<strong>Airport</strong> <strong>Land</strong> <strong>Use</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> :: 5The role of the <strong>Land</strong>side Main Precinct is to:• provide a range of airport support activities, servicesand facilities for use by airlines, passengers, governmentagencies, freight businesses and transport providers• provide integrated car parking, hotel accommodation,commercial and retail uses that support the airport• provide an attractive and functional gateway tothe airport• provide ground transport facilities and servicesfor efficient access to the airport• provide for future expansion of passenger terminalfacilities to meet forecast demand.The precinct’s future use and development will focus onmaking the most of its prime location, including enhancingpassenger drop-off/pick-up facilities, freight transport, carparking, hotel accommodation, offices, commercial usesand retail premises.The precinct must provide for safe, secure and efficientground transport access and a high level of visual amenity.It will not be used or developed for any purpose thatmay interfere or conflict with safe and secure airportand aircraft operations.The existing Tullamarine Freeway and Sunbury Road roadreserve will be maintained to allow for the safe, secureand long-term functionality of this corridor and thepotential future connection between <strong>Melbourne</strong> <strong>Airport</strong>and the Outer Metropolitan Ring Transport Corridor.5.4.5 <strong>Land</strong>side Business PrecinctThis precinct is situated to the south of the Airside and<strong>Land</strong>side Main Precincts. It extends from the TullamarineFreeway and Mercer Drive in the north to AnnandaleRoad and Sharps Road in the south. Given its location,this precinct lends itself to a mix of uses, including themajority of non-aviation activities. The <strong>Melbourne</strong> <strong>Airport</strong>Business Park and <strong>Melbourne</strong> <strong>Airport</strong> Cargo Estate aresituated here.The role of the <strong>Land</strong>side Business Precinct is to:• provide land for a range of aviation and non-aviation uses• provide a range of aviation-related services, includingaircraft maintenance and servicing and freight andcargo terminals• provide for a range of non-aviation uses, includingindustrial, commercial, retail, office, recreational,manufacturing, warehousing and associated activities.The <strong>Land</strong>side Business Precinct’s future use anddevelopment will remain focused on mixed-use purposes,and will provide for safe and efficient ground transportaccess and a high level of visual amenity. Its proximity toresidential areas requires careful consideration, particularlyin regard to the provisions of the <strong>Airport</strong>s Act aboutcommunity impact. This precinct will not be used ordeveloped for any purpose that may interfere or conflictwith safe and secure airport and aircraft operationsin the Airside Precinct or <strong>Airport</strong> Expansion Precinct.5.5 <strong>Plan</strong>ning ZonesRegulation 5.02(2) of the <strong>Airport</strong>s Regulations 1997 states:For <strong>Section</strong> 71 of the Act, an airport Master <strong>Plan</strong> must,in relation to the landside part of the airport, wherepossible, describe proposals for land use and relatedplanning, zoning or development in an amount of detailequivalent to that required by, and using terminology(including definitions) consistent with that applyingin, land use planning, zoning and developmentlegislation in force in the State or Territory inwhich the airport is located.DRAFTIn the 2008 Master <strong>Plan</strong>, several different planning zoneswere used based on the Victoria <strong>Plan</strong>ning Provisions,including the Business 2 Zone and Business 3 Zone.At the time this Master <strong>Plan</strong> was prepared, the VictorianGovernment was reforming Victoria’s planning zones,including defining a new suite of business zones.Furthermore, since the release of the last Master <strong>Plan</strong>,the State Government has introduced a new zonespecifically for activity centres (including SpecialisedActivity Centres) called the Activity Centre Zone. Giventhese facts, and after considering a number of zoningoptions, <strong>Melbourne</strong> <strong>Airport</strong> has chosen a variation of theActivity Centre Zone as the primary zone to apply to theairport site. The provisions of this zone are discussedin <strong>Section</strong> 5.5.1.The planning zones are depicted in Figure 5.2. Thisplan identifies land within the Commonwealth-leasedboundaries of <strong>Melbourne</strong> <strong>Airport</strong>, freehold land holdingsowned by the airport and privately owned land that will berequired for airport development in the future. However,as was the case in the 2008 Master <strong>Plan</strong>, the zoning planin this Master <strong>Plan</strong> reflects the ultimate plan, and assumesthat all of the subject land will eventually be administeredunder the Commonwealth lease. In the interim, the planningprovisions applying to land holdings beyond the currentCommonwealth-leased boundaries are those specifiedby the Hume <strong>Plan</strong>ning Scheme.MELBOURNE <strong>Airport</strong> Master plan 2013 – PRELIMINARY DRAFT : : 65
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