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Waurn Ponds Train Maintenance and Stabling Facility Planning Report Rail Projects Victoria 17-Jun-2019 Waurn Ponds Train Maintenance and Stabling Facility Planning Report 17-Jun-2019 Prepared for – Rail Projects Victoria – ABN: 69 981 208 782 AECOM Planning Report Waurn Ponds Train Maintenance and Stabling Facility Waurn Ponds Train Maintenance and Stabling Facility Planning Report Client: Rail Projects Victoria ABN: 69 981 208 782 Prepared by AECOM Australia Pty Ltd Level 10, Tower Two, 727 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3008, Australia T +61 3 9653 1234 F +61 3 9654 7117 www.aecom.com ABN 20 093 846 925 17-Jun-2019 Job No.: 60535095 AECOM in Australia and New Zealand is certified to ISO9001, ISO14001 AS/NZS4801 and OHSAS18001. © AECOM Australia Pty Ltd (AECOM). All rights reserved. AECOM has prepared this document for the sole use of the Client and for a specific purpose, each as expressly stated in the document. No other party should rely on this document without the prior written consent of AECOM. AECOM undertakes no duty, nor accepts any responsibility, to any third party who may rely upon or use this document. This document has been prepared based on the Client’s description of its requirements and AECOM’s experience, having regard to assumptions that AECOM can reasonably be expected to make in accordance with sound professional principles. AECOM may also have relied upon information provided by the Client and other third parties to prepare this document, some of which may not have been verified. Subject to the above conditions, this document may be transmitted, reproduced or disseminated only in its entirety. 17-Jun-2019 Prepared for – Rail Projects Victoria – ABN: 69 981 208 782 AECOM Planning Report Waurn Ponds Train Maintenance and Stabling Facility Table of Contents Glossary and Abbreviations i Executive Summary iii 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Purpose of Report 1 1.2 Project Proponent 1 1.3 Report Structure 2 2.0 Project Context 3 2.1 Project Context 3 2.2 Project Need and Key Benefits 6 2.3 Selection of the Site 8 2.4 Land Requirements 9 3.0 Project Proposal 13 3.1 Project Description 13 3.1.1 Staged Delivery 13 3.1.2 Construction Phase 17 3.1.3 Operational Phase 18 4.0 Potential Impacts of the Project / Specialist Investigations 20 4.1 Agricultural Impact Assessment 20 4.1.1 Summary of Agricultural Impact Assessment 20 4.1.2 Project Response to Agricultural Impact Assessment 22 4.2 Ecological Assessment 23 4.2.1 Summary of Biodiversity Assessment and Ecological Assessment 23 4.2.2 Summary of Growling Grass Frog Study 25 4.2.3 Project Response to Ecological Assessment 26 4.3 Cultural and Historic Heritage 26 4.3.1 Summary of Cultural and Historic Heritage Study 26 4.3.2 Project Response to Cultural and Historic Heritage 26 4.4 Geotechnical Investigation 27 4.4.1 Summary of Geotechnical Investigation 27 4.5 Stormwater Management Plan 27 4.5.1 Summary of Stormwater Management Plan 27 4.5.2 Project Response to Stormwater Management Plan 29 4.6 Lighting Planning and Recommendations 29 4.6.1 Summary of Lighting Planning and Recommendations 29 4.6.2 Project Response to Lighting Planning and Recommendations 30 4.7 Bushfire Assessment and Development Report 30 4.7.1 Summary of Bushfire Assessment and Development Report 30 4.7.2 Project Response to Bushfire Assessment and Development Report 31 4.8 Transport Impact Assessment 31 4.8.1 Summary of Transport Impact Assessment 31 4.8.2 Project Response to Transport Impact Assessment 32 4.9 Noise Assessment 32 4.9.1 Summary of Noise Assessment 32 4.9.2 Project Response to Noise Assessment 33 4.10 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment 33 4.10.1 Summary of Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment 33 4.10.2 Project Response to Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment 35 4.11 Social Impact Assessment 35 4.11.1 Summary of Social Impact Assessment 35 4.11.2 Project Response to Social Impact Assessment 36 5.0 Community and Stakeholder Engagement 38 5.1 Summary of Community and Stakeholder Engagement 38 5.2 Project Response to Community and Stakeholder Engagement 38 6.0 Planning Considerations 39 6.1 Strategic Context 39 17-Jun-2019 Prepared for – Rail Projects Victoria – ABN: 69 981 208 782 AECOM Planning Report Waurn Ponds Train Maintenance and Stabling Facility 6.1.1 Summary 39 6.1.2 Consistency with Objectives of Planning in Victoria 39 6.1.3 Consistency with Ministerial Directions 41 6.2 State and Local Policy 42 6.2.1 Consistency with State and Local Planning Strategies 42 6.2.2 Consistency with the Planning Policy Framework 42 6.2.3 Consistency with the Greater Geelong Planning Scheme Local Planning Policy Framework 44 6.2.4 Consistency with the Surf Coast Planning Scheme Local Planning Policy Framework 45 6.3 Zoning, Overlays and particular provisions. 45 6.4 Implications for the Responsible Authority 46 6.5 Response to Environmental, Social and Economic Effects 46 6.6 Transport Integration Act 2010 47 6.7 Land Use Planning Impacts 48 6.7.1 Impact on the orderly and proper planning of the area 48 6.7.2 Amenity impacts 49 6.7.3 Conclusion 51 7.0 Proposed Planning Scheme Amendment GC104 52 7.1 Planning Context 52 7.2 What does the proposed Amendment GC104 do? 52 7.3 The Incorporated Document 53 7.3.1 Environmental Management Framework 53 7.3.2 Development Plan 54 7.3.3 Native Vegetation 54 7.3.4 Floodplain Management 54 7.3.5 Other Conditions 54 7.3.6 Preparatory and Other Works 55 7.3.7 Expiry 55 7.4 Is this approach appropriate? 55 7.5 The use of the Public Acquisition Overlay 55 8.0 Conclusion 58 Appendix A State and Local Planning Policies, Strategies, Planning Controls and Permit Triggers A Appendix B Proposed Incorporated Document, Explanatory Report and all relevant Ordinances to the Amendment B 17-Jun-2019 Prepared for – Rail Projects Victoria – ABN: 69 981 208 782 AECOM Planning Report i Waurn Ponds Train Maintenance and Stabling Facility Glossary and Abbreviations Term Definition AJM-JV Aurecon Jacobs Mott MacDonald Joint Venture ARI Average Recurrence Interval BPA Bushfire Prone Area BEMP Bushfire Emergency Management Plan CBD Central Business District CCTV Closed-circuit Television CFA Country Fire Authority CHMP Cultural Heritage Management Plan CoGG City of Greater Geelong DELWP Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning DoT Department of Transport EHP Ecology and Heritage Partners EMF Environmental Management Framework EMS Environmental Management Strategy EPA Environmental Protection Authority EVC Ecological Vegetation Class FZ Farming Zone GC Group Council GRZ1 General Residential Zone – Schedule 1 Ha Hectares HVAC Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning LSIO Land Subject to Inundation Overlay NIRV Noise from Industry in Regional Victoria PAO Public Acquisition Overlay PE Act Planning and Environment Act 1987 Project Waurn Ponds Train Maintenance and Stabling Facility PSA Planning Scheme Amendment PTV Public Transport Victoria PUZ1 Public Use Zone – Schedule 1 (Service & Utility) PUZ4 Public Use Zone – Schedule 4 (Transport) RDZ1 Road Zone – Category 1 RNDP Regional Network Development Plan RPV Rail Projects Victoria RRR Regional Rail Revival SCS Surf Coast Shire 17-Jun-2019 Prepared for – Rail Projects Victoria – ABN: 69 981 208 782 AECOM Planning Report ii Waurn Ponds Train Maintenance and Stabling Facility Term Definition SMP Site Management Plan Study Cultural Heritage Study SUZ7 Special Use Zone – Schedule 7 TfV Transport for Victoria UGZ3 Urban Growth Zone – Schedule 3 VC Victorian Council VGV Valuer-General Victoria VPO1 Vegetation Protection Overlay – Schedule 1 WSUD Water Sensitive Urban Design 17-Jun-2019 Prepared for – Rail Projects Victoria – ABN: 69 981 208 782 AECOM Planning Report iii Waurn Ponds Train Maintenance and Stabling Facility Executive Summary Purpose of this Report This Planning Report (the Report) has been prepared by AECOM Australia Pty Ltd (AECOM) for the Waurn Ponds Train Maintenance and Stabling Facility and associated road, rail, including signalling and track works and services upgrades (the Project) which is proposed to be delivered at 255 Reservoir Road, Waurn Ponds. The Report describes the Project and its context, outlines the technical investigations that have taken place within the Project Land and the Wider Project Land, summarises consultation undertaken by PTV and RPV and analyses the Project against the Planning Policy Framework and relevant planning considerations. The Report also provides an overview of the proposed Planning Scheme Amendment GC104 (the Amendment) to the Greater Geelong and Surf Coast Planning Schemes (the Schemes), which seeks to introduce an Incorporated Document through the use of a Specific Controls Overlay, and a Public Acquisition Overlay facilitate the implementation of the Project. The PAO will apply to part of the land at 255 Reservoir Road, north and south of the existing Melbourne - Warrnambool railway line which dissects the property. The Specific Controls Overlay will apply to the entire area required to facilitate the Project (identified within the report as the Project Land and Wider Project Land). AECOM was originally engaged by Public Transport Victoria (PTV) who was also the proponent for the Project. The responsibility for the planning, development and delivery work for the Project, including landowner and stakeholder engagement and the delivery of Stage 1, now sits with Rail Projects Victoria (RPV). Project Background The Melbourne - Geelong corridor is the busiest of the five principal corridors radiating from the Melbourne CBD that comprise the V/Line regional passenger network. The Project was funded in the 2015 to 2016 State Budget, which committed $257 million in new regional rail carriages and infrastructure to significantly boost capacity across the regional network, and specifically on the Melbourne - Geelong corridor.
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