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manage any remnant site contamination and hazardous materials;
       * Improve the management of stormwater runoff;
       * Apply the principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD); and
       * Address any potential consequences of climate change.

SECTION 3 – PLANNING FRAMEWORK– COVER PAGE

3.     Planning Framework

Section 3 outlines the planning framework that will guide the future use of the Macquarie Lightstation Precinct.

3.1. Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001

The objects of the Harbour Trust are set by the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001 (SHFT Act), which are to:

       * Ensure that management of Trust land contributes to enhancing the amenity of the Sydney Harbour region
       * Protect, conserve and interpret the environmental and heritage values of Trust land
       * Maximise public access to Trust land
       * Establish and manage suitable Trust land as a park on behalf of the Commonwealth as the national government
       * Co-operate with other Commonwealth bodies that have a connection with any harbour land in managing that land
       * Co-operate with New South Wales, affected councils and the community in furthering the above objects.

The SHFT Act defines land that is vested in the Harbour Trust as 'Trust land' and surrounding land as 'Harbour Land'. The SHFT Act requires the Harbour Trust to prepare a Plan (the Comprehensive Plan) for Trust land which may also cover Harbour land. The Comprehensive Plan, prepared in 2003, recognises the strategic value in its lands by allowing the Harbour Trust to take an holistic approach to its planning through the development of objectives, policies and outcomes to be implemented across its sites. This Management Plan furthers these objects.

3.2. Harbour Trust Comprehensive Plan

The Harbour Trust's Comprehensive Plan, which commenced in 2003 and was amended in 2009, is a broad strategic plan which sets out the vision for all of the Harbour Trust's sites and includes a process for preparing more detailed Management Plans for specific places, such as Macquarie Lightstation.

The Comprehensive Plan provides a framework for maintaining the site's position as an important attraction along the Coastal Walk, and as a prominent landmark for all to see. It also seeks to preserve and enhance the site into the future, by removing intrusive structures and interpreting and conserving significant archaeological remains.

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Figure 2 – Harbour Trust Comprehensive Plan –Outcomes

The Outcomes diagram in Part 10 of the Harbour Trust's Comprehensive Plan for Macquarie Lightstation is reproduced at Figure 2.

The Comprehensive Plan sets out overarching Objectives and Policies for all of its sites (Part 3). Those that are most relevant to this Management Plan are: Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD); cultural heritage; adaptive re-use of places and buildings; removal of buildings; design approach; tourism; contamination; water quality and