5KZ Landowner Survey

Survey of Landowners in the 5km zone along the NSW ACT Border

Please complete this survey and send it to the Secretary, 5km NSW ACT Border Zone Planning Group Inc. by 25 March 2019.

We do not collect names with Survey Monkey so your responses to the Survey are anonymous. Feel free to include comments and suggestions.

The information you supply will help us prepare for a Landowner Workshop scheduled for 2pm Sunday 31st March 2019 at Sutton Hall. We will collate the information and provide you with a summary at the meeting.

The questionnaire is about you and your land. Our aim is to understand to what extent rural fragmentation has already taken place and what you would like to see in the area in the future.

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* 1. Do you own NSW freehold land within 5km of the NSW ACT border?

Yes

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* 2. Which best describes the MAIN use of your land:

Residential use only

Residential and business use

Business use only

Vacant block of land not used for any commercial or residential purpose

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* 3. Do you live in the 5km zone?

Permanently

Sometimes

Never

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* 4. Which of the following best describes MAIN work location?

Commute to work in Canberra

Commute to work in places other than Canberra?

Work full time on the farm

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What is the main type of activity on the farm/land within the 5km zone?

for profit agriculture business

for profit non agricultural business

non profit business (charity)

no business carried out on the farm

None of the above

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* 6. If you had a choice, what is the minimum subdivision lot size that you would like for your own land and your neighbour's land?

1 to 5 hectares

6 to 10 hectares

11 to 20 hectares

21 to 40 hectares

No change to the current minimum lot size of 40 ha with averaging

Other suggestions

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* 7. In addition to land allocated for roads and taking into account that the 5km is a special zone, what percentage of the total area should be set aside for wildlife and native flora corridors?

Nil

0-10%

11-20%

21-30%

What other percentage of the total area do you suggest should be set aside for reserves?

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* 8. What is your main source of information about the future plans for the 5km zone?

Yass Valley Council

Media reports

Meetings organized by landowners (eg 5km NSW ACT Border Planning Group)

All of the above

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* 9. Which of the following best sums up your opinion of the best use of land in the 5km zone?

to contain the ACT's urban sprawl and create a nice transition into the urban area of Canberra

to provide low density rural residential housing

to provide housing estates such as is planned for the Parkwood area

to remain as it is and never change

to be open to industrial development

None of the above

What other land use do you suggest would be the best use of the 5km zone?

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* 10. Based on what you have learned about the future of the land within the 5km zone, what risk do you see for the future of your land?

There is a risk that the ACT border will be moved 5km north

There is a risk that the 5km zone will be turned into a pseudo green belt

All of the above

No risk, everything is going to be fine

Other (please specify)