Ljntry PLANNIN(J ROAR1)
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
1951 VICTORIA OF THE TOvVN AND C()lJNTRY PLANNIN(j ROAR1) .FOH Tlll:: l'BlllOlJ lsT ,JULY, H)50~ TO 30Tn JUNE, 1951. PREI:lENTED TO BOTH HOUI:lES 01:' PARLIAl\lEXl' l'ultl:IUA~T TO i:~ECTION 4 (3) OF THE TOWN AND UOUNTHY PLANNING AUT t9H. [.fpPt"o.rintiJ/e Coet ~1 Rqort.-l'reparatlon-not. given, l'rln~ng (<50 cuple>), £8:.]. t111 6\nfltoritt) J. J. GOl!RU:Y, GOVERNMENT PRINTEI MEU>UURJ•lE. r-.e .•>.-Lls. 6d.].-ll:?84/5l. Page Constitution of Board ~) TlJ,. Aet Ribbon UPvdopment on Highwayb aH<l ..\lain Ho,tdM Planning Sehemes-General Appeal:; Against Tnterim DeYelopmeut Order Deci~iom; LutrobP \" all<·y :-\ub-Hcgional Phmning :-\chenH' :-\poilation of the Latrobc Bin·r ..\loc Planning Scheme !l ..\Ionl'ell Planning Scheme 10 Traralgon Pbuning Scheme lU Yallourn North Planuiug Seheme 10 Tyers Planning Seheme .. 11 Eildon Sub-Regional Planning Scheme 11 City of N una wading Planning Scheme 11 Shire of Tnngamah (Cobram) Planning l:kheme 11 L:elliondale Planning Scheme 12 Tallangatta 'l'ownship Remo1·al 12 c:cdoug and Vistriet Planninl! Scheme 12 \'i;;it;; by Boanl 13 ., Borough of Iknalla--Scheme Ullder Section ;)HI of Local l:onrnmcnt Act 10 Traflic Congp::;tion South of HiY<:'r Yarra. Housing Commis~ion-Hoad Link in 1'.\orthcotc l're~tou Estate Land U;;e Zoning .\letropolitan I m proYcmenL Fund .. Ba::;p JlapH for PlanniHg i:\chcme::; CoHt of Preparing Planning Reheme~ lG Co-operation of G01·ernment Departwt•nts and Publit Autlwritie:s ]I Land Tramaetions hy Public Authoritit's 11' J<]uueation of Town and Country I>JnnnerH l!J Cumberbud Connty Comwil Pla.nning ~clwme ] !l :\ntional Pttrks . :-I<·IPdion of Pla<·l' XaJw·~ ~taff aml A('conmwuation Town and Country Planning Board. SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT. State Offices Annexe, 107 Russell-street, Melbourne, C.L 1st November, 1951. The Honourable, the :Vlinister of Public Works, Public Offices, Melbourne, C.2. SIR, 1. In accordance with the requirements of Section 4 (3) of the Town and Country Pla·m~·ing Act 1944 (No. 5043), the Board has pleasure in submitting to you, for }Jresentation to Parliament, the report on its activities during the twelve months ended 30th June, 1H51. 2. 'J'he Board held 46 weekly formal meetings as well as being represented at many conferences in both metropolitan and country centres. THE CONS'l'l'I'UTION OF THB BOARD. 3. On 26th February the five year term of the Board's appointment terminated. l\Ir. J. S. Gawler retired from the Chairmanship, and in his place, Mr. F. C. Cook, who had bt>en a part-time member siuce the inception of the Board, was appointed. 4. Mr. A. N. Kemsley was re-appointed a part-time member for a further five years. 5. On 27th .June, Mr. A. C. Collins was appointed for three years. THE ACT. 6. In certain cases an inteq)retation of the Act has been sought by councils and subsequently machinery amendments have been requested which would clarify some sections and remove any doubt as to their operation. 7. During the year the planning schemes for Cobram and Nunawading were approved by the Governor in Council only after the deletion of clauses dealing with the acquisition and disposal of land and the discontinuance of any non-conforming uses which may have been considered injurious to a neighbourhood. 8. These provisions in some cases are vital to the implementation of schemes, and the Aet is being further examined and the opinion of the Crown Solicitor sought as to the amendments necessary. The Board wants to ensure that planning schemes, when approved by the Governor in Council, are effective ·without resorting to other legislative powers outside the scope of the 1'own and Country Planning Act and further approvalH by the Governor in Council. ' 9. In the Fifth Annual Report the .Board drew attention to the necessity of adding ;, railway, tramway, road, water, and air transport of goods and passengers " to the Schedule of the Act as matters which may be included in planning schemes. This addition to the Schedule was rendered more necessary by the amendment to the Act which made the :Melbourne and :Metropolitan Board of Works the responsible authority for the preparation of a planning scheme for the metropolis. 6 ] 0. The legislation whid1 appointed the :\Ietropolitan Town Planning Commission in lH22 to report on tlw conditions of metropolitan development and prepare a plan, included the following arnong the matters set down for enquiry : "(a) Street and road requirements generally, including extensions, mam arteries and radial systems, and the opening of new streets, roads, and highways, and the dosing or diversion of existing streets, roads, or higlw:ays; (b) t•xisting means of transportation and probable future requirements with t·es}wet to railways, tramways, or other means of tram<portation ; (c) tmffie and the nwtlntion of traffic: (d) waterfront and river improvenwnt, inelucling harbour nnd wharfage irnprovements and bridges : " 11. The Heport and plan submitted to the Government in 192H contained reeonnnendations and planR in relation to all these matters, and it is essential that any plan for the guidanee of metropolitan or urban development mnRt make adequate provision for the transportation of passengers and goods. 12. The omission of this item from the Schedule to the present Act has the effect of restricting a planning scheme for a large metropolis in one of its most important phases. 1:3. This propo:,;ed amendment also would legalise the consideration of these matters in the planning proposals for provincial centres such as Greater Geelong. the municipalities of which are engaged in the preparation of a joint planning scheme. RIBBOX DEVELOPMENT ON HIGHWAYS AND 1'IAIN ROADS. 14. The Board was given an opportunity of commenting on a request by the Collntry Roads Board for legislation which would enable access to certain highways to be limited. In the interests of road safety, the Board is fully in favour of such limitations of frontage accesB, and has encouraged the use of zoning powers in town planning schemes to prevent unnecessary entrances to main roads on the outskirts of to'<vns. By so limiting this ribbon development of highway frontages, the development is confined within township limits, resulting in more compact extensions of the built-up area. Planning on these lines enables community services and amenities to be provided much earlier than would otherwise have been possible, through the economics inherent in compact development. 15. However, the Board is aware of a weakness in the present situation in rega,rd to ::ntbdivi:-;ions of bnd. Provided that sueh .subdivisions eomply with the requirements of tlw Loeal Government Act, tlwre is nothing to prevent the approval of subdivisions having street:-; d('houching on main roads every hundred yanls or so, each such intersection being an additional traffie risk. On occasion such streets are so planned as to become short-cuts, attracting n1ain road traffic to pass unnecessarily through residential areas. 16. To achieve a better standard of subdivision in these and other regards, including the co-ordination of new :-~u bdivisions with adjoining developments and land capable of development in the future, it isrecommended that, before subdivisions are consented to by councils, the approval of this Board should first be obtained. There is ample precedent for this in the legislation of other States. The recent legislation regarding Greater Sydney gives power to the Cnmberland County Council to proclaim and police any road as a controlled access road and it has considerable powers over land, buildings, and subdivision~;. In South Australia, \Vestern Australia, and Tasmania, all plans of subdivision are subject to the review and approval of the Town Planning Authority with a re1'mlting marked imrH·ovcrnent in the standard of site planning. PLANNI~G SCHEMES·--·GENEHAL. 17. Since the passing of the Town and Country Planning Act in 194-i and the appointment of the Board in 1946, 50 municipalities, as indicated on. the accompanying map, out of the total of 198 within the State are using the powers conferred by the Act in making various types of planning schemes. 18. In addition to the above municipalities which are acting individually, 42 more are embraced within the area now being planned by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, the Metropolitan Planning Authority, appointed by the Tmvn and Country Planning (Metropolitan Area) Act. 7 Hl. Municipal councils are becoming in<'reaRingly <'om:eious of the Yalue of the Act, the extensive powers contained in it and the manner in which tl!ey can be UHed t,o enlarge the functions of Local Government. As the number of planning schemes increases, the provisions included in them for meeting the very different eonditions obtaining in dissimilar areas, become more varied. 20. The following is a list of planning schemes in course of preparation or eomvleted as at 30th .June, 1951 fnlt·rilu lk\d•lpllit'Hi O:'d~-J .\ppro\ o•d. -- ----~--------~------ '·A·· Col\umxcEu PRIOR To 30TH Jt::-:1,, 1~1:Ju. (Position as at 30th Jmw, 1\151.) CifieB. Ararat 6,500 H.6.47 22.7.!7 Preliminary ~ehPJHP ,!raftcd Ballamt 40,000 13.10.47 *Brunswiek 28.3 .4\J 30.4 .HI .-\pproYerl by Gon•rnor Ill Council *Chelsea 21.10.46 3.2AR *Coburg 3.10.'19 25 .10.4H c\ppron~d hy Go1·emor Ill Council *Fitzrov 3.5.48 31.10.50 Hamilt~n 7,500 12.9.46 15.10.46 12. H. :)(1 Draft ~chenw hPin<r rf'Yi~ed Horsham 7,000 3.