Brimbank PS Ordinance

BrimbankPLANNING SCHEME

OBJECTIVES OF PLANNING IN VICTORIA PAGE 1 OF 1

THE OBJECTIVES OF PLANNING IN VICTORIA

Planning Schemes in Victoria must seek to achieve the objectives of planning in Victoria asset out in Section 4(1) of the Planning & Environment Act 1987. These objectives are:

To provide for the fair, orderly, economic and sustainable use and development of land. To provide for the protection of natural and man-made resources and the maintenance

of ecological processes and genetic diversity. To secure a pleasant, efficient and safe working, living and recreational environment

for all Victorians and visitors to Victoria. To conserve and enhance those buildings, areas or other places which are of scientific,

aesthetic, architectural or historical interest, or otherwise of special cultural value. To protect public utilities and other assets and enable the orderly provision and coordi-

nation of public utilities and other facilities for the benefit of the community. To facilitate development in accordance with the objectives set out in the points above. To balance the present and future interests of all Victorians.

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PURPOSES OF THIS PLANNING SCHEME PAGE 1 OF 1

PURPOSES OF THIS PLANNING SCHEME

To provide a clear and consistent framework within which decisions about the use and de-velopment of land can be made.

To express state, regional, local and community expectations for areas and land uses.

To provide for the implementation of State, regional and local policies affecting land useand development.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1 OF 10

CONTENTS15 JUL 2013

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Objectives of planning in Victoria

Purposes of this planning scheme

CONTENTS Contents

USER GUIDE User guide

STATE PLANNINGPOLICYFRAMEWORK

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Operation of the State Planning Policy FrameworkPurpose

Goal

Application

Integrated decision making

Structure

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SettlementActivity centresActivity centre network

Activity centre planning

Urban growthSupply of urban land

Planning for growth areas

Structure planning

Sequencing of development

Open spaceOpen space planning

Open space management

Metropolitan MelbourneCity structure

Activity Centre hierarchy

Employment corridors

Central Melbourne

Melbournes urban growth

Green wedges

Open space network in Metropolitan Melbourne

River corridors

Regional developmentRegional settlement networks

Melbournes hinterland areas

Rural productivity

Regional planning strategies and principles

Coastal settlement



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Environmental and landscape valuesBiodiversityProtection of habitat

Native vegetation management

Preparation of biodiversity strategies

Coastal areasProtection of coastal areas

Appropriate development of coastal areas

Coastal Crown land

Coastal tourism

Bays

The Great Ocean Road region

Alpine areasFramework for planning alpine resorts

Sustainable development in alpine areas

Significant environments and landscapesEnvironmentally sensitive areas

Landscapes

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Environmental risksClimate change impactsCoastal inundation and erosion

FloodplainsFloodplain management

Soil degradationUse of contaminated and potentially contaminated land

Erosion and landslip

Salinity

Noise and airNoise abatement

Air quality

BushfireBushfire planning strategies and principles

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Natural resource managementAgricultureProtection of agricultural land

Sustainable agricultural land use

Forestry and timber production

WaterCatchment planning and management

Water quality

Water conservation



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Mineral and stone resourcesMineral resources and mining

Stone resources

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Built Environment and heritageUrban environmentUrban design

Urban design principles

Neighbourhood and subdivision design

Design for safety

Cultural identity and neighbourhood character

Sustainable developmentEnergy and resource efficiency

HeritageHeritage conservation

Aboriginal cultural heritage

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HousingResidential developmentIntegrated housing

Location of residential development

Strategic redevelopment sites

Housing diversity

Housing affordability

Housing formRural residential development

Crisis accommodation and community care units

Residential aged care facilities

Design and location of residential aged care facilities

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Economic developmentCommercialBusiness

Out of centre development for Metropolitan Melbourne

IndustryIndustrial land development

Design of industrial development

State significant industrial land

Innovation and research

TourismFacilitation tourism

Tourism in Metropolitan Melbourne

Maritime Precincts



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TransportIntegrated transportLand use and transport planning

Transport system

Movement networksSustainable personal transport

Cycling

Principal Public Transport Network

Management of the road system

Car parking

PortsPlanning for ports

Planning for land adjacent to ports

AirportsMelbourne Airport

Planning for airports

Planning for airfields

FreightDevelop freight links

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InfrastructureRenewable energyProvision of renewable energy

Community infrastructureHealth facilities

Education facilities

Cultural facilities

Distribution of social and cultural infrastructure

Development infrastructureDevelopment contribution plans

Water supply, sewage and drainage

Stormwater

Telecommunications

Waste and resource recovery

Pipeline infrastructure

Survey infrastructure

LOCAL PLANNINGPOLICYFRAMEWORK

20 Operation of the Local Planning Policy Framework

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Municipal Strategic StatementBrimbank Municipal Profile

Key Land Use Issues



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Councils Strategic Vision

Strategic Land Use Vision

Natural Environment

Built Environment

Housing

Retailing and Activity Centres

Industrial Land Use

Transport and Infrastructure

Community and Leisure Facilities

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Local Planning PoliciesBrimbank Heritage Policy

ZONES 30 Zones

31 Operation of zones

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Residential ZonesResidential 1 Zone

Mixed Use Zone

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Industrial ZonesIndustrial 1 Zone

Industrial 2 Zone

Industrial 3 Zone

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Commercial ZonesCommercial 1 Zone

Commercial 2 Zone

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Rural ZonesGreen Wedge Zone

Green Wedge A Zone

Rural Conservation Zone

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Public Land ZonesPublic Use Zone

Public Park and Recreation Zone

Public Conservation and Resource Zone

Road Zone



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Special Purpose ZonesSpecial Use Zone

Comprehensive Development Zone

Urban Floodway Zone

OVERLAYS 40 Overlays

41 Operation of overlays

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Environment and Landscape OverlaysEnvironmental Significance Overlay

Significant Landscape Overlay

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Heritage and Built Form OverlaysHeritage Overlay

Design and Development Overlay

Development Plan Overlay

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Land Management OverlaysLand Subject to Inundation Overlay

Special Building Overlay

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Other OverlaysPublic Acquisition Overlay

Environmental Audit Overlay

Road Closure Overlay

Melbourne Airport Environs Overlay

PARTICULARPROVISIONS

50 Particular provisions

51 Operation of particular provisions

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[no content]Public open space contribution and subdivision

Easements, restrictions and reserves

Specific sites and exclusions

Satellite dish

Advertising signs

Car parking

Loading and unloading of vehicles

Earth and energy resources industry

Stone extraction and extractive industry interest areas

Uses with adverse amenity potential

Home occupation



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Service station

Car wash

Motor vehicle, boat or caravan sales

Heliport and helicopter landing site

Native vegetation precinct plan

Native vegetation

Timber production

Telecommunications facility

Convenience restaurant and take-away food premises

Private tennis court

Crisis accommodation

Shared housing

Community care unit

Crematorium

Cattle feedlot

Licensed premises

Gaming

Land adjacent to a Road Zone, Category 1, or a PublicAcquisition Overlay for a Category 1 road

Freeway service centre

Broiler farm

Wind energy facility

Shipping container storage

Bicycle facilities

Urban context report and design response for residentialdevelopment of four or more storeys

Integrated public transport planning

Post boxes and dry stone walls

2009 Bushfire recovery

2009 Bushfire replacement buildings

Government funded education facilities

Government funded social housing

Renewable energy facility (other than wind energy facility)

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Statement of underlying provisions

Resource recovery

Brothels

Bushfire protection: planning requirements

Bushfire protection: exemptions

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One dwelling on a lotNeighbourhood and site description and design response

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Site layout and building massing



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Amenity impacts

On-site amenity and facilities

Detailed design

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Two or more dwellings on a lot and residentialbuildingsNeighbourhood and site description and design response

Neighbourhood character and infrastructure

Site layout and building massing

Amenity impacts

On-site amenity and facilities

Detailed design

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Residential subdivisionSubdivision site and context description and designresponse

Policy implementation

Livable and sustainable communities

Lot design

Urban landscape

Access and mobility management

Integrated water management

Site management

Utilities

Transitional arrangements

57 Metropolitan green wedge land

GENERALPROVISIONS

60 General provisions

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Administration of this schemeAdministration and enforcement of this scheme

What area is covered by this scheme?

What does this scheme consist of?

When did this scheme begin?

Effect of this scheme

Determination of boundaries

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Uses, buildings, works, subdivisions and demolitionnot requiring a permitUses not requiring a permit

Buildings and works

Events on public land

Subdivisions not requiring a permit



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62.05 Demolition

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Existing usesExtent of existing use rights

Characterisation of use

Effect of definitions on existing use rights

Section 1 uses

Section 2 and 3 uses

Expiration of existing use rights

Compliance with codes of practice

Alternative use

Shop conditions

Damaged or destroyed buildings or works

Proof of continuous use

Decision guidelines

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General provisions for use and development of landLand used for more than one use

Land used in conjunction with another use

Subdivision of land in more than one zone

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Decision guidelinesApproval of an application or plan

Approval of an application to subdivide land

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Referral and notice provisionsSubdivision referrals

Use and development referrals

Referral of permit applications under other State standardprovisions

Referral of permit applications under local provisions

Notice of permit applications under State standardprovisions

Notice of permit applications under local provisions

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Applications under Section 96 of the ActExemptions from Section 96(1) and 96(2) of the Act

Notice requirements

Notice requirements - native vegetation

Notice exemption

DEFINITIONS 70 Definitions

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72 General terms

73 Outdoor advertising terms

74 Land use terms

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Nesting diagramsAccommodation group

Agriculture group

Child care centre group

Education centre group

Industry group

Leisure and recreation group

Earth and energy resources group

Office Group

Place of assembly group

Pleasure boat facility group

Retail premises group

Retail premises group (sub-group of shop)

Transport terminal group

Utility installation group

Warehouse group

Renewable energy group

Land use terms that are not nested

INCORPORATEDDOCUMENTS

80 Incorporated Documents

81 Documents incorporated in this scheme

81.01 Table of documents incorporated in this scheme

LIST OFAMENDMENTS

List of amendments to this scheme

USER GUIDE PAGE 1 OF 5

USER GUIDE1. What is a planning scheme?

A planning scheme sets out policies and requirements for the use, development and protec-tion of land. There is a planning scheme for every municipality in Victoria.

2. Who is affected by this planning scheme?

All people and corporations must comply with this scheme. Every State Minister, govern-ment department, public authority and municipal council must also comply unless specifi-cally exempted by the Government.

3. What does this scheme consist of?

This scheme consists of a written document and any maps, plans or other documents incor-porated in it (see Clause 81). It contains-

The objectives of planning in Victoria

Purposes of this planning scheme

The User Guide

A State Planning Policy Framework

A Local Planning Policy Framework

Zone and overlay provisions

Particular provisions

General provisions

Definitions

Incorporated documents.

The State Planning Policy Framework covers strategic issues of State importance. It listspolicies under nine headings - settlement, environmental and landscape values, environ-mental risks, natural resource management, built environment and heritage, housing, eco-nomic development, transport and infrastructure. Every planning scheme in Victoriacontains this policy framework, which is identical in all schemes.

The Local Planning Policy Framework contains a municipal strategic statement and localplanning policies. The framework identifies long term directions about land use and devel-opment in the municipality; presents a vision for its community and other stakeholders; andprovides the rationale for the zone and overlay requirements and particular provisions in thescheme.

The Zone and Overlay requirements and Particular provisions show -

The type of use and development allowed in each zone.

Additional requirements for subdivision, buildings and works on land that is affected byan overlay.

Requirements for any specific uses and development.

The General provisions provide information on the administration of this scheme and otherrelated matters. Definitions advise on the meaning of words in this scheme.

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Effect of this planning scheme

4. How do I use this planning scheme?

The planning scheme map

The planning scheme map shows how land is zoned and whether it is affected by an overlay.This information is indicated by a letter and number code that is explained on the front pageof each map: For example, R1Z stands for Residential 1 Zone.

To find out the effect these requirements have on your land, it is necessary to refer to thewritten document.

The written document

Policy frameworks (Clauses 10 to 22)

The State and Local Planning Policy Frameworks contain the long term directions and out-comes sought by this scheme. These are implemented through the Zone, Overlay and Par-ticular provisions requirements. It is important to refer to both frameworks whenconsidering the requirements of the scheme.

Zone requirements (Clauses 30 to 37)

A zone controls land use and development. Each zone includes a description of its purposeand the requirements that apply regarding land use, subdivision and the construction andcarrying out of buildings and works.

Each zone lists land uses in three sections:

Section 1 Uses that do not require a permit

Section 2 Uses that require a permit

Section 3 Uses that are prohibited

Uses that are not specifically mentioned are covered by a reference to 'any other use'. Thisis usually found in Section 2, but is occasionally found in Section 3.

Sometimes a use in Section 1 or Section 2 must meet specified conditions. If these are notmet, the use may require a permit or may be prohibited.

Note that the three sections refer to the use of land, not to the development of land.

Development of land includes the construction of a building, carrying out works (such asclearing vegetation), subdividing land or buildings, or displaying signs. The zones indicatewhether a planning permit is required to construct a building or carry out works. Somebuildings and works, such as fences and underground services, usually do not require apermit. These are listed in Clause 62 of the scheme under Uses, buildings, works, subdivi-sions and demolition not requiring a permit.

Overlay requirements (Clauses 40 to 45)

Overlays affect subdivisions, buildings and works. They operate in addition to the zone re-quirements and generally concern environmental, landscape, heritage, built form, and landand site management issues. It is essential to check whether an overlay applies to your landbefore commencing any use or development.

Particular provisions (Clauses 50 to 57)

Other planning requirements may apply to particular uses or development. These may beadvertising signs, car parking or specified types of use. Such requirements are listed under

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Particular provisions. It is essential to check whether any of these requirements apply toyour land before commencing any use or development.

General provisions (Clauses 60 to 67)

The general provisions provide information on:

The administration of this scheme.

The operation of existing uses and land used for more than one use.

Uses, buildings, works, subdivisions and demolition not requiring a permit.

Matters that Council must consider before deciding on a proposal under this scheme.

Definitions (Clauses 70 to 75)

Words used in this scheme have their common meaning unless they are defined in thescheme, the Planning and Environment Act 1987 or in other relevant legislation. The pur-pose of defining a word is to limit its meaning to a particular interpretation or to explain themeaning of a word or phrase peculiar to this scheme. You should check whether any wordor term is defined to ensure you understand its meaning within the context of the scheme.

If in doubt about the meaning of a word that is not defined, ask a Council planning officerfor assistance.

5. How do I find out about requirements affecting my land?

You should first speak to a Council planning officer to find out how this scheme affectsyour land. The scheme is available for inspection at your Council office, and via PlanningSchemes On-line accessed from the Department of Planning and Community Development(DPCD) website www.dpcd.vic.gov.au .

You can also apply for a planning certificate for a particular parcel of land. This will statethe planning scheme zone and overlay requirements that apply to that land as shown on thescheme map. Note that the certificate does not state the strategies or policies that apply tothe land under the schemes policy frameworks.

A person selling land must make a planning certificate available to a purchaser before acontract to buy the land is signed.

6. Changes to this planning scheme

This scheme is not a static document and is likely to change over time. A Council planningofficer can tell you if an amendment affecting your land has been prepared. This informa-tion is also shown on a planning certificate or via Planning Scheme Amendments On-lineaccessed from the DPCD website www.dpcd.vic.gov.au.

Application to use or develop land

7. The need for early discussion with Council

If you propose to use or develop land, first discuss the proposal in detail with a Councilplanning officer. Early discussion will confirm whether a permit is necessary and identifyany other requirements.

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8. Making a planning permit application

If a permit is required, an Application for Planning Permit form must be filled out andlodged with responsible authority, which is usually the Council.

The application must include all necessary supporting information such as plans, reportsand photographs so that the proposal is fully described and can be understood by all inter-ested parties.

The Planning and Environment Act 1987 requires the payment of a fee for the processing ofapplications. Details of the fee can be obtained from Council.

In some circumstances, the Minister for Planning or another person may administer parts ofthis scheme. A Council planning officer can advise you what to do in such cases.

9. Considering and giving notice of the application

In considering an application, Council will in most cases decide whether material detrimentmay be caused to any person and, if so, it must give them an opportunity to comment on theproposal.

There are a number of ways of giving notice of an application, including notifying the own-ers and occupiers of nearby properties, and placing notices on the land and in a newspapercirculating in the area.

With some applications, Council will seek the views of other government or public agenciesbefore making a decision. It may also ask you to provide more information.

Once any necessary advertising has been completed and other agencies have had time tocomment, the application will be decided.

In making its decision, Council must assess an application against the strategies and desiredoutcomes outlined in the schemes policy frameworks. Any other matters that the schemespecifies must also be taken into account.

10. The decision

Following consideration of your application, Council will decide to either:

Issue a permit.

Issue a notice of decision to grant a permit (which gives objectors a set time in which tolodge an application for review).

Refuse to grant a permit.

A permit can be issued with or without conditions, and a proposal can only begin and con-tinue if all the conditions on the permit are met.

11. Do I have a right to seek a review of a decision?

In many cases, yes. Your rights to a review of a Council decision are usually explained inthe document that conveys advice of Councils decision. Additional information on reviewsof decision may be obtained from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, PlanningList, 55 King Street, Melbourne 3000 - Phone (03) 9628 9777.

12. What is the difference between building and planning permits?

Planning permits must not be confused with building permits. Building permits are issuedunder the Victoria Building Regulations and generally relate only to the constructional as-pects of a building or other development.

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A building permit is required in most cases involving development. You should consult abuilding surveyor if any building is proposed. If a planning permit is required, it must beobtained before a building permit can be issued.

Need more help?

Contact a Council planning officer if you:

Have a general enquiry about this scheme.

Are unsure what requirements apply to your land.

Are unsure of the steps in the planning application process.

Would like to know how this scheme may be changed.

Want a planning application form.

Want to buy a copy of this scheme or an amendment.

A range of planning publications are available to help including Planning A Short Guideand Using Victoria's Planning System, these can be obtained from the DPCD website,www.dpcd.vic.gov.au. VCAT publications can be obtained from the VCAT website,www.vcat.vic.gov.au.

Relevant legislation includes:

Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the Planning and Environment Regulations2005

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998

Tribunals and Licensing Authorities (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998

Copies of legislation are usually available for perusal at your local library or they may bepurchased from Information Victoria, 505 Little Collins Street, Melbourne 3000 - phone tollfree 1300 366 356 or (03) 9603 9900. They are also available at the Victorian Legislationand Parliamentary Documents Home Page, www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au.

STATE PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK - CLAUSE 10 PAGE 1 OF 2

10 OPERATION OF THE STATE PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK

10.01 Purpose

The purpose of State policy in planning schemes is to inform planning authorities andresponsible authorities of those aspects of State planning policy which they are to take intoaccount and give effect to in planning and administering their respective areas. The StatePlanning Policy Framework provides a context for spatial planning and decision making byplanning and responsible authorities.

The State Planning Policy Framework is dynamic and will be built upon as the governmentdevelops and refines policy, and changed as the needs of the community change.

The planning policies are directed to land use and development, as circumscribed by thePlanning and Environment Act 1987, a primary objective of which is to provide for the fair,orderly, economic and sustainable use and development of land.

10.02 Goal

The State Planning Policy Framework seeks to ensure that the objectives of planning inVictoria (as set out in Section 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987) are fosteredthrough appropriate land use and development planning policies and practices whichintegrate relevant environmental, social and economic factors in the interests of netcommunity benefit and sustainable development.

The objectives of planning in Victoria are:

(a) To provide for the fair, orderly, economic and sustainable use, and development ofland.

(b) To provide for the protection of natural and man-made resources and the maintenanceof ecological processes and genetic diversity.

(c) To secure a pleasant, efficient and safe working, living and recreational environmentfor all Victorians and visitors to Victoria.

(d) To conserve and enhance those buildings, areas or other places which are of scientific,aesthetic, architectural or historical interest, or otherwise of special cultural value.

(e) To protect public utilities and other facilities for the benefit of the community.

(f) To facilitate development in accordance with the objectives set out in paragraphs (a),(b), (c), (d) and (e).

(g) To balance the present and future interests of all Victorians.

10.03 Application

This section sets out the State Planning Policies which apply to all land in Victoria.

These policies must be taken into account when preparing amendments to this scheme ormaking decisions under this scheme.

Planning and responsible authorities must take account of and give effect to the policiesapplicable to issues before them to ensure integrated decision making.

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10.04 Integrated decision making

Society has various needs and expectations such as land for settlement, protection of theenvironment, economic well-being, various social needs, proper management of resourcesand infrastructure. Planning aims to meet these by addressing aspects of economic,environmental and social well-being affected by land use and development.

Planning authorities and responsible authorities should endeavour to integrate the range ofpolicies relevant to the issues to be determined and balance conflicting objectives in favourof net community benefit and sustainable development for the benefit of present and futuregenerations.

Consistent with the objectives of local government under the Local Government Act 1989,municipal planning authorities are required to identify the potential for regional impacts intheir decision-making and co-ordinate strategic planning with their neighbours and otherpublic bodies to achieve sustainable development and effective and efficient use ofresources.

10.05 Structure

The State Planning Policy Framework is structured around the following themes:

Settlement

Environmental and landscape values

Environmental risk

Natural resource management

Built environment and heritage

Housing

Economic development

Transport

Infrastructure

Each policy includes:

An objective that sets out the aim of the policy.

Strategies that outline how the policy is to be achieved.

Policy guidelines that provide guidance about specific strategies, legislation and othermatters to be considered in planning decisions.

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11 SETTLEMENT

Planning is to anticipate and respond to the needs of existing and future communitiesthrough provision of zoned and serviced land for housing, employment, recreation and openspace, commercial and community facilities and infrastructure.

Planning is to recognise the need for, and as far as practicable contribute towards:

Health and safety.

Diversity of choice.

Adaptation in response to changing technology.

Economic viability.

A high standard of urban design and amenity.

Energy efficiency.

Prevention of pollution to land, water and air.

Protection of environmentally sensitive areas and natural resources.

Accessibility.

Land use and transport integration.

Planning is to prevent environmental problems created by siting incompatible land usesclose together.

Planning is to facilitate sustainable development that takes full advantage of existingsettlement patterns, and investment in transport and communication, water and sewerageand social facilities.

11.01 Activity Centres

11.01-1 Activity centre network

Objective

To build up activity centres as a focus for high-quality development, activity and living forthe whole community by developing a network of activity centres.

Strategies

Develop a network of activity centres that:

Comprises a range of centres that differ in size and function

Is a focus for business, shopping, working, leisure and community facilities.

Provides different types of housing, including forms of higher density housing.

Is connected by public transport and cycling networks.

Maximises choices in services, employment and social interaction.

Support the role and function of the centre given its classification, the policies for housingintensification, and development of the public transport network.

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Policy guidelines

Planning must consider as relevant:

Melbourne 2030 (Department of Sustainability and Environment, 2002).

Melbourne 2030: A planning update Melbourne @ 5 million (Department of Planningand Community Development, 2008).

11.01-2 Activity centre planning

Objective

To encourage the concentration of major retail, residential, commercial, administrative,entertainment and cultural developments into activity centres which provide a variety ofland uses and are highly accessible to the community.

Strategies

Undertake strategic planning for the use and development of land in and around the activitycentres.

Give clear direction in relation to preferred locations for investment.

Encourage a diversity of housing types at higher densities in and around activity centres.

Reduce the number of private motorised trips by concentrating activities that generate highnumbers of (non-freight) trips in highly accessible activity centres.

Improve access by walking, cycling and public transport to services and facilities for localand regional populations.

Broaden the mix of uses in activity centres to include a range of services over longer hoursappropriate to the type of centre and needs of the population served.

Provide a focus for business, shopping, working, leisure and community facilities.

Encourage economic activity and business synergies.

Locate significant new education, justice, community, administrative and health facilitiesthat attract users from large geographic areas in or on the edge of Central ActivitiesDistricts, Principal or Major Activity Centres with good public transport.

Locate new small scale education, health and community facilities that meet local needs inor next to Neighbourhood Activity Centres.

Ensure Neighbourhood Activity Centres are located within convenient walking distance inthe design of new subdivisions.

Improve the social, economic and environmental performance and amenity of the centre.

Policy guidelines




Activity Centre Design Guidelines (Department of Sustainability and Environment,2005).

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Safer Design Guidelines for Victoria (Crime Prevention Victoria and the Department ofSustainability and Environment, 2005).

Guidelines for Higher Density Residential Development (Department of Sustainabilityand Environment, 2005).

Precinct Structure Planning Guidelines (Growth Areas Authority, 2009).

11.02 Urban growth

11.02-1 Supply of urban land

Objective

To ensure a sufficient supply of land is available for residential, commercial, retail,industrial, recreational, institutional and other community uses.

Strategies

Ensure the ongoing provision of land and supporting infrastructure to support sustainableurban development.

Ensure that sufficient land is available to meet forecast demand.

Plan to accommodate projected population growth over at least a 15 year period andprovide clear direction on locations where growth should occur. Residential land supplywill be considered on a municipal basis, rather than a town-by-town basis.

Planning for urban growth should consider:

Opportunities for the consolidation, redevelopment and intensification of existing urbanareas.

Neighbourhood character and landscape considerations.

The limits of land capability and natural hazards and environmental quality.

Service limitations and the costs of providing infrastructure.

Monitor development trends and land supply and demand for housing and industry.

Maintain access to productive natural resources and an adequate supply of well-locatedland for energy generation, infrastructure and industry.

Restrict low-density rural residential development that would compromise futuredevelopment at higher densities.

Policy guidelines


Victorian Government population projections and land supply estimates.

Growing Victoria Together (Department of Premier and Cabinet, 2001).

A Vision for Victoria to 2010; Growing Victoria Together (Department of Premier andCabinet, 2005).



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Ready for Tomorrow a Blueprint for Regional and Rural Victoria (State Governmentof Victoria, 2010)

11.02-2 Planning for growth areas

Objective

To locate urban growth close to transport corridors and services and provide efficient andeffective infrastructure to create benefits for sustainability while protecting primaryproduction, major sources of raw materials and valued environmental areas.

Strategies

Concentrate urban expansion into growth areas that are served by high-capacity publictransport.

Implement the strategic directions within the Growth Area Framework Plans (Departmentof Sustainability and Environment 2006).

Encourage average overall residential densities in the growth areas of a minimum of 15dwellings per net developable hectare.

Deliver timely and adequate provision of public transport and local and regionalinfrastructure, in line with a preferred sequence of land release.

Provide for significant amounts of local employment opportunities and in some areas,provide large scale industrial or other more regional employment generators.

Create a network of mixed-use activity centres and develop an urban form based onNeighbourhood Principles.

Meet housing needs by providing a diversity of housing type and distribution.

Retain unique characteristics of established areas incorporated into new communities toprotect and manage natural resources and areas of heritage, cultural and environmentalsignificance.

Create well planned, easy to maintain and safe streets and neighbourhoods that reduceopportunities for crime, improve perceptions of safety and increase levels of communityparticipation.

Policy guidelines



Melbourne 2030: A planning update Melbourne @ 5 million (Department of Planningand Community Development 2008).

The Victorian Transport Plan (Department of Transport, 2008).

Any relevant Growth Area Framework Plans (Department of Sustainability andEnvironment, 2006).


Ministerial Direction No. 12 Urban Growth Areas in the preparation and assessmentof planning scheme amendments that provide for urban growth.

Ready for Tomorrow a Blueprint for Regional and Rural Victoria (State Governmentof Victoria, 2010)

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11.02-3 Structure planning

Objective

To facilitate the orderly development of urban areas.

Strategies

Ensure effective planning and management of the land use and development of an areathrough the preparation of strategic plans, statutory plans, development and conservationplans, development contribution plans and other relevant plans.

Undertake comprehensive planning for new areas as sustainable communities that offerhigh-quality, frequent and safe local and regional public transport and a range of localactivities for living, working and recreation.

Facilitate the preparation of a hierarchy of structure plans or precinct structure plans that:

Take into account the strategic and physical context of the location.

Provide the broad planning framework for an area as well as the more detailed planningrequirements for neighbourhoods and precincts, where appropriate.

Provide for the development of sustainable and liveable urban areas in an integratedmanner.

Assist the development of walkable neighbourhoods.

Facilitate the logical and efficient provision of infrastructure and use of existinginfrastructure and services.

Develop Growth Area Framework Plans that will:

Identify the long term pattern of urban growth.

Identify the location of broad urban development types, for example activity centre,residential, employment, freight centres and mixed use employment.

Identify the boundaries of individual communities, landscape values and as appropriatethe need for discrete urban breaks and how land uses in these breaks will be managed.

Identify transport networks and options for investigation, such as future railway linesand stations, freight activity centres, freeways and arterial roads.

Identify the location of open space to be retained for recreation and/or biodiversityprotection and/or flood risk reduction purposes guided and directed by regionalbiodiversity conservation strategies.

Show significant waterways as opportunities for creating linear trails, along with areasrequired to be retained for biodiversity protection and/or flood risk reduction purposes.

Identify appropriate uses for areas described as constrained, including quarry buffers.

Include objectives for each growth area.

Develop precinct structure plans consistent with the Precinct Structure Planning Guidelines(Growth Areas Authority, 2009) approved by the Minister for Planning to:

Establish a sense of place and community.

Create greater housing choice, diversity and affordable places to live.

Create highly accessible and vibrant activity centres.

Provide for local employment and business activity.

Provide better transport choices.

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Respond to climate change and increase environmental sustainability.

Deliver accessible, integrated and adaptable community infrastructure.

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11.02-4 Sequencing of development

Objective

To manage the sequence of development in growth areas so that services are available fromearly in the life of new communities.

Strategies

Define preferred development sequences in growth areas to better coordinate infrastructureplanning and funding.

Ensure that new land is released in growth areas in a timely fashion to facilitate coordinatedand cost-efficient provision of local and regional infrastructure.

Require new development to make a financial contribution to the provision of infrastructuresuch as community facilities, public transport and roads.

Improve the coordination and timing of the installation of services and infrastructure in newdevelopment areas.

Support opportunities to co-locate facilities.

Ensure that planning for water supply, sewerage and drainage works receives high priorityin early planning for new developments.

Policy guidelines






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11.03 Open space

11.03-1 Open space planning

Objective

To assist creation of a diverse and integrated network of public open space commensuratewith the needs of the community.

Strategies

Plan for regional and local open space networks for both recreation and conservation ofnatural and cultural environments.

Ensure that open space networks:

Are linked through the provision of walking and cycle trails and rights of way.

Are integrated with open space from abutting subdivisions.

Incorporate, where possible, links between major parks and activity areas, alongwaterways and natural drainage corridors, connecting places of natural and culturalinterest, as well as maintaining public accessibility on public land immediatelyadjoining waterways and coasts.

Ensure that land is set aside and developed in residential areas for local recreational use andto create pedestrian and bicycle links to commercial and community facilities.

Ensure that land use and development adjoining regional open space networks, nationalparks and conservation reserves complements the open space in terms of visual and noiseimpacts, treatment of waste water to reduce turbidity or pollution and preservation ofvegetation.

Improve the quality and distribution of open space and ensure long-term protection.

Protect large regional parks and significant conservation areas.

Ensure land identified as critical to the completion of open space links is transferred foropen space purposes.

Protect the overall network of open space by ensuring that where there is a change in landuse or in the nature of occupation resulting in a reduction of open space, the overallnetwork of open space is protected by the addition of replacement parkland of equal orgreater size and quality.

Ensure that urban open space provides for nature conservation, recreation and play, formaland informal sport, social interaction and peace and solitude. Community sports facilitiesshould be accommodated in a way that is not detrimental to other park activities.

Ensure open space is designed to accommodate people of all abilities, ages and cultures.

Develop open space to maintain wildlife corridors and greenhouse sinks.

Provide new parkland in growth areas and in areas that have an undersupply of parkland.

Policy guidelines




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Linking People and Spaces: A Strategy for Melbournes Open Space Network (ParksVictoria, 2002).

Ready for Tomorrow a Blueprint for Regional and Rural Victoria (State Governmentof Victoria, 2010).

11.03-2 Open space management

Objective

To provide for the long term management of public open space.

Strategies

Encourage management plans or explicit statements of management objectives for urbanparks to be developed.

Ensure exclusive occupation of parkland by community organisations is restricted toactivities consistent with management objectives of the park to maximise broad communityaccess to open space.

Ensure the provision of buildings and infrastructure is consistent with the managementobjectives of the park.

Ensure public access is not prevented by developments along stream banks and foreshores.

Ensure public land immediately adjoining waterways and coastlines remains in publicownership.

Protect sites and features of high scientific, nature conservation, biodiversity, heritage,geological or landscape value.

11.04 Metropolitan Melbourne

11.04-1 City structure

Objective

To facilitate the development of a multi-centred metropolitan structure.

Strategies

Develop several large centres with employment as a key focus rather than one dominantCentral Business District.

Develop employment corridors with multiple employment opportunities along a selectednumber of high capacity public transport corridors.

Facilitate targeted redevelopment to increase levels of housing and employment inestablished areas close to where people reside.

Develop new sustainable communities that provide jobs and housing in growth areas in thenorth and west, recognising the diminishing options in the south east.

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Improve the distribution of employment in and closer to the growth areas to help reducecongestion, particularly in the west, and achieve social objectives by providing moreequitable access to employment.

Policy guidelines




11.04-2 Activity Centre hierarchy

Objective

To create a network of activity centres comprising the Central Activities Districts, PrincipalActivity Centres, Major Activity Centres, Specialised Activity Centres and NeighbourhoodActivity Centres.

Strategies

Define the role and function of activity centres, preferred uses, scale of development andlinks to the public transport system based on five classifications of activity centrescomprising Central Activities District, Principle Activity Centres, Major Activity Centre,Specialised Activity Centres and Neighbourhood Activity Centres:

Central Activities Districts

Support the role of the Central Activities Districts as Metropolitan Melbournes largestcentres of activity with the greatest variety of uses and functions including commercial,retail, housing, highly specialised personal services, education, government and tourism.

Reinforce Central Activities Districts as the preferred location for activities that have Stateor national significance, and for activities that generate a significant number of trips fromthe metropolitan area and beyond.

Strengthen Central Activities Districts functions and their role as the primary business,retail and entertainment hubs for the metropolitan area by providing:

Significant business and commercial services.

A strong and diverse retail sector.

Specialised goods and services drawing on a large regional catchment.

Significant opportunities for housing redevelopment in and around these centres.

High levels of accessibility for walking, cycling, public transport or car by beinglocated at a junction in the Principal Public Transport Network.

Vibrant centres of activity with a range of public facilities.

The Central Activities Districts are Central Melbourne, Box Hill, Broadmeadows,Dandenong, Footscray, Frankston and Ringwood.

Central Melbourne is distinct from other Central Activities Districts through its capital cityrole in areas of culture, entertainment, tourism and sport.

Principal and Major Activity Centres

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Develop Principal and Major Activity Centres to accommodate ongoing investment andchange in retail, office, service and residential markets.

Ensure Principal and Major Activity Centres:

Have a mix of activities that generate high number of trips including business, retail,services and entertainment.

Are well served by multiple public transport routes and are on the Principal PublicTransport Network or capable of linking to that network.

Have, for Principal Activity Centres, a large catchment covering several suburbs andattracting activities that meet metropolitan needs.

Have the potential to grow and support intensive housing developments withoutconflicting with surrounding land-uses.

Locate new Principal and Major Activity Centres on the Principal Public TransportNetwork or link them to the network as part of developing the site.

Broaden the role of stand-alone centres to provide a greater mix of uses and improvinglinkages to the Principal Public Transport Network.

Ensure Principal Activity Centres are a focus for a range of government and communityactivities, services and investment and are priority locations for government investment andsupport.

Give priority to Principal Activity Centres for investment and the location of significantland uses where catchments overlap in any part of the network of centres.

Encourage Major Activity Centres with good public transport links to grow in preference toother centres with poor public transport links serving the same catchment.

Specialised Activity Centres

Ensure Melbourne Airport, major university campuses and key research and developmentprecincts, including the specialised precincts of particular importance to the Statesinnovation, are developed as Specialised Activity Centres.

Reinforce the specialised economic functions of the Specialised Activity Centres andsupporting use and development consistent with the primary specialist function of thecentre.

Encourage complementary mixed-uses that do not compete with nearby Central ActivitiesDistricts, Principal or Major Activity Centres or inhibit the centres specialised role.

Locate Specialised Activity Centres on the Principal Public Transport Network.

Neighbourhood Activity Centres

Cluster complementary facilities in Neighbourhood Activity Centres to provide good andeasy access, opportunities for co-location and the sharing of resources and support for localeconomic activity.

Ensure Neighbourhood Activity Centres:

Have a mix of uses that meet local convenience needs.

Are accessible to a viable user population by walking and cycling.

Are accessible by local bus services with public transport links to Principal or MajorActivity Centres.

Are an important community focal point.

Encourage higher density housing in and around Neighbourhood Activity Centres thatis designed to fit the context and enhances the character of the area while providing avariety of housing options for different types of households.


Provide for new Neighbourhood Activity Centres in the redevelopment of middle andouter suburbs and the development of new growth areas.

Policy guidelines


Activity Centres and Principal Public Transport Network Plan (2010).



11.04-3 Employment Corridors

Objective

To provide opportunities for substantial employment creation linked by high capacitypublic transport and connected to Central Activities Districts and growing outer areas.

Strategies

Provide for substantial increases in employment, housing, education and otheropportunities along each corridor and better link them through improved transportconnectivity.

Link the growing outer areas to a greater choice of jobs, services and goods in the corridors.

Provide transport networks that allow circumferential, in addition to radial movements.

Develop the following employment corridors:

Avalon Airport to Werribee, Melton, Melbourne Airport and Donnybrook (Hume-Mitchell).

Caulfield to Dandenong.

Melton to Sunshine and North Melbourne.

Monash University/Chadstone to Box Hill, Austin Hospital and Bell Street.

Ringwood to Box Hill and Hawthorn.

Policy guidelines




11.04-4 Central Melbourne

Objective

To strengthen Central Melbournes capital city functions and its role as a primary business,retail, sport and entertainment hub for the State.

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To support Central Melbournes capital city functions through high scale and high densitymixed residential and commercial development opportunities.

Strategies

To maintain and build on Central Melbournes role as a major hub of transport andcommunications networks and the States gateway to the global economy as Victoriaslargest and most varied centre of business, tourist, cultural, entertainment, research andgovernment activities, attracting globally-oriented business activities and tourists fromoverseas and interstate.

Improve the quality and capacity of the public transport system in Central Melbourne.

Maintain Central Melbournes high quality parks and gardens, heritage places, conferenceand exhibition facilities, museums, concert halls and art galleries and other public buildingsand high standards of urban design.

Locate large-scale sport and entertainment facilities of State or national significance withinCentral Melbourne and close to the Principal Public Transport Network with the YarraRiver Precinct being Victorias premier sport, recreation and entertainment destination.

Develop the Yarra River precinct as a vibrant waterfront environment for tourism,commercial and residential activity with high-quality pedestrian and cycling linkages.

Retain Central Melbourne as a major destination for visitors.

Support major development opportunities for high scale and high density mixed residentialand commercial precincts at:

Central City

Southbank

Docklands

Fishermans Bend urban renewal area

E-Gate

Richmond Railway Station Precinct

Support research focused uses around the biotechnology research, education and productionprecinct centred in Parkville that are sympathetic to the character and amenity of the area.

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11.04-5 Melbournes urban growth

Objective

To set clear limits to Metropolitan Melbournes urban development.

Strategies

Define the extent of the urban area with an urban growth boundary to:

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Manage outward expansion.

Facilitate achievement of a compact city.

Protect non-urban areas.

Ensure ready access to infrastructure in the key transport corridors.

Define the non-urban area of Metropolitan Melbourne to be retained for rural, agricultural,tourism, educational and other complementary uses, natural resources, landscape, heritage,open space and conservation values.

Contain urban development within the established urban growth boundary. Any change tothe urban growth boundary must only occur to reflect the needs demonstrated in thedesignated growth areas.

Protect the continued rural use of land within the urban growth boundary until conversionto urban use is required and the extension of urban services is approved as part of thesequencing of development.

Determine the need for future changes to the urban growth boundary by an assessmentagainst the following criteria:

The need to maintain an adequate and competitive land supply to meet future housingneeds including redevelopment and greenfields sites.

The consideration and analysis of:

Current population projections.

The development capacity of existing urban areas to accommodate projectedgrowth.

Longer-term urban growth issues such as economic and employment opportunities.

Transport investment requirements.

Shift the focus of future growth from the south-east to the north and west by utilising theurban growth boundary as a tool to both contain and shape growth.

Policy guidelines





The relevant Growth Area Framework Plans (Department of Sustainability andEnvironment, 2006).

11.04-6 Green wedges

Objective

To protect the green wedges of Metropolitan Melbourne from inappropriate development.

Strategies

Ensure strategic planning and land management of each green wedge area to promote andencourage its key features and related values.

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Support development in the green wedge that provides for environmental, economic andsocial benefits.

Consolidate new residential development within existing settlements and in locations whereplanned services are available and green wedge area values can be protected.

Plan and protect major transport facilities that serve the wider Victorian community, suchas airports and ports with their associated access corridors.

Protecting important productive agricultural areas such as Werribee South, theMaribyrnong River flats, the Yarra Valley, Westernport and the Mornington Peninsula.

Protect areas of environmental, landscape and scenic value.

Protect significant resources of stone, sand and other mineral resources for extractionpurposes.

Policy guidelines


Growth Area Framework Plans (Department of Sustainability and Environment 2006).


Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Region - Regional Strategy Plan (1996).

11.04-7 Open space network in Metropolitan Melbourne

Objective

To create a network of metropolitan open space by creating new parks.

Strategies

Ensure major open space corridors are protected and enhanced.

Develop open space networks in growth areas, where existing open space is limited anddemand is growing, and in the surrounding region of Metropolitan Melbourne including:

Werribee River Regional Park

Werribee Township Regional Park

Kororoit Creek Regional Park

Merri Creek Regional park

Toolern Creek Regional Park

Cranbourne Regional Park

Create continuous open space links and trails along the:

Western Coastal parklands (linking Point Gellibrand, Point Cook and Werribee)

Merri Creek parklands (extending to Craigieburn)

Maribyrnong River parklands

Frankston parklands (linking existing parks from Carrum to Mornington)

Provide long term planning protection to meet demand for future open space along thePlenty Gorge parklands, Yarra Valley parklands, Cardinia Creek parklands,Heatherton/Dingley Sandbelt parklands and Dandenong Valley parklands.

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Ensuring development does not compromise the Yarra River and Maribyrnong Rivercorridors and other waterways as significant open space, recreation, aesthetic, conservationand tourism assets.

Continuing the development of the lower Yarra River as a focus for sport, entertainmentand leisure.

Policy guidelines



Linking People and Spaces: A Strategy for Melbournes Open Space Network (ParksVictoria, 2002).

Maribyrnong River Vision for Recreational and Tourism Development (MelbourneParks and Waterways, 1996).

Maribyrnong River Valley Design Guidelines (Department of Planning and CommunityDevelopment, April 2010).

11.04-8 River corridors

Objective

To protect and enhance the significant river corridors of Metropolitan Melbourne.

Strategies

Ensure strategic planning and land management of the Yarra River and Maribyrnong Rivercorridors to protect their environmental and cultural values and landscape character andguide new development.

Ensure development responds to and respects the significant environmental, conservation,cultural, aesthetic, open space, recreation and tourism assets of the Yarra River andMaribyrnong River corridors.

Ensure new development is sensitively designed and sited to maintain and enhanceenvironmental assets, significant views and the landscape along the Yarra River andMaribyrnong River corridors.

Policy guidelines


Review of Policies and Controls for the Yarra River Corridor: Punt Road to BurkeRoad Consultant Report (Planisphere, June 2005).

Maribyrnong River Vision for Recreational and Tourism Development (MelbourneParks and Waterways, 1996).

Maribyrnong River Valley Design Guidelines (Department of Planning and CommunityDevelopment, April 2010).

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11.05 Regional development

11.05-1 Regional settlement networks

Objective

To promote the sustainable growth and development of regional Victoria through a networkof settlements identified in the Regional Victoria Settlement Framework plan.

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Map 1 Regional Victoria Settlement Framework

Strategies

Direct urban growth into the major regional cities of Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and theMoe, Morwell and Traralgon cluster.

Support sustainable development of the regional cities and centres of Ararat, Bairnsdale,Benalla, Colac, Echuca, Hamilton, Horsham, Mildura, Portland, Sale, Shepparton, SwanHill, Wangaratta, Warrnambool and Wodonga.

Retain population and employment in rural areas to support rural communities.

Guide the structure, functioning and character of each settlement taking into accountmunicipal and regional contexts and frameworks.

Promote transport and communications and economic linkages between the varioussettlements through the identification of servicing priorities in regional land use plans.

Provide for growth in population and development of facilities and services across a regionor sub-region network.

Deliver networks of high-quality settlements by:


Building on strengths and capabilities of each region across Victoria to respondsustainably to population growth and changing environments.

Developing networks of settlements that will support resilient communities and theability to adapt and change.

Balancing strategic objectives to achieve improved land-use and development outcomesat a regional, catchment and local level.

Preserving and protecting features of rural land and natural resources and features toenhance their contribution to settlements and landscapes.

Encouraging an integrated planning response between settlements within regions and inadjoining regions and states.

Providing for appropriately located supplies of residential, commercial, and industrialland across a region, sufficient to meet community needs.

Improving connections to regional and metropolitan transport services and urbanconnectivity.

Policy guidelines



11.05-2 Melbournes hinterland areas

Objective

To manage growth in Melbournes hinterland, the area immediately beyond MetropolitanMelbourne and within 100 kilometres of the Melbournes Central Activities District.

Strategies

Provide for development in selected discrete settlements within the hinterland ofMetropolitan Melbourne having regard to complex ecosystems, landscapes, agricultural andrecreational activities in the area.

Maintain the attractiveness and amenity of hinterland towns.

Prevent dispersed settlement.

Site and design new development to minimise risk to life, property, the natural environmentand community infrastructure from natural hazards such as bushfire and flooding.

Manage the growth of settlements to ensure development is linked to the timely and viableprovision of physical and social infrastructure and employment.

Strengthen and enhance the character and identities of towns.

Improve connections to regional and metropolitan transport services.

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11.05-3 Rural productivity

Objective

To manage land use change and development in rural areas to promote agriculture and ruralproduction.

Strategies

Prevent inappropriately dispersed urban activities in rural areas.

Limit new housing development in rural areas, including:

Directing housing growth into existing settlements.

Discouraging development of isolated small lots in the rural zones from use for singledwellings, rural living or other incompatible uses.

Encouraging consolidation of existing isolated small lots in rural zones.

Restructure old and inappropriate subdivisions.

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11.05-4 Regional planning strategies and principles

Objective

To develop regions and settlements which have a strong identity, are prosperous and areenvironmental sustainable.

Strategies

Identify and assess the spatial and land use planning implications of a regions strategicdirections in Regional Strategic Plans.

Apply the following principles to settlement planning in Victorias regions, including thehinterland areas:

A network of integrated and prosperous regional settlements

Support a network of integrated and prosperous regional settlements by:

Strengthening networks of settlements by maintaining and improving transport links,spatial patterns of service delivery, and promoting commercial relationships andcommunity activities.

Directing growth to locations where utility, transport, commercial and socialinfrastructure and services are available or can be provided in the most efficient andsustainable manner.

Ensuring there is a sufficient supply of appropriately located residential, commercial,and industrial land across a region to meet the needs identified at regional level.

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Environmental health and productivity

Maintain and provide for the enhancement of environmental health and productivity ofrural and hinterland landscapes by:

Managing the impacts of settlement growth and development to deliver positive land-use and natural resource management outcomes.

Avoiding development impacts on land that contains high biodiversity values,landscape amenity, water conservation values, food production and energy productioncapacity, extractable resources and minerals, cultural heritage and recreation values,assets and recognised uses.

Regional Victorias competitive advantages

Maintain and enhance regional Victorias competitive advantages by:

Ensuring that the capacity of major infrastructure (including highways, railways,airports, ports, communications networks and energy generation and distributionsystems) is not affected adversely by urban development in adjacent areas.

Focusing major government and private sector investments in regional cities and centreson major transport corridors, particularly railway lines, in order to maximise the accessand mobility of communities.

Providing adequate and competitive land supply, including urban regeneration,redevelopment and greenfield sites, to meet future housing and urban needs and toensure effective utilisation of land.

Strengthening settlements by ensuring that retail, office-based employment, communityfacilities and services are concentrated in central locations.

Climate change, natural hazards and community safety

Respond to the impacts of climate change and natural hazards and promote communitysafety by:

Siting and designing new dwellings, subdivisions and other development to minimiserisk to life, property, the natural environment and community infrastructure fromnatural hazards, such as bushfire and flooding.

Developing adaptation response strategies for existing settlements in hazardous andhigh risk areas to accommodate change over time.

Encouraging reduced energy and water consumption through environmentallysustainable subdivision and building design.

Encouraging a form and density of settlements that support sustainable transport toreduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Distinct and diverse regional settlements

Support the growth and development of distinctive and diverse regional settlements by:

Encouraging high-quality urban and architectural design which respects the heritage,character and identity of each settlement.

Ensuring development respects and enhances the scenic amenity, landscape features andview corridors of each settlement.

Limiting urban sprawl and directing growth into existing settlements, promoting andcapitalising on opportunities for urban renewal and redevelopment.


Ensuring that the potential of land that may be required for future urban expansion isnot compromised.

Creating opportunities to enhance open space networks within and between settlements.

Liveable settlements and healthy communities

Promote liveable regional settlements and healthy communities by:

Responding to changing community needs and facilitating timely provision of, andaccess to, social infrastructure and services.

Encouraging the development of compact urban areas which are based around existingor planned activity centres to maximise accessibility to facilities and services.

Improving the availability of a diverse range of affordable accommodation, includingsocial housing, in locations with good access to transport, commercial facilities andcommunity services.

Supporting innovative ways to maintain equitable service delivery to settlements thathave limited or no capacity for further growth, or that experience population decline.

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11.05-5 Coastal settlement

Objective

To plan for sustainable coastal development.

Strategies

Support a network of diverse coastal settlements which provides for a broad range ofhousing types, economic opportunities and services.

Encourage urban renewal and redevelopment opportunities within existing settlements toreduce the demand for urban sprawl.

Identify a clear settlement boundary around coastal settlements to ensure that growth incoastal areas is planned and coastal values protected. Where no settlement boundary isidentified, the extent of a settlement is defined by the extent of existing urban zoned landand any land identified on a plan in the planning scheme for future urban settlement.

Direct residential and other urban development and infrastructure within defined settlementboundaries of existing settlements that are capable of accommodating growth.

Avoid linear urban sprawl along the coastal edge and ribbon development within rurallandscapes and protect areas between settlements for non-urban use.

Avoid development on ridgelines, primary coastal dune systems and low lying coastalareas.

Encourage opportunities to restructure old and inappropriate subdivisions to reducedevelopment impacts on the environment.

Ensure a sustainable water supply, stormwater and sewerage treatment for all development.

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Minimise the quantity and enhance the quality of storm water discharge from newdevelopment into the ocean, bays and estuaries.

Policy guidelines


Victorian Coastal Strategy (Victorian Coastal Council, 2008).


12 ENVIRONMENTAL AND LANDSCAPE VALUES

Planning should help to protect the health of ecological systems and the biodiversity theysupport (including ecosystems, habitats, species and genetic diversity) and conserve areaswith identified environmental and landscape values.

Planning must implement environmental principles for ecologically sustainabledevelopment that have been established by international and national agreements. Foremostamongst the national agreements is the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment,which sets out key principles for environmental policy in Australia. Other agreementsinclude the National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development, NationalGreenhouse Strategy, the National Water Quality Management Strategy, the NationalStrategy for the Conservation of Australias Biological Diversity, the National ForestPolicy Statement and National Environment Protection Measures.

Planning should protect sites and features of nature conservation, biodiversity, geologicalor landscape value.

12.01 Biodiversity

12.01-1 Protection of biodiversity

Objective

To assist the protection and conservation of Victorias biodiversity, including importanthabitat for Victorias flora and fauna and other strategically valuable biodiversity sites.

Strategies

Use statewide biodiversity information to identify high value biodiversity and consider theimpact of land use and development on these values.

Ensure strategic planning:

Avoids and minimises significant impacts, including cumulative impacts, of land useand development on Victorias biodiversity.

Considers impacts of any change in land-use or development that may affect thebiodiversity value of adjoining national parks and conservation reserves or nationallyand internationally significant sites including wetlands and wetland wildlife habitatdesignated under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the RamsarConvention), and sites utilised by species designated under the Japan-AustraliaMigratory Birds Agreement (JAMBA) or the China-Australia Migratory BirdsAgreement (CAMBA).

Assists in the protection and management of sites containing high value biodiversity.

Assists in the re-establishment of links between isolated habitat remnants that containhigh value biodiversity.

Ensure that decision making takes into account the impacts of land use and development onVictorias high value biodiversity.

Policy guidelines


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Permitted clearing of native vegetation Biodiversity assessment guidelines(Department of Environment and Primary Industries, September 2013).

The Native Vegetation Information Management System maintained by the Departmentof Environment and Primary Industries.

12.01-2 Native vegetation management

Objective

To ensure that permitted clearing of native vegetation results in no net loss in thecontribution made by native vegetation to Victorias biodiversity.

Strategies

Apply the risk-based approach to managing native vegetation as set out in Permittedclearing of native vegetation Biodiversity assessment guidelines (Department ofEnvironment and Primary Industries, September 2013). These are:

Avoid the removal of native vegetation that makes a significant contribution toVictorias biodiversity.

Minimise impacts on Victorias biodiversity.

Where native vegetation is permitted to be removed, ensure that an offset is provided ina manner that makes a contribution to Victorias biodiversity that is equivalent to thecontribution made by the native vegetation to be removed.

Policy guidelines


Permitted clearing of native vegetation Biodiversity assessment guidelines,(Department of Environment and Primary Industries, 2013).

The Native Vegetation Information Management System maintained by the Departmentof Environment and Primary Industries.

12.02 Coastal areas

12.02-1 Protection of coastal areas

Objective

To recognise and enhance the value of the coastal areas to the community and ensuresustainable use of natural coastal resources.

Strategies

Coordinated land use and planning with the requirements of the Coastal Management Act1995 to:

Provide clear direction for the future sustainable use of the coast, including the marineenvironment, for recreation, conservation, tourism, commerce and similar uses inappropriate areas.

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Protect and maintain areas of environmental significance.

Identify suitable areas and opportunities for improved facilities.

Apply the hierarchy of principles for coastal planning and management as set out in theVictorian Coastal Strategy 2008, which are:

Principle 1: Provide for the protection of significant environmental and cultural values.

Principle 2: Undertake integrated planning and provide clear direction for the future.

Principle 3: Ensure the sustainable use of natural coastal resources.

When the above principles have been considered and addressed:

Principle 4: Ensure development on the coast is located within existing modified andresilient environments where the demand for development is evident and the impact can bemanaged.

Policy guidelines


The Victorian Coastal Strategy (Victorian Coastal Council, 2008).

12.02-2 Appropriate development of coastal areas

Objective

To ensure development conserves, protects and seeks to enhance coastal biodiversity andecological values.

Strategies

Ensure development is sensitively sited and designed and respects the character of coastalsettlements.

Encourage revegetation of cleared land abutting coastal reserves.

Maintain the natural drainage patterns, water quality and biodiversity within and adjacentto coastal estuaries, wetlands and waterways.

Avoid disturbance of coastal acid sulfate soils.

Protect cultural heritage places, including Aboriginal places, archaeological sites andhistoric shipwrecks.

Policy guidelines


The Victorian Coastal Strategy (Victorian Coastal Council, 2008).

The Coastal Spaces Landscape Assessment Study (Department of Sustainability andEnvironment, 2006).

Any relevant coastal action plan or management plan approved under the CoastalManagement Act 1995 or National Parks Act 1975.

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