How do councils manage public land?

Land owned or controlled by councils consists of
•  Public roads •  Land to which the Crown Lands Act 1989 applies •  Commons •  Land subject to the Trustees of Schools of Arts Enabling Act 1902	•  All other land (It is this other land that this Act defines to be public land.)
What regulates this land?	This land may be classified by a local environmental plan or council resolution as
•  PUBLIC ROADS—Roads Act 1993 •  CROWN LANDS—Crown Lands Act 1989 •  COMMONS—Commons Management Act 1989 •  MECHANICS’ INSTITUTES AND SCHOOLS OF ARTS—Trustees of Schools of Arts Enabling Act 1902	Community	Operational
	MANAGEMENT PLAN REQUIRED?
	YES	NO
	IS USE RESTRICTED?
	•  Use must not change until management plan adopted •  Use and management must be in accordance with: —  plan of management adopted by council —  provisions of any relevant law	NO
	IS DISPOSAL RESTRICTED?
	•  Sale prohibited •  No lease or licence over 21 years •  Leases or licences over 5 years only with Minister’s consent if anyone objects to the lease or licence	NO
	RECLASSIFICATION?
	By local environmental plan or, in some circumstances, by council resolution	By council resolution