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Bass Coast RLUS AT-1. Rural Land Use Strategy Part 1: Analysis & Investigation BASS COAST RURAL LAND USE STRATEGY Part 1: Rural Land Analysis and Investigations Final Report for Implementation ABN: 35 154 629 943 Melbourne Office: Suite 1, 357 Camberwell Road Camberwell, Victoria 3124 T (03) 9882 2670 F (03) 9882 0996 E [email protected] W www.rmcg.com.au International Standards Certification QAC/R61//0611 Document Review & Authorisation Job Number:22-B-02 Document Final/ Reviewed Checked by Release Date Author Issued to Copies Comments Version Draft By BUG Approved By S McGuinness 1.0 Draft 28.8.2013 S McGuinness H. Buck S McGuinness Bass Coast 1(e) S Drum Incorporating 2.0 Final 7.7.2014 S McGuinness S McGuinness S McGuinness Bass Coast 1(e) Council resolution Note: (e) after number of copies indicates electronic distribution Disclaimer: This report has been prepared in accordance with the scope of services described in the contract or agreement between RMCG and the Client. Any findings, conclusions or recommendations only apply to the aforementioned circumstances and no greater reliance should be assumed or drawn by the Client. Furthermore, the report has been prepared solely for use by the Client and RMCG accepts no responsibility for its use by other parties. Bass Coast Rural Land Use Strategy Part 1: Rural Land Analysis and Investigations Table of Contents Executive Summary i Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ i Current planning and strategic context .............................................................................................. i Agriculture .......................................................................................................................................... i Tourism ............................................................................................................................................. ii Environment and landscape ............................................................................................................. ii Vision for Bass Coast rural areas ..................................................................................................... ii Key strategic directions ..................................................................................................................... ii Implementation ................................................................................................................................ iii Farming Zone ........................................................................................................................ iv Rural Activity Zone ................................................................................................................. iv Rural Conservation Zone ....................................................................................................... vi Further Strategic Work ........................................................................................................... vi 1 Introduction 1 2 Bass Coast Overview 2 2.1 Strategic considerations .......................................................................................................... 3 3 Planning Policy Context 4 3.1 Bass Coast Planning Scheme ................................................................................................. 4 3.2 State Planning Policy Framework ............................................................................................ 4 3.3 Local Planning Policy Framework ........................................................................................... 5 3.3.1 Vision ............................................................................................................................ 5 3.3.2 Key rural land issues .................................................................................................... 5 3.3.3 Objectives and strategies ............................................................................................. 6 3.3.4 Local Policy ................................................................................................................ 10 3.3.5 Zones .......................................................................................................................... 11 3.3.6 Overlays ..................................................................................................................... 11 3.4 Planning scheme performance and implementation issues .................................................. 11 3.4.1 Direct translation of the new rural zones .................................................................... 11 3.4.2 Subdivisions and dwellings in the Farming Zone ....................................................... 12 3.4.3 VCAT decisions .......................................................................................................... 12 3.5 Strategic considerations ........................................................................................................ 13 4 Strategic context 14 4.1 State planning strategies ....................................................................................................... 14 4.2 Agricultural strategies ............................................................................................................ 15 4.3 State tourism strategies ......................................................................................................... 16 RMCG Consultants for Business, Communities & Environment Bass Coast Rural Land Use Strategy Part 1: Rural Land Analysis and Investigations 4.4 Regional tourism strategies ................................................................................................... 18 4.5 Relevant Bass Coast strategies ............................................................................................ 19 4.6 Strategic considerations ........................................................................................................ 20 5 Agriculture 22 5.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................ 22 5.2 Commodities .......................................................................................................................... 24 5.3 Identifying farming land of strategic significance ................................................................... 27 5.4 Productive agricultural land ................................................................................................... 27 5.4.1 Land of strategic significance ..................................................................................... 32 5.5 Challenges for agriculture ...................................................................................................... 34 5.6 Opportunities for agriculture .................................................................................................. 36 5.7 Strategic considerations ........................................................................................................ 36 6 Tourism 38 6.1 Phillip Island .......................................................................................................................... 38 6.2 Mainland tourism ................................................................................................................... 39 6.3 Issues for Phillip Island tourism ............................................................................................. 39 6.4 Rural tourism opportunities .................................................................................................... 39 6.5 Key findings and strategic implications .................................................................................. 40 7 Environment and landscape 41 7.1.1 West Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy .......................................................... 41 7.1.2 Port Phillip and Westernport Regional Catchment Strategy ....................................... 44 7.1.3 West Gippsland and Port Phillip and Westernport Native Vegetation Plans and Biodiversity Action Plans ............................................................................................ 47 7.1.4 West Gippsland River Health Strategy ....................................................................... 48 7.1.5 West Gippsland Wetlands Plan .................................................................................. 49 7.1.6 Melbourne Water Healthy Waterways Strategy (Draft) .............................................. 49 7.1.7 West Gippsland Soil Erosion Management Plan ........................................................ 51 7.1.8 Bass Coast Shire Environment Sustainability Plan .................................................... 54 7.1.9 Phillip Island Nature Parks Environment Plan ............................................................ 54 7.1.10 Landscape assessment .............................................................................................. 55 7.1.11 Integrated Coastal Planning for Gippsland Coastal Action Plan ................................ 55 7.1.12 Acid Sulphate Soil Hazard Maps: Guidelines for Coastal Victoria ............................. 56 7.1.13 Climate Change in Bass Coast .................................................................................. 56 7.1.14 Future Coasts ............................................................................................................
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