Submissions to Government
Submissions to Government
STEP is an active participant in the debate surrounding those proposals and planning issues which we believe may pose a direct or indirect threat to our local and national natural environment. The STEP committee and membership are fortunate to be able call upon a wide variety of specialised skills and knowledge to respond at a detailed level to many of the challenges facing our local community.
The submissions which STEP forwards to local and state bodies are widely recognised as being highly effective in putting forward the STEP point of view, and in many instances have directly led to changes being made to the plans and in the implementation of these proposals.
STEP members and the public are invited to contact us about matters affecting the conservation of the local environment, as we may be able to take action which will result in a better outcome.
Hornsby Council
- pdf Hornsby Park Embellishment Stage 2 (REF) (July 2025)
- pdf Hornsby Park Embellishment Circulation Works (January 2025)
- pdf Westleigh Park - Draft Plan of Management (September 2024)
- pdf Westleigh Park - Revised Draft Master Plan (September 2024)
- pdf Westleigh Park (November 2023)
- pdf Hornsby Quarry (May 2023)
- pdf Westleigh Park Revised Draft Master Plan (April 2023)
- pdf Peat Island (December 2021)
- pdf Byles Creek Planning Study (Ocober 2021)
- pdf Marymount Mercy Centre (November 2021)
- pdf Hornsby Park (August 2021)
- pdf Westleigh Park (June 2021)
- pdf Hornsby Park (June 2021)
- pdf Westleigh Park - Powerful Owl Coalition (June 2021)
- pdf Hornsby Park - Powerful Owl Coalition (June 2021)
- pdf Play Plan (November 2020)
- pdf Economic Development and Tourism Strategy 2020-25 (December 2020)
- pdf Walking and Cycling Strategy (December 2020)
- pdf Sustainability Strategies (October 2020)
- pdf Rural Lands Study (October 2020)
- pdf Hornsy Quarry Rehabilitation (August 2020)
- pdf Vegetation Mapping (August 2020)
- pdf 187-203 Peats Ferry Road and 2-6 Dural Street - Powerful Owl Submission to the Sydney North Planning Panel (June 2020)
- pdf Hornsby Quarry - Powerful Owl Submission to the Sydney North Planning Panel (May 2020)
- pdf Hornsby Quarry - Record of Deferral (May 2020)
- pdf Hornsby Quarry - Submission to Sydney North Planning Panel (May 2020)
- pdf Mountain Bike Trail Berowra Valley (May 2020)
- pdf Hornsby Quarry Rehabilitation (January 2020)
- pdf Hornsby Quarry Redevelopment (May 2019)
- pdf Sportsgrounds Strategy (September 2018)
- pdf Hornsby Park (March 2017)
- pdf South Dural Planning Proposal (December 2016)
- pdf REF for Construction of a Mountain Bike Trail, Old Mans Valley (February 2016)
- pdf Hornsby Park, Old Mans Valley and Hornsby Quarry Draft Plan of Management (October 2015)
- pdf Hornsby Quarry – Spoil Management Project (September 2015)
- pdf Options for Tree and Vegetation Protection (December 2010)
Other Councils
- pdf Quarter Sessions Road (April 2025)
- pdf Byles Creek Valley Union on Proposed Development at Eden Gardens (May 2021)
- pdf Proposed Development at Eden Gardens (May 2021)
- pdf Friends of LCNP on Proposed Development at Eden Gardens (May 2021)
- pdf Beaches Link and Gore Hill Freeway Upgrade (February 2021)
- pdf Mermaid Pool (November 2019)
- pdf Tarban Creek Flying Fox Camp Plan of Management (July 2019)
- pdf 55 Coonara Avenue West Pennant Hills (May 2019)
- pdf 55 Coonara Ave West Pennant Hills (December 2017)
- pdf 55 Coonara Ave West Pennant Hills (October 2017)
- pdf Lane Cove Bicycle Plan (November 2013)
Ku-ring-gai Council
- pdf Norman Griffiths Oval (September 2026)
- pdf Practice golf course at 61 Miowera Road, North Turramurra (August 2026)
- pdf Climate Change Policy (June 2026)
- pdf Intention to Grant a Licence to Sydney Water (April 2026)
- pdf Wahroonga Estate Central Masterplan – SEARS preparation (April 2026)
- pdf Charles Bean (December 2025)
- pdf Glengarry (October 2025)
- pdf 130 Killeaton Sttreet, St Ives (May 2025)
- pdf Fox Valley Road development (February 2025
- pdf 1192 Pacific Highway (June 2024)
- pdf 1192 Pacific Highway (May 2024)
- pdf Natural Areas Plan of Management (January 2024)
- pdf Open Space and Recreation Needs Study (September 2023)
- pdf Grayling Reserve (August 2023)
- pdf PoM for Parks and Sportsgrounds (December 2022)
- pdf Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves (November 2022)
- pdf Draft Urban Forest Strategy (July 2022)
- pdf Wahroonga Estate residential development (January 2022)
- pdf Construction of Grandstand at North Turramurra Recreation Area (November 2021)
- pdf Biodiversity Policy (Ocober 2021)
- pdf Urban Forest Strategy (November 2021)
- pdf North Turramurra Recreation Area (December 2021)
- pdf Water Sensitive City Strategy (November 2021)
- pdf Hassall Park (September 2021)
- pdf St Ives Showground PoM (August 2021)
- pdf Norman Griffiths Oval - FOLCNP and Bushcare Submission ( September 2020)
- pdf Norman Griffiths Oval (September 2020)
- pdf Urban Forest Policy (December 2019)
- pdf Mimosa Oval Geological and Physical Setting and Flora (December 2019)
- pdf Recreation in Natural Areas Strategy (December 2019)
- pdf Mimosa Oval (September 2019)
- pdf Local Strategic Planning Statement (August 2019)
- pdf Plan of Management for the Canoon Road Recreation Area (January 2018)
- pdf Biobanking in Ku-ring-gai (July 2017)
- pdf Destination Management Plan (May 2017)
- pdf Biodiversity Policy (July 2016)
- pdf Canoon Road Recreation Area Draft Plan of Management (August 2015)
- pdf St Ives Showground and Precinct Lands Plan of Management (February 2015)
- pdf Proposed Reclassification and Rezoning of 97 Babbage Road, Roseville Chase (November 2014)
- pdf Application to Remove BGHF under 10/50 (October 2014)
- pdf Ku-ring-gai Draft Development Control Plan (August 2014)
- pdf Zoning of Land between Babbage Road, Roseville Chase and Middle Harbour (December 2013)
- pdf Ku-ring-gai Bushland Reserves Plan of Management (December 2013)
- pdf Biobanking Agreement at Sheldon Forest, Rofe Park and Comenarra Creek Reserve, Turramurra (November 2013)
- pdf Draft Ku-ring-gai Local Environment Plan 2013 (May 2013)
- pdf Subdivision of the Former B2 Corridor in South Turramurra (October 2012)
- pdf Proposed Re-zoning of Community Land to Operational (October 2012)
- pdf Draft Integrated Transport Strategy (May 2011)
- pdf Funding of Koola Park Walking Track (April 2011)
- pdf Biodiversity and Riparian Lands (April 2011)
- pdf Managing Bushfire Risk (March 2011)
- pdf Golden Jubilee Mountain Bike Proposal (February 2011)
NSW and Australian Government
- pdf Residential Development Rosedale Road and Edward Street, Gordon (June 2026)
- pdf Community Participation Plan (June 2026)
- pdf Urban heat policy (March 2026)
- pdf Climate change and natural hazards SEPP policy (March 2026)
- pdf Draft Strategy Plan Discussion paper (February 2026)
- pdf Draft Sydney Plan (February 2026)
- pdf National environment standards for environmental offsets (January 2026)
- pdf National environmental standards for matters of national environmental significance (January 2026)
- pdf Data Centre, North Ryde (August 2025)
- pdf Inquiry into access restrictions to public lands and waterways (July 2025)
- pdf Inquiry into access restrictions to public lands and waterways (July 2025
- pdf Illegal Tree Clearing Explanation of Intended Effect (June 2025)
- pdf TOD Parliamentary Inquiry (July 2024)
- pdf Synthetic Turf in Public Open Space (April 2024)
- pdf Parliamentary inquiry into the development of the TOD program (March 2024)
- pdf Housing policy (February 2024)
- pdf Inquiry into the NSW planning system (November 2023)
- pdf Biodiversity Conservation Act Review (April 2023)
- pdf Land and Environment Court Eden Gardens (February 2023)
- pdf Rezoning Reform (February 2022)
- pdf NPWS Cycling Policy and Strategies (January 2022)
- pdf Warragamba Dam (December 2021)
- pdf Unsafe Plants in Non-rural Areas (December 2021)
- pdf Sale of Glengarry Girl Guide Camp North Turramurra (November 2020)
- pdf Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Discussion Paper (September 2019)
- pdf Review of the EPBC Act (April 2020)
- pdf Bushfire Inquiry (April 2020)
- pdf Snowy 2.0 (November 2019)
- pdf Warragamba Dam (September 2019)
- pdf June Ivanhoe Estate (June 2019)
- pdf Proposal to List STIF as a Critically Endangered Ecological Community (March 2019)
- pdf Enquiry into Faunal Extinctions (September 2018)
- pdf Bundarra Reserve (April 2018)
- pdf Greener Places Policy (February 2018)
- pdf Revised Draft North District Plan (December 2017)
- pdf Greater Sydney Region Plan (December 2017)
- pdf Deductible Gift Recipient Tax Arrangements (August 2017)
- pdf State Environmental Planning Policy (Vegetation) Statement of Intended Effect (June 2017)
- pdf Draft Biodiversity Conservation Regulations (June 2017)
- pdf North District Plan (March 2017)
- pdf Greater Sydney Strategy (March 2017)
- pdf State Environmental Planning Policy (Coastal Management) (January 2017)
- pdf Medium Density Housing Code (December 2016)
- pdf Biodiversity Legislation (June 2016)
- pdf Options for Low Rise Medium Density Housing as Complying Development (February 2016)
- pdf Container Deposit Scheme (February 2016)
- pdf Berowra Valley National Park and Berowra Valley Regional Park Draft Plan of Management (June 2015)
- pdf Russell Vale Colliery Underground Expansion Project Review (January 2015)
- pdf STIF for Inclusion in the BIO Map for the Cumberland IBRA Subregion (November 2014)
- pdf 10/50 Vegetation Clearing Code of Practice (November 2014)
- pdf NSW Biodiversity Legislation (September 2014)
- pdf Concern about the10/50 Clearing Code in Urban Areas (August 2014)
- pdf Vegetation Clearing Code of Practice (July 2014)
- pdf Northern Council's E Zone Review (June 2014)
- pdf Weed Management Review (March 2014)
- pdf Review of Weed Management in NSW (December 2013)
- pdf Proposed Amendments to Marramarra National Park Plan of Management (July 2013)
- pdf Proposed Amendments to Garigal National Park Plan of Management (July 2013)
- pdf Proposed Amendments to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park Plan of Management (July 2013)
- pdf Review of Environmental Factors for the Construction of a Mountain Bike Track at Bantry Bay, Garigal National Park (July 2013)
- pdf White Paper – New Planning System (June 2013)
- pdf Draft Sydney Metropolitan Strategy (June 2013)
- pdf Lane Cove National Park Plan of Management (January 2013)
- pdf Comment on the Green Paper – A New Planning System for NSW (September 2012)
- pdf Review of the Native Vegetation Regulation (August 2012)
- pdf Inquiry into the Management of Public Land in NSW (July 2012)
- pdf Cheltenham Bushland M2 (May 2012)
- pdf Murray Darling Basin (April 2012)
- pdf Planning System Review – Response to Issues Paper (March 2012)
- pdf Funding for Bushland Management (January 2012)
- pdf Biodiversity Strategy 2010–15 (February 2011)
- pdf Sustainable Population Strategy for Australia Panel (February 2011)
