Strategies

Camberley is a small community in terms of residents and geography. It is an area recognised for its cultural diversity and its close-knit community spirit.

The residents are proud of Camberley and through participating in writing this plan, have determined a way ahead for their community. This document is their work and their vision.

There is approximately 75km of coastine in the Hastings District, with a diverse mix of natural and built features. The coastal environment of Hastings has significant cultural, recreation and heritage values and the interplay between this complex mix of resources and values requires careful and comprehensive planning.

The Hastings Coastal Environment Strategy (HCES) has emerged in response to this demand.

This document sets forth the Crime Prevention Plan for Hastings District Council. Initially, a needs analysis looks at the community and then crime is analysed within the District with the major crime problems identified. 

The plan follows with the major issues, some broad goals and objectives.  Directions for initiatives to meet these objectives are discussed in broad strategies only and are suggestions. 

• Crime Prevention Plan 2007 (PDF 139kB)

As the Flaxmere community has changed and grown over time so too has the need for the town centre to adapt. The Hastings District Council has recognised this need and initiated the Urban Design Framework to help guide future council decisions on urban form, land use and community projects in and around the town centre.

Hastings District Council’s Graffiti Vandalism Strategy has been developed to coordinate current operations, widen the current approach to graffiti reduction and to endorse initiatives and funding applications.

• Graffiti Vandalism Strategy 2008 (PDF 43kB)

The purpose of this strategy is to help improve the performance of the CBD through urban design. To do this it dovetails with traffic and parking programmes designed to make the city centre easier to access, and with economic initiatives such as the Mainstreets programme which focus on promoting business within the CBD.

• Hastings CBD strategy framework (PDF 9.2MB)

Hastings District Council's has a play strategy called "Hastings Coming Out to Play", which looks at the Council’s role in providing opportunities for “play” in the Hastings District outdoor environment over the next 10 years.

This document outlines a strategy for low-density residential growth in Hastings.

• Executive Summary (PDF 639kB)
• 1. Introduction (PDF 125kB)
• 2. Network modelling and validation (PDF 401kB)
• 3. Assessment methodology (PDF 275kB)
• 4. Heavy traffic and commodity movement (PDF 397kB)
  • Heavy Traffic Management Plan (PDF 1.34MB)
• 5. Land use activity (PDF 1.46MB)
• 6. Deficiency analysis (PDF 1.49MB)
• 7. Comparison of competing options (PDF 1.15MB)
• 8. Strategy options (PDF 3MB)
• 9. Development of a strategy (PDF 918kB)
• 10. Summary (PDF 75kB)

The following tables outline the strategy direction for the rezoning of land for industrial purposes in the three areas identified for industrial growth.

The aim of the Litter Reduction Strategy (the Strategy) is to provide a long-term sustainable approach to litter reduction.

It aims to better coordinate and extend Council’s current operations and presents a multi-pronged integrated approach.

• Litter Reduction Strategy 2008 (PDF 128kB)

The Hastings Reserve Strategy 2006 sets out the Hastings District Council's plans for acquiring and developing parks and reserves over the next 20 years.

The strategy raises minimum levels of service from 4 hectares of reserve space per 1000 people, to 10 hectares per 1000 people. The process of developing the strategy involved thorough consultation.

Private swimming and spa pools are a significant childhood water hazard. The fencing of these pools is the most effective way of preventing the drowning of children under the age of six years.