Tourism development is happening in Bilpin without a plan, without research, and without community consultation. Developments are being approved without notifying residents, without sufficient traffic data and assessment, and without considering the impact on residents and the 'character' of Bilpin that we all love. We want Hawkesbury City Council to get the right 'balance' between tourism and maintaining what is special about Bilpin to live in, and visit.

We therefore ask Hawkesbury City Council to do the following:

1. Implement an independent study into the effects of tourism in Bilpin, including a separate traffic study, and community consultation. We seek that this study in particular focuses on the weekend activity generated between the periods of January to July.

2. Develop a plan for future development in Bilpin (based on this research), and include 'Bilpin' as a Specific Area in the DCP for assisting with determination of all relevant development applications.

3. That no tourist related development applications be approved until the above study and plan be conducted.

4. Amend the LEP to include 'Pick Your Own enterprise' as a 'Complying development' under RU2 Zoning needing consent from Council.

5. Amend the DCP to include 'Pick Your Own enterprises', and 'Tourist facility/ destinations', and any relevant considerations that result from such activities, such as car parking specifications, noise and physical barrier requirements.

6. Amend the 'Notification' section of the DCP, whereby, any development application of a 'Cafe', 'Pick Your Own enterprise', 'Cellar door', 'Roadside stall' or other tourist related facility or enterprise require newspaper notification