Rural Strategy - Surf Coast Shire

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Surf Coast Shire Rural Strategy Review Final Report Landscape Sensitivity The undulating hilly topography offers opportunities to tuck development into the landscape. The presence of shelterbelts, large areas of native vegetation and roadside vegetation means that trees can be used to hide or screen developments. Development should follow the existing rural pattern of development, with buildings located in small clusters, away from road corridors and screened at least in part by vegetation. It is important to locate development sparsely in the landscape to preserve the rural character. Scale of Development Deans Marsh is rural hamlet with minimal services. Existing dwellings are modest, single story houses. Existing Planning controls There is a large area of land (29ha) zoned Low Density Residential on the eastern outskirts of the settlement. The land immediately surrounding the town is zoned Farming. A Heritage Overlay applies to a number of buildings in the town centre. A Land Subject to Inundation and Floodway overlay applies to land west of the Winchelsea- Deans Marsh Road and north of the Birregurra Deans Marsh Road associated with the Deans March Creek. A Wildfire Management Overlay applies to some land within the area. A Vegetation Protection Overlay applies to a number of parcels of land. A Salinity Management Overlay is proposed to the north and south if the township. Note that the draft Deans Marsh Structure Plan has undertaken a more detailed analysis of the environmental qualities of the area and has recommended that some lots nominated for RAZ in this study, be rezoned to Rural Conservation. The draft Deans Marsh Structure Plan is to be presented to Council in October 2007, prior to exhibition. Environmental values Immediately surrounding the township is grazing land with roadside and property boundary vegetation of both exotic and native species. The Deans Marsh Creek is a minor stream that rises in the foothills and runs north-west through the town. Most of the riparian vegetation has been cleared where the stream runs through farming land. Deans Marsh is in the foothills of the Great Otway National Park and adjacent to the Boonah State Forest. Extensive clearing has taken place over the past 150 years such that remnant native vegetation is very significant. The area contains numerous threatened species of flora and fauna. RMCG Consultants for Business, Communities & Environment Page 96
Surf Coast Shire Rural Strategy Review Final Report Proximity to townships and accessibility to the coast There is a strong interface between the limited development in the Deans Marsh township and surrounding rural land. This is reinforced by the LDRZ and a number of vacant blocks scattered throughout the town. Lorne is approximately 23 kilometres or a 20 minute drive from Deans Marsh through the Great Otway National Park. It should be noted that Deans Marsh is a small township with limited services eg. there is no reticulated sewerage supply and most of the secondary roads are unsealed. Evaluation for RAZ The following table summarises the features of the Deans Marsh District against each of the criteria. Each feature has been scored with respect to the level of support it provides for application of the Rural Activity Zone. Criteria Existing land use Agricultural quality Landscape values Landscape sensitivity Environmental values Scale of Development Existing planning controls Comment Land is generally farmed with many lifestyle properties A narrow ribbon of very high agricultural quality land associated with the creek otherwise moderate to high Landscape values are high Opportunity to reduce impact of development on landscape within the undulating topography Fully vegetated sites will not be considered. Cleared or partially vegetated sites will be considered and provide an opportunity to enhance environmental values and augment and protect remnant vegetation Scale of existing development is small (single storey modest homes) and any new development must be complement the scale and rural appearance Farming Zone Support for RAZ Proximity to townships and accessibility coast Strong support for RAZ Moderate support for RAZ Little support for RAZ Recommendation Close to Deans Marsh 23 kilometres from the coast and accessible via the Deans Marsh – Lorne Road The area around the Deans Marsh township (as identified in Map 10) is considered suitable for application of the Rural Activity Zone. RMCG Consultants for Business, Communities & Environment Page 97
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