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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.

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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