26 March 2013 - Nillumbik Shire Council

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Ordinary Meeting of Council agenda 26 March 201311. Officers' reportsOCM.029/13 Submission to Metropolitan Planning Strategy 2012 DiscussionPaper2.1.17 Advocate for improved public transport systems that are accessible andencourage increased use2.1.20 Promote sustainable building and design practices2.1.21 Encourage medium density development that is consistent with localcharacter and Council’s strategic direction2.1.23 Promote diverse residential development to meet community needs2.1.27 Advocate to the State Government on planning system changes3.1.2 Support appropriate sustainable economic development in the GreenWedge3.1.4 Support measures that facilitate the expansion and enhancement of thecommercial economic base and local employment opportunities3.1.5 Support measures that improve the amenity, access and facilities incommercial precincts4.1.3 Advocate for improved levels of recurrent grants for general purposes andspecific services 4.1.10 Advocate on behalf of the community to governments and agenciesBudget implications4. There are no budget impacts associated with the endorsement of these submissions.Provision is made within the budget of the Strategic Planning Unit for the preparationof submissions on planning reform.5. The implications for the resources of Council to implement a new strategy could besignificant. Potentially, new projects and planning scheme amendments to implementthe strategy will be needed.Consultation/communication6. Due to the limited timeline imposed by the State Government, there has been noformal public consultation process in preparing Council’s submission. The onus forundertaking a robust and inclusive consultation process is on the MetropolitanStrategy Advisory Committee (MSAC) and the State Government.7. The Nillumbik Chief Executive Officer, Mayor and General Manager of Environmentand Planning have liaised with representatives from other councils and the MSAC inorder to prepare Councils’ submission.8. Further, the Mayor, CEO and officers have been involved in discussions and thesubmissions of the Eastern and Northern Metropolitan Group of Councils.9. Three officers attended a MSAC workshop on 27 February 2013 in which officersfrom northern metropolitan councils discussed the themes of the Discussion Paperwith the MSAC.21
Ordinary Meeting of Council agenda 26 March 201311. Officers' reportsOCM.029/13 Submission to Metropolitan Planning Strategy 2012 DiscussionPaperIssues/options10. The Discussion Paper identifies nine principles to inform the Metropolitan PlanningStrategy. These principles are grouped into ‘What we want to achieve’, ‘what needsto change’ and ‘Making it happen’. Further information on the principles is containedin the Information Sheet provided in Attachment 2.11. It also contains 16 ideas and poses a number of questions to direct thoughts andresponses.12. Many of the principles contain overlapping themes and ideas. This overlapping andthe lack of clarity and detail throughout the Discussion Paper make it a challengingdocument to respond to. Many of the ideas or points of discussion do not containsufficient detail to allow a considered response. Rather, many ideas appearreasonable on the surface but without the corresponding detail, they present assuperficial and an inadequate response to the identified issue.13. Council’s submission is organised into the Principles and sub-sections of thediscussion paper, allowing a response to be given to each topic and discussionraised. The submission evaluates the concepts contained within the StateGovernment’s Discussion Paper against Council’s existing, adopted policies, suchas: the Council Plan, Green Wedge Management Plan, Planning Scheme Reviewand the Eltham and Diamond Creek Structure Plans.14. The key points of Council’s submission are as follows:Overall, the principles of the discussion paper are welcomed as a commitmentto a considered approach to the planning of Melbourne.Council has worked hard on and committed significant resources toimplementing the current metropolitan strategy, in particular through its work onthe Eltham and Diamond Creek Major Activity Centre Structure Plans. Theestablished hierarchy of Activity Centres is strategically sound.The Discussion Paper appears (yet again) to be re-opening the debate abouthard and soft urban edges, which is not a productive debate. Council whollysupports a hard line between urban and rural areas that cannot be movedwithout legislative change and sound strategic justification. The new zonereforms only serve to further de-regulate land uses in the Green Wedge, andallow high-trip generating activities to locate in dispersed rural areas.Green Wedges designated for their conservation values must continue to berecognised primarily for those values. Introducing policies specifically aimed atincreasing the economic value of those areas could be in direct conflict withtheir conservation.Council does not see a need for a drastic change in the direction of Melbourne’sexisting planning policies. Council would urge the government to do more toimprove the current strategy in line with the Melbourne 2030 five year Audit,with particular emphasis on infrastructure.22
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