Open Space Management

The Greater Taree Open Space Strategy provides Council the strategic direction and priorities for planning, allocation, design, development and management of open space in the Local Government Area.

The vision of the strategy is:

“To make a difference to the community’s health, wellbeing and enjoyment by sustainably managing the open spaces of the Manning Valley”.

The Greater Taree Community Land Plan of Management (2011) applies to all public open space owned by Council. Council currently owns and manages 353 hectares of public open space. Maps are provided in Appendix A of the Plan that identifies all Community Land to which this Plan of Management applies.

Where Council resolves that a community land site is either of the following:

a) a site of a known natural, geological, geo morphological, scenic or other feature that is considered by Council to warrant protection or special management considerations or;

b) a wildlife corridor, or where a site is a critical habitat, contains or is directly affected by a recovery plan or threat abatement plan as declared under the Threaten Species Conservation Act 1995 or the Fisheries Management Act 1994,

a site specific Plan of Management will be prepared.

In addition to the application of the Plan of Management for Community Land, two site specific Plans of Management currently exist:

1. Wingham Sporting Complex Plan of Management (2011)
2. Taree Regional Recreation Centre Plan of Management (2007)

Wingham Foreshore Recreation Reserve Plan of Management

In partnership Crown Lands and GTCC manage Harrington Beach State Park and Manning Entrance State Park through joint membership of a Trust.

This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) sets out the parties’ agreement to a set of general principles, which define the roles of the parties and their commitments to the establishment and management of two State Parks.