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Submissions - 2023 -


This webpage contains the formal submissions and letters the Society has sent to governments - local, state and federal - on significant conservation issues affecting the Greater Blue Mountains area.

Submissions are endorsed by the Society's Management Committee, and are provided as PDFs.

11 December 2023
Establishing a Wollemi great walk
Draft amendments to plans of management for Gardens of Stone and Wollemi National Parks
Submission sent to:  NSW Department of Planning and Environment
31 October 2023
Submission on the NSW Invasive Species Management Review
Submission sent to:  Natural Resources Commission
12 October 2023
Submission Opposing Modifications:
Western Coal Services MP-060021 (MOD 8) And Angus Place Colliery SSD-5579 (MOD 5)
Submission sent to:  Ms Gabrielle Allan, Principal Planning Officer, Energy Resource Assessment
15 September 2023
Submission on the Draft Plan of Management for Blue Mountains and Kanangra-Boyd National Parks
Submission sent to:  NSW Department of Planning and Environment
11 September 2023
Support for Amendment 16A to Blue Mountains LEP 2015
Submission sent to:  BMCC CEO
9 August 2023
Phase out gas
Letter sent to:  Ms Trish Doyle, MP Member for Blue Mountains
9 August 2023
Phase out gas
Letter sent to:  Ms Susan Templeman, MP, Federal Member for Macquarie
13 July 2023
Cats and threat to biodiversity
Letter sent to:  NSW Minister for the Environment
19 June 2023
Encroachment on BMCC bushland
Letter sent to:  BMCC Councillors
13 June 2023
Harold Hodgson Park Draft Plan of Management
Letter sent to:  BMCC CEO
15 May 2023
Warragamba Dam and protecting the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area
Letter sent to:  Minister for Water, Housing, Homelessness, Mental Health and Youth
Response from NSW Government (27 June 2023)
28 April 2023
Draft Precinct Plan – former Katoomba Golf Course site
Submission sent to:  BMCC CEO
26 April 2023
Senate inquiry on the impacts and management of feral horses in the Australian Alps
Submission sent to:  Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
24 April 2023
BMCC Development Application X/38/2023, 24-26 Mistral Street, Katoomba
Submission sent to:  BMCC
24 April 2023
Council Election 2021 Candidates’ Questionnaire – Environmental Budget
Letter sent to:  BMCC Councillors
20 April 2023
Statutory Review of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016
Submission sent to:  NSW Department of Planning and Environment
17 April 2023
Gardens of Stone leases - request for meeting
Letter sent to:  NSW Minister for the Environment
27 March 2023
Purchase of land at Bullaburra
Letter sent to:  NSW Department of Planning and Environment et al.
Response from NSW Government (26 April 2023)
1 March 2023
Great Western Highway Upgrade - Blackheath to Little Hartley
Submission sent to:  Great Western Highway Upgrade web portal
19 February 2023
Great Western Highway Upgrade - Blackheath to Little Hartley
Letter sent to:  Susan Templeman MP (Macquarie Federal Electorate)
13 January 2023
Capertee National Park draft Plan of Management
Letter sent to:  NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
3 January 2023
Draft Katoomba Master Plan 2022
Letter sent to:  CEO, Blue Mountains City Council


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