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ISIS PLANNING for people and places MOORABOOL RURAL STRATEGY PLAN Prepared by Isis Planning on behalf of Moorabool Shire Council April 2009 CONTENTS Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... 4 1. INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................. 8 2. STUDY APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ............................................................ 10 2.1. Appendices........................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.1. Literature Review............................................................................................. 10 2.1.2. Demographic Review....................................................................................... 10 2.1.3. Land Capability Review................................................................................... 10 2.1.4. Lot Data Sheet.................................................................................................. 11 2.1.5. Dwelling Approvals ......................................................................................... 11 2.1.6. Submission Review.......................................................................................... 11 2.1.7. VCAT decisions ............................................................................................... 11 2.2. Structure of this report ......................................................................................................... 11 3. REGIONAL CONTEXT.................................................................................................. 12 4. PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT .................................................................................. 14 4.1. State Planning Policy Framework (SPPF) ........................................................................... 14 4.2. Local Planning Policy Framework....................................................................................... 16 4.2.1. Municipal Strategic Statement ......................................................................... 16 4.2.2. Local Planning Policies.................................................................................... 18 4.2.3. Application of Zone and Overlays Controls to Rural Areas ............................ 19 4.2.4. State Government Strategies ............................................................................ 20 5. CONSULTATION........................................................................................................... 24 5.1. Councillor workshops .......................................................................................................... 24 5.2. Community information sessions......................................................................................... 24 5.3. Council staff......................................................................................................................... 25 5.4. Water authority information sessions .................................................................................. 26 5.5. Other authority information sessions ................................................................................... 27 6. NEW RURAL ZONES .................................................................................................... 28 6.1. Farming Zone....................................................................................................................... 29 6.2. Rural Activity Zone ............................................................................................................. 30 6.3. Rural Living Zone................................................................................................................ 30 6.4. Rural Conservation Zone ..................................................................................................... 31 7. WATER AUTHORITY POLICY.................................................................................... 32 8. EXISTING RURAL LOT CHARACTERISTICS........................................................... 33 9. RURAL LAND USE TRENDS AND ISSUES ............................................................... 35 9.1. The rural economy ............................................................................................................... 35 9.2. Land Capability.................................................................................................................... 35 9.3. Rural interface issues ........................................................................................................... 37 9.4. Rural subdivision and rural living........................................................................................ 37 9.5. The environment .................................................................................................................. 37 9.6. Key Rural Land Use Issues and Rural Strategy Plan Principles: A Summary .................... 41 9.7. Sustainable Rural Planning - Key Principles ....................................................................... 42 10. THE RURAL STRATEGY PLAN .............................................................................. 44 10.1. Catchment planning ............................................................................................................. 44 10.2. Land Use .............................................................................................................................. 44 10.3. Existing Policies and Strategies ........................................................................................... 44 10.4. Agriculture ........................................................................................................................... 44 10.5. Bio-Physical Characteristics ................................................................................................ 45 10.6. Rural Policy Area Assessment............................................................................................. 47 10.7. Rural Living......................................................................................................................... 53 10.8. Other precincts..................................................................................................................... 61 Moorabool Rural Strategy Plan Report, November 2008 Prepared by Isis Planning 10.8.1. Navigators ........................................................................................................ 62 10.8.2. Cameron’s Road............................................................................................... 63 10.8.3. Rural Conservation Precincts........................................................................... 64 10.8.4. Horticultural Land along the Bacchus Marsh Avenue of Honour ................... 67 10.8.5. Grow West........................................................................................................ 68 10.8.6. Planning for Water Catchments ....................................................................... 69 10.8.7. Isolated Non Rural Uses................................................................................... 70 10.9. INTERFACE MUNCIPALITIES........................................................................................ 71 11. LOCAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK........................................................ 74 11.1 Municipal Strategic Framework........................................................................................... 74 11.2 Local Planning Policies........................................................................................................ 74 12 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................. 75 12.1 Zones.................................................................................................................................... 75 12.2 Overlays ............................................................................................................................... 77 12.3 Summary of Submission Recommendations ....................................................................... 77 12.4 Isolated Non Rural Uses ...................................................................................................... 77 APPENDICES………………………………………………………………………………... 76 Appendix A Project Brief Appendix B Literature Review Appendix C Water Authority Policy Appendix D Demographic Review Appendix E Land Capability Review Appendix F Lot Data Sheet Appendix G Dwelling Approvals Appendix H Submission Review Appendix I VCAT decisions review LIST OF TABLES Table Description Page 1 Current Zone Controls 15 2 Community Consultation Outcomes 20 3 All Dwelling Approvals 2001-2006 29 4 Rural Dwellings – Current Status 29 5 CMA issues 34 6 Policy and Precincts Areas 41 7 Regional Policy Area Assessment 44 8 All Rural Living Areas 50 9 Ballan Rural Living Precinct 50 10 Bacchus Marsh Rural Living 51 11 Gordon/Mt Egerton Rural Living 53 12 Greendale Rural Living 54 13 Lal Lal Rural Living 55 14 Myrniong Rural Living 56 15 Yendon Rural Living 57 16 Navigators 58 17 Cameron’s Road 59 18 Rural Conservation Precincts 61 19 Control comparison 64 20 Land uses included under Agriculture 65 21 Proposed controls for non rural land uses 66 22 Interface Analysis 67 23 Zone/Overlay recommendation summary 70 24 Assessment of submissions 72 25 Proposed