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Greener Places, Healthier Waterways Vision
Background
Residents have told us they choose to live in the Camden LGA because of
its rural setting and because it is a great place to raise their family2. When
asked to describe their aspirations for the Camden area, people said they
want a “greener”, “family-friendly” and “community-focused place”3.
Based on community feedback, Camden Council has made a commitment
in the Camden LSPS to:
Open spaces and parks are considered important assets by the Camden
community as spaces for exercise and recreation, especially for people
who have smaller or no backyards. The community have asked Council to
increase trees in bushland corridors, deliver walking and cycling tracks,
provide community access to bushland, improve amenity at sporting fields,
parks and playgrounds, and around the Nepean River, and to ensure parks
and community facilities are well maintained4.
• Improve the connectivity between open spaces and waterways and
provide the community with better access to the natural environment and
greener urban places;
The Camden LGA is forecast to have the largest housing growth in
Metropolitan Sydney over the next 25 years (2016 to 2041)5. The residential
population is set to increase to 241,172 people in 2041 - a 101% increase from
119,951 people calling Camden home in 20216. As the population continues
to grow, and the landscape changes through development, the demand for
more open spaces and greener, healthier neighbourhoods will be higher.
• Investigate opportunities to improve urban tree canopy cover in new and
established areas;
• Protect and celebrate rural land and natural assets such as the Nepean River;
• Mitigate the impacts from urban development on biodiversity corridors
and bushland; and
• Deliver high quality and accessible open spaces.
Council recognises that the local Green and Blue Grid feeds into district scale
projects for the Western Parkland City such as projects to enhance the green
spaces around South Creek, Kemps Creek and adjacent to the Water NSW
Upper Canal. Improving the local Green and Blue Grid creates a healthier and
more liveable community for residents living in Camden to enjoy now and
into the future.
Preparing the final Camden Green and Blue Grid Vision
In November 2022, Council invited the community and public agencies to provide comments on the draft Camden Green and
Blue Grid Vision. Feedback received during the public exhibition has been considered and amendments incorporated into the
final version of the Vision.
2. Camden Local Strategic Planning Statement – Community Engagement Report 2019. 3. Camden Local Strategic Planning Statement – Community Engagement Report
2019. 4. Camden Local Strategic Planning Statement – Community Engagement Report 2019. 5. NSW Department of Planning and Environment – Population Projections 2019.
6. Profile Id, 2021 - Camden LGA
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