Flemington Hill and Epsom Road Advisory Committee
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Planning and Environment Act 1987 Advisory Committee Stage 4 Report Flemington Hill and Epsom Road Advisory Committee 3 June 2016 Planning and Environment Act 1987 Advisory Committee Stage 4 Report Flemington Hill and Epsom Road Advisory Committee Stage 4: Outcomes 3 June 2016 Kathy Mitchell, Chair Des Grogan, Member Jim Holdsworth, Member Flemington Hill and Epsom Road Advisory Committee Stage 4 Report 3 June 2016 Contents Page Executive Summary ............................................................................................................. 1 Part A: Background .............................................................................................................. 6 1 Overview .................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Advisory Committee and Terms of Reference ........................................................ 7 1.2 Consultation and process ........................................................................................ 7 1.3 Advisory Committee’s Stage 1 Report .................................................................... 9 1.4 Exhibition and hearings ......................................................................................... 10 1.5 Site inspections ...................................................................................................... 12 1.6 Committee approach to this Report ..................................................................... 13 2 The proposals ........................................................................................................... 14 2.1 The Amendments ‐ pre‐hearing version ............................................................... 14 2.2 The Amendments – post‐hearing version ............................................................. 16 3 Existing conditions .................................................................................................... 18 3.1 Locational context ................................................................................................. 18 3.2 Built form and land use ......................................................................................... 18 3.3 Transport network ................................................................................................. 20 3.4 Traffic volumes ...................................................................................................... 22 4 Strategic planning context and considerations .......................................................... 24 4.1 Planning framework .............................................................................................. 24 4.2 Submissions and evidence .................................................................................... 31 4.3 Discussion .............................................................................................................. 33 4.4 Findings and recommendations ............................................................................ 37 Part B: Assessment ............................................................................................................ 39 5 Traffic considerations ............................................................................................... 40 5.1 Key issues .............................................................................................................. 40 5.2 Policy and supporting documentation .................................................................. 40 5.3 Submissions and evidence .................................................................................... 41 5.4 Discussion .............................................................................................................. 45 5.5 Findings and recommendations ............................................................................ 48 6 Urban design, built form and heritage ...................................................................... 50 6.1 Key Issues .............................................................................................................. 50 6.2 Policy and supporting documentation .................................................................. 51 6.3 Submissions and evidence .................................................................................... 51 6.4 Discussion .............................................................................................................. 59 6.5 Findings and recommendations ............................................................................ 65 7 Other matters ........................................................................................................... 71 7.1 Noise ...................................................................................................................... 71 7.2 Public open space .................................................................................................. 77 7.3 Development contributions .................................................................................. 79 Flemington Hill and Epsom Road Advisory Committee Stage 4 Report 3 June 2016 7.4 Affordable and diverse housing ............................................................................ 84 8 Responsible Authority and municipal boundaries ..................................................... 90 8.1 Responsible Authority role of Minister for Planning ............................................ 90 8.2 Municipal boundary realignment .......................................................................... 92 Part C: Resolution .............................................................................................................. 97 9 Proposed planning controls – the way forward ......................................................... 98 9.1 Key issues .............................................................................................................. 98 9.2 Submissions and evidence .................................................................................... 98 9.3 Revised Comprehensive Development Plans ........................................................ 99 9.4 Revised Amendment documentation ................................................................. 102 9.5 Findings and recommendations .......................................................................... 105 Appendix A Terms of Reference Appendix B Stage 1 Consultation Appendix C Document List Appendix D List of Submitters Appendix E Flemington Green: Revised Comprehensive Development Zone Appendix F Epsom Road: Revised Comprehensive Development Zone List of Tables Table 1 Parties to the Panel Hearing .................................................................................. 10 Table 2 Original ‘Greenland’ proposal for Flemington Green and Epsom Road ....................................................................................................................... 16 Table 3 Revised amendment summary for Flemington Green and Epsom Road ....................................................................................................................... 17 Table 4 Estimated Daily Traffic Volumes ........................................................................... 23 List of Figures Figure 1 Subject land showing municipal boundaries ......................................................... 15 Figure 2 Subject land and surrounds (Note: development concepts based on former Greenland proposal) ............................................................................ 20 Figure 3 Public transport services in the vicinity of Flemington Racecourse ..................... 21 Figure 4 Map 10 – An expanded central city (from Plan Melbourne) ................................. 25 Figure 5 Map 11 Potential Urban‐renewal precincts and sites close to rail (from Plan Melbourne) .......................................................................................... 26 Flemington Hill and Epsom Road Advisory Committee Stage 4 Report 3 June 2016 Figure 6 Post‐hearing ‘Jacques’ proposal for Flemington Green (Document 68) .......................................................................................................................... 60 Figure 7 Post hearing ‘Jacques’ proposal for Epsom Road (Document 68) ........................ 63 Flemington Hill and Epsom Road Advisory Committee Stage 4 Report 3 June 2016 List of Abbreviations AVRAG Ascot Vale Residents Action Group CAD Central Activities District DDA Disability Discrimination Act DELWP Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning IDC Indicative Development Concept ITAP Integrated Transport Access Plan MSS Municipal Strategic Statement OVGA Office of the Victorian Government Architect PTV Public Transport Victoria RASV Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria SCATS Sydney Coordinated and Adaptive Traffic System SDCAC Standard Development Contributions Advisory Committee SEPP State Environment Protection Policy SIDRA Signalised Intersection Design Research Aid SPPF State Planning Policy Framework VDRP Victoria Design Review Panel vpd vehicles per day vph vehicles per hour VRC Victoria Racing Club Flemington Hill and Epsom Road Advisory Committee Stage 4 Report 3 June 2016 Executive Summary The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) propose to rezone two identified ‘surplus land’ precincts within the Flemington Racecourse to Comprehensive Development Zone to facilitate development for residential and mixed uses. 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