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Planning and Environment Act 1987 GREATER BENDIGO PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C247GBEN EXPLANATORY REPORT Who is the planning authority? This amendment has been prepared by the Greater Bendigo City Council which is the planning authority for this amendment. The amendment has been made at the request of the Greater Bendigo City Council. Land affected by the amendment The amendment applies to 42 properties through the correction of zone and/or overlay errors or administrative changes, as listed in Attachment 1. The amendment also applies to 60 Council and DELWP owned properties by rezoning them to Public Park and Recreation Zone or Public Conservation and Resource Zone, including the athletics track in Flora Hill recently purchased by the City from Latrobe University, as listed in Attachment 2. The amendment also applies to 111 properties from which the North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has requested that the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay be removed, as listed in Attachment 3. The amendment also applies to approximately 400 properties through the removal of the Development Plan Overlay Schedules 2, 3, 15 and 23 from land that has been developed, as recommended in the Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme Review 2019, as listed in Attachment 4. The amendment also makes minor administrative changes and corrections to local zone and overlay schedules (as listed below), which apply to land throughout the municipality. What the amendment does The amendment proposes to make administrative changes, as recommended by the Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme Review 2019 (the Review) and to align content with the Ministerial Direction – The Form and Content of Planning Schemes, to the content of the following zone and overlay schedules: • Low Density Residential Zone • Rural Living Zone • Rural Conservation Zone • Farming Zone • Public Conservation and Resource Zone • Special Use Zone • Comprehensive Development Zone • Environmental Significance Overlay, • Vegetation Protection Overlay, • Significant Landscape Overlay, • Design and Development Overlay, • Development Plan Overlay, • Neighbourhood Character Overlay, • Erosion Management Overlay, Document Set ID: 4458583 Version: 1, Version Date: 01/09/2020 • Salinity Management Overlay, • Land Subject to Inundation Overlay • Bushfire Management Overlays The amendment proposes to delete the following overlays as recommended by the Review as they are no longer required: • Development Plan Overlay Schedule 2 (Epsom and Ascot) • Development Plan Overlay Schedule 3 (General Residential Zone – Density Management Areas • Development Plan Overlay Schedule 15 (Burgoyne Street) • Development Plan Overlay Schedule 23 (Botheras Court) The amendment also proposes to correct several zones and overlay errors mainly mapping errors due to historic uses or land having been transferred from private ownership to public ownership or vice versa without the required appropriate rezoning, as listed in Attachment 1. The amendment also rezones council and DELWP owned land which is identified as public open space in the Greater Bendigo Public Space Plan 2019 (the Public Space Plan) to the Public Park and Recreation Zone or Public Conservation and Resource Zone to protect their use as public open space into the future. The amendment deletes the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay from properties where the CMA has determined that this overlay has become redundant due to backfilling or other works that these properties have been subjected to, which have reduced the risk of flooding. Strategic assessment of the amendment Why is the amendment required? The amendment is required to make corrections and to improve the efficient operation and effectiveness of the Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme by removing unnecessary restrictions that originate from incorrectly applied or outdated planning controls that do not reflect the circumstances of the affected lands. This is consistent with the Planning and Environment Act 1987 requirements for the regular review of planning schemes by the relevant responsible authorities. The amendment updates the content of local schedules to reflect the findings of the Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme Review, 2019 and to align content with the requirements of the Ministerial Direction – The Form and Content of Planning Schemes. Minor administrative changes are proposed to improve legibility for users of the Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme by modernising maps and rewording some requirements to clarify and simplify. How does the amendment implement the objectives of planning in Victoria? The amendment implements objective 4(1)(a) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 to provide for the fair, orderly, economic and sustainable use and development of land by ensuring the Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme is accurate and up-to-date. The amendment also implements objective 4(1)(f) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 to facilitate development in accordance with the objectives of planning in Victoria by improving the legibility of the planning scheme. How does the amendment address any environmental, social and economic effects? The amendment will not have any adverse environmental effects as any future use of the affected land will be required to meet the relevant environmental standards for land in rural and urban areas. The proposed zones generally reflect the current land uses and or ownership and have also been chosen to be consistent with surrounding zones where relevant. The amendment will neither change existing environmental planning controls included in the current overlay provisions in the planning scheme nor propose new ones. The amendment will not have any detrimental social effects. It will have positive social effects because it rezones land to the most appropriate zones to avoid potential land use conflicts or uncertainties. The amendment will also facilitate the provision of social infrastructure on public-owned Document Set ID: 4458583 Version: 1, Version Date: 01/09/2020 land specifically regarding the sites which are being rezoned from General Residential Zone to Public Park and Recreation Zone. The amendment has a number of positive economic effects including the removal of unnecessary planning permit triggers for some of the privately-owned or publicly-owned land because it will optimise the use of the land through permit exemptions for some building and works and uses. The amendment will maximise the potential of the uses and development of the affected land. Does the amendment address relevant bushfire risk? The amendment proposes to make administrative changes, delete redundant overlays and to correct minor zoning and mapping errors in the planning scheme. The intent of these proposed changes is to provide for the efficient operation of the planning scheme and forms part of the recommendation of the Planning Scheme Review. It will not cause an intensification of the existing use and development of land in the municipality. The amendment also does not propose to make any changes to the existing mapping of the Bushfire Management Overlay. For the above reasons, this amendment is not at odds with any state or local policies relating to planning for bushfire. Does the amendment comply with the requirements of any Minister’s Direction applicable to the amendment? This amendment complies with Ministerial Direction – Form and Content of Planning Schemes and is consistent with Ministerial Direction No.11 – Strategic Assessment of Amendments. The amendment is also consistent with Planning Practice Note No. 46, which requires that public lands are appropriately zoned, and Planning Practice Note No. 3, 2017, which provides guidance about the appropriate use of the Special Use Zone in planning schemes. How does the amendment support or implement the Planning Policy Framework and any adopted State policy? Section 12B of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 (the Act) requires a planning authority to regularly review the provisions of the planning scheme. The purpose of the review is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the planning scheme in achieving the objectives of planning in Victoria and the objectives and strategies of the planning scheme. The Amendment is required to implement the recommendations of the Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme Review 2018. The amendment is required to update the Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme in accordance with the Ministerial Direction on the Form and Content of Planning Schemes and has been prepared in accordance with the Ministerial strategic directions. The Amendment is consistent with the principles of the Planning Policy Framework as outlined below: 01 - Purposes of this Planning Scheme to provide a clear and consistent framework within which decision about the use and development of the land can be made, to express state, regional, local and community expectations for areas and land uses and to provide for the implementation of State, regional and local policies affecting land use and development. 71.01 - That the Municipal Planning Strategy at Clause 02 sets out the vision for the future development of the municipality and sets the strategic directions about how the municipality is expected to change through the implementation of planning policy and the planning scheme. A planning authority must take into account the Municipal Planning Strategy when it prepares an amendment to this planning scheme. 71.02 - Operation of the Planning Policy Framework states that the Planning Policy Framework is dynamic and will be built upon