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1965-66

VICTORIA

TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING BOARD OF

FOR THE PERIOD

lsr JULY, 1964, TO 30rH JUNE, 1965

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 (2) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1961

[Appro:timate Cost of Report-Preparation, not given. Printing (225 copies), $736.00

By Authority A. C. BROOKS. GOVERNMENT PRINTER. . No. 31.-[25 cents]-11377 /65.

INDEX

PAGE The Board s Regulations s

Planning Schemes Examined by the Board 6 Hazelwood Joint Planning Scheme 7 Planning Scheme 7 City of Maryborough Planning Scheme .. 8 Borough of Planning Scheme 8 Planning Scheme-Lara Township Nos. 1 and 2 8 Planning Scheme-Shire of Knox Planning Scheme 9

Eildon Reservoir .. 10 Eildon Reservoir Planning Scheme () 10 Eildon Reservoir Planning Scheme () 10 Eildon Sub-regional Planning Scheme, Extension A, 1963 11

Eppalock Planning Scheme 11 Planning Scheme 12 Lake Bellfield Planning Scheme 13 Lake Buffalo Planning Scheme 13 Lake Glenmaggie Planning Scheme 14 Latrobe Valley Sub-regional Planning Scheme 1949, Extension A, 1964 15 Phillip Island Planning Scheme 15 Tower Hill Planning Scheme 16 Waratah Bay Planning Scheme 16

Planning Control for Victoria's Coastline 16 Lake Tyers to Cape Howe Coastal Planning Scheme 17 South-Western Coastal Planning Scheme (Shire of Portland) 18 South-Western Coastal Planning Scheme () 18 South-Western Coastal Planning Scheme (Shire of ) 18 South-Western Coastal Planning Scheme () 18 South-Western Coastal Planning Scheme () 18 Coastal Planning Scheme () 18

Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 19 Melbourne's Boulevards 20 Planning Control Around Victoria's Reservoirs 21 Uniform Building Regulations 21 INDEX-continued.

PAGE Urban Renewal 23 Recreation Reserves 24 25 Planning Congress-Adelaide 25 Land Use Zoning-By-laws under the Local Government Act .. 26 Visits by the Board 27 Extractive Industry Inquiry 27 Staff and Office Accommodation 27

Appendices List A-Planning Schemes Approved 29

List B-Planning Schemes Proceeding Satisfactorily 32

List C-Planning Schemes Not Proceeding Satisfactorily 39

List D-Planning Schemes Officially Recorded as Commenced 39

ILLUSTRATIONS. Town and Country Planning Board

TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT

179 Queen-street, Melbourne, C.l.

The Honorable the Minister for Local Government, 61 Spring-street, Melbourne, C.l.

Sir,

1. In accordance with the provisions of Section 5 (2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1961 (Act No. 6849), the Board has pleasure in submitting to you for presentation to Parliament the following report on its activities during the twelve months ended 30th June, 1965. 2. During the period under review the Board held 54 meetings, and in addition was represented at a number of conferences held in the metropolitan area and various country centres.

THE BOARD. 3. At a meeting of the Executive Council held on the 16th February, 1965, the Governor in Council re-appointed Mr. F. C. Cook as a Member and Chairman of the Town and Country Planning Board for the period ending on 26th February, 1966. 4. The Board is pleased to record the honour bestowed by Her Majesty the Queen upon Mr. Cook, who was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services over many years to town and country planning 5. The award has given great satisfaction to the Chairman's colleagues, both members and staff. They know the award has been widely popular and accepted as thoroughly well merited because of his great contributions to town and country planning since 1923. 6. The Sir James Barrett Memorial Medal for notable contribution to town planning in Victoria was this year awarded to Mr. A. N. Kemsley, Member, by the Town and Country Planning Association. 7. Mr. Kemsley's long association with planning in this State goes back to the 1923-1929 Metropolitan Town Planning Commission, with which body he was the Secretary. He has rendered most conspicuous service to the State and it is extremely gratifying to his colleagues on the Board that his services in town and country planning have been recognized in this manner.

REGULATIONS. 8. On the 18th May, 1965, the Governor in Council approved the Town and Country Planning Regulations, Amending Regulations No. 2, which were prepared at the direction of the Minister for the purpose of amending the Eighth, N\nth and Tenth Schedules to the principal regulations. 9. The schedules prescribe the forms used for a "statement of objection to the grant of a permit ", a " notice of determination " by a Responsible Authority in regard to an application where written objections to the grant of a permit were received, and a "refusal of permit" form. 10. These schedules originally quoted verbatim the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1961 which were to be shown on each of the prescribed forms and the effect of the amending regulations has meant that concise explanatory notes replaced the lengthy quotes from the legislation. 6

PLANNING SCHEMES EXAMINED BY THE BOARD. 11. During the year the Board examined and reported upon the following planning schemes prepared and submitted by Responsible Authorities for the approval of the Governor in Council :-

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Planning Scheme. Position as at 30th June, 1965.

City of Ararat Planning Scheme 1953, Amendment No. 4, Approved by the Governor in Council on 2nd March, 1965 1964 Planning Scheme 1949, Amendment Approved by the Governor in Council on 4th November, No. 10 1964 City of Broadmeadows Planning Scheme 1949, Amendment Approved by the Governor in Council on 9th June, 1965 No. 13 Planning Scheme 1956, Amendment No. Approved by the Governor in Council on 29th June, 1965 10, 1964 Planning Scheme 1954, Amendment No. Approved by the Governor in Council on 18th August, 1964 11 . City of Camberwell Planning Scheme 1954, Amendment Approved by the Governor in Council on 11th August, 1964 No. 12 City of Camberwell Planning Scheme 1954, Amendment Approved by the Governor in Council on 6th April, 1965 No. 14, 1964 City of Camberwell Planning Scheme 1954, Amendment Report submitted to the Minister on 30th June, 1965 No. 16, 1964 Shire of Cobram Planning Scheme, Amendment No. 4 Approved by the Governor in Council on 27th January, 1965 Shire of Cobram Planning Scheme, Amendment No. 5 Approved by the Governor in Council on 9th June, 1965. Shire of Corio Planning Scheme, Lara Township Report submitted to the Minister on 16th December, 1964 Shire of Corio Planning Scheme, Lara Town Plan No. 2 Report submitted to the Minister on 16th December, 1964 Shire of Frankston Planning Scheme 1959, Amendment No. Approved by the Governor in Council on 16th February, 2, 1963 1965 Planning Scheme 1959, Amendment No. 1, Shire of Approved by the Governor in Council on 1st September, Bellarine 1964 Geelong Planning Scheme 1959, Amendment No. 6, Shire Report submitted to the Minister on 14th May, 1965 of Corio Geelong Planning Scheme 1959, Amendment No. 2, City Approved by the Governor in Council on 30th March, 1965 of Geelong Geelong Planning Scheme 1959, Amendment No. 3, City Approved by the Governor in Council on 16th June, 1965 of Geelong West Geelong Planning Scheme 1959, Amendment No. 4, City of Approved by the Governor in Council on 23rd March, 1965 Geelong West Geelong Planning Scheme 1959, Amendment No. 6, 1964, Report submitted to the Minister on 16th June, 1965 West Geelong Planning Scheme 1959, Amendment No. '2, City of Approved by the Governor in Council on 22nd June, 1965 Newtown and Chilwell Geelong Planning Scheme 1959, Amendment No. 2, Shire Approved by the Governor in Council on 13th October, 1964 of South Barwon. Geelong Planning Scheme 1959, Amendment No. 3, Shire Approved by the Governor in Council on 24th November, of South Barwon 1964 Hazelwood Joint Planning Scheme Approved by the Governor in Council on 17th November, 1964 Shire of Knox Planning Scheme Report submitted to the Minister on 1st March, 1965 City of Maryborough Planning Scheme Report submitted to the Minister on 18th November, 1964 Moe-Newborough Planning Scheme 1951, Amendment No. 6 Approved by the Governor in Council on 6th June, 1965 Planning Scheme, Section 1, Amendment Approved by the Governor in Council on 11th August, 1964 No. 10 City of Moorabbin Planning Scheme, Section 1, Amendment Approved by the Governor in Council on 18th May, 1965 No. 11 City of Moorabbin Planning Scheme 1952, Amendment No. Approved by the Governor in Council on 27th January, 1965 15, 1964 City of Moorabbin Planning Scheme 1952, Amendment No. Approved by the Governor in Council on 1st June, 1965 16, 1964 Shire of Morwell Planning Scheme 1954, Amendment No. Approved by the Governor in Council on 18th August, 1964 7, 1961 Shire of Morwell Planning Scheme 1954, Amendment No. 9 Report submitted to the Minister on 24th June, 1965 Shire of Morwell Planning Scheme 1954, Amendment No. Report submitted to the Minister on 19th May, 1965 10, 1964 Ocean Road Planning Scheme 1955, Amendment No. 4, 1964, Approved by the Governor in Council on 13th April, 1965 Planning Scheme . . . . Report submitted to the Minister on 18th February, 1965 Portland Planning Scheme 1957, Amendment No. 3, Town Approved by the Governor in Council on 1st September, 1964 of Portland Portland Planning Scheme 1957, Amendment No. 4, Town Approved by the Governor in Council on 17th November, of Portland 1964 Portland Planning Scheme 1957, Amendment No. 5, Town Approved by the Governor in Council on 16th February, of Portland 1965 City of Ringwood Planning Scheme Approved by the Governor in Council on 18th August, 1964 Shire of Sherbrooke Planning Scheme Report submitted to the Minister on 1st March, 1965 Tyers Planning Scheme 1952, Amendment No. 1, 1964, Shire Approved by the Governor in Council on 30th March, 1965 of Shire of Warragul Planning Scheme 1954, Amendment No. 5, Approved by the Governor in Council on 9th June, 1965 1962 Shire of Warragul Planning Scheme 1954, Amendment No. 6 Approved by the Governor in Council on 27th April, 1965 Shire of Warragul Planning Scheme 1954, Amendment No. 7 Report submitted to the Minister on 30th June, 1965 Yallourn North Planning Scheme 1951, Amendment No. 1, Report submitted to the Minister on 15th June, 1965 1964, Shire of Narracan

12. The under-mentioned schemes examined by the Board were prepared under the provisions of Section 32 (6) of the Act, which enables the Governor in Council to amend a principal scheme if he is satisfied, after consideration by the Minister of a report by the Board, that the circumstances do not warrant the preparation of an amending scheme. 7

Planning Scheme. Position as at 30th June, 1965.

City of Camberwell Planning Scheme 1954, Amendment Approved by the Governor in Council on 22nd April, 1965 No. 21, 1965 Club Terrace Planning Scheme 1953, Amendment No. l, Approved by the Governor in Council on 24th November, 1964, Shire of 1964 Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional Planning Scheme 1949, Approved by the Governor in Council on 9th December, 1964 Amendment No. 7, Shire of Morwell

13. Eight of the planning schemes listed above are principal schemes, viz., the Hazelwood Joint Planning Scheme prepared by a joint committee comprising representatives of the Housing Commission and the Morwell Shire Council, and schemes prepared by the Councils of the City of Ringwood, City of Maryborough, Borough of Port Fairy, Shire of Corio (2), and the Shire of Sherbrooke Planning Scheme and Shire of Knox Planning Scheme which were prepared and submitted as one scheme by the former Council of Fern Tree Gully Shire which covered the whole area of the two new shires. In its examination of this latter scheme the Board had regard to the fact that it would eventually be divided for the purposes of administration by the two new Councils for their respective municipal districts, and in its report to the Minister the Board recommended its approval as two separate planning schemes. Comments on these eight principal schemes follow.

HAZELWOOD JOINT PLANNING SCHEME. 14. The Hazelwood Planning Scheme area is located at the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges some 4 miles south of the Morwell township and embraces approximately lot square miles. 15. The planning scheme, which was approved by the Governor in Council on the 17th November, 1964, provides the framework for the establishment of a new town to house 5,000 people by 1971 and capable of future expansion to provide housing for the large work force associated with the increasing industrial development in the Latrobe Valley. In April, 1965, State Cabinet decided to honour the memory of Sir Winston Churchill by naming the proposed new town Churchill. 16. The site for the establishment of this new town was recommended by a Committee of experts set up by the State Electricity Commission to investigate sites for housing settlements in the Latrobe Valley. The need for such an investigation arose because of industrial expansion in the Latrobe Valley in general and also because the population of Yallourn (approximately 5,000) will have to be relocated following the Commission's decision to exploit the coal deposits underneath the present township after 1995. 17. Independently of the Committee's investigation the Board, at the request of the Latrobe Valley Development Advisory Committee, examined the future housing requirements in the Latrobe Valley in relation to the zoned residential land and other areas suitable for urban development. 18. In its report to the Committee dated the 29th May, 1962, the Board considered that the additional work force required for the Commission's expanding activities at Morwell and Hazelwood should be housed in the vicinity of their employment. It was also considered that any appreciable extension of the present township of Morwell should not be encouraged as future coal mining and power production activities would make living conditions there unattractive. 19. On the other hand the site chosen for Churchill meets the requirements of proximity to the place of employment and does not overlie any economically workable coal deposits. The site is also free from industrial nuisance and will have the scenic advantage of overlooking the large cooling water storage lake associated with the power station. · 20. The Board believes that the site is well situated and the completely new township, when fully developed, should provide agreeable living conditions for those who will be attracted to the new town. CITY OF RINGWOOD PLANNING SCHEME. 21. Following consideration of a consultant's proposal for the re-development of the Ringwood shopping centre as a regional shopping centre of some magnitude, the Ringwood City Council decided to proceed with the preporation of a statutory planning scheme to give effect to the proposal. 22. In accordance with the Minister's direction the Board's report on the scheme was held in abeyance pending the result of litigation taken against the Council by certsin objectors seeking to have the scheme declared invalid. Following the judgment delivered in the Supreme Court on the 14th October, 1963, that the Council had made a scheme which was in accordance with the legislation the Board submitted its report to the Minister and the scheme was approved by the Governor in Council. 8

23. The planning scheme embraces an area of about 16 acres approximately half of which is owned by the Council with the remainder in various private ownerships. The private property involved comprises either vacant land or buildings considered by the Council to be nearing the end of their economic life, particularly in respect of that part of the existing shopping area abutting the between Adelaide Street and Warrandyte Road. 24. It is understood that detailed planning of the buildings within the Commercial " B " Zone will provide for the development of a major department store of about 100,000 square feet floor area, a large supermarket and miscellaneous smaller commercial establishments giving in all a total of about 200,000 square feet of floor area. The provisions of the zone ensure that adequate car parking space will be provided while roads, transport terminals for use by the public, and comfort stations may, with the consent of the Responsible Authority, be included in a project of the type envisaged. 25. Although private enterprise could carry out such development the success of the venture will depend on the purchase of a number of adjoining properties. As this could involve the compulsory acquisition of private property the Council's planning proposals and the scheme have been directed to this end, so that the acquired land when added to that already owned by the Council will provide an area sufficient for the development of the project. 26. Land on the corner of Maroondah Highway and Warrandyte Road is included in the Commercial "A" Zone allowing development which will enable this area to be re-developed for shopping purposes by the co-operation of the various owners of the land concerned. 27. The implementation of the scheme depends very largely on the carrying into effect of the Council's intention to acquire land and its consolidation with land already owned by it together with land in the roads to be closed. This will enable the Council to deal with the consolidated area as it sees fit for the purpose of creating a drive-in shopping centre. The achievement of this objective wil1 represent a further advance in the creation of major regional shopping facilities for the general public and also underlines the role which can be played by town planning legislation in projects of this kind. 28. The Council of the City of Ringwood is to be commended for its determination to proceed with this bold scheme, notwithstanding the many obstacles which it had to overcome.

CITY OF MARYBOROUGH PLANNING SCHEME. 29. The City of Maryborough is situated on the northern slopes of the Dividing Range in the Central Highlands Region, and forms a centre for the surrounding agricultural and grazing area including the small towns of A voca, Clunes, Carisbrook, Dun oily and Talbot. 30. The planning scheme covers the whole of the municipality and comprises approximately 9 square miles. Only about 10 per cent. is given over to the Agricultural Zone due mainly to the built-up nature of the planning area and the fa(:t that large tracts of land (1,530 acres) are held by the Forests Commission. The Council's proposals will promote a compact preplanned growth for this important provincial centre. The Board's report on the scheme was transmitted to the Minister on 18th November, 1964.

BOROUGH OF PORT FAIRY PLANNING SCHEME. 31. The Borough of Port Fairy covers approximately 9 square miles and the planning scheme submitted by the Council for the approval of the Governor in Council embraces the whole of the municipal district. 32. Port Fairy is an important coastal township at the mouth of the River Moyne on which fishing boats and other small craft can be berthed at wharf stores in the centre of the town. It is the hub of an important agricultural and pastoral district. particularly dairying, potato and onion growing. At the 1961 Census, Port Fairy's population was 2,426. 33. The Council originally resolved to prepare a planning scheme to re-develop the east beach foreshore but later made a resolution in respect of its entire municipal district. The Board's report on the scheme was forwarded to the Minister on the 18th February, 1965.

SHIRE OF CORIO PLANNING SCHEME-LARA TOWNSHIP NOS. AND 2. 34. The Lara Planning Scheme submitted for approval by the Corio Shire Council embraces the township of Lara and a surrounding area which totals approximately 74 square miles. The planning area generally extends from the municipal boundary (Sutherland's Creek) in the west to the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works' Farm, Avalon Airfield and Port Phillip Bay in the east, and from the boundary of the Geelong Planning Scheme at Heales-road on the south to You Yangs-road and Little River on the north. 35. The area comprises undulating country traversed by Hovell's Creek, with the main land uses being farming and grazing. Industria] activities include salt works, lime burning, gas bottling and industries associated with agricultural activities carried on in the area. 9

36. Lara township, which is the principal centre of population in the planning area, is located on the Geelong to Melbourne railway line and is approximately 9 miles north of the Geelong central area and about 2 miles from the boundary of the Gee long Planning Scheme. In the absence of planning control, Lara became vulnerable to speculative subdivision from 1955 onwards. The Council, on becoming aware of these activities, took the initiative to prepare a planning scheme to provide for the orderly development of the area. 37. The original resolution passed by the Council embraced an area of approximately 25 square miles surrounding Lara towmhip. The Barwon Regional Committee drew attention to the fact that part of the Princes Highway was not subject to planning control and because of the rapid growth of Gee long particularly in the direction of Lara, the Council decided to extend the planning area and a second resolution was duly passed. This scheme became known as the Lara Planning Scheme No. 1. 38. In 1963 the Council added approximately 1,000 acres of land abutting the Highway between the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works' Farm and Avalon Airfield to the planning scheme areas. As the Lara Planning Scheme No. 1 had been adopted at this time the Council decided to prepare a second planning scheme to embrace this land and the scheme is known as Lara Planning Scheme No. 2. This scheme is in effect an extension of the Agricultural " A " Zone of the first scheme and the Board therefore examined both schemes as though they were one. 39. Because the area covered by the Lara Planning Scheme adjoins the area of the Geelong Planning Scheme and because the Corio Shire Council will be administering that part of the approved Geelong Scheme within its municipal district as well as the Lara schemes, the Council decided, with the object of facilitating administration, that it would be preferable for the Lara Planning Schemes to be of similar format and include zones and reservations comparable to those included in the approved Geelong Planning Scheme. The Board agrees that the Council's action will assist in the administration of their schemes.

SHIRE OF SHERBROOKE PLANNING SCHEME-SHIRE OF KNOX PLANNING SCHEME. 40. The planning scheme submitted for the approval of the Governor in Council embraces the whole of the municipal areas of the Shires of Sherbrooke and Knox as at present defined with the exception of that part of the Shire of Knox comprising the Melbourne and Metropolitan Planning Scheme Extension "A", 1959. The scheme was prepared by the Shire of Fern Tree Gully prior to the severance of the Shire of Knox from the Shire of Fern Tree Gully. The Shire of Fern Tree Gully as reduced was subsequently renamed the Shire of Sherbrooke by an Order in Council approved on the 15th December, and gazetted on the 23rd December, 1964. 41. The submitted scheme covers an area of some 74,880 acres or approximately 117 square miles and the population is 42,400 persons. It extends some 17 miles in an easterly direction from the boundary of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme area and varies from 3 to 8 miles in width. 42. The undulating areas adjoining the metropolitan area include the developing centres of Bayswater, Boronia, Lower Fern Tree Gully and Knoxfield. This portion of the planning area had been particularly vulnerable to premature subdivision of land due to the tremendous post war growth of metropolitan Melbourne, and the resultant scattered development is all too clearly evident. Nevertheless these locali1ies are becoming important extensions to metropolitan Melbourne. 43. Highly productive orchard and market gardens extend southerly from Wantirna to Scoresby. In the vicinity of the Lysterfield Hills and Scoresby valuable deposits of constructional materials such as clay, stone and sand are being exploited, while grazing and dairying are predominant uses in the southern portion of the planning area. 44. The planning area includes the southern half of the Dandenong Ranges in which the One Tree Hill National Park, Sherbrooke Forest and Monbulk State Forest as well as the sources of the various streams which traverse the planning area, principally Dandenong, Ferny and Monbulk Creeks, are located. These features, combined with the natural flora, higher altitudes and nearness to the city, make this area one of great scenic beauty and importance as a tourist and recreational resort. In recent years there has been a substantial increase in the number of permanent residents. The principal residential areas are Olinda, Sassafras, Ferny Creek, Tremont, Upwey, Tecoma, Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Selby, Kallista and Monbulk. 45. On the slopes of the Ranges plant nurseries, bulb farms, market gardens and berry growing are the principal activities, while to the east and south grazing and dairy farming are the predominant land uses. The population here is small and genera11y more scattered than in other areas and the inclusion of this land in the Rural Zone will preserve its rural character. 10

46. In so far as it is practical in view of the extensive subdivision of land into building lots before controls were properly exercised, the scheme will protect the productive agricultural areas from further wastage by premature speculative subdivision. It will also protect, so far as is practical; the natural beauty of that part of the Dandenong Ranges within the Shire of Sherbrooke for the enjoyment of both local residents and tourists. 47. The planning scheme was adopted by the Council of the Shire of Fern Tree Gully for submission for the approval of the Governor in Council on the 6th November, 1963, prior to the severance of part of the municipality to form the new Shire of Knox. At the request of the two new Councils an Order in Council was made on the 18th December, 1963, providing for the continuance of the administration and control by Interim Development Order of the planning scheme as submitted for approval by the respective Shires of Fern Tree Gully and Knox in so far as it concerned that part of the scheme within their municipal districts. 48. As a result of the severance the scheme will be divided on approval into two separate schemes, viz., the Shire of Knox Planning Scheme to cover the Shire of Knox as constituted on the 16th November, 1963, and the Shire of Sherbrooke Planning Scheme covering the remainder of the former Shire of Fern Tree Gully.

EILDON RESERVOIR. EILDON RESERVOIR PLANNING SCHEME (SHIRE OF ALEXANDRA). 49. As mentioned in the Board's Nineteenth Annual Report a draft planning scheme has been prepared by the Board but public exhibition of the scheme has been deferred pending the finalisation of details of a subdivision at Stone Bay. 50. This proposed village development on the fringe of the Fraser National Park has been the subject of prolonged discussions between the promoters, the Council and interested authorities, and until agreement can be reached interim development order control is being exercised.

EILDON RESERVOIR PLANNING SCHEME (SHIRE OF MANSFIELD). 51. Following the Minister's consideration of the scheme prepared by the Board he has now requested the Board to prepare the necessary Order in Council documents for its approval and it is expected that the scheme will receive the assent of the Governor in Council at an early date. Details of the proposals have been outlined in previous reports.

Views of Eildon Township and the nearby Eildon Reservoir. 11

EILDON SUB-REGIONAL PLANNING SCHEME 1957, EXTENSION "A", 1963. 52. During the period under review the Board completed the preparation of a draft planning scheme for this small extension to the principal Eildon Sub-Regional Planning Scheme area. 53. The basic purpose of this scheme is to protect the important Snob's Creek Fish Hatchery from possible pollution that could arise from unrestricted camping or other development up stream from the hatchery. · 54. The Fisheries and Wildlife Department has decided to purchase an area of land within the planning scheme area, and the finalization of the scheme has been delayed pending the outcome of negotiations which are at present taking place.

EPPALOCK PLANNING SCHEME. 55. The public exhibition period of the above planning scheme was completed on the 31st August, 1964, at which date only four objections had been lodged with the Board. 56. The Mclvor Shire Council objected to the location of the proposed Moorabbee access road and the reservation and zoning of certain areas of land adjacent to this road. After discussions with the Board, the Council indicated it would not further oppose the alignment of the proposed road and as the second part of the objection was not then relevant the Council withdrew its objection. 57. The State Rivers and Water Supply Commission and the Australian Military Forces each lodged an objection of a minor nature. The Board, after considering the objections, allowed each and modified the scheme accordingly. 58. The remaining objection made by the Soil Conservation Authority raised the question of possible confusion which might arise from the meaning given to " land uses " in planning schemes and proclaimed catchment areas. A large portion of the Eppalock Planning Scheme area is also part of the Eppalock Water Supply Catchment, proclaimed under the Soil Conservation and Land Utilization Act 1958, as amended. This legislation confers on the Soil Conservation Authority after consultation "With the Land Utilization Advisiory Council, the right to determine the forms of land use in the proclaimed area and the conditions under which the various forms may be permitted. 59. The Board also has the power under the Town and Country Planning Act 1961 to zone or reserve areas of land within the planning area for appropriate use. 60. It is highly unlikely that the Board would institute or be prepared to permit a land use which would jeopardize the activities of the Soil Conservation Authority. After discussions with representatives of the Authority it was agreed that the objects of both the Board and Authority were basically complementary and would not directly conflict. The Board agreed to uphold the objection and include in the planning scheme a reference to the rights and powers of the Soil Conservation Authority and specifically exempting its operations in the prevention and mitigation of soil erosion and the promotion of soil conservation from the provisions of the planning scheme for the overlapping area. 61. A further modification was made to the scheme as a result of representations from the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, to enable the establishment of club houses and lodges for anglers at Glovers Bay, located on the southern arm of the lake. The Commission intends to impose special requirements for the intended development which will take place under the auspices of the Piscatorial Council. 62. The Commission also advised the Board that it had reached agreement with the Strathfieldsaye Shire Council over the establishment of the small residential subdivision at the western extremity of the lake overlooking Kimbolton Water. Following discussions with the Board regarding the layout of the subdivision a permit was issued to the Commission to enable it to proceed with the proposed development. 63. In view of the progress being made on the development of Stage 1 of the Metcalfe Co-operative Society's project at Metcalfe Pool, located at the southern extremity of the lake, the Board agreed to issue a permit for a further sixteen residential allotments, being Stage 2 of the project. At the time the permit was issued for Stage 2, five permits had been issued for the erection of dwellings on the Stage 1 subdivision, one house being completed, two more were under construction and the preliminary site works had commenced on another. The progress being made on the development of this project augurs well for its ultimate success. 64. Following upon the determination of objections and the subsequent modification of the scheme the Board formally adopted the Eppalock Planning Scheme at its meeting held on 7th April, 1965. The scheme was then submitted to the Minister for the approval of the Governor in Council. 12

65. The approval and implementation of the scheme provisiOns by the three Councils concerned, viz., the Shires of Metcalfe, Mclvor and Strathfieldsaye, will ensure the orderly development of the areas adjacent to Lake Eppalock consistent "'ith its purpose for water storage, while at the same time retaining the natural scenic beauty of the area and encouraging its optimum use as a popular tourist and holiday resort.

FRENCH ISLAND PLANNING SCHEME. 66. French Island is one of the few remaining areas of land, and certainly the only substantial area of land in Victoria which is not subject to municipal control. The families resident on the island are practica1ly wholly engaged in rural pursuits and comprise about 130 persons. 67. The island lies within Westernport and is sheltered by Phillip Island which lies to the south at the entrance to Westernport. French Island is comparatively isolated for although the post office at Tankerton is only 43 miles in a direct line from Melbourne, the absence of any vehicular link with the mainland discourages more extensive settlement as well as limiting visitors. 68. The isolation of the island and the absence of municipal control to safeguard the health and welfare of the residents and provide other essential services did not deter efforts to subdivide land into building lots. The Board became aware in 1960 of a proposal to sub­ divide 400 acres of land near to Tankerton into house lots. 69. As mentioned in previous Annual Reports a subdivision of 700 lots containing many undesirable features, became registered in the Titles Office prior to interim development order control being granted to the Board over the island. These lots formed part of an overall proposal for the subdivision of 2,000 lots but the Board was able to prevent this further speculative subdivision by refusing to grant a permit when the application was made. 70. During the three years operation of the Board's Interim Development Order only three permits were issued for the erection of houses on the subdivision. There is little likelihood of development accelerating on such an unattractive area but the Board nevertheless took the precaution when framing the ordinance to include such provisions as would preclude the possibility of sub-standard shanty type houses appearing. 71. Under normal circumstances the responsibility for the administration of the provisions of the approved scheme would devolve upon the local municipal Council, but, as has already been stated, no such municipal control exists at French Island. 72. The Board wiU therefore for the first time become the Controlling Authority for the observance and implementation of an approved planning scheme. 73. The ordinance confers on the Responsible Authority (this Board) the power to impose conditions in permits issued for the erection of dwellings in relation to the following matters :- (i) size and location of buildings and rooms therein ; (ii) materials and structural requirements ; (iii) light and ventilation ; (iv) cooking, laundering, bath and toilet facilities ; (v) disposal of storm water and household waste ; and (vi) disposal of nightsoil. 74. The principal zone in the planning scheme is the Rural Zone and with the exception of reserved land it covers almost the entire island. The ordinance provisions for this zone are designed essentially to maintain the rural activities which predominate and to prevent further subdivision into small housing allotments. Having regard to the physical characteristics of the island and the need for farming to be conducted on large holdings, a minimum area of 80 acres is specified for subdivisions and this will effectively prevent further speculative subdivision of land into small allotments as has unfortunately occurred at Tankerton. 75. The provisions of the zone also regulate the length of time that any tent or caravan may occupy a site on vacant land without its owner having obtained the approval of the Responsible Authority. 76. Tt is considered that a sufficient control in accordance with the above provisions can be extended to obtain a reasonable standard in the construction of buildings and to ensure acceptable sanitary conditions. 77. The Special Uses Zone in the planning scheme provides for a privately owned recreation ground while 4,297 acres are reserved for public purposes. Most of this reserved land is occupied by the McLeod Prison Farm at the eastern end of the island. 13

78. Following the public exhibition of the scheme, which concluded in February, 1964, two obJections were considered by the Board and satisfactorily resolved. The scheme as adopted by the Board on the 2nd December, 1964, was approved by the Governor in Council on 24th February, 1965. Notice of this approval appeared in Government Gazette No. 14 of the 3rd March, 1965.

79. The Board has again received valuable co-operation from officers of the Fisheries and Wildlife Department particularly in relation to the waterfowl area on the swamp land on the northern shore of the island. In addition the Native Plants Preservation Society tendered information to the Board which assisted in the reservation of suitable native flora reserves.

80. After consideration of proposals put forward by the Country Roads Board, the Board included in the scheme provision for 9-! miles of new road and 3 miles of road widening. The most important proposal is the reservation of a route for a new main east-west road through the northern portion of the island, This route will link the extremities of existing roads leading northerly and north-easterly from Tankerton and will provide for a circuit of main roads through the more developed western and central parts of the island and allow improved access from those areas to the eastern end of the island in the event of a causeway being constructed to the mainland.

81. While the island remains isolated and therefore predominately rural no difficulties should be experienced, but if a vehicular link with the mainland is ever established the whole character of the island could change rapidly, and the introduction of municipal control, bringing with it the complementary provision and management of essential urban sen-ices, will become a necessity.

LAKE BELLFIELD PLANNING SCHEME. 82. During the period under review the Board completed the base maps for the Lake Bellfield Planning "Scheme area and made a survey of existing conditions which were recorded on the maps. Planning Scheme maps were prepared to indicate the zoning and reservation of land and the planning scheme ordinance was completed.

83. During the preparatory period the Board on a number of occasions consulted with the Council of the , which will become the body responsible for the admistration and implementation of the approved scheme. The Council is currently examining the draft scheme with a view to submitting its comments to the Board on any provisions which it desires to be considered, prior to the scheme being placed on public exhibition. This procedure adopted by the Board is without prejudice to the Council's statutory rights, along with other interested bodies or individuals, to formally object when the scheme is exhibited.

84. As the land acquiring and constructing authority for the Lake Bellfield reservoir, the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission has been given a similar opportunity to examine the draft scheme before the formal exhibition period.

85. Any matters raised by the Council or the Commission will be considered by the Board and, if necessary, the scheme will be modified accordingly. As soon as this is done the planning scheme will be made available for public exhibition at the Board's office and at the office of the Council of the Shire of Stawell for the statutory period of three months, during which time objections to any of the provisions contained in the scheme may be made.

LAKE BUFFALO PLANNING SCHEME. 86. The Board commenced the preparation of the Lake Buffalo Planning Scheme in May, 1963, and preliminary investigations have been made in regard to the planning area and tentative planning proposals have been formulated to enable a practical administration of the Interim Development Order having regard to the development of the first stage of the reservoir.

87. The State Rivers and Water Supply Commission is proceeding with the construction of the reservoir in two stages so that water can be conserved as early as possible. The construction of the first stage is well advanced and should commence storing water by the end of 1965.

88. The second and final stage construction is scheduled for commencement in 1968-69 and completion in 1973-74. A number of features of the large reservoir are as yet unresolved and as a result firm overall planning proposals cannot be completed until more definite information is available.

89. One of the main aspects to be resolved is the matter of providing a satisfactory road system in and · around the planning area to provide for the replacement of existing roads to be inundated by the second stage of the project. 14

90. In this regard the Commission has determined that three of the existing roads in the locality will ultimately be flooded by the second stage reservoir. However, the views of other interested authorities such as the Oxley and Shire Councils, the Forests Commission, the State Electricity Commission and the Tourist Development Authority, will need to be considered by the Country Roads Board before an alternative road system can be finalized and incoporated into the planning scheme. 91. In view of the vast amount of construction work involved in the entire project the Board has asked the Commission whether a permanent township will be required to house in the first instance construction workers and their families, such as was required at Eildon. 92. Should it be found necessary at a later date to introduce a larger number of permanent dwelling units than is now anticipated careful consideration will have to be given to their location, particularly in regard to establishing an effective and proper relationship with the new road pattern to be evolved. 93. The tourist and recreational potentiality of the huge reservoirs being created throughout Victoria as part of the Government's water conservation programme, has been recognized by the creation of the State Reservoirs Recreational Development Committee. The three man Committee comprises the Chairman of the Tourist Development Authority, the Chief Estates Officer of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission and the Forests Resources Officer of the Forests Commission. The question of the facilities to be provided is now referred to the Committee for the development of an overall plan for the most effective utilization of the lake. The ultimate plan is then incorporated as part of the final construction programme. 94. In the case of the Lake Buffalo Planning Scheme, as with all other future planning schemes of this nature, the Board will need to be informed at an early date of the proposals of the Committee so that the necessary provisions can be introduced into the planning scheme to protect any proposed recreational areas adjoining the reservoir. 95. The Board has now completed the base maps of the planning area on which are shown the existing conditions of land use and development. As soon as the Commission is in a position to make known its propsals for the second stage reservoir and the new roads are located the Board will be able to proceed with the finalization of its proposals for the planning area.

LAKE GLENMAGGIE PLANNING SCHEME. 96. At the request of the Minister the Board recently investigated reports that indiscriminate subdivision of land was taking place in the area surrounding the Glenmaggie Reservoir. 97. Following the submission of the Board's report the Minister then requested the Board on the 13th April, 1965, to prepare a planning scheme for an area of 40 square miles varying in distance from the lake from between i mile to 2! miles. The Board formally resolved to prepare the scheme at its meeting held on the 28th April, 1965. 98. This reservoir is located on the Macalister River, three miles north of Heyfield in the Shire of , and is a popular resort for fishing and boating enthusiasts. The reservoir is impounded behind a 100-feet high concrete dam, originally constructed in 1929 and enlarged in 1957 by the addition of flood gates, and is the major storage for the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission's Maffra-Sale irrigation system. It covers an area of 4,350 acres (almost 7 square miles) and has a storage capacity of 154,000 acre feet. 99. The township of Glenmaggie at the north-west of the reservoir has a post office, public hall, State School and three churches but only scattered housing development. The foreshore at the township has been improved by the Committee of Management and a clubhouse has been erected on the foreshore by the Glenmaggie District Boat Club. Along the western side of the reservoir camping is permitted on State Rivers and Water Supply Commission owned land between the road and the foreshore. 100. Adjacent to the dam at the north-east of the reservoir is an attractively laid out camping area controlled by the Commission. 101. Since 1960, 456 lots of less than 1 acre have been created in the locality but only 37 houses have been erected or are under construction on these lots. This represents less than 8 per cent. of possible development and the release of additional land for residential purposes will be carefully investigated so that development will be encouraged and speculative subdivision prevented. 102. The Board felt that the controls now exercised in the vicinity of other reservoirs and foreshores would attract the attention of land speculators to any remaining uncontrolled areas such as at Glenmaggie Reservoir and therefore took immediate steps to introduce interim development order control. The Order was approved by the Governor in Council on 25th May, 1965. 15 103. Work has commenced on the preparation of base maps and the collection of existing conditions data while the powers of the Interim Development Order are available to the Board to prevent development inconsistent with the objects of the planning scheme.

LATROBE VALLEY SUB-REGIONAL PLANNING SCHEME 1949, EXTENSION A, 1964. 104. The proposed new town of Churchill (formerly Hazelwood) is located within and close to the southern boundary of the Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional Planning Scheme. Although the township site is itself protected by planning controls introduced by the Hazelwood Joint Planning Scheme following revocation of the Latrobe Valley Scheme in so far as it affected the area concerned, the close proximity of high land to the south not protected by planning control and overlooking the proposed site caused concern to the Housing Commission, the Morwell Shire Council and the Board. 105. The Housing Commission, as constructing authority for the new town and also as joint partner with the Morwell Shire Council in the preparation of the Hazel wood Joint Planning Scheme was vitally interested in matters likely to affect the establishment of what should prove to be a notable achievement in new town design and development. As a result of representations by the Minister for Housing, the Board was directed by the Minister for Local Government, on lOth September, 1964, to prepare a planning scheme for a sufficient buffer area to the South. 106. The Board had previously made investigations regarding a suitable planning area, and on the 16th September, 1964, it resolved to commence immediately the preparation of the Latrobe Valley Sub-regional Planning Scheme 1949, Extension A, 1964, for an area of 39 square miles abutting the southern boundary of the principal scheme and extending westerly to the boundary of the approved Boolarra Planning Scheme. 107. Although located mainly within the Shire of Morwell a small part of the planning area is within the . For this reason and because the Board had prepared the principal scheme the Minister felt it was desirable for the Board to undertake the task of preparing the scheme and administering interim development control over the extended area. 108. Fundamentally the planning scheme will be designed to protect from indiscriminate development land overlooking Churchill, and as the planning area also includes the catchment areas of Bennett's Creek and Billy's Creek the protection of the catchment will be possible. 109. In furtherance of the objects of the scheme the Board made an Interim Development Order which was approved by the Governor in Council on the 13th October, 1964. 110. Subsequent to the approval of this Order the Board acquainted the Morwell and Traralgon Shire Councils with the provisions contained therein, and the Board is grateful for the co-operation of the Councils and their officers in dealing with applications for Interim Development Order permits. 111. In this regard three permits have been granted by the Board for subdivisions of large rural holdings into smaller farms. 112. Work on the preparation of the scheme has proceeded satisfactorily since it was commenced in September, 1964, and a draft planning scheme is nearing completion. As soon as possible after completion copies of the draft scheme will be forwarded for comment to each of the Councils concerned, prior to the scheme being made available for public inspection.

PHILLIP ISLAND PLANNING SCHEME. 113. Following the determination of objections lodged to the Phillip Island Planning Scheme the Board finalized its planning proposals and adopted the scheme on 13th May, 1964. The Scheme was then forwarded to the Minister for the approval of the Governor in Council. 114. As mentioned in the Board's last annual report extensive reservation for public open space for recreation and the preservation of flora and fauna including the habitat of koalas, penguins and mutton birds, and water fowl, is a feature of the scheme. 115. Some of the land proposed to be reserved in the scheme was in private ownership and following the refusal of a permit for the development of one of the areas for purposes inconsistent with the objects of the scheme an appeal by the 1ando'Nner to the Minister was made and disallowed. 116. However, as the development which disallowed on appeal subsequently proceeded, legal proceedings were instituted and the litigation which followed is still awaiting a final determination. 117. In the meantime approval of the scheme by the Governor in Council has been held in abeyance so that this Board will continue as the Responsible Authority until the current legal proceedings have been settled. 16

TOWER HILL PLANNING SCHEME. 118. A draft planning scheme for Tower Hill was completed by the Board early in 1965, and in accordance with its usual practice copies of the scheme were forwarded for comment to the municipal Councils concerned, as well as the Fisheries and Wildlife Department and Country Roads Board. 119. The Fisheries and Wildlife Department, which is responsible for the control, management and regeneration of the Tower Hill Game Reserve, and the Country Roads Board, which has acquired land in the vicinity of the crater and within the proposed extractive industrial zone in the draft scheme for the purpose of continuing the extraction of road making material, have both expressed satisfaction with the provisions of the scheme. 120. In the case of the Councils in whose municipal districts much of the planning scheme is located some have expressed concern in regard to the extent of the planning area. 121. The Board has pointed out that the area of the planning scheme was decided upon only after a careful consideration of its basic purpose, namely, the protection of an area sufficient to allow the work of the Fisheries and Wildlife Department in restoring a former unique wildlife sanctuary, to proceed unhindered by the activities of land speculators and other development inconsistent with the Department's objective. 122. Neither the Interim Development Order currently being administered by the Board over the planning scheme area, nor the provisions of the draft planning scheme, interfere with the present conditions of development in the rural zone, or their future continuation, and the fact that provision does exist to permit the transfer of a small allotment of land in certain circumstances indicates that planning control is flexible enough to cover genuine cases which might arise from time to time. 123. The Board is confident that the Councils concerned will appreciate the purpose of the planning scheme and the benefits which will accrue to the district in general when the developmental work has been further advanced and the intentions of the Fisheries and Wildlife Department become more apparent. 124. The draft scheme has now been modified slightly following the consideration of the Council's comments and in the near future will be made available for public inspection and the receipt of objections at the offices of the Councils of the Shires of Belfast and Warrnambool and the Borough of and at the Board's office for the period of three months.

WARATAH BAY PLANNING SCHEME. 125. The Councils of the Shires of Woorayl and South in whose municipal districts the Waratah Bay Planning Scheme is located, have been given an opportunity to examine the scheme in draft form prior to its adoption by the Board. The Board expects to receive the final comments from the Council of the in the near future, and when these are to hand the completion of the scheme will be expedited. 126. Primarily the Councils were concerned with bringing the provisions of the Board's scheme into line with those included in the two schemes which they are preparing for the balance of their respective municipal districts, excluding of course the National Park at Wilson's Promontory. The Board has to a large degree, been able to satisfy their requests, however the different nature of the Waratah Bay Planning Scheme precluded complete uniformity. 127. As was the case during the preparation of the scheme the Board will endeavour to work in close collaboration with the respective Councils in dealing with any matters which might arise from possible objections received during the statutory period. 128. The Board considers that the planning scheme prepared for the Waratah Bay area will satisfactorily control its future development consistent with its potential as a tourist and holiday resort of note.

PLANNING CONTROL FOR VICTORIA'S COASTLINE. 129. The need to introduce planning control over unprotected parts of Victoria's coastline was first raised by the Board in its Seventeenth Annual Report. 130. The Board pointed out at the time that although it had prepared the Ocean Road Planning Scheme, which extended along 64 miles of coastline, and was currently preparing planning schemes for the Tower Hill and Waratah Bay areas abutting the coast, and for Phillip Island and French Island within Westernport, these schemes were primarily undertaken for special reasons, and more municipal Councils should be encouraged to undertake the task of protecting their coastlines by means of a statutory planning scheme. 17

131. During the ensuing three years the Councils of the Shires of Bass, Rosedale, and South Gippsland recognized the critical situation which was developing in their respective municipalities and proceeded to take the necessary steps to prepare planning schemes and introduce effective control over their foreshore areas.

132. Until recently the remaining areas of unprotected coastline were to be found in the following municipalities-the Shires of Portland (70 miles), Belfast (21 miles), Warrnambool (30 miles), Heytesbury ~16 miles), Otway (36 miles) and Orbost (130 miles) and t~1e Boroughs of Queenscliffe (8 miles) and Wonthaggi (8 miles)-320 miles or approximately 28.6 per cent. of the totaL These figures include National Parks which abut the coastline in the Shires of Heytesbury and Orbost and provide efl'ective protection from despoliation.

133. On the 26th August, the Minister called for a detailed report on the whole question of coastline and foreshore protection in the State.

134. In its reply to the Minister dated 16th September, 1964, the Board pointed out that throughout the length of Victoria's coastline (1,068 miles) a narrow strip of foreshore was permanently reserved for public purposes and public access to the coast was generally ensured. The width of the reserve varied from 1 chain to 20 chains and some portions were administered by Committees of Management consisting of representatives of Local Government and private organizations.

135. With the exception of the Boroughs of Queenscliff and Wonthaggi the vulnerable areas were found to be located at the eastern and western extremities of the State. The Board considered that the rising number of vehicle and boat registrations and the increasing mobility of the population was causing places distant from the metropolitan area of Melbourne to become more popular as tourist resorts and more and more people were seeking holiday and camping areas away from the traditional and more crowded resorts. This situation applied particularly to the eastern coastal areas, much of which were not readily accessible to the general public. Such coastal areas provided an opportunity to plan for their growth and development as holiday places, to protect their scenic beauty and to prevent premature speculative subdivision in unsuitable locations and unrelated to reasonable requirements. Details of each scheme now in process are given in subsequent paragraphs.

LAKE TYERS TO CAPE HOWE COASTAL PLANNING SCHEME. 136. The Minister requested the Board on 16th October, 1964, to prepare a planning scheme for an area of 507 square miles within the , extending approximately 130 miles from Cape Howe at the eastern extremity of the State to Lake Tyers at the municipal boundary dividing the Shires of Orbost and Tambo.

137. The scheme was commenced on the 31st October, 1964, and statutory notices advising of its commencement and requesting advice of matters for consideration by the Board were dispatched to Government Departments, Public Authorities and other bodies likely to be interested in the planning of this coastal area.

138. Planning control was introduced over the planning area on the 24th November, 1964. when the Governor in Council approved an Interim Development Order made by the Board.

139. The Board inspected the area of the scheme during March and also conferred with the Orbost Shire Council. Accompanied by representatives of the Council the Board visited the Marlo and Bemm River townships, Sydenham Inlet, Pearl Point, Tamboon Inlet, Cape Everard and areas in the vicinity of Mallacoota and noted points of planning interest.

SOUTH-WESTERN COASTAL PLANNING SCHEME. 140. The 160 miles of uncontrolled coastline in the western part of the State extending from the South Australian border to the Shire of Otway where it joins the western extremity of the Ocean Road Planning Scheme (made by the Board and approved in April, 1958) presents many varied aspects of sea and landscape from the grazing land beyond Portland, the dairy and vegetable growing district around Port Fairy and the timbered slopes of the Otway Ranges.

141. Following the Board's report on the general question of safeguarding the coastline, the Minister on the 5th January, 1965, directed that this area be subjected to planning control and requested the Board to prepare a planning scheme for the coastal strips in each of the five municipalities concerned. The Board resolved to prepare the schemes on the 7th January, and Interim Development Orders for the respective planning areas were approved by the Go

142. The Board forwarded to the Councils concerned a copy of the Interim Development Orders relating to their Shire and in accordance with its desire to maintain a close liaison with the Councils the Board will require applications for permits to be deposited in the first instance with the Councils so that their comments can be obtained prior to a determination being made by the Board.

SHIRE OF PORTLAND. 143. The planning area for the South-Western Coastal Planning Scheme (Shire of Portland) extends along the whole of the coastline within the municipality from the South Australian border to the western boundary of the Shire of Belfast approximately 4! miles east of the mouth of the Fitzroy River. The area excludes the Portland Planning Scheme area which is the subject of a planning scheme prepared by the Joint Committee composed of representatives of the Town and Shire, and covers 70 miles of coastline and extends inland a distance of from I mile to 5! miles and embraces an area of approximately 206 square miles, including 20 square miles of State Forest and 3 square miles of National Park.

SHIRE OF BELFAST. 144. The planning area for the South-Western Coastal Planning Scheme (Shire of Belfast) extends along the whole of the coastline within the municipality from the eastern boundary of the Shire of Portland to the western boundary of the Tower Hill Planning Scheme at Armstrong Bay. The area excludes the Borough of Port Fairy~the Council of which has prepared a planning scheme-and covers 21 miles of coastline, extends inland a distance of from I! miles to 3 miles and embraces an area of approximately 48 square miles.

SHIRE OF W ARRNAMBOOL. 145. The planning area of the South-Western Coastal Planning Scheme () extends along the whole of the coastline within the municipality from the eastern boundary of the Tower Hill Planning Scheme to the western boundary of the Shire of Heytesbury at Curdies Inlet near Peterborough. The area, which excludes the , covers 30 miles of coastline, extends inland a distance of from I mile to 3 miles and embraces an area of approximately 54 square miles.

SHIRE OF HEYTESBURY. 146. The planning area for the South-Western Coastal Planning Scheme (Shire of Heytesbury) extends along the whole of the coastline within the municipality from the eastern boundary of the Shire of Warrnambool to the western boundary of the Shire of Otwa y approximately 2 miles west of the mouth of the Gellibrand River. The area, which includes , covers 16 miles of coastline, extends inland a distance of from I mile to 3 miles and embraces an area of 26 square miles, including the 2:f square miles of the Port Campbell National Park which comprises a narrow strip along 14 miles of coastline.

SHIRE OF 0TWAY. 147. The planning area for the South-Western Coastal Planning Scheme (Shire of Otway) extends along the whole of the coastline within the municipality from the eastern boundary of the Shire of Heytesbury to the western boundary of the Ocean Road Planning Scheme at Cape Marengo. The area covers 30 miles of coastline, extends inland a distance of from :f mile to 5 miles and embraces an area of 70 square miles including 12 square miles of State Forest.

WONTHAGGI COASTAL PLANNING SCHEME. 148. In February, 1965, the Wonthaggi Borough Council requested the Board to undertake the preparation of a planning scheme for its coastal area. The Council had noted the introduction of planning control over the south-eastern coastal areas of the State and considered that a planning scheme within its municipal district would afford a similar protection to its coastal section.

149. As a result of this request from the Council the Minister, on the 13th April directed the Board to prepare a planning scheme and an Interim Development Order was approved on the 18th May, 1965.

150. The planning area which excludes the township of Wonthaggi, embraces 16·7 square miles, covers the entire 8 miles of coastline within the municipality and extends inland a distance of from ! mile to 4! miles. 19

151. Work is proceeding on the preparation of base maps and the collection of existing conditions data for each of the planning schemes under the Board's control. 152. Some of the Councils in the western part of the State have expressed opposition to the distance which the planning schemes extend inland at various locations. The Board recommended the planning areas after a careful consideration of the relevant factors involved and when it inspects the areas in the near future the Board will take the opportunity to confer with representatives of each of the five Councils in regard to the purpose of the schemes, the Board will invite the close co-operation of each Council, and will explain the reasons for the choice of the areas subject to interim control and the manner in which the schemes will safeguard future development. 153. The commencement of the Lake Tyers to Cape Howe Coastal Planning Scheme, the five South Western Coastal Planning Schemes and the Wonthaggi Coastal Planning Scheme has major significance. The only remaining strip of foreshore in the State of Victoria not now subject to planning control is the 8-10 mile foreshore in the . In this case existing development and land subdivided into residential allotments abut the foreshore reserves. In effect, while the preparation of a planning scheme for the whole of the Borough of Queenscliffe would be most desirable in the interests of promoting orderly development, the Board considers that in such a small and generally built up area planning should be initiated by the local authority. 154. With the exception of some large areas in the Shires of Rosedale, Bass and Phillip Island, where planning control was introduced too late to prevent a great deal of premature subdivision from occurring, the Minister's request to the Board to exercise planning control over the remaining coastline areas will ensure that localities suitable for development as tourist or holiday resorts will benefit from orderly prrplanned growth, while on the other hand vast tracts of coastline will be safeguarded against speetllative subdivision of land in unsatisfactory locations and in excess of the requirements of holiday housing needs for very many years. In some of the eases examined by the Board the number of allotments subdivided would at the present rate of housing development in the locality take 300 years to be utilized.

MELBOURNE METROPOLITAN PLANNING SCHEME. 155. Reference was made in the Board's Nineteenth Annual Report to the modifications which the Board of Works desired to be incorporated in its Interim Development Order for the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme. The Order submitted for re-approval incorporated these modifications and was entitled Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works Interim Development Order 1961-Modification No. 3. The Governor in Council approved the Order on the 8th July, 1964. 156. The Minister had already directed that the scheme should be re-exhibited for a period of three months to permit objections to be lodged in respect of the 1,800 modifications which had been made since the original exhibition in 1954, and the Board and the Board of Works both were of the opinion that the exhibited scheme should include the modifications approved in the Interim Development Orders which had been re-approved by the Governor in Council when submitted every twelve months. 157. In regard to Amendment No. 1 to the Metropolitan Scheme the Board felt that as the provisions of the amending scheme were so significant, in that it represents a substantial expansion of the urban area, the scheme should be processed separately and incorporated with the principal scheme at the time of its approval. 158. The Board of Works on the other hand felt it would be confusing in the minds of the public to re-exhibit the Metropolitan Scheme without the incorporation of the modifications proposed in Amendment No. 1. In addition the fusion of the two schemes for the exhibition period would facilitate map printing and simplify administrative procedures. 159. The Minister decided that one exhibition involving one set of maps showing the· principal scheme as modified and also showing the provisions contained in Amendment No. 1 would be satisfactory provided that objections to those matters encompassed by this amending scheme were processed in the manner normally followed in the case of amending schemes which preserves the rights of objectors if they so desire to be heard in support of their objection before it is disallowed by the planning authority. 160. This method of exhibition of the scheme in the consolidated form will involve the examination of two types of objections and different procedures according to whether the objection relates to a modification of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme as originally exhibited or to the provisions contained in Amendment No. 1. The classification and dealing with objections of the two categories will not be a difficult process and the object of preserving objector's rights in accordance with legislative requirements will be safeguarded. 20

161. The scheme was subsequently exhibited in this form at the offices of the Board and the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, and as to so much of the planning scheme as related to land in municipalities within the planning area, at the offices of these respective municipalities. During the period of the Ministerial Exhibition from 18th January to 23rd April, 1965, objections could only be submitted in regard to such variations of the scheme made since the original statutory exhibition in 1954. This resulted in the receipt of 850 objections as compared with 4,000 when the scheme was first exhibited. 162. Following the determination of the objections and after the incorporation of the resultant modifications in the scheme it will be submitted for the approval of the Governor in Council. 163. Initially the Board of Works considered its planning activity to be largely a framework into which the planning schemes of local municipalities should fit matters of local detail. As a result the scheme was largely confined to metropolitan problems and did not encroach on the field of detailed planning except where this was essential for the completion of the broader framework. 164. The original broader intentions of the Board of Works became expanded over the years and many matters of local concern were introduced between the 1954 exhibition and the adoption of the scheme in 1959 to incorporate provisions of local schemes and to introduce planning measures where no local schemes existed. 165. In the subsequent period under interim development order control many further decisions have been made by the Board of Works on local matters and the incorporation of them in the scheme has largely obviated the necessity for the preparation of schemes by those municipalities which did not avail themselves of the planning powers. The fact that the legislation requires the Minister to consider a report by the Board of Works before the approval of any planning scheme within the metropolitan area has also resulted in the embodiment of many of the provisions of local planning schemes in the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme. 166. The procedures laid down in the legislation relating to the approval of schemes amending the approved principal scheme referred to in the article "Local Schemes within the Metropolitan Planning Area " in the Board's 19th Annual Report, combined with the provision in the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme ordinance which revokes any planning scheme to the extent to which it is inconsistent with the Metropolitan Scheme, will ultimately result in one comprehensive planning scheme for the metropolitan area. 167. However, the legislation also permits local municipalities to submit amendments to the Metropolitan scheme which, when approved by the Minister, are incorporated in that scheme. 168. In the meantime interim development order control is continuing and the Board of Works has again submitted its Order for re-approval by the Governor in Council.

MELBOURNE'S BOULEVARDS. 169. In its 19th Annual Report the Board suggested that the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, with the co-operation of local and public authorities, might initiate a programme for the gradual aesthetic improvement of certain major metropolitan highways. 170. It is particularly gratifying for the Board to note that the Melbourne City Council is to give the busy thoroughfare of Footscray-road. a " St. Kilda-road " look in road design. The project envisages the planting of lawns and trees on two median strips on the north side of the road and similar treatment will be given to the south side when the road is widened. 171. The larger proportion of the £19,000 which the project will cost is to be met by the Melbourne City Council with the State Government and Country Roads Board contributing the balance. 172. The Board trusts that each of the other important metropolitan arterial highways will in due course benefit from a regulated control of adjoining development and the instigation of a plan for beautification as suggested in the Board's 19th Annual Report. 173. The National Capital Development Commission has issued a Buildings (Design and Siting) Ordinance which authorizes the Commission to grant, with conditions if necessary, or to refuse proposals relating to external design of buildings and also permits the Commission to approve or otherwise alterations affecting the siting and external design of buildings. Provision is also made for a review of a Commission decision by a Review Committee, appointed by the Minister for the Interior. 174. Attempts to control the aesthetic design of buildings have not always been successful, and are not likely to be so unless exercised by an authority of outstanding architectural competence having the confidence of the architectural profession. However, the experience of Canberra suggests that a high standard of urban design is not likely to be achieved without the power of control and rejection even if this is only necessary in respect of a small proportion of building proposals. ') ki.'

175. The frontages of the major metropolitan highways are of sufficient importance to justify such action, and the Board accordingly recommends: the setting-up of an authority with the necessary legal powers to control the appearance of new buildings on these routes. In doing so, it would be vitally necessary to obtain the full co-operation of the professional bodies concerned, both in the appointment of members and in the administrative methods to be adopted. Experience in the restricted fit>ld suggested might well lead in time to the extension of control to other significant areas of the city.

PLANNING CONTROL AROVND VICTORIA'S RESERVOIRS. 176. The Board was first called upon to prepare a planning scheme for land abutting a reservoir in 1949 when the Minister of the day requested the Board to prepare the Eildon Sub-regional Planning Scheme. 177. In preference to permitting the erection of temporary housing for the construction period which would remain for years, the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission decided to make a permanent township at Eildon properly designed and constructed. The possibility of speculative subdivision and the erection of shanty type dwellings around the perimeter of the proposed model town motivated the decision to introduce planning control to protect the development of the valley below the dam. 178. Ten years elapsed before the Minister again found it necessary to invoke planning powers to prevent the activities of speculative subdividers at Eildon Reservoir. During this period following the construction of the Big Eildon Dam the level of the reservoir has been raised by 127 feet and in 1959 the stored water covered a great dt>al more land than previously. In addition, more and more people found themselves able to buy land with the intention of building a holiday home at some later date. 179. The immediate introduction of interim development order control for the Eildon Reservoir (Shire of Alexandra) and Eildon Reservoir (Shire of Mansfield) Planning Schemes enabled the Board to effectively limit the operations of the land speculators, while a realistic scheme of development for the localities concerned could be formulated. The Board selected various sites around the shores of the reservoir which were suitable for limited village type development, having regard in the main to access from established roads and access to Eildon Reservoir. These areas zoned for township development are sufficient to meet the needs of holiday home seekers for anum ber of years. 180. Since the protection of land abutting the Eildon Reservoir there has been an apparent tendency for speculative activities to be transferred to other uncontrolled areas more remote from Melbourne. 181. As a result the Minister has requested the Board in turn to prepare planning schemes to control the development of land surrounding Lake Eppalock, Lake Bellfield (under construction), Lake Buffalo (under construction) and Lake Glenmaggie. Further comments on these planning schemes are to be found elsewhere in this Report.

UNIFORM BUILDING REGULATIONS. 182. During the period under review the Board was pleased to receive advice that the Uniform Building Regulations Committee had considered its submission on the need for some flexibility in the size of habitable rooms in houses, particularly of the holiday home type, provided that the total floor area of such houses was not reduced below the regulation requirements for living space, and that the Committee intended to recommend to the Minister for the approval of the Governor in Council an appropriate amendment to Clauses 1001 and 1002 of the Regulations. 183. The Board feels that the need for such an amendment is particularly relevant in the case of holiday homes which are constructed for a different type of living conditions than those which prevail in normal dwellings in urban areas, and looks forward to the amendments becoming effective as soon as possible. 184. The original draft regulations were submitted for approval by a Commission constituted in 1940 with the following objects :- (a) The provision, so far as practicable and desirable of standard specifications and uniform regulations in connexion with the construction of buildings ; (b) The reduction of the cost of the construction of buildings ; and (c) The improvement of buildings and living conditions and methods of construction of buildings. 22

185. In presenting its report in January, 1943. the Commission made the following comment in regard to " Building Allotments ".

"The Commission has recognized that it is neither possible nor desirable to apply uniform regulations relating to sizes of allotments, frontages, &c., to all municipalities, but at the same time it considered that there should be some provision which would regulate the construction of houses and flats to ensure that there would be adequate open space for the use of the occupants. It was therefore decided to fix minimum areas, frontages and depths and to give municipalities power to require higher standards throughout the whole or any portion of the municipality in accordance with fixed schedules. It is emphasized however, that, in the absence of an effective system of zoning to co-ordinate the views of different municipalities, a very unsatisfactory position may develop, partic­ ularly if any municipality permits large areas of flats on minimum size allotments."

186. It is also interesting to note the Commission's comments in regard to building heights, viz:- " The Commission feels that the control of building height is rather a matter of town planning and zoning than a building regulation, but, in the absence of any scheme of zoning, a chapter has been included dealing with building heights."

187. In 1944 town planning legislation was enacted to enable municipalities to prepare planning schemes which could contain zoning provisions. The current Town and Country Planning Act sets down in its Third Schedule the matters which may be provided for in planning schemes, item 4 of which reads as follows :-- "Prescribing areas in which land or buildinr;s are to be used for specified purposes, or prohibiting restricting or regulating the erection of any buildings or works or the use of land or buildings in such areas for specified purposes, and prescribing within such areas the minimum size or dimensions of allotments into which land may be subdivided and the portions of such allotments which may be built over by any buildings which may be prescribed or permitted in such areas."

188. In the original 1944 legislation this item simply read :-­ " Buildings, structures and erections."

189. Notwithstanding the recommendations of the Commission the original Uniform Building Regulations introduced in 1945 contained matters which are and have always been considered matters of basic consequence and effect in respect of town and country planning schemes.

190. This view was supported by the Board of Inquiry, appointed in 1953 by the Governor in Council to inquire into regulations governing the erection of buildings. It was the opinion of this Board of Inquiry that Chapters 8 and 9 of the Uniform Building Regulations related directly to matters essentially of a town planning nature and it recommended that the powers incorporated in sub-sections 19, 25, 26, and 28 of Section 897 of the Local Government Act be vested in a plan­ ning authority and not in the Uniform Building Regulations Committee. It also recommended that the matters contained in Chapter 9, matters relating to density, traffic capacity of streets, daylight factor and safety (fire control) be made the subject of research by the Town and Country Planning Board and that Chapter 9 be redrafted in accordance with the principles established as a result of such research. No action was taken in this regard.

19l. The Board has over a long period drawn attention to the fact that the provisions .;ontained in Chapters 8 and 9 of the Uniform Building Regulations. which relate to height, bulk and space about buildings and the size of allotments, are essentially planning matters. and has on various occasions recommended appropriate amendments of the Regulations which would provide for the detailed provisons of an approved planning scheme to take precedence over the relevant provisions of the Uniform Building Regulations. The Board's Annual Reports for the years ending the 30th June, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960 referred to these matters.

192. In February, 1957, the Board conferred with the Uniform Building Regulations Committee in regard to this question, and was subsequently advised by the Committee that it agreed in principle with the Board's proposals and was prepared to recommend the necessary amendment of the Regulations, but no such action has yet been taken.

193. Undoubtedly the uniform requirements set down in the Uniform Building Regulations provide a control in the absence ofanyother provisions, however the detailed consideration given to an area in the preparation of a planning scheme enables a more specific requirement to be prescribed in the light of local circumstances and in relation to the zoning proposals contained in the scheme. 23

194. On the basis of the zoning provisions in any planning scheme the density of development proposed to be permitted is governed by the size of allotments and the height and bulk of the buildings erected on them. These various factors, which affect the density of an area, require detailed evaluation and the prescribed requirements may vary considerably in different zones in different parts of a planning scheme.

195. The type, use and volume of building which land may carry is the essence of zoning. Through the medium of zoning a planning scheme attempts to achieve harmony with the various classes of districts and also to achieve the proper relationship of these districts one to another, and thereby bring about improved living, working, shopping and recreational conditions. No less importantly zoning protects the economics of transportation and public services.

196. The Board's view, which was supported by the expert independent opinion of the 1953 Board of Inquiry as well as the Uniform Building Regulations Committee itself, remains unchanged in that a planning scheme should contain specific provisions relating to the matters covered by Chapters 8 and 9 of the Regulations and these provisions, which are basic to any planning scheme, should supersede this part of the Uniform Building Regulations if inconsistent with them.

URBAN RENEW AL. 197. The term "urban renewal" originated in America and describes the replacement of any part (urban embraces residential, commercial, industrial and relocated recreational and institutional activities) of a city structure. It is, therefore, a continuing process. Whether it is haphazard or controlled depends upon the degree of local government enthusiasm. The Melbourne Division of the Australian Planning Institute has concisely defined urban renewal as "the process of controlling, regulating, promoting and financing the rebuilding of cities".

198. At the present time two proposals for the re-development of areas on the fringe of the Central Business Area are attracting quite a deal of attention. One is the re-development of the Victoria Market site on the northern fringe of the city, planned to take place when the market is re-located in Footscray-road, and the other at Carlton, a project being sponsored by the Housing Commission of Victoria.

199. Finality has not yet been reached on the ultimate use of either site but the projects do suggest that Melbourne is on the threshold of a re-development programme of some magnitude. The inner and older suburbs of Melbourne contain large areas of mixed development both in regard to type of buildings and their uses, and the buildings that have become obsolescent are due for rebuilding.

200. It is most desirable that the many individual contributions to rebuilding these areas should be controlled by a predetermined " urban renewal " pattern in which due consideration has been given to transport and traffic and other matters in accordance with the requirements of the zoned development.

201. Much has b;;:en said recently about the need to re-populate inner suburban areas so that a balanced development of the city can be achieved. There is little need to dwell on the problems created by the population expansion in the outer suburban areas of Melbourne over the last decade, as wide publicity has already been given to the Jag in providing essential items such as roads, drains, sewers, &c., for these new areas.

202. A balanced scheme of re-development of the inner areas could result in increasing the population nearer the central business and commercial area and the offices of the many government departments and public authorities.

203. The individual savings in the form of cost and time of transport between place of living and work would be appreciable.

204. The utilization of existing public facilities and services would obviate the expenditure on capital works for similar services in new areas necessary to service a corresponding development, and to some extent be an offset against the higher cost of obtaining and making ready for re-development land in the inner decadent areas. 24

205. The following example of the population figures of various Melbourne suburbs forcefully illustrates the trend over the last ten years.

Inner Municipa!ities­ 30.6.54. 30.6.63. Change. Collingwood 27,155 24,900 2,255 Fitzroy 30,312 29,100 1,212 Melbourne 93,172 75,900 17,272 South Melbourne 37,995 32,200 5,795

Outer Municipalities-

I Doncaster and Templestowe 6,814 24,900 T 18,086 Nunawading 23,855 61,100 + 37,245 Ringwood 12,951 26,000 + 13,049 Sunshine 41,332 64,800 + 23,468

206. A vigorous programme of re-development in the inner suburbs would undoubtedly be a very real contribution in checking the rapidly inflating size of the city. Urban renewal as practised in many American and European cities is having this effect and although much can be learned from their experience it is important to realize that we must find our own solutions based on our own local conditions.

207. It should be possible to approach the problem in a vigorous manner without losing sight of the all important human element. Any programme of urban renewal will fail unless the people can have the breathing space essential to congenial living conditions, which includes sunlight, children's play areas in safety, and so on.

RECREATION RESERVES. 208. " The provision of sufficient open spaces for the enjoyment of the community in large cities is now generally accepted as a vital part of city development. Abundant evidence is available to substantiate the views of city planners, the medical profession, and psychologists that proper outdoor recreation has a most beneficial effect on the health, morals, and business efficiency of communities, and consequently on the national life. There is a material aspect to the provision of reserves, in that they invariably increase land and property values in their vicinity, thus improving local government finances."

209. The foregoing paragraph appeared in the 1929 Report of the Metropolitan Town Planning Commission, and this statement applies with even greater force today.

210. As a means of securing additional open space a number of municipal Councils have recently adopted a policy of requiring subdividers to set aside when subdividing land, sufficient reserves or open space to serve that subdivision. For a time some doubt existed as to whether a municipality had the power to compel the subdivider to comply with its wishes in this regard. However a Judgment given by His Honour, Mr. Justice Adam, on 24th May, 1963, in the case John Ramsay and Others v. Shire of Mornington upheld the Council's action in requiring the provision of some open space in a plan of subdivision submitted to it for sealing.

211. The reasons given by the Council when refusing to seal the plan of subdivision were that it was not in the public interest that the plan should be sealed because it made no provision for any open spaces or reserves to serve th~ people to be housed on the allotments in the sub­ division. The Council relied on Section 569 (6) (h) of the Local Government Act for this power.

212. His Honour reached the conclusion that the Council was entitled to insist as a condition of its sealing a plan of subdivision that it should make provision for such open space or spaces as are proper in the public interest and which is incidental to the scheme of subdivision.

213. The fact that the subdivider, and not the Council, would be put to the expense of providing such reserves, which would be vested in the Council, was in the opinion of His Honour irrelevant.

214. No doubt encouraged by this Judgment some Councils preparing statutory planning schemes included a provision in their planning scheme ordinances requiring subdividers at their own expense to provide a certain amount of public open space in residential subdivisions. Although this was felt to be desirable by the Board the provision had to be deleted from the schemes 25 submitted for approval because the Judgment relied on Section 569 of the Local Government Act and no similar power existed in the Town and Country Planning Act under which legislation planning schemes are prepared. [n the Board's opinion such a power should be included in the Town and Country Planning Act as the provision of open space is a vital part of any town planning scheme. In any event the legislation should be clal"ified in regard to open space donated in plans of subdivision involving a reasonable number of residential allotments. 215. At the present time a Council, acting in the role of a Responsible Authority, is liable for the payment of compensation in regard to land reserved in a planning scheme for public open space. There is much to be done with the limited funds available to municipalities and many Councils find it difficult to acquire the amount of land they would like because of the compensation involved. Consequently insufficient open space is made available and the community as a whole suffers, while the subdivider profits. 216. In the case of the metropolitan area if the limit of the Board of Works rating powers were increased to enable the setting aside of a proportion of the Metropolitan Improvement Rate for the specific purpose of acquiring large parks of a metropolitan character, it would, leave the Councils within the metropolitan area the task of providing for their local recreational needs.

WESTERNPORT. 217. In its Nineteenth Annual Report the Board referred to past representations and efforts by various bodies to establish Westernport 1s an alternative deep sea port to Melbourne, and to the enthusiasm of the local Councils and other bodies and the formation of the Westernport Joint Advisory Committee. The Board expressed satisfaction at the fact that the whole of the land surrounding Westernport, as well as Phillip lsland and French Island located within its waters, was subject to planning control, which if properly exercised would protect the area against the type of development which could occur on the assumption that major port development was imminent. However, the Board felt it necessary to point out that a detailed Parliamentary investigation ought to be undertaken before any definite commitments were entertained. 218. The Minister has since advised the Board that the Government had decided to request the State Development Committee to carry out an investigation into the development of port facilities at W csternport 219. The inquiry is welcomed by 1he Board a<; a means of determinine: whether the establishment of a port is desirable and if so the size, location and economics of such a port consistent with the potential of the area to be served. 220. It is felt that a determination of these matters is fundamental to the town planning of the adjacent areas on a realistic basis and so avoid a repetition of the speculative subdivisional activity which occurred in the years 1913 to 1919 when the Flinders Naval Base was being constructed. Subsequent years have proved how the prerr ises that led to this wide scale speculation in township lots was totally unfounded and that the present ownership of these small areas could retard their use for a more appropriate development.

PLANNING CONGRESS-ADELAIDE. 221. The Eighth Australian Planning Congress under the sponsorship of the Adelaide Division of the Australian Planning Institute wa<> held in Adelaide from the 22nd to 28th August, 1964. The Board's Chief Planning Officer, Mr. B. J. Opie and Planning Officers Mr. A. Kinder and Mr. N. T. Wale attended the Congress. 222. The theme of the Congress was " Planning in Four Dimensions " and the following addresses were given :- 1. Planning Today. (a) Plans and Principles--Professor Gordon Stephenson, Consultant Architect, University of Western Amtralia. (h) Plans and Administration-Mr. Nigel Ashton, Chief Town Planner, Department of Local Government, N.S.W. (c) Plans and Achievemen1s-Mr. Maurice Edwards, Architect and Town Planner.

2. in Future and National Planning. (a) Form and Direction of Future Development-Sir Alan Westerman, Secretary, Department of Trade, Canberra. (h) Planning of National Development-Mr. Grenfell Rudduck, Associate Commissioner, National Capital Development Commission, Canberra. 26

3. Theoretical Basis of Planning in Future. (a) The Concept of Stability and Change in Planning-Mr. Gilbert Herbert, Acting Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, University of Adelaide. (b) The Anatomy of Change-Mr. Harry Parsons, Senior Lecturer in Planning and Landscape, School of Architecture, South Australian Institute of Technology. (c) Planning for Permanence and Change- Professor Denis Winston, Head of the Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Sydney.

4. Practical Basis of Planning in Future. (a) Planning for Change in Practice-Mr. R. D. L. Fraser, Chief County Planner, Cumberland County Council. (b) Implementation-Mr. Kenneth Gifford Q.C., Legal Consultant and General Editor, "The Town Planning and Local Government Guide." (c) Planning and the Public- Mr. Keith Newman, Managing Editor of Publications, Chamber of Manufactures of .

223. The display of exhibits held in conjunction with the Congress enabled a demonstration of what is being done and being planned by the various planning authorities throughout Australia. 224. The display material prepared by the Board illustrates the development of statutory planning in Victoria since 1944 showing the extent to which the powers under the Town and Country Planning Act are being utilized and the relationship between population distribution and areas under planning control. 225. The Board's display (see photograph below) also showed the scope and variety of ways in which the Victorian Town and Country Planning Act can be used for various planning purposes under the following headings :- (i) Planning in the Metropolitan Area ; (ii) Provincial Cities and Towns (Shepparton) ; (iii) New Towns (Tallangatta) ; (iv) Scenic Preservation (Ocean-road) ; (v) Water Conservation (Lake Eppalock) ; and (vi) Regional (Latrobe Valley).

226. The exhibition as a whole added great stimulus to the Congress and the favourable attention it attracted assisted in no small measure towards its success.

LAND USE ZONING-BY-LAWS UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT. 227. Eight by-laws prepared pursuant to Section 197 (xxxviii) of the Local Government Act were examined and rep.Jrted upon by the Board during the past year.

228. The by-laws were submitted by the municipalities listed below, two being submitted by the Brighton City Council. Cities- Brighton, Caulfield, Dandenong, Melbourne. Shires-Bright, Hampden, Whittlesea. 27

229. The Board was able to report favourably on these by-laws which in the main prescribed residential areas for the purpose of controlling by means of the by-law such uses as backyard workshops, piggeries, poultry runs, dog kennels, &c. In some instances areas were set aside in the by-laws for shopping purposes while business areas and ancillary car parking areas were also prescribed. 230. In the case of Caulfield where there was conflict between the base by-law and the provisions of the Board of Works Interim Development Order the particular matter was resolved by a further by-law. On two other occasions the municipal base by-law was amended, in the first instance to permit new development in the form of an indoor bowling and recreation centre, and secondly to allow for the extension of the Carlton baths. 231. The Whittlesea by-law was for the purpose of prohibiting uses such as piggeries, poultry farms and dog kennels in potential residential areas and in reporting on this by-law the Board drew attention to the fact that the Shire of Whittlesea is the only municipality abutting the boundary of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme that has not commenced the preparation of a scheme for that part of its municipality outside the Metropolitan Planning Scheme area. While it is realized that the part of the Shire within the Metropolitan Planning Scheme area is attracting most development and is currently subject to the Metropolitan Interim Development Order, the portion outside this controlled area becomes extremely vulnerable to the type of development which would not be permitted in areas under planning controL

VISITS BY THE BOARD. 232. The Board and its officers were again active during the year inspecting areas where planning schemes are in course of preparation and visiting a number of municipal Councils for discussion with the Council and its principal officers on various matters relating to town planning. 233. During March the Board spent four days on a thorough inspection of the very large area of the Lake Tyers to Cape Howe Coastal Planning Scheme while in the previous month the Chief Planning Officer and one of the Board's Planning Officers visited a number of Councils in the north central area of the State for discussions regarding the progress being made with their respective planning schemes. 234. The following planning areas were visited during the year Alberton, Bairnsdale, Bass, Cobram, Echuca, Euroa, Flinders, Frankston, Horsham, Kerang, Kyabram, Kyneton, Lake Bellfield, Lake Glenmaggie, Lake Tyers to Cape Howe, Mornington, Orbost, Phillip Island, Port Fairy, Rochester, Rosedale, Sale, Seymour, Swan Hill, Tower Hill, Traralgon, Tyers, , Waratah Bay, Werribee, Yallourn North and Yarrawonga. 235. The Board also visited the Townships of Heyfield, Lake Bolac and Willaura.

EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY INQUIRY. 236. In its Nineteenth Annual Report the Board refrained from any specific comment on the matters being examined by the Extractive Industry Inquiry because the State Development Committee had not at that stage completed the hearing of evidence. 237. Although the Committee has now completed its report which was presented to the Governor in Council and tabled in Parliament in November, 1964, its findings are still under review and the question of draft legislation to implement some of the recommendations contained in the report is being considered by the Government. 238. The Board over many years has advocated that steps should be taken to resolve the problems associated with extractive industries and it hopes that early consideration will be given to the Committee's recommendations and the evidence tendered at the inquiry.

STAFF AND OFFICE ACCOMMODATION. 239. The Board is becoming increasingly concerned at the fact that approval is not forthcoming to increase its staff beyond the present establishment of 23 persons. The last addition to the staff occurred in May, 1963, when a junior clerk commenced duty, while the last increase in the establishment of the planning section of the Board occurred in February, 1962. 240. Since that date the Board has been directed by the Minister to undertake the preparation of twelve planning schemes in addition to those which were already in course of preparation. This fact, combined with the additional work undertaken by the Board as a direct result of the increasing activitv of municipal Councils in the field of town and country planning as illustrated by this report, underlines the staff problem now being encountered by the Board. This staff problem inevitably embarrasses the Board in delays in its consideration of many schemes and presents problems in determining priorities. 28

241. During May, 1964, the Board's offices were transferred from 61 Spring~street, to 179 Queen~street. The accommodation provided is now quite satisfactory for the existing staff and the improved accommodation greatly assisted in enabling the many inquiries received in regard to the Ministerial exhibition of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme during the period January to April, to be handled efficiently and with a minimum of inconvenience to the public. The improved accommodation has also undoubtedly contributed to a general increase in efficiency over that which could be achieved under the previous cramped conditions.

242. The Board is pleased to record its appreciation of the staff for the loyal and efficient manner in which they have carried out the duties entrusted to them.

Yours faithfully,

FRED C. COOK, Chairman.

A. N. KEMSLEY, Member.

A. C. COLLINS, Member.

16th February, 1966.

BRUCE J. OPIE, Chief Planning Officer.

W. H. CRAIG, Secretary. PLANNING SCHEMES APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL THE TOWN AN D COUNTR Y PL ANNING BOARD OF VICTORIA CITIES SHIRES Ararat Altona Bemlla (pan) Ballarat (part) PL A NNING IN VICTORIA Broadmeadows (pan ) Bannockburn (Joint Scheme) Brunswick Barrabool (Joint Scheme) AT 30TH JUNE 19 65 Ca rnberwell Bellarine (Joint Sch eme) Coburg (Bell Street) Benalla (part) RE fERE NCE Geelong (Joi nt Scheme) Cobram (Cobram Township) "'Vto •tl•AUfll, I ~ """ , .. ~NN I WC ~ !;••lu.i.) ..,.,., [ 111:1:"' CO.,Mt >.UO !11 t.o..!"';:_l Geelong West (Joint Scheme) Corio (Joi nt Scheme) Moe (Moe-Newborough) Cranbourne (Cranbourne Township)

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TOWN Numurkah (Nu murkah Township) Portland (Jo int Scheme) Portland (Joinr Scheme) South Barwon (Joint Scheme) Swan Hill (Castle Donnington) .'L ANWIHG I N H1[ Swan Hill (Robinvale Township) .loi. EL8 0UR.N t M[TRO,.OLITA N ..... Upper Murray (Corryong Township) W arragul (Warragul Township)

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(A) Eildon Sub-Regional Shire of Atexandra (B) Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional Shire of Morwell Shire of NarraCan Shire of Roseda le Shire of Traralgon (C) Tyers Township Shire of Traralgon (D) Yallourn North Township Shire of Mor well o•1a1 1 Sh ire of Nar racan ©! H~• ••••ooa (E) Club Terrace Township Shire of Orbost (F) Ocean Road Shire of Barrabool ·-· Shire of O tway Shire of Sout h Barwon Shire of W inchelsea I (G) Tallangaua Township R to. ~ 1 (L) French Island {Outlying District- Town and Country Planning Board Responsible Authority) s 0 u 8 A 5 H [ s R 0 N c [ A N SCHEMES IN COURSE OF PREPARATION BY THE TO VVN AND COUNTRY PLANNING BOARD

(H) Eildon Reservoir Sh ire of Mansfield (J) Eil don Reservoir Shire of Alexandra (M) Ph illip Island SCHEMES PREPARED BY JOINT PLANN I NG COMMITTEES PLANNING (Nl Waratah Bay Sh ire of South Gippsland Sh ire of W oorayl (0) Eppalock Shire of Mclvor (P) Tower Hill Shire of Belfast Shire of Warrnambool (Q) Lake Be llfleld Sh ire of Stawell (R) Lake Buffal o Sh ire of Myrtleford Sh ire of Oxley WANGARATTA SUB- REGIONAL 6ALLARAT &. DISTRIC'T ARARAT &. DISTRICT PLANNIN G SCHEME JOINT PLANNING SCHEME GEE LONG PLANNING 50-IEME (S) Eildon Sub-Regional PORTLAND PL ANNING SCHEM E JOINT PLANN ING SCHEME Extension 'A' Shire of Alexandra (T) Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional Extension 'A' Shire of Mo rwell Shire of Traralgon (U) Lake T yers to Cape Howe Coastal Shire of Orbost (V) South Western Coastal Shire of O tway {W) South Western Coastal Shire of Heytesbury (X) South Western Coastal Shire of Warrnambool (Y) South Western Coastal Shire of Bel fast (Z) South W estern Coastal Shire of Portland (AA) Lake Glenmaggi e HAZELWOOO JOINT PLANNING S CHEME (AB) Wonthaggi Coastal Borough of Wonthaggi 29

APPENDIX T.

PLANNING SCHEMES COMMENCED, IN COURSE OF PREPARATION, OR APPROVED AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1965.

LIST "A "-PLANNING SCHEMES APPROVED.

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Board's Date of ] Gorc»?t- Report Apt-~fO\'al Scheme. by Governor Date. I to 1\11inJster. in Council.

Cities

Ararat (8,210) ...... 15.12.53 15 ..11.55 870 24.10.56 Ararat 1953, Amendment No. I, 1961 ...... 9.10.61 17.10.61 18.10.61 Ararat 1953, Amendment No. 2 ...... 26.2.63 9.4.63 9031 I 10.4.63 Ararat 1953, Amendment No. 3 ...... 31.7.63 12.11. 63 89 13 .11. 63 Ararat 1953, Amendment No. 4, 1964 ...... 4.2.65 2.3.65 14 3.3.65 Benalla (part) ...... 4.10.54 11.1.55 7 19.1.55 Benalla, Amendment No. I ...... 28.7.61 12.9.61 81 13.9.61 *tBroadmeadows, Part 1. (77,000) ...... 13.9.50 14.10.52 833 22.10.52 *Broadmeadows, Part I., Amendment No. 1 . . . . 26.2.54 4.5.54 333 12.5.54 *Broadmeadows, Part I., Amendment No. 2 . . . . 30.3.54 30.11.54 1,148 8.12.54 *Broadmeadows, Part I., Amendment No. 3 . . . . 4.3.55 27.4.55 233 4.5.55 *Broadmeadows, Amendment No. 7, 1961 . . . . 18.8.61 29.8.61 77 30.8.61 *Broadmeadows, 1949, Amendment No. 8 . . . . 13.12.62 22.1.63 5 23.1.63 *Broadmeadows, Amendment No. 10, 1963 . . . . 2.10.64 4.11.64 90 11.11.64 *Broadmeadows, Amendment No. 11, 1963 . . . . 23.3.64 28.4.64 33 29.4.64 *Broadmeadows, Amendment No. 13, 1964 . . . . 6.5.65 9.6.65 45 16.6.65 *Brunswick No. 1 ...... 10.6.49 25 10.49 879 26.10.49 *Brunswick No. 2 ...... 25.7.52 25.8 53 768 2.9.53 *Brunswick No. 3 ...... 21.5.54 16.6.54 587 23.6.54 *Brunswick 1956 (53.400) ...... 27.3.57 22.10.57 264 4.12.57 *Brunswick 1956, Amendment No. I ...... 2.12.58 22.12.58 7 21.1.59 *Brunswick 1956, Amendment No. 3 ...... 9.11.59 17 .11. 59 106 2.12.59 *Brunswick 1956, Amendment No. 4 ...... 1.2.61 11.4.61 36 10.5.61 *Brunswick 1956, Amendment No. 5, 1960 . . . . 8.9.61 12.9.61 81 13.9.61 *Brunswick 1956, Amendment No. 6, 1960 . . . . 29.8.61 3.4. 62 34 4.4.62 *Brunswick 1956, Amendment No. 7, 1962 . . . . 11.4. 63 4.9.63 73 11.9. 63 *Brunswick 1956, Amendment No. 8 ...... 13.3.64 9.6.64 50 10.6.64 *Brunswick 1956, Amendment No. 9, 1963 . . . . 13.3.64 28.4.64 33 29.4.64 *Brunswick 1956, Amendment No. 10, 1964 . . . . 2.6.65 29.6.65 50 30.6.65 *Camberwell 1954 (101,700) ...... 14.2.56 8.10.57 252 30.10.57 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 1 ...... 7.4.61 20.6.61 50 21.6.61 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment 1'\o. 2 ...... 8.5.62 22.1.63 5 23 I. 63 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 3, 1961 . . . . 27.7.62 9.6.65 45 16.6.65 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 4, 1962 . . . . 8.6.62 12.6.62 59 13.6.62 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 5, 1962 . . . . 19.6.62 26.6.62 67 27.6.62 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 6 ...... 10.7.62 28.8.62 96 29.8.62 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 7 ...... 26.9.62 27.11.62 122 28.11.62 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 8 ...... 20.9.63 3.12.63 94 4.12.63 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 9, 1963 . . . . 9.4.64 8.9.64 76 9.9.64 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 10, 1963 . . . . 28.8.63 10.9.63 73 11.9.63 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 11 ...... 8.7.64 18.8.64 72 19.8.64 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 12 ...... 8.7.64 11.8.64 71 12.8.64 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 13 ...... 5.6.64 21.7.64 68 29.7.64 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No. 14, 1964 . . . . 26 3.65 6.4.65 27 14.4.65 *Camberwell 1954, Amendment No, 21, 1965 . . . . 24.3.65 22.4.65 28 23.4.65 *Coburg No. I, Bell-street, extension ...... 19.3.51 21.8.51 843 22.8.51 Geelong-Amendment No. I to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 9.4.64 9.6.64 50 10.6.64 Geelong-Amendment No. 2 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 18.2.65 30.3.65 23 31.3. 65 Gee long West-Amendment No. 1 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 13.3.63 16.7.63 58 24.7.63 Geelong West-Amendment No. 2to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 23 .12. 63 17.3.64 18 18.3.64 Geelong West~Amendment No. 3 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 29.4.65 16.6.65 49 23.6.65 Geelong West-Amendment No. 4 to the Gee long Planning Scheme 1959 11.2.65 23.3.65 19 24.3.65 Geelong West--Amendment No. 5 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 9.4.64 14.4.64 27 15.4.64 Moe-Newborough 1951 (16,670) ...... 12.2.54 12.10.54 933 20.10.54 Moe-Newborough 1951, Amendment No. 1 ...... 18.6.58 2.7.58 65 16.7.58 Moe-Newborough 1951, Amendment No. 2 ...... 20.8.59 3.2.60 10 17.2.60 Moe-Newborough 1951, Amendment No. 3 ...... 2.7.59 28.7.59 73 12.8.59 Moe-Newborough 1951, Amendment No. 4 ...... 21.2.62 14.3.62 27 14.3.62 Moe-Newborougb 1951, Amendment No. 5, 1963 .. 17.3.64 12.5.64 37 13.5.64 Moe-Newborough 1951, Amendment No. 6 ...... 15.12.64 6.4.65 25 7.4.65 *M oorabbin, Section 1 ...... 20.2.52 9.12.52 3 7 .I. 53 *Moorabbin, Section 1, Amendment No. I ...... 18.1.53 15.9.53 777 16.9.53 *Moorabbin, Section 1, Amendment No. 2, 1956 ...... 23.7.57 20.8.57 243 18.9.57 *Moorabbin, Section 1, Amendment No. 3, 1957 ...... 14.3.58 1.4.58 41 14.5.58 *Moorabbin, Section I, Amendment No. 5 ...... 16.12.59 8.3.60 29 6.4.60 *Moorabbin, Section I, Amendment No. 6 ...... 12.4.61 20.6.61 50 21. 6. 61 *Moorabbin, Section I, Amendment No. 7, 1960 ...... I' 6.6.61 11.7.61 56 12.7.61 *Moorabbin, Section 1, Amendment No. 8, 1961 ...... 23.3.62 2.5.62 45 2.5.62 *Moorabbin, Section 1, Amendment No. 9, 1963 ...... 12.9.63 19.5.64 43 20.5.64 *Moorabbin, Section 1, Amendment No. 10 ...... 10.7.64 11.8.64 71 12.8.64 *Moorabbin, Section 1, Amendment No. 11, 1964...... 21.4.65 18.5.65 34 19.5.65 *·r:'vfoorabbin, 1952 (102,500) ...... 23.11.54 31.5.55 409 29.6.55 *Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. I, 1955 ...... 17.9.56 13 .11. 56 1,029 12.12.56 *Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. 2, 1956 ...... 19.9.56 13.11.56 1,029 12.12. 56

*Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. 3, 1956 ...... 2. 7.57 11 20.8.57 243 18.9.57 *Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. 4, 1957 ...... 22.4. 58 10.6.58 53 18.6.58 • In Metropolitan Area, t Population refers to whole municipality, ( ) Population in Area (Estimated}. 30

LIST "A "-PLANNING SCHEMES APPROVED-continued.

··----.... -;------;---- Gm:prn­ Board's J Scherne. ment Date. 1 to bv Gazetle ~~f~~ier. in l'lo.

Cities-continued.

*Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. 6, 1957 22.4. 58 27.5.58 52 11.6.58 *Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. 7, 1958 28.1.59 24.2.59 20 4.3.59 *Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. 8 10.8. 59 20.10.59 103 25 .11. 59 *Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. 9 14.12.59 15.12.59 8 10.2.60 *Moorabbin 1952. Amendment No. 10 11 .4.61 20.6.61 50 21.6.61 *Moorabbin 1952; Amendment No. 11, 1960 4.7.61 22.8.61 75 23.8.61 *Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. 13 11.10.62 13. ll .62 125 14.11.62 *Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. 14 30.8.63 7 .4.64 23 8.4.64 *Moorabbin 1952, Amendment Ko. 15, 1964 23.9.64 27.1.65 7 3.2.65 *Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. 16, 1964 .. 30.4.65 1.6.65 38 2.6.65 Newtown and Chilwell-Amendment No. 1 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 . 29.4.63 28.5.63 41 29.5.63 Newtown and Chilwell-Amendment No. 2 to the Geelong PlanninJ?: Scheme 1959 20.5.65 22.6.65 49 23.6.65 *Nunawading 30.8.50 15.5.51 515 23.5.51 *tNunawading 1954 (65,300) 8.8.55 19.6.56 721 11.7.56 *Nunawading 1954, Amendment No. 1, 1962 5.7.63 20.8.63 68 21.8. 63 *Nunawading 1954, Amendment No. 2, 1963 12.2.64 14.4.64 27 15.4.54 *Ringwood 6.8.64 18.8.64 72 19.8.64 *tSandringham 1948 (37,500) 3.11.48 26.4.49 328 4.5.49 *Sandringham 1948, Amendment No. I 30.4.51 28.8.51 910 29.8.51 *Sandringham 1948, Amendment No. 2, 1956 21,1.58 1.4.58 113 17.12.58 *Sandringham 1948, Amendment No. 3 6.7.62 21.8.62 92 22.8.62 *Sandringham 1948, Amendment No. 4 23.8.62 4.9.62 98 5.9 62 Shepparton (15,690) 12.7.54 17.5.55 315 25.5.55 Shepparton 1953, Amendment No. 1, 1956 6.8.57 18.12.57 5 29.1.58 Shepparton 1953, Amendment Ko. 2 30.4.59 28.7.59 75 19.8.59 Shepparton 1953, Amendment No. 3 25.1.61 26.4.61 40 24.5.61 Shepparton 1953, Amendment No. 4, 1960 12 . .?.62 12.6.62 59 13.6.62 Shepparton 1953, Amendment No. 5, 1963 13.12.62 27.8.63 70 28.8.63 Shepparton 1953, Amendment No. 6 5.9.62 16.10.62 ll2 17.10.62 Shepparton 1953, Amendment No. 7, 1963 5.9.63 15.10.63 85 16.10.63 Shepparton 1953, Amendment No. 8, 1963 13.11.63 14.1.64 3 15.1.64 Traralgon 1957 (13,630) 14.5.59 20.9.60 92 5.10.60 Traralgon 1957, Amendment No. 1 22.4. o3 18.6.63 48 19.6.63 Traralgon-Amendment No. 2 to the Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional Planning Scheme 1949 26.1.60 10.5.60 49 1.6.60 Traralgon-Amendment No. 4 to the Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional Planning Scheme 1949 17.9.62 9.4.63 31 10.4.63 Traralgon-Amendment No, 1 to the Tyers Planning Scheme 1952 10.3.65 30.3.65 23 31.3.65

Towns. Portland-Amendment No. 1 to the Portland Planning Scheme 1957 8.9.61 12.9.61 81 13.9.61 Portland-Amendment No. 2 to the Portland Planning Scheme 1957 27.7.62 4.9.62 98 5.9.62 Portland-Amendment No. 3 to the Portland Planning Scheme 1957 29.7.64 1.9.64 74 2.9.64 Portland-Amendment No. 4 to the Portland Planning Scheme 1957 11.1 I .64 17.11.64 91 18.11.64 Portland-Amendment No. 5 to the Portland Planning Scheme 1957 2.12.64 16.2.65 9 17.2.65

Shires. Alexandra-Amendment No. 4 to the Eildon Sub-Regional Planinng Scheme 1951 27.4.64 12.1.65 3 13.1.65 *Altona 1958 (21 ,100) 18.4.57 25.3.58 24 2.4.58 *Altona 1958, Amendment No. I 9.12.58 22.12.58 13 4.2.59 *Aitona 1958, Amendment No. 2 28.3.61 20.6.61 50 21.6.61 * Altona 1958, Amendment No. 4 21.1.60 3.2.60 10 17.2.60 *A1tona 1958, Amendment No. 5 18.12.59 12.1.60 5 20.1. 60 *Altona 1958, Amendment No. 7 3.3.60 8.3.60 31 22.4.60 *Altona 1958, Amendment No. 9 24.2.60 8.3.60 31 22.4.60 *Altona 1958, Amendment No. l 1 30. 11.60 17.1.61 13 15.2.61 *Altona 1958, Amendment No. 12 27.2.61 20.6.61 50 21.6.61 *Altona 1958, Amendment No. 13 11.4.61 6.6.61 55 5.7.61 *Altona 1958, Amendment No. 15, 1961 28.3.62 12.6.62 59 13.6.62 *Altona 1958, Amendment No. 16 6.8.62 4.9.62 98 5.9.62 *A1tona 1958, Amendment No. 17 17.8.62 11.9.62 101 12.9.62 *Altona 1958, Amendment No. 18 20.9.62 30.10.62 115 31.10. 62 Ballarat 1956, (9,000) (pa1t) 14.8.57 29.1.58 10 19.2.58 Ballarat 1956, Amendment No. 1 5.2.59 14.7.59 75 19.8.59 Ballarat 1956, Amendment No. 2, 1959 9.6.61 11.7.61 56 12.7.61 Ballarat 1956, Amendment No. 3 16.9.60 2.11.60 106 16.11.60 Ballarat 1956, Amendment No. 4 15.9.61 28.5.63 41 29.5.63 Ballarat 1956, Amendment No. 5 26.4.61 2.5.61 35 10.6.61 Ballarat 1956, Amendment No. 7, 1961 1.11.61 8.11.61 102 15.11.61 Ballarat 1956, Amendment No. 9, 1961 19.4.62 26.6.62 67 27.6.62 Ballarat 1956, Amendment No. 10 12.7.62 4.9.62 98 5.9.62 Ballarat 1956, Amendment No. 11 5.9.62 25.9.62 108 26.9.62 Barrabool-Amendment No. I to the Ocean Road Planning Scheme 1955 7.12.59 9.2.60 15 2.3.60 Barrabool-Amendment No. 2 to the Ocean Road Planning Scheme 1955 15.3.60 12.4.60 36 4.5.60 t In Metropolitan Area. • Population refers to whole municipality. ( ) Population in Area (Estimated). 31

LIST" A "-PLANNING ScHEMES APPROVED-continued.

Board's Date of Govern- Approval Scheme. P.eport rnent Date. Mjnister. by Governor Gazette to in Council. No. I

Shires-continued. Barrabool-Amendment No. 4 to the Ocean Road Planning Scheme 1955 ...... 22.3.65 13.4.65 27 14.4.65 Bellarine-Amendment No. 1 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 26.8.64 1.9.64 74 2.9.64 Benalla (Part) 4.10.54 11.1. 55 7 19.1.55 Benalla 1953, Amendment No. 1, 1960 22.7.58 5.8.58 84 17.9.58 Cobram 1949 (Cobram Township) (3,000) 11.10.49 19.12.50 1051 10.12.50 Cobram 1949, Amendment No. 1 18.6.59 27.10.59 109 16.12.59 Cobram 1949, Amendment No. 2 8.2.63 23.4.63 34 24.4.63 Cobram 1949, Amendment No. 3 27.3.63 23.4.63 34 24.4.63 Cobram 1949, Amendment No. 4, 1964 15.9.64 27.1.65 7 3.2.65 Cobram 1949, Amendment No. 5, 1964 13.5.65 9.6.65 45 16.6.65 Coria-Amendment No. 1 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 5.9.63 14.1.64 3 15.1.64 Coria-Amendment No. 2 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 22.8.63 3.12.63 94 4.12.63 Coria-Amendment No. 3 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 .. 15.8.63 29.10. 63 87 30.10. 63 Coria-Amendment No. 4 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 1.11 .63 28.1.64 7 29.1.64 Coria-Amendment No. 5 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 6.4.64 19.5.64 43 20.5.64 Cranbourne 1960 (Cranbourne Township) (2,548) 4.7.62 27.7.63 70 28.8.63 Flinders (12,460) 26.6.64 5.5.65 33 12.5.65 *Frankston (part) 12.5.60 15.6.60 61 19.6.60 *Frankston, Amendment No. 1 .. 18.10.62 13.11 .62 117 14.11.62 Mornington 1959 (8,89()) 17.2.61 30.5.61 48 14.6.61 Me>rnington 1959, Amendment No. 2 5.1 l .62 11.12.62 125 12.12.62 Mornington 1959, Amendment No. 3 30.1. 63 27.2.63 16 6.3.63 Mornington 1959, Amendment No. 4 24.1.63 27.2.63 16 6.3.63 Mornington 1959, Amendment No. 6 30.11.62 22.1.63 5 23.1.63 Mornington 1959, Amendment No. 7, 1963 16.12.63 22.12.64 99 23.12.64 Mornington 1959, Amendment No. 8, 1963 10.10.63 24.3.64 20 25.3.64 Mornington 1959, Amendment No. 9, 1963 19.6.64 10.11.64 90 11.11.64 Morwell (Boolarra) (761) 1. 6. 56 27.5.58 13 4.2.59 Morwell (Boolarra) 1954, Amendment No. 1, 1960 6.6.61 11.7.61 56 12.7.61 Morwell-Amendment No. 6 to the Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional Planning Scheme 1949 27.5.64 30.6.64 59 1.7.64 Morweii-Amendment No. 7 to the Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional Planning Scheme 1949 11.11.64 9.12.64 98 16.12.64 Morwell (Morwell Township) (16,740) 31.8.55 15.1.57 109 20.2.57 Morwell 1954, Amendment No. 1 5.9.58 7.10.58 108 3.12.58 Morwell 1954, Amendment No. 2 6.2.58 5.5.59 77 26.8.59 Morwell 1954, Amendment No. 3 15.12.60 7.1.12.60 3 11.1.61 Morwell 1954, Amendment No .7, 1961 30.6.64 18.8.64 72 19.8.64 Morwell (Yinnar) (840) 6.2.56 27.5.58 13 4.2.59 Morwell (Yinnar) Amendment No. 1 25.1.61 21.3. 61 27 12.4.61 Numurkah 1956 (Numurkah Township) (2,816) 25.5.59 23.8.60 83 23.8.60 Numurkah 1956, Amendment No. 1 19.3.63 28.5.63 41 29.5.63 Orbost-Amendment No. 1 to the Club Terrace Planning Scheme 1953 10.11.64 24.11.64 94 25.11.64 Otway-Amendment No. 1 to the Ocean Road Planning Scheme 1955 30.8.60 25.10.60 106 16.11.60 Otway-Amendment No. 2 to the Ocean Road Planning Scheme 1955 20.9.62 30.10.62 115 31.10.62 Portland-Amendment No. 1 to the Portland Planning Scheme 1957 21.5 63 22.10.63 86 23.10.63 Portland-Amendment No. 2 to the Portland Planning Scheme 1957 7.5.64 12.5.64 37 13.5.64 South Barwon-Amendment No. 1 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 25.7.63 30.7.63 60 31.7. 63 South Barwon-Amendment No. 2 to the Geelong Plannmg Scheme 1959 12.8.64 13.10.64 84 14.10.64 South Barwon-Amendment No. 3 to the Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 . . . . 2.10.64 24.11.64 94 25 .11. 64 South Barwon-Amendment No. 1 to the Ocean Road Planning Scheme 1955 22.3.60 16.8.60 83 31.8.60 Swan Hill (Castle Donnington) 6.8.62 29.10.63 87 30.10.63 Swan Hill (Robinvale) (2,620) 9.11.60 11.4.61 38 17.5.61 Upper Murray (Corryong) (1,460) 26.2.63 29.10.63 87 30.10.63 Warragul 1954 (Warragul Township) (6,700) 20.6.57 4.2.58 42 21.5.58 Warragul 1954, Amenctment No. 1 29.6.60 30.8.60 87 21.9.60 Warragul 1954, Amendment No. 2 12.12.60 21.12.60 3 11 .1 . 61 Warragul 1954, Amendment No. 3 25.1.61 7.3.61 18 8.3.61 Warragul 1954, Amendment No. 4 18.12.62 22.1.63 5 23.1.63 Warragul 1954, Amendment No. 5, 1963 9.4.65 9.6.65 45 16.6.65 Warragul 1954, Amendment No. 6, 1964 24.3.65 ?7.4.65 30 28.4.65 Prepared by the Board pursuant to Section 14 of the Act Club Terrace (Shire of Orbost) (175) 6.5.54 24.5.55. 330 1.6.55 Eildon Sub-Regional (3,700) 19.12.52 26.5.53 484 27.5.53 Eildon Sub-Regional Amendment No. 1 1955 16.8.55 6.3.56 264 21.3.56 Eildon Sub-Regional Amendment No 2 10.4 58 8.5.58 42 21.5.58 French Island (230) .. 4.12.64 24.2.65 14 3.3.65 Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional 1949, (comprising portions of the Shires of Morwell, Narracan, Rosedale and Traralgon) (5,500) 26.2.51 24.7.51 710 25.7.51 Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional 1949, Amendment No. 1, 1953 4.1 .54 22.6.54 634 30.6.54 Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional 1949, Amendment No. 5 26.2.64 10.3.64 17 11.3.64 Ocean Road 1955 (comprising portions of the Shires of Barrabool. Otway, South Barwon and Winchelsea) (5,600) .. 12.7.57 15.4.58 33 30.4.58 Ocean Road 1955 (Shire of South Barwon), Amendment No. 2, 1961 6.7.61 11.7.61 56 12.7.61 Tallangatta 1956 (1,100) 5.5.58 25.6.58 61 9.7.58 Tyers Township (350) 5.10.53 14.2.56 226 22.2.56 Yallourn North (comprising portions of Shires of Morwell and Narracan) (1,940) 18.6.53 24.5.55 409 29.6.55 t In Metropolilan Area. • Populat;on refers to whole municipality. ( ) Population in Area (Estimated). 32

LIST "A "-PLANNING ScHEME~ APPROVED-continued.

Dale of Gorcrn- Bo<.~rd's Ap~ rnval n,~'J/! RI,:': port Date. Scheme. hv Go\'Cfll

Joint Committees. Geelong 1959 (comprising Cities of Geelong, Geelong West, Newtown and Chilwell and parts of the Shires of Bannockburn, Barrabool, Bellarine and South Barwon) (102,150) 21.12.61 28.8.62 96 29.8.62 Hazelwood (comprising portion of the Shire of Morwell) (50) 6.8.64 17.11.64 94 25.11.64 Portland 1957 (comprising Town of Portland and part Shire of Portland) (7,600) 5.6.59 3.5.60 61 29.6.60

APPENDIX II.

LIST "B "-PLANNING SCHEMES PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY.

Porulation i i Date of Exhibition in Area of t 1 Scheme. Commenced. I' Ar.prov·al Period Po~ilion as

Ararat, Amendment No. 5 Exhibition period will expire on the 9th

19.1.65 :1 11 I September, 1965 Ararat, Amendment No. 6 11.5. 65 Exhibition period will expire on the 1st October, 1965 32,000 1.11.54 25.1.55 7.9.62 The scheme was received for statutory examination and report on the 17th October, 1963, and the report is nearing I completion Bendigo, Amendment 6.7.64 16.8.64 This scheme is being examined by the No. 1 Board in conjunction with the principal scheme Bendigo, Amendment 18.8.64 27.9.64 This scheme is being examined by the No. 2 Board in conjunction with the principal scheme Box Hill (Part) 14.8.61 8.9.64 The Council is finalizing proposals preparatory to placing the scheme on public exhibition Brighton (Part) 14.12.64 Work is proceeding on the collection of existing conditions data Broadmeadows, Amend­ 11.5. 65 Exhibition period will expire on 27th ment No. 14 August, 1965 Brunswick, Amendment 3.5.65 Exhibition period will expire on 6th No. 11 August, 1965 Camberwell, Amendment 13.10.64 29.1.65 The scheme is being examined by the No. 15 Board pursuant to Section 30 (2) of the Act Camberwell, Amendment 13.10.64 29.1.65 The Board's report on the scheme was No. 16 forwarded to the Minister on 30th June, 1965 Camberwell, Amendment 13.10.64 The scheme is designed basically to amend No. 17 the principal ordinance and Council has not yet finalized its proposals Camberwell, Amendment 23.2.65 17.5.65 The scheme is being examined by the No. 19 Board pursuant to Section 30 (2) of the Act Camberwell, Amendment 1.6 .65 Exhibition period will expire on 26th July, No. 22 1965 Camberwell, Amendment 22.6.fi5 Exhibition period will expire on 16th No. 23 August, 1965 Camberwell, Amendment 22.6.65 Exhibition period will expire on 16th No. 24 August, 1965 Coburg 71,900 26.3.56 3.2.65 19.2.59 The scheme has been examined by the Board but the report is being held in abeyance pending approval of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Colac 9,920 23.6.48 10.8.48 5.9.63 The scheme was received for statutory examination and report on the 11th December, 1964, and is currently being examined Echuca 7,000 15.7.57 19.12. 61 Draft scheme prepared by consultants has been referred to Council for consideration prior to public exhibition 33

LIST "B "-PLANNING SCHEMES PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY-continued.

Population Date of I t;~JOmon j in Area of Approval Position as at 30th June, 1965. Scheme. Principal Commenced. Scheme. of I.D.O. •

Cities-continued.

Hamilton 9,880 12.9.46 15.10.46 12.6.50 Council has almost completed a revision of the draft ordinance and the scheme should be exhibited in the near future Heidelberg 63,600 25.8.52 9.12.64 27.4.59 The scheme has been examined by the Board but the report is being held in abeyance pending approval of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Heidelberg, Amendment 3.9.63 The Council is now finalizing its planning No. 1 proposals preparatory to placing the scheme on public exhibition Horsham 9,510 3.2.59 12.1. 65 Existing conditions maps completed and planning proposals under consideration Malvern 49,500 20.4.53 9.6.53 27.2.58 The scheme has been examined by the Board but the report is being held in abeyance pending approval of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme. Malvern, Amendment 20.5.58 31.10.58 The scheme has been examined by the No. 1 Board in conjunction with the principal scheme but the report is being held in abeyance pending approval of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Malvern, Amendment 20.5.58 31.10.58 The scheme has been examined by the No. 2 Board in conjunction with the principal scheme but the report is being held in abeyance pending approval of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Malvern, Amendment 6.10.64 26.4.65 It is expected that the Council will submit No. 3 this scheme to the Minister in the near future Maryborough 7,280 l. 7.48 21.12.48 13.12.61 The Board's report on the scheme was forwarded to the Minister on the 18th November, 1964, and is under consideration Melbourne (part) 17.10.61 28.11.61 16.3.65 Council is engaged on the consideration of objections Moe-Newborough, 24.2.65 Planning proposals are being considered Amendment No. 7 by Council Moorabbin, Section I, 16.3.65 14.5.65 The Board's report on the scheme was Amendment No. 12 forwarded to the Minister on 20th May 1964 Moorabbin 1952, Amend­ 16.3.65 14.5.65 The scheme is being examined by the ment No. 17 Board pursuant to Section 30 (2) of the Act Newtown and Chilwell­ 27.5.65 Exhibition period will expire on 7th Amendment No. 3 to August, 1965 the Gee1ong Planning Scheme 1959 Preston .. 88,200 18.2.52 24.11.64 31.7.63 The Board's report on this scheme is being held in abeyance pending the approval of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Richmond 33,300 22.9.52 13.10.64 2.7.53 The Board's report on this scheme is being held in abeyance pending the approval of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Shepparton, Amendment 29.3.65 Planning proposals are being considered No. 9 by Council Traralgon, Amendment (1) 4.9.59 8.4.65 Council is finalizing the scheme prior to No. 2 (2) 26.10. 64 submitting it for the approval of the Governor in Council Traralgon - Amendment 26.10.64 8.2.65 Council is finalizing the scheme prior to No. 8 to the Latrobe submitting it for the approval of the Valley Sub - Regional Governor in Council Planning Scheme 1949 Waverley .. .. 58,600 16.8.51 22.4.65 2.6.55 The Board's report on the scheme was forwarded to the Minister on 26th May, 1959, but approval of the scheme is being held in abeyance pending the approval of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Waverley, Amendment 22.4.59 14.8.59 The scheme has been examined by the No. 1 Board but its report is being held in abeyance pending the approval of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Waverley, Amendment 28.2.61 29.6.61 The scheme has been examined by the No. 2 Board but its report is being held in abeyance pending approval of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 11377/65.-3 34

LIST "B "-PLANNING SCHEMES PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY-continued.

Population Date of Exhibition Scheme. in Area of Principal Commenced. Approval Period Position as at 30th June, 1965, Scheme. of I.D.O. Expired.

Waverley, Amendment 27.2.62 29.6.62 The scheme has been examined by the No. 3 Board but its report is being held in abeyance pending approval of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Waverley, Amendment 18.12.62 8.5.63 The scheme has been examined by the No. 4 Board but its report is being held in abeyance pending approval of the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme. Waverley, Amendment 3.3.64 7 .4.65 The Council is finalizing the scheme No. 5 prior to its submission for the approval of the Governor in Council Towns.

Portland, Amendment No. 23.3.65 17.5.65 The scheme is being examined by the 6 to the Portland Plan­ Board pursuant to Section 30 (2) of ning Scheme 1957 the Act Stawell .. 5,590 1.10.62 18.2.64 Draft scheme prepared by Consultants and being examined by the Council prior to public exhibition Boroughs

Kyabram (part) 4,240 1.10.56 2.10.59 27.12.61 The scheme was received for statutory examination and report on the 6th August, 1963, and the Board is a present finalizing its report Port Fairy 2,590 11.1.56 20.1.59 24.8.62 The Board's report on the scheme was forwarded to the Minister on the 18th February, 1965, and is under consider ation Shires.

Alberton (Coastal Areas) 6,000 1.9 .59 9.8.60 15.11.61 The scheme was received for statutory examination and report on the 12th December, 1962, and the Board is at present finalizing its report. Alberton, Amendment 7.11.63 23.12.63 The scheme is being examined by the No. I Board in conjunction with the principal scheme A1tona, Amendment 12.12.57 20.7.65 8.4.59 Revisionary scheme for the whole No. 3 municipality. The scheme has been examined by the Board but the report is being held in abeyance pending the approval of the Melbourne Metro politan Planning Scheme Altona, Amendment 10. 9. 59 26.10.59 Approval of this scheme is being held in No. 8 abeyance pending reclamation of the subject land. The Board's report on the scheme was forwarded to the Minister on 18th December, 1959 Ballarat, Amendment 15.6.65 Exhibition period will expire on the 16th No. 12 August, 1965 Ballarat (Miners Rest) .. 250 15.6.65 New draft planning proposals under consideration by Council following its decision to rescind previous resolution Barrabool (part) 16.3.61 2.8.61 Base maps and existing conditions maps are prepared and zoning proposals are in progress. The Council has agreed to the zoning proposals for the town ship prepared by the consultant planners Barrabool, Amendment 18.2.65 Exhibition period will expire on 19th No. 1, to the Geelong August, 1965 Planning Scheme Bass . . . . 3,890 10.8.62 16.10.62 Council is examining the provisions of the draft scheme prior to making it available for public exhibition Beeehworth (Beechworth 3,000 10.5.65 Planning proposals being formulated Township) Bellarine, Amendment 3.6.64 29.1.65 Council expects to submit the scheme No. 2 to the Geelong for the approval of the Governor in Planning Scheme 1959 Council in the near future Bulla . . . . 5,100 9.6.58 17.11.64 4.5.62 The Board's report on the scheme was forwarded to the Minister on the 30th April, 1964 Buln Buln 8,760 17.3.64 13.10.64 Council is proceeding on the compilation of existing conditions maps Cobram, Amendment 21.6.65 Draft planning proposals are being con No. 6 sidered by Conncil Cohuna (Cohuna 1,526 19.9.63 19 .11. 63 Council expects to complete the scheme Township) within twelve months 35

LIST "B "-PLANNING SCHEMES PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY-continued.

Population ! in Area of Date of Exhibition Scheme. Principal Commenced. Approval Period Position as at 30th June, 1965. Scheme. of l.D.O. Expired.

Corlo-Lara Township 790 1.9.55 2.11.55] 13 . 4. 62 The Board's report on the scheme was No. 1 [ 27.7.60 23.8.60 forwarded to the Minister on the 16th December, 1964, and is under con­ sideration Corio-Lara Township 1.2. 63 9.4.63 2.1. 64 The Board's report on the scheme was No. 2 forwarded to the Minister on the 16th December, 1964, and is under con­ sideration Cranbourne (part Cran­ 11.12.59 1. 3. 60 24.10.63 The scheme was received for statutory bourne and Tooradin examination and report on the 5th Ridings) March, 1965, and is currently being examined Cranbourne (Lang Lang, 17.4.64 13.10.64 Council is proceeding with the preparation Koo-Wee-Rup and part of base maps and existing conditions Tooradin Ridings) data Croydon 18,700 27.2.56 29.8.61 1. 5. 58 The Board's report on the scheme was forwarded to the Minister on the 16th September, 1963, and is under con­ sideration Croydon, Amendment 16.12.63 23. 12.64 Council expects to submit the scheme to No. 1 the Minister for the approval of the Governor in Council in the near future Diamond Valley 18,800 25.8.62 9.12.64 27.4. 59 Area severed from Heidelberg on creation of new municipal district. The scheme is part of the original scheme prepared by the Heidelberg City Council. The scheme has been examined by the Board but the report is being held in abeyance pending approval of the Mel­ bourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Deakin (Tongala Town­ 1,980 19.9.60 11.7.61 Draft scheme prepared by consultants ship) has been referred to Council for con­ sideration prior to public exhibition Doncaster and Temple­ 28,800 8.5.64 16.2.65 Council has practically completed the stowe collection of existing conditions of existing conditions data and work is proceeding on the preparation of a draft planning scheme. Eltham (Eltham Town­ (1) 1.11.58 The draft planning scheme is now nearing ship) (2) 19.2.63 26.5.64 completion (3) 23.3.64 Eltham (area outside 4,040 1.11.58 27 .2. 63 Existing conditions maps completed and boundary of Melbourne draft planning proposals under con­ Metropolitan Planning sideration Scheme) Flinders, Amendment 16.6.65 Exhibition period will expire on 30th No. 1 July, 1965 Hastings 7,460 2.11.60 21.12.60 Draft scheme practically completed Kilmore 2,740 2.3.60 7.6.60 Council is proceeding with the pre­ paration of existing conditions maps and the formulation of planning pro­ posals Knox 28,000 11.7. 56 8.10.63 30.11. 61 The Board's report on the scheme was forwarded to the Minister on the 1st March, 1965, and is under consideration Korumburra 7,980 1.5.64 Base maps completed and existing con­ ditions data compiled Kyneton (Kyneton Town­ 3,500 10.9.64 9.12.64 Draft planning proposals nearing com­ ship) pletion Lillydale 20,050 27.2.56 11.6.57 2. 6. 58 The Board's report on the scheme was forwarded to the Minister on the 16th September, 1963, and is under con­ sideration Maffra (Maffra Town­ 1.10.59 25.5.60 Planning proposals nearing completion ship) Mansfield (Mansfield 2,100 (l) 1.1. 65 Council resolved recently to extend the Township) (2) 1.6.65 planning area and draft planning proposals are under consideration Melton (area outside 1,960 (1) 24.2.59 Exhibition period will expire on 12th boundary of Melbourne (2) 14.8.62 27.8.63 August, 1965 Metropolitan Planning Scheme) Mornington, Amendment 26.8.64 18 .12. 64 The scheme was received for statutory No. 10 examination and report on the 21st May, 1965, and is currently being ex­ amined Mornington, Amendment 28.10.64 19.2.65 The scheme was received for statutory No. 11 examination and report on the 25th June, 1965, and is currently being examined Mornington, Amendment 31.3.65 Exhibition period will expire on 14th No. 12 July, 1965 Mornington, Amendment 26.5.65 Exhibition period will expire on 19th No. 13 July, 1965 Mornington, Amendment 26.5.65 Exhibition period will expire on 19th No. 14 July, 1965 Morwell, Amendment No. 18.7.62 24.12.64 The Board's report on the scheme wa!l 9 forwarded to the Minister on 24th June, 1965 36

LIST "B "-PLANNING SCHEMES PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY-continued.

Population Date of Exhibition Scheme. in Area of Principal Commenced. Approval Period Po>ition as at 30th June, 1965. Scheme. of I.D.O. Expired.

Morwell, Amendment 17.6.64 28.9.64 The Board's report on the scheme was No. 10 forwarded to the Minister on 19th May, 1965 Morwell, Amendment 16.12.64 Exhibition period will expire on 20th No. 11 August, 1965 Morwell, Amendment 3.6.65 Exhibition period will expire on 9th No. 12 August, 1965 Morwell, Amendment 3.6.65 Exhibition period will expire on 9th No. 13 August, 1965 Morwell, Amendment 3.6.65 Planning proposals under consideration No. 14 Morwell, Amendment 16.6.65 Exhibition period will expire on 16th No. 9 to the Latrobe August, 1965 Valley Sub - Regional Planning Scheme 1949 Myrtleford (Myrtleford 2,500 22.6.61 2.8.61 Planning proposals nearing completion Township) Nathalia (Nathalia Town­ 1,297 20.1.64 5.5.64 Draft scheme prepared by consultants ship) has been referred to Council for consideration prior to public exhibition Numurkah, Amendment 16.3.65 Exhibition period will expire on 14th No. 2 July, 1965 Orbost (Orbost Township) 2,812 1.2.64 Council has practically completed the preparation of existing conditions maps Rochester (Rochester 2,167 3.6.65 Planning proposals under consideration Township) Rochester (Parish of 3.12.64 9.6.65 Exhibition period will expire on 9th Wharparilla) September, 1965 Rodney (Mooroopna 2,641 (1) 26.3.62 (1) 19.6.62 Continued development by the Housing Township) (2) 28 .10. 63 (2) 23 .1. 63 Commission has resulted in the ex tension of the planning scheme boundaries and a further extension i being contemplated Rodney (Merrigum 1,106 26.3.62 19.6.62 Draft planning scheme prepared and Township) proposals under consideration prio to public exhibition1 Rodney (Tatura Town­ 2,331 26.3.62 19.6.62 Draft planning scheme prepared and ship) proposals under consideration prior to public exhibition Rosedale (part) 4,970 16.7.62 13.11.62 Draft scheme prepared by Consultants has been referred to Council fo consideration prior to public exhibition Seymour (Seymour Town­ 5,000 (1) 9.9.46 1.10.46 30.4.52 The Council is now finalizing its planning ship) (2) 10.5.65 Scheme for an enlarged area preparatory to placing the scheme on public exhibition Shepparton (part) 1. 7. 63 12.5.64 Existing conditions survey completed and draft scheme nearing finalization Sherbrooke 17,130 (1) 7.6.54 11.8.64 30.11.61 The Board's report on the scheme wa (2) 11.7. 56 forwarded to the Minister on the Is March, 1965, and is under consideration South Barwon,-Amend­ (1) 2.2. 65 Exhibition period will expire on 9th July ment No. 4 to the (2) 18.5. 65 1965 Geelong Planning Scheme 1959 South Barwon,-Amend­ 18.5.65 Exhibition period will expire on 9th ment No. 3 to the Ocean July, 1965 Road Planning Scheme 1955 South Barwon (Conne­ 100 (1) 18.7.61 13 .10. 64 Draft planning scheme nearing completion warre) (2) 7. 7. 64 South Gippsland (part) 5,000 9.8.62 16.10.62 Draft scheme prepared by consultants has been referred to Council for considera tion prior to public exhibition Swan Hill (Nyah Nyah 850 8.7.64 1.9.64 Base plans prepared and tentative zoning West) proposals adopted as a working basis for the operation of the Interim Development Order Towong (Bethanga- 19.10.64 Existing conditions maps nearing Talgarno) completion and draft planning proposals under consideration by the Council Traralgon, Amendment 6.5.65 Exhibition period will expire on lOth No. 2 to the Tyers Plan­ September, 1965 ning Scheme 1952 Upper Murray (Township 9.3.65 8.5.65 The scheme is being examined by the of Corryong) Amend­ Board pursuant to Section 30 (2) of the ment No. 1 Act Upper Y arra .. 5,860 6.8.63 Council is proceeding with the collection and consolidation of existing conditions data Warragul, Amendment 10.2.65 19.4.65 The scheme is being examined by the No. 8 Board pursuant to Section 30 (2) of the Act Warragul, Amendment 14.4.65 Exhibition period will expire on 27th No. 9 August, 1965 37

LIST "B "-PLANNING ScHEMES PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY-continued.

Population Date of Exhibition Scheme. in Area of Comn:enced. A I Period Position as at 30th June, 1965. Principal ofPf.~~~- Expired. ------'l---sc_h_em__e. ___ I------:------I------I·------1 Warragul, Amendment 14.4.65 Exhibition period will expire on 27th No. 10 August, 1965 Werribee (area outside 11,000 8.9.60 11.10.60 30.9.63 The scheme was received for statutory boundary of Melbourne examination and report on the 11th Metropolitan Planning March, 1965, and the report is nearing Scheme) completion Werribee, Amendment 11.3.65 24.6.65 The Council is finalizing the scheme No. 1 prior to its submission for the approval of the Governor in Council Wodonga (part) 7,500 1.2.61 13.3.63 Council expects the scheme to be ready for public exhibition in the near future Woorayl (part) 9,500 12.5.61 4.7.61 30.10. 63 The Council is finalizing the scheme prior to adoption and submission for the approval of the Governor in Council Yackandandah (Yackan­ 675 1.5 .65 Draft planning proposals under considera­ dandah Township) tion Yackandandah (Kiewa 250 1. 5. 65 Draft planning proposals under Township) consideration Yarrawonga (Yarrawonga 3,876 7.9.54 23.11.54 The Council expects to finalize its planning Township) proposals and exhibit the scheme in the near future

Joint Committees. Ballaratand District (com­ 63,000 (1) 1.10.55 12.11.57 i 18.12.59 The Joint Committee has completed its prising , (2) 2.9.57 determination of objections and the scheme is being modified prior to and parts of the Shires adoption and submission for the of Ballarat, Bungaree, approval of the Governor in Council Buninyong and Gren­ ville) Wangaratta Sub-Regional 16,000 12.7.51 11.9.51 9.4.58 The scheme has been adopted by the (comprising City of Joint Committee and will be submitted Wangaratta and parts in the near future for the approval of of the Shires of Oxley the Governor in Council and Wangaratta)

Prepared by the Board of Works. Melbourne and Metro- 2,061,300 11.1.50 8.7.64 21.10.54) The Board's report on the scheme was politan • 23.4.65 forwarded to the Minister on the 19th (Ministeria February, 1964, and at his direction Exhibition) pursuant to Section 30 (3) the scheme incorporating the proposed modifica­ tions was placed on exhibition from 18th January, to 23rd April, 1965, to afford an opportunity for persons affected by the proposed modifications to notify the Minister of their objections Melbourne and Metro­ 9.8.60 Includes an extension of the urban politan boundary of the metropolitan area to provide for an additional population of 250,000. The Interim Development Order Modification No. 1 incorporates the extension and the amendment was placed on public exhibition concurrently with the Ministerial Exhibition of the principal scheme Melbourne and Metro­ 19.11.58 12.5.59 1.12.59] Examined in conjunction with the politan Extension" A" 23.4.65 principal Melbourne Metropolitan (Ministerial Planning Scheme and Board's report Exhibition) on both schemes forwarded to the Minister on the 19th February, 1964. (See also comments regarding principal scheme) Milleara Area (part of the ,(1) 18.3.64 Work is proceeding on planning the Shire of Keilor) (2) 8.7.64 re-development of this area

Prepared by the Board. Eildon Reservoir (Shire of 50 23.9.59 27.3.62 A draft planning scheme has been Alexandra) prepared but public exhibition of the scheme has been deferred pending the receipt of further details from an applicant for subdivision of his land Eildon Reservoir (Shire 500 8.7.59 20.3.62 14.2.63 Documents for the approval of the of Mansfield) scheme were submitted to the Minister on 18th June, 1965 Eildon Sub - Regional 30.10.63 26.11.63 A draft scheme has been prepared but Extension " A " the exhibition is delayed pending the the outcome of negotiations by the Fisheries and Wildlife Department for the purchase of an area of land within the planning scheme boundaries 38

LIST 'B "-PLANNING SCHEMES PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY-coritinued.

Population I in Area of Date of Exhibition Scheme. Principal Commenced. Approval Period Position as at 30th June, 1965. of LD.O. Expired. I Scheme. I

Eppalock (comprising part 200 14.6.61 27.3.62 31.8.64 Submitted to the Minister on 8th April, of the Shires of Metcalfe, 1965, for the approval of the Governor Mclvor and Strath­ in Council' fieldsaye) Lake Bellfield (comprising 250 12.9.62 30.10.62 Draft planning scheme prepared and part of the Shire of will be placed on public exhibition for Stawell) the statutory period of 3 months when the Council and State Rivers and Water Supply Commission have made ·known their comments to the Board Lake Buffalo (comprising 15.5.63 18.6.63 Tentative planning proposals have been part of the Shires of formulated and work is proceeding on Myrtleford and Oxley) the collation of existing conditions data · Lake Glenmaggie (com­ 28.4.65 25.5.65 Base maps are being prepared and draft prising part of the planning proposals are under considera­ Shire of Maffra) tion Lake Tyers to Cape Howe 31.10.64 24.11.64 Base maps are being prepared and draft Coastal (comprising a planning proposals are under part of the Shire of consideration Orbost) Latrobe Valley Sub-Re­ 16.9.64 13.10.64 Draft planning scheme nearing gional 1949, Extension completion "A", 1964 (comprising part of the Shires of Morwell and Traralgon) Phillip Island . . . . 1,500 6.2.61 20.3.62 30.9.63 The scheme was forwarded to the Minister on the 13th May, 1964, for the approval of the Governor in Council South Western Coastal 7 .1.65 27.1.65 Planning proposals under consideration (comprising part of the Shire of Belfast) South Western Coastal 7 .1.65 27.1.65 Planning proposals under consideration (comprising part of the Shire of Heytesbury) South Western Coastal 7 .1. 65 27.1.65 Planning proposals under consideration (comprising part of the Shire of Otway) South Western Coastal 7 .I. 65 27.1.65 Planning proposals under consideration (comprising part of the Shire of Portland) South Western Coastal 7 .1.65 27.1.65 Planning proposals under consideration (comprising part of the Shire of Warrnambool) Tallangatta, Amendment 1.6.65 Exihibtion period will expire on 14th No. 1 October, 1965 Tower Hill (comprising 100 27.9.61 27.3.62 Draft planning scheme completed and part of the Shires of under preliminary consideration by the Warrnambool and Bel· local municipal Councils prior to being fast and part of the placed on public exhibition Borough of Koroit) Waratah Bay (comprising 200 15.3.61 27.3.62 Draft planning scheme completed and part of the Shires of under preliminary consideration by Woorayl and South the local municipal Councils prior to Gippsland) being placed on public exhibition

Wonthaggi Coastal (corn- I' 28.4.65 18.5.65 Draft planning proposals under prising part of the consideration Borough of Wonthaggi) 39

APPENDIX Ill.

LIST "C "-PLANNING SCHEMES NOT PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY. This list is comprised of those planning schemes which have been commenced but no progress has been made during the year.

• Date of Exhibition Planning Scheme. Commenced. Approval Pedod of I.D.O. Exvired.

Cities. Mildura (13,020) .. 8.5.47 21.11.50 Sale (8,570) 19.7.54 8.3.55 Swan Hill (6,750) 7.3.50 4.4.50 Warrnambool (17,110) (I) 26.9.50 (2) 30.9.58 Towns. Castlemaine (7,290) (1) 21.11 .46 25.3.47 (2) 2.8.63 (part) Shires. Bairnsdale (Parishes of Broadlands, Bairnsdale, Wy Yung and Moormurug) 1.12.59 23.5.61 Bellarine (part) 4.12.58 7.6.60 Berwick (Berwick Riding) 21.5.56 9.2.60 Berwick (Beaconsfield, Pakenham and Iona Ridings) 16.11.59 22.3.60 Colac (part) 8.11.48 Euroa (Euroa Township) (3,000) .. 11.9.46 12.11.46 Frankston (area outside boundary of Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme) 27 .2. 59 17.3.59 Gisborne (2,230) 3.10.61 30.1. 63 Healesville (6,170) 1.6.60 10.1.62 Kerang (Township of Kerang, Quambatook and Koondrook) 17.4.56 Mildura (part) .. 17 .11. 58 (1) 2.1.59 (2) 17. 11. 59 Narracan (Townships of Trafalgar and Yarragon) .. 19.7.51 Newham and Woodend (2,110) 3.9.57 Tambo (Townships of Lakes Entrance, Kalimna Cunninghame and East Cunninghame) 21.7.59 27.1.60 Yea (2,700) 11.7.60 28.3.61 Joint Cmnmittees Ararat and District (comprising and part of the ) (13,000) 15.12.60 11 .4.61

APPENDIX IV.

LIST "D "-PLANNING SCHEMES OFFICIALLY RECORDED AS COMMENCED. Those planning schemes officially recorded as commenced in previous Annual Reports and where they have been abandoned or absorbed in other schemes are not repeated in this list.

Date of ! Exhibition Pimm!ng Scheme. Comm"'nced. Period ~n.o~o~ Expired.

Shires. Werribee (Laverton Township) ...... 14.6.51 3.7.51 (lapsed)

By Authority; A. C. BRooKS, Government Printer, Melbourne.