Melbourne Planning Scheme Amendment C309 West Melbourne Structure Plan
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Planning and Environment Act 1987 Panel Report Melbourne Planning Scheme Amendment C309 West Melbourne Structure Plan 11 October 2019 Planning and Environment Act 1987 Panel Report pursuant to section 25 of the Act Melbourne Planning Scheme Amendment C309 West Melbourne Structure Plan 11 October 2019 Sarah Carlisle, Chair Annabel Paul, Member David Merrett, Member Melbourne Planning Scheme Amendment C309 Panel Report 11 October 2019 Contents Page PART A – BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT .............................................................................8 1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................9 1.1 The Amendment ................................................................................................... 9 1.2 West Melbourne and surrounds ......................................................................... 10 1.3 Council’s proposed Part A changes to the Amendment ..................................... 11 1.4 Procedural issues ................................................................................................ 12 1.5 Summary of issues .............................................................................................. 16 1.6 The Panel’s approach .......................................................................................... 17 1.7 Part B and Part C controls ................................................................................... 18 1.8 Electronic material .............................................................................................. 18 2 West Melbourne Structure Plan .............................................................................. 19 2.1 Vision ................................................................................................................... 19 2.2 Population and employment .............................................................................. 20 2.3 Land use mix ....................................................................................................... 21 2.4 Floor area ratios and built form controls ............................................................ 21 2.5 Affordable housing .............................................................................................. 22 3 Background and context ......................................................................................... 24 3.1 The 2005 Structure Plan ...................................................................................... 24 3.2 The development of the 2018 Structure Plan .................................................... 24 3.3 Conditions of authorisation ................................................................................ 24 3.4 Related amendments .......................................................................................... 25 4 Planning context ..................................................................................................... 27 4.1 Planning policy framework ................................................................................. 27 4.2 Municipal Strategic Statement ........................................................................... 28 4.3 Plan Melbourne ................................................................................................... 30 4.4 Planning scheme provisions ................................................................................ 31 4.5 Ministerial Directions and Practice Notes .......................................................... 35 5 Strategic justification .............................................................................................. 37 5.1 Evidence and submissions .................................................................................. 37 5.2 Discussion ............................................................................................................ 39 5.3 Conclusion and recommendation ....................................................................... 42 PART B – OVERARCHING ISSUES ....................................................................................... 43 6 Population, employment, capacity and feasibility .................................................... 44 6.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 44 6.2 Population figures ............................................................................................... 44 6.3 Employment figures ............................................................................................ 46 6.4 Development capacity ........................................................................................ 48 Melbourne Planning Scheme Amendment C309 Panel Report 11 October 2019 6.5 Development feasibility ...................................................................................... 53 7 The Special Use Zone............................................................................................... 61 7.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 61 7.2 The issue.............................................................................................................. 61 7.3 Guidance ............................................................................................................. 61 7.4 Evidence and submissions .................................................................................. 62 7.5 Discussion ............................................................................................................ 66 7.6 Conclusion ........................................................................................................... 69 8 Floor area ratios ...................................................................................................... 70 8.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 70 8.2 The issues ............................................................................................................ 71 8.3 Are floor area ratios strategically justified? ........................................................ 73 8.4 Mandatory versus discretionary floor area ratios .............................................. 78 8.5 Relationship with built form controls ................................................................. 82 8.6 Floor area ratio for each precinct ....................................................................... 84 9 Minimum non-accommodation floor areas .............................................................. 89 9.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 89 9.2 The issues ............................................................................................................ 90 9.3 Are the requirements strategically justified? ..................................................... 90 9.4 Mandatory versus discretionary requirements .................................................. 95 9.5 Mixed use buildings ............................................................................................ 98 9.6 Accommodation uses that generate employment ............................................. 99 10 Affordable housing ............................................................................................... 102 10.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 102 10.2 The issues .......................................................................................................... 104 10.3 Strategic justification ........................................................................................ 104 10.4 Are the affordable housing provisions voluntary? ........................................... 109 10.5 Different forms of affordable housing .............................................................. 111 10.6 The development viability test ......................................................................... 114 11 Floor area uplift .................................................................................................... 118 11.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 118 11.2 The issues .......................................................................................................... 118 11.3 Evidence and submissions ................................................................................ 118 11.4 Discussion .......................................................................................................... 121 11.5 Conclusions ....................................................................................................... 125 11.6 Recommendations ............................................................................................ 125 12 Car parking ........................................................................................................... 126 12.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 126 12.2 The issues .......................................................................................................... 127 12.3 Guidance ..........................................................................................................