Rural Strategy - Surf Coast Shire

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Surf Coast Shire Rural Strategy Review Final Report townships within the landscape, with regard to clause: 21.14 Winchelsea Strategy. Rural and Environmental Development Policy - The Rural and Environmental Development Policy (22.02) should be reviewed and updated to include the Precinct Development Principles from the Precinct Packages. This policy should also include a map of the Character Precincts. 7.2.3 Changes since GORRLAS GORRLAS recommended that a new local policy be introduced specific to the landscape character of Surf Coast, including Precinct Descriptions, Distinctive Qualities and Development Principles (including Landscape Objectives) relating to Precincts in the Shire. This recommendation has been abandoned in preference of the above recommendation of refining existing strategies and policies to reduce the number of clauses to which a user must refer in the permit assessment process. 7.3 Climate Change A report by DSE (2004) Climate Change in the Corangamite Region provides projections for and assesses the likely impacts of climate change. The report notes that “In the Corangamite region the impacts on dryland grazing (beef, sheep and dairy) may include some benefit from the higher CO 2 but this will be offset by the effect of higher temperature. For high rainfall pastures, the risk of an overall negative impact on production is higher if substantial rainfall decreases accompany the warming and may lead to declines in animal production.” Until the specific impacts on agriculture at the local and regional level are better understood, it is appropriate to apply the precautionary principle in response to climate change by ensuring that the planning scheme recommendations will provide for adaptability to any unforseen problems or opportunities created by climate change. In this regard protecting land for agriculture into the future is considered appropriate. 7.4 Conclusions There has been a significant body of recent strategy work which documents and prioritises the environmental and landscape assets of the Shire; There are opportunities to strengthen the MSS by updating with more recent information from GORLASS and the Landscape Assessment North of the Princes Highway; There are opportunities to implement policy from GORLASS and the Landscape Assessment North of the Princes Highway as detailed in sections 7.2.1 and 7.2.2 Council in conjunction with DSE is currently updating its BioMapping which will update the Shire’s map base with more recent data as identified in this report. Preliminary assessment of climate change impacts indicate that protection of high quality agricultural land for agriculture in the future is appropriate. RMCG Consultants for Business, Communities & Environment Page 44
Surf Coast Shire Rural Strategy Review Final Report 8 Consultation An important element of reviewing the Surf Coast Rural Strategy was to seek the views and opinions of the community and stakeholders. Stakeholders consulted during the project included: Surf Coast Shire Rural Development Committee Surf Coast Shire Environment Advisory Committee Surf Coast Shire Planning Committee Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Department of Sustainability and Environment Barwon Water Plains Water Department of Primary Industry Western Coastal Board Agricultural Industry representatives Tourism Industry representatives Council staff are considered to be critical in the consultation process as they are responsible for the day to day administration of the planning scheme and able to articulate its performance relative to the Shire’s objectives for rural land. The full details of this consultation are documented in the Stage 1 – Background Report No.1 Issues Paper and Consultation Findings. A summary of the findings is presented below. 8.1 Issues Paper An Issues Paper - Surf Coast Shire: An examination of the Shire’s rural strategy and policies: Stage 1 Issues Paper was prepared prior to the consultation and circulated to workshop participants as a basis for discussion. The paper provided analysis and discussion on the following: Review of the 1997 Rural Land Use Strategy; Trends in rural land use; Surf Coast Shire Trends in Agriculture; Key Actions Plans and Strategies; and Audit of Surf Coast Planning Controls. A number of workshop participants also provided written feedback on the Issues Paper. These were reviewed and incorporated into the consultation findings. RMCG Consultants for Business, Communities & Environment Page 45
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