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Northern Settlement Strategy Background & Issues Paper NORTHERN SETTLEMENT STRATEGY BACKGROUND & ISSUES PAPER GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE COUNCIL DECEMBER 2018 CONTENTS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS: 5.7 INCORPORATING WATER CATCHMENTS, SOILS, FLOODING, BUSHFIRE THREAT INFRASTRUCTURE CONSIDERATIONS................................................................................ 41 1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................... 5 ROADS, WATER SUPPLY, GAS SUPPLY, WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT.............................42 1.1 OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................... 5 5.8 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, POWER, RENEWABLE ENERGY, TRANSPORT....................... 47 1.2 ROLE OF THE BACKGROUND & ISSUES PAPER.................................................................. 5 5.9 SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT: 2 METHODOLOGY.......................................................................................................................... 7 COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITY PLANNING, ECONOMIC 2.1 RESEARCH AIMS....................................................................................................................... 7 DEVELOPMENT........................................................................................................................ 49 2.2 PROJECT PHASES & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.................................................................... 9 EMPLOYMENT - FOCUS ON HOME BASED BUSINESS (WITH CASE STUDY RE; 3 LITERATURE REVIEW............................................................................................................... 12 MINITUBE)............................................................................................................................... 53 3.1 LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................ 12 6 SETTLEMENT PROFILES (INCORPORATING LAND SUPPLY REVIEW) 3.2 REVIEW OF COUNCIL STRATEGIES.....................................................................................15 HADDON................................................................................................................................... 57 4 POLICY CONTEXT...................................................................................................................... 18 SMYTHESDALE........................................................................................................................ 61 4.1 STATE PLANNING POLICY........................................................................................................ 18 DEREEL..................................................................................................................................... 66 4.2 STATE PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK.............................................................................. 18 LINTON...................................................................................................................................... 70 4.3 LOCAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK............................................................................. 19 MEREDITH................................................................................................................................ 74 4.4 RESIDENTIAL ZONES............................................................................................................... 26 NAPOLEONS............................................................................................................................. 79 4.5 COUNCIL PLAN 2017-20121.................................................................................................... 27 ROKEWOOD............................................................................................................................. 84 4.6 PLANNING PERMIT/VCAT REVIEW....................................................................................... 28 LOCALITY - CLUSTERS........................................................................................................... 89 5 ISSUES & INFLUENCES........................................................................................................ 29 7 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 5.1 REGIONAL PLANNING............................................................................................................ 29 ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.................................................................................................... 112 5.2 RURAL LIVING ZONE - LAND SUPPLY................................................................................... 30 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS....................................................................................................... 113 5.3 POPULATION AND HOUSING.................................................................................................. 33 8 SETTLEMENT NETWORKS AND RELATIONSHIPS 5.4 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY...................................................................................................... 36 TOWNS.................................................................................................................................... 117 5.5 HOUSING DIVERSITY .............................................................................................................. 37 SMALL TOWNS........................................................................................................................ 118 5.6 AGE OF HOUSING .................................................................................................................... 38 LOCALITIES............................................................................................................................. 119 Golden Plains Shire Council Background & Issues Paper Page 2 10 LAND SUPPLY ANALYSIS 16 APPENDICES 10.1 OVERVIEW..............................................................................................................................120 APPENDIX A: COMMUNITY SURVEY RESULTS 10.2 SUPPLY AND DEMAND..........................................................................................................121 SURVEY QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES 10.3 FINDINGS.................................................................................................................................122 APPENDIX B: AREA PROFILES 11 SETTLEMENT SCENARIOS APPENDIX C: RESIDENTIAL LAND SUPPLY REVIEW PURPOSE..............................................................................................................................123 APPENDIX D: LAND USE ECONOMIC MODELING SCENARIO OVERVIEW........................................................................................................125 FINDINGS...............................................................................................................................132 12 RURAL LIVING SUPPLY REVIEW AND FINDINGS.....................................................................................................133 PRINCIPLES FOR FUTURE PLANNING............................................................................133 13 SETTLEMENT DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS BY SETTLEMENT TYPE...............................................................................134 14 STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS PLAN.........................................................................................136 NSS STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR GROWTH...............................................................137 PRINCIPLES FOR FUTURE PLANNING..............................................................................139 15 PLANNING SCHEME IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW NORTH-WEST AREA ..................................................................................................140 DEVELOP LOCAL POLICY - NSS ............................................................................................140 Golden Plains Shire Council Background & Issues Paper Page 3 Golden Plains Shire Council Background & Issues Paper Page 4 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 OVERVIEW 1.2 ROLE OF THE BACKGROUND & ISSUES PAPER Golden Plains Shire (“the Shire”) is located in south western Victoria, strategically The Background & Issues Paper reviews the existing framework for the northern portion of the Shire including: positioned between Geelong and Ballarat and between 70 and 130 kilometres west of Melbourne. The northern portion of the Shire forms part of the Central Highlands Region (see Figure 1). The traditional owners of the land are the Wathaurung people. We > policy context; acknowledge their history and their elders past and present. > drivers, challenges, opportunities and constraints; > issues and influences; The Shire's location requires most residents to commute for employment and higher order services and facilities in Ballarat, Geelong and metropolitan Melbourne. However, > existing towns and settlements; its close proximity to these cities provides residents the opportunity to live in a rural > land supply; and environment, small towns and settlements while still being able to access employment > services and employment. and higher order services and facilities. Of specific relevance to the northern portion of the Shire, is its proximity to Ballarat, with The Background & Issues Paper is supported by a number of studies including: the Shire’s most northern boundary adjoining Ballarat West. Significant growth occurring > Area Profiles (GPS 2016) within Ballarat will undoubtedly have an impact on the northern part of the Shire, with > Residential Land
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