1958-59
VICTORIA
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING BOARD OF VICTORIA
FOR THE PERIOD
I ST JULY, I 957, TO 30TH JUNE, I 958
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INDEX
I'AGE. The Act .. 5 Regulations 5 Planning Schemes--General 6 Planning Schemes commenced, m course of preparation or approved 7 Ocean Road Planning Scheme 13 Eildon Sub-Regional Planning Scheme 13 Tallangatta Planning Scheme 1956 .. l;j Metropolitan Planning Scheme 18 Geelong and District Joint Planning Scheme 19 Ballaarat and District Joint Planning Scheme 19 Portland and District Joint Planning Scheme 20 W angaratta and District Planning Scheme 20 Mornington Peninsula 20 Dandenong Ranges 23 Land Use Zoning~By-laws Under Local Government Act 23 Schemes under Section 594, Local Government Act 24 Examination of Planning Schemes by the Board 24 Extractive Industries 25 Site for }[onash University 25 Melbourne Airport Facilities 26 Uniform Building Regulations 26 Exceptional Uses .. 28 Visits by the Board 28 Staff 28 Sir J ames Barrett Memorial Medal 29
MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
I'AGE. Victoria~-Showing Location of Planning Schemes Facing page 12
Ocean Road~ Horseshoe Bend near Lorne . 14 Camping Area at Cumberland Creek 14 Ocean Road and Coastline West of Cape Patton 14: Tallangatta-- View of New Town Showing Hume Reservoir in the Background 15 Planning Scheme :Map 16 Municipal an Town and Country Planning Board THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT Rtate Offices Annexe, 107 Russell-street, Melbourne, C.l, 2:3rd December, 1958. The Honourable the 1li£n£ster for Local Government, Treasury-place, Melbourne, 0.2. SIR. l. In accordance with the requirements of Section 4 (3) of the Town and Country Plann£ng Act 1944 (No. 5043), the Board has pleasure in submitting to you for presentation to Parliament, the report on its decisions, recommendations and other transactions during the twelve months ended 30th June, 1958. 2. The Board held 46 meetings, as well as being represented at a number of conferences in both metropolitan and country centres. THE ACT. !J. The Board regrets that the draft legislation to amend the Town and Country Planning Acts, which has been under consideration for about two years, has not yet been presented to Parliament. 4. The amendments proposed, although generally of a machinery nature, are of some urgency and importance, particularly in relation to the }fetropolitan Planning Scheme where hardship has resulted from the present compensation provisions of the Act during the period of interim control. 5. Other amendments requested by the Board to facilitate administration and to remove anomalies under the present provisions, although of not such urgency, are nevertheless important, and it is hoped that the necessary a.mending legislation will be brought down at an early date. 6. The draft Bill to consolidate the law relating to town and country planning was commented upon by the Board earlier this year, and when enacted will enable a more ready interpretation of the principal Act and the various amending Acts which have been passed since 1946. REGULATIONS. 7. Town and Country Planning Regulations No. 8, which were approved by the Governor in Council on 29th ApriL 1958, and published in Government Gazette No. 33, dated 30th April, 1958, contain a number of amendments to the existing consolidated Regulations No. 7. These amendments were required to clarify certain provisions of the ex.isting Regulations and to overcome a few minor difficulties in procedure which had ansen. 8. 'rhe purpose of the amendments is as follows :- (a) The Act draws no distinction between a planning scheme and an amending planning scheme, and provides in Section 14 (7) for the variation of a planning scheme by a subsequent scheme prepared in accordance with the Act and the Regulations. In Regulation 8 {1) of Town and Country Planning Regulations No. 7 it was provided that any planning scheme deposited and made available for public inspection shall have deposited therewith an existing conditions map. The Board considers that the preparation and depositing of a map showing the existing development at the time of the making of the original scheme is essential, but, as all development subsequent to the approval of a scheme is obliged to follow its provisions, the preparation of further existing conditions maps when amending schemes are made is considered unnecessary. Regulation 8 (1) of Town and Country Planning Regulations Ko. 7 has now bBen amended to the effect that the depositing of an existing conditions map is not required in the case of a "subsequent scheme for the variation of a planning scheme ". 6 (b) It was considered that a Responsible Authority, in refusing to issue a permit under an Interim Development Order should be required to inform the applicant of the reasons for such refusal. Unless the applicant is aware of the reasons for a refusal, he is placed at a disadvantage in the preparation of his case, should he desire to appeal to the Minister pursuant to Section 12 of the Act. In addition it was felt that his decision to submit an appeal may well depend on the reasons given by the Responsible Authority for the refusal of a permit. Regulation 10 of Town and Country Planning Regulations No. 7 now requires that "where a permit has been refused the Responsible Authority shall notify the applicant in writing and shall give the reasons for such refusal ". (c) The period of 28 days prescribed under Regulation No. 7 as the time within which an appeal pursuant to Section 12 of the Act may be lodged, was found, in practice, to be too short in many cases and insufficient to enable the preparation of a submission by an appellant. The period prescribed has now been extended to two months. (d) Under the provisions of Regulations 14 and 15 of Town and Country Planning Regulations No. 7, some confusion had arisen as to the detailed procedure for the adoption of a planning scheme and the authentication of the two sets of documents which are required to be submitted for approval. The amendments contained in Regulations No. 8 clarify the procedure which has been followed in the past, and require the adoption of a scheme and the submission for approval of the documents comprising that scheme, together with a copy of such documents authenticated in the same way as the adopted scheme. (e) Amendments made to Regulation 17 of Town and Country Planning Regulations No. 7 partly are in consequence of the amendments to Regulations 14 and 15 and, in addition, clarify the existing provisions as to the manner in which the copies of an approved scheme are prepared and submitted for depositing pursuant to Section 18 of the Act. The number of copies required to be submitted has been increased from six to seven, as an additional copy is now required for the Minister. (f) In the Fifth Schedule to Town and Country Planning Regulations No. 7- N otice of Approval of an Interim Development Order-the words " free of charge" have been added after the words "may be inspected". This addition is in line with the provisions of Section 12 (2) (b) of the Act. (.q) The amendments made to portions of I terns 9 and 10 of the Thirteenth Schedule to Town and Country Planning Regulations No. 7 remove the confusion resulting from the use of the term " reserves " in relation to an existing conditions map and correct errors in the drafting of the present provisions. PLANNING SCHEMES--GENERAL. 9. Details of planning schemes commenced, in course of preparation, or approved as at 30th June, 1958, are set out in the following pages. In respect of a number of the planning schemes contained in List "C ", the Board has under consideration the revocation of the Interim Development Order, but, in most instances, has deferred final action for a specific period as a result of assurances given that the particular planning scheme will be further advanced within that period. The schedules comprise :- List " A "-Planning Schemes Approved-comprises schemes which have been approved by the Governor in CounciL The date of approval and notification of such approval in the Government Gazette is shown in each case. List " B "-Planning Schemes Proceeding Satisfactorily--comprises those schemes in the preparation of which satisfactory progress has been maintained during the past twelve months. List " C "-Planning Schemes officially recorded as " commenced " in accordance with the Act, but on which no progress has been made during the year under review. It will be noted from the comments indicated against a number of these that, subsequent to the decision of the relative Council to proceed with planning, the area concerned became absorbed in the metropolitan plan, or a joint planning scheme. These cases remain listed merely to keep the records complete. 7 10. It might be noted that the population in areas included in Lists " A " and " B ,. , which comprise planning schemes approved or proceeding satisfactorily, now exceeds 2,075,000 out of an estimated State population of 2,741,397. · PLANNING SCHEMES COMMENCED, IN COURSE OF PREPARATION, OR APPROVED AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1958. LIST " A "-PLA~""NING ScHEMES APPROVED. Bo;-mt•" UnJJOrt to l\llnister l>ate of Approval b~· Sc.hcnu·. Pursuant to Section 14 (2) Governor in of the Act. Council. Cities. Ararat (7,900) .. 15.12.53 15.11.55 870 24.10.56 *Broadmeadows, Part 1 .. I 13.9.50 14.10.52 833 22.10.52 *Broadmeadows, Part 1, Amendment No. 1 26.2.54 4.5.54 333 12.5.54 *Broadmeadows, Part 1, Amendment No. 2 30.3.54 30.11.54 1148 8.12.54 *Broadmeadows, Part 1, Amendment No. 3 4.3.55 27.4.55 233 4.5.55 *Brunswick, No. 1 10.6.49 25 10.49 879 26.10.49 *Brunswick, No. 2 25.7.52 25.8.53 768 2.9.53 *Brunswick, No. 3 21.5. 54 16.6.54 587 23.6.54 *Brunswick, 1956 27.3.57 22.10.57 264 4.12.57 *Camberwell 14.12.56 8.10.57 252 30.10.57 *Coburg, No. 1 .. 19.3.51 21.8.51 843 22.8.51 *Moorabbin, Section 1 20.2.52 9.12.52 3 7 .1.53 *Moorabbin, Section 1, Amendment No. 1 18.8.53 15.9.53 777 16.9.53 *lVIoorabbin, Section 1, Amendment No. 2, 1956 23.7.57 20.8.57 243 18.9.57 *Moorabbin, Section 1, Amendment No. 3, 1957 14.3.58 1.4.58 41 14.5.58 *Moorabbin 1952 23.11.54 31.5.55 409 29.6.55 *Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. 1, 1955 17.9.56 13.11.56 1029 12.12.56 *Moorabbin 1952, Amendment No. 2, 1956 17.9.56 13.11.56 1029 12.12.5(i *Moorabbin, 1952, Amendment No. 3, 1956 2.7.57 I 20.8.57 243 18.9.57 *Moorabbin, 1952, Amendment No. 4, 1957 22.4.58 10.6.58 53 18.6.58 *Moorabbin, 1952, Amendment No. 6, 1957 22.4.58 27.5.58 52 11.6.58 *Nunawading 30.8.50 15.5.51 515 23.5.51 *Nunawading 1954 .. 8.8.55 19.6.56 721 11.7.56 *Sandringham 1948 .. 3.11.48 26.4.49 328 4.5.49 *Sandringham 1948, Amendment No. 1 30.4.51 28.8.51 910 29.8.51 *Sandringham 1948, Amendment No. 2, 1956 .. 21.1.58 1.4.58 Shepparton (12,500) .. 12.7.54 17.5.55 315 25.5.55 Shepparton 1953, Amendment No. 1, 1956 6.8.57 18.12.fi7 5 29.1.58 Shires. *Altona 18.4.57 25.3.58 24 2.4.58 Ballarat (3,700) 14.8.57 29.1.58 10 19.2.58 Benalla (portion of planning area now within Borough of 4.10.54 111 .55 7 19.1.55 Benalla) (500) Cobram (2,000) ! 11.10.49 19.12.50 1051 20.12.1'\0 Morwell (Boolarra) (300) 1.6.56 27.5.58 Morwell (Morwell Township) (13,000) 31.8. 55 15.1.57 109 20.2.57 Morwell (Yinnar) (500) .. 6.2.56 27.5.58 Narracan (Moe-Newborough) (major portion of area now 12.2.54 12.10. 54 933 20.10.54 within Borough of Moe) (15,500) Warragul (Warragul Township) (5,500) 20.6.57 4.2.58 42 21.5.58 Prepared by the Bom·d purs!wnt to Sect£on 4 of the Act. Club Terrace (Shire of Orbost) (150) .. 6.5.54 24.5.55 330 1.6.55 Eildon Sub-Region (3,500) 19.12.52 26.5.53 484: 27.5.53 Eildon Sub-Region, Amendment No. I, 1955 16.8.55 6.3.56 264 21.3.56 Eildon Sub-Region, Amendment No. 2 10.4.58 8.5.58 42 21.5. 58 Latrobe Valley Sub-Region (comprising portions of Shires • 26.2.51 24.7.51 710 25.7.51 of Morwell, Narracan, Rosedale and Traralgon) (5,000) Latrobe Valley Sub-Region, Amendment No. 1, 1953 4.1.54 22.6.54: (634 30.6.54 Ocean Road Planning Scheme (5,500) .. 12.7.57 15.4.58 33 30.4.58 Tallangatta Planning Scheme 1956 (900) 5.5.58 25.6.58 Tyers Township (300) 5.10.53 14.2.56 226 22.2.56 ,';'.- .----·--~ • In Metropolit.an plannin~ area. ( ) Population in area. --· LisT "B "--PLANNING ScHEMES PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY. Date of Exhibition Seheme. Approval of Period Position as at 30th June, 1958. I.D.O. Expired. Hendigo 30,000 l . 11. iJ4 Preparation of scheme proceeding. * Browlmeadows (I}, 7. 2. ;J;i Scheme examined and Board's report Alllendment !\o. 4 submitted to the Minister on 28th September, 1956. The scheme was c;ubsequently referred back to the Council because certain statutory requirements had not been com plied with. *Broadmeadows (!}, :!:3. 7 ,;'J7 Incorporated proposed amendments Anwndnwnt No. 5 contained in Amendment No. 4. Objections received during statutory period being considered by the Council. *Brunswick 1\156. 1 ' Small amending scheme. Almo::;t Amendment. No. l ready for public exhibition. *Coburl! (:2) (part} H.!l.i"l3 10.11.;J3 1. 3. ;)r) No. (2) and No. (3) planning *Cohurg (3) (zoning) 9.]]. ;J3 (i .4. ;,4 l '3. :ii'"J ;;chemes submitted for approval, *Coburg l!J;l6 (whole) 26.3 JJ6 21i.2.:"J7 hut. returned to the Council for consolidation and further exhi bition. The Council subsequently resolved to prepare a planning scheme for the whole munici pality which incorporated these two schemes. Interim Develop ment Orders lapsed pursuant to Section 5 of Act No. 5834. New Interim Development Order for whole municipality approved on 26th February, 1957. Pre paration of Coburg Planning Scheme 1956 has now reached an advanced stage and ~hould Hhortlv he readv for exhibition. *Hawthorn Bxisting ~onditions" map completed. Draft planning proposals formu lated as a basis of discussion with metropolitan planning authority. *Heidelberg 2:-u-l.fJ:l J.t .10. 52 After a period of inactivity some progress during the last twelYe months. *MalYt'rn 20.4. ;"l3 ~). (j. fl3 '27 .2.flH Objections received during the statutory period being considere(l by the Council. *Mah·eru (No. 1), 19:JK 205. ;J8 :·1Small amending schemes to provide *1\hlnrn (Xo. 2), Hl5H '20 ' ,-) . !"J/'1 , for drive-in shopping centre at ~ Chadstone and further com- : mercial and industrial develop- : went at Glen Iris Station. *:\loorahhin l !lfJ2, ! -LH.37 10. HU7 ~Small amending scheme. Scheme A \llendment No. i}. l H:'J7 submitted by Council but waH defective and was not approved. *Moorabbin 1!)52, lA 51:-1 On public exhibition until 14th Amendment ~ o. 7, Hl5H August, 1958. *Moorabbin Section l, I 1.4.flM On public exhibition until 14th Amendment Nn. 4, HJflM August, 1958. *Oaklt'igh 22. 1().;)7 ] j .4' f'll'l 23.4.5H Objections received during the statutory period being considered by the Council. *Pre~ton lH.2.!"J2 17.9.fJ7 Scheme submitted for approval, but because of a doubt as to whether the period of public ex hibition to 12th February, 1955, complied with the provisions of the Act, was referred back to the Council for further consideration. Original Interim Development Order lapsed pursuant to Section 5 of Act No. 5834. New Interim Development Order approved on 17th September, 1957. Revised scheme at preRent nearing com pletion. LisT "B "-PLANNING ScHEMES PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY-continued. Date of Exhibition Scheme. Population Commenced. Approval of Period Position as M 30th June, 1958. in Area. I.D.O. Expired. ~---·------·------··--~------Cities-continued. *Richmond 22. 9. 52 20. 11 . fl2 2. 7. 53 Practically all objections now dealt with. Details of scheme being finalized. Bormtghs. Echuca G,200 15.7.57 Proceeding. Maryborough 7,150 1.7.•18 21.12.48 Preparation of scheme now well ad vanced and under consideration by Council. Moe-Xewborough Amend 10.12.57 2. 5. 58 Scheme examined and Board's report ment No. 1, 1958 submitted to Minister on 18th June, 1958. Moe-Newborough Amend- 20.8.57 Small amending scheme. Preparation ment No. 2, Hl58 well advanced. Port Fairy (part) 24.2.54 1.6.54 ·}Preparation of scheme now well Port Fairy (whole) 2,450 11.1.56 : advanced. Swan Hill 5,600 ~ 7.3.50 4.4.50 ' Proceeding slowly. Submission for public exhibition unduly delayed. Shire.~. *Altona 1958, Amendment 12.12.57 General revision of principal scheme. No. 2 In advance of the general revision the Council proposes to make a small amending scheme in respect of urgent amendments. Benalla, Amendment No. 10.12.!'l7 18.:3.58 Scheme almoRt ready for submission 1, 1957 for approval. *Bulla 3,000 !).().58 Cranbourne (Cran bonrne !)()() 1UJ.5G lf27.II.~~·L Proceeding. Township) t_ 7.8 .. li~f Cohram, Amendment ~0. l2.5.:J8 f:lcheme completed by Council. On ] , 1958 public exhibition until 18th September, 1958. Corio (T,ara Town;;hip) .. fJ(J() I l.ll.55 2.11.55 f:!eheme well advanced-draft plan mng proposals under consideration. Progress slow. Fern Tree Gully •• i 30,300 7 . 6 . 54 l 0 . ] 2 . 57 Existing condition;< maps completed. Draft planning proposals well I ad Yanced. Flindcrs 17,200 i ll.4.[J6 i 11.2.58 Draft planning proposals being considered bv Council. \Vell advanced. c (iisborne (part) 850 3.12.57 I I Proceeding. Lillydale 27,000 27.2.56 ;f 7.8.56 \ 2.6.!)8 (iood progress made. Objections 1l,_lUUi7 received during the Rtatutory J period being considered bv the Council. · )fornington 7,500 8.7 .4H ll. lO .4!l Revision of ;;cheme now proceeding. Morwell (part C.A. 70, lt\.9 ..57 i 20 .ll.f)7 i Small amending scheme. Proceeding. Parish of Marvvale) Morwell, Amendment No. 21.!).58 On public exhibition until 11th l. 1958 Julv, 1958. *Mulgrave 1().8.51 2.10.51 . 2.6.:J5 Scheme adopted by t.he Council and submitted for approval. At present being exa.mined bv the Board pursuant to Seetion l4 (2) of the Act. Newham and Woodend 2,150 I 3.9.57 Proceeding. Numurkah (Numurkah 2,500 '.·}ll.8.47. 2.9.47 rl Scheme submitted for approval at Towm;hip) ;).4 .48 11.5.48 :J the request of the newly con I 1.3.54 5.6.54 stituted Council. The Board's I report on the scheme pursuant to Section 14 (2) of the Act has been withheld to enable the new Council I to. e_xamine the planning proposals. Seymour (Seymour Town· 4,000: 9.9.46 23.11.48 : Rev1s10n of scheme proceeding. ~>hip) I 10 LIST "B "-PLANNING ScHEMES PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY--continued. Population Date of Exhibition Scheme. Commenced. Apfroval of Period Position as at 30th June, 19~8. ln Area. . D.O. Expired . Shires-continued. I Swan Hill (Robinvale 1,500 13.5.47 I 10.6.47 Substantial progress in last twelve Township) months. Scheme now well ad- vanced I I Traralgon (Traralgon 11,500 I{ 5. 9.46 1 14.1.47/}16.2.56 Scheme adopted by the Council and Township) .I 4.8.49. 23.8.49 I submitted for approval. Board's examination of the scheme pur suant to Section 14 (2) of the Act I almost completed. Upper Murray (Corryong 950: 1.10.57 I Proceeding. Township) Joint Committees. Geelong and District, 95,000 I 14.9.46 17.12.46 19.8.55 Objections received during the comprising : statutory period have been de City of Geelong termined by the Joint Planning City of Geelong West Committee. The final copies of City of Newtown and the scheme for submission for Chilwell approval are now being prepared. Shire of Bannockburn (part) Shire of Barrabool (part) Shire of Bellarine (part) Shire of Corio {part) .. Shire of South Barwon (part) Portland and District, 6,250 18 .11. 52 20.1.53 23.8.57 Scheme adopted by Joint Planning comprising :- Committee and submitted for Town of Portland approvaL At present being Shire of Portland (part) examined by the Board pursuant to Section 14 (2) of the Act. Ballaarat and District, 51,000 :{1.10.55 Preparation of planning scheme comprising :- 1 2.9.57 12.11.57 } maps well advanced. Planning City of Ballaarat area slightly extended by second Borough of Sebastopol I resolution. Shire of Ballarat (part) I Shire of Bungaree (part) Shire of Buninyong (part) Shire of Grenville (part) W angaratta and District, 16,100 12.7.51 11.9.51 9. 4. 58 Objections received during the comprising : statutory period being considered Borough of Wangaratta by the Joint Planning Committee. Shire of Oxley (part) Shire of Wangaratta (part) Melbourne and M etropoli tan Board of Works as ' Responsible Authon:ty. Metropolitan Planning 1,670,000 ! 11.1.50 22.2.55 21.10.54 Objections received during the Area (as defined in Act , statutory period still being con No. 5834) · sidered by the Board of Works. Further reference-paragraphs 29 to 42 of this report. • In Metropolitan planning nrea. 11 l,IST "C "-PLANNING SCHEMES IN THE PREPARATION OF WHICH No PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE DURING THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS. ·------~------··----·· Population Date of Exhibition ~cheme. in Area.. I L'<:.nnmen('t>d. Approval of Period l'o,itlon •• at 30th June, 1958. I I.D.O. Expired. Cities. Ballaarat (part) 13.10.47 28.3.50 Area included m Ballaarat and District Joint Planning Scheme (see Joint Committees, List" B "). *Chelsea 21.10.46 Inactive. Planning matters now controlled by Board of Works' Interim Development Order and metropolitan planning proposals. Hamilton 9,000 12.9.46 15.10.46 12.6. 50 Council has instructed consultant planner to proceed with the scheme. No substantial progress within the last twelve months. Horsham 8,250 3. 9.46 Preparation of scheme deferred. Interim Development Order revoked on 11th August, 1954. Mildura 11,500 8.5.47 21.11.50 *Prahran 17.7.50 Inactive. Planning matters now controlled by Board of Works' Interim Development Order and metropolitan planning proposals. Sale .. 7,000 I 19.7.54 8.3.55 I Warrnamhool 13,250 i 26.!1.50 Tu·wns. Castlemaine 6,800 21.11 .46 25.3.'17 Colac 8,500 23.6.48 10.8.48 The Board has made every effort to encourage the Council to proceed, but there is no evidence of recent progress. Portland 20.8.46 15.10.46 Area now included in Portland and District Joint Planning Scheme (see Joint Committees, List "B"). Benalla 7,000 23. ij .49 Interim Development Order revoked. Kyahram (part) :3,500 1.10.56 *Ringwood (part) 19.4.51 i Inactive. Planning matters now controlled by Board of Works' Interim Development Order and metropolitan planning proposals. Wangaratta 30.6.47 H:i .11. 4-~J Area included in Wangaratta and District Joint Planning Scheme (see Joint Committees, List "B"). Shires. Berwick (Pakenham East 1,100 21.8.50 19.12.50 Township) Berwick (Berwick Town- 1 !iOO 18.9.50 19.12.50 ship) No evidence of any recent progress. *Berwick (Princes- 19.2.51 16.3.51 , highway) *Berwick (part) i 21.5.56 Buln Buln (Drouin and 4,000 I 2l.Jl .49 28.2.50 I Longwarry) Colac (part) 1,000 i 8.11.48 • In )!etropolit,,n ptannln11 area, Area subject to Metropolitan Planning Scheme and Interim Development Order. 12 LIST "CJ "-PLANNING ScHEMES IN THE PREPARATION OF WHICH .No PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE DURING THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS-continued. Population i Exhibition So.heme. Period Posit,ion as at 30th June, 1958. in Area. Expired . .. Shires--continued. Corio (pnrt) 28.8.46 17.9.46 Absorbed in area of Geelong and District Joint Planning Scheme (see Joint Committees, List ,, B "). *Eltham (part) 9.3.54 19.5.5<1 No progress. IntNim Development Order lapsed. Euroa (Euroa Township) 2,650 ll. 9.46 12.ll.46 *Ji'rankston and Hastings f>.3.48 10.11.53 No progress. Part of area included (part) in Metropolitan Planning Scheme. Grenville (part) 2.8.47 2.9.47 Area now inelnded in Ballaarat and Dist.rict Joint Planning Scheme (~PP Joint CommiHees, List " B"). Kerang (part) .. 4,600 1 17.4.56 Area of scheme includes the town i ships of Kerang, Quambatook and Koondrook. No progress. 1,500 4.10.56 Kilmore (part) I I Mansfield (J\'lansfield 1,870 4.5.49 ' 26.7.49 [IJRevocation of Interim Development Township) OrrlerR under conHideration Mansfield (Jamiesou 250 2.4.52 26.8.52 1 Township) I N arracan (Trafalgar and 3,500 19.7 ..51 \ Inactive. Yarragon Townships and :mrrounding areas) Numnrkah (Katunga 15GO 17.4.52 27.4.54 Township) Portland (Heywood 1,200 9.8.46 Township) Rodney (Tatura Town- 1 2,000 28.6.54 ship) Tambo (Lakes Entrance 1,500 18.6.52 Township) W errihee (\Verrihee 4,500 17.10.46 25.3.47 Township) *W errihee (Laverton 1 l4.o.51 9.9.52 Township) Wodonga 11,500 4 .11.!)3 Yarrawonga (Yarrawonga 3,700 7 .9.54 I 23.11.54 Interim Development Order under Township) review. Board as Responsible Authority. Gelliondale, comprising 500 19.2.51 As the projected industrial develop portions of :- ment in the area was indefinitely Shire of Alberton deferred, the preparation of the Shire of South Gipps planning scheme was suspended. lancl The Board conferred with the Councils in the area in regard to the lifting of interim development control, and as a result the Interim Development Order was revoked. • In .Uetropnlitnn vlauning area. Aro:t. suhject to Jiet.ropoHtan Plannlni: :-;chon1e rnvl Interim Development Orrlcr. THE TOWN AND COUN T RY PLAN ING BOARD OF VI CTORIA PLANNING IN VICTORIA AT 30TH JUNE 1958 REFERENCE MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH PLANNING SCHEMES HAVE BEEN COMMENCED MILDURA LOCALITY OF PLANNING SCHEMES METROPOLITAN AREA BEING PLANNED BY THE MELBOURNE & METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WOfl.KSi PLANNING SCHEMES PREPARED BY THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING BOARD WALPEUP PLANNING IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA ME:TROPOUTAN BOAR OF" WORKS IS THE RESPONSIBLE AUTHO I FOR THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING SCHEME WHICH COVERS THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN AREA SHOWN ABOVE. IN ADDITION TO THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING SCHEME, VARIOUS SUBURBAN COUNCILS ARE ALSO PREPARING , OR HAVE ALREADY HAD APPROVED, DETAILED LOCAL PLANNING SCHEMES. THE LOCATION OF THESE SCHEMES IS SHOWN IN RED· K.OWREE PLANNING SCHEMES APPROVED OR IN COURSE OF PREPARATION CITIE S t I ,.nn.1 ! 27. Sl! tppan cu'l t 48. B'lltuolla jP1rd 75 M ~M r1 1l d !hm l '"~ ·" Town) e 1.. ~lauat 28. Warrmm b~ ~~: :: ~ : ~= f :!;c. ~( l To-~n) 76 11ornilllton 3. S.ndiJO TOW NS f 77. Mo,.....tU (Soollrr& Towrt) 1. 6rCRd!T"~~<~"!!VW ) (PJn) SI. ic,..,.lcl< !P<~~~\'! I'Ih am E1H t own) Br u n ~ w tc l<. 52. Berwic k ( P r l o:~ct s H lf h w~ / ) 5. 29. C :Qtitm:~~ln• ' ~~ : ~ ~~: : : ! ~=~ ~;~ ;)n) 6. c .mberwell 30. C.,&ac Sl B u ll~ SJ. Mul, rn c 54. S~ln _B,t,~ln (Drow ln M d L C -fll w~rr y t 8 1. N urKaJ~ (Moc- N cowborouah) 7. ChtiWI e 31 Portbnd B. C6 b11t1 Towtts j 8 2. N z rro~~!t {~ ) 1 9 Ce bu rJ (&dl Strt et) BO ~ CUGHS 83. Newlum u.~ Woo&.nd I ~~ - :~:f:;~; (~ ~~ ~~~ 84. Numurhh (Kuun(l Towrt J I :f 2:::~: Ww 32. Bl"l'liffh t 57. C ~ r~m rc o bram Town) 85. Numur k01 h (Ntinurtah To ..- n) 12 t·hmllton t Jl Btn.alb (Porn ) SS. CoUc (Pom ) e 86. Oxft t (Pu t \ 13 . t-bwthorn ) 4 Ec hua e 59. Cotfo (Po~rt) 87. Po n l;r.n d (HcrwoOO To wr~) 1-1 . K tfde ~ b erg 35. K)':.bnm (P.ut) 60. Corio (l .J n To,.. n) • 88. Portl ~ n d Wart) 15. Horshtm 36. t"". ~ ry b orous: h 61 . C nnbourn~ (Pllrt) 89. Rodner ( h: <~n To wn) 16 Mll'f'trn t 37. Hue 62. Etrill-m !Put) 90. S c-r m.t:~ u r (Seymour Town) 17. Mndutll 38. Port FJ ry 6)" E ., ro ~ (tun~z T o wr~) e 9 1. S 014 ~ ~ B~ rwot~ (Pm) I 18 11oonbb• n 19. Rl nJ-ood (~ n) M Fun T ru G<1 lt, 92 . Swalt Hil l (ft: o boll'l>nle ro·,...n) • 19. N 1"'tGw t1 tftd Chltw•ll • .tO. Stbanopol 6) . J:l •mfcn 9] t 01111bo (Lab' En~ n 11 c e Tow11) ~ 20. N 11ru w ~ 1 n1 (rmJ 41. S...,:.n Hill 6.6 . Fra1t kst011 a~t >:f Haltill.f' {P1n ) 94. T r~ril l1 on (T rurl lton Town) 21 o .1c1e.o.1 ~ e ~2 . W Mtt J n n~ 6! . Ghbor l'tt (fzn) ll flr)llrtn SHIRES e 63. G rw~~ • lll• lPm ) e :~: ~!7~r~~ r ~~ ~ ~~;n ) 23. Prutaft 69. tr.•n"l (li:;.,;~nl To .... n) t 97, Wuna\11 \Ju~111 Town) 2" il. ldi!N>Ill! 70. ken ro' (KooDdrook Tl1Wn) 93. Wcrrlbft LJ..-r rtQn Towr~) JS. 5.3k 71, K~ran1 ( Qw~nb ., toe l. Town) 99 W t rrlbft (W errlboet Town j t ~ 6. S.l,., Crtlljhlfn (l'utJ n K J I~r 11 ( ~ 'Jr t ) 100 W Q SCHEMES PREPARED BY THe TCWN AND COUNTRY SCHEMES BEING PREPARED BY IOINT PLANNING C0~1MlTIEE S PLANNING BOARD Th OCEAN ROAD PLANNING SCHE~IE. 11. The Ocean Road Planning Scheme, prepared by the Board pursuant to Section 4 (2) of the Act, was approved by the Governor in Council on 15th April, 1958. Notice of such approval was published in Government Gazette No. 33, of :30th ApriL 1958. on which date the scheme became effective. 12. By virtue of the provisions of Section 12 of the Act, as amended, the approval of the planning scheme caused the two Interim Development Orders, made by the Board after the commencement of the scheme, to lapse only in respect of the land affected by the scheme. As certain portions of the planning area to which the Interim Development Orders applied were excluded from the provisions of the approved planning scheme, it becam.e necessary, following the approval of the scheme, for these Interim Development Orders to be separately revoked insofar as they related to land not included in the planning scheme as approved. Notice of the revocation was published in Government Gazette No. 44, dated 28th May, 1958. 13. As provided in the Act, the Council of each of the four municipalities concerned, namely, the Shires of Barrabool, Otway, South Barwon and Winchelsea, became the Responsible Authority for the carrying out and enforcement of that portion of the scheme within its municipal district. 14. In the Board's Eleventh and Twelfth Annual Reports reference was made to the detailed provisions of the scheme which are designed primarily to ensure the preservation of the scenic beauty of the Ocean Road and to encourage the development of the area as holidav resorts. " 15. With the approval of the scheme and the vesting in the local Councils of the powers necessary for the enforcement and carrying out of its provisions, the Board's duties as Responsible Authority for the preparation of the scheme ceased. As any alteration of the scheme provisions becomes necessary, it will be competent for the Council concerned to initiate an amending planning scheme which, when approved, will amend the principal scheme. 16. The Board has felt privileged to have been given the responsibility of preparing the Ocean Road Planning Schen1e, and has pleasure in recording its appreciation of the valuable co-operation and assistance given by the Country Roads Board, the Lands Department, the Forests Commission and the Councils of the Shires of Barrabool, Otway, South Barwon and Winchelsea. EILDON SUB-REGIONAL PLANNING SCHEME. 17. The Eildon Sub-Regional Planning Scheme Amendment No. 2. 1957, was placed on public exhibition on 7th August, 1957, after the receiving of comments on the proposed amendments from the Council of the Shire of AJexandra and the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission. 18. During the three months' statutory exhibition period five objections were received and some further comments were submitted by the State Rivers and Water Supply Conunission. 19. The amending scheme increases the normal Residential Zone to the north-west of the township of Eildon to permit the subdivi~ion of sites for an additional 122 houses, and makes provision for a playground area as a part of the projected housing development. A small Residential Zone at the rear of the existing commercial area is permitted to allow houses on separate sites of 4,000 square feet in area, so that houses used in conjunction with the commercial premises can he on separate titles. 20. The amending scheme enables the limited subdivision of sites of not less than one acre abutting about 5± miles of the Eildon Reservoir foreshore--about two miles to the north-east of the township of Eildon. ]4 OCEAN RO AD Horseshoe Bend near Lorne OCEAN ROAD Camping area at Cumberland Creek OCEAN ROAD Ocean Road and Coastl ine West of Cape Paccon I;) 2J. The felling of tree. · do .· t~l' than Ollt' chain to the for c:-;hore of the Eildon Reservoir Reserve. or from more than thrr> -yuarters of the area of any site i;; prohibited by the scheme and. although buildings are not controlled other than by by-laws and otheT regulations, the Board considers that the large site areas and tree-fellin.o restrictions will preserve' the natural beauty of the loc1 lit_v. 22. The scheme wns approverl b_v the Governor in Council and ca)llc into eflect on 21st May, 1958, and the Board will watch with inten·:-;t the housing d(~ v elopment of this a.rea, the nature and extent of which could have a great influence on whethr.r similar provisions should be made in relation to the other sections of the 300 miles of shoreline of this great inland water storage. '!'ALLA:\UATTA. PLA~~E\U f\CHElUE H)56. 23. The State Hiven: and \Vater Supply Commission had almo::;t completed the constnwtion of the new to\\ 1; of 'l'allangatta, which was designed by this Board in consultation with the Commission and the Towong Shire Council, when it was considered desirable by the tluee parties concerned that the planning principles observed during the construction period shonlcl be protrctecl and continued after the iommission n·li1J quishecl control. 24. Lt was agreed that thi::; Board ::;hould prepare a ::;tatutmy planning scheme with this object in view, and the necess;uy instructions were given by the Minister on 23rd August, 1956. The scheme was practically completed towards the end of 1956, when the comments of the Cmmcil tmd the CommiRsion were sought before it ,,·n,r.; placed on public exhibition. On 3rd July, 1957, the scheme was made a.vailahle for public inspection and objection, but no objections were receivert. 25. The genera.l extP..nt and features of the scheme, which ·was approved by the Governor in Council on 25th .June, 1958, are shown on the map on page 16. This map and the photographs which are reproduced enable an appreuiation to be gained of the town layout, the grouping anfl the appeara.nce of the buildings and the nature of the countryside within which the town is situatt,d. TALLANGATTA - 1958 View of New Town showing Hume Reservoir in the background 16 17 TALLANGATTA Mu nici pal an d Public Offices TALLANGATTA Housing Development with Part of Central Open Space and Shopping Centre in Background ' . TALLANGATTA Shopping Centre, Open Space and Car Park l2ll5j.58.- 2 • 18 26. 'l'he approval of the planning ~:>cheme by the Governor in Council makes the Council of the Shire of Towong the authority responsible for its administration and ensures that all new buildings and works are in accordance with its provisions. On the approval of the scheme the Interim Development Order, which was administered by the State Rivers and Water Supply Conunission during the transfer and constructional operations, ceases insofar as it relates to the area within the planning scheme. 27. The Board feels that the town has much to commend it as a district centre and believes it has a substantial potential as a tourist attraction, which will be much enhanced when the trees planted on public and private lands become more established and add to the existing attractiveness of the landscape. 28. The Board records its appreciation of the co-operation given by the Shire Council and the State Rivers and "\Vater Supply Commission during the initial stages when the town was being designed, and during the preparation of the statutory planning scheme. METROPOLITAN PLANNING SCHEME. 29. During the past twelve months the Board of "\Vorks has maintained progress t<>wards the completion of the Metropolitan Planning Scheme and, as at 30th June, 1958, only 279 of the 3,667 objections received during the statutory period ren1ained undetermined. 30. Whilst the Metropolitan Interim Development Order is drafted in such a way as not to require permits for development generally in accordance with the provisions of the exhibited planning scheme, since the introduction of interim control in February, 1955, the Board of Works has issued 6,513 use or development permits, of which 2,011 were issued during the past twelve months. Figures released by the Government Statist indicate that during this same twelve months' period 40,779 building permits were issued by municipal councils in the metropolitan area. 31. It will be seen, therefore, that apart from other developments such as the subdivision of land, the building developments for which a Board of "\Vorks permit was required represented slightly less than 5 per cent. of the total developments approved in the metropolitan area for the twelve months ended 30th June, 1958. For the same period the number of appeals to the ::\iinister against the refusal of a permit or the conditions attached to a permit was 173, representing less than one half of 1 per cent. of the total developments referred to above. 32. Since the statutory exhibition of the Metropolitan Planning Scheme in July, 1954, the population within the metropolitan planning area has increased from about 1,524,000 to 1,726,000. The number of building permits issued during that period totalled 148,666, of which 55,734 were for houses or residential units. 33. The Rural Zones which surrounded the areas zoned for urban development, as shown on the exhibited scheme, were intended to arrest the n1etropolitan "sprawl" and to encourage the development of vacant areas within the planned urban limits. However, whilst the undeveloped land within these urban limits was estimated as sufficient to accommodate a population of 2,500,000 and the present estimated population is 1,726,000, the land is generally held in small parcels and, whe:r: avai~able for sale, is generally unattractive to the average developer because of the h1gh pnce asked. 34. Many of the areas which were subdivided and sold before the Local Government Act was amended to enable Councils to require street construction before sealing a plan of subdivision are still sparsely built upon and although generally closer to public transport are not developing as rapidly and compactly as some more remote areas where the streets have been constructed. 35. Home building organizations, whether public or private, contemplating the complete development of housing estates, are generally unable to obtain areas large enough to permit operations on an economical scale except in the Rural Zones in the perimeter of the already subdivided areas. 19 36. Mo:st of the outer municipalities now levy rates on the unimproved capital value of the land but although this system, to some extent, discourages the holding of vacant land, there is believed to be a lower rate of building in areas where streets are unmade and such development is certainly more scattered. 37. The inadequacy of loan funds available to Councils is the prime reason why more extensive private street construction propositions cannot be undertaken, even though the money expended can be recouped over a term of years from the owners of abutting land. In the meantime, water, electricity and other services are being extended through sparsely built-on areas to more remote but compact building development on the fringe of the urban areas. 38. This present trend of development to some extent defeats the intention of the outer Rural Zones, designed to regulate and encourage a more compact development in the areas zoned for residential development, and increases the difficulty of resisting proposals for the re-zoning of rural land to permit complete development schemes. 39. Under the provisions of Section 7 of the J1elbourne and 111et·ropolitan Board of Works Act 1956, two further important traffic routes have been declared metropolitan main highways, and now come within the jurisdiction of the Board of Works as the Metropolitan Highways Authority. These routes are:- (i) Roy-street in the City of South Melbourne, and (ii) Batman-avenue, east of Anderson-street bridge, in the City of Melbourne, and Harcourt-parade, Mary-street and Barkly-avenue in the City of Richmond. 40. It is expected that the Metropolitan Planning Scheme prepared by the Board of Works will be completed by the end of the year and will be submitted for the approval of the Governor in Council early in 1959. 41. To facilitate the examination of the scheme by this Board in accordance with Section 14 (2) of the Act, the Board of Works proposes to make available in advance of the formal submission of the scheme, information as to the changes and modifications made since it was lodged for public exhibition in July, 1954. These changes result from the determination of the objections received during the statutory period and from permits issued under Interim Development Order powers. 42. This procedure will help to reduce the peri!Jd between the submission of the scheme by the Board of Works, and its approval by the Governor in Council, and will also enable an appraisal to be made as to whether the modifications made to the exhibited scheme are of such a substantial nature as to warrant the }finister requiring a further exhibition to enable objections to be lodged to the modifications in accordance with Section 14 (3) of the Act. GEELONG AND DISTRICT JOINT PLANNING SCHEME. 43. Following the statutory exhibition period of the Geelong and District .Joint Planning Scheme, which expired on 18th September, 1955, the Joint Planning Committee has been engaged in the determination of objections received during that period, in addition to dealing with routine applications for permits under the provisions of its Interim Develot:ment Order. 44. Whilst all the objections have now been determined, the completion of the scheme has been further delayed by the neeessity to consider matters arising out of the continuing rapid development of the district. However, the final submission copies of the planning scheme are being prepared, and the Committee hopes to clear up all outRtanding matters and to submit the scheme for approval by the end of the year. BALLAARAT AND DISTRICT JOINT PLANNING SCHEME. 45. The Ballaarat and District Joint Planning Committee, comprising representatives of the City of Ballaarat, Borough of Sebastopol and the Shires of Buninyong, Bungaree and Grenville, was formed in 1955. 20 46. The Council of the Shire of Ballaarat, which had reached an advanced stage in the preparation of a separate planning scheme for portion of its municipality, also resolved to join the Committee in October, 1955. The Shire of Ballaarat Planning Scheme, which is now included within the area covered by the Joint Planning Scheme, was approved by the Governor in Council in January, 1958. 47. The rate of development within the 80 square miles comprising the joint planning area can be gauged by the fact that applications to the Joint Planning Committee for development permits have averaged over one hundred per month since the approval of the Interim Development Order covering the planning area in 1957. 48. The Board trusts that the satisfactory progress that has been made in the preparation of the planning scheme for this large provincial centre will be continued, and that the scheme will be completed and submitted for public inspection and objection at an early date. PORTLAND AND DISTRICT JOINT PLANNING SCHEME. 49. Satisfactory progress has continued to be maintained in the preparation of this planning scheme, the area of which includes the Portland Harbour, the township of Portland and the surrounding rural district. 50. Following a governmental enquiry and decision in 1949 that Portland should be developed as a first-class seaport and regional centre for import and export trade, the Councils of the Town and Shire of Portland resolved that the anticipated growth of the town and harbour should be guided by a statutory planning scheme. A joint planning committee, comprising representatives of both municipalities, was formed soon afterwards, and a firm of Melbourne consultants was employed to carry out the planning work. :)1. The completed planning scheme was placed on public exhibition in Portland and at the offices of the Board for the statutory three months' period from 22nd May, 1957. After consideration of objections and consequent amendments to the maps and ordinance the Committee forwarded the complete scheme to the Minister for approval in March, 1958. 52. One of the scheme provisions is a new rail connexion between the harbour facilities and the main trunk line to Hamilton and Melbourne. The new line has been located on reclaimed low-lying land south of the shopping centre, and this has necessitated the construction of three road bridges at the western edge of the to""''ll. The scheme also includes a reservation for an arterial ring road, 132 feet wide, which bypasses the township and serves the new harbour works and a probable future major industrial area to the south of the township. 53. At the present time the Portland and District Joint Planning Scheme is before the Board for examination and report as required by Section 14 (2) of the Act. WANGARATTA AND DISTRICT PLANNING SCHEME. 54. This scheme, originally called the Wangaratta Sub-Regional Planning Scheme, has been further advanced during the year. After many delays in the early stages of its preparation, the scheme was finalized by the Joint Planning Committee and placed on public exhibition for three months from 8th January, 1958. 55. The Committee is now considering the objections lodged during the statutory period, prior to the adoption and submission of the scheme for the approval of the Governor in Council. MORNINGTON PENINSULA. 56. The Mornington Peninsula, with its natural playgrounds and scenic beauty, continues to attract thousands of tourists and visitors annually. The Board is gratified that the three municipal councils responsible for the control of development on the Peninsula are each engaged in the preparation of a statutory planning scheme. These bodies are fully aware of their responsibility in preventing further indiscriminate land subdivision, and the siting of harmful types of development which may prejudice the future of the Peninsula as a popular tourist and holiday centre. PLANNING SCHEME COVERAGE OF MOR NI NGTON PENINSULA POINT ___, EXTE:N'T OF PL.-N,UNG SCHEME$ AA!'A OF' INT(Rlllll DEVE\..OPM£N1'~ ~ CONTROl. ft'f' $HilUS. AREA OF lNTERIW DEVELOPWCNT h··"t·,...... o n ' " ~ ; 7d ~ ~ WLZi:iJ CONTROl. &V M.IIII.B,W. AND 5HIR[ •" :I': :'.I!AtF or MILt$ ·<:. , / , _, . <9 P H I L l I I' .,..o.l'o.l' ..<" 7' "4. +tJ' :.0 1- t:,:) 1-' ~' "··",, ',.' . \ ~- ' ,)' '',_.... / I /'· . ( 1.1' \ ' .... •, .1. Rt() i-IILl.; j ,.,...... "'.,. I ·., >--. , ... '"", / •, ... WERRIU$' 0 F ~· .... -- ... "" , ··~~oRTH : .. ( ,.. .. .-;eo HILL : ~~ .... ;.~ ..... ······~-- / SOUTH f ll N 0 E R s '. ,/ ~ .... \ .. •. ; \ r . • ~ - J I 1'-.....' / (..,.. :.---/ 'e,('BALNARAING ~"' I , ~0::. I .',r-- - \ ...... S>iOAEHA,.. \ -~) POINT I / __,. / <&PJ: \ I I wf.S1f.R~ 22 57. The respective councils are also vitally interested in attracting suitable types of industry to the Peninsula to provide employment for local residents and to check any likely drift of population to the metropolitan area. At present a considerable number of residents travel many miles to their employment, and the establishment of new industries in selected centres is considered of major importance. 58. As will be seen from the sketch map, with the exception of certain rural areas adjacent to Western Port Bay, almost the entire Mornington Peninsula is subject to control by Interim Development Orders, pending the preparation and approval of town planning schemes by the respective municipalities. 8hire of Frankston and Hastings. 59. The Council of this Shire, by its resolution in 1948, was the first of the Mornington Peninsula Shires to commence the preparation of a planning scheme, and has had authority to control development by an Interim Development Order over this lengthy period. This Board has, on a number of occasions, endeavoured to impress upon the Council the desirability of finalising its planning scheme, so that a definite scheme of development would be available for the information of interested persons and replace the present uncertain control by Interim Development Order. 60. The approval of the Metropolitan Planning Scheme in advance of the submission and approval of the Shire scheme would render unnecessary the submission of a scheme for that part of the Shire within the metropolitan area, but would leave without proper planning control much valuable land within the Shire's planning area. 61. When the Council has applied for the re-approval of its Interim Development Order, the Board has invariably sought assurances that the scheme would be brought through its final stages without undue delay. The response has been disappointing and it would appear to this Board that the incorporation within the metropolitan planning area of that portion of the Shire of Frankston and Hastings planning area, which is at present outsid~ the metropolitan boundary, would be the most expeditious way of obtaining satisfactory planning control. 8hire of .1l1 ornington. 62. By contrast, th~ Council of the Shire of l\fornington has made steady progress in the preparation of a planning scheme covering the entire municipality, and protection of draft proposals by Interim Development Order is continuing. 63. During the year the Board reported on a proposal by the Mornington Shire Council to compulsorily acquire an area of land on the Dromana-Mornington-road, at Mt. Martha, for the purpose of establishing a granitic sand quarry. After investigation of the 11-acre site, which is situated in a sub-divided area, the Board recommended approval of the proposal, subject to suitable tree planting for screening purposes and minimum disfigurement of the landscape. Shire of Flinders. 64. With an area of 185 square miles this Shire is the largest municipality on the Peninsula. The planning scheme for the Shire of Flinders was commenced in April, 1956, and the whole of the Shire has been photographed from the air to aid in the preparation of base maps by the Department of Lands and Survey. 65. Early formulation of draft planning proposals for the more rapidly developing portion of the municipal district (including the townships of Dromana, Rosebud, Rye, Sorrento and Portsea) enabled the approval, for this area, of an Interim Development Order in February. 66. The Shire's town planning consultant is maintaining steady progress with proposals for the balance of the municipality, and it is ~xpected that interim control of this area also will be sought at an early date. 23 DANDENONG RANGES. 67. The Board is pleased to report that during the past year substantial progress has been made by the Shires of Lillydale and Fern Tree Gully towards the completion of the planning schemes for their municipalities. 68. The Shire of Lillydale Planning Scheme was made available for public exhibition in January last, and the lodging of objections by affected persons up to 1st May, 1958, was invited. The period for the receipt of objections was later extended for a further month. The Lillydale scheme proposals are being protected under Interim Development Order powers which have been operative over the whole Shire since June, 1957. At present the Council is dealing with the objections to the scheme, prior to adopting it for submission for the approval of the Governor in Council. 69. The Board trusts that the excellent progress so far made by this Council will be continued, and that the scheme, which includes much of the best scenery in the Dandenong Ranges and the rapidly developing outer metropolitan area around Croydon, will be submitted for approval at an early date. 70. Although the Fern Tree Gully Shire Council resolved to prepare a planning scheme for its Shire in June, 1954, progress before this year was disappointing. The delay in the preparation of the scheme was partly due to the fact that all the maps, which were in course of preparation by the Lands Department under arrangement with the Council and this Board, were not available until the middle of 1957. 71. However, during the past year, the existing conditions maps and the draft planning scheme maps have reached an advanced stage, and the draft planning proposals are being protected under the powers of the Interim Development Order which was approved in December, 1957. 72. During the year the Board reported to you on the progress being made by the two Councils mainly responsible for the preservation of the scenic beauty of the Dandenong Ranges, and it is considered that the action then taken has result{ld in greater progress being made towards the completion of the statutory schemes. 73. A small portion of the Fern Tree Gully Shire adjacent to the Dandenong Creek, which it was considered should form portion of a large metropolitan park, was added to the metropolitan planning area by an order of the Governor in Council on 8th May, 1958, thereby enabling the Board of Works to assume planning responsibility for it. 74. The Board will continue to assist and encourage these two Councils in the completion of their planning schemes which are so vital as a means of preserving the Dandenong Ranges as a national scenic asset. LAND USE ZONING-BY-LAWS UNDER LOCAL GOVERNlVIENT ACT. 75. Thirty-three by-laws, prepared pursuant to Section 197 of the Local Government Act, were examined and reported upon by the Board during the year. 76. The following municipalities submitted by-laws for the approval of the Governor in Council, and the numbers in brackets indicate the submission of more than one by-law:- Oities.-Ballaarat, Brighton, Caulfield (4), Collingwood, Footscray (12), Hawthorn, Heidelberg (2), Oakleigh (2), Melbourne, Mordialloc, Sandringham (2), St. Kilda. Borough. -Queenscliffe. Shires.-Fern Tree Gully, Marong, Warracknabeal. 77. While the value of the protection given to residential property by by-law control has been generally recognized, an increasing number of Councils is realizing the great advantages to be derived from the adoption of the more detailed zoning provisions of a planning scheme. The Board considers that in the not distant future development in all important urban areas will be regulated by planning schemes made under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Acts. 24 SCHEMES UNDER SECTION 594, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT. 78. The provisions of Section 594, Local Government Act, enable any municipal council to purchase by negotiation or to compulsorily acquire any land required for the opening of any new street or road, and, in addition, to purchase by negotiation or to compulsorily acquire other land surplus to that actually required for the purposes of the new street or road. 79. Municipalities carrying out such a scheme are required to submit to the Minister all relevant details, including the manner in which the surplus land is to be subdivided and sold or leased, and an estimate of the total cost of the scheme. Before any such scheme is submitted to the Minister for approval, the Council must also publish notices in both the Governme,nt Gazette and a newspaper generally circulating in the district, stating that a copy of the proposed scheme is open for inspection at the municipal offices. 80. The manner in which a scheme under Section 594 of the Local Government Act is advertised, exhibited and submitted for the approval of the Minister is similar in many respects to the statutory procedure required for the preparation of a planning scheme under the Town and Country Planning Acts. As is the case with planning schemes, before a Section 594 scheme is approved by the Governor in Council, a report must be obtained from the 'fown and Country Planning Board for the information of the Minister. 81. Section 594 of the Local Government Act provides a ready means for Councils to provide improved access to isolated or decadent parcels of land in towns which, because of old type subdivisions and suiTounding development has become unusable, although by reason of location is potentially valuable. 82. During the year two schemes prepared under this Section were submitted to the Board for examination and report to the Minister. In each case the Board offered no objection from a planning viewpoint and approval was recommended. 83. One scheme, submitted by the Council of the Borough of Benalla, was a minor variation of a previous scheme approved by the Governor in Council in 1951, involving the opening up of a new street (Ride-avenue) in Section P, 'rown and Parish of Benalla. and the subdivision of adjacent land. 84. The second scheme, submitted by t,he Council of the City of Geelong West. comprised the opening up of a new street, Clonard-street, and the subdivision of " waste " land at the rear of allotments fronting Collins and Britannia-streets, Geelong West, to provide 25 residential lots. As in the Benalla scheme, previously unusable land in an area where services were readily available, was opened up for development. EXAMINATION 01'~ PLANNING SCHEMES BY 'I'HE BOARD. 85. In accordance \\ri.th Section 14 of the Town and Country Planning Act, the Board has, during the past twelve months, examined and reported on nine planning schemes submitted by local councils for the approval of the Governor in CounciL ·with the exception of the planning scheme covering part of the Shire of Ballarat, all of the schemes examined by the Board were small amending schemes which had the effect of varying earlier approved schemes. 86. In addition to this work the Board has completed and forwarded for the approval of the Governor in Council the following schemes prepared by it at the request of the 1\:Iinister :~ Ocean Road Planning Scheme 1955; Tallangatta Planning Scheme 1956 : l~ildon Sub-Regional Planning Scheme Axnendment No. 2, 1957. 87. Planning authorities are required under the pro\risions of the Act to notify Government Departments and public authorities when a scheme is commenced, and co-operation between these bodies during the course of preparation of the scheme enables their various requirements to be co-ordinated. This procedure reduces to a minimum any objections that such authorities may have to a scheme when it is ultimately placed on public exhibition. . 25 88. When a scheme is referred to the Board for report, the proposals are analysed, the areas inspected by the Board's technical staff and all objections are commented on as a part of the Board's report. 89. If the planning authority maintains close contact with the Board during the preparatory stages of a planning scheme, delays in the formulation of the Board's report can frequently be substantially reduced, and consequently an earlier approval of the planning scheme by the Governor in Council can be expected. The Board has encouraged the adoption of this procedure and is always ready to advise planning authorities on any particular problems when required. EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES. 90. The important problem of arriving at a satisfactory method of controlling the location and operation of extractive industries was advanced a stage further during the year, when the Government referred this matter to the State Development Committee for inquiry and report. 91. The Committee held hearings during December, 1957, and March, 1958, and evidence was tendered by, or on behalf of a large number of interested persons and bodies. The Chairman of this Board, Mr. F. C. Cook, tendered evidence dealing with the planning considerations involved. 92. The Committee, after consideration of the evidence submitted, recommended "that the 1\:lines Department should be the sole controlling authority with clear departmental liaison with the Town and Country Planning Board and other departments and instrumentalities concerned before any lease is issued ". The Committee also recommended that one half of the royalties fixed by regulation, according to the type of mineral worked, should be paid into a fund which could be drawn on for the restoration of the sites of workings. It was also suggested that a comparatively small amendment to the Mines Act would enable the recommendations to be effected. 93. The Board considers that if a procedure is adopted in the administration of the legislation along the lines recommended by the Committee it will enable a correct balance to be maintained between the rights of operators and adjacent property owners, and those of the people desiring to prevent loss of amenity and disfigurement of the landscape. By such a procedure the Board believes that most of the difficulties which have been encountered by municipalities and by the extractive industries themselves in the past will be resolved with general satisfaction. 94. The enactment of the necessary legislation is eagerly awaited by planning authorities. SITE FOR MONASH UNIVERSITY. 95. In 1957 the Committee on Australian Universities, known as the Murray Committee, reported on the serious accommodation problems facing almost all Australian universities. 96. In dealing with the problem as it related to Victoria, the Committee realized that facilities available at the Melbourne University would reach saturation point in 1964, and considered that immediate provision should be made for a second multi-faculty university in Victoria. It was further considered that this proposed university should be located as close as practicable to the potential student population. As 60 per cent. of the S~t~'s po~ulat~on i.s ce!ltred in Melbour!le,. a~d 73 per cent. of the students attending the existmg university hve m Melbourne, th1s mdiCated that preference must be given to a site in the Melbourne metropolitan area for a second university. However, no precise location for the second university was suggested. 97. In :February of this year the Board was requested to furnish suggestions regarding suitable sites for consideration by the Minister. The Board felt that many preliminary decisions as to the functions and requirements of the new university would have to be made before site requirements could be fully established, and until those matters were clarified by those qualified to do so, only the most general observations could be made. 26 98. As the greatest proportion of Melbourne's population is, and will be, in the southern and eastern sectors of the metropolis, and as there are within these sectors extensive areas of rural lands forming wedges between the railway lines which radiate from the city centre, the Board suggested that a site somewhere in this area would provide the most suitable and practical location. 99. It was also considered that the cost of acquiring any relatively unbuilt-on area would undoubtedly represent only a small fraction of the total cost of the project, and, therefore, the ready availability of vacant Crown land should not be permitted to unduly influence the selection of a site to the exclusion of more important considerations. 100. The siting of a second university in any locality will undoubtedly have a great influence on the development and speculation in surrounding land. Although this could be controlled under the planning powers available, it was suggested that the purchase of a site much larger in area than that required for the foreseeable university activities could result in the increment in value of such surrounding land being available by disposal, if considered necessary, as an offset against the expenditure involved. 101. An interim council, the function of which is to investigate a site for the university and to determine the order of establishment of faculties, was appointed earlier this year. The investigation of various sites is continuing, and it is expected that the interim council will make a recommendation to the State Government at an early date. MELBOURNE AIRPORT FACILITIES. 102. During April, 1958, the Board was invited, together with other interested bodies, to be represented on a Panel which was proposed by the Director-General of Civil Aviation to advise him on the development of airport facilities at Melbourne. 103. The terms of reference of the Panel were:- (1) To advise the Director-General of Civil Aviation on the development of airport facilities at Melbourne to serve the civil aviation needs of Melbourne. (2) To co-ordinate these airport facilities with the requirements of the community. 104. The Board was represented on the Panel by its Chief Planning Officer, Mr. B. J. Opie. 105. The Panel was comprised of representatives of the following departments, airline companies and organizations :- Premier's Department. Melbourne City Council. Town and Country Planning Board. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. Trans-Australia Airlines. Qantas Airlines. Ansett-Australia National Airlines. Airline Pilots' Association. Department of Air. Department of ·works. Department of the Interior. Department of Civil Aviation. 106. The first meeting of the Panel took place in May, 1958, and subsequent meetings will be held before any firm recommendations are made. UNIFORM BUILDING REGULATIONS. 107. In previous Annual Reports the Board has dravm attention to the fact that the provisions contained in Chapters 8 and 9 of the Unifo1m Building Regulations, which relate to the height, bulk and space about buildings and the size of allotments, are essentially planning matters, and has recommended appropriate amendments of the Regulations which would provide for the detailed provisions of an approved planning scheme to take precedence over the relevant provisions of the Uniform Building Regulations. 27 108. Whilst the uniform requirements set down in the Uniform. Building Regulations provide a desirable code in the absence of any other provisions, the detailed consideration given to an area in the preparation of a planning scheme enables more specific requirements to be prescribed in the light of local circumstances and in relation to the zoning proposals contained in the scheme. 109. On the basis of the zoning provisions in any planning scheme the density of development proposed to be permitted is governed by the size of allotments and the height and bulk of the buildings erected on them. These various factors, which affect the density of an area, require detailed evaluation and the prescribed requirements may vary considerably in different zones and in different parts of the planning area. 110. Where a planning scheme is approved containing provisions at present contained in Chapters 8 and 9 of the Regulations, the Board considers that these provisions, which are an integral part of any planning scheme, ought to supersede the Uniform Building Regulations where they are inconsistent with those Regulations. 111. The Board also considers that, as a planning scheme defines the area and shape of zones and the various uses which m.ay be established, it would be appropriate, where the Uniform Building Regulations are not already in operation, for a planning scheme to apply the constructional requirements of the Regulations to any buildings in a zone which it was considered should be subject to them. As all planning schemes have to be approved by the Governor in Council, the inclusion of a suitable clause which would invoke the Regulations should have the same effect as if the Regulations had been proclaimed for such areas independently of the Town and Country Planning Acts. 112. In previous Annual Reports and in submissions through the departmental channels, the Board has recommended appropriate statutory amendments to give effect to these proposals. It is regretted that no action has yet been taken to bring the desired amendments into effect. The amendments have been discussed by the Board with the Uniform Building Regulations Committee, and it is understood that recommendations which have been made by that Committee are in support of the amendments proposed by the Board. 113. It should also be pointed out that a Board of Inquiry was appointed in 1953 to inquire into regulations governing the erection of buildings. The Board of Inquiry stated that Chapters 8 and 9 of the Uniform Building Regulations related directly to matters essentially of a town planning nature, and recommended that the powers incorporated in sub-sections 19, 25, 26, 27 and 28 of Section 897 of the Local Government Act be vested in a planning authority and not in the Uniform Building Regulations Committee. It also recommended that the matters contained in Chapter 9 be made the subject of research by the Town and Country Planning Board, and that Chapter 9 be redrafted in accordance with the principles established as a result of such research. 114. The Board is also concerned in regard to the possible implications of an amendment made to section 901 of the Local Government Act by Local Government (Building Regulations) .A.ct 1956, No. 5988, and its effect on planning schemes and Interim Development Orders generally. 115. As amended, this section provides that :- "All regulations under this Part shall have full force and effect notwithstanding anything in ...... any Act relating to municipalities ...... or any by-law regulation or joint regulation ...... under any other Act and any provision of such Act, by-law or regulation shall so far as relates to any matter as to which any regulation under this Part is in operation have no force or effect in any municipal district." 116. Whilst the import of this section, as amended, is somewhat obscure, and some doubts were expressed as to its effect when the legislation was passed, the Board feels that it could be interpreted as nullifying the provisions of a planning scheme or Interim Development Order where such provisions relate to any of the matters contained in. the Uniform Building Regulations. 117; A further amendment to this section to clarify the position to remove any doubt as to its intention is, in the Board's opinion, most desirable. 28 EXCEPTIONAL USES. 118. In making provision for the many and varied land uses which require to be grouped and located in zones in planning schemes, the Board has encountered many problems in connexion with the siting of certain specific uses. These uses are of the type that create special problems and whilst unacceptable in certain areas, are necessary to the community and have to be located in a planning area. 119. Such uses as drive-in theatres, reception rooms, funeral parlours, caravan parks, &c., could create undesirable traffic conditions, vehicular parking problems and substantially affect amenity if allowed in many areas. 120. The adverse effect of such uses on any neighbourhood, in many instances, could be considerably reduced or eliminated if the site of the proposed development was carefully selected, the layout of the area and the design and architectural treatment of any buildings were carefully controlled and, according to circumstances, landscaped or tree planted. Such matters would vary considerably according to the use proposed and the particular locality, and each case should be the subject of special examination and investigation. For these reasons it wonld be difficult to prescribe a set of standard conditions to govern the location and design of such uses which would apply generally as a part of planning schemes. 121. The Board considers, however, that a procedure defined by regulations could be devised which would enable the establishment of exceptional uses in a manner somewhat similar to that now laid down in the Health Acts in regard to offensive trades. 122. This procedure could involve the posting of notices on the site of the proposed development, and the public hearing of the application after due notice had been given through the press. The initial action could be taken at the level of the local planning authority or the metropolitan planning authority in the case of the metropolitan area, with a right of appeal to this Board in a similar manner to appeals to the Health Commission in the case of offensive trades. This procedure is in line with the general recommendations contained in the Board's report of 17th December, 1957, in regard to the establishment of funeral parlours. VISITS BY THE BOARD. 123. In the course of official duties the following centres outside the metropolitan area were visited by members and officers of the Board during the year :- Bendigo, Dromana, Eildon, Marong, Mornington, Pakenham East, Strathfieldsaye, Yallourn. STAFF. 124. During the year two of the Board's senior officers resigned to accept more lucrative appointments which became available to them largely as a result of the training and experience gained during their service with the Board. 125. The staff at 30th June, 1958, numbered eleven persons, which is three less than at 30th June, 1957. 126. Whilst the widespread operations of planning throughout the State have made further assistance necessary, considerable difficulty has been e~countered in obtaining and retaining suitable officers experienced in planning work of the type undertaken by the Board. 127. The shortage of suitably experienced officers has demanded greater efforts from the staff at present employed, and the Board is grateful for the efficient and loyal co-operation of its officers which has enabled the various commitments to be met without undue delays. The members of the staff have carried out the duties allotted to them in a cheerful, conscientious and able manner and the Board records its appreciation and acknowledgment. Yours faithfully, FRED C. COOK, Chairman. A. N. KEMSLEY, Member. A. C. COLLINS, Member. NOEL L. LYNEHAM, Secretary BRUCE J. OPIE, Chief Planning Officer. 29 SIR .TAMER BARRETT 1'1EMORIAL MEDAL. We are pleased to record that, during the year, the Sir James Barrett Memorial Medal for notable contribution to town planning in Victoria was awarded to the Chairman, Mr. F. C. Cook, by the Town and Country Planning Association. Mr. Cook's long association with planning in this State goes back to the 1923-1929 Metropolitan Town Planning Commission, with which body he was the Chief Technical Officer. He has rendered most conspicuous service to the State and it is extremely gratifying to his colleagues on the Board that his services in t.own aml country planning have been recognized in this manner. A. N. KEMSLEY, ~!ember. A. C. COLLINS, Member. By Authority: A. C. BROOKS, Government Printer, Melbourne.