General Plan Report Is in Draft Form Only and Has Not Yet Been Adopted by Council
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- - - ----------- --- -- I .. DRAFT 3rd Edition - 29.6.92 ~~~" ~ Co,111 I ·~ ~ ~ 1P I .....~ ~.... I c:» CD SHIRE OF BULLA I I I GENERAL I PLAN I Towards 2011 I I ,I I I f' R E f' A R E 0 f 0 R T H E .I Shire of Bulla I 8 y Henshall Hansen Associates Gerner & Sanderson Australia Pty Ltd I Arup Transportation Planning McVicar & Reynolds I WBCM Group 711. 3099 I 452 BUL I JUNE 1992 -- --- --- --- I l i~t MVGLS008902itl~lli ~l ~il~~i~ ~~ ~ ~~ I NOTE FOR PUBLIC EXIDBITION This General Plan report is in draft form only and has not yet been adopted by Council. I Council has resolved to put the General Plan on public exhibition to enable the community to comment and to make submissions regarding the document. The submissions and any modifications which may be warranted as a result of the I community's response will be taken into account by Council prior to finally adopting the report (modified as appropriate) as a statement of Council's strategic planning policy for I the Shire of Bulla over the next 20 years. This report represents only stage one of General Plan Study currently being undertaken by I Council. Stage 2 involves the preparation of more detailed strategy plans for Sunbury, Craigieburn, Greenvale/ Attwood and the Rural Areas of the Shire. The Strategy Plans contain considerably more detail for the areas to which they relate than the General Plan, I and as a result of these more detailed investigation some modifications to the overall principles contained in the General Plan may be required. The Strategy Plans are currently being prepared and will also be placed on public exhibition for community I comment prior to them being adopted by Council. I ~ Infrastructure Library I I I I I I I ra•soo I I 711 . 3099 00103881 I 452 BUL Shire of Bu lla general plan towards 2011 I r)'D I I SHIRE OF BULLA GENERAL PLAN - Towards 2011 I I BRIEFLY- ABOUT THE GENERAL PLAN The Shire of Bulla General Plan describes the planning and development outlook for the Shire of Bulla over the next 20 years and presents a statement of the Council's and the community's goals and policies for the I growth and development of the Shire throughout that period. Essentially the Plan recognises the existing features of the Shire of Bulla which appeal to current residents I and which characterise the municipality: these include its rural character, natural features, and the identity and character of its urban areas. The General Plan aims to retain and enhance these features, and presents strategies as to how Council can manage the rapid levels ofpopulation growth which are expected I to occur between now and 2011, to achieve this aim. Some of the principal elements contained in the General Plan include: I * Acknowledgment of a forecast population increase of more than 67,000 from 39,500 to over 106,000 between 1991 and 2011. I * Recognition that the population balance of the municipality will shift from Sunbury in the west towards Craigieburn in the east within the 20 year period of the Plan. I * Recognition that both Sunbury and Craigieburn will continue to experience rapid population growth, but that the population capacity of Sunbury is likley to be reached towards the end of the I period, whilst Craigieburn will retain considerable junher growth potential well beyond 2011. * Policies to contain the development of Sunbury within the confines of the Jackson Creek Valley and surrounding hilltops and the Calder Highway, in order to retain an open rural backdrop to the I town, and its unique "country town character". * Policies which recognise the role of Craigieburn as a major metropolitan growth area within the I Merri Corridor, but which emphasis the urgent need to engender a sense of character and identity into Craigieburn as pan of new urban development. This will be achieved by containing the ultimate size of Craigieburn within clear boundaries; providing a physical open space/rural buffer between Craigieburn and any urban development which may occur junher nonh in the Merri I Corridor in the longer term,· retaining surrounding hilltops for open space or rural purposes and incorporating them as integral design features into the planning of new urban areas,· establishing a major regional open space network linking Craigieburn to the metropolitan system; and ensuring a I sense of civic pride is designed into public places and facilities. * Policies reflecting the limited infill growth opponunities which exist at Greenvale and Attwood, I which endeavour to better link those two communities, and which resolve land use issues surrounding the east west flight path from Melbourne Airpon. I * Policies which retains the rural landspace which characterises the Shire of Bulla and which provides a separation between urban centres within the municipality and to metropolitan Melbourne, whilst recognising the need for more flexible planning policies to enable an appropriate I evolution of land use throughout the rural pans of the Shire over the next 20 years. I These matters provide the essence of the General Plan presented in this document. I I I SHIRE OF BULLA GENERAL PLAN - Towards 2011 I I CONTENTS I .PREFACE ~nfrastructure Library I CHAPI'ER 1 WHY IS A GENERAL PLAN NEEDED? I A. PLANNING IN VICTORIA? ....................... : . 1 B. WHAT IS A GENERAL PLAN? . 1 C. WHY IS A GENERAL PLAN NEEDED? . 2 I D. THE CONTENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN . 2 E. HOW THE GENERAL PLAN IS USED . 3 F. MAPS ................................ ·.................. 3 I G. LINKS WITH OTHER COUNCIL POLICIES . 4 H. REVIEW AND MONITORING . .. 4 I I. THE GENERAL PLAN IS A COMMUNITY PLAN ....... ; . 5 CHAPI'ER 2 I THE SHIRE OF BULLA - AN OVERVIEW A. INTRODUCTION . 6 I B. HISTORICAL CONTE){1l . 6 C. PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE MUNICIPALITY . 7 I D. POPULATION AND HOUSING . 8 E. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY . 8. F. RURAL PARTS OF THE SIDRE . 9 I G. HUMAN SERVICES ...................... ·: . 9 H. PHYSICAL SERVICES . 9 I. TRANSPORT AND ACCESS . 9 I J. THE MAIN PRESSURES FOR CHANGE ......................... , .. 10 I CHAPI'ER 3 OVERALL GOALS & POLICIES AND THE GENERAL PLAN I A. MUNICIPAL GOALS ........................................ 11 B. KEY PLANNING POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN . 12 , I C. THE GENERAL PLAN . 15 I I CONTENTS Page i I SHIRE OF BUlLA GENERAL PLAN - Towards 2011 I I CHAPTER 4 · THE ENVIRONMENT AND LIMITS TO URBAN GROWfH .. ~ . ! -.. ~ ~. .,_..,. .· .:-~ ·:· .- . ; I .·A~ c<;>~XT .·: ,.. r .• · . ·.i. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ·• • • 17 ;B. >i'i .;'FORECASTS ·:·. ' ... J ........................ , ............. 19 :.t. ISSUES ........., ·.. ~ ....................................... 19 . I D:' GOALS AND POLICIES ............................. ·......... 28 E. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES .' .............................. 33 I CHAPTER 5 I POPULATION A. CONTEXT .................... ·.......................... 35 I B. FORECASTS . .. 35 C. ISSUES ................................................... 37 D. GOALS AND POLICIES .................· . 39 I E. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ............................... 41 I CHAPTER 6 HOUSING AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT I A. CONTEXT ....................· .......................... 42 B. FORECASTS · . 42 C. ISSUES ................................................. 43 I D. GOALS AND POLICIES . 45 E. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ............................... 47 I CHAPTER 7 I IIUMAN SERVICES AND FACILITIES A. CONTEXT .............................................. 48 I B. FORECASTS . .. ... 49 c. ISSUES ................................................. 50 D. GOALS AND POLICIES . 53 I E. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES . 57 I I I I CONTENTS Page ii I I SHIRE OF BUlLA GENERAL PLAN - Towards 2011 I CHAPTER 8 I ECONO:MIC DEVELOPMENf AND JOBS A_ CONTEXT .............................................. 58 B. FORECASTS ............................................ ; . 60 I C. ISSUES . .. 63 D. GOALS AND POLICIES ...................................... 64 I E. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ........................... -. 67 I CHAPTER 9 TRANSPORT AND ACCESS I A. CONTEXT .............................................. 68 B. FORECASTS ............................................. 69 C. ISSUES ................................................. 70 I D. GOALS AND POLICIES ........... , . 73 E. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ............................... 78 I CHAPTER 10 I PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE A. CONTEXT .............................................. 81 I B. FORECASTS ............................................. 81 C. ISSUES ................................................. 84 D. GOALS AND POLICIES ................· . 87 I E. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ............................... 89 I CHAPTER 11 DEVELOPMENf FUNDING I A. CONTEXT .............................................. 90 B. FORECASTS ............................................. 91 C.· ISSUES ................................................. 91 I D. GOALS AND POLICIES . 94 E. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES . 95 I I I I CONTENTS Page iii I ------- I SHIRE OF BULLA GENERAL PLAN - Towards 2011 I CHAPTER 12 ACTION PROGRAM I A. INTRODUCTION ........................................... 96 B. ACTION PROGRAM ........................................ 96 I C. ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE WITHIN COUNCIL . 96 D. COUNCIL RESOURCES ...................................... 97 E. COORDINATION .......................................... 97 I F. REVIEW OF ACTION PROGRAM .............................. ·. 97 I I LIST OF PLANS I Map 1 Existing Features of the Shire of Bulla- 1991 I Map 2 General Plan - 1991 to 2011 I I LIST OF FIGURES I Figure 1 Population Distribution in the