Date Time Cumberland State Forest planning proposal deferred The Hills Shire Council has put a planning proposal to rezone land within the Cumberland State Forest on hold until a decision is made by the NSW Government on the possibility of the Cumberland State Forest becoming a national park. Council voted to delay determining whether or not to send the planning proposal for a Gateway Determination on the Forestry Corporation of NSW controlled sites during Tuesday’s Ordinary Meeting of Council. The proposal seeks to rezone land, which is not publicly accessible and contains dilapidated caretaker dwellings, into four residential lots. The sites also includes portions of Blue Gum High Forest and Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest, both of which are identified as Critically Endangered Ecological Communities under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 and are of high conservation significance.