PART 2 LAND USE FRAMEWORK
Draft Yarra Strategic Plan Part 2 63 The Yarra River at the centre of planning LAND USE The Yarra Strategic Plan provides a regional framework for land use planning and decision-making on both public and freehold private land at a local level. The framework complements the FRAMEWORK collaborative actions set out in Part 1 by ensuring all activities within the corridor align with the performance objectives in the next 10 years.
Purpose of the land use framework
The land use framework sets out the spatial directions for the Yarra Strategic Plan, as required by Sections 20 and 21 of the Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017 (the Act).
To deliver on the intent of the Act, while also reflecting the unique characteristics of the Yarra River, the land use framework provides direction at a whole-of-river scale and within each of the four reaches.
Preparation of the land use framework has drawn from the many existing studies, strategies and projects occurring within the corridor. The framework aims to strengthen and coordinate existing work and fill gaps where required. Relevant responsible public entities will align their business-as-usual activities to the recommendations of the land use framework in order to deliver outcomes for the Yarra Strategic Plan. Application of the land use framework
Once the Yarra Strategic Plan is finalised, Clause 12.03-1R ‘Yarra River Protection’ of the Planning Policy Framework found in the Victoria Planning Provisions will be updated, and the final Yarra Strategic Plan will be referenced or incorporated in planning schemes.
The Yarra Strategic Plan will: • be used in the planning system to provide regional planning policy and strategic direction for all land within the Yarra Strategic Plan area • require that changes to a planning scheme (amendments) or a proposed development (permits) must consider the Yarra Strategic Plan and be consistent with its strategic objectives19.
64 Draft Yarra Strategic Plan Whole-of-river directions • Review the Yarra River’s heritage values and protections and update or introduction of new planning controls, such as the Heritage Overlay, to The Yarra River contains various extensive and distinct landscapes that are protect sites of significance. valued for their scenic, environmental, social, cultural and economic value. • Identify areas of high riparian and biodiversity value requiring protection from disturbance and introduction and/or updating of appropriate planning Planning controls should seek to protect those values and ensure that any controls such as the Environmental Significance Overlay to these or other development respects the Yarra River and its environs. A lack of consistently high-priority revegetation sites. applied planning controls throughout the Yarra River’s varied reaches, and across municipalities, will undermine the ability of the Yarra Strategic Plan to • Develop new guidelines to support appropriate landscape design and achieve the community’s long term vision and contribute to poor long term native planting at the river’s interface to ensure a consistent approach to outcomes, which threaten the river’s significant values. protect and enhance the riverbank environment.
In 2017, the Minister for Planning implemented interim planning controls The Yarra River’s four distinct reaches between Richmond and Warrandyte recognising the urgent need to protect the suburban areas of the Yarra River from further inappropriate development – To reflect the unique characteristics of the Yarra River, and align with the Yarra ahead of the passing of the Act and development of the Yarra Strategic Plan. River 50 Year Community Vision, the land use framework provides direction for The interim planning controls, for the first time, brought a consistent approach the whole of river landscape across the four reaches: introducing mandatory height, setback and overshadowing controls along with • Upper rural: Upper Yarra Reservoir to Healesville consistent vegetation protection across six suburban municipalities. • Lower rural: Healesville to Warrandyte The Yarra Strategic Plan recommends the following whole-of-river planning • Suburban: Warrandyte to Dights Falls directions be progressed to ensure the values of the river are protected and the • Inner city: Dights Falls to Westgate Bridge. 50 year community vision can be realised. These include: Each reach is guided by its own 50 year community vision. The land use • Refine and introduce permanent design and development and landscape framework acknowledges the unique characteristics of each reach management controls between Richmond and Warrandyte which continue and includes some or all of these five elements: current state land use to prescribe mandatory maximum building heights, minimum development analysis, achieving the community vision, directions for future land use and setbacks and overshadowing controls, and strengthened vegetation development, existing and new areas for protection, and celebrating significant controls for all new development. places. • Prepare new planning controls which extend upstream from Warrandyte to the Yarra Ranges, employing the approach used in the preparation of strengthened controls already applied between Richmond and Warrandyte.
Draft Yarra Strategic Plan Part 2 65 Current state land use analysis Land use settings include:
We have undertaken current state analysis to understand existing land use, Yarra River land – comprised of publicly owned land which has been declared anticipated threats and pressures (e.g. population growth and climate for protection under the Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act change); identify values; and to understand how we can achieve Traditional 2017. The role of Yarra River land is to support the health of the Yarra River and, Owners’ aspirations and the community vision. where appropriate, allow people to access the river in its most natural state.
The analysis was informed by the elements of the land use framework, Bush residential – privately owned land used for agriculture, rural residential articulated in Section 21 of the Act. Further detail on the current state analysis properties and agritourism, with many land parcels having direct frontage to can be found in the Yarra Strategic Plan Map Book20. the Yarra River. The low level of development on bush residential land will allow for the restoration of a continuous corridor of native vegetation along the Yarra Achieving the community vision River and its tributaries. Each reach has its own community vision, priorities and values which define the Townships – historic townships are focal points in the upper and lower rural community’s aspirations for the reach in 50 years. The directions set out in the reaches for community access to the Yarra River, commercial activity and land use framework respond to the community’s aspirations and outline the tourism. objectives for both private and public land in the next 10 years. Directions for future land use and development Suburban – comprised primarily of residential neighbourhoods, through which the Yarra River and its parklands form a continuous landscape corridor that will The 242km Yarra River corridor features a myriad of landscapes and be protected and strengthened. environments, with differing degrees of development, access, land use and Urban – more intensely developed areas in the inner city reach that include management. a mix of established residential neighbourhoods, retail activity centres and To reflect these diverse characteristics and manage the increasing pressures on key employment precincts undergoing significant redevelopment. Managing the Yarra River corridor, directions for future land use and development have development and strengthening the Yarra River’s landscape values are key been categorised into six land use settings. All activities occurring within the directions for this land use setting. Yarra Strategic Plan area must adhere to the directions set out by the relevant Central city – within the CBD the Yarra River is a focal point with views along the land use settings. corridor framed by linked parklands, promenades and surrounding buildings.
The directions for each land use setting will be translated into the Planning Policy Framework, at either the regional or local level.
66 Draft Yarra Strategic Plan Existing and new areas for protection Recommendations for the significant places will complement the whole-of-river actions and the directions for future land use and development. They include There are currently many forms of statutory protection in place to manage the opportunities for future projects and investment, and may also set out changes different values of the Yarra River. They are implemented through legislation and to local planning schemes, where required. the planning system and include: • the Planning and Environment Act 1987, which provides the legal framework for Victoria’s planning system • the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006, which declares all land within 200m of the edge of all waterways as having potential cultural sensitivity • the National Parks Act 1975 and Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 which apply to forested areas and many of the parklands • planning scheme overlays such as the Heritage Overlay, Environmental Significance Overlay and Significant Landscape Overlay • land use zones such as the Green Wedge Zone, Rural Conservation Zone, Neighbourhood Residential Zone and Public Conservation and Resource Zone.
To realise Traditional Owners’ aspirations, the community’s vision and deliver on the requirements of the Act, new areas for protection have been identified for the Yarra River. These areas will help to safeguard against future pressures and ensure that the Yarra River is respected as a sacred natural entity.
The new areas for protection have been selected by: • identifying areas with high environmental, landscape and cultural value • assessing future threats to these values and reviewing the effectiveness of existing protections • considering the range of protection mechanism required to manage threats and protect values for future generations. Celebrating significant places
Significant places have been identified to celebrate their regional significance. They contribute to biodiversity, improve the parklands network and access to the Yarra River, protect cultural heritage and expand activation options that embrace and respect the Yarra River.
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er Riv CURRENT STATE LAND USE ANALYSIS ts at W The Yarra River in the upper rural reach is surrounded by a magnificent landscape of mountains, valleys, forests and floodplains.
Upstream of Warburton, the Yarra River is enclosed by the Yarra Ranges National Park and State Forest. These protected forests are filled with wildlife and meet erard ar the Yarra River’s edge in many locations. As a result, this section of the Yarra trea ide e er e River has significant ecological values. pper arra Between Warburton and Healesville, the topography opens out to flatter terrain e er oir Coranderrk and agricultural areas become more expansive. Development on private land Station adjoining the Yarra River is more prevalent in this area. While there are areas of Badger Creek high biodiversity, in many locations the Yarra River’s ecological value has been depleted by farming and grazing activity close to the river’s edge.
East Rural townships including Yarra Junction, Woori Yallock, Millgrove and Warburton arra ange Warburton are hubs of community and commercial activity within the rural landscape. ational ar
Public access to the Yarra River in the upper rural reach is limited to small parks Warra ate Hill C emen t Cre and conservation areas where public land adjoins the river, short sections of ature ek M u d Con er ation d McMahons Creek M recreational trails and walking tracks within protected forests. Access to the y cM e er e C ah re o water for paddling is popular and there are several boat launch sites. The e n Mount Toolebewong k s C re proposed Yarra Valley Trail will provide new connections through this reach e k from Healesville to the Lilydale-Warburton Rail Trail. Gruyere Coranderrk is a place of cultural significance to the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung and C A A A other Aboriginal people and is protected as a site of national heritage significance. Warburton
Key considerations for this reach are protection of its significant cultural, W oo ri environmental and landscape values, improving habitat corridors, protection Ya Millgrove llo ck of the riverbank, billabongs and floodplains, and minimising impacts of land C Don Valley re use or development on sensitive flora and fauna. Maximising opportunities for ek HA A community connection to the Yarra River will also be an important outcome. arra tate The Bushfire Management Overlay and Land Subject to Inundation Overlay ore t apply to large areas of this reach, meaning that fire and flood risk needs to be Big Pats Creek carefully managed.
Existing projects in this reach include: • Yellingbo Conservation Area – aims to re-establish conservation links on Wesburn Launching public land extending from the Little Yarra River tributary and along the Yarra WARBURTON HWY Place River between Millgrove and Maroondah Highway. The project will improve Seville East biodiversity, landscapes, waterway health and recreation opportunities. Woori Yallock • Haining Farm – a community use and education area, undergoing a transformation from educational dairy farm to a biodiversity hub. 70 Yarra Junction Port of Melbourne
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Urban renewal ACHIEVING THE COMMUNITY VISION FOR THE UPPER RURAL REACH
YARRA RIVER UPPER RURAL REACH 50 YEAR COMMUNITY VISION
Goodness flows from the top down.
Careful and innovative management of our Yarra River, Birrarung, and its neighbouring lands ensures the natural replenishment of local billabongs and wetlands and supports a continuous envelope of spectacular indigenous vegetation.
Our Yarra River, Birrarung, supports employment and the social and economic wellbeing of local communities. Those communities and their landholders provide a valuable connection with the natural environment and the water.
The potential of our reach’s biodiversity is fostered and enhanced by our enthusiastic local custodians, supporting the environmental health of the entire Yarra River, Birrarung. Priorities and values: • Promote and celebrate local cultural heritage through collaboration and community education. • Develop new opportunities around local tourism, including river-based learning. • Celebrate and promote opportunities for people to immerse themselves in the unique landscape, local wildlife and incredible biodiversity. • Provide an expanded river access network for recreation and social connection. • Foster healthy local ecosystems for the river, its wetlands and billabongs, which are recharged through environmental flows. • Work with local farming communities to ensure sustainable water use. • Celebrate personal connections to the river.
72 Draft Yarra Strategic Plan In the next 10 years
The land use framework in the upper rural reach sets out future directions for private and public land over the next 10 years. This will assist in achieving the Yarra Strategic Plan performance objectives and ultimately the aspirations of the the 50 Year Community Vision and the Birrarung Water Policy.
The land use framework aims to: • protect the forests and wilderness areas that form a significant part of the upper rural reach • restore and protect depleted sections of the riverbank environment and establish a continuous vegetation buffer along the Yarra River’s edge • strengthen vegetation across the broader landscape and along tributaries, between public and private land. New landscape guidelines will provide guidance for the implementation of stronger planning controls and enable a consistent approach to planting • improve opportunities for the community to experience the Yarra River, focusing on existing open spaces and townships along the Yarra River in the immediate term and investigating options to expand Yarra River access in the future, by land or water • minimise impacts to the Yarra River’s rich cultural, environmental and landscape values through the review and update of relevant overlays. Specifically: - implementation of mandatory maximum building heights and minimum setbacks - updates to existing heritage protection - updates to existing environmental and landscape protection to reflect the Yarra River’s significant features • protect sites of significance and areas for protection identified by the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation as captured in the significant places.
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Healesville DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT Yarra River land • Use Wurundjeri Woi wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation’s flora and fauna assessments to inform restoration and strengthen critical habitat, vegetation and cultural corridors. erard ar trea ide e er e • Create unobtrusive bushwalking tracks, where appropriate, to allow people to connect to the Yarra River. erard ar • Ensure new public buildings and infrastructure are designed to complement the Yarra River’s natural environment. Siting should avoid encroaching on key view points. • Apply Yarra Protection Principles, set out in the Yarra River Protection (Wilip- Badger Creek gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017, to all development on Yarra River land.
Coranderr tation Bush residential arra ange • Encourage sustainable land management practices to protect the health of ational ar the Yarra River and its tributaries, while supporting the livelihood of farming communities. • Protect native vegetation across rural and bush residential land to provide East Warburton habitat connections between conservation areas and along the Yarra River Warburton and its tributaries. McMahons Creek Mount Toolebewong • Protect, rehabilitate and reengage floodplains, wetlands and billabongs to sustain their natural, cultural and spiritual values and minimise water quality impacts. Warra ate Hill ature • Ensure new buildings or infrastructure are designed to complement the Con er ation landscape. Siting should avoid encroaching on key view points. e er e • Buildings are to avoid encroachment on the floodplain and its sensitive arra ridge features. trea ide e er e Millgrove Don Valley • Development in flood affected areas should refer to the Guidelines for arra tate Development in Flood Affected Areas. ore t Townships • Maintain the heritage character of the township and implement mandatory Haining ar controls for building heights and setbacks from the Yarra River’s edge. Big Pats Creek • Design new development to encourage an appreciation of the Yarra River environs. This includes buildings that are sited to face, and facilitate public access to, the Yarra River. Wesburn • Improve native planting along the bank of the Yarra River to restore and Launching Place enhance the environment. Seville East • Apply integrated water management principles to all development to Woori Yallock maximise stormwater capture and reuse, and limit runoff into waterways. • Development in flood affected areas should refer to the Guidelines for Development in Flood Affected Areas. Yarra Junction Draft Yarra Strategic Plan Part 2 75 76 Upper rural reach − Celebrating significant places Opportunities for future projects and alignment: Opportunities forfuture projects andalignment: the proposed Yarra Valley Trail viatheexistingLilydale-Warburton RailTrail. recreational boatlaunchatMayerBridge.Warburton willalsobeconnectedto plans underdevelopmentforaworld-classmountainbikinghubandpriority There isanopportunityforWarburton toexpanditscurrent tourismrole, with provides opportunitiesfordirect experiencesoftheYarra River’senvironment. significant characterandculturalvalues.Establishedaround the Yarra River, it gateway totheYarra RangesNationalPark.Itisahistoricruraltownship with Warburton townshipintheupperrural issignificantasthelargest reach andthe Warburton Draft Yarra Strategic Plan • • • • otect viewstotheYarra Riverfrom theWarburton Highwayandthe ovide anewall-abilitiesYarra RiveraccesspointatMayerBridge. Pr facilities asrequired. different publicspacesalongthe Yarra River, aswellproviding visitor upgrading theYarra RiverWalk circuit trailandconnectionsbetweenthe Enhance opportunitiestoexperiencetheY
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Areas of Protection Signi cant site Improved access Coranderrk Station Merri Confluence Commercial land Key Biodiversity Links Reservoirs Coranderrk has been nominated as a site of significance by the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation. The site was procured by Key Biodiversity Links Commercial land Municipal parkland
Ngurungaeta Simon Wonga and his cousin William Barak, for the Wurundjeri Woi Bush re Management wurrung people (the Traditional Owners) and other Aboriginal people who were Signi cant site LSIO w aroonda H displaced from their homelands, and established as a reservation for Aboriginal Signi cant site Bush re Management Greater Yarra Urban Parkland people in 1863. Coranderrk operated as a successful agricultural enterprise ReservoirsCoranderrk until its untimely closure by the state in 1924. Today it is managed by members Commercial land Urban renewal Aboriginal of the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung community, and has benefited from significant Cemetery H e Key views Commercial land Reservoirs a revegetation, as well as ongoing sustainable land management initiatives. le Coranderrk Station and the nearby cemetery are recognised as nationally LSIO il Bush re Management Activityle centres significant heritage sites. Small portions of the original Station footprint have o o been returned to the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung community, including the Army Bush re Management LSIO SharedW recreational trails e ara ane e
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Areas of Protection Signi cant site Reservoirs Everard Park Streamside Reserve Merri Confluence Commercial land Everard Park is one of the few formal Yarra River access points in the upper rural reach and therefore nominated as a significant place. It is a popular Key Biodiversity Links Commercial land LSIO place to access the Yarra River for picnicking, fishing and swimming and there Bush re Management is potential for it to have wider visitation, given its location on the Maroondah
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Urban renewal Draft Yarra Strategic Plan Part 2 81 A H HWA A
THE LOWER RURAL REACH k e re Yarra Glen C Healesville ls CURRENT STATE LAND USE ANALYSIS e te arra len e reation S er e er e and owground Riv The open and expansive landscape of the lower rural reach is framed by ts at W mountain ranges. The rich soils of the Yarra River’s floodplains support diverse Tarrawarra land uses such as farming, agritourism and viticulture. Christmas Hills Within this reach native vegetation has been cleared in many places along the Yarra River corridor. The rehabilitation of natural habitat and preservation of significant landscapes is, therefore, a priority. This includes the enclosed Watsons Creek corridor of native vegetation between Warrandyte and Yering, and significant clusters of billabongs between Yering and Tarrawarra, all of which have high environmental, cultural and landscape value.
Sites of particular ecological and cultural significance to the Wurundjeri Woi W wurrung people include the Brushy Creek confluence, Yering and Bend of Islands. a t s o n s As access to the Yarra River is limited in this reach, it is important to enhance C r e e MAROONDAH HWY erard ar opportunities for the community to experience the Yarra River, where k Warrand te ering orge padoni trea ide e er e appropriate. This includes access locations at Warrandyte State Park, Yarra Glen ingla e ature u land e er e ature e er e St Con er ation ri and Spadonis Nature Reserve, which all have bushwalking tracks and boat ng e er e yb launches. ark Cr eek
Within this reach, the community’s journey along the Yarra River will be primarily Yering Kangaroo Ground on the water. The proposed Yarra Valley Trail will provide new connections from Warrand te Lilydale to Healesville via Yarra Glen along the former railway easement and Bend of tate ar connect to the Lilydale-Warburton Rail Trail. Islands Coldstream The historic township of Yarra Glen is the only urban area in the lower rural reach Coldstream and a hub of community and commercial activity.
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Urban renewal Urban renewal ACHIEVING THE COMMUNITY VISION FOR THE LOWER RURAL REACH
YARRA RIVER LOWER RURAL REACH 50 YEAR COMMUNITY VISION
From Healesville to Warrandyte, our Yarra River, Birrarung, and its surrounding environment is embraced and cared for through a deep understanding and sense of custodianship, the way the Wurundjeri have always done.
It is embraced by a wide, mature cloak of indigenous vegetation through the flats, filled with the sights and sounds of native animals and birds.
Our Yarra River, Birrarung, is home to happy farmers, making a living and caring for the river and its lands.
People visit the river in key locations to meet and play in, on and beside the water whilst learning about its rich history, its Wurundjeri carers and incredible environmental values.
From Yering Gorge, our Yarra River, Birrarung, is continuously replenished by plants and animals from Kinglake and beyond, joining the river on its journey to the city. Community priorities and values • Improve community access at sensitive locations to enrich local connections, whilst protecting the region’s natural environment. • Bring improved biodiversity to our local area, enhancing indigenous vegetation, animal, insects and fish in our habitat corridor and surrounding billabongs. • Foster and support sustainable agricultural practices which exist in harmony with the river and its lands. • Work with the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung people to protect and enhance knowledge of local cultural values and sites. • Explore innovative tourism opportunities around activities such as education, cultural heritage and fishing to showcase rural river experiences. • Preserve the rural and bush character of the river and its landscapes through collaboration and careful management of future development.
84 Draft Yarra Strategic Plan In the next 10 years
The land use framework in the lower rural reach sets out the future directions for private and public land over the next 10 years. This will assist in achieving the Yarra Strategic Plan performance objectives and ultimately the aspirations of the 50 Year Community Vision and the Birrarung Water Policy.
The land use framework aims to: • restore depleted sections of the riverbank environment and establish a continuous vegetation buffer along the Yarra River’s edge • strengthen vegetation across the broader landscape and along tributaries, between public and private land to create habitat corridors for biodiversity. New landscape guidelines will provide guidance for the implementation of stronger planning controls and enable a consistent approach to planting • improve opportunities for the community to experience the Yarra River, focusing on existing open spaces along the Yarra River in the immediate term and investigating options to expand Yarra River access in the future, by land or water • implement new protection for billabong systems across the reach and landscapes between Warrandyte-Yering, which are currently without statutory protection, and support conservation initiatives in the Watsons Creek corridor • minimise impacts to the Yarra River’s rich cultural, environmental and landscape values through the review and update of relevant overlays. Specifically: - implementation of mandatory maximum building heights and minimum setbacks - updates to existing heritage protection - updates to existing environmental and landscape protection to reflect the Yarra River’s significant features • protect sites of significance and areas for protection identified by the Wurundjeri Woi wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation as captured in the significant places.
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Healesville DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT Yarra River land arra len e reation • Use Wurundjeri Woi wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation’s flora e er e and a e our e Tarrawarra and fauna assessments to inform restoration and strengthen critical habitat, Christmas Hills vegetation and cultural corridors. • Create unobtrusive bushwalking tracks, where appropriate, to allow people to connect to the Yarra River. • Ensure new public buildings and infrastructure are designed to complement the Yarra River’s natural environment. Siting should avoid encroaching on WA C key view points. • Apply Yarra Protection Principles, set out in the Yarra River Protection (Wilip- gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017, to all development on Yarra River land. Bush residential • Encourage sustainable land management practices to protect the health of A erard ar the Yarra River and its tributaries, while supporting the livelihood of farming ering orge padoni trea ide e er e u land e er e ature e er e communities. end o land Yering Warrand te • Protect native vegetation across rural and bush residential land to provide ingla e ature habitat connections between conservation areas, and along the Yarra River Con er ation A AWA A A and its tributaries. e er e • Protect, rehabilitate and reengage floodplains, wetlands and billabongs to sustain their natural, cultural and spiritual values and minimise water quality Kangaroo impacts. Ground Coldstream Coldstream • Ensure new buildings or infrastructure are designed to complement the landscape. Siting should avoid encroaching on key viewpoints. • Buildings are to avoid encroachment on the floodplain and its sensitive features. • Ensure private land around the Watsons Creek confluence supports the Warrand te habitat and biodiversity of the Warrandyte-Kinglake corridor. tate ar • Development in flood affected easar should refer to the Guidelines for Development in Flood Affected Areas.
Gruyere Yarra Glen township Warra ate Hill • Refer to the detailed recommendations for Yarra Glen township on the ature Con er ation following page. e er e • Development in flood affected easar should refer to the Guidelines for H C C C Development in Flood Affected Areas. Wonga Park Chirnside Park
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LegendYarra River Improved access 10 YEAR Priority boat launch site PERFORMANCE Yarra river land YarraCatchmentYarra River River links YarraGreater River Yarra land Urban Parkland PriorityPriority boat boat launch launch site site OBJECTIVES
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Urban renewal 92 Lower rural reach − New areas for protection Draft Yarra Strategic Plan Cultural HeritageAboriginalCorporationasanarea forprotection. of BrushyCreek, whichhasbeennominatedbytheWurundjeri Woi wurrung River. Barak’sbirthingtree Downstream onthebanks isthelocationofWilliam prohibit non-nativeplantsandanimals),itscloseproximity totheYarra cultural values,whichare protected through strictplanningregulations (which Corporation asasiteofsignificance.Thisisduetoitshighenvironmental and been nominatedbytheWurundjeri Woi wurrungCulturalHeritageAboriginal The BendofIslandsenvironmental livingzone,locatedwithinthisarea, has of theYarra Rivercorridordownstream tocentralMelbourne. protection intheplanningscheme,unlikeremainder consistency offormal cultural value.Itisdesignatedasanewarea forprotection toaddress gapsin Yering andWonga Gorge Parkthathavehighscenic,environmental and map onpage82)includesimportantlandscapesaround Kangaroo Ground, The area betweenWarrandyte andYering BushlandReserve(refer Gorge to Warrandyte–Yering landscapeprotection • • • • Opportunities forfuture projects andalignment: Bend ofIslandsandtheBrushyCreek confluence. Corporation, investigatewaystoprotect culturalvaluesassociatedwith In partnershipwiththeW Planning SchemestotheYarra Rangesmunicipalboundary. and DesignDevelopmentOverlay)withinNillumbik andManningham Extend theY sites atvisitoraccesspoints. Pr boat oronfoot. Enhance opportunitiestoviewandexperienceimportantlandscapesby PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE ovide additional interpretive information aboutthesignificanceofthese ovide additionalinterpretive information OBJECTIVES 10 YEAR 10 YEAR arra Riverplanningcontrols (SignificantLandscapeOverlay urundjeri Woi wurrungCulturalHeritageAboriginal of theYarra Rivercorridor Protecting theNaturalBeauty Lower rural reach – New areas for protection 93 Part 2 Protecting the Natural Beauty the Protecting River corridor of the Yarra Draft Yarra Strategic Plan Draft Yarra oject by Nillumbik Shire Council, in partnership with other Council, in partnership oject by Nillumbik Shire 10 YEAR OBJECTIVES PERFORMANCE Pr for recommendations Strategy implementing the Healthy Waterways catchment links. work by council, and rehabilitation Support ongoing advocacy, education state government and community. This includes implementation of the Sugarloaf Link pr state government to manage weed and groups, agencies and Landcare pest invasion. Opportunities for future projects and alignment: projects for future Opportunities • corridorby biodiversity Creek theWatsons otect andstrengthen • Watsons Creek biodiversity corridor biodiversity Creek Watsons 82) supports to map on page (refer biodiversity corridor Creek The Watsons Significance species. An Environmental flora and fauna many threatened for new area designated as a this waterway. It is applied to currently Overlay is Yarra River and between the habitat link as it acts as a significant protection The high-quality Dividing Range. to the Great and across the Kinglake Ranges, River the Yarra helps to replenish corridor Creek the Watsons vegetation along as it journeys on to the city. managing degraded land and by restoring created The corridor has been councils, state by species. This work has been achieved pest plant and animal government through private landholders working collaboratively agencies and Sugarloaf Link (which finishes in 2020) and the project the Rivers to Ranges project.