Important Information From the City of Cockburn
Naval Base Shacks
The City manages the Naval Base Holiday Park, which comprises 176 shacks
located on the shores of Cockburn Sound, at the very southern tip of
the City along Cockburn Road.
Management Plan
The City endorsed the preperation of a Management Plan for Reserve 24308 at the 10 May 2012 Ordinary Meeting of Council.
To assist in the preparation of the draft Management Plan the City
established a community reference group to provide input to the City.
The reference group was made up of shack lessees who represented the
views of the shack lessees and in partnership with technical officers
and Elected Members representatives; the draft was prepared and sent to
all lessees for their comment. The closing date for submissions was 17
January 2014.
The Management Plan
for the reserve is now in place, setting out how future improvements to
the site will be managed. Some infrastructure works were scheduled for
early 2015 and have been commenced;
- Improved street lighting
- Bench seats installed
- Line markings
The City will continue to progress the various works and upgrades indentifed in the Management Plan to the park.
Planning Policies
Council at the 12 March 2015 Ordinary Meeting of Council Adopted APD4
'Public Open Space' & APD65 'Naval Base Holiday Park - Heritage
Area' for Final Approval.
APD4 provides
a strategic overview of how public open space should be addressed in
relation to the assessment of structure plans and subdivision
applications. APD65 focuses
on providing a statutory policy that will guide future additions or
alterations to existing structures and how new structures should be
built.
A copy of both policies are available via the links in the above
paragraph and also under Planning and Development document to the right
of this page.
History
The Naval Base Shacks Community Reference Group (NBSCRG) held monthly
meetings and the first draft of the lease was finalised in December
2011. This draft was then sent to all lessees on the 6 January 2012,
providing them with 60 days to submit their comments. A variety of
submissions were received and are detailed in the attachment to the
Council Report.
As a result of the public consultation a number of modifications to the
draft lease were recommended to Council. This new more robust lease
agreement was presented to Council for their determination at the
Ordinary Council Meeting 10 May 2012; the following details the Council
Decision:
(1) endorse a lease term of five years with an option
for a further five year term at the absolute discretion of the City of
Cockburn at the agreed lease fee of $2,000 per annum with CPI increases
annually. The lease fee includes rubbish collection charges, the
emergency services levy and security services charges;
(2) endorse a reduced demolition levy of $300.00 per
annum fixed for two years and, following the fixed term, the levy to be
increased annually by CPI. Amend the Schedule to show the Heading‟ 8b;
(3) endorse the amended Lease Agreement and Schedule in the Attachments reflecting points (1) and (2) above;
(4) advertise the draft leases in accordance with
Section 3.58 of the Local Government Act and if no objections are
received proceed to endorse each of the leases. If an objection(s) are
received then a report is to be prepared for the consideration of
Council with the stated objections. The lease agreements to be signed by
the Mayor and the Chief Executive Officer;
(5) endorse the preparation of a Management Plan for
Reserve 24308 which will include the following components for the future
management of the Reserve:
1. The lease assignment process;
2. Internal office procedure's
3. Emergency management procedures;
4. Site maps;
5. Facilities management information;
6. Detailed planning for infrastructure upgrades, including
financial planning to ensure infrastructure upgrade costs are met
through the lease fee and associated reserve funds; and
(6) advertise the draft lease in accordance with section 3.58 of the Local Government Act 1995.
Following this Council decision it is proposed that a Management Plan be
prepared that will examine the facilities at Reserve 24308 and plan for
the upgrading during the initial five year lease term. This will
include investigations into reticulated water connection and soakwells
to each shack, an investigation into connection of electricity and
further upgrades to the facilities at the Reserve.
Naval Base documents for download:
For information on any of the following please click the links provided:
For Planning and Development documents please click the links provided below:
For information in relation to Naval Base Shack Building Requirements please contact the City's Building Services Department on:
Phone: 08 9411 3444
(From the City of Cockburn Website:
http://www.cockburn.wa.gov.au/council_services/city_development/projects/navalbase/default.asp)
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