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CAPE OTWAY ROAD AUSTRALIA COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN 29 January 2020 Contents CAPE OTWAY ROAD AUSTRALIA COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN 29 January 2020 Contents. Figures 1 Introduction 03 Figure 1. Concept Master Plan 05 1.1 How to read this document 03 Figure 2. Context Plan 07 Figure 3. Landscape Context Plan 09 2 Outcomes 04 Figure 4. Precinct Plan 11 2.1 Vision 04 Figure 5. Built Form Plan 14 2.2 Objectives 04 Figure 6. Retail & Tourism Precinct Plan 16 3 Context 06 Figure 7. Elite Sports Precinct Plan 18 3.1 Strategic Context 06 Figure 8. Accommodation Precinct Plan 20 3.2 Landscape & Scenic Values 08 Figure 9. Conservation Precinct Plan 22 4 Implementation 10 Figure 10. Farm Precinct Plan 24 Figure 11. Landscape Concept Plan 26 4.1 Land Use & Subdivision 10 Figure 12. Transport Plan 28 4.2 Development Staging 12 Figure 13. Integrated Water Management Plan 30 4.3 Built Form 13 Figure 14. Environment Plan 32 4.3.1 Retail And Tourism Precinct 15 4.3.2 Elite Sports Precinct 17 4.3.3 Accommodation Precinct 19 Quality Assurance 4.3.4 Conservation Precinct 21 Rev Date Details Prepared Reviewed Project Principal 4.3.5 Farm Precinct 23 00 15 August 2019 Draft CDP Report for Review NC SL SL 4.4 Landscape 25 01 2 September 2019 Draft CDP Report for Review NC SL SL 02 16 September 2019 Draft CDP Report for Review NC SL SL 4.5 Transport & Infrastructure 27 03 29 January 2020 Final CDP Report for Review NC SL SL 4.6 Water 29 4.7 Environment 31 02 Cape Otway Road Australia 29 January 2020 1 Introduction The Cape Otway Road Australia Comprehensive 1.1 How to read this document Development Plan (the CDP) applies to 220 hectares of land, 28km west of central Geelong, near the regional town of Moriac, within the Surf Coast Shire. The CDP is incorporated into the Surf Coast Planning The site is bordered to the north by land in private Scheme. As such, it should be read as part of the ownership, with views across to Lake Modewarre, to the planning scheme. east and south by Cape Otway Road, and to the west The various elements of the CDP are to be applied is as by private land. follows: All land that bounds the site is a mixture of Farming Zone and Rural Conservation Zone parcels. Vision and Objectives: The vision and objectives must be complied with. The site is currently used for low yielding agricultural practices. Concept Master Plan: Use, development and This CDP establishes a long term plan for the staged subdivision must be generally in accordance with the development of sports, education, retail, accommodation Figure 1 (Concept Master Plan), to the satisfaction of and tourism uses in prescribed precincts. the Responsible Authority. Minor variations may be The CDP describes the future layout of these precincts, permitted, provided the overall vision and objectives for and provides a set of objectives, requirements and the development of the site are complied with. guidelines that will guide the staged development of the Requirements: All requirements must be complied with to project. the satisfaction of the Responsible Authority. Guidelines: All guidelines should be complied with. If the Responsible Authority is satisfied that an application for an alternative to a guideline satisfies the vision, objectives or requirements of the CDP, then the Responsible Authority may consider the alternative. Contents Comprehensive Development Plan 03 2 Outcomes 2.1 Vision 2.2 Objectives CORA seeks to deliver a global destination where elite OBJECTIVES sport, health and wellbeing are immersed in a unique environment of natural beauty, art, culture and locally O1. To transition the site from a broiler farm and O6. To develop an inter-connected internal street produced food to provide three primary benefits: broad-acre grazing to a mixed-use tourism, elite and pedestrian network within the site that · A word-class elite sport training, tourism and sports training and accommodation precinct. connects appropriately to the external road accommodation facility capable of attracting the O2. To facilitate the restoration and conservation of network. world’s best sporting talent whilst promoting tourism the wetland through appropriate revegetation, O7. To minimize impacts upon existing sensitive within the region. habitat creation, enhancement of local environments and to improve environmental · A regional facility capable of delivering social biodiversity and the restoration of natural land outcomes upon the site through conservation benefit to the community through access to systems. and sustainable land management practices. employment, hospitality and cultural services, as well O3. To establish a well-designed development that O8. To deliver an integrated water management as leveraging existing regional educational, health, contributes to high-quality built form throughout system that has regard for flood water, sporting and transport assets. the site generally in accordance with Figure 1. stormwater, waste water and their interaction · An enhanced environment that promotes the O4. To achieve site responsive built form and with groundwater. conservation values of the site by delivering an landscape outcomes that reflect the rural nature O9. To ensure that development staging is co- exemplar development through world leading of the site. ordinated for efficient delivery of the overall environmental sustainability outcomes including O5. To achieve environmentally sustainable project. building and landscape design, energy provision outcomes in relation to energy management, and integrated water management practices. water sensitive urban design, and environmental Combined with the unique setting of the wetland which conservation. will showcase a quintessential Australian landscape, CORA will promote “brand Australia” through curated produce, products, experiences and art featured within the Retail Village. It will be enjoyed by athletes and visitors alike seeking health and wellbeing services through the Wellness Centre and Elite Sports training facilities. The best of Australian art, culture, food, sports training and science will be offered on site to provide a first of its kind offering in the Southern Hemisphere. 04 Cape Otway Road Australia 29 January 2020 LAKE MODEWARRE CAPE OTWAY ROAD CONNIES LANE LAYARD ROAD CAPE OTWAY ROAD Figure 1. Concept Master Plan 0 100 250 500 Outcomes Comprehensive Development Plan 05 3 Context 3.1 Strategic Context The Site is situated in the Surf Coast Shire’s Rural In addition to proximity to the key transport links and Hinterland and adjacent to the locality of Modewarre, natural assets of the region, the site is surrounded by and approximately 9.5km south-east of Winchelsea, is in close proximity to significant services, infrastructure 26km south-west of Geelong and 90km south-west of and key landmarks in the region including: Melbourne. · Winchelsea Railway Station – 13.5km (12 minutes) Cape Otway Road is the central spine of the Rural · Deakin University, Waurn Ponds – 21.5km (15 Hinterland and plays a significant connector role for the minutes) region between Geelong and the South-west region · Epworth Hospital Geelong, Waurn Ponds – 21.5km including Colac, Apollo Bay and the wider Great (15 minutes) Ocean Road region. · GMHBA Stadium, South Geelong - 27.5km (25 As shown in Figure 2, Cape Otway Road, together with minutes) the Great Ocean Road and other key connector roads · Central Geelong (Arts, Education, Health, form a circuit for a popular tourism region that travels Recreation, Bay) - 30km (28 minutes) through the Otway National Forest and links to a variety · Avalon Airport – 53km (35 minutes) of natural assets. 06 Cape Otway Road Australia 29 January 2020 Figure 2. Context Plan Context Comprehensive Development Plan 07 3.2 Landscape & Scenic Values The CORA landscape setting comprises gently The viewing experience along major passageways such undulating open plains punctuated by the rising profile as Cape Otway Road, Buckley Road South, Atkins Road of Mount Moriac. Intermittently tree-lined roads and the and the railway line are transient with local junctions and open expanse of Lake Modewarre and the adjoining roads terminating at Lake Modewarre providing static wetlands are critical to the identity of the setting. views. The landscape is agricultural, defined by open While attractive and amenable, the landscape setting is paddocks, fencing, drainage lines, scattered dwellings not considered ‘significant’ in the sense that it is classified and clusters of farming structures, typical of the western for protection in the Local or State Planning Policy. plains of Victoria. Refer to Figure 3 (Landscape Context Plan) for further The natural context is defined by the open pastoral fields details. and wetlands, interspersed with windrow planting and open post and wire style fencing typically demarcating property boundaries and key movement corridors. A key characteristic of the landscape experience in the locality is the clusters of buildings and associated vegetation that occur somewhat randomly across the panoramic plain, with Lake Modewarre and Mount Moriac serving as critical natural points of demarcation. 08 Cape Otway Road Australia 29 January 2020 Figure 3. Landscape Context Plan 0 300 600 1,500 Context Comprehensive Development Plan 09 4 Implementation 4.1 Land Use & Subdivision A key component of CORA is the integrated nature of the project, therefore controlling land use and subdivision REQUIREMENTS GUIDELINES is essential to ensure the outcomes and benefits of the R1. A single title must be created for the G1. Subdivision should generally only be permitted project are realised. environmentally sensitive wetland area (located to create a title for the wetland area, to create Land use is primarily controlled through the within the (Retail & Tourism and Conservation separate titles for precincts (as per Figure 4: Comprehensive Development Zone - Schedule 3 Precincts) to facilitate its transfer to Trust for Precinct Plan), or to allow excision of dwellings (CDZ3) however there are further requirements and Nature, or an equivalent body to appropriately existing prior to the approval of Amendment guidelines listed in this chapter to reinforce the purpose manage the conservation and restoration of the C125 .
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