GREATER PLANNING SCHEME

21.09 INFRASTRUCTURE 13/08/2015 C175 21.09-1 Overview 13/08/2015 C175 The municipality has an advanced and improving road and rail network that connects Bendigo to . The rail network between Melbourne and Bendigo has been upgraded to accommodate the Regional Fast Rail Project. The regional aerodrome has significant potential for expansion. Natural gas is available in the Bendigo urban area and all other essential services are available to small towns other than reticulated sewerage which is only available in some parts of the City. Bendigo Station has been nominated as a ‘Transit City’ location. The Transit Cities Program aims to focus community and urban development around key nodes of public transport. Council has worked with the Department of Sustainability and Environment to complete the Bendigo Station Masterplan/Urban Design/Masterplanning Study 2003. The study provides directions on creating an integrated transport interchange for rail, regional bus and local bus services. The study also seeks to encourage a range of mixed use development, including higher density residential and commercial uses around the railway station on under utilised railways land to take advantage of the accessible location. The redevelopment of the Bendigo Airport and the new Bendigo Airport Business Park are priority projects for Council and are necessary to ensure that the facility continues to be an important infrastructure asset for the region. The redevelopment of the airport is consistent with Bendigo’s designation as a regional city in the Loddon Mallee South regional growth plan at Clause 11.12 of the State Planning Policy Framework. Council is committed to ensuring the maintenance and enhancement of existing infrastructure and working with other providers such as VicRoads, Tru Energy, Coliban Water, Origin Energy and Goulburn Murray Water to provide new infrastructure in line with the further development of the municipality. The Domestic Wastewater Management Plan will be used to guide and improve domestic wastewater responsibilities, improve current management practices to ensure sustainability of current wastewater systems and practices, and ensure that future wastewater systems and management in the municipality are appropriately designed and sustainable.

21.09-2 Objectives 13/08/2015 C175 To improve the accessibility of public and private transport throughout the municipality. To encourage pedestrian friendly facilities in new and existing development. To improve the distribution and efficiency of public transport services along key arterial routes. To ensure the appropriate provision of infrastructure that meets Council and community expectations. To encourage educational uses in and around the Bendigo CBD. To develop an integrated bike network. To achieve enhanced levels of community safety. To protect the operations of Bendigo Airport for emergency services, private and commercial flight activity, including flight training, recreation and charter operations. To support the operation and expansion of the Bendigo Airport in its current location in East Bendigo.

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To support the redevelopment of the Bendigo Airport, including a new runway and business park, to sustain the viability of the airport.

21.09-3 Strategies 13/08/2015 C175 . Ensure the safety and efficiency of arterial routes, as significant community investments, are not compromised by inappropriate development and vehicular access. . Design the road network in new urban areas to allow efficient and safe flow of vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians and the provision of services. . Encourage the provision of good public transport services within new and existing urban areas. . Improve pedestrian connections between the Bendigo Train Station and the CBD. . Encourage the development of additional educational facilities in and around the Bendigo CBD. . Construct a new north-south runway to the east of the existing runway at the Bendigo Airport to improve the flexibility of aircraft movements, accommodate larger aircraft, attract new businesses to Bendigo and support existing users of the airport. . Facilitate the development of a new business park at the Bendigo Airport for airport compatible uses. . Discourage tall structures and buildings that will adversely impact on aircraft and airport operations at the Bendigo Airport. . Discourage uses that will adversely affect, or be affected by, the operations of the Bendigo Airport. . Provide adequate community facilities within existing and new neighbourhoods. . Ensure that existing services and facilities in small towns are protected. . Support the improvement and development of water infrastructure throughout the municipality. . Promote water sensitive urban design techniques in new development. . Protect existing water supply and sewerage infrastructure from encroachment of inappropriate uses. . Promote the installation of reticulated sewerage in unsewered areas and in all new developments.

21.09-4 Implementation 13/08/2015 C175 The objectives and strategies will be implemented by: Policy and the exercise of discretion . Using local policy to protect, maintain and enhance Greater Bendigo’s road hierarchy and Bendigo CBD car parking facilities (Highway Entrances and Boulevards Policy, Clause 22.08, Calder Freeway and Environs Policy, Clause 22.09, Bendigo Special Car Parking Area Policy, Clause 22.10). . Implementing the recommendations of the Bendigo Transport Interchange / Urban Design / Masterplanning Study 2003. . Using the City of Greater Bendigo Domestic Wastewater Management Plan together with the accompanying Land Capability Mapping and Assessment Tools for

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Wastewater Management to promote installation of improved septic tank systems and alternative waste treatment systems where reticulated services are not available. Zones and overlays . Applying the Public Use Zone to land used for public utility and community services and facilities. . Applying the Road Zone, Category 1 to the Calder Highway, Calder Highway Alternate, McIvor Highway, Northern Highway, and . . Applying the Special Use Zone to private education and religious establishments, hospitals and the Bendigo Airport. . Applying the Design and Development Overlay to the Bendigo Airport and surrounds to reflect the Bendigo Aerodrome Obstacle Limitation Surfaces, June 2012 and restrict building heights on the approach to the airport. . Applying the Design and Development Overlay to ensure consistent and high standards of design within the Bendigo Airport Business Park. . Applying the Airport Environs Overlay, Schedules 1 and 2 to the Bendigo Airport and surrounds to be consistent with the Bendigo Airport Australian Noise Exposure Forecast 2032 and to identify areas that are subject to high levels of aircraft noise. Further strategic work . Reviewing the Bendigo Highway Entrances and Boulevards Study 1994. . Considering the need for an outer distributor road for Bendigo in association with VicRoads. . Identifying a new regional landfill site. . Preparing an Economic Development Strategy. . Working with other government agencies in securing maximum benefit from the Regional Fast Rail Project for the Bendigo community. . Ensuring adequate health, emergency and community services and facilities are available to residents of the municipality in centralised locations and within local communities. . Developing Greater Bendigo as the pre-eminent regional centre of education in . . Recognising that the efficient delivery of reticulated services is a fundamental element in providing affordable housing and generating economic growth. . Undertaking ongoing maintenance and upgrading of major road systems in conjunction with VicRoads, including the duplication of the Calder Highway between Bendigo and Melbourne. . Promoting options to improve water security. . Assisting Coliban Water in the supply of sewerage infrastructure to all unserviced urban areas, particularly in parts of Heathcote. . Promoting the installation of improved septic tank systems and alternative waste treatment systems where reticulated services are not available. . Implementing the key public works identified in the Bendigo Highway Entrances and Boulevards Study 1994 and the development of imaginative gateway features at the key entrances to the municipality.

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