INDUSTRIAL LAND USE STRATEGY - City of Darebin

• Improve linkages between Preston South Shopping Centre and theHigh Street shops south of Dundas Street.• Encourage re-development of redundant industrial sites central to thepolicy area for commercial, and medium to higher density residentialpurposes.• Consolidate and improve the amenity of existing residential areas.• Improve safety, amenity and surveillance of the Bell Railway Station.The Local Policy should include a map of the proposed precincts and furtherdetail of the recommendations as listed within this report.RECOMMENDATION 4That Council initiate rezonings to rezone the land around the Junction inaccordance with the Proposed Zoning Changes referred to in Figure 9, toimplement this study. This generally includes:• Core Residential and Commercial Redevelopment Area to Business 1 andBusiness 2 zones;• Multi-Purpose Area along High Street and Plenty Road to Business 2 zone;• Consolidation of existing residential areas through extending theResidential 1 zone around Milton Crescent and north of Oakover Road.RECOMMENDATION 5That Council initiate rezonings to rezone the industrial area on the east side ofPlenty Road north of Osborne Street to Business 3 Zone in accordance withthe recommendations of Council’s Industrial Land Use Strategy.RECOMMENDATION 6That Council initiate rezonings to rezone the existing residential areas toResidential 1 Zone in accordance with the Proposed Precincts (refer Figure 7).This includes land north of Railway Place East, industrial land betweenOakover Road and Esther Streets and land around Milton Crescent.RECOMMENDATION 7That Council consider permit applications in the context of this JunctionIntegrated Development Strategy and give particular attention to managing thetransition of this area from industrial uses to more residential development tominimise potential conflicts.RECOMMENDATION 8That Council apply development criteria via a Design and DevelopmentOverlay to specified key development sites to require an appropriate form ofdevelopment to be achieved across the area, as this is the most appropriateand flexible mechanism for introducing development guidelines for the criticalsites.