11 | Public Baths | 32–38 Baths Road | RR 50344, RR 54196 | |
H12 | Terrace Falls | off Terrace Falls Road | ||
H13 | ○ | Horseshoe Falls | 85–199 Oaklands Road | RR 70118 |
Lawson | ||||
LN 1 | • | Old General Store | 1 Badgerys Crescent | Lot B, DP 388162 |
LN 2 | • | Cottage | 1 Badgerys Crescent | Lot B, DP 388162 |
LN 3 | Federal Falls | |||
LN 4 | Adelina Falls | |||
LN 5 | Junction Falls | |||
LN 6 | Cataract Falls | |||
LN 7 | • | Gatekeeper’s Cottage | 4–10 Frederica Street | Lot 1, DP 726053, DP 349563 |
LN 8 | • | Blue Mountains Inn (site only) | 2–12 Wilson Street | Lots 15–31, Sec 1, DP 11078 RD D985714 MS 4061 |
LN 9 | • | Sydney Rock | Great Western Highway | |
LN10 | • | Lawson Railway Station | Great Western Highway | |
LN11 | • | “Dalmeny” and grounds | 252–256 Great Western Highway | Lots 1– Pt 9, Sec C, DP 1417 Lots 1–18, Sec D, DP 1417 Pt U / RD R17762 |
LN12 | • | Cottage | 9 Honour Avenue | Pt Lot 2, Lot 3 & Pt Lot 4, DP 1317 |
LN13 | • | Emmanuel Church of England Hall | 13 Honour Avenue | Pt Lot 3, Sec 2, DP 758605 |
LN14 | • | Memorial Gardens, Sandstone walls and memorial arch | Honour Avenue | |
LN15 | • | Masonic Lodge | 16–18 Honour Avenue | Lots 7 & 8, Sec 1, DP 978802 |
LN16 | • | Horse Trough | Honour Avenue | |
LN17 | “Kihilla” and grounds | 236–238 Queens Road | Lot 3, DP 539227 | |
LN18 | • | Stratford Girls’ School | 4–8 San Jose Avenue | Lot 1, Sec A, DP 1383 |
LN19 | ○ | Railway dam (site only) | 2–16 Bernards Drive | RR 63461 |
LN20 | • | Stone Cottage | 254 Great Western Highway | Lots 1– Pt 9, Sec C, DP 1417 Lots 1–18, Sec D, DP 1417 Pt U / RD R17762 |
LN21 | • | House | 2 Waratah Street | Lot 1, DP 26492 |
LN22 | • | House | 29–41 Honour Avenue | Lot A, DP 344761 |
LN23 | • | “Wallawa” | 25 Honour Avenue | Lots 3 & 4, DP 2898 |
LN24 | Grotto and Brick Fence | 338 Great Western Highway | Lot 2, DP 557556 Lot 1, DP 228888 | |
LN25 | • * | Precinct of cottages | 2–10 Henry Street | Lots 6–10, Sec 3, DP 2700 |
LN26 | • | former Railway Reservoir | 2 & 6 Loftus Street | Lot 232, DP 704597 Pt U MS 3556 RR 100099 |
LN27 | • | Former Blue Mountains Shire Office | 1, 5–7 Loftus Street | Lots 1–3, Sec 3, DP 758605 |
LN28 | • | “Dorinda” | 8 Badgerys Crescent | Lot A, DP 360155 |
LN29 | • | House | 3 Badgerys Crescent | Lot 3, DP 726048 Lot 1, DP 935529 |
LN30 | • * | Precinct of cottages | San Jose Avenue and Badgerys Crescent | |
LN31 | • | Former Blue Mountains Shire Electricity Sub Station | Loftus Street | Lots 1–3, Sec 3, DP 758605 |
LN32 | • * | North Lawson Park | 33 San Jose Avenue | RR 52555 |
LN34 | • | Old Pit | 21 Gregg Street | Lot 1, DP 543593 |
Bullaburra | ||||
BL 1 | Walkers Glen | Sussex Street | ||
BL 2 | • | Bullaburra Railway Station | Great Western Highway | |
BL 3 | • | Community Centre | 375 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 85, DP 7290 |
BL 4 | • | House | 5–7 Kalinda Road | Lot B, DP 326727 |
BL 5 | • | House | 9 Kalinda Road | Lot A, DP 326727 |
Wentworth Falls | ||||
WF 1 | • | School of Arts | 217–219 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 11, DP 751646 |
WF 2 | • | St. Francis Xaviers Roman Catholic Church | 3–5 Day Street | Lot 9, Sec 3, DP 759075 |
WF 3 | • | Holy Trinity Church of England | 69 Falls Road | Lot 36, DP 979182 |
WF 4 | • | “Tarella” | 101 Blaxland Road | Lots 1 & 2, DP 525725 |
WF 5 | • | Hobbys Reach | 101 Blaxland Road | Lots 1 & 2, DP 525725 |
WF 6 | McMahon’s Lookout | Blue Mountains National Park | ||
WF 7 | • | Group of Shops | 1–6, 7, 8, 9–11 Station Street | Lots A, B, & C, DP 413449 Pt Lot 283, DP 751646 |
WF 8 | Valley of the Waters | |||
WF10 | Kings Table | 182–184, 204A Tableland Road | Lots 21 & 22, DP 624458 | |
WF11 | • | Presbyterian Church | 60–62 Falls Road | Lot 1, DP 924650 Lot 1, DP 300212 |
WF12 | • | “Strathmore” | 74 Falls Road | Lot 6, DP 20496 |
WF13 | • | “St. Cyrus” | 142 Falls Road | DP 970592 |
WF14 | • | Horse Trough | Falls Road | |
WF15 | • | “Carramar” | 80 & 82 Fletcher Street | Lots 1, 2 & 12, Sec 27, DP 759075 |
WF16 | • | Coach House | 80 & 82 Fletcher Street | Lots 1, 2 & 12, Sec 27, DP 759075 |
WF17 | ○ | Bodington Hill | Great Western Highway | |
WF18 | • | Grand View Hotel | 174 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 1, DP 751646 |
WF19 | • | Weatherboard Inn (site only) | 1–15 Matcham Avenue | Pt Lot 5, DP 38658 |
WF20 | “Rhondda Valley” grounds and Railway sign | 106–120 Railway Parade | Lot 516, DP 751646 Lots 68–72, DP 7988 | |
WF21 | Wentworth Falls Lake | 41–51 Sinclair Crescent | RR 84734, U | |
WF22 | • | Wentworth Falls Railway Station | Station Street | |
WF23 | • | Coronation Park | 13A Station Street | R on Railway Land |
WF24 | “Cherrywood” | 130–134 Tableland Road | Lot 91, DP 565055 | |
WF25 | Queen Victoria Sanitorium | 214–228 Tableland Road | Lot 13, DP 751648 | |
WF26 | • | “Mulwaree” | 59 Wentworth Street | Lot 1, Sec 26, DP 938993 |
WF27 | “Yester Grange” | 34 Yester Road | Lot 1, DP 716356 Lot 9, DP 751646 | |
WF29 | • | “Coorah” | 221–271 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot A, DP 361284 |
WF30 | Land at Jamison Creek | 178–186 Falls Road | Lot 1, DP 911040 | |
16–20 Wentworth Street | Lot 11, DP 598531 | |||
2–4 Wentworth Street | Lot 122, DP 773754 | |||
35 Yester Road | Lot 83, DP 746474 | |||
37 Yester Road | Lot 7, DP 751646 | |||
2 Fletcher Street | Lot 13, DP 751646 | |||
3 Wentworth Street | RR 88811, U | |||
WF31 | “Sunny Brae” | 360 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 1, Sec 29, DP 759075 | |
WF32 | • * | Station Street Precinct | Station Street | |
WF33 | • * | Bourne Street Precinct | Bourne Street | |
WF34 | • | House and Grounds | 38 Blaxland Road | Lots 54–56, DP 4722 |
WF35 | • | Streetscape | Blaxland Road, between Pauline Ave and Toulon Ave | |
WF36 | • | Stone Culvert | off Sinclair Crescent | |
WF37 | • | House | 264–270 Great Western Highway | Lot 39 & Pt Lot 40, DP 8274 |
WF38 | “Whispering Pines” and grounds | 178–186 Falls Road | Lot 1, DP 724112 | |
WF39 | House and grounds | 168 Falls Road | Lot 1, Sec A, DP 3497 | |
WF40 | “Grindelwald” | 165 Falls Road | Lot 13, DP 719931 | |
WF41 | • | “Davisville” | 63 Falls Road | Lot 3, DP 702964 |
WF42 | • | “Darwin’s” Oak | off Adele Avenue | Pt Lot 5, DP 38658 |
WF43 | “Green Gables” and garden | 28 Railway Parade | Pt Lot C, DP 376849 | |
WF44 | • * | Residential Precinct | Great Western Highway | |
WF45 | Wentworth Falls Lookout | |||
WF47 | Bodington Hospital | 8 Bodington Drive | Lot 2, DP 793331 | |
WF48 | Mature Pine Streetscape | 106–130 Tableland Road | ||
WF49 | • | House | 1–3 & 5 Allen Crescent | Lots 1–3, Sec C, DP 8845 |
WF50 | • | Water Reservoir | 201–219 Railway Parade, Bullaburra | Lot 1, DP 719244 |
WF51 | • | “Pini Dell” | 29 Westbourne Avenue | Lots 11 & 12, DP 6495 |
WF52 | • | House and garden | 178 Blaxland Road | Lot 41, DP 1184 |
WF53 | • | House | 1 Blaxland Road | Lot Pt 298, DP 751646 |
WF54 | • | “Gairlock” | 3 & 5 Bourne Street | Lots 11 & 12, DP 802285 |
WF55 | • | House | 9 Bourne Street | Lot B, DP 391501 |
WF56 | • | “Gwandalan” (site only) | 61 Falls Road | Lot 2, DP 702266 |
WF57 | • | Cottage and fence | 2–6 Wood St | Lot 1A, DP 409262 Lots 2 & 3, DP 6495 |
WF58 | • | House and Garden | 140 Falls Road | Pt Lot 4, DP 6099 Lots 5 & 6, DP 6099 Lot 1, DP 114932 |
WF59 | • | “Glen Isla” | 6–8 The Avenue | Pt Lot 3, Sec 24, DP 759075 |
WF60 | • | “Myoori” and garden | 15–19 Wentworth Street | Lot 19, DP 25220 |
WF61 | • | Stone Residence | 202 Great Western Highway | Lot 2, DP 614778 |
WF62 | • | House | 95 & 97 Sinclair Crescent | Lots 1 & 2, DP 510553 |
WF63 | House and Garden | 4–6 West Street | Lot 3, DP 244262 Lot 2, DP 803930 | |
WF64 | Fence and trees | 169–171 Falls Road | ||
WF65 | Wentworth Falls Reserve Blue Mountains National Park | Sir Henry Burrell Scenic Drive | ||
WF67 | • | House | 155 Falls Road | Lot 2, DP 507952 |
WF68 | • | “Boronia” and garden | 54 Wentworth Street | Lots B & C, DP 105775 |
WF69 | • | House | 21 Langford Road | Lots 2 & 3, DP 5993 |
WF70 | ○ | 2 Shelters | 8–30 Falls Road 206 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 343878 RR 88870 Pt |
WF71 | • | House | 47 Pritchard Street | Lot 62, DP 578599 |
WF73 | • * | Cottages | 20–28 Westbourne Avenue | Lot B, DP 350418 |
WF74 | • | “La Vista” and garden | 65 Blaxland Road | Lots 163 & 164, DP 751646 |
WF75 | • | “Northbrook” | 22 Armstrong Street | Lot B, DP 371736 |
WF76 | • | “Lakins” | 15 Armstrong Street | Lot 1, DP 311148 |
WF77 | • | “Edenderra” and garden | 48 Armstrong Street | Lot 1, DP 114417 |
WF78 | • | Store | 1 Falls Road | Lot A & Pt B, DP 309673 |
WF79 | • | “The Pines” | 116 Falls Road | Lot 41, DP 585310 |
WF80 | • | “Etheldale” | 64 Falls Road | Lot 1, DP 311421 |
WF81 | • | Charles Medcalf Cottages | 19–25 Armstrong Street | Lots 1 & 2, DP 346750 Lots B & C, DP 10597 |
WF82 | • | “Verna” | 230–232 Great Western Highway | Lot 6, DP 4754 Lot 3, DP 78456 |
WF84 | • | “Mount Allen” | 121 Falls Road 10–12 Langford | Lots 3 & 8, Sec 18, DP 759075 |
WF85 | • | “Brasford” | Lot A Mulheran Avenue | Lot A, DP 432726 |
WF86 | ○ | “Jamieson” | 8 Fletcher Street | Lots 1–10, Sec 22, DP 759075 |
WF87 | • | House | 16 Armstrong Street | Lot 6, Sec 4, DP 759075 |
WF88 | • | Cottages—“Kelton”, “Tudor Cottage”, and “Navau” | 128 Falls Road, 126 Falls Road, and 42 Mulheran Avenue | Lots 1–3, DP 323293 |
WF89 | Old Road to Picton | Blue Mountains National Park | ||
WF90 | ○ | Jamison Creek | ||
WF92 | Track—Water Nymphs Dell | off Dell Road | ||
WF93 | ○ | Darwin’s Walk | ||
WF94 | Track—Roberts Pass | |||
WF95 | Vera Falls Track | |||
WF96 | Track—The Wentworth Pass | |||
WF97 | • | War Memorial | 13A Station Street | R on Railway Land |
WF98 | • | House | 188 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 403657 |
WF99 | • | Garage | 204 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 536243 |
WF100 | • | House | 75–79 Falls Road 10A Armstrong Street | Lots 2, 7, 8, 9 & 10, Sec 4, DP 759075 Lot 1, DP 820331 |
WF101 | • | House | 98 Falls Road | Lot 3, Sec 10, DP 759075 |
WF102 | • | “Mercedes” and garden | 102 Falls Road | Lots 4 & 5, Sec 10, DP 759075 |
WF103 | • | Timber kerbing and guttering | ||
WF104 | • | Railway Corridor | ||
WF105 | • | Myoori Park | 34A Wilson Street | Lot 12, DP 23542 |
Leura | ||||
LA 1 | Sublime Point and Southern Escarpment | |||
LA 2 | Lyrebird Dell | |||
LA 3 | Leura Cascades, Leura Falls, Bridal Veil Falls | |||
LA 4 | • | “Leura House” | 7 Britain Street | Lots 4, 5, & Pt 6, Sec 2, DP 4300 |
LA 5 | “The Everglades” | 37–49 Everglades Ave | Lots 9–11, DP 3764 Lot B, DP 389723 | |
LA 6 | “The Nest” | 1–17 Kitchener Parade | Lot 1, DP 540153 | |
LA 7 | Gladstone Colliery | |||
LA 8 | • | House | 198–204 Leura Mall | Lot 1, DP 201282 |
LA 9 | • | House | 88 Railway Parade | Lot 5, Sec 6, DP 1175 |
LA10 | • | Shop and Residence | 131 Leura Mall | Lot A, DP 5590 |
LA11 | • | “Bou Saada” | 250 Leura Mall | Lot 74, DP 787400 |
LA12 | • | “The Ritz” | 203–223 Leura Mall | Lots 3, 4, Pt 5 & 6, DP 1175 Sec 10, DP 916747 |
LA13 | • | Former Butcher Shop | 192–194 Leura Mall | Lots 3–5, Sec 11, DP 7400 |
LA14 | • | “Megalong Manor” | 151 Megalong Street | DP 923271 |
LA15 | • | “Leuralla” | 43–69 Balmoral Road | Lots 1–4, 6 & 7, Sec 6, DP 3469 Lots 1 & 2, DP 306728 |
LA16 | • | Leura Railway Station | Railway Parade | |
LA17 | “Waters Meet” | 83–91 Spencer Road | Lot 1, DP 182020 Lot A, DP 326569 | |
LA18 | • * | Central Leura—Urban Conservation Area | ||
LA19 | • | Garden—“Eloura” | 18 Sublime Point Road | Pt Lots 17 & 18, Lot 19, Sec 2, DP 4305 |
LA20 | • | Retaining Wall | Cnr Wascoe Street and Railway Parade | |
LA21 | ○ | Garden—“Holmwood” | 1–5 Gordon Road | Pt Lots 1 & 3, Lot 2, Sec 8, DP 3469 |
LA22 | ○ | Garden—“Benison” | 9 Olympian Parade | Pt Lot 4, DP 3469 Lot A, DP 404391 |
LA23 | ○ | Garden—“Edge View” | 11 Olympian Parade | Lot B, DP 404391 |
LA24 | • | “Kanowna” | 26 Wascoe Street | Lot B, DP 367109 |
LA25 | “The Braes” | 62–68 Grose Street | Lots 13–18, DP 4303 Lots 18, 19 & 34, DP 5936 | |
LA26 | • | “Chateau Napier” (site only) | 31 Great Western Highway | Lots 1–4, Sec 1, DP 4300 Lot B, DP 354178 DP 935808 |
LA27 | “Bon Accueil” and garden | 4 Churchill Street | Lot B, DP 342336 | |
LA28 | • | Early shops (site only) | 89 Great Western Highway | Lot C, DP 329843 |
LA29 | • * | Streetscape and houses | 92–96 Railway Parade 97 Railway Parade 98 Railway Parade 99–101 Railway Parade 102–103 Railway Parade 104–105 Railway Parade 106 Railway Parade 107–109 Railway Parade 2 Grose Street 3 Hartley Esplanade | Lots 1–4, Sec 5, DP 1175 Lot 5, Sec 5, DP 1175 Lot 6, Sec 5, DP 175 Lot A, DP 365790 Pt Lot 1, 2, Sec 4, DP 1175 Lots A & B, DP 393076 Lot C, DP 346523 Lot A, DP 339798 DP 963399 Lot B, DP 365790 |
LA30 | • | Railway Corridor | ||
LA31 | • | Water Tower | 6 Cousins Lane | Lot A, DP 187972 |
LA32 | • | Former Leura Golf Club House | 19–21 Fitzroy Street | Lot 1, DP 718861 |
LA33 | ○ * | Residential Precinct | Fitzroy Street, Gladstone Road, Denison Street | |
LA34 | • | Uniting Church | 23A Grose Street | DP 928678 |
LA35 | • | 4 Houses | 1, 3, 5 and 7 Grose Street | Lots 2–5, Sec 6, DP 33831 |
LA36 | Track—Weeping Rock Area | |||
LA37 | Track—Leura Cascades—Amphitheatre—Fern Bower Prince Henry Cliff Walk | |||
LA38 | Track—Round Walk: Leura Cascades—Prince Henry Cliff Walk, Leura Cascades | |||
LA39 | Track—The Gladstone Pass | |||
LA40 | Track—The Lindeman Pass | |||
LA41 | Sorensen’s Nursery Site | 8–10 Herbert Street | Lots 12–19, 22–25 & 39–48, DP 7047, Lot 8, DP 30397 | |
Katoomba | ||||
K 1 | “Khandala” | 19 Birdwood Avenue | Lots 2–4, DP 347416 | |
K 2 | ○ | Echo Park | 44–46 Echo Point Road | RR 158, MS 5364 |
K 3 | • | Scenic Railway and Environs | 102U Cliff Drive 102V Cliff Drive 7 Violet Street | Pt Lots 60 & 99, DP 751657 Lots 1 & 3, DP 525722 Lot 1, DP 321199 Lot 2, DP 525722 |
K 4 | The Landslide | |||
K 5 | Six Foot Track | |||
K 6 | O’Sullivan’s Folly | |||
K 7 | ○ * | Jamison Valley | ||
K 8 | Narrow Neck Peninsula and Western Escarpment | |||
K 9 | Three Sisters | |||
K10 | Giant Staircase | |||
K11 | Pitts Amphitheatre | |||
K12 | • | Katoomba Cascades | ||
K13 | Katoomba Falls | |||
K14 | Prince Henry Cliff Walk | |||
K15 | Orphan Rock | |||
K16 | Scenic Skyway | |||
K17 | Queen Elizabeth Lookout | |||
K18 | ○ | Lilianfels Park | 23–31 Echo Point Road | RR 55772 |
K19 | Mount Solitary and The Ruined Castle | Blue Mountains National Park | ||
K20 | Minna-Ha-Ha Falls | |||
K21 | The Pinnacles | |||
K22 | • | Renaissance Centre | 10–14 Civic Place | Lots 1–5, DP 34618 Lot 30, DP 525 Lots 1 & 2, DP 12057 Lots 4–7, DP 708667 |
K23 | • | Balmoral House | 194 Bathurst Road | Lots 6 & 16, Sec 8, DP 707 |
196 Bathurst Road | Lot 1, DP 900554 | |||
K24 | • | First School (site only) | 296 Great Western Highway | DP 957202 |
K25 | • | Court House | 5–11 Civic Place | Pt Lot 8 & Pt Lot 525, DP 751627 |
K26 | • | The Crushers | 246–250 Great Western Highway | Pt/RM 17428 |
K27 | • | Gearin’s Hotel | 1 & 1A Goldsmith Place | Lot 2, DP 705910 Lot 1, DP 125296 |
K28 | • | Stone Terraces (site only) | 194 Bathurst Road | Lots 6 & 16, Sec 8, DP 707 |
K29 | • | “Oxford” and “Cambridge” (site only) | 225 & 225A Great Western Highway | Lots 2 & 3, DP 708667 |
K30 | • | Masonic Temple | 8 Civic Place | DP 930204 |
K31 | Explorers Tree and Environs | 386 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 10148 | |
K32 | • | Carrington Hotel | 15–47 Katoomba Street | Lots 10–15, Sec 2 DP 692 Lots 5 & 6, DP 3832 Lot 1, DP 940101 Lot B, DP 310663 Lot 2, DP 925024 DP 980215 DP 346833 |
K34 | • | Paragon Cafe | 63–67 Katoomba Street 69 Katoomba Street | Lot 1, DP 116091 Lot C, DP 171211 DP 934577, DP 943223 |
K35 | • | Katoomba Post Office | 59–61 Katoomba Street | DP 930546 |
K36 | • | St. Hilda’s Church of England | 66A Katoomba Street | Pt Lot 1 & Lot 2, DP 501006 |
K37 | • | “Shepton” | 277 Katoomba Street | Lot 2, DP 334620 |
K38 | • | “Lilianfels” and grounds | 14 Panorama Drive | Lot 33, DP 10924 |
K39 | Stone arrangements | off Great Western Highway | ||
K40 | • | Stone Cottage (site only) | 33–35 Parke Street | Pt Lot 16, Sec 3, DP 692 |
K41 | • | Former “Echo” newspaper office | 23–25 Parke Street | Pt Lot 1, DP 938063 |
K42 | • | Falls House (site only) | 89 Peckmans Road | Lot 1, DP 972319 DP 923553 |
K43 | • | 1 House | 91–93 Waratah Street | Lot 1, DP 933997 Lot A, DP 360902 |
K44 | • | Katoomba Railway Station | ||
K45 | Katoomba Coal Mine | |||
K46 | Golden Staircase | Glenraphael Drive | ||
K47 | • | Showground and Stand | 183–187 Great Western Highway | Pt Por 453, RR 81547 |
K48 | • | Slaughter Yards (site only) | 32 Woodlands Road | Lot 136, DP 751627 |
K49 | • | Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital | 173–181 Great Western Highway | Lot A, DP 397571 Lots A & B, DP 317552 Pt Lots 108 & 129, DP 751627 |
K50 | • | Gas Works | 23, 29 & 35 Megalong Street | Lots 3 & 4, DP 739554 Lot 2, DP 533668 |
K51 | • | The California | 2–10 Apex Street | Lots 6–9 & Pt Lot 10, DP 4824 |
K52 | • | Sans Souci Nursing Home | 2–10 Gang Gang Street | Lots 1–5, DP 4824 |
K53 | • * | Lurline Street Precinct | Lurline Street | |
K54 | • | Kingsford Smith Park | 17 Gang Gang Street | RR 65643 |
K55 | • | Fork ’n’ View | 90 Cliff Drive | Pt Lot 97, DP 751657 |
K56 | Site of “Pyala Museum” | 33–37 Echo Point Road | Lot 1, DP 300226 Lot 214, DP 751657 | |
K57 | • | St. Elmo Lodge | 224 Katoomba Street | Lots 2 & 3, DP 2061 |
K58 | • | Palais Royale | 228 Katoomba Street | Lots 1 & 2, DP 2226 Lot 4, DP 2061 |
K59 | • | Katoomba Falls Kiosk | Cliff Drive | |
K60 | “Megalong Lodge” and garden | 40 Acacia Street | Lot 1, DP 402343 | |
K61 | • | “Gracehill Lodge” and Garden | 108–120 Narrow Neck Road | Lots 1, 2 & 9, Sec C, DP 1711 |
K62 | Cahill’s Lookout | Cliff Drive | ||
K63 | • | “Hillcrest” and garden | 304 Great Western Highway | Lots 15 & 16, 24–28, Sec 2, DP 1648 Lots 8–11, DP 772152 |
K64 | • | Former Power House | 12–26 Powerhouse Lane | Lots 8–12, DP 711773 |
K65 | • | Transport Corridor | Between Parke Street & Sutcliffe Place | |
K66 | • | “Ozanan Cottage” | 4 Hope Street | Lots 25 & 26, DP 3765 |
K67 | • | Uniting Church | 142 Katoomba Street | Pt Lot 17, Sec 1, DP 692 |
K68 | • | “Olympus” | 12 Cliff Drive | Lot A, DP 946674 |
K69 | • | St. Canice’s Roman Catholic Church | 156 Katoomba Street | Lot 20 & Pt Lot 21, Sec 1, DP 692 |
K70 | • | Group of Shops | 49–57 Katoomba Street | Lots A, B, C, D & E, DP 311981 |
K71 | • | Former Bank | 66 Katoomba Street | Lot A, DP 406430 |
K72 | • | Former Theatre | 73–75 Katoomba Street | Lots A & B, DP 393390 |
K73 | • | Shops | 110–112 Katoomba Street | Lots 131 & 132, DP 775395 |
118 Katoomba Street | Lot 2, DP 303950 | |||
K76 | Track—Scenic Railway or Golden Staircase to Mount Solitary | |||
K77 | Federal Pass Walk | |||
K78 | Track—Fern Bower—Linda Falls | |||
K79 | Track—Nellies Glen to Bonnie Doon Falls | |||
K80 | Track—Diamond Falls | |||
K81 | • | Presbyterian Church | 53 Lurline Street | Pt Lot 27, Sec 1, DP 692 |
K82 | Shepherd and His Flock Inn (site only) | off Great Western Highway | ||
K83 | • | “Varuna”—House, Studio and Garden | 139–141 Cascade Street (4–6 Sherman Avenue) | Lots 1 & 2, DP 2212 Lots 16 & 17, DP 20835 |
Medlow Bath | ||||
MB 1 | Point Pilcher | Blue Mountains National Park | ||
MB 2 | ○ | Hydro Majestic | 52–88 Great Western Highway | Lots 8–22, DP 2450 Pt Lot 1, DP 946223 Lot 20, DP 25570 Lot 2, DP 334630 |
MB 3 | • | Medlow Bath Railway Station | Great Western Highway | |
MB 4 | • | The Chalet | 46–50 Portland Avenue | Lot B, DP 349090 |
MB 5 | Lake Medlow | Surrounded by Portions 250, 252, 253 | ||
MB 6 | • | No 11 Gatekeeper’s Cottage | 33 Station Street | Lots 1 & 2, DP 781187 |
MB 8 | • | Former Store | 1 Railway Parade | Lot B, DP 377708 |
MB 9 | • | House | 2–4 Park Street | Lot 456, DP 751627 |
MB10 | • | St. Luke’s Church | 40A Railway Parade | DP 931571 |
MB11 | • | “Medlow House” | 4 Somerset Street | Lot 4, DP 24548 |
MB12 | • | “Log Cabin” and garden | 45 Portland Road | Lots 31–33, DP 8895 |
MB13 | • | Horse Trough | Cnr Somerset Street and Railway Parade | |
MB14 | • | Wards Farm (site only) | 23–29 Rutland Road | Lots 1 & 2, Sec 9, DP 2590 |
MB15 | • | Mature Pine Streetscape | Great Western Highway and Railway between Bellevue Crescent and Medlow Railway Bridge | |
MB16 | • | House | 16 Great Western Highway | Lot A, DP 327222 |
MB17 | • | “Urunga” | 3–5 Railway Parade | Lot 459, DP 751627 |
MB18 | • | House | 6–8 Park Street | Lot 457, DP 751627 |
MB19 | • * | 4 Houses | 2–4 Station Street | Lots A & B, DP 323853 Lots 20–24, DP 2873 |
6–14 Station Street | Lots 15–19 & Lots 25–27, DP 2873 | |||
38 Great Western Highway | Lot A, DP 363507 | |||
40 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 339434 Lot B, DP 363507 | |||
MB20 | Track to Three Brothers | |||
MB21 | Glen Rosa Track | |||
MB22 | Track—Hydro—Sunbath—Hydro | |||
MB23 | Track—Wonderland Track and Mark’s Tomb | |||
MB24 | Valley Farm Track and Colloseum | |||
MB25 | Medlow Bath Climbers’ Passes | |||
Blackheath | ||||
BH 1 | Rhododendron Garden | 1–59 Ridgewell Road (Bacchante Street) | Lot 552, DP 751627 | |
BH 2 | Perry’s Lookdown | |||
BH 3 | Pulpit Rock Lookout | |||
BH 4 | Griffith Taylor Walls | |||
BH 5 | Baltzer Lookout | |||
BH 6 | Anvil Rock | |||
BH 7 | Blackheath Walls | |||
BH 8 | Mount Banks Walls | |||
BH 9 | Windswept Cave | |||
BH10 | Blue Gum Forest | |||
BH11 | Evans Lookout | |||
BH12 | Horse Shoe Falls | |||
BH13 | Pope’s Glen | |||
BH14 | Neate’s Glen | |||
BH15 | George Phillips Lookout | |||
BH16 | Bridal Veil Falls | |||
BH17 | Rodriguez Pass | |||
BH18 | Govett’s Brook | |||
BH19 | Braeside Walk | |||
BH20 | Grand Canyon | |||
BH21 | Centennial Glen | off Centennial Road | ||
BH22 | • | “Cleopatra” | 118–124 Cleopatra Street | Lot 4, DP 546199 |
BH23 | ○ | Memorial Park | 26–50 Park Avenue | RR 53736, RR 78315, RR 55540 |
BH24 | • | Post Office | 36 Govetts Leap Road 2 Hydora Lane | Lot 1, DP 776863 Lot 2, DP 776863 |
BH25 | Govetts Leap Lookout | End of Govetts Leap Road | ||
BH26 | • | Ivanhoe Hotel | 229–236 Govetts Leap Road | Pt Lot 9, DP 2224 Lots 103 & 104, DP 625604 |
BH27 | • | Gardners Inn | 255 Great Western Highway | Lots 5–9 & Pt Lots 10 & 11, Sec 1, DP 2904 |
BH28 | • | Headstones, Old Blackheath Military Cemetery | 322–331 Great Western Highway | Crown C 1360 |
BH29 | • | Blackheath Railway Station | Great Western Highway | |
BH30 | • | Macquarie Monument | Great Western Highway | |
BH31 | • | St. Aidan’s Church of England | 2–8 Hat Hill Road | Lot 8, DP 586938 |
BH32 | “Redclyffe” | 277 Hat Hill Road | Lot 1, DP 542179 | |
BH33 | • | Public School | 203–205 Great Western Highway 78–80 Wentworth Street | Lots A & B, DP 377254 Lot Pt 1 & Lot 2, Sec 8, DP 758115 |
BH34 | • | Blackheath Stockade (site only) | Leichhardt Street | Lots A & B, DP 377254 Lot Pt 1 & Lot 2, Sec 8, DP 758115 |
BH35 | Walls Cave | End of Walls Cave Road | ||
BH36 | • | “Duddington” | 12 Hat Hill Road | Lot 1, DP 911334 Lot 1, DP 911760 |
BH37 | • | Former Post Office (site only) | Great Western Highway | |
BH39 | “Osborne College” (site only) | 52–106 Thirroul Avenue | Lot 340, DP 751644 | |
BH40 | • | Baptist Church | 6 Bundarra Street | Pt Lot 32, DP 1266 |
BH41 | • | Roman Catholic Church | 165–171 Wentworth Street | Lots 1, 2 & 4, DP 758115 Lot 2, DP 700399 |
BH45 | • | “Yabba Yabba” | 179 Wentworth Street | Lots 1 & 2, DP 7196 Pt Lot 5, Sec 3, DP 758115 |
BH46 | “Rostherne” | 259–265 Hat Hill Road | Lot 1, DP 116012 | |
BH47 | “Vancoora” | 267–275 Hat Hill Road | Lot 2, DP 116012 | |
BH48 | • | “Kubba-Roonga” | 9–11 Brentwood Avenue | Lots 17, 18 & 34, DP 8550 |
BH49 | • | Former Masonic Lodge | 91 Wentworth Street | Lot 3, DP 5641 |
BH50 | • | Masonic Temple | 95 Wentworth Street | Lot B, Sec 9, DP 308039 |
BH51 | • | Uniting Church | 43–45 Govetts Leap Road | Pt Lots 1 & 2, DP 758115 |
BH52 | • | “St. Mounts” | 1A Abbott Street 94 Great Western Highway | Lots 1 & 2, DP 622465 |
BH53 | • | Railway Dam (site only) | 171–191 Great Western Highway | Lot 470, DP 751627 |
BH54 | “Minhaven” | 173–175 Evans Lookout Road | Lot B, DP 326775 | |
BH55 | “West Hill” | 2–12 The Avenue | Pt Lot 5, DP 4530 | |
BH56 | • | “Norwood” | 209 Great Western Highway | Lot 4, DP 11274 |
BH57 | • | “Balquhain” | 161 Govetts Leap Road | Lots 26–28, DP 2377 |
BH58 | Grounds—“Parklands” | 132–174 Govetts Leap Road 6–12 Lakeview Avenue | Lot 63 DP 751627 Lot 2 DP 236302 | |
BH59 | • | 3 Attached Houses | 1, 3 & 5 Waragil Street | Lot 1, DP 108633 Lots 1 & 2, DP 104878 |
BH60 | ○ | “Ban Tigh” and garden | 26–34 Waragil Street | Lots 4 & 5, Sec 6, DP 607, DP 301604 |
BH61 | • | Shops | 245–249 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 186794 DP 433712 Pt Lot 13, Sec 1, DP 2904 Lot 1, Sec 1, DP 360068 DP 334208 |
BH62 | • | “The Laurels” and garden | 123 Govetts Leap Road | Lot A, DP 371085 |
BH63 | • | Transport Corridor | From Leichhardt to Kanimbla Streets | |
BH64 | • | Presbyterian Church | 123–125 Wentworth Street | Lots 6–8, Sec 3, DP 2904 DP 959052 |
BH65 | • | “Tree Tops” and garden | 16 Clyde Avenue | Lots 8–10, Sec 5, DP 3119 |
BH66 | • | “Gurrong” | 13–15 Ada Street | Lots 7 & 8, Sec 1, DP 1179 |
BH67 | • | Railway Cottage | Station Street | |
BH68 | • | House | 18–20 Ada Street | Lots 10–12, Sec 2, DP 1179 |
BH69 | • | House | 22–24 Ada Street | Lots 13 & 14, Sec 2, DP 1179 |
BH70 | Paul Harris Lookout | 16–28 Staveley Parade | Lots Pt 17, 18, Pt 19, 20 & 21, Sec 6, DP 1941 | |
BH71 | • | House | 37 Ada Street | Lots 19 & 20, Sec 1, DP 1179 |
BH72 | • | House | 21 Ada Street | Lot 11, Sec 1, DP 1179 |
BH73 | • | 5 Houses | 9–21 Thirroul Avenue | Lot 5, DP 582212 Lot 4, DP 305934 Lots 1–3 DP 305934 |
BH74 | • | House | 3 Haviland Avenue | Lot 7, Sec 4, DP 3119 |
BH75 | • | “Braemar” | 132–133 Station Street | Lots 4 & 5, Sec 4, DP 3119 |
BH76 | • | Hall (site only) | 2 Bundarra Street | Lot 1, DP 616514 |
BH78 | • | “Hillside” | 40 Shipley Road | Lot 52, DP 625576 |
BH79 | “The Ranch” | 128–130 Shipley Road | Lot 144, DP 751647 | |
BH80 | “Narkoolah” | 146 Shipley Road | Lot 1, DP 583938 | |
BH81 | “The Barn” | 132 Shipley Road | Lot 145, DP 751647 | |
BH82 | • | House | 15 Staveley Parade | Lots 9 & 10, Sec 6, DP 1941 |
BH83 | • | “Thornington” and garden | 8–12 Staveley Parade | Lots Pt 23, 24 & 25, Sec 6, DP 1941 Lot A, DP 346654 |
BH84 | • | “Girrawheem” and garden | 18 Barratt Street | Lots 1 & 2, DP 964640 |
BH85 | • | Garden | 2–12 Barratt Street | Lots 1–6, DP 7870 Lots 171 & 172, DP 7079 Pt Lot 5, DP 2377 |
BH86 | • | 132 Clarence Road | House | Lot 155, DP 7079 |
BH87 | “Mount Booralee” | 392–414 Hat Hill Road | Lot 29, DP 751627 | |
BH88 | • | House | 47 Leichhardt Street | Lots 1 & 4, DP 9131 |
BH89 | • | “Cancoola” | 63 Leichhardt Street | Lots 1–3, DP 23693 |
BH90 | • | House and Garden | 1 & 3 Carysfort Street | Lots 11, 12 & 13, DP 5428 Lot B, DP 417613 |
BH91 | • | “Novara” | 46 Cleopatra Street | Lot B, DP 344222 |
BH93 | • | House | 300 Great Western Highway | Pt Lot 2, Sec 1, DP 758115 |
BH94 | • | Former Victory Theatre | 19–25 Govetts Leap Road | Lot 5 & Pt Lot 6, DP 2224 |
BH95 | • | “Glenella” | 54 Govetts Leap Road | Lots 5–9, Sec 2, DP 2904 |
BH96 | • | House and Garden | 24 Lookout Street | Lot B, DP 328289 |
BH97 | • * | Precinct of Cottages | 1, 2, 4, and 6 Haviland Ave 7 and 9 Bundarra Street | Lot A, DP 181327 Lots Pt 6, 7, 8, 16–17, 21, Sec 4, DP 3119 Lots A & B, DP 331705 |
BH98 | Shipley Tea Rooms | 166–168 Shipley Road | Pt Lot 35, DP 751647 | |
BH99 | • | Wattle Cafe | 240 Great Western Highway | Lot 17, Sec 1, DP 2904 |
BH103 | Track—Govett’s Leap to Pulpit Rock | |||
BH104 | Track—Govett’s Leap—Pope’s Glen—Memorial Park | |||
BH106 | Track—Govett’s Leap Lookout—Bottom of Bridal Veil Falls | |||
BH107 | Track to bottom of Bridal Veil Falls to The Jungle and Horseshoe Falls | |||
BH108 | Track—Junction Rock to Blue Gum Forest | |||
BH109 | Track Rodriguez Pass | |||
BH110 | Track—Horse Track—Alternative to Rodriguez Pass | |||
BH111 | Track—Evan’s Lookout—Neate’s Glen | |||
BH112 | Track to Walls Cave | |||
BH113 | Track—Govett’s Leap Lookout—Top of Bridal Veil Falls—Govett’s Leap Lookout | |||
BH114 | Track Grand Canyon to Old Point Pilcher | |||
BH115 | Track—Govett’s Leap to Evan’s Lookout | |||
BH116 | Old Road to Mt Banks | |||
BH117 | Shipley Glen | |||
BH118 | Track—Mermaids Cave and Swamp | Off Megalong Road | ||
Megalong Valley | ||||
MG 1 | Old Hotel (site only) | Nellies Glen Road | Lot 141, DP 751657 | |
MG 2 | Church | Megalong Road | Lot A, DP 352032 | |
MG 3 | “Eumemmering” | Megalong Road | Pt Lot 173, DP 751657 | |
MG 4 | Nellies Glen Village (site only) | Nellies Glen Road | Lot 141, DP 751657 | |
MG 5 | Former Cowings Tea Room | Megalong Road | Pt Lot 173, DP 751657 | |
MG 6 | The Six Foot Track | |||
MG 7 | “Ballymore” | 4 Pinnacle Road | Lot 423, DP 793155 | |
MG 8 | “Sunny Ridge” | Pinnacle Road | Lot 38, DP 751657 | |
MG 9 | Sunny Ridge Coal Mine | off Megalong Road | ||
MG10 | “Green Gully” | Megalong Road | Lots 44 & 45, DP 751657 | |
MG11 | Cemetery | off Megalong Road | Lot 1, DP 724214 | |
MG12 | “Willenber Farm” | Nellies Glen Road | Lot 88, DP 751657 | |
MG13 | “Oakburn” | Nellies Glen Road | Lot 36, DP 751657 | |
MG14 | Former “Megalong Station” | Megalong Road | Lot 1, DP 89671 | |
MG15 | “Hillview” | Springhill Road | Lot 56, DP 751657 | |
MG16 | Catholic Church | Megalong Road | Lot A, DP 160962 | |
MG17 | “Glenidle” (“Shenandoah”) | Megalong Road | Pt Lot 1, DP 519430 | |
MG18 | “Gracey Fields” | Hudson Road | Lot 1, DP 610946 | |
MG19 | “Yapunyah” | Five Mile Creek Road | Lot 20, DP 751647 | |
MG20 | Former Glendairy Tea Room (site only) | 3–7 Peachtree Road | Lot 261, DP 746844 | |
MG21 | Former Valley Farm Tea Room | Megalong Road | Por 175, Lots 4, 91 & 92, DP 751657 | |
MG22 | Blackheath Glen Sawmill (site only) | Megalong Road | Por 175, Lots 4, 91 & 92, DP 751657 | |
MG23 | Blackheath Glen Coal Mine | Megalong Road | ||
MG24 | Glen Shale Mines | Shale Road | Lots 14 & 84, DP 751657 | |
Mt Victoria | ||||
MV 1 | • | Trig Station | 5–9 Apex Avenue | Lots 46–48, DP 7974 |
MV 2 | Victoria Falls | |||
MV 3 | Pulpit Rock | |||
MV 4 | Engineers Cascade, Engineers Track | |||
MV 5 | Bushrangers Cave | |||
MV 6 | • | Imperial Hotel | 1–15 Station Street | Lot 1, DP 219543 |
MV 7 | • | St. Peter’s Church of England | 79 Great Western Highway | Lot 2A, Sec 4 DP 350 |
MV 8 | • | Toll Bar House | 167 Great Western Highway | Lot 19, DP 751644 |
MV 9 | Soldiers Pinch | 183–189 Great Western Highway | Within Pt RM 55 | |
MV10 | • | Post Office/Stable | 111 Great Western Highway | Lots 4–6, DP 2625 |
MV11 | “Karawatha House” | 161–165 Great Western Highway | Lot 2, Sec 2, DP 547911 | |
MV12 | “Exeter” | 149–151 Great Western Highway | Lots 1, 2, 7 & 8, Sec 2, DP 1948 | |
MV13 | • | Gatekeeper’s Cottage | 169–181 Great Western Highway | Lot 2, DP 209434 |
MV14 | • | Public School | 105–107 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 904787 DP 945765 |
MV15 | Mitchell’s Ridge Monument | Great Western Highway | RR 53925 | |
MV16 | • | Victoria and Albert | 19–29 Station Street | Lot 1, DP 193005 |
MV17 | Little Zig Zag | Within Lot 131, DP 75164 | ||
MV18 | • | Former Coopers Grand Hotel | 31–33 Montgomery Street 9–11 Jersey Parade 2–12 Carrington Avenue 15–21 Jersey Parade | Lots 7 & 8, DP 8382 Lots 13 & 14, DP 8382 Lots 9 & 11, DP 8382 Lot 23, DP 603302 Lots 24, DP 603302 |
MV19 | • | Larsens Cottages | 30 & 32 Montgomery Street | Lots 3 & 4, Sec 1, DP 569 |
MV20 | • | “Glen Ogie” (site only) | 53–57 Montgomery Street | Lots 14–16, Sec 2, DP 569 |
MV22 | • | House | 28 Montgomery Street | Lot A, DP 362643 |
MV23 | • * | Mount Victoria Urban Conservation Area | ||
MV24 | “Closeburn” | 55–81 Mt York Road | Lot 1, DP 176436 Lot 3, Sec 5, DP 2455 Lot 10, DP 801067 | |
MV25 | • | Bank House | 18 Station Street | Pt Lots 9 & 10, DP 648 |
MV26 | • | Bay Tree Tea Shop | 26 Station Street | Lots A & B, DP 960860 |
MV27 | • | Mt Victoria Railway Station | Station Street | |
MV28 | • | Group of buildings | 28–32 Station Street | Lots 14 & 15, DP 648 Lots 1–3, DP 772491 |
MV31 | • | Mount Victoria Cemetery | Victoria Falls Road | Lot 187, DP 751644 |
MV33 | “The Grange” | 48 Selsdon Street | Lot 2, DP 551933 | |
MV34 | • | Station Master’s Cottage—site only | Darling Causeway | |
MV35 | • | Railway Barracks | 30–60 Patrick Street | Pt Lot 200, DP 751644 |
MV38 | • | House | 39 Montgomery Street | Lot 1, DP 971052 |
MV39 | • | “Fern Cottage” | 41–47 Montgomery Street | Lots Pt 1, Pt 2, Pt 3, 8 & 9, Sec 2, DP 569 |
MV40 | • | House | 26–28 Selsdon Street | Lots 6 & 7, Sec 3, DP 569 Lot 1, DP 369659 |
MV41 | • | “Selsdon” | 82 Great Western Highway | Lot B, DP 362643 |
MV42 | • | “High Lodge” | 45–47 Great Western Highway | Lot 1, DP 104774 Lot 2, DP 943578 |
MV43 | • | Line of Great Western Highway and Railway | near Victoria Falls Road | |
MV44 | • | Mt Victoria Park | 92 Great Western Highway 2–14 Station Street | Lots 21–24, Pt Lots 25–28, DP 3048 Lots 1–7, DP 648 |
MV45 | • | House | 38 Station Street | DP 951339 |
MV46 | • | House | 5 Carrington Avenue | Lot B, DP 341431 |
MV47 | • | House and Garden | 94–98 Great Western Highway | Lot 3, DP 332 Lot 1, DP 536240 Pt Lot 1, DP 8454 |
MV48 | • | House | 127–129A Great Western Highway | Lots 4–6 & 10–12, Sec 1, DP 311 |
MV49 | • | Public Hall | 2A Harley Avenue | Lot 1 DP 329188 |
MV50 | • | “Fermoy” | 39–43 Victoria Street | Lot 4, DP 19992 Lot 6, Sec 2, DP 311 |
MV51 | Track—Fairy Bower and Old Railway Track | Through Lot 270, DP 751644 | ||
MV52 | Track—Engineer’s Cascade and Henry Lawson Walk | |||
Mt York | ||||
MY 1 | Berghofer’s Pass | Berghofer’s Pass | Within Pt RR 52037 | |
MY 2 | Barden Lookout | Lot 108, DP 751644 | ||
MY 3 | Eddy Rock Lookout Mount York Lookout | 151 Mt York Road | RR 52033 Lot 188, DP 751644 | |
MY 4 | Cox’s Pass | Off Mt York Road | In Pt RR 52033, Lot 188, DP 751644 | |
MY 5 | Lawson’s Long Alley | 2–100 Lawson’s Long Alley | Through Lots 103, 192, 193, 213, 214 & 215, DP 751644 | |
MY 6 | Lockyer’s Pass | Lockyer’s Road | Lot 365, DP 751644 | |
MY 7 | Marcus Clark Cross (site only) | 80–92 Mt York Road | Lot 74, DP 751644 | |
MY 8 | * | Mt York and Environs | Mt York Road | Lots 108 & 188, DP 751644 |
MY 9 | The Pavilion | Mt York Road | Lot 188, DP 751644 RR 52033 | |
MY10 | The Obelisk | Mt York Road | Lot 188, DP 751644 RR 52033 | |
MY11 | Watsford Memorial | Mt York Road | Lot 188, DP 751644 RR 52033 | |
MY12 | Blaxland Wentworth Lawson Memorial | Mt York Road | Lot 188, DP 751644 RR 52033 | |
MY14 | Rustic Arch, Chair and Timber Seat | Mt York Road | Lot 188, DP 751644 RR 52033 | |
Bell | ||||
BL 1 | Bells Line of Road | Bells Line of Road | ||
BL 3 | “Holly Lodge” | 72–90 Bells Line of Road | Pt DP 955911 | |
BL 4 | Water Trough Hill | Blue Mountains National Park | ||
BL 5 | Grose Gorge | Blue Mountains National Park | ||
BL 6 | Pierce’s Pass | Blue Mountains National Park | ||
BL 7 | • | Bell Railway Station and Residence | Sandham Road | |
Mt Wilson | ||||
MW 1 | “Wynstay” | 68–78 The Avenue | Lot 2, DP 539465 Lots 36, 37, Pt 39, DP 751645 Closed Road | |
MW 2 | “Bebeah” | 60–64 The Avenue | Lot 22, DP 593190 | |
MW 3 | “Campanella” | 80–84 The Avenue | Lot 40, DP 751645 | |
MW 4 | St. George’s Church of England | 75 The Avenue | DP 946368 | |
MW 5 | Former Post Office | 77 The Avenue | DP 313023 | |
MW 6 | “Maderra” | 36–42 The Avenue | Pt Lot 25, DP 751645 | |
MW 8 | “Woodstock” | 1 Davies Lane | Lot 1, DP 323927 | |
MW 9 | Tulip Tree Tea Rooms | 31 The Avenue | Lot A, DP 357963 | |
MW10 | Village Hall | 34 The Avenue | Pt Lot 25, DP 751645 | |
MW11 | “Breenhold” | 11–25, 27–29, 39–41, 43–45 The Avenue | Lots 1, 2, Pt 3, 4, Pt 63 & 96, DP 751645 Lot B, DP 357963 Lot 5, DP 247396 Lot 1, DP 244153 Lots A & B, DP 367380 | |
MW12 | Founders Corner | The Avenue | Pt RR 85173 | |
MW13 | Silva Plana Reserve | The Avenue | Lot 1, DP 310428 | |
MW14 | Wynnes Rocks Lookout | Wynnes Rocks Road | Pt RR 85173 | |
MW15 | “Dennarque” | 28–30 Church Lane | Lot 7, DP 598197 | |
MW16 | “Nooroo” | 11–15 Church Lane | Lot 30, DP 751645 Lot 1, DP 405798 | |
MW17 | “Withycombe” | 1–9 Church Lane | Lots 31, DP 751645 | |
MW18 | “Sefton Cottage” | 21 Church Lane | Lot 8, DP 626491 | |
MW19 | “Sefton Hall” | 17–19 Church Lane | Lot 2, DP 507857 | |
MW20 | “Koonawarra” | 24–26 Church Lane | DP 313135 Lot D, DP 358644 | |
MW21 | “Donna Buang” | 20 Church Lane | Lot C, DP 358644 | |
MW22 | “Farcry” | 16 Church Lane | Lot 2, DP 405798 | |
MW23 | Du Faur’s Rocks | RR 85173 | ||
MW24 | “Lindfield Park” | 53–55 Farrer Road | Lot B, DP 418721 | |
MW25 | “Merrygarth” | 17–21 Galwey Lane | Lot 2, DP 512414 | |
MW26 | * | Mt Wilson Conservation Precinct | ||
MW27 | “Yengo” | 11–19 Queens Avenue | Lot 3, DP 211236 | |
MW28 | “Chimney Cottage” | 31–37 Queens Avenue | Lot A, DP 355069 | |
MW29 | “Cherry Cottage” | 21–23 Queens Avenue | Lot 2, DP 211236 | |
MW30 | “Windy Ridge” | 25–27 Queens Avenue | Lots A & B, DP 356468 | |
MW31 | “Eastcote” | 20–22 Queens Avenue | Lots A2, DP 419038 | |
MW32 | “Shasta Lodge” | 18 Queens Avenue | Lot B, DP 350245 | |
MW33 | “Wyndham” | 12–14 Wyndham Avenue | Lot C, DP 357964 | |
MW34 | Timber Mill | Wynnes Rocks Road 68–78 The Avenue | Lot 15, DP 751645 | |
MW35 | Mt Wilson Public School | 51 The Avenue | Lot 81, DP 751645 | |
MW36 | Cathedral of Ferns | Mt Irvine Road | Por 51, Parish of Irvine | |
MW37 | Timber Mill | 117–119 Mt Irvine Road | DP 397990 | |
MW38 | Track to Happy Valley | off Mt Irvine Road | ||
Mt Irvine | ||||
MI 1 | * | Mount Irvine and environs | ||
MI 2 | Cemetery | Danes Way | MS 8669 Sy | |
MI 3 | Gardens | 10–14 Mt Irvine Rd 16 Mt Irvine Rd 27 Mt Irvine Road 29–31 Mt Irvine Road 33 Mt Itvine Road 19–21 Bowen Creek Road | Lot B, DP 345042 Lot A, DP 345042 Lot 1, DP 581379 Lot A, DP 329898 Lots A DP 329627 Lot B, DP 329627 Lot 4, DP 243550 | |
MI 4 | Garden—“Carisbrook” | 24–32 Danes Way | Lot A, DP 431598 | |
Mt Tomah | ||||
MT 1 | Cave Hill | Blue Mountains National Park | ||
MT 2 | * | Mt Tomah and environs | ||
MT 3 | Old Bells Line of Road | Old Bells Line of Road | ||
MT 4 | “Burando” and shed | P79 Berambing Crescent | Lot 79, DP 751645 | |
MT 5 | Track and retaining wall | Bell’s Line of Road | ||
MT 6 | Mount Tomah Botanic Garden | 19–39 Bell’s Line of Road | Lot 2, DP 536667 | |
MT 7 | “Sunrise” | 21 Skyline Road | Lot 29, DP 227334 | |
MT 8 | Monument | Bell’s Line of Road | ||
MT 9 | “Tomah”, “North Gate”, and “Violet Farm” | 1–17 & 41–43 Bell’s Line of Road | Lot 1, DP 603906 Lot 21, DP 626099 Lot 1, 348101 | |
MT10 | “The Jungle” (site only) | Bell’s Line of Road | Lot 1, DP 603906 Lot 21, DP 626099 Lot 1, 348101 | |
MT11 | Station Rock | Blue Mountain National Park |
sch 2: Am 28.5.1993; 4.3.1994.
Schedule 3 Environmentally sensitive vegetation units
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This Schedule refers to Clause 10.
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In this Schedule, some scientific names appear in either italics or bold and italics. Bold italics are used to denote rare, endangered or dominant species.
1 Tall Closed-forest/Closed-forest/Low Closed-forest (Rainforest)
(1A) Ceratopetalum apetalum-Doryphora sassafras Rainforest Ceratopetalum apetalum-Doryphora sassafras (Coachwood-Sassafras) Rainforest is found on sedimentary geology at upper and middle altitudes in the Blue Mountains. A variant, the ‘Montane Rainforest’ also occurs on more fertile soils on the slopes of the basalt-capped mountains in the far north of the City. The rainforest on basalt can be very similar both structurally and floristically to rainforest on sedimentary rock where there is significant influence from alluvium derived from the basalt up-slope. As the basalt influence decreases and the sedimentary rock becomes more prominent due to erosion, the structure and floristics blend into typical Sydney Sandstone Gallery Rainforest, which tends to be less diverse than rainforest on basalt, particularly in the understorey.These rainforest communities are replaced at lower altitudes by Backhousia myrtifolia-Ceratopetalum apetalum rainforest (described below). The upper and lower altitude communities intergrade in the Springwood area. Ceratopetalum apetalum-Doryphora sassafras rainforest occurs in sheltered, moist sites that are rarely, if ever, burnt.The dominant tree species is usually Ceratopetalum apetalum (Coachwood) and/or Doryphora sassafras (Sassafras). Other trees that are common in some stands are Acacia elata (Mountain Cedar Wattle), Acmena smithii (Lilly Pilly), Callicoma serratifolia (Black Wattle), Hedycarya angustifolia (Native Mulberry) and Quintinia sieberi (Possumwood). Backhousia myrtifolia (Grey Myrtle) is usually absent, although sometimes a minor component of the community. The vegetation structure is usually a closed-forest or low closed-forest. There may be a layer of emergent eucalypts above the rainforest canopy in ecotonal or partly disturbed communities. Ferns, vines and epiphytes are usually prominent features of the community.This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of Ceratopetalum apetalum or Doryphora sassafras with the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia elata Acmena smithii Asplenium australasicum Asplenium flabellifolium Blechnum ambiguum Blechnum cartilagineum Blechnum gregsonii Blechnum nudum Blechnum patersonii Blechnum wattsii Bursaria spinosa Callicoma serratifolia Calochlaena dubia Carex appressa Cassytha pubescens Centella asiatica Cephalaralia cephalobotrys Ceratopetalum apetalum Cissus antartica Cissus hypoglauca Clematis aristata Coprosma quadrifida Cyathea australis Cyathea leichhardtiana Cynoglossum latifolium Dendrobium teretifolium Dicksonia antarctica Doodia aspera Doryphora sassafras Dracophyllum secundum Elaeocarpus holopetalus Elaeocarpus reticulatus Eucalyptus oreades Eucalyptus piperita Eucalyptus radiata subsp. radiata Fieldia australis Geitonoplesium cymosum Geranium homeanum Gleichenia microphylla Grammitis billardieri Hakea salicifolia Hedycarya angustifolia Hydrocotyle peduncularis Hymenanthera dentata Hymenophyllum cupressiforme Juncus planifolius Lastreopsis acuminata Leptopteris fraseri Leptospermum polygalifolium Libertia pulchella Lomandra montana Lomatia myricoides Microsorum diversifolium Microsorum scandens Morinda jasminoides Notelaea longifolia Notelaea venosa Pandorea pandorana Parsonsia brownii Parsonsia leichhardtii Parsonsia straminea Passiflora cinnabarina Pellaea falcata Pittosporum revolutum Pittosporum undulatum Polystichum proliferum Pyrrosia rupestris Quintinia sieberi Rubus hillii Rubus rosifolius Smilax australis Smilax glyciphylla Stellaria flacida Stenocarpus salignus Sticherus flabellatus Sticherus lobatus Syncarpia glomulifera Tasmannia insipida Todea barbara Tristania neriifolia Tristaniopsis collina Tristaniopsis laurina Tylophora barbata Urtica incisa Viola hederacea (1B) Backhousia myrtifolia-Ceratopetalum apetalum Rainforest Backhousia myrtifolia-Ceratopetalum apetalum (Myrtle-Coachwood) Rainforest refers to the community found on sedimentary geology at lower altitudes in the Blue Mountains. It is replaced at middle and upper altitudes by Ceratopetalum apetalum-Doryphora sassafras Rainforest. The two communities intergrade in the Springwood area. Backhousia myrtifolia-Ceratopetalum apetalum Rainforest occurs on relatively fertile soils in sheltered, moist sites that are rarely, if ever, burnt.Backhousia myrtifolia (Grey Myrtle) is the dominant or co-dominant tree with Ceratopetalum apetalum (Coachwood) or Acmena smithii (Lilly Pilly) or both. Other trees that may be common are Acacia elata (Mountain Cedar Wattle), Callicoma serratifolia (Black Wattle) and Syncarpia glomulifera (Turpentine). Doryphora sassafras (Sassafras) is often present, but not as a dominant. The vegetation structure is usually a closed-forest or low closed-forest. There may be a layer of emergent eucalypts above the dense rainforest canopy in ecotonal or partly disturbed communities. Ferns, vines and epiphytes are usually prominent features of the community.This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of Backhousia myrtifolia and Ceratopetalum apetalum along with the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia elata Acmena smithii Acrotriche divaricata Adiantum aethiopicum Adiantum hispidulum Allocasuarina littoralis Allocasuarina torulosa Asplenium flabellifolium Astrotricha latifolia Backhousia myrtifolia Blechnum cartilagineum Boronia fraseri Callicoma serratifolia Calochlaena dubia Ceratopetalum apetalum Cissus hypoglauca Cyathea australis Dianella caerulea Doodia aspera Doryphora sassafras Elaeocarpus reticulatus Entolasia stricta Eucalyptus piperita Lepidosperma gunnii Lepidosperma laterale Lomandra longifolia Lomandra montana Morinda jasminoides Notelaea longifolia Ozothamnus diosmifolius Pandorea pandorana Parsonsia straminea Persoonia mollis Pittosporum revolutum Pittosporum undulatum Prostanthera violacea Pultenaea flexilis Pyrrosia rupestris Rapanea variabilis Schoenus melanostachys Smilax australis Smilax glyciphylla Sticherus flabellatus Syncarpia glomulifera Tasmannia insipida Todea barbara Tylophora barbata Zieria smithii(1C) Megalong Granite Dry Rainforest (Backhousia myrtifolia) Within the southern parts of the Blue Mountains in the Megalong Valley are a few small remnants of granite dry rainforest. These communities are generally confined to narrow strips occurring in south-facing rocky slopes and gullies that have survived clearing and where grazing by livestock is minimal. It is evident that the dry rainforest on the granite is strongly allied with that in the Kowmung Wilderness on the Lambie Group.The dominant species in this community is Backhousia myrtifolia (Myrtle) that occurs as a tall closed-scrub or low closed-forest. Infrequent emergents are mainly Eucalyptus tereticornis (Forest Red Gum) or Brachychiton populneus (Kurrajong). The small tree Rapanea howittiana (Brush Muttonwood) may also occur and it is likely that the larger or more protected sites also support Toona australis (Red Cedar). This community may grade into the Riparian Granite Slope Forest (see community (2O)).The understorey is dominated by ferns and scattered herbs. Species include the ferns Pellaea falcatavar.falcata, P. falcatavar.nana and Adiantum aethiopicum, the vines Aphanopetalum resinosum and Marsdenia flavescens, the herbs Parietaria debilis, Hydrocotyle geraniifolia, Sigesbeckia orientalis and Plectranthus parviflorus, the grass Oplismenus aemulus and possibly Ehretia acuminata.This community is generally characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia falciformis Acacia implexa Acacia obtusifolia Acacia parramattensis Acaena novae-zelandiae Adiantum aethiopicum Ajuga australis Angophora floribunda Aphanopetalum resinosum Asplenium flabellifolium Austrostipa pubescens Backhousia myrtifolia Blechnum cartilagineum Brachychiton populneus Brachycome angustifolia var. angustifolia Carex appressa Cassinia arcuata Centella asiatica Cheilanthes distans Desmodium varians Dianella longifolia Dianella revoluta Dichelachne rara Dichondra repens Echinopogon ovatus Ehretia acuminate Entolasia stricta Epilobium hirtigerum Eucalyptus camphora Eucalyptus eugenioides Eucalyptus punctata Eucalyptus tereticornis Eucalyptus viminalis Exocarpus strictus Galium propinquum Geitonoplesium cymosum Geranium homeanum Geranium retrorsum Gonocarpus tetragynus Helichrysum scorpioides Hydrocotyle geraniifolia Indigofera australis Lepidosperma gunnii Lepidosperma viscidum Leucopogon lanceolata Leucopogon virgatus Libertia paniculata Lomandra glauca Lomandra gracilis Lomandra longifolia Lomandra multiflora Lomatia myricoides Lomatia silaifolia Luzula flaccida Marsdenia flavescens Marsdenia rostrata Microlaena stipoides Oplismenus aemulus Oplismenus imbecillis Pandorea pandorana Parietaria debilis Pellaea falcata Persoonia linearis Plantago debilis Plantago gaudichaudii Plectranthus parviflorus Poa sieberiana Polystichum proliferum Poranthera microphylla Pratia purpurascens Pteridium esculentum Ranunculus lappaceus Rapanea howittiana Rubus parvifolius Rumex brownii Schoenus apogon Senecio lautus subsp. dissectifolius Senecio minimus Sigesbeckia orientalis Solanum cinereum Stackhousia viminea Stellaria flaccida Stypandra glauca Toona ciliata Urtica incisa Veronica plebeia Viola betonicifolia Wahlenbergia stricta
2 Tall open-forest/open-forest
(2A) Moist Basalt Cap Forest (Eucalyptus viminalis-E. blaxlandii- E. radiata subsp. radiata) The basalt caps of Mt. Wilson, Mt. Tomah, Mt. Bell, Mt. Banks, Mt. Caley and Mt. Hay have weathered to a fertile clay-loam soil. At high altitudes (800–1,000 metres), the summits and slopes of these areas support a tall open-forest variously dominated by Eucalyptus viminalis (Ribbon Gum), E. blaxlandii (Brown Stringybark) and E. radiatasubsp.radiata (Narrow-leaved Peppermint). Other canopy species that may be encountered include E. cypellocarpa (Monkey Gum), E. oreades (Blue Mountain Ash) and E. fastigata (Brown Barrel).The understorey of the Moist Basalt Cap Forest generally has scattered shrubs including Acacia melanoxylon, A. penninervis, Polyscias sambucifolia, Astrotricha floccosa, Davesia ulicifolia and Leucopogon lanceolatus with occasional tree ferns, Cyathea australis. The ground cover includes numerous herbs and ferns.The Moist Basalt Cap Forest community is generally characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia elata Acacia falciformis Acacia melanoxylon Acacia obtusifolia Acacia penninervis Acaena novae-zelandiae Ajuga australis Angophora costata Angophora floribunda Astrotricha floccose Astrotricha latifolia Blechnum cartilagineum Blechnum nudum Bursaria longisepala Centella asiatica Clematis aristata Cyathea australis Daviesia ulicifolia Dianella caerulea Dianella longifolia Doodia aspera Echinopogon ovatus Entolasia stricta Eucalyptus blaxlandii Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Eucalyptus fastigata Eucalyptus oreades Eucalyptus radiata subsp. radiata Eucalyptus viminalis Eustrephus latifolius Geitonoplesium cymosum Geranium homeanum Geranium potentilloides Glycine tabacina Gonocarpus teucrioides Hymenanthera dentata Indigofera australis Leucopogon lanceolatus Lomandra longifolia Microlaena stipoides Polyscias sambucifolia Pteridium esculentum Pultenaea flexilis Rapanea howittiana Smilax australis Stellaria flaccida Stellaria pungens Tylophora barbata Veronica plebeia Viola betonicifolia Viola hederacea(2B) Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest (Eucalyptus deanei- E. punctata-Syncarpia glomulifera) This community includes the Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest that is listed as an endangered ecological community in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.Eucalyptus deanei-E. punctata-Syncarpia glomulifera open to tall open-forest incorporates the vegetation communities found on deep, shale-rich soils on ridges and upper slopes. Within the City, such vegetation occurs only in the lower altitudes whereas it extends to the higher altitudes in the adjoining Hawkesbury City.Within the City, this community is characterised by Eucalyptus deanei (Mountain Blue Gum), which is dominant or co-dominant with E. punctata (Grey Gum) Syncarpia glomulifera (Turpentine). The form of Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest that occurs within the City is distinguished from the closely related Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest by the presence of E. notabilis (Mountain Mahogany).Other tree species that may be present include Angophora costata (Sydney Red Gum), A. floribunda (Rough-barked Apple), Eucalyptus piperita (Sydney Peppermint) and E. punctata (Grey Gum). E. piperita is associated with the edge of this community and a relatively low influence from the shale. The typical vegetation structure is tall open-forest, although this may vary depending on site conditions and history. It is generally a wet sclerophyll forest, with soft-leaved plants prominent in the understorey.This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of Eucalyptus deanei, E. punctata and Syncarpia glomulifera along with the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia elata Acacia longifolia Acacia parramattensis Acianthus exsertus Adiantum aethiopicum Allocasuarina littoralis Allocasuarina torulosa Angophora costata Angophora floribunda Astrotricha latifolia Backhousia myrtifolia Blechnum cartilagineum Blechnum nudum Bracteantha bracteata Breynia oblongifolia Callicoma serratifolia Calochlaena dubia Cassytha pubescens Ceratopetalum gummiferum Cissus antarctica Clematis aristata Dianella caerulea Dichelachne rara Dichondra repens Dodonaea triquetra Doodia aspera Echinopogon ovatus Entolasia marginata Entolasia stricta Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Eucalyptus deanei Eucalyptus globoidea Eucalyptus notabilis Eucalyptus paniculata Eucalyptus piperita Eucalyptus punctata Eustrephus latifolius Geitonoplesium cymosum Geranium solanderi Glycine clandestina Hakea dactyloides Hardenbergia violacea Hibbertia diffusa Imperata cylindrica Indigofera australis Kennedia rubicunda Lepidosperma laterale Leucopogon lanceolatus Lomandra longifolia Lomatia silaifolia Microlaena stipoides Oplismenus aemulus Oplismenus imbecillis Ozothamnus diosmifolius Pandorea pandorana Persoonia linearis Phyllanthus hirtellus Pittosporum revolutum Pittosporum undulatum Platysace lanceolata Polyscias sambucifolia Pratia purpurascens Pseuderanthemum variabile Pteridium esculentum Pultenaea flexilis Rubus parvifolius Schoenus melanostachys Smilax australis Smilax glyciphylla Stypandra glauca Syncarpia glomulifera Telopea speciosissima Themeda australis Tristaniopsis collina Tylophora barbata(2C) Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest (Syncarpia glomulifera-Eucalyptus fibrosa-E. crebra) Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest listed as an endangered ecological community in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.Within the City, this community represents a drier and generally lower altitude variant of the Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest. The primary difference is the general absence of Eucalyptus deanei and E. notabilis and the usual dominance of Syncarpia glomulifera (Turpentine), sometimes along with various ironbark species such as E. fibrosa (Broad-leaved Ironbark), E. crebra (Narrow-leaved Ironbark), and E. beyeriana (Beyer’s Ironbark). The ironbarks can be absent or rare due to their extensive logging for fencing purposes. E. punctata (Grey Gum), E. notabilis (Mountain Mahogany), E. paniculata (Grey Ironbark), E. globoidea (White Stringybark) and E. eugenioides (Thin-leaved Stringybark) may also be present.The original distribution of this community and the boundary between it and the Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest is unclear due to extensive clearing or modification of these vegetation types. The two communities are closely related and may intergrade extensively. In addition, this community intergrades with Shale/Sandstone Complex Forest (described below).Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest occurs on ridgetop caps of Wianamatta Shale. It may extend onto deeper areas of Hawkesbury Shale within the so-called Mittagong Formation.Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest is characterised in the Blue Mountains by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia decurrens Acacia falcata Acacia implexa Acacia longifolia Acacia parramattensis Allocasuarina torulosa Angophora costata Angophora floribunda Billardiera scandens Bursaria spinosa Caesia parvifolius Cheilanthes sieberi Corymbia gummifera Daviesia squarrosa Dianella caerulea Dichelachne rara Dichondra repens Echinopogon caespitosus Entolasia marginata Entolasia stricta Eucalyptus beyeriana Eucalyptus crebra Eucalyptus eugenioides Eucalyptus fibrosa Eucalyptus globoidea Eucalyptus notabilis Eucalyptus paniculata Eucalyptus punctata Glycine clandestina Goodenia hederacea Hardenbergia violacea Lepidosperma laterale Leucopogon juniperinus Lomandra longifolia Lomandra multiflora Microlaena stipoides Oplismenus aemulus Ozothamnus diosmifolius Panicum simile Pittosporum undulatum Pomax umbellata Poranthera microphylla Pratia purpurascens Pultenaea elliptica Smilax glyciphylla Stipa pubescens Syncarpia glomulifera Themeda australis Tricoryne simplex Veronica plebeia Xanthorrhoea media(2D) Shale Sandstone Transition Forest (Syncarpia glomulifera-Eucalyptus punctata) Shale Sandstone Transition Forest is listed as an endangered ecological community in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. Within the City, Shale Sandstone Transition Forest is within the scope of, but not limited by the definition of Shale Sandstone Transition Forest in the Final Determination of the Scientific Committee to list the ecological community in Schedule 1 to the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.This community is present primarily on ridgetops but may occur elsewhere on unmapped remnant shale caps or lenses or immediately downslope of shale caps where the soils have been enriched by colluvium. Within the City, it is restricted to the lower altitudes and transitions between or within the Wianamatta and Hawkesbury Group of sediments.Because it represents a transition from shale-based vegetation to that associated with sandstone environments, this community is inherently highly variable and difficult to define. Variations occur depending on the relative influence of the different geologies as well as due to differences in shelter and rainfall. Any vegetation that is associated with a transition from shale to sandstone is considered to be within the scope of this community, irrespective of the structure or floristics unless it can be shown to be part of another vegetation type described in this Schedule.The Shale Sandstone Transition Forest can have considerable affinities to Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest but generally has a greater influence from sandstone-oriented species and less influence from those more affiliated with shale soils. Tree species that can occur in this Complex include Syncarpia glomulifera (Turpentine), Eucalyptus punctata (Grey Gum), E. resinifera (Red Mahogany), E. notabilis (Mountain Mahogany), E. crebra (Narrow-leaved Ironbark), E. fibrosa (Broad-leaved Ironbark), E. paniculata (Grey Ironbark), E. beyeriana (Beyer's Ironbark), E. globoidea (White Stringybark), E. sparsifolia (Narrow-leaved Stringybark), E. eugenioides (Thin-leaved Stringybark) and Angophora costata (Sydney Red Gum). The stringybarks E. eugenioides and E. sparsifolia are generally diagnostic of the more sandstone-influence form of this community.The understorey can be highly variable depending on the extent of shale influence and proximity to the Cumberland Plain. Fire history and the effects of other forms of disturbance can also significantly affect both the structure and floristics of the understorey. It can range from grassy and herbaceous to densely scrubby. In areas close to the Cumberland Plain, the understorey may include species more typical of that environment such as Melaleuca nodosa, M. erubescens and M. thymifolia, especially in areas with slightly impeded drainage.Shale Sandstone Transition Forest is characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia brownii Acacia decurrens Acacia falcata Acacia hispidula Acacia implexa Acacia linifolia Acacia myrtifolia Acacia parramattensis Acacia parvipinnula Acacia suaveolens Acacia terminalis Acacia trinervata Acianthus exsertus Adiantum aethiopicum Allocasuarina littoralis Allocasuarina torulosa Alphitonia excelsa Angophora bakeri Angophora costata Angophora floribunda Aristida vagans Arthropodium milleflorum Arthropodium minus Astrotricha latifolia Baeckea ramosissima Banksia serrata Banksia spinulosa Billardiera scandens Bossiaea obcordata Bossiaea prostrata Bracteantha bracteata Breynia oblongifolia Bursaria spinosa Calotis cuneifolia Carex inversa Cassytha glabella Cassytha pubescens Cheilanthes sieberi Chenopodium carinatum Corymbia eximia Corymbia gummifera Cryptandra amara Cyathochaeta diandra Cymbopogon refractus Danthonia tenuior Daviesia mimisoides Daviesia squarrosa Daviesia ulicifolia Desmodium varians Dianella caerulea Dianella prunina Dianella revoluta Dichondra repens Dillwynia retorta Dodonaea triquetra Doodia aspera Echinopogon caespitosus Echinopogon ovatus Einadia hastata Entolasia marginata Entolasia stricta Eragrostis brownii Eremophila debilis Eucalyptus agglomerata Eucalyptus beyeriana Eucalyptus crebra Eucalyptus deanei Eucalyptus eugenioides Eucalyptus fibrosa Eucalyptus globoidea Eucalyptus notabilis Eucalyptus oblonga Eucalyptus paniculata Eucalyptus punctata Eucalyptus resinifera Eucalyptus sclerophylla Eucalyptus sparsifolia Eucalyptus squamosa Euchiton sphaericus Eustrephus latifolius Exocarpos cupressiformis Exocarpos strictus Gahnia clarkei Gahnia radula Gallium binifolium Gallium propinquum Gastrodia sesamoides Geranium homeanum Glochidion ferdinandi Glycine clandestina Glycine tabacina Gompholobium grandiflorum Gompholobium huegelii Gonocarpus humilis Gonocarpus tetragynus Gonocarpus teucrioides Goodenia bellidifolia Goodenia hederacea Goodenia heterophylla Grevillia longifolia Grevillea mucronulata Grevillea sericea Hakea dactyloides Hakea salicifolia Hakea sericea Hardenbergia violacea Hibbertia aspera Hibbertia diffusa Hydrocotyle peduncularis Hypericum gramineum Hypolepis muelleri Imperata cylindrica Indigofera australis Kennedia rubicunda Kunzea ambigua Lambertia formosa Lasiopetalum parviflorum Laxmannia gracilis Lepidosperma laterale Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum trinervium Leucopogon juniperinus Leucopogon lanceolatus Leucopogon microphyllus Leucopogon muticus Lindsaea microphylla Logania pusilla Lomandra cylindrica Lomandra filiformis Lomandra longifolia Lomandra multiflora Lomatia ilicifolia Lomatia silaifolia Melaleuca thymifolia Mentha satureioides Microlaena stipoides Mirbelia rubiifolia Mitrasacme polymorpha Morinda jasminoides Notelaea longifolia Olax stricta Olearia microphylla Opercularia varia Oplismenus aemulus Oplismenus imbecillis Oxylobium ilicifolium Oxylobium scandens Ozothamnus diosmifolius Pandorea pandorana Panicum simile Patersonia fragilis Patersonia glabrata Patersonia longifolia Patersonia sericea Persoonia lanceolata Persoonia laurina Persoonia levis Persoonia linearis Persoonia mollis Persoonia myrtilloides Persoonia pinifolia Petrophile pedunculata Petrophile pulchella Phyllanthus gasstroemii Phyllanthus hirtellus Phylotta phylicoides Pimelea linifolia Pittosporum revolutum Plantago varia Platylobium formosum Poa cheelii Poa labillardieri Poa sieberiana Polyscias sambucifolia Pomaderris ferruginea Pomaderris intermedia Pomax umbellata Poranthera ericifilia Poranthera microphylla Pratia purpurascens Prostanthera linearis Pseuderanthemum variabile Pteridium esculentum Ptilothrix deusta Pultenaea ferruginea Pultenaea flexilis Pultenaea retusa Pultenaea scabra Pultenaea villosa Rubus parvifolius Sigesbeckia orientalis Solanum prinophyllum Sporobolus creber Stackhousia monogyna Stackhousia muricata Stackhousia viminea Stellaria flaccida Stipa pubescens Stipa rudis Styphelia laeta Syncarpia glomulifera Tephrosia brachyodon Thelymitra pauciflora Themeda australis Thysanotus tuberosus Tylophora barbata Vernonia cinerea Veronica plebeia Wahlenbergia gracilis Xylomelum pyriforme(2E) Eucalyptus deanei-E. piperita Tall Open-forest Eucalyptus deanei-E. piperita Tall Open-forest refers to a vegetation community of mixed tree species composition, including Eucalyptus piperita (Sydney Peppermint), E. deanei (Mountain Blue Gum), Syncarpia glomulifera (Turpentine), Angophora costata (Sydney Red Gum), A. floribunda (Rough-barked Apple), E. punctata (Grey Gum) and E. crebra (Narrow-leaved Ironbark). Not all of these species occur in every stand, except for E. deanei, whose presence is characteristic of the community.The community is found in moist, sheltered sites on the talus slopes below the sandstone escarpments of the Jamison, Kedumba and Grose Valleys. It is replaced further west in the Megalong and Kanimbla Valleys by Eucalyptus cypellocarpa-E. piperita Tall Open-forest. The community also occurs in some moist, sheltered sites away from the escarpments. The typical vegetation structure is tall open-forest, although this may vary depending on site conditions and history. It is a wet sclerophyll forest, with soft-leaved plants prominent in the understorey.Eucalyptus deanei-E. piperita Tall Open-forest differs from E. deanei-E. punctata-Syncarpia glomulifera Tall Open-forest in that it occurs on different geology (Illawarra Coal Measures, Shoalhaven Group and Narrabeen Group) and E. deanei is less prominent.This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of Eucalyptus piperita and E. deanei along with the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia elata Acacia falciformis Acacia longifolia Adiantum aethiopicum Allocasuarina torulosa Angophora costata Angophora floribunda Arthropodium minus Astrotricha latifolia Banksia spinulosa Blechnum cartilagineum Callicoma serratifolia Calochlaena dubia Carex longebrachiata Cassytha pubescens Ceratopetalum apetalum Clematis aristata Cyathea australis Desmodium varians Dianella caerulea Dichelachne rara Dichondra repens Doodia aspera Elaeocarpus reticulatus Entolasia stricta Eucalyptus crebra Eucalyptus deanei Eucalyptus piperita Eucalyptus punctata Eustrephus latifolius Exocarpos cupressiformis Gahnia sieberiana Galium propinquum Geitonoplesium cymosum Gleichenia microphylla Glycine clandestina Hakea dactyloides Hakea salicifolia Hibbertia scandens Hydrocotyle peduncularis Indigofera australis Leptospermum polygalifolium Leucopogon lanceolatus Lomandra longifolia Lomandra montana Melaleuca styphelioides Oplismenus aemulus Pandorea pandorana Platylobium formosum Platysace lanceolata Plectranthus parviflorus Pratia purpurascens Pteridium esculentum Rubus parvifolius Smilax australis Sticherus lobatus Syncarpia glomulifera Todea barbara Tristaniopsis collina Tylophora barbata(2F) Eucalyptus cypellocarpa-E. piperita Tall Open-forest Eucalyptus cypellocarpa-E. piperita Tall Open-forest is characterised by the presence of E. cypellocarpa (Monkey Gum), occurring in association with one or more of E. piperita (Sydney Peppermint), E. oreades (Blue Mountain Ash) and E. radiatasubsp.radiata (Narrow-leaved Peppermint).The community is found in moist, sheltered sites on the talus slopes below the sandstone escarpments of the western Blue Mountains (Megalong and Kanimbla Valleys). The community also occurs in some moist, sheltered sites away from the escarpments, and may occur as far east as Woodford. The typical vegetation structure is tall open-forest, although this may vary depending on site conditions and history. It is a wet sclerophyll forest, with soft-leaved plants prominent in the understorey.This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of Eucalyptus cypellocarpa and E. piperita along with the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia elata Acacia longifolia Banksia cunninghamii Banksia spinulosa Blechnum cartilagineum Callicoma serratifolia Callistemon citrinus Calochlaena dubia Cassytha pubescens Chionochloa pallida Comesperma ericinum Cyathea australis Dianella caerulea Empodisma minus Entolasia marginata Entolasia stricta Epacris pulchella Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Eucalyptus mannifera subsp. gullickii Eucalyptus oreades Eucalyptus piperita Eucalyptus radiata subsp. radiata Gahnia sieberiana Gleichenia microphylla Gonocarpus teucrioides Hakea dactyloides Hydrocotyle peduncularis Leptospermum grandifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium Leucopogon lanceolatus Lomandra longifolia Lomatia silaifolia Microlaena stipoides Monotoca scoparia Persoonia mollis Persoonia myrtilloides Petrophile pulchella Platysace lanceolata Polyscias sambucifolia Pteridium esculentum Pultenaea flexilis Pultenaea scabra Todea barbara Tristaniopsis collina (2G) Eucalyptus oreades Open-forest/Tall Open-forest Eucalyptus oreades Open-forest/Tall Open-forest refers to those vegetation communities dominated by E. oreades (Blue Mountain Ash). A range of other Eucalypts may also occur, most commonly including, E. piperita (Sydney Peppermint), E. cypellocarpa (Monkey Gum) and E. radiatasubsp.radiata (Narrow-leaved Peppermint).The characteristic vegetation structure is tall open-forest, however this can vary depending on site conditions and history. In some places the understorey is shrubby, while in moister sites a ferny understorey can be present. Although typically found in gullies or on sheltered slopes in the upper mountains (Bell to Wentworth Falls), this community also occurs in relatively exposed sites eg ridgetops, where suitable depth of shale provides more fertile conditions and better soil moisture.Eucalyptus oreades is extremely fire-sensitive, with individual trees readily killed in a major bushfire. Although the capacity of E. oreades to regenerate from seed after fire is indicated by even-aged stands of trees often found in this community, the species will be adversely affected or eliminated entirely by an inappropriate fire regime of frequent burning.This community is relatively rare outside of the National Park estate and has apparently suffered significant loss due to urbanisation and associated infrastructure, as well as being degraded by weed invasion, changed fire regimes, and stormwater runoff.Eucalyptus oreades open-forest/tall open-forest is characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia brownii Acacia obtusifolia Acacia terminalis Amperea xiphoclada Arrhenechthites mixta Austrodanthonia longifolia Banksia spinulosa Billardiera scandens Bossiaea heterophylla Cassytha glabella Conospermum tenuifolium Dampiera stricta Daviesia ulicifolia Dianella caerulea Dianella longifolia Dianella prunina Eucalyptus oreades Eucalyptus piperita Eucalyptus radiata subsp. radiata Eucalyptus sieberi Goodenia bellidifolia Hakea laevipes Hibbertia aspera Hibbertia rufa Hovea linearis Leptomeria acida Leptospermum polygalifolium Lindsaea microphylla Lomandra gracilis Lomandra longifolia Lomandra obliqua Lomatia silaifolia Mitrasacme polymorpha Monotoca scoparia Olearia erubescens Patersonia sericea Persoonia chamaepitys Persoonia laurina Persoonia levis Persoonia myrtilloides Phyllota squarrosa Platylobium formosum Platysace linifolia Poa sieberiana Poranthera corymbosa Pteridium esculentum Stackhousia viminea Symphionema montanum Telopea speciosissima Xanthorrhoea media (2H) Eucalyptus dalrympleana-E. piperita Tall Open-forest Eucalyptus dalrympleana-E. piperita Tall Open-forest is characterised by the presence of E. dalrympleana (Mountain Gum), occurring in association with E. piperita (Sydney Peppermint) and E. radiatasubsp.radiata (Narrow-leaved Peppermint). In the City, this community appears to be restricted to one small stand at the upper end of Popes Glen Creek, Blackheath, where it occurs on a sheltered, south-facing slope of Narrabeen Group geology. The vegetation structure is variable within this disturbed stand, from tall open-forest to open-forest and woodland. It is a wet sclerophyll forest, with soft-leaved plants prominent in the understorey.Eucalyptus dalrympleana-E. piperita Tall Open-forest is characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the community at Blackheath.
Acacia longifolia Acacia melanoxylon Arrhenechthites mixta Baumea rubiginosa Billardiera scandens Blechnum nudum Chionochloa pallida Cyathea australis Daviesia ulicifolia Deyeuxia parviseta Dianella prunina Dianella tasmanica Empodisma minus Epacris pulchella Eucalyptus dalrympleana Eucalyptus piperita Eucalyptus radiata subsp. radiata Gahnia sieberiana Gleichenia dicarpa Gonocarpus teucrioides Hakea dactyloides Helichrysum scorpioides Leptospermum polygalifolium Lepyrodia scariosa Leucopogon lanceolatus Lomandra longifolia Lomatia silaifolia Lycopodium deuterodensum Microlaena stipoides Olearia erubescens Persoonia myrtilloides Poa sieberiana Polyscias sambucifolia Pteridium esculentum Pultenaea scabra (2I) Sun Valley Cabbage Gum Forest (Eucalyptus amplifolia) The Sun Valley Cabbage Gum Forest is listed as an Endangered Ecological Community in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.This community is dominated by Eucalyptus amplifolia (Cabbage Gum) that occurs on the diatreme at Sun Valley. An associated tree species is E. eugenioides (Thin-leaved Stringybark). Although there is still good tree cover in the area (remnant trees and regeneration), the understorey of this community has been grossly altered through clearing and grazing. Remaining native understorey species include Acacia parramattensis, Imperata cylindrica, Lomandra longifolia and Pteridium esculentum, but the original composition of the understorey is difficult to assess. Attempts to restore this community at Sun Valley are certainly warranted.Eucalyptus amplifolia Tall Open-forest is characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the community at Sun Valley.
Acacia parramattensis Adiantum aethiopicum Agrostis sp. Aristida sp. Arthropodium sp. Blechnum nudum Bursaria spinosa Centella asiatica Cheilanthes sieberi Daucus glochidiatus Daviesia ulicifolia Dianella aff. caerulea Dianella caerulea Dichondra repens Dillwynia sp. Doodia aspera Echinopogon caespitosus Entolasia marginata Entolasia stricta Eucalyptus amplifolia Eucalyptus eugenioides Gallium gaudichaudi Geranium homeanum Geranium solanderi Glycine tabacina Hakea salicifolia Hardenbergia violacea Hemarthria uncinata Hibbertia diffusa Hibbertia fasciculata Hibbertia linearis Hypericum gramineum Indigofera australis Juncus usitatus Kunzea ambigua Lindsaea linearis Lomandra longifolia Microlaena stipoides Persoonia linearis Persoonia oblongata Pittosporum undulatum Poa sp. Poranthera microphylla Pratia purpurascens Pteridium esculentum Ranunculus lappaceus Themeda australis Veronica plebeia(2J) Montane Gully Forest (Eucalyptus fastigata-E. cypellocarpa- E. dalrympleana) This community is associated with moderate to steep slopes and narrow gorges on the Narrabeen Group and Illawarra Coal Measures below the escarpments around Mount York and north to Bell. There is substantial intergradation with vegetation typical of the sandstone plateau close to the escarpments and with the Eucalyptus cypellocarpa and E. piperita communities between Blackheath and Mount Victoria. The boundary of this community approximates the lower distribution of E. fastigata, E. dalrympleana and E. blaxlandii, and the upper distributional limits of Angophora costata and Syncarpia glomulifera.Tree species include Eucalyptus fastigata (Brown Barrel), E. cypellocarpa (Monkey Gum), E. dalrympleana (Mountain Gum) with E. oreades (Blue Mountain Ash), E. blaxlandii (Blaxland’s Stringybark), E. radiatasubsp.radiata (Narrow-leaved Peppermint) and E. sieberi (Silvertop Ash). The understorey is moderately shrubby with Acacia falciformis, A. terminalis, A. buxifolia, Oxylobium ilicifolium and Leptospermum flavescens occurring, together with ferns such as Culcita dubia. Acacia dealbata was more common here than in any other parts of the study area. It appears that E. fastigata occurs primarily in the more sheltered sites with E. dalrympleana relatively common on the lower slopes where this unit blends into remnants of the vegetation found on the edge of the agricultural land around Little Hartley.Montane Gully Forest is characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, but the list is indicative of the major diagnostic species composition.
Acacia buxifolia Acacia dealbata Acacia falciformis Acacia melanoxylon Acacia terminalis Acaena novae-zelandiae Adiantum aethiopicum Anisopogon avenaceus Arrhenechthites mixta Asperula conferta Blechnum cartilagineum Centella asiatica Clematis aristata Culcita dubia Cymbonotus lawsonianus Dianella caerulea Echinopogon ovatus Eucalyptus blaxlandii Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Eucalyptus dalrympleana Eucalyptus fastigata Eucalyptus oreades Eucalyptus radiata subsp. radiata Eucalyptus sieberi Geranium sp. Glycine clandestina Gonocarpus tetragynus Gonocarpus teucrioides Helichrysum rutidolepsis Leptospermum flavescens Leptospermum morrisonii Leucopogon lanceolatus Lomandra longifolia Microlaena stipoides Oxylobium ilicifolium Persoonia linearis Polyscias sambucifolia Pratia purpurascens Pteridium esculentum Pyrrosia repestris Rubus parvifolius Syncarpia glomulifera Veronica calycina Viola betonicifolia (2K) Blue Gum Riverflat Forest (Eucalyptus deanei) The Blue Gum Riverflat Forest in the Blue Mountains is included within the Sydney Coastal River-Flat Forest listed as an Endangered Ecological Community in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.This community is usually restricted to terraces of deep alluvium along larger watercourses of the lower Blue Mountains. Eucalyptus deanei (Mountain Blue Gum) is dominant and may be almost monospecific, with occasional Angophora floribunda (Rough-barked Apple) and a small tree layer which may contain large bipinnate wattles and infrequent Allocasuarina torulosa (She-oak). The understorey is open and often dominated by grasses or ferns (or both) with scattered mesic shrubs becoming denser in the immediate vicinity of the watercourse.This community superficially resembles the Blue Mountains Shale Cap Forest but the two occur in different positions in the landscape.This community is generally characterised by the almost monospecific occurrence of Eucalyptus deanei along with the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia implexa Acacia parramattensis Adiantum aethiopicum Allocasuarina torulosa Angophora floribunda Backhousia myrtifolia Blechnum nudum Breynia oblongifolia Callicoma serratifolia Calochlaena dubia Centella asiatica Cynodon dactylon Dichondra repens Entolasia stricta Eucalyptus deanei Geitonoplesium cymosum Glycine tabacina Imperata cylindrica Kunzea ambigua Lomandra longifolia Melaleuca linariifolia Melia azedarach Oplismenus sp. Plectranthus parviflorus Pratia purpurascens Pseuderanthemum variabile Pteridium esculentum Rubus parvifolius Sigesbeckia orientalis Stellaria flaccida Sticherus flabellatus Trema aspera Tylophora barbata Veronica plebeia (2L) Casuarina cunninghamiana ‘River Oak Forest’ The Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Forest in the Blue Mountains is included within the Sydney Coastal River-Flat Forest listed as an Endangered Ecological Community in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.Narrow bands of River Oak Forest occur on the alluvial banks of the Coxs River. This community also occurs in small, unmapped occurrences along the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. The dominant canopy species is Casuarina cunninghamianasubsp.cunninghamiana (River Oak) with occasional subdominants being Angophora floribunda (Rough-barked Apple) Eucalyptus viminalis (Ribbon Gum) and E. tereticornis (Forest Red Gum), and rarely A. subvelutina (Broad-leaved Apple). Backhousia myrtifolia (Myrtle) can also occur on the sheltered fringes of this community. Along the larger tributaries to the east of the Coxs River, the understorey is often dominated by Leptospermumspp.. In these situations, Lomandra longifolia and several sedges can dominate the ground layer.The understorey is generally sparse because of the mobile nature of the substrate (mobile gravels, sands and large areas of bare granite). The surrounding lands have often been cleared for agriculture and these communities are often highly prone to willow and other weed infestation.Casuarina cunninghamiana River Oak Forest is characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species may also occur, but the list is indicative of the species most characteristic of this composition.
Acacia floribunda Acacia parvipinnula Agrostis avenaceus Alisma plantago-aquatica Angophora floribunda Angophora subvelutina Backhousia myrtifolia Blechnum nudum Breynia oblongifolia Bursaria spinosa Callistemon citrinus Callistemon paludosus Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana Cheilanthes distans Clematis aristata Commelina cyanea Crassula sieberiana Cynodon dactylon Cyperus sphaeroideus Eleocharis sphacelata Entolasia stricta Eucalyptus tereticornis Eucalyptus viminalis Geranium homeanum Gnaphalium involucratum Hemarthria uncinata Isolepis inundata Juncus acuminatus Juncus caespiticius Juncus usitatus Leptospermum juniperinum Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum morrisonii Lomandra longifolia Microlaena stipoides Persicaria hydropiper Persicaria praetermissa Ranunculus inundatus Rumex sp. Tristaniopsis laurina Wahlenbergia gracilis (2M) Eucalyptus radiata subsp. radiata-E. piperita Open-forest This community is only known from a small number of easterly-facing slopes in Katoomba and Leura but may occur elsewhere in the higher Blue Mountains. The dominant canopy trees are Eucalyptus radiatasubsp.radiata (Narrow-leaved Peppermint) and E. piperita (Sydney Peppermint). E. sieberi is also present, particularly where this community grades into the common E. sieberi/E. piperita community which tends to occur upslope. E. manniferasubsp.gullickii can occur infrequently, particularly downslope towards adjoining swamp or riparian vegetation.The understorey is a mix of dry and wet sclerophyll species and may contain species associated with Blue Mountains Swamps where these communities adjoin. The following list is indicative of some of the major diagnostic species.
Acacia terminalis Banksia cunninghamii Banksia spinulosa Boronia microphylla Callicoma serratifolia Chionochloa pallida Dianella tasmanica Entolasia marginata Eucalyptus mannifera subsp. gullickii Eucalyptus oblonga Eucalyptus piperita Eucalyptus radiata subsp. radiata Eucalyptus sclerophylla Eucalyptus sieberi Eucalyptus sparsifolia Lepidosperma laterale Leptospermum trinervium Persoonia acerosa Persoonia chamaepitys Persoonia myrtilloides Platylobium formosum Polyscias sambucifolia Pteridium esculentum Pultenaea glabra Stellaria pungens (2N) Melaleuca styphelioides-M. linariifolia Forest This community occurs at the base of the slopes below the escarpments surrounding the Megalong, Kanimbla, Jamison and Kedumba Valleys. It is restricted to small alluvial/colluvial deltas perpendicular to the escarpment or to alluvial deposits along ephemeral watercourses running parallel to the escarpment. It is a generally moist forest in which Melaleuca species are dominant and occur under an open canopy of tall Eucalyptus cypellocarpa (Monkey Gum) or less often, E. viminalis (Ribbon Gum), with E. deanei (Mountain Blue Gum) most common east of Narrow Neck Peninsula. Other emergents can include E. crebra (Narrow-leafed Ironbark) and E. punctata (Grey Gum). The understorey is generally depauperate because of shading from the often-dense strata of Melaleuca. In areas subject to or recovering from grazing, it tends to be dominated by unpalatable graminoids and shrubs including Lomandra longifolia and Bursaria species, while in less modified situations there are numerous small climber/twiners such as Desmodium, Eustrephus and Glycine species along with the woody vines Marsdenia, Cissus and Parsonsia, herbs such as Dichondra, Centella and Viola, and a sparse layer of grasses such as Oplismenus species. Occasionally, in sites with more impeded drainage, small sedgeland communities are present, and in particularly moist or sheltered (or both) locations, there can be some intergradation with rainforest assemblages.This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the range of species composition within this community type.
Acacia falciformis Acacia obtusifolia Acacia parramattensis Adiantum aethiopicum Austrostipa pubescens Banksia spinulosa Billardiera scandens Blechnum cartilagineum Bossiaea neo-anglica Brachycome angustifolia Bursaria spinosa Centella asiatica Choretrum candollei Cissus sp. Clematis aristate Desmodium varians Dianella caerulea Dianella longifolia Dichondra repens Entolasia stricta Eucalyptus blaxlandii Eucalyptus crebra Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Eucalyptus deanei Eucalyptus piperita Eucalyptus punctata Eucalyptus viminalis Eustrephus latifolius Gahnia melanocarpa Galium propinquum Geitonoplesium cymosum Geranium homeanum Glycine tabacina Gonocarpus tetragynus Goodenia hederacea Hardenbergia violacea Helichrysum scorpioides Hibbertia aspera Hibbertia obtusifolia Hypericum gramineum Imperata cylindrica Lagenifera stipitata Leptospermum polygalifolium Leucopogon lanceolata Lomandra glauca Lomandra longifolia Lomatia myricoides Marsdenia flavescens Melaleuca linariifolia Melaleuca styphelioides Microlaena stipoides Oplismenus spp. Pandorea pandorana Parsonsia straminea Phyllanthus hirtellus Plantago debilis Platylobium formosum Poa labillardieri Podolobium ilicifolium Poranthera corymbosa Poranthera microphylla Pratia purpurascens Pteridium esculentum Rubus parvifolia Scaevola ramosissima Schoenus apogon Stackhousia viminea Veronica plebeia Viola hederacea(2O) Riparian Granite Slopes Forest This community is present in the headwaters of ephemeral streams that drain the granite upland of the Megalong Valley down to the Coxs River. The structure is generally an open-forest to woodland with a low, moist and herbaceous understorey in which Stellaria flaccida and S. pungens are prevalent. The small ferns, Asplenium flabellifolium, Cheilanthes sieberi and C. distans may be present with Blechnum nudum scattered along the watercourse. A moist grass layer can dominate the ground stratum and will often contain the herbs, Dichondra repens, Centella asiatica, the twiners Desmodium varians and Glycine species with various Senecio species scattered throughout. The canopy species include Eucalyptus viminalis (Ribbon Gum), E. tereticornis (Forest Red Gum) and Angophora floribunda (Rough-barked Apple) with an occasional subcanopy of Allocasuarina torulosa. A small number of rainforest species may be present, particularly along the watercourse or on the sheltered side of the slope. Examples include Rapanea howittiana, Ficus coronata and Trema aspera. This community can grade into Megalong Granite Dry Rainforest (see community (1C)).This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the range of species composition within this community type.
Acacia falciformis Acaena novae-zelandiae Adiantum aethiopicum Allocasuarina torulosa Angophora floribunda Asplenium flabellifolium Blechnum nudum Bulbine bulbosa Bursaria longisepala Calochlaena dubia Carex appressa Carex longebrachiata Centella asiatica Cheilanthes distans Cheilanthes sieberi Clematis glycinoides Desmodium varians Dichondra repens Doodia aspera Echinopogon ovatus Entolasia marginata Eucalyptus tereticornis Eucalyptus viminalis Eustrephus latifolius Ficus coronata Geitonoplesium cymosum Geranium retrorsum Glycine tabacina Hypericum gramineum Lomandra longifolia Microlaena stipoides Oxalis perennans Pittosporum undulatum Pratia purpurascens Rapanea howittiana Rubus parvifolius Senecio linearifolius Senecio minimus Smilax glyciphylla Solanum cinereum Stellaria flaccida Stellaria pungens Stypandra glauca Swainsona galegifolia Trema aspera Urtica incisa Wahlenbergia communis Wahlenbergia stricta(2P) Megalong Footslopes Forest This community is found on the footslopes below the escarpments, extending towards the centre of the Megalong Valley until displaced by the vegetation on the granite batholith. Some intergradation of these communities occurs and the outer margin of the Shoalhaven Group supports a community often dominated by Eucalyptus sclerophylla (Hard-leafed Scribbly Gum). Several variants of the forest form are recognised, with structure ranging from open-forest/woodland to open-forest and canopy species including E. eugenioides (Thin-leafed Stringybark), E. globoidea (White Stringybark) (and hybrids), E. punctata (Grey Ironbark), E. sclerophylla (Hard-leafed Scribbly Gum) and Angophora costata (Sydney Red Gum). At the interface with the adjoining forests that dominate the slopes below the cliffline, a taller variant occurs in which E. cypellocarpa (Monkey Gum) may be present. Such situations can be associated with the existence of Melaleuca styphelioides-M. linariifolia swamp forest.This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the range of species composition within this community type.
Acacia floribunda Acacia terminalis Angophora costata Banksia spinulosa Billardiera scandens Boronia parvifolia Bossiaea obcordata Calytrix tetragona Cheilanthes distans Dianella revoluta Dillwynia retorta Entolasia stricta Epacris microphylla Eucalyptus cypellocarpa Eucalyptus eugenioides Eucalyptus globoidea Eucalyptus punctata Eucalyptus sclerophylla Eucalyptus sieberi Goodenia hederacea Hakea salicifolia Hardenbergia violacea Hibbertia aspera Hibbertia rufa Isopogon anemonifolius Lagenifera stipitata Lepidosperma viscidum Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum trinervium Leucopogon virgatus Lissanthe sapida Lomandra cylindrica Lomandra longifolia Lomandra obliqua Mirbelia rubioides Monotoca scoparia Notelaea ovata Persoonia laurina Persoonia levis Persoonia linearis Phyllanthus hirtellus Pimelea linifolia Poa sieberiana Pomax umbellata Poranthera microphylla Schoenus imberbis Stylidium graminifolium Viola hederacea(2Q) Megalong Granite Forest/Woodland (Eucalyptus tereticornis-E. eugenioides) Much of the undulating granite country supporting this community was cleared for agriculture in the nineteenth century. Fragmented remnants are found in the Coxs River valley at elevations between 250 metres and 850 metres on deep, well-drained sandy soils derived from carboniferous adamellite, granite and grandiorote. Much of the vegetation is now a “derived” woodland (sensu Keith and Benson, 1988) but was probably forest prior to modification by clearing, grazing, rabbits and an altered fire regime.The most characteristic tree species are Eucalyptus tereticornis (Forest Red Gum) and E. eugenioides (Thin-leaved stringybark) together with E. viminalis (Ribbon Gum). E. dalrympleanasubsp.dalrympleana (Mountain Gum) can be locally dominant, particularly on the higher elevations (which are often quite exposed). E. bridgesiana, E. dives, E. rubida and E. camphora are generally rare within this community and are not considered characteristic of it, however Angophora floribunda (Rough-barked Apple) is quite common and extends well beyond the lower slopes and watercourses. E. macrorhynchasubsp.macrorhyncha occurs mainly in the western areas of the granite vegetation but is occasionally a significant canopy component. Acacia falciformis can also be a locally significant canopy species and can be present in most variants of the granite communities. The less common eucalypts are generally associated with the complex ecotones on the eastern edges of the granite vegetation or with other very localised conditions.The understorey of the Megalong Granite Forest/Woodland tends to be low and dominated by grasses, graminoids (particularly Lomandraceae) and herbs, in particular, Astraceae. Climbers such as Desmodium, Glycine and Clematis are often present. Shrubs are either relatively rare or else the shrub layer consists of a small number of common unpalatable species such as Bursaria species and Lissanthe strigosa. The understorey composition can vary greatly depending on the amount of exposure.This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the major diagnostic species.
Acacia falciformis Acacia implexa Acacia obtusifolia Acacia parramattensis Acaena novae-zelandiae Adiantum aethiopicum Ajuga australia Angophora floribunda Asplenium flebellifolium Austrostipa pubescens Blechnum cartilagineum Brachycome angustifolia var. angustifolia Bursaria spinosa Carex appressa Cassinia arcuata Centella asiatica Cheilanthes distans Clematis aristata Cymbopogon refractus Desmodium varians Dianella longifolia Dianella revoluta Dichelachne rara Dichondra repens Doodia aspera Echinopogon caespitosus Echinopogon ovatus Entolasia stricta Epilobium hirtigerum Eucalyptus bridgesiana Eucalyptus camphora Eucalyptus dalrympleana Eucalyptus dives Eucalyptus eugenioides Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Eucalyptus punctata Eucalyptus rubida Eucalyptus tereticornis Eucalyptus viminalis Exocarpos cupressiformis Exocarpus strictus Galium propinquum Geitonoplesium cymosum Geranium homeanum Geranium retrorsum Geranium solanderi Glycine microphylla Glycine tabacina Gnaphalium sp. Gonocarpus tetragynus Helichrysum scorpioides Hydrocotyle geraniifolia Hypericum gramineum Imperata cylindrica Indigofera australis Lepidosperma gunnii Lepidosperma viscidum Leucopogon lanceolata Leucopogon virgatus Libertia paniculata Lissanthe strigose Lomandra glauca Lomandra gracilis Lomandra longifolia Lomandra multiflora Lomatia myricoides Lomatia silaifolia Luzula flaccida Marsdenia rostrata Microlaena stipoides Oplismenus imbecillis Pandorea pandorana Pellaea falcata Persoonia linearis Plantago debilis Plantago gaudichaudii Plectranthus parviflorus Poa labillardieri Poa sieberiana Polystichum proliferum Poranthera microphylla Pratia purpurascens Pteridium esculentum Ranunculus lappaceus Rapanea howittiana Rubus parvifolius Rumex brownii Schoenus apogon Senecio lautus ssp. dissectifolius Senecio minimus Sigesbeckia orientalis Solanum cinereum Stackhousia viminea Stellaria flaccida Stypandra glauca Themeda australis Urtica incisa Veronica plebeia Viola betonicifolia Wahlenbergia stricta
3 Low Open-forest
Melaleuca linariifolia Low Open-forestMelaleuca linariifolia Low Open-forest is found on sandy alluvial soils along certain creeks in the lower Blue Mountains, in which the low paperbark tree, M. linariifolia (Snow-in-summer), dominates the vegetation. This creekline vegetation is associated with creeks on deep alluvial sand deposits, rather than the sandstone substrates more typical of Blue Mountains creeks. The typical vegetation structure is a narrow band of low open-forest or low closed-forest along the creek. Occasional emergent Eucalyptus or Angophora trees may be present above the Melaleuca canopy.This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of Melaleuca linariifolia along with the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia longifolia Acacia rubida Adiantum aethiopicum Blechnum nudum Blechnum wattsii Callicoma serratifolia Callistemon citrinus Calochlaena dubia Cyathea australis Cyperus polystachyos Eleocharis sphacelata Entolasia marginata Entolasia stricta Gahnia clarkei Gleichenia dicarpa Hydrocotyle peduncularis Hypolepis muelleri Imperata cylindrica Isolepis inundata Juncus continuus Juncus planifolius Juncus usitatus Kennedia rubicunda Leptospermum polygalifolium Melaleuca linariifolia Microlaena stipoides Pittosporum undulatum Pteridium esculentum Schoenus melanostachys Typha orientalis
4 Woodlands
(4A) Eucalyptus mannifera subsp. gullickii Alluvial Woodlands These woodlands are found on alluvial soils along certain creeks in the upper Blue Mountains, in which Eucalyptus manniferasubsp.gullickii (Brittle Gum) is the dominant tree species or co-dominant with E. radiatasubsp.radiata (Narrow-leaved Peppermint). The association of the community with creekside alluvium is a critical feature in its definition, since E. mannifera subsp. gullickii and E. radiata subsp. radiata may also be common species in other communities in the upper Blue Mountains. The vegetation structure is woodland or open-forest. E. mannifera subsp. gullickii occurs in some sites as a sparse tree layer (an open-woodland) over swamp vegetation, but such stands are better classified within the Blue Mountains swamp communities rather than as E. mannifera subsp. gullickii Alluvial Woodland.Two forms of Eucalyptus mannifera subsp. gullickii Alluvial Woodland may be distinguished. At higher altitudes (Mount Victoria-Blackheath), E. mannifera subsp. gullickii is the main tree species and the community is termed E. mannifera subsp. gullickii woodland. At slightly lower altitudes (Katoomba-Leura), E. mannifera subsp. gullickii and E. radiata subsp. radiata are co-dominant and the community is termed E. mannifera subsp. gullickii-E. radiata subsp. radiata Woodland.This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of Eucalyptus mannifera subsp. gullickii along with the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia dealbata Acacia melanoxylon Acacia terminalis Baeckea linifolia Banksia cunninghamii Banksia spinulosa Blechnum nudum Boronia microphylla Caustis flexuosa Chionochloa pallida Dampiera stricta Deyeuxia parviseta Dillwynia retorta Empodisma minus Entolasia stricta Epacris spp. Eucalyptus blaxlandii Eucalyptus mannifera subsp. gullickii Eucalyptus radiata subsp. radiata Gahnia sieberiana Gleichenia dicarpa Gonocarpus teucrioides Grevillea acanthifolia Hakea dactyloides Helichrysum scorpioides Hibbertia serpyllifolia Lepidosperma laterale Leptospermum continentale Leptospermum grandifolium Leptospermum juniperinum Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum trinervium Lepyrodia scariosa Leucopogon lanceolatus Lomandra filiformis Lomandra longifolia Microlaena stipoides Mirbelia platylobioides Olearia erubescens Persoonia myrtilloides Pimelea linifolia Poa sieberiana Polyscias sambucifolia Pteridium esculentum Stipa pubescens Stipa rudis Styphelia tubiflora Tetrarrhena turfosa(4B) Eucalyptus sclerophylla Bench Woodland Eucalyptus sclerophylla Bench Woodlands occur on dry sandy alluvial benches along certain creek systems in the lower Blue Mountains. This community may also occur on higher benches on a mix of alluvial and colluvial soils. E. sclerophylla (Hard-leaved Scribbly Gum) is the dominant tree species sometimes co-dominant with Angophora bakeri (Narrow-leaved Apple). The typical vegetation structure is woodland, although this may vary depending on site conditions and history. The association between this community and alluvial or colluvial soils is a critical feature in its definition, since E. sclerophylla is also the dominant tree species in another, more common vegetation community, with a different understorey, that occurs on northern and western aspects on sandstone geology in the middle and upper Blue Mountains. The E. sclerophylla trees in the latter community tend to be smaller than those in the E. sclerophylla Bench Woodland.This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of Eucalyptus sclerophylla along with the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia brownii Acacia rubida Acacia ulicifolia Angophora bakeri Aristida benthami Aristida vagans Baeckea virgata Banksia oblongifolia Banksia serrata Banksia spinulosa Bossiaea heterophylla Bossiaea obcordata Bossiaea rhombifolia Cassytha glabella Cassytha pubescens Caustis flexuosa Conospermum longifolium Corymbia eximia Corymbia gummifera Cyathochaeta diandra Dampiera stricta Daviesia corymbose Dillwynia floribunda Entolasia stricta Epacris pulchella Eriostemon hispidulus Eucalyptus notabilis Eucalyptus piperita Eucalyptus sclerophylla Eucalyptus sparsifolia Grevillea buxifolia Grevillea mucronulata Hakea dactyloides Hakea sericea Hovea linearis Imperata cylindrica Isopogon anemonifolius Lambertia formosa Lepidosperma laterale Leptospermum arachnoides Leptospermum parvifolium Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum trinervium Lepyrodia scariosa Lomandra brevis Lomandra filiformis Lomandra glauca Lomandra longifolia Lomandra obliqua Melaleuca linariifolia Melaleuca thymifolia Mirbelia rubiifolia Monotoca scoparia Panicum simile Persoonia hirsuta Persoonia laurina Persoonia oblongata Petrophile pulchella Phyllota phylicoides Pimelea linifolia Platysace linearifolia Pteridium esculentum Ptilothrix deusta Schoenus villosus Stipa pubescens Stylidium graminifolium Themeda australis Xanthorrhoea media (4C) Kowmung Wilderness Complex This Complex includes open-forest, open-forest/woodland and woodland communities. It has been included in the Woodland section because most of the vegetation is of a woodland structure.Most of this Complex occurs in Kanangra-Boyd National Park with some areas in Blue Mountains National Park. A relatively small area occurs outside these reserves in the far south of the Megalong Valley. Small areas of dry rainforest and riparian complex are present within the Kowmung Wilderness Complex.Indicative canopy species include Eucalyptus crebra (Narrow-leafed Ironbark), E. tereticornis (Forest Red Gum), E. punctata (Grey Gum), E. viminalis (Ribbon Gum), E. melliodora (Yellow Box), E. eugenioides (Thin-leafed Stringybark) and Angophora floribunda (Sydney Red Gum). The understorey can be very open and grassy/herbaceous or can sometimes have a relatively well developed shrub layer in which Bursaria species can be prevalent. Small twiners and Cheilanthes species (Poison Rock Ferns) can be characteristic of the ground stratum as can numerous Senecio species and other daisies.This community is generally characterised by the occurrence of the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition.
Acacia clunies-rossiae Acacia falciformis Acacia implexa Acacia parramattensis Adiantum aethiopicum Agrostis avenaceus Angophora floribunda Brachychiton populneus Brachycome multifida Breynia oblongifolia Bursaria spinosa Calotis hispidula Carex appressa Carex gaudichaudiana Cayratia clematidea Cheilanthes distans Cheilanthes sieberi Choretrum candollei Clematis aristata Clerodendrum tomentosum Commelina cyanea Crassula sieberiana Desmodium brachypodum Desmodium varians Dianella laevis Dianella revoluta Dichelachne sp. Dichondra repens Echinopogon ovatus Einadia sp. Entolasia stricta Eucalyptus crebra Eucalyptus eugenioides Eucalyptus fibrosa Eucalyptus punctata Eucalyptus tereticornis Gahnia aspera Gastrodia sesamoides Geitonoplesium cymosum Geranium homeanum Glycine clandestina Glycine tabacina Gnaphalium involucratum Gonocarpus teucrioides Goodenia hederacea Hardenbergia violacea Helichrysum adnatum Hypericum gramineum Leucopogon lanceolata Lissanthe sapida Lissanthe strigosa Lomandra glauca Lomandra longifolia Lomandra multiflora Luzula flaccida Microlaena stipoides Notelaea longifolia Notodanthonia sp. Olearia viscidula Opercularia hispida Oplismenus imbecillis Oxalis perennans Pellaea falcata Persoonia linearis Plantago debilis Plectranthus parvifolius Poa sieberiana Podolobium ilicifolium Pomax umbellata Pratia purpurascens Pteridium esculentum Rubus parvifolius Schoenus apogon Senecio diaschides Senecio lautus Senecio quadridentatus Sigesbeckia orientalis Solanum cinereum Stackhousia viminea Stellaria flaccida Stephania japonica Stypandra glauca Themeda australis Trema aspera Urtica incisa Veronica plebeia Viola betonicifolia Wahlenbergia gracilis Wahlenbergia stricta (4D) Redgum Swamp Woodland (Eucalyptus tereticornis) This community is dominated by Eucalyptus tereticornis (Forest Redgum) and is known only from a small example between Megalong Creek and Nellies Glen Road in the central eastern Megalong Valley. This site is associated with a swamp ephemeral drainage line that generally defines the ecotone between the vegetation on the lower Shoalhaven Group of sediments and that on the Carboniferous Granite, which dominates the Megalong Valley. Adjoining communities include an example of Coxs River Swamp, the so-called Megalong Forest of Keith and Benson (1988) and the Megalong Granite Forest and woodland. The understorey has been modified by grazing and was probably cleared in the past to facilitate this use.The understorey has been modified by grazing and was probably cleared in the past to facilitate this use. Leptospermum species are dominant along the drainage line and in the more swampy sections which lack open water. Drier areas are dominated by grasses with little or no shrub layer and a relatively sparse tree canopy. This community is threatened by small size, grazing, weed invasion, rabbits and recreational vehicle use.Redgum swamp woodland is broadly characterised by the following assemblage of diagnostic plant species. Other species may also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community.
Acacia floribunda Agrostis avenaceus Callistemon sp. nov. Megalong Valley Carex inversa Centella asiatica Dichelachne sp. Dichondra repens Eucalyptus tereticornis Grevillea acanthifolia Hydrocotyle laxiflora Hypericum gramineum Juncus sp. Juncus usitatus Leptospermum juniperinum Leptospermum obovatum Leptospermum polygalifolium Lomandra longifolia Melaleuca linariifolia Microlaena stipoides Notodanthonia sp. Pratia purpurascens Schoenus apogon Stackhousia viminea
5 Heath/scrub/sedgeland/fernland
(5A) Blue Mountains Heath and Scrub Blue Mountains Heath and Scrub consists of a well-developed shrub layer, with no tree layer or only a sparse layer of scattered low trees, sometimes with a mallee habit (low, multi-stemmed shrub eucalypts). It occurs primarily in exposed sites with very shallow soils on Narrabeen Group and Hawkesbury Sandstone geology. Typical situations are cliff tops and high, rocky ridges, especially on the westerly aspect and with skeletal soils. The vegetation structure is typically an open-heath, less often a closed-heath, and may be interspersed with patches of open-scrub or closed-scrub formed by stands of mallees or Leptospermum species. It is also typically interspersed with areas of bare rock. It can occur on the fringes of or within so-called hanging swamps and in such situations it can also intergrade with vegetation of the Riparian Complex. There is also considerable intergradation between forms of woodland to open-woodland with a Eucalyptus sclerophylla canopy with Blue Mountains Heath and Scrub forming the understorey in such communities.Blue Mountains Heath and Scrub has a mixed and variable species composition. Common shrub species include Allocasuarina distyla, A. nana, Banksia ericifolia, Epacris microphylla, Eucalyptus stricta, Hakea laevipes, H. teretifolia, Kunzea capitata, Leptospermum trinervium and Petrophile pulchella. Common herb and sedge species include Actinotus minor, Platysace linifolia, Lepidosperma filiforme, L. viscidum, Lepyrodia scariosa, Ptilothrix deusta and Schoenus villosus.Two forms of Blue Mountains heath have been distinguished (Keith and Benson 1988, Smith and Smith 1995 a–e): montane heath above about 850–900 metres elevation and lower Blue Mountains heath below this level. The two forms intergrade between Wentworth Falls and Katoomba. Montane heath is characterised by the presence of high altitude species such as Allocasuarina nana, Darwinia taxifolia and Phyllota squarrosa, while lower Blue Mountains heath is characterised by the presence of low altitude species such as Allocasuarina distyla, Darwinia fascicularis and Phyllota phylicoides. However, most of the more common heath plants occur across the full altitudinal range.It is also possible to distinguish two forms of lower Blue Mountains heath: a Hawkesbury Sandstone form at lower altitudes (chiefly in the Faulconbridge to Woodford area), and a Narrabeen Sandstone form at intermediate altitudes (Hazelbrook to Wentworth Falls). The Hawkesbury Sandstone form is characterised by species such as Acacia oxycedrus, Baeckea brevifolia and Eucalyptus burgessiana that are absent from heath on Narrabeen Sandstone.In the prolonged absence of fires, the heath shrubs grow taller and thicker, transforming the vegetation from an open-heath to a closed-scrub, especially in relatively moist and sheltered sites. These communities may be floristically similar to the closed-heaths described above but are structurally unique. Shrubs including Banksia ericifolia, B. serrata, B. spinulosa, Hakea laevipes, H. teretifolia and a range of Leptospermum species may all attain heights of up to 8 metres over a generally grassy, herbaceous understorey. In locally moist areas, the fern Gleichenia dicarpa may become common in the ground stratum.In the Megalong Valley, forms of heath occur which are floristically and geologically distinct from those others within the scope of the Blue Mountains Heath description. The majority of Megalong Valley Heath is associated with the Shoalhaven Group of sediments with a rare exception associated with the Carboniferous Granite. Dominant species of the heath include Leptospermum trinervium, L. polygalifolium, L. juniperinum, Isopogon anemonifolius, Hakea salicifolia, H. sericea and Banksia spinulosa while the locally uncommon shrub Mirbelia pungens may also be present.Only one example is known of heath occurring on granite within the Megalong Valley, however other examples are likely to occur outside the City, west of the Coxs River. This example is dominated by a relatively low-growing shrubby Acacia which has not been able to be identified but is apparently related to Acacia floribunda.Considered as a whole, Blue Mountains Heath and Scrub is characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of heath, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia baueri Acacia floribunda Acacia oxycedrus Acacia suaveolens Actinotus helianthi Actinotus minor Allocasuarina distyla Allocasuarina nana Angophora floribunda Anisopogon avenaceus Austrostipa pubescens Baeckea brevifolia Baeckea densifolia Baeckea ramosissima Banksia ericifolia Banksia serrata Banksia spinulosa Bossiaea heterophylla Bulbine semibarbata Bursaria spinosa Callistemon citrinus Calytrix tetragona Cassytha glabella Caustis flexuosa Cheilanthes sieberi Chionochloa pallida Correa reflexa Corymbia gummifera Cyathochaeta diandra Dampiera purpurea Dampiera stricta Danthonia tenuior Darwinia fascicularis Daviesia corymbosa Dianella caerulea Dichelachne rara Dillwynia floribunda Dillwynia retorta Diuris sulphurea Dodonaea boroniifolia Entolasia stricta Epacris microphylla Epacris obtusifolia Epacris pulchella Eriostemon obovalis Eucalyptus apiculata Eucalyptus burgessiana Eucalyptus dalrympleana Eucalyptus gregsoniana Eucalyptus ligustrina Eucalyptus mannifera subsp. gullickii Eucalyptus moorei Eucalyptus multicaulis Eucalyptus rubida Eucalyptus sparsifolia Eucalyptus stricta Gahnia aspera Galium propinquum Gleichenia dicarpa Gonocarpus teucrioides Goodenia bellidifolia Goodenia hederacea Grevillea arenaria Hakea dactyloides Hakea laevipes Hakea propinqua Hakea salicifolia Hakea sericea Hakea teretifolia Helichrysum scorpioides Hemigenia purpurea Hypericum gramineum Isopogon anemonifolius Kunzea capitata Lambertia formosa Leionema lachnaeoides Lepidosperma filiforme Lepidosperma urophorum Lepidosperma viscidum Leptocarpus tenax Leptospermum arachnoides Leptospermum continentale Leptospermum juniperinum Leptospermum parvifolium Leptospermum petraeum Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum trinervium Lepyrodia scariosa Leucopogon esquamatus Leucopogon microphyllus Lindsaea linearis Lomandra glauca Lomandra longifolia Lomandra multiflora Micromyrtus ciliata Mirbelia baueri Mirbelia pungens Mirbelia rubiifolia Mitrasacme polymorpha Monotoca ledifolia Monotoca scoparia Patersonia sericea Petrophile pulchella Phyllota phylicoides Phyllota squarrosa Platysace lanceolata Platysace linearifolia Pseudanthus divaricatissimus Ptilothrix deusta Pultenaea elliptica Restio fastigiatus Schoenus apogon Schoenus ericetorum Schoenus imberbis Schoenus villosus Stipa pubescens Stylidium lineare Thelionema caespitosum Themeda australis Tricoryne elatior Velleia perfoliata Woollsia pungens (5B) Blue Mountains Swamps A range of swamps occurs within the City. Swamp vegetation develops on poorly drained sites where the soil is waterlogged for prolonged periods. Several variants are recognised and are described below.In the City, swamps occur, not only in low-lying sites on valley floors (‘valley swamps’), but also in the headwaters of creeks and on steep hillsides (‘hanging swamps’). Some swamps represent a combination of valley swamp and hanging swamp. The upper boundary of the swamp is often clearly defined by the outcropping of a layer of claystone. Groundwater seeps along the top of the impermeable claystone layer, reaching the surface where the claystone protrudes, thus forming a swamp on the hillside below. Other swamps receive their water supply from feeder streams rather than groundwater, or from a combination of the two.Blue Mountains Swamps vary greatly in their structure and plant species composition, ranging from closed-sedgeland or closed-fernland to open-heath or closed-heath, sometimes open-scrub or closed-scrub. The shrub-dominated swamps are similar in vegetation structure to some of the forms of Blue Mountains Heath and Scrub, but they differ in species composition and ecological function, and are more appropriately classified with the sedge and fern-dominated swamps. However, in many instances the botanical boundary between Blue Mountains Swamp and Blue Mountains Heath and Scrub communities is unclear or can only be defined at a small scale as the two vegetation types can intergrade extensively.Common shrubs in the Blue Mountains Swamps that occur on the sandstone plateaux include Acacia ptychoclada, Baeckea linifolia, Banksia ericifolia, Callistemon citrinus, Epacris obtusifolia, Grevillea acanthifolia, Hakea teretifolia, Leptospermum grandifolium, L. juniperinum and L. polygalifolium. Common sedges include Empodisma minus, Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus, Lepidosperma limicola and Xyris ustulata. The main fern species is Gleichenia dicarpa. The swamps of the plateaux include communities described by Keith and Benson (1988) and Benson and Keith (1990) as Blue Mountains Sedge Swamps and Newnes Plateau Shrub Swamps.The Kurrajong Fault Swamps are valley swamps that occur in the lower Blue Mountains on sandy alluvial deposits associated with the Kurrajong Fault. Common shrubs are Acacia rubida, Callicoma serratifolia, Callistemon citrinus, Leptospermum juniperinum and Melaleuca linariifolia. Common species in the understorey are Baumea rubiginosa, Gahnia clarkei, Gleichenia dicarpa and Schoenus melanostachys.The Coxs River Swamps are another variant encompassed by this community. These swamps occur on the clayey organic sediments derived from the Illawarra Coal Measures where creeks drain at the base of the escarpment. They support a simple flora dominated by Leptospermum obovatum, L. juniperinum and Grevillea acanthifolia with a dense ground cover of Carex and Juncus species.The Megalong Swamps occur under much the same circumstances as the Coxs River Swamps but differ considerably in both structure and floristics. The Coxs River Swamps tend to occur as scrub, open-scrub and low open-scrub to wet heath with a prominent sedge layer, while the Megalong Swamps are closed to tall closed-scrub dominated by Leptospermum juniperinum and L. polygalifolium with an undescribed shrub Melaleuca sp. Megalong Valley, C. citrinus and infrequent emergents of Eucalyptus camphora and Melaleuca linariifolia.Blue Mountains Swamps are characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every swamp, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acacia ptychoclada Acacia rubida Actinotus minor Almaleea incurvata Baeckea linifolia Banksia ericifolia Banksia oblongifolia Bauera rubioides Baumea rubiginosa Blandfordia cunninghamii Blechnum cartilagineum Blechnum nudum Burnettia cuneata Callicoma serratifolia Callistemon citrinus Carex spp. Celmisia longifolia Dampiera stricta Dillwynia floribunda Drosera binata Drosera spatulata Empodisma minus Epacris microphylla Epacris obtusifolia Epacris paludosa Eucalyptus camphora Eucalyptus copulans Eucalyptus mannifera subsp. gullickii Eucalyptus moorei Gahnia clarkei Gahnia sieberiana Gleichenia dicarpa Gleichenia microphylla Gonocarpus micranthus Goodenia bellidifolia Grevillea acanthifolia Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus Hakea dactyloides Hakea teretifolia Hibbertia cistiflora Isopogon anemonifolius Juncus spp. Kunzea capitata Lepidosperma filiforme Lepidosperma forsythii Lepidosperma limicola Leptocarpus tenax Leptospermum continentale Leptospermum grandifolium Leptospermum juniperinum Leptospermum obovatum Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum squarrosum Lepyrodia scariosa Leucopogon esquamatus Lindsaea linearis Melaleuca linariifolia Melaleuca sp. Megalong Valley Mirbelia rubiifolia Notochloe microdon Olearia quercifolia Patersonia sericea Petrophile pulchella Pimelea linifolia Ptilothrix deusta Pultenaea divaricata Schoenus brevifolius Schoenus melanostachys Schoenus villosus Selaginella uliginosa Sprengelia incarnata Symphionema montanum Tetrarrhena juncea Tetrarrhena turfosa Xanthosia dissecta Xyris juncea Xyris ustulata (5C) Pagoda Rock Complex Within the City, this community occurs only in the far northwest near Bell. It occurs primarily outside the City on the Newnes Plateau where it is exemplified in Gardens of Stone National Park.Benson and Keith (1990) list three structural divisions within this Complex: open-heath of Allocasuarina nana, Leptospermum arachnoides, Lepidosperma viscidum, Platysace lanceolata and Banksia ericifolia; open-mallee scrub of Eucalyptus laophila which is not known from the City of Blue Mountains; and woodland of E. sieberi (Silvertop Ash), E. piperita (Sydney Peppermint) and E. oblonga (Sandstone Stringybark). This mosaic of communities intergrades with the higher altitude variant of Blue Mountains Heath.The following species typically occur within this complex. Other species may also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community.
Acacia dorothea Acacia terminalis Allocasuarina distyla Allocasuarina nana Banksia ericifolia Boronia microphylla Daviesia latifolia Dillwynia retorta Eucalyptus piperita Eucalyptus sclerophylla Eucalyptus sieberi Eucalyptus sparsifolia Hakea dactyloides Lepidosperma viscidum Leptospermum arachnoides Platysace lanceolata (5D) Lagoon Vegetation (Glenbrook Lagoon) Lagoon Vegetation (Glenbrook Lagoon) is the wetland vegetation associated with Glenbrook Lagoon. This waterbody is the only naturally occurring upland lagoon in the City, although wetland vegetation has also developed around artificially created water bodies such as Wentworth Falls Lake and Woodford Lake. Glenbrook Lagoon consists of an area of open water with submerged aquatic vegetation, surrounded by extensive reedbeds dominated by the large sedges Lepironia articulata and Eleocharis sphacelata. Fringing the reedbeds is a narrow band of low paperbark trees Melaleuca linariifolia.Native wetland plants recorded at Glenbrook Lagoon include the following species. Other species are also likely to be present.
Acacia rubida Agrostis avenacea Baumea articulata Callistemon citrinus Callistemon linearis Centella asiatica Cynodon dactylon Eleocharis sphacelata Epilobium billardierianum Gratiola pedunculata Gratiola peruviana Hydrocotyle peduncularis Isachne globosa Juncus holoschoenus Juncus usitatus Lepidosperma longitudinale Lepironia articulata Leptospermum polygalifolium Ludwigia peploides Melaleuca linariifolia Melaleuca thymifolia Myriophyllum variifolium Nymphoides geminata Paspalum distichum Persicaria decipiens Persicaria strigosa Philydrum lanuginosum Phragmites australis Rumex brownii Schoenoplectus validus Typha domingensis Typha orientalis Vallisneria gigantea Viminaria juncea
6 Blue Mountains Riparian complex
Blue Mountains Riparian Complex refers to the narrow bands of vegetation found along perennial and non-perennial watercourses in the Blue Mountains. It applies to those sections of the creek where there are distinct differences between the creekside vegetation and the adjacent vegetation further from the creek. Riparian (creekline) vegetation can be diverse and variable in structure and composition. It typically consists of species that are restricted to the immediate creekside environment plus other species from the adjacent vegetation communities. Common shrubs and low trees characteristic of riparian vegetation in the Blue Mountains include Acacia rubida, Baeckea linifolia, Bauera rubioides, Callicoma serratifolia, Callistemon citrinus, Leptospermum polygalifolium, Lomatia myricoides, Tristania neriifolia and Tristaniopsis laurina. Ferns tend to be a major component of the riparian vegetation, and include Blechnum nudum, Calochlaena dubia, Gleichenia microphylla, Sticherus flabellatus and Todea barbara. Common sedges and rushes include Gahnia sieberiana, Juncus planifolius and Schoenus melanostachys. Pockets of rainforest, swamp and moist cliffline (waterfall) vegetation are often present along the creeks and add to the floristic diversity of the riparian vegetation.Blue Mountains Riparian Complex is characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present along every creek, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation. The list does not include Eucalyptus species. Although a variety of eucalypts may occur along the creeks, they generally reflect the composition of the adjacent vegetation community rather than the riparian vegetation itself.
Acacia elata Acacia linifolia Acacia longifolia Acacia obtusifolia Adiantum aethiopicum Austromyrtus tenuifolia Backhousia myrtifolia Baeckea linifolia Bauera rubioides Blechnum ambiguum Blechnum cartilagineum Blechnum nudum Blechnum patersonii Blechnum wattsii Boronia fraseri Bossiaea lenticularis Callicoma serratifolia Callistemon citrinus Calochlaena dubia Centella asiatica Ceratopetalum apetalum Cissus hypoglauca Dodonaea multijuga Drosera spathulata Entolasia marginata Entolasia stricta Eriostemon myoporoides Gahnia clarkei Gahnia sieberiana Gleichenia dicarpa Gleichenia microphylla Gonocarpus teucrioides Grevillea longifolia Grevillea sericea Hibbertia saligna Imperata cylindrica Juncus planifolius Leptospermum marginatum Leptospermum polygalifolium Lepyrodia scariosa Lomandra fluviatilis Morinda jasminoides Notelaea longifolia Persoonia mollis Phebalium squamulosum Pteridium esculentum Schoenus melanostachys Smilax glyciphylla Sticherus flabellatus Sticherus lobatus Syncarpia glomulifera Todea barbara Triglochin procera Tristania neriifolia Tristaniopsis laurina
7 Blue Mountains Escarpment Complex
Blue Mountains Escarpment Complex refers to the distinctive vegetation communities associated with moist, sheltered rock faces, the escarpments and other extensive outcroppings of sandstones in the Blue Mountains. The habitat of this vegetation varies from rock crevices, ledges, caves and the talus at cliff bases through to isolated rock outcrops. The vegetation consists of a diverse mixture of moist cliffline vegetation, heath, swamp, rainforest, mallee and forest communities that can vary on a very small scale.Species found in the moist sites include Alania endlicheri, Baeckea linifolia, Blechnum ambiguum, B. wattsii, Callicoma serratifolia, Dracophyllum secundum, Drosera binata, Epacris reclinata, Gleichenia microphylla, G. rupestris, Leptospermum rupicola, Sprengelia monticola and Todea barbara. Where a tree canopy is present, it can contain elements of various communities but Eucalyptus oreades (Blue Mountain Ash) is by far the most common. E. piperita (Sydney Peppermint), E. sieberi (Silvertop Ash) and a range of mallees, particularly the common E. stricta (Mallee Ash), can also be locally prevalent.Blue Mountains Escarpment Complex is characterised by the following assemblage of native plant species. Other species also occur, and not all of the following species are present in every stand of the community, but the list is indicative of the species composition of the vegetation.
Acrophyllum australe Adenochilus nortonii Alania endlicheri Baeckea linifolia Bauera rubioides Blechnum ambiguum Blechnum gregsonii Blechnum wattsii Bossiaea lenticularis Callicoma serratifolia Dracophyllum secundum Drosera binata Empodisma minus Entolasia marginata Epacris coriacea Epacris crassifolia Epacris hamiltonii Epacris muelleri Epacris reclinata Eucalyptus oreades Eucalyptus piperita Eucalyptus stricta Euphrasia bowdeniae Gahnia sieberiana Gleichenia dicarpa Gleichenia microphylla Gleichenia rupestris Goodenia decurrens Goodenia rostrivalvis Grammitis billardieri Isopogon fletcheri Lepidosperma evansianum Leptopteris fraseri Leptospermum polygalifolium Leptospermum rupicola Lepyrodia scariosa Lindsaea microphylla Lomandra montana Lycopodium laterale Melaleuca squamea Microstrobos fitzgeraldii Pterostylis pulchella Rimacola elliptica Rupicola apiculata Rupicola sprengelioides Scaevola hookeri Schoenus melanostachys Smilax glyciphylla Sprengelia monticola Sticherus flabellatus Sticherus lobatus Sticherus tener Stylidium productum Todea barbara
8 References
Benson, D.H. and Keith, D.A. (1990) The natural vegetation of the Wallerawang 1:100,000 map sheet. Cunninghamia, 2 (2): 305–336.Douglas, S.M. (2001) Native vegetation of Areas 1 to 5 in Blue Mountains City local government area. Ecological Surveys and Planning P/L. Hornsby.Keith, D.A. and Benson, D.H. (1988). The natural vegetation of the Katoomba 1:100 000 map sheet. Cunninghamia, 2: 107–44.King, D.P. (1994). Soil landscapes of the Katoomba 1:100,000 sheet. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Sydney.Smith, P. and Smith, J. (1995a). Flora and Fauna Study for Blue Mountains Environmental Management Plan—Study Area 1: Bell to Medlow Bath. P & J Smith Ecological Consultants, Blaxland.Smith, P. and Smith, J. (1995b). Flora and Fauna Study for Blue Mountains Environmental Management Plan—Study Area 2: Katoomba to Wentworth Falls. P & J Smith Ecological Consultants, Blaxland.Smith, P. and Smith, J. (1995c). Flora and Fauna Study for Blue Mountains Environmental Management Plan—Study Area 3: Bullaburra to Linden. P & J Smith Ecological Consultants, Blaxland.Smith, P. and Smith, J. (1995d). Flora and Fauna Study for Blue Mountains Environmental Management Plan—Study Area 4: Faulconbridge to Hawkesbury Heights. P & J Smith Ecological Consultants, Blaxland.Smith, P. and Smith, J. (1995e). Flora and Fauna Study for Blue Mountains Environmental Management Plan—Study Area 5: Warrimoo to Lapstone. P & J Smith Ecological Consultants, Blaxland.Smith, P. and Smith, J. (1998). Sensitive Vegetation Units in the City of the Blue Mountains. Unpublished report to Blue Mountains Conservation Society, Residents Against Improper Development, Coalition of Residents for the Environment, Springwood-Winmalee Action Group, Peter Dodd and Lyndal Sullivan. P & J Smith Ecological Consultants.Specht, R.L., Roe, E.M. and Boughton, V.H. (1974). Conservation of Major Plant Communities in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Aust. J. Bot. Supp. Series, No 7. CSIRO Editorial and Publishing Unit, Melbourne.
sch 3: Am 26.9.1997; 15.6.2001. Subst 2006 (748), Sch 1.
Schedule 4 Interpretation
sch 4, hdg: Am 2005 No 98, Sch 2.4 [2].
Note—
This Schedule relates to Clause 19.
1 Definitions
In this plan—Advertising sign means any notice, sign or device used for promotional purposes or for conveying information, whether or not that display involves the erection of a structure, or the undertaking of any work.Agriculture means—(a) cultivation for fruit, vegetables, flower crops or pastures, or(b) keeping or breeding of livestock or poultry, orfor commercial purposes.(c) aquaculture,Alter, in relation to a heritage item or to a building or work within a Heritage Conservation Area, means change the inside or outside of the heritage item, building or work, but does not include changes that maintain the existing detail, fabric, finish or appearance of the inside or outside of the heritage item, building or work.Animal establishment means a building or place used for the breeding, boarding, training, keeping or care of small domestic animals (excluding rural livestock) for commercial purposes.Appointed day means the day on which this plan comes into effect.Arts and crafts gallery means a building used for the display of arts and crafts which may include provision for the sale of arts and crafts.Bed and breakfast establishment means a dwelling house used by its permanent residents to provide short-term paid accommodation (which may include meals) and includes ancillary buildings within the curtilage of the dwelling house.Boarding house means a building or place which is not licensed to sell liquor, where temporary accommodation, together with meals, laundry services, care or other services are provided, but only to residents of the building or place, but does not include tourist accommodation.Bushland means land on which there is vegetation which is either a remainder of the natural vegetation of the land or, if altered, is still representative of the structure and floristics of the natural vegetation.Bushrock means naturally occurring surface rock.Business premises means a building or place in which an occupation, profession, or trade is carried out, in the course of which a service is provided directly and regularly to the public, but does not include a building or place elsewhere specifically defined in this Schedule.Camping site means a place used for the temporary placement of tents or camper trailers or the like, but not for caravans or other movable dwellings.Caravan park means a place used for the placement of a caravan or other movable dwelling for commercial purposes and which requires a licence under Section 289F of the Local Government Act 1919.City means the City of Blue Mountains.Classified Road means the Great Western Highway, Bell’s Line of Road, the Hawkesbury Road, and the Darling Causeway.Cluster housing development means the development of land, containing an area of development excluded land, designed and for which consent is granted as an integrated whole and involving—(a) the concentration of the development on land within the development site that is most suited to development, and(b) the subdivision of land into five or more lots, and(c) the erection of a dwelling house on each lot (other than on any neighbourhood or common property lot or lots), and(d) at a minimum, the consolidation of the major part of the development excluded land within a neighbourhood or a common property lot, andthat is subject to a scheme for joint ownership or a neighbourhood or a strata scheme.(e) the implementation of management measures approved by the Council, to create and maintain fire protection zones, and to protect and enhance the environmental value of the development excluded land referred to in paragraph (d) and any other natural areas within the development site,Communications facility means a building, structure, work or place used primarily for the purpose of transmitting or receiving signals in the course of communication, and includes radio masts, towers, satellite dishes and the like, other than those used for domestic purposes.Community centre means a building or place used for the physical, social, cultural, or intellectual development or welfare of the local community.Depot means a building or place used for the storage or servicing of any plant or machinery used in the course of any commercial or industrial undertaking carried out in another location, but does not include land on which a dwelling is erected if the plant or machinery concerned is a registered motor vehicle of less than two tonnes tare weight used by a resident of the dwelling for personal transport.Development excluded land means any part of a lot—(a) that is land zoned Environmental Protection, or(b) that is designated on the Map as Protected Area—Environmental Constraint Area, together with any buffers required by the Council to protect such area, or(c) on which any Schedule 3 environmentally sensitive vegetation unit is located, together with any buffers required to protect that unit, or(d) that is the habitat of any threatened species, populations or ecological communities within the meaning of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995, the development of which would have a significant effect on the threatened species populations or ecological communities as determined in accordance with section 5A of the Act, or(e) on which any rare species of flora is located, together with any buffers required by the Council to protect that flora, or(f) that comprises a watercourse or any buffers required by the Council to protect that watercourse, or(g) that has a slope in excess of 20%, orLand that would otherwise be development excluded land because it is steeper than a nominated slope, but is—(h) comprising any significant landscape or special feature, such as rock outcrops and escarpments, which in the opinion of the Council is worthy of preservation.(a) less than 100 square metres in area, andis taken not to be development excluded land, on the basis only of its slope.(b) is not within 20 metres of other land steeper than the nominated slope,Development ordinarily incidental and ancillary to a dwelling house includes—(a) the erection of structures or the carrying out of any works other than for the purpose of providing public utility services, and(b) the clearing of native vegetation, andbut only where that development relates to the construction or the use of the dwelling house concerned.(c) the provision of access, car-parking and hard-stand areas, and such measures, including the provision or use of stormwater control devices, sewage disposal areas, and the clearing of vegetation for fire protection zones, as are necessary in order to meet the requirements of clause 10.5,Display garden means a private garden which is open to the public from time to time during any period longer than four weeks in any twelve month period.Dwelling means a room or suite of rooms occupied or used or so constructed or adapted as to be capable of being occupied or used as a separate domicile.Dwelling house means a building containing one, but not more than one, dwelling.Education establishment means a building or place used for the purpose of giving and receiving tuition, and includes a school, college or other tertiary institution or environmental education facility.Environmental Design and Management Guidelines means those guidelines contained in a Development Control Plan prepared and adopted by the Council from time to time.Environmental education facility means a building or place used for giving tuition in relation to the environment, by persons with recognised qualifications in environmental education, and in accordance with a documented environmental education curriculum (which may relate to the natural area in which the facility is located), and the receiving of such tuition by all who attend the facility.Extractive industry means—(a) the winning of extractive material, or(b) an industry or undertaking not being a mine, which depends for its operations on the winning of extractive material from the land upon which it is carried on.Extractive material means sand, gravel, clay, turf, soil, rock, stone or a similar substance.Forestry includes arboriculture, silviculture, forest protection, the cutting, dressing and preparation, otherwise than in a sawmill, of wood and other forest products and the establishment of roads required for the removal of wood and forest products and for forest protection.General store means a shop which sells foodstuffs, personal care products, household cleaning products and small items of hardware (whether or not other goods are also sold and whether or not the facilities of a post office are also included) and which has a gross retail floor space not exceeding 100 square metres.Guest house means a building or buildings used for temporary visitor accommodation of up to twenty accommodation rooms in a domestic scale of architecture, where the building or buildings incorporate a common facility for the provision of meals either to people temporarily resident or the public generally, whether or not those facilities are licensed.Hazardous industry means a development for the purpose of an industry which, when the development is in operation and when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the development from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), would pose a significant risk in relation to the locality—(a) to human health, life or property, or(b) to the biophysical environment.Hazardous storage establishment means any establishment where goods and materials or products are stored which, when in operation and when all measures proposed to reduce or minimise its impact on the locality have been employed (including, for example, measures to isolate the establishment from existing or likely future development on other land in the locality), would pose a significant risk in relation to the locality—(a) to human health, life or property, or(b) to the biophysical environment.Helicopter landing site means an area or place not open to public use which is authorised by the Commonwealth Department of Transport and which is set apart for the taking off and landing of helicopters.Heritage Conservation Area means land to which this plan applies that consists of, or is included in, an area identified as such on the Heritage Conservation Map or in Schedule 2.Heritage Conservation Map means the map marked Blue Mountains Heritage Conservation Map as amended by the maps (or, if any sheets of the maps are specified, by the specified sheets of the maps) marked as follows—Editorial note—The amending maps are not necessarily listed in the order of gazettal. Information about the order of gazettal can be determined by referring to the Historical notes at the end of the plan.Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 2) Sheets 4, 6, 10, 17 and 19Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 3)Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 4)Blue Mountains Local environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 5)Heritage item means a building, work, relic, tree or place of heritage significance situated on land to which this plan applies and identified as such in Schedule 2.Heritage significance means historic, scientific, cultural, social, archaeological, architectural, natural or aesthetic significance.High technology industry is the use of a building or place as a research and development establishment where there is no adverse environmental impact.Holiday cabin means a dwelling with a maximum site coverage of 80 m2, a maximum height above natural ground level of 7 m, and that does not exceed two storeys (with any second storey contained within the roof void), used for the provision of temporary holiday accommodation only.Home business means a business carried on, in a building which is or contains a dwelling house or a dwelling, or is within the curtilage of a dwelling house or dwelling, by the permanent residents of the dwelling house or dwelling which does not involve—(a) the registration of the building, dwelling house or dwelling under the Factories, Shops and Industries Act 1962, or(b) the employment of more than one person other than such residents, or(c) the interference with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit, oil or otherwise, or(d) the display of goods, whether in a window or otherwise, or(e) except where the building is a dwelling house or other dwelling, the use of a building exceeding 50 square metres in area.Home industry means an industry carried on, in a building which is or contains a dwelling house or another dwelling, or is within the curtilage of a dwelling house or another dwelling, by the permanent residents of the dwelling house or dwelling which does not involve—(a) the employment of more than one person other than such residents, or(b) except where the building is a dwelling house or other dwelling, the use of a building exceeding 50 square metres in area, or(c) interference with the amenity of the locality by reason of the emission of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit, oil or otherwise, or(d) the exposure to view from any adjacent premises, or from any public place, of any unsightly matter, or(e) the provision of any essential service main of a greater capacity than that available in the locality.Hospital means a building or place used for providing care (including providing professional health services) to people as inpatients, whether or not outpatients are also cared for or treated there.Hotel means premises, including a tavern, specified or proposed to be specified in a hotelier’s licence granted under the Liquor Act 1982, which may also contain temporary accommodation.Industry means the use of any building or place for the principal purpose of manufacturing, assembling, altering, repairing, renovating, ornamenting, finishing, cleaning, washing, dismantling, processing or adapting any goods or any articles.Institution means—(a) a building used wholly or principally as a house or other establishment for persons developmentally or psychiatrically disabled, or(b) a hospital caring for persons developmentally or psychiatrically disabled, or(c) a penal or reformative establishment.Intensive agriculture means the concentrated keeping or breeding, for commercial purposes, of livestock or poultry in a yard or a building.Junk yard means a building or place used for the collection, storage, abandonment or recycling of scrap materials or vehicles, whether in part or in whole.Light industry means industry, not being an offensive or hazardous industry, in which the processes carried on, the transportation involved or the machinery or materials used do not interfere with the amenity of the neighbourhood by reason of noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, vapour, steam, soot, ash, dust, waste water, waste products, grit, oil or otherwise.Low intensity agriculture means—(a) the cultivation of an area not exceeding 2,500 m2 of any lot for fruit, vegetables or flower crops, orfor commercial purposes, where there is no direct sale of produce to the public.(b) the keeping of bees,Map means the map marked “Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991” which is held in the Blue Mountains City Council offices, as amended by the maps (or, if any sheets of maps are specified, by the specified sheets of the maps) marked as follows—Editorial note—The amending maps are not necessarily listed in the order of gazettal. Information about the order of gazettal can be determined by referring to the Historical notes at the end of the plan.Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 2) Sheets 1–23Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 3)Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 4)Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 5)Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 8)Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 11)Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 15)Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 19)Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 28)Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 (Amendment No 33)Medical centre means a building or place used for rendering professional health care services (including dental and optical services) to members of the public.Mine means any development which depends for its operation on the winning or removal of any metal or mineral and may include the storage and primary processing of the material obtained.Motor showroom means a building or place used for the display, sale or servicing of motor vehicles, caravans or boats, whether or not motor vehicle accessories, caravan accessories or boat accessories are also sold or displayed.Natural ground level means the level of the ground before any development took place.Neighbourhood shopping centre means two or more shops together on a single lot not exceeding 1,000 m2 in gross floor area.Notional development area means that part of a lot not zoned Environmental Protection and not designated on the Map as a Protected Area—Environmental Constraint Area.Noxious plants means those plants which are from time to time declared noxious in the City by proclamation under Section 467 of the Local Government Act 1919.Offensive industry means an industry which, when in operation and when all proposed measures to reduce or minimise impact have been employed, still requires to be isolated.Original lot means a lot in a current plan (within the meaning of section 327AA (1) of the Local Government Act 1919 existing as at 27 December 1991.Parking means the parking of vehicles only as ancillary to another use.Place of public worship means a building or place used for public religious worship, which may be used for other activities of the congregation such as counselling, social events or religious training.Principal Development Area has the same meaning as in clause 30.Proposed New Alignment means a line shown on the Map in association with the matter “P.N.A.”.Public place means a public road, bridge, or other place which the public are entitled to use.Public office means an office used by the Crown, a statutory body, a council or an organisation established for public purposes.Public transport terminal means a building used for the assembly and dispersal of passengers travelling by any form of public transport.Rare species of flora means any flora species listed in the publication entitled “Rare or Threatened Australian Plants”, Briggs & Leigh, 1995 Revised Edition.Recreation area means a place used for recreation by the community but does not include a recreation facility.Recreation facility means a building or place used for sporting activities, recreation or leisure activities.Refreshment room is a building or place, the main purpose of which is to provide food for consumption on the premises.Registered club means a building or place used for social, literary, political, sporting, athletic or other lawful purposes and which is, or is intended to be, registered under the Registered Clubs Act 1976.Relic means any deposit, object or material evidence which is over 50 years old relating to settlement.Residential flat building means two or more dwellings on a lot.Resort means an establishment providing visitor accommodation and having more than 80 visitor accommodation rooms.Retail plant nursery means a building or place used for either the propagation for sale by retail, or sale by retail, of plants, whether or not landscape supplies (including earth products) and other landscape and horticultural products are also sold.Riding establishment means a place used for instruction in horse riding or the hire of horses and includes livery stables.Roadside stall means a building or place used for the purpose of offering for sale, by retail, agricultural goods produced on the land on which the roadside stall is located but only where the building, structure or device used for offering produce for sale is no greater than 20 square metres and is of a temporary nature.Rural industry means handling or processing of primary products, including the servicing or repair of plant or equipment used for rural purposes in the locality.Sawmill means a mill used for handling, cutting and processing timber from logs or baulks.Service station means a building or place used for the fuelling of motor vehicles involving the sale by retail of petrol, oil and other petroleum products which may also be used for—(a) the sale by retail and installation of spare parts and accessories for motor vehicles, and(b) washing and greasing of motor vehicles, and(c) repairing and servicing of motor vehicles involving the use of hand tools (other than repairing and servicing which involves top overhaul of motors, body building, panel beating, spray painting, or suspension, transmission or chassis restoration), and(d) a refreshment room, and(e) the retail sale of other goods within an ancillary area having a floor space up to 100 m2.Shop means a building or place used for the purpose of selling, exposing, or offering for sale, by retail, goods, merchandise or materials, but does not include a building or place used for a purpose elsewhere specially defined in this Schedule.Site area means the area of land to which a development application relates, excluding any part of the land where the purpose for which the application is made is prohibited under this plan.Slope means the gradient of the natural ground level, being the vertical height divided by the horizontal distance expressed as a percentage. The slope of land is to be established by measuring the distance between 1.0 metre contour levels as shown on a detailed contour survey plan of the land concerned, that plots any rock outcrops on the land as well as other features.Soil Conservation Property Plan means a development control plan bearing that description prepared for a rural holding and deposited in the office of the Council.Storey is any separate floor within a building, but does not include—(a) a floor of a building used exclusively for the purpose of car-parking, storage, laundry facilities or a similar purpose, or for any combination of such purposes, where the ceiling level of that floor is not more than 1 metre above finished ground level at any point, or(b) space within a roof void.The Act means the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.Tourist accommodation means a building or buildings containing no more than 80 units providing for visitor accommodation and recreation, which building or buildings may include a refreshment room and space capable of being used for functions such as receptions, conventions, or the like.Transport depot means a building or place used for the parking, storage or service of vehicles used in connection with any transport operation.Vehicle repair workshop means a building or place used for the repair of or fitting of accessories to motor vehicles or agriculture machinery which may involve body building, panel beating or spray painting.Veterinary establishment is a building or place used for the diagnosis and surgical or medical treatment of animals, whether or not animals are kept on the premises for the purpose of treatment.Visitor facilities means the provision of walking tracks, interpretive signs, kiosks, lookouts, picnic facilities, toilet facilities, access for the disabled, and ancillary car parking for the general public.Walking track means a track built to facilitate access to and enjoyment of natural environmental features.Warehouse or distribution centre means a building or place used for the storage or handling of goods or materials, pending their sale and distribution.Watercourse means a body of water or a channel, being part of the natural ecological condition of a catchment, and which comprises a creek, stream, lake or wetland with—(a) a defined bed or defined banks, or(b) endemic riparian vegetation within or adjacent to the stream edge or banks which may provide habitat for aquatic or terrestrial animals, orand which conveys continuous or intermittent water flows, but does not include a piped drainage line.(c) evidence of natural stream processes such as siltation, erosion, gullying, pool and riffle zones,Wholesale plant nursery means a building or place used for both the growing and wholesaling of plants, whether or not landscape supplies (including earth products) and other landscape and horticultural products are also sold by wholesale from the premises.
2 References
2.1 In this plan—(a) a reference to a building or place used for a purpose includes a reference to a building or place intended to be used for the purpose, and(b) a reference to a map is a reference to a map deposited in the office of the Council, and(c) a reference to land within a zone is a reference to land within a zone described in Clause 8 and identified on the map in the manner indicated in that clause, and(d) a reference to land within a Protected Area is a reference to land within a Protected Area described in clause 8 and identified on the Map in the manner indicated in that clause.
2A Notes
Notes included in this plan do not form part of this plan.
3 (Repealed)
sch 4: Am 31.12.1992; 28.5.1993; 3.9.1993; 29.10.1993; 4.3.1994; 13.5.1994; 9.9.1994; 21.10.1994; 26.9.1997; 23.3.2001; 15.6.2001; 26.10.2001; 2005 No 98, Sch 2.4 [3]–[6]; 2006 (563), cl 4; 2019 (659), Sch 2.3[4].
Schedule 5 Amendments to Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan No 4
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Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan No 4 is amended—
(a) by inserting at the end of clause 3 the following sub-clause—(2) This plan does not apply to the land to which Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 applies.
(b) by omitting clause 58 of Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan No 4 and by inserting instead the following clauses—58 Heritage conservation(1) The aims and objectives of this clause are to identify and protect the Blue Mountains’ natural and cultural heritage.(2) In this clause—alter, in relation to a heritage item or to a building or work within a Heritage Conservation Area, means change the inside or outside of the heritage item, building or work, but does not include changes that maintain the existing detail, fabric, finish or appearance outside of the heritage item, building or work.bed and breakfast means the provision of accommodation and meals for commercial purposes within a dwelling house specified in Schedule 2 to Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 situated on land to which this plan applies—(a) by the permanent residents of the dwelling house, andwhere the total occupancy of the dwelling house, including the permanent residents, does not exceed 10, but does not include the provision of accommodation and meals within a refreshment room.(b) on a short term basis,
For the purpose of this definition, dwelling house includes ancillary buildings, forming part of the main building group, existing at the appointed day and any alterations to such buildings, provided the site coverage, size and bulk of the building is not increased.demolition means the damaging, defacing, destruction, pulling down or removal of a heritage item, building, work, relic or place in whole or in part.Heritage Conservation Area means land to which this plan applies that consists of, or is included in, an area identified as such on the Map and in Schedule 2 to Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991.heritage item means a building, work, relic, tree or place of heritage significance situated on land to which this plan applies and identified in Schedule 2 to Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991.heritage significance means historic, scientific, cultural, social, archaeological, architectural, natural or aesthetic significance.Map has the same meaning as in Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991.relic means any deposit, object or material evidence which is over 50 years old relating to settlement.(3) A person shall not, without the consent of the Council, in respect of a building, work, relic, place or tree that is a heritage item—(a) demolish or alter the building or work, or(b) damage or move the relic, or excavate for the purpose of exposing or moving the relic, or(c) damage or despoil the place or tree, or(d) damage or remove any tree or horticultural feature on the land on which the building, work or relic is situated or on the land which comprises the place.(4) A person shall not, without the consent of the Council, in respect of a Heritage Conservation Area—(a) demolish or alter a building or work within the area, or(b) damage or move a relic, or excavate for the purpose of exposing or moving a relic, within the area, or(c) damage or despoil a place, tree or other horticultural feature within the area.(5) The Council shall not grant consent to a development application in respect of—(a) a heritage item, or(b) development likely to affect a heritage item, orunless it has assessed the effect that the development would have on the heritage significance of the heritage item or Heritage Conservation Area.(c) development in a Heritage Conservation Area,(6) The Council shall refer any development application for the demolition of a heritage item or a building, work, relic or place in a Heritage Conservation Area to the Heritage Council and shall have regard to any written views of the Heritage Council received by the Council within 28 days of the referral.(7) Sub-clause (6) does not apply to the partial demolition of a heritage item or a building, work, relic or place within a Heritage Conservation Area if, in the opinion of the Council, the partial demolition is of a minor nature.(8) A person may, with the consent of the Council, carry out development for the purposes of bed and breakfast in a dwelling house listed in Schedule 2 to Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991 that is situated on land to which this plan applies.58A Protected Areas(1) The aims and objectives of this clause are to establish 3 different kinds of Protected Areas and, with respect to those areas—(a) Environmental Constraint Area(i) To protect environmentally sensitive land and areas of high scenic value in the City.(ii) To provide a buffer around areas of ecological significance.(iii) To restrict development on land that is inappropriate by reason of its physical characteristics or bushfire risk.(b) Escarpment Area(i) To preserve and enhance the natural environmental and visual significance of the escarpment system of the Blue Mountains.(ii) To limit the presence of buildings and works in the escarpment area and to limit the impact of buildings on the perception of the escarpment as a significant natural feature.(iii) To limit the proportion of hard surfaces in the escarpment area and to provide for the restoration of all degraded areas and their return to a natural habitat.(c) Water Supply Catchment Area(i) To protect the City’s water supply.(ii) To maintain the quality of the natural environment.(2) This clause applies to land to which this plan applies shown on the Map, within the meaning of Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 1991, in a distinctive manner and by the following annotations—Environmental Constraint AreaEscarpment AreaWater Supply Catchment Area(3) In this clause—storey is any separate floor within a building, but does not include—(a) a floor of a building used exclusively for the purpose of car-parking, storage, laundry facilities or similar purposes, or any combination of such purposes, where the ceiling level of that floor is not more than 1 metre above finished ground level at any point, or(b) storage or living space within the roof void.(4) The development criteria for the following Protected Areas are—(a) Environmental Constraint AreaThe Council shall not consent to development in a Protected Area—Environmental Constraint Area, unless it is satisfied, by means of a detailed environmental assessment, that the development will not compromise the objectives of the Protected Area.(b) Escarpment Area(i) The Council shall not consent to any development involving the clearing of trees in an area designated as Protected Area—Escarpment Area, unless it is satisfied, by means of an assessment of the landscape and environmental impact of the proposed development, that the visual and ecological effects of the proposed clearing will not compromise the Protected Area—Escarpment Area objective.(ii) No building, other than of single storey construction, shall be erected in a Protected Area—Escarpment Area if it protrudes above the vegetation canopy of the immediate locality, or the height of adjacent buildings.(c) Water Supply Catchment Area(i) The Council shall refer any development application for land within a Protected Area—Water Supply Catchment Area to the Water Board and shall include in any determination in respect of that application any written requirements of the Board relating to the development received by the Council. Any development consent must include a provision which requires that satisfactory arrangements be made with the Water Board for the provision of water and sewerage facilities.(ii) Within a Protected Area—Water Supply Catchment Area, the Council shall not consent to any development that requires effluent disposal unless the development is to be connected to a reticulated sewerage system.(iii) The Council may grant development consent for the erection of a dwelling house served by an effluent pump-out system on a lot that existed at the appointed day where the sewer is not available. This provision does not extend to dual occupancy.
(c) by omitting Schedule 6.
Schedule 6 Classification and reclassification of public land as operational land
(Clause 36)
Part 1 Land classified, or reclassified, as operational land—no interests changed
Locality | Description |
Leura | Lot 15, DP 8715, 36R Kanimbla Street |
Part 2 Land classified, or reclassified, as operational land—interests changed
Locality | Description | Any trusts etc not discharged |
Nil |
sch 6: Ins 2013 (380), Sch 1 [2].