1972

TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING BOARD OF VICTORIA

TWENTY -SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL YEAR 1970-71

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 (2) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1961

By Authority: No. 15.-6594/72.-PRICE 50 cents C. H. RIXON, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, .

Contents

5 Meetings

5 Membership of the Board

5 Legislation

7 Strategic Planning

7 State Planning Council

7 State Planning Advisory Committee

7 Statements of planning policy

a Regional planning authorities a Strategic studies

11 Schematic Planning

11 Planning schemes being prepared by the Board

13 Planning schemes being prepared by Councils

13 Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Region

14 Revocatlons

14 Interim development orders

17 Committees

21 Promotion of planning

24 Staff

25 Appendices

Map

Twenty-Sixth Annual Report

235 Queen Street, Melbourne, 3000

The Honorable the Minister for Local Government, 480 Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000

Sir,

In accordance with the prov1s1ons of Section 5 (2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1961 the Board has pleasure in submitting to you for presentation to Parliament the following report on its activities during the twelve months ended 30th June, 1971.

MEEl'INGS The Board held 25 meetings during the period under review.

MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD The Board noted with pleasure that the Governor in Council had approved the re-appointment of the Chairman, Mr. R. D. L. Fraser, for a further period of five years to 25th February, 1976. On 28th June, 1971 the Governor in Council appointed Mr. P. B. Ronald as a part-time member of the Board for the statutory period of three years. Mr. Ronald has had extensive experience in local government and in various capacities has contributed a great deal to the community. The knowledge which he brings to the position will be of considerable benefit, and in welcoming him, the Board looks forward to a close and happy association. Mr. Ronald succeeded Mr. M. J. Lea who was unable to accept an invitation to serve a further term. The Board wishes to express its appreciation of Mr. Lea's outstanding service. Mr. Lea introduced a different and refreshing approach in the way he undertook his duties. Backed by long experience in planning and related professions, he readily assessed the magnitude and complexity of the Board's new responsibilities. Of special value was his ability to bring to light obscure facets of a problem which might sometimes have been overlooked. His contribution to the Board's work has been considerable and it is greatly regretted that Mr. Lea should have found it necessary to terminate what had been for his colleagues a fruitful and happy association.

LEGISLATION The Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1971 received assent on 4th May, 1971. lt relates primarily to the Town Planning Appeals Tribunal and is designed to resolve administrative problems encountered by the Tribunal and to strengthen weaknesses found in the earlier legislation. With the exception of three section which require supporting statutory regulations, the Act came into operation on the 16th June, 1971. A number of suggested improvements to the Town and Country Planning Act 1961, as amended, were submitted by the Board and these are still under consideration. The Board has also been concerned with other legislation, agreed to by Parliament during the year, the most important being the Urban Renewal Act 1970. 6 7 Strategic Planning

STATE PLANNING COUNCIL The State Planning Council met four times during the year primarily to consider drafts of statements of planning policy for , the Mornington Peninsula, the Dandenong Ranges, and the River Yarra. These are discussed in detail under "Statements of Planning Policy ". The Council also set up a State Planning Advisory Committee to investigate and advise the Council on the co-ordination of the planning of those future works and developments of the departments and authorities represented on the Council as may be referred to it.

STATE PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Committee, comprising senior technical representatives of the members of the State Planning Council, held its inaugural meeting on the 22nd September, 1970. Mr. K. Tyler, the Board's Director of Strategic Planning, was elected Chairman. Since that date the committee has held seven regular monthly meetings and three special meetings. The Committee's first tasks have been to enquire into the need for additional major airport facilities in the Port Phillip district and to report on the feasibility of carrying out an investigation into the provision of access and services to French Island.

Additional Major Airport Facilities The Committee, with the assistance and co-operation of officers of the Department of Civil Aviation and the Western Port Regional Planning Authority, completed the first of a series of reports entitled "The Need for and Type of Airport". During the course of its investigations, the Committee had discussions with Professor A. A. Waiters, Cassel Professor of Economics at the University of London, a member of the Roskill Commission which inquired into the location for London's third international airport. The Committee is now preparing its second report dealing with the reconciliation of other uses for land, water and air space.

Provision of Access and Services to French Island The feasibility study was carried out as a matter of urgency at the request of the State Planning Council following representations by the Minister for Local Gov­ ernment. The report is now under consideration by the Government.

STATEMENTS OF PLANNING POLICY During the year three Statements of Planning Policy were approved by the Governor in Council-the first to be prepared by the Board under the 1968 Act. Statement of Planning Policy No. I (Western Port) approved on 6th October, 1970, recognises the suitability of the deep water channel in Western Port and the extensive flat areas which adjoin it for industrial and port development and requires that in the planning of the region special attention be given to developing a major specialised port and heavy industrial complex whilst at the same time conserving the natural character of adjoining areas and controlling all forms of pollution. Statement of Planning Policy No. 2 (Mornington Peninsula), approved on 6th October, 1970, on the other hand acknowledges the existing role of the Peninsula as a major conservation, recreation and tourist area for the urban population of Melbourne and specifies guidelines for the future planning of the area so that its value will not be diminished by inappropriate development. Statement of Planning Policy No. 3 (Dandenong Ranges), approved on 4th May, 1971, recognises the Dandenong Ranges as a nature conservation, recreation and tourist area of State significance and specifies guidelines for future planning so that the natural character is preserved, pollution and fire hazards are minimised and unsuitable development discouraged. 8 REGIONAL PLANNING AUTHORil'IES Western Port Regional Planning Authority The work ofthe Authority has been mainly directed towards the implementation of Statements of Planning Policy Nos. I and 2. In this respect the most notable event was the introduction of an Interim Development Order to be administered by the Authority on the basis of general interim policies related to the control of subdivision of rural land within defined ' Non-Urban Areas ' and ' Areas of Special Significance ', and the regulation of the extension of existing urban areas. The ' Areas of Special Significance ' as defined by the Authority relate to those parts of the region affected by the two statements of planning policy. The Authority, having regard to Statement of Planning Policy No. I, commissioned a firm of consultants to assess the industrial potential of the region and the rate at which development was likely to occur. Subsequently, the Authority adopted in principle an industrial policy which has the effect of defining the areas affected by Policy No. I. After discussion with member councils, and although the document is in no sense a formal planning scheme, the Authority proposes to make the draft policy with its maps available for inspection and comment by the public. Having regard to Policy No. 2, the Authority is investigating a proposal to establish a national park of 400 acres at Cape Schanck. Geelong Regional Planning Authority The Authority, inaugurated in July 1969, has commenced several studies necessary to the preparation of a regional plan. Because of the rapid increase in the extent and number of subdivisions in rural areas of allotments of five acres or less the Authority is investigating the need for greater subdivisional control. As part of this project, it is examining the regional controls necessary to ensure that the character and appearance of the countryside will not be adversely affected by subdivision. lt is also studying the unused capacity of residential zones within the region. This information will be used to estimate future growth needs. The Authority is also concerned at the lack of adequate planning control over the erection of multi-dwelling units in the region and, in conjunction with member councils, is formulating a flat development code. The Geelong Airport Committee, comprised mainly of representatives of municipal councils, has asked the Authority to assist in the selection of a site for a general purpose municipally-controlled airport in the region and the matter is being investigated. The Authority also joined the Geelong University Committee and several Councils in preparing a submission to the Government on the location of the fourth Victorian University. During the year the Authority continued to give assistance with local planning matters and to work with member Councils in reviewing all planning proposals sponsored by them. The Board's Assistant Secretary, Mr. H. R. Trotter, is Acting Secretary of the Authority. STRATEGIC STUDIES The Board has continued to undertake studies aimed at the gradual evolution of a strategic plan for the Port Phillip district. One of these is the major task of collecting relevant data on the servicing structure within the district. This involves an assessment of the extent, pattern, control, invested value and annual operating costs of services. A final report on the supply, transportation and distribution of gas has been completed and the survey and collection of data for a similar report on water and sewerage is well advanced. The effect of economic processes on the rate and pattern of physical development is an important aspect of strategic planning and the Board has begun economic studies (a) to provide a background picture of the salient features of the National and State economy to give perspective to more detailed studies in the Port Phillip district and any other district of the State : and (b) to identify those trends in the economy and those economic influences which are likely to have a significant bearing on present and future patterns and trends at the district level.

In recognition of the likelihood of Statements of Planning Policy Nos. 2 (Mornington Peninsula) and 3 (Dandenong Ranges) diverting future urban growth into the south-eastern corridor, the Board has initiated studies of the area generally between the Mornington Peninsula and the Dandenongs and extending as far east as Warragul to identify areas suitable for urban development. 9

The resources of the Bellarine Peninsula have also been studied to establish the potential of the area for urban development and recreation. Regional Studies One of the major tasks of the Board has been its involvement in the definition of boundaries for regional planning authorities. Interest in regional planning has been keen and the Board has been involved in discussions on the subject with councils and their representatives in the Latrobe Valley, the Upper Murray area and the Loddon jCampaspe basins. In particular the Loddon /Campaspe area has been the subject of intense interest and investigation. Discussions with councils in this area have been completed and the Board is presently formulating its recommendations for submission to the Minister on the establishment of a regional planning authority. Investigations into the delineation of boundaries took two forms. Physical regions were defined based upon broad land use categories, water catchments and topography, then further studies were undertaken to establish regions based upon a community of interest, using social, economic, administrative and resource linkages. Land Classification for Urban Growth Steady progress is being made with the terrain classification of the Port Phillip district, being carried out by the C.S.I.R.O. Division of Applied Gee-mechanics with some assistance from the Board's officers. A detailed account of the project was given in the previous annual report. Open Land Zoning In connection with conservation and control of pollution, reports have been prepared on conservation in relation to metropolitan expansion ; rural subdivision and classification of open space ; and land use planning in relation to control of water pollution with special reference to zoning of waterways. 10 11 Schematic Planning PLANNING SCHEMES BEING PREPARED BY THE BOARD Eildon Reservoir ()

The Board has adopted its scheme for this area and it will shortly be submitted to the Minister for consideration and approval.

lorne Lorne is a small, compact village set in a natural amphitheatre. Its primary function is as a scenic seaside resort whose natural beauty results from a rare relationship between bush and sea. lt was considered that a planning scheme was needed to preserve this character consistent with the development of Lorne and the Minister directed the Board to prepare a planning scheme for the town and its environs. During the preparation of the scheme the Board is administering an interim development order to control development.

Maid on The preparation of the Maldon Planning Scheme is progressing steadily. Because it is the first scheme of its type in Victoria, additional problems have to be solved and the Board is grateful for the help and cooperation received from the public, the Shire Council and staff, the National Trust and the Board's Advisory Committee on the Preservation of Places of Historic Interest. The Board has proposed an enlargement of the Area of Special Significance to protect the environs of the town centre and to include additional important buildings and areas under the detailed provisions of the interim development order. lt has also proposed that the Shire Council administer the area outside the Area of Special Significance to allow the Board to devote more time to the historical aspects of the scheme. A detailed account of the aims of the scheme was given in the previous annual report.

Phillip Island The Board has completed a substantial rev1s1on of the Phillip Island Planning Scheme to incorporate recommendations made after a study of the island's resources and tourist potential. The revision, taking the form of Amendment No. I to the planning scheme, recognises the island as a tourist area of State significance and in particular aims at protecting its rural landscape. lt is expected that the scheme will be placed on public exhibition at an early date.

Simpson Little progress has been made with the scheme because of doubts as to the future of the proposed shopping centre. Only two people have expressed interest in establishing shops and difficulty has been experienced in obtaining the necessary finance. In the meantime the Board continues to administer interim development control over the area.

Waratah Bay Difficulties previously delaying the scheme, except the future use of Crown land at Sandy Point, have been determined. The Board has now resolved to submit the scheme, excluding the Sandy Point area.

Wonthaggi (CoastaO The scheme covers 16 · 7 square miles of rural land between the township of and the coast. lt was commenced at the direction of the Minister following a Council request, and is consistent with the Board's recommendation that planning schemes should be prepared for all coastal areas. The Scheme is designed to control speculative subdivision and improve facilities in the developing area of Cape Paterson and Harmers Haven. The foreshore elsewhere will be reserved for open space and, to the west of Harmers Haven, for 12 wildlife protection purposes. The coast as far westwards as the m.outh of the Powlett River in the affords a habitat particularly attractive to native bird and plant life. Preparation of the scheme has reached the stage where draft zoning proposals will shortly be discussed with the Council prior to public exhibition of the scheme.

General The preparation of other schemes has been delayed by staff shortages but the Board maintains interim development controls which are usually sufficient to guide day to day development. Appendix I gives a complete list of schemes in the course of preparation and the stage that each has reached. Appendix 11 lists approved planning schemes. 13 PLANNING SCHEMES BEING PREPARED BY COUNCILS During the year many councils have expressed an interest in planning. Board members and staff visited many areas to discuss and explain to councils and the public the advantages of planning and as a result several municipalities are making good progress. The Board is particularly pleased that interest has been maintained despite the current rural depression.

Planning Schemes Approved On 30th March, 1971 the Governor in Council approved planning schemes for the Townships of Yackandandah and Kiewa-Tangambalanga. The schemes are designed to encourage compact development and efficient use of public services and to prevent sprawl along the main access roads to the towns.

Progress In the last year the Board has dealt with numerous enquiries and actively assisted many rural municipalities contemplating planning control. The Shires of Myrtleford, Rutherglen, Waranga, Goulburn, Wangaratta, Avon, Huntly, Strathfieldsaye, Ballan, Kowree, Hampden, Kerang, Bright, Omeo and Wycheproof all made enquiries ; the Shires of Alexandra, Bairnsdale, Bannockburn, Broadford, Metcalfe, Creswick, Morwell, , Towong and Echuca resolved to prepare planning schemes for part or all of their areas and ten interim development orders-Mclvor, Pyalong, Kyneton (part), Rochester (N.W. Riding), Orbost (Extended area), Warrnambool, Marong, Seymour (balance), Stawell (Mall) and Tullaroop-were approved. MELBOURNE METROPOLITAN PLANNING REGION Amendments During the year nine amendments to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme were approved. Amendment No. 7 was a large one comprising over 200 changes in zonings and reservations throughout the whole planning scheme area. The changes involved were not of major consequence. Amendment No. 9 was a significant one comprising changes in zones and reservations necessary to provide for the proposed Eastern Freeway. Assuming the proposal to build the Eastern Freeway to be valid in principle and its proposed route in the Yarra Valley acceptable, the Board considered the location in Amendment No. 9 to be appropriate. However, it reported that some features should be reviewed with the object of lessening the effect and encroachment on open space and landscape. Amendment No. 13 involved the rezoning of rural land for residential use in several outer municipalities. The total area was small and it was considered that the rezonings would allow a ' breathing space ' for development without prejudicing future planning prospects while the major review of the planning scheme was being finalised. Amendment No. 18 varied the provisions of the ordinance for Residential A I and A2 Zones to achieve more satisfactory building control in the St. Kilda Road area. Amendments 14, 19, l9A, 198 and 25 were all requested by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works pursuant to Section 32 (6) of the Act and were considered to be appropriate under that Section. Amendments 19, 19A and 198 involved flat control, Amendment 14, the reconciliation of the Moorabbin and Sandringham Planning Schemes with the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme and Amendment 25, the rezoning of light industrial land in the vicinity of Monash University to Special Uses No. 11.

Extended Area The amending Act in 1968 enlarged the metropolitan area to include the whole of the Shires of Werribee, Melton, Bulla, Whittlesea, Eltham, Knox, Sherbrooke, Lillydale, Croydon and Frankston and parts of the Shires of Healesville, Berwick and Cranbourne. The Councils in the new area are administering their own approved schemes or interim development orders and the Board of Works is acknowledging this in preparing Amendment No. 3 to include the enlarged area in its scheme.

Reconciliations of Local Schemes In accordance with the policy of the Board of Works to incorporate local schemes or interim development orders into its planning scheme, local schemes for the Cities of Brunswick, Moorabbin and Sandringham were reconciled with the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme and revoked. 14 REVOCATION$ During the year thirty applications were approved for the revocation in whole or part of approved planning schemes. The applications were made under Section 32 (4) ofthe Act which provides that the Governor in Council may revoke the whole or any part of any scheme upon the application of the Board, a responsible authority or any interested person. Among the approvals were revocations of the whole of the Planning Schemes for Brunswick, Moorabbin and Sandringham after their reconciliation with the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme. The Board believes that the provisions of a planning scheme should only be revoked where such circumstances as hardship to an affected person, an anomaly in the scheme or some matter of unforeseen but special importance, call for immediate action. In the absence of such circumstances the normal procedure for amendment should be followed.

INTERIM DEVELOPMENT ORDERS The following interim development orders were approved during the year.

Kyneton The order covers the whole of the Shire and provides that all use or development of land is subject to council consent. lt prescribes a minimum subdivisional area of 40 acres within rural zones.

Mclvor, Pyalong, Rochester (N.W. Riding) and Seymour Orders for all these Shires are designed to control speculative subdivision. Mclvor, Pyalong and Seymour are all within 70 miles of Melbourne and developers were finding ready markets for blocks of 5-10 acres. Each of these three orders is of a 'restrictive' type specifying certain uses for certain areas. The main control is on the size of subdivisions. In Mclvor and Pyalong the minimum subdivisional area is 40 acres and in Seymour 50 acres. The order for the is designed to control subdivisions on the banks of the Murray River. lt specifies two areas which may be subdivided into not less than 2 acres and several other areas where blocks of not less than 5, I0 and 80 acres are permitted.

Marong An order was approved on 8th December, 1970 covering an area about four miles wide adjacent to the boundaries of the and the . lt is a simple ' blanket ' order intended to control the city overspill but it will be amended progressively as planning proposals are formulated.

Melbourne (Market Area) On 30th June, 1970 the Melbourne City Council resolved to prepare a planning scheme for the area bounded by Peel, Dudley, William, Capel and Victoria Streets, adjacent to the Victoria Market site. An interim development order, approved on 27th October, 1970, provides that all use, subdivision or development of any land within the area or the erection, construction or carrying out of any buildings, roads or other works is subject to the grant of a permit from the Council.

Orbost An order was approved on 9th February, 1971 for an area at the western end of the Orbost by-pass road. lt was felt necessary to extend the existing order to cover likely development on this part of the Princes Highway.

Sherbrooke An interim development order was approved on 8th December, 1970 for part of the Shire of Sherbrooke in the vicinity of Cardinia Creek. The order is designed to protect the water catchment area from inappropriate development and provides for restricted rural uses and a minimum subdivisional area of 20 acres.

Stawe/1 (Mall) On 29th June, 1970 the Stawell Town Council resolved to prepare an amendment to its scheme to incorporate a proposal to close part of Main Street and turn it into a pedestrian mall. 15

The intention is to close the blocks containing the main shopping area, redirect through traffic and widen nearby lanes to allow easy access to shops and parking places. This is a most imaginative proposal, a detailed account of which was given in the previous annual report. An interim development order was approved on 20th October, 1970 to control development during the preparation of the amendment. lt provides that all use or development within the area is subject to council consent.

Tullaroop The order covers the whole of the Shire except the area included in the lake Cairn Curran Planning Scheme. lt is designed primarily to control the overspill from the City of Maryborough. lt is also concerned with the development of a number of small townships within the municipality.

Warrnambool The order made by the Warrnambool City Council was approved on 27th October, 1970 and provides that all use and development of land is subject to council consent. The Council has engaged consultants to assist in the preparation of the scheme and it is expected that this will be placed on public exhibition early in the new year.

Western Port The Western Port Interim Development Order, approved on 6th October, 1970 is discussed under "Western Port Regional Planning Authority". 16

Yarra River at Warburton 17

Committees

ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Preservation of Places of Historic Interest

During its first year the Committee concentrated on four spheres of activity. Following a close study of the existing legislative provisions relating to preservation of buildings or areas of historic interest the Committee concluded that they were inadequate. lt then drafted a Bill based on the preservation legislation operating in the United Kingdom (Civic Amenities Act) and recommended that the Bill be adopted by the Board and put forward as an amendment to the Town and Country Planning Act. This matter is still being considered by the Board.

The Committee has also expressed grave concern at what it considers an erosion in recent times of the powers of the Board and therefore, due to its terms of reference, of the Committee. In its opinion the proclamation of the Urban Renewal Act, the Environment Protection Act and the Land Conservation Act has placed outside the town planning legislation, powers which the Committee considers should properly be part of the Town and Country Planning Act. The Committee's report on this matter is also being considered by the Board.

The Board requested the committee to advise it on the planning control which the Board is exercising at Maldon, the first town in to be declared notable by the National Trust. A report was prepared following an inspection of the township and its environs and several of the recommendations, including an extension of the Area of Special Significance, have been adopted by the Board. Further consideration is being given to the remaining recommendations. Meanwhile the Committee continues to advise the Board on specific problems arising at Maldon.

The Committee also visited Echuca during the year to inspect the area declared by the National Trust as historic. This is adjacent to the River Murr:ay near where the founder of Echuca, Henry Hopwood, first crossed the river and built his house and inn. The historic area is still largely intact and contains many important features of Echuca's early days including a section of the once massive 330 yard wharf.

The historic area had been suggested as a possible site for the approaches of a new bridge across the River Murray. After inspecting this and various alternative sites and discussing the matter with the local Council and other interested bodies, the Committee reported that in its opinion the historic area should be kept intact and that the existing planning control should be strengthened to introduce controls more appropriate to the special nature of the area.

The Committee's recommendations were subsequently accepted by the Minister.

Yarra Valley Immediately after its establishment last year the Committe~~ designed a programme to increase its knowledge of the Valley. This in·volved three comprehensive tours of the area followed by invitations to representatives of government departments and instrumentalities interested in the area to attend meetings to outline their activities and hear the views of the Committee. So far, representatives of the Town and Country Planning Board, the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, the State Electricity Commission, the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission and the University of Melbourne (Botany Department) have addressed the Committee and the programme is continuing.

The Committee has also presented reports to the Board on a number of important developments in or affecting the Valley. These include one, at the Board's invitation, on the effect which the Eastern Freeway, as proposed In an amendment to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme, might have on the landscape and conservation value of the area. Another concerned one of the Committee's terms of reference, that of ways and means of promoting a public appreciation of the Yarra Valley.

The Board also received most useful comments on the statements of planning policy for the Dandenong Ranges and the River Yarra. 6594/72.-1 18 AIRFIELDS COMMITTEE (VICTORIA) After his examination of the Committee's report on the problems associated with land use control in the vicinity of Melbourne Airport, the Minister convened a conference to determine and co-ordinate the action required to implement the Committee's recommendations. The Committee also met to consider land use problems around Moorabbin and Avalon aerodromes, and its report on Avalon is well advanced.

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF URBAN STUDIES The third annual conference was held in Canberra on 13th August, 1970. lt was opened by the Hon. lan Sinclair, M.P., Federal Minister for Shipping and Transport and the principal address, "The Transport Efficiency of some Australian Cities " was given by Professor Reuben Smeed, Professor of Traffic Studies, University College, London. The Chairman of the Board was re-elected to the Institute's Board of Management. During the year the Institute adopted as a national project" The Price of Land ". A Task Force was appointed to gather the facts that were already known throughout Australia and to prepare a first report. This wi 11 be debated at a national seminar in July, 1971.

CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING­ USERS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Committee held a final series of meetings prior to the 1971 census. One of the major matters considered and satisfactorily resolved related to the integration of Geelong into the survey area for analysis of the journey to work data. Similar agreement was reached on the coding of an area extending beyond the metropolitan limits. These conclusions result in a survey area approximating the Port Phillip district as defined by the Board for research purposes. The last two meetings of the Committee were confined to the consideration of the classification and tabulation required for analysis of Census data.

OU'rDOOR ADVERTISING COMMITTEE Draft regulations for the control of outdoor advertising in Victoria, prepared by the Committee last year, were circulated widely for comment and criticism. Following this, the Committee submitted a report to the Minister for Local Government and this is now under consideration. PLACE NAMES The Chairman of the Board is an ex-officio member of the Place Names Committee and is represented by his nominee, Mr. R. A. Arnot, Senior Research Officer. Apart from its representation on the Committee, the Board is also the Committee's official consultant. The Committee's main work has been the continuation of a systematic examination of the I : 250,000 national mapping series within the State of Victoria in a search for errors and anomalies in place names.

PORT PHILLIP AUTHORITY The Port Phillip Authority, on which the Board is represented by Mr. F. J. Coates, held 20 ordinary meetings plus a number of special meetings and inspections during the year. Its most important work at present is the collection and evaluation of information relating to the present condition of the Port Phillip foreshores. lt has been seriously hampered by lack of technical staff and consequently has requested help from other departments concerned with the area.

STANDING COMMITTEE Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works The Committee continued during the year as a valuable means of cooperation and co-ordination between the Board and the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. Major matters discussed included Amendment No. 3 and related issues, reconciliation of local schemes within the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme and studies to be conducted in the Port Phillip district. 19 ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITU'rE OF TECHNOLOGY-TOWN PLANNING COURSE The Board was represented on the Course Development Committee of the Victorian Institute of Colleges and on the Advisory Board in Town Planning at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. A seven year part time course leading to an Associateship Diploma of Town Planning has now been introduced at the latter Institute. The Board welcomes this step of providing a further avenue by which the number of qualified persons in the planning field will be increased.

WESTERN PORT WATER POLLUTION COMMITTEE In connection with the town and regional planning aspects of the control of water pollution, the Board's representative on the Committee, Mr. R. H. Arnot, prepared a report entitled " Land Use Planning in Relation to Control of Water Pollution". This dealt with limits of proposed reclamations in planning schemes and use classification of waterways to relate land use planning to planning for environmental protection. The Board is pleased to note that steps are being taken to undertake a major environmental study of Western Port. 20

Picnicking in the Dandenong Ranges. 21 Promotion of Planning

People generally are becoming more aware of the importance of planning but this increased interest has revealed an enormous lack of knowledge of the profession and a need for more planning promotion and education in all sections of the community. PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS The Board has continued with its programme of publishing material to stimulate interest and develop an understanding of planning as well as to meet the demand for information. A second issue of the illustrated magazine, " Project " was published during the year to explain in popular form the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act 1968 which reorganised planning in Victoria. lt contained articles on the State Planning Council, statements of planning policy and regional planning authorities. A third issue is planned on "Conservation in a Metropolitan Region ". The Board's report on Phillip Island was also published. Entitled simply, " Phillip Island ", it reviews the resources and land use of the island, the planning for control of excessive subdivision and the need for more intensive planning to enable conservation needs to be met and to facilitate greater use of the island's resources for recreation and tourist activities. lt is illustrated and sells for 50 cents per copy. lt was also decided that the statements of planning policy should be printed. T ether with their accompanying illustrated reports, they sell for 20 cents each. first two statements have already been published and the third should be available early in the new year. Also, Board members and staff have been invited to speak at many seminars and conferences and to prepare articles for publication in various journals.

SYMPOSIUMS R.A.I.A. Centenary Convention The Deputy Chairman represented the Board at the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention held in Sydney from 22nd-28th May, 1971 on the theme, "The Consequences of Today." The Forum brought together several hundred people including many international visitors. The A. S. Hook Memorial Lecture was given by Professor Serge Chermayeff and papers were delivered by experts in various fields of environmental planning including Mr. lan McHarg, Dr. Raymond Pahl, Professor James Weaver, Sir Robert Matthew and Mr. Fumihiko Maki. As part of the Convention, the Institute staged an exhibition in Hyde Park, illustrating, "Choices-choice and participation in the environment". One of the most important aspects of the Forum was the provision for an exchange of ideas between people from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds, all concerned with environmental planning.

ANlAAS The 43rd Congress of ANZAAS was held in Brisbane during May, 1971 and the Board sent two representatives so that lectures in sections other than Architecture and Town Planning could be attended. The theme of the Architecture and Town Planning Section, " New Cities :A Dynamic for Physical Planning," was particularly relevant to current planning problems. Other sections in which lectures were attended included engineering, economics and geographical sciences.

Seminars Representatives of the Board also attended several seminars including : "The Tewkesbury Symposium-An Analysis of Urban Development" held from 14th-16th July, 1970 and convened by the Faculty of Engineering, Melbourne University in conjunction with a number of other bodies. " Pollution in the Marine Environment", held on lOth August, 1970 and organised by the Australian Marine Sciences Association. 22

"The Environmental Development of Outer Melbourne " held on 28th November, 1970 by the Natural Development Association. "The Alpine Forum", held on 19th February, 1971 by the National Resources Conservation League. "The Australian Noise Zoning Conference" held on 6th March, 1971 by the Australian Acoustical Society. "Progress-Mining and Environment", held from 19th-21st April, 1971 and organised by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in conjunction with the Australian Mining Industry Council. "Water Pollution Policies for Industry", held on 29th April, 1971 and organised by the Town and Country Planning Association, the Institution of Engineers and the Australian Water and Waste Water Association. "Urban Renewal-the Role of Housing Authorities" held on 21st May. 1971 by the Australian Institute of Urban Studies. PLANNING AND KNOWLEDGE At the present time when there is growing interest in planning and protection of the environment, it is interesting to consider briefly the place of planning as a process involving some expert knowledge in a world in which the rapid increase in information appears to make inevitable ever increasing specialization and division of expertise into tight compartments. · In a free society the technical planner always supplies an advisory service to the democratically elected decision makers who, regardless of their educational qualifications, may reach decisions on a basis of common sense, and local knowledge, with a capacity to take a long sighted view of what is best in the public interest. The planning official or consultant also has to approach his task with common sense and local knowledge, but in addition has to have some educational qualifications related to the planning process. Education for planners has been considered on many occasions. Here the problem of planning and knowledge is discussed in general terms principally in relation to specialized and broad spectrum knowledge. Town and regional planning has been defined in various ways but at a time when various forms of planning appear to overlap in a confusing way, it may be fairly specifically defined as that part of resource management which is concerned with spatial ordering in the urban and regional environments. This definition emphasizes that town and regional planning is concerned with the physical environment. lt includes detailed civic design, land use planning by zoning or preparation of "development plans" and strategic or policy planning which orders the physical environment in broad outline. lt affects and is affected by, but is distinct from other forms of planning such as economic and social welfare planning and the specialized planning of authorities concerned with transport, public utilities, land resources and protection of the environment. This last is particularly closely related. Historically, town planning in the sense of grouping of buildings to achieve a monumental effect is one of the oldest arts of mankind, going back to the cradles of civilization in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Whilst the ancient world can show examples of planning related to human needs in Crete and at Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus Valley, most planning, up to the golden age of landscape architecture and town design in eighteenth century England, the planning of Washington, U.S.A., and the laying out of the famous Boulevardes of Paris, was essentially monumental in character, related to display of the power of the State, established religion, or the ostentation of great wealth. Modern town and regional planning is a product of the nineteenth century. In that period the interest of the surveying profession in planning was strongly established in the U.S.A., and other countries of the new world, including Australia. Over millions of square miles town sites were selected and street patterns laid down. Large areas were reserved for various purposes such as public recreation, water supply and quarrying. On the continent of Europe the technique of zoning developed to segregate incompatible land uses, to avoid the worst effects of the industrial revolution. Most important, in Britain reaction against the squalor of the industrial revolution led firstly to social reforms and secondly to improving the physical environment by water supply and drainage works, introduction of basic (by-law) housing standards and the like. The human and physical approaches came together in the English New Towns Movement early in the twentieth century. These origins gave town planning a strong bias towards the design professions of architecture and surveying, with civil engineering included because of its importance for road planning and utility services. 23

In the post World War 11 era, rapid growth of population, the exploitation of earth resources, pollution, and the extension of planning from the essentially urban into the regional environment, have added to the responsibilities of planning, and at the same time greatly increased its complexity.

Specialized and general knowledge At the present time, the rapid increase in human knowledge is resulting in ever increasing specialization. In town and regional planning an architect who has specialized in civic design is one class of planner whose specialist status is secure. Most other planners, including engineer and surveyor-planners are involved to a greater or lesser degree in the problem of the " professional generalist " communicating with experts in various fields. One view is that there is no such person as a 'compleat ' town and regional planner, that all concerned are to a greater or lesser degree specialists in one aspect or another of the administrative process of planning. The other view is that a planning organization contains " planners " and "contributors " to planning. A division into planners and contributors does not of course in itself throw any light on what constitutes a planner. Another problem is that if the planner is exalted above the contributor, there is some danger that he will become a self righteous custodian of what he believes to be the public good, who can hardly not come into conflict with the elected decision-maker. The problems of specialization and communication range over most fields of human endeavour at the present time. Some writers claim that over-specialization is crippling communication and the development of intellect. Thus Jacques Barzun ("The House of Intellect", Harper, New York, 1959) says forcefully :- "That same abundance of information (i.e. the vast modern accumulation of specialized knowledge) has turned into a barrier between one man and the next. They are mutually incommunicado, because each believes that his subject and his language cannot and should not be understood by the other. This is the vice that we weakly deplore as specialization. lt is thought of ...... as external and compelling, though it comes in fact from within, a tacit denial of intellect. lt is a denial because it rests on the superstition that understanding is identical with professional skill. The universal formula is : 'you cannot understand or appreciate my art (science) (trade) unless you yourself practice it' ..... "Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding of his subject : one can judge a building without knowing where to buy the bricks ; one can understand a violin sonata without knowing how to score for the instrument ..... " Even if one sets apart those arts and sciences that require special preparation, there remains a large field to which intellect has access in its own right. With a cautious confidence and sufficient intellectual training, it is possible to master the literature of a subject and gain a proper understanding of it : specifically, an understanding of the accepted truths, the disputed problems, the rival schools and the methods now in favour. This will not enable one to add to what is known, but it will give possession of all that the discipline has to offer the world ". Alfred North Whitehead (" Modes of Thought "), Cambridge University Press, U.S.A., 1938), in criticizing over-specialization says :- "The specialization which is necessary for the development of civilized thought had in the last century a most unfortunate effect on the philosophic outlook of learned people, and thence on the development of institutions for the promotion of learning .... As science grew, minds shrank in width of comprehension. The nineteenth century was a period of great achievement, suggestive of an ant-hilL lt failed to produce men of learning with a sensitive appreciation of varieties of interest, of varieties of potentiality ". Using Whitehead's expression it can be said that planning is concerned with all the major modes of thought, that is, with art, or planning as design, the humanities or social welfare, with a variety of pure and applied sciences related to resources, the environment and civil engineering, with practice or the conversion of thought into purposeful action, with public administration and justice, and last but not least, with judgments of value.

Towards a solution lt is not the purpose of this comment to set out a curriculum for a broad spectrum training in town and regional planning, but a few remarks might be made. Firstly, communication with other minds is of basic importance. Planning studies which emphasize the traditional relationship to the design professions may on occasions put too much emphasis on visual display but communication by the written and spoken word are equally important. 24

Secondly, appreciation of and sensitivity to other people's expertise is essential. This is particularly important in dealing with aspects of resource management such as rural subdivision and urban settlement in relation to water resources which may superficially appear simple, but which actually involve a considerable amount of scientific knowledge. Thirdly, destruction of nature, exploitation of economic resources and pollution in all forms, together mean that protection of the environment is increasing rapidly in importance in relation to the design professions. Courses of instruction in " environmental science " are only just starting to develop. Some concepts of what is meant by "environmental science " appear practically to equate it with the " regional " side of town and regional planning. As with planning there have already been claims that in a world of specialized knowledge there can be no such person as a comprehensive " environmental scientist ". In fact it is not proposed that anyone should become a complete environmental specialist, but rather that a specialized world needs some "professional generalists ".

Conclusion Perhaps the solution is to have two distinct professions-town planning/civic design and regional planning/ environmental science-to avoid the comprehensive planner having an impossibly thin smear of general knowledge over too wide a field. The dove-tailing of regional planning and broad spectrum environmental science would at least keep the " professional generalists " under the one roof. Thus if everyone in the modern world has to become some kind of specialist, the schools of regional planning and environmental science would turn out specialists in communication and co-ordination over the field of resources, resource development and protection, human needs and public administration in regional environments, all things which are not closely related to the traditional concept of planning as design. Lastly, there is no such thing as "pure planning", or planning research as an end in itself. The object is always to affect the course of events towards the attainment of desired ends. As such, planning must be kept close to political reality. If it is over-intellectualized, the technical planner and the decision maker will lose contact. In this event, the co-ordination between technical planner and decision-maker which is so essential would be lost. The position therefore becomes one of great challenge and every effort must be made to achieve the maximum co-ordination. Staff When the amending Act No. 7676 was passed in 1968 it was estimated that the staff should be increased from 34 to 120 over three years parallel with the assumption of the additional functions and responsibilities imposed upon the Board. In the subsequent years, the staff has increased to less than half that number and Treasury clearances to allow the appointment of additional staff have been difficult to obtain. The present staff have continued to carry out their duties with efficiency and enthusiasm in spite of the increased work load which all officers have been called upon to bear. The Board greatly appreciates this and the loyalty which they have shown through difficult times. Yours faithfully,

R. D. L. FRASER, Chairman. H. W. HEIN, Deputy Chairman. A. C. COLLINS, Member. P. B. RONALD, Member. W. H. CRAIG, Secretary. 25 APPENDIX I

Planning Schemes in Course of Preparation

Date of Exhibition Received Report I.D.O. for I to Planning Scheme. : Commence~ Approved Period ment. Expired. Report. Minister.

Cities

Benalla . . . .. 9.7.68 13.8.68 4.12.68 Cast!emaine . . . . 21. 11.46 25.3.47 *Coburg . . . . 26.3.56 27.2.68 19.2.59 22.2.61 *Donc:a.ster and Templestowe 8.5.64 6.2.68 28.10.66 12.10.67 Echuca ...... 15.7.57 19.12.61 5.1.67 12.1.68 Echuca (Historic Area) .. 4.5.71 *Footscray (Business District) 15.7.68 1.10.68 .. *FraAkston .. . . 25.7.67 8.11.67 7.3.68 29.10.68 Hamilton • . . . 12.9.46 15.10.46 30.11.65 20.12.67 18.3.71 *Heidelberg . . . . 25.8.52 20.2.68 27.4.59 22.5.62 Horsham ...... 3.2.59 12.1.65 24.6.68 20.3.69 *Malvern . . . . 20.4.53 27.2.68 27.2.58 8.3.63 *Melbourne (part) . . . . 17.10.61 . 13.3.68 16.3.65 *Melbourne (Market Area) .. 30.6.70! 27.10.70 Mildura ...... 8.5.47 21.11.50 31.3.67 21.5.68 *Oakleigh (flats) . . . . 1.12.68 .. *Preston ...... 18.2.52 5.12.67 31.7.63 11.8.64 *Richmond . . . . 22.9.52 21.11.67 2.7.53 10.2.59 *Ringwood (flats) . . . . 10.4.67 23.4.68 Sale . . • . . . 19.7.54 8.3.55 *South Melbourne (part) .. 26.11.70 .. Swan Hill . . . . 7.3.50 4.4.50 Warrnambool . . . . 1.6. 70 27.10.70 *Waverley . . . . 16.8.51 30.4.68 2.6.55 9.6.58 26.5.59

Bairnsdale .. 1.12.59 14.11.67 31.5.71 Camperdown 12.1.66 .. Stawell (Mall) 30.6. 70 20. 10.70 5.2. 71 8.4.71

Boroughs

Kerang .. 10.7.68 Queensdiffe 27.5.69

Shires Alberton (Inland Areas) . . . . 9.9.65 3.11.65 Alexand ra (part) ...... 14.5.69 5.8.69 Alexandra...... 4.2.71 .. Arapiles (part) ...... 12.12.68 19.8.69 7.7.71 Ararat () ...... 20.5.68 20.8.68 31.12.68 26.5.69 Bacchus Marsh ...... 15.10.68 24.12.68 18.2.71 Bairnsdale...... 8.10.70 Bairnsdale (Parishes of Bairnsdale, Broadlands, Wy-Yung and Moor- murug) ...... 1.12.59 23.5.61 Ballarat (Miner's Rest) . . . . 15.6.65 26.10.65 Bannockburn (balance) . . . . 10.6.71 .. Bass ...... 10.8.62 16.10.62 19.1.67 20.12.67 Beechworth (part) . . . . 2.8.68 8.10.68 26.2.70 Bellarine (balance) . . . . 4.12.58 7.6.60 tBerwick (Berwick Riding) . . . . 21.5.56 9.2.60 1.6.67 tBerwlck (Beaconsfield, Pakenham and Iona Ridings) . . . . 16.11.59 22.3.60 Broadford . . . . 1.1. 71 Buln Buln...... 17.3.64 13.10.64 Cohuna (part) ...... 19.9.63 19.11.63 Colac (part) ...... 9.5.67 12.9.67 30.12.70 tCranbourne (part Cranbourne and Tooradin Ridings) . . . . 11.12.59 1.3.60 24.10.63 5.3.65 Cranbourne (Lang Lang, Koo-wee-rup and part Tooradin Ridings) .. 17.4.64 13.10.64 Creswick (part) ...... 11.8.70 .. tCroydon (flats) ...... 3.3.69 25.3.69 Deakin (balance) ...... 15.1.68 9.4.68 Deakin (Tongala Township).. . . 19.9.60 11.7.61 *Diamond Valley ...... 25.8.52 20.2.68 27.4.59 22.5.62 *Eltham (Eitham Township) . . . . 23.3.64 19.10.65 *Eitham (part) ...... I. 11.58 27.2.63 Euroa (part) ...... 11.9.46 12.11.46 Flinders (flats) ...... 4.2.70 22.4.70 Gisborne ...... 3.10.61 30.1.63 16.10.69 2.2.71 Hastings ...... 1.11.60 21.12.60 14.9.67 28.11.68 tHealesville ...... 1.6.60 9 .1.62 22.7.70 Kerang (Townships of Koondrook and Quambatook) . . . . 17.4.56 .. .. I Kilmore ...... 2.3.60 I 7.6.60 6.8.70 • 4.3.71 ...... I .5.64 . 28.9.65 6.2.69 • 22.6.70 Kyneton .. 14.1.71 I 29.6.71 26

APPENDIX 1-Continued

': Date of I I.D.O. Report Planning Scheme. Commence~ : Approved to ment. Minister~ tlillydale (flats) 9.9.69 7.4.70 Mclvor (part) 11.6. 70 4.5.71 Maffra (Maffra Township) 1.10.59 1.6.60 3.4.67 1.5.68 Maffra (He~eld Township) .. 14.1.69 22.4.69 Mansfield Mansfield Township) 1.6.65 Marong (part) . . . . 5.8.70 8.12.70 tMelton (part) 14.8.62 27.8.63 12.8.65 17.12.68 Metcalfe (balance) .. 31.3.71 Mildura (part) .. 17.11.58 22.4.69 Mornington (flats) .. 21.5.69 22.4.70 Morwell (balance) 18.11.70 .• I Myrtleford (Myrtleford Township) 22.6.61 2.8.61 14.10.66 4.7.67 1 Narracan (Trafalgar-Yarragon) 6.6.66 12.7.66 6.10.67 18.11.68 i Nathalia (Nathalia Township) 20.1.64 5.5.64 Newham and Woodend 3.9.57 9.12.69 Orbost ~Extended Area) 14.8.70 9.2.71 Orbost balance) .. 9.10.70 Otway (Apollo Bay Township) 1.2.66 22.10.68 6.8.70 Portland (Heywood Township) 17.3.69 10.6.69 4.6.70 1.9.70 Pyalong 9.4.70 28.7.70 Rochester (North West Riding) 2.4.70 . 27 .4. 71 Rochester ~arish of Wharparilla) 3.12.64 I 9.6.65 9.9.65 14.3.67 2.4.71 Rochester ( ochester Township) 3.6.65 20.7.65 26.7.68 1 17.11.70 Rodney ~Merrigum Township) 26.3.62 19.6.62 Rodney Mooroopna Township) 26.3.62 22.1.63 Rodney (Tatura Township) 26.3.62 19.6.62 Romsey 2.11.67 17.7.68 Rosedale (part) 16.7.62 13.11.62 3.6.71 Seymour (Seymour Township) 9.9.46 1.10.46 20.1.66 i 21.9.66 Seymour (balance) 9.3.71 29.6.71 (part) .. I. 7.63 12.5.64 South Barwon (Connewarre) 7.7.64 28.10.64 14.8.67 31.10.68 South Gippsland (part) 9.8.62 16.10.62 21.9.66 27.11.67 Strathfieldsaye (part) 1.8.67 14.10.69 Swan Hill (Nyah-Nyah West) 8.7.64 2.9.64 31.8.67 4.6.69 Tambo (Townships of Lakes Entrance, Kalimna, Cunninghame and East Cunninghame) 21.7.59 24.2.60 1.9.71 Towong (Bethanga-Talgarno) 19.10.64 7.2.67 Towong (balance) .. 18.8.70 Tullaroop 12.8.70 4.11.70 Upper Yarra 6.8.63 9.9.69 Wangaratta (part) .. 15.4.70 tWhittlesea 1.10.66 6.12.66 Wimmera (part) .. 16.9.68 15.4.69 27.5.71 Winchelsea (Lorne Township) 14.5.69 Wodonga .. 16.2.67 23.5.67 11.8.67 13.2.68 Woorayl (part) .. 12.5.61 5.7.61 30.10.63 20.1.66 Yackandandah (Rural Areas) 12.12.68 25.3.69 Yarrawonga (Yarrawonga Township) .. 6.7.65 20.9.66 Yea 11.7.60 29.3.61 2.9.71

joint Committees Ararat and District ( and part of ).. 15.12.60 11.4.61 Ballarat and District (City of Ballarat, Borough ofSebastopol and part Shires of Ballarat, Bungaree, Buninyong and Grenville) 2.9.57 12.11.57 18.12.59 29.6.67 Wangaratta Sub-Regional ( and part Shires of Oxley andWangaratta) .... 12.7.51 11.9.51 9.4.58 10.8.66

Regional Planning Authorities Western Port (Shires of Flinders, Hastings, Mornington and Phillip Island and part Shires of Bass and Cranbourne and Parish of French Island) .. 12.6.69 6.10.70 Geelong (Cities of Geelong, Geelong West and Newtown, Shires of 8annockburn, Barrabool, Bellarine, Corio and South Barwon and Borough of Queenscl iffe) .. 31. 7. 69 : 27

APPENDIX 1-Continued

I Date of 1.0.0. Exhibition Received Report Planning Scheme. Commence­ Approved Period for to ment. Expired. Report. Minister.

Board of Works Melbourne Metropolitan, Amendment No. 3 (Extension Scheme) .. 11.6.68 22.4.69 (Whittle­ sea) 11.6.68 8.12.70 (Sher· brooke) Melbourne Metropolitan, Amendment No. 12.. .. 25.8.70 11.5.71 Melbourne Metropolitan, Amendment No. 20 .. . . 13.10.70 12.2.71 Melbourne Metropolitan, Amendment No. 17.. .. 1.12.70 14.5.71 Melbourne Metropolitan, Amendment No. 16.. .. 15.1.71 Melbourne Metropolitan, Amendment No. 22.. .. 2.2.71 11.5.71 28.6.71 Melbourne Metropolitan, Amendment No. 24.. .. 4.3.71 Melbourne Metropolitan, Amendment No. 21 .. .. 16.3.7!

Town and Country Planning Board Corop Lakes (part ) .. 14.3.69 28.10.69 Eildon Reservoir (part Shire of Alexandra) ...... 4.9.67 26.9.67 31.12.69 Eildon Sub-Regional, Extension " A " (part Shire of Alexandra) .. 30.10.63 26.11.63 Le.ke Buffalo (part Shires of Myrtleford and Oxley) ...... 10.5.63 18.6.63 Lake Cairn Curran (part Shires of Maldon, Newstead and Tullaroop) .. 2.10.68 30.10.68 Lake Glenmaggie (part ) 28.4.65 25.5.65 Lake Merrimu (part Shires of Bacchus Marsh and Gisborne) . . . . 8.9.66 4.10.66 (part) Lake Nillahcootie (part Shires of Benalla and Mansfleld) . . . . 11.1.67 7.2.67 Lake Tyers to Cape Howe Coastal (part ) . . . . 31.10.64 24.11.64 Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional, Extension " A " (part Shires of Morwell and Traralgon) ...... 16.9.64 13.10.64 10.10.66 Lorne (part ) 30.4.69 6.5.69 Maldon (part ) 25.6.69 13.1.70 Phillip Island 6.2.61 20.3.62 30.9.63 13.5.64 Simpson (part Shires of Heytesbury and Otway) 20.12.67 23.1.68 South Western Coastal (part ) 7. 1.65 27.1.65 South Western Coastal (part ) .. 7.1.65 27. 1.65 South Western Coastal (part ) 7. I .65 27.1.65 South Western Coastal (part Shire of Portland) 7. 1.65 27.1.65 South Western Coastal (part ) 7' 1.65 27.1.65 Waratah Bay (part Shires of Woorayl and South Gippsland) 15.3.61 28.3.62 13.12.65 9.11.66 Wonthaggi Coastal (part ) . . . . . 28.4.65 18.5.65

*These schemes a.re within the area of the approved Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme. tThese schemes are within the extended planning area of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. 28 APPENDIX 11 Planning Schemes Approved

Date of Date of Approval Gazettal Planning Scheme. by (Scheme Governor became in Council. effective).

Cities *Altona 25.3.58 2.4.58 Ararat 15. 11.55 24.10.56 Benalla (part) 11. I. 55 19.1.55 Bendigo .. 13.5.70 20.5.70 *Box Hill .. 7.5.68 8.5.68 *Brunswick No. I 25.10.49 26.10.49 *Brunswick No. 2 25.8.53 2.9.53 *Brunswick No. 3 16.6.54 23.6.54 *Camberwell 8.10.57 30.10.57 *Coburg No. I, Bell-street extension 21.8.51 22.8.51 Colac 25.6.68 26.6.68 tKnox 24.8.65 25.8.65 Maryborough 6.2.68 7.2.68 Moe 12.10.54 20,10.54 *Nunawading (part) 19.6.56 11.7.56 Shepparton 17.5.55 25.5.55 Traralgon 20.9,60 5.10.60

Boroughs Kyabram (part) 23.5.67 24.5.67 Port Fairy 25.6.68 26.6.68

Towns Stawell 28.10.69 5.11 .69

Shires Alberton (Coastal) .. 27.2.68 28.2.68 Ballarat (part) 29.1.58 19.2.58 Barrabool I. 7.69 9.7.69 Benalla (part) 11.1.55 19.1.55 tBulla (part) 11.1 .66 19.1.66 Cobram (Cobram Township) 19.12.50 20.12.50 Corio (Lara Township) . . . . 22.3.66 23.3.66 tCranbourne (Cranbourne Township) 27.8.63 28.8.63 tCroydon .. 30.11.65 1.12.65 F!inders .. 5.5.65 12.5.65 tlillydale .. 30.11.65 1.12.65 Mornington 30.5.61 14.6.61 Morwell (Morwell Township) 15.1.57 20.2.57 Morwell (Boolarra) 27.5.58 4.2.59 Morwell (Yinnar) .. 27.5.58 4.2.59 Numurkah (Numurkah Township) 23.8.60 31.8.60 tSherbrooke . . . . 24.8.65 25.8.65 Swan Hill (Castle Donnington) 29.10.63 30.10.63 Swan Hill (Robinvale) 11.4.61 17.5.61 Upper Murray (Corryong) .. 29.10.63 30.10.63 Warragul (Warragul Township) 4.2.58 21.5.58 tWerribee 5.9.67 6.9.67 Yackandandah (Kiewa and Tangambalanga Townships) 30.3.71 7.4.71 Yackandandah (Yackandandah Township) .. 30.3.71 7.4.71

Prepared by the Board pursuant to Section 14 of the Act Club Terrace (part Shire of Orbost) 24.5.55 1.6.55 Eildon Reservoir (part Shire of Mansfield) 10.8.65 11.8.65 Eildon Sub-Regional (part Shire of Alexandra) .. 26.5.53 27.5.53 Eppalock (part Shires of Metcalfe, Mclvor and Strathfieldsaye) .. 17.1.67 18.1.67 French Island 24.2.65 3.3.65 Lake Bellfield (part ) 9.4.68 10.4.68 Latrobe Valley Sub-Regional (part Shires of Morwell, Narracan, Rose­ dale and Traralgon) 24.7.51 25.7.51 Ocean Road (part Shires of Barrabool, Otway, South Barwon and Winchelsea) . . . . 15.4.58 30.4.58 Tallangatta (part Shire of Towong) ...... 25.6.58 9.7.58 Tower Hill (part Shires ofWarrnambool, Belfast and part ) 17.5.67 24.5.67 Tyers Township (part ) . . . . 14.2.56 22.2.56 Yallourn North (part Shires of Morwell and Narracan) 24.5.55 I 29.6.55 29

APPENDIX 11-Continued

Date of Date of Approval Gazettal Planninc Scheme. by (Scheme Governor became in Council. effective).

Board of Works Melbourne Metropolitan 30.4.68 22.5.68 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. I .. 23. 12.69 9 .I. 70 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 2 .. 3.2.70 11.2.70 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 4 .. 26.11.68 4.12.68 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 4A 24.12.68 24.12.68 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 5 .. 18.3.69 26.3.69 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 6 .. 17.12.68 18.12.68 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 8 .. 15.4.69 23.4.69 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 10 28.10.69 5.11.69 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 11 9.12.69 19.12.69 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 19 18.8.70 26.8.70 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 14 15.9.70 23.9.70 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 19A 20.10.70 28.10. 70 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 19B 20.10.70 28.10.70 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 9 .. 15.12.70 16.12.70 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 13 22.12.70 23.12.70 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 18 22.12. 70 8.1. 71 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 7 .. 3.2.71 10.2.71 Melbourne Metropolitan Amendment No. 25 27.4.71 5.5.71

Joint Committees Geelong (Cities of Geelong, Geelong West and Newtown, part Shires Bannockburn, Barrabool, Bellarine, Corio and South Barwon) 28.8.62 29.8.62 Hazelwood (part Shire of Morwell) ...... 17.11.64 25.11.64 Portland (Town of Portland and part Shire of Portland) 3.5.60 29.6.60

*These 5Chemes are within the area of the approved Melbourne Metropolitan Planninc Scheme. tThese schemes are within the extended planninc area of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works.

By Authority: c;. H. RIXON, Government Printer, Melbourne. PLANNING SCHEMES APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL ~ " AitorJ• Albtn'lon ICo;nt)l ArnJ)

""'"Ben.fl• fpanJ PLANN I NG Bannootburn IJoinl SchtrN) IN ...... Barrlbool VICTORIA 'Box Hill {PMtl BMT~ Uolnt Schtomt l " Stuns.r~ek Beoll•into (Join! SctlemoJ "Collmberwetr B_,.lle IIWI) ' Coburg IS..I S!rHt) CoiO< Cctx.m ICobram Towrnhip) Corio IJo•nt Schtt.--) G-.iong (Jo,m Sd1.,.J Corio flor• Towmhlp) ~ Wfl'l !Joint Scht:M} TC rW'Ibaurne !CrWlbourl"'l Township) t Knox flinder$ flillyd... Mornlngton ~lown IJoirtl $chf'nJoe) Morwell (Boolarr• Township) • Nun.walif19 (pen) Morwwl/ l ~od Schem.t-ChurehiJr Township) Mo rv.• U 1~1 Township) Traralgon -·· rw.ll IYJJVW TownJtlipl Nurnutklh IM.Irm.ni:,efl ToYVnshrp) OWN Poru.ncl !Joint Sc:httrnel Poru.nd !Joint Sdwmet t 9ltrbrooke SUI...,'I ll Soolh s.rwoo fJoim Scheme) Sw-iln H.JII (Canle DonningtonJ ~0 OUGHS Swun Hill fAobinY1111 Township) Kv•brlltl ''*'' Upl)fff Murr.y ICorryong Township) Por1 F1iry ~rfliUI (W.-,agu l Township) tWenibft 11*11 BOA 0 RKS Yau;~ /Kiew. lnd T-..rni»Jat~g~ Townships) Yed:a~ IYack•WWidth TowntNp) 'n.... ~ .. withlt'l che ...-•• or thl ~rO¥ed Melbourne MetropoHun Planninsl Scheme. l lhnt Scttem. .. wichin tt. nt~ plannlne •• ol the M.lbour ne IOd Metropol i~ Botrd of Worl(s.

APPROVED PLANN ING SCHEMES PREPAR ED BY TH E TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING BOARD

(A) Eildon Sl.lb-R'V!on.. Shirt o f Alu•ndra IBJ Lattobe Vllav Shire o f Morwell Sub-Rtgion.r Shirt ol NltfW.lln Shire of Ro..W. Shint of Trare,t.gon iCI 'rv~rs lOvVnship Shire of Ttarlllgon IOJ Yallourn North Township Shire of Mornoltl Shire ol Naruc:en lE) Club T•rece Township Shire of Orbos1 (F) Ocean AO«l Sh~re o f Bar~bool

Shire of ~ Shire o f South S..Won Shirt of \'llndl• t... IGJ Tall.,.,..nt TownUtip Shire of Tawong IHJ Eiklon Ruavoir Shire of M.tnl fi~ {L) French bl~~nd /C>-.J !/ying Din rttu-T.,..,.,n Md Councry PloJnning Board R~ 1bte Authorrty) (0) E p;,~lock Shire of ""-tc.llt• Sh ir• of Me lvor Shire o f Sttathfields.ye lP) Towtr Hill Shire o f 8ell11u Sllir1 of W.:u rnl mbool Boroug'l of Koron IOJ Ullt S.llheld Shire ol Steweu

SCHEMES IN COURSE OF PREPARATION BY THE TOWN AND COUNTR Y PLANNING BOARD IJI Eildon Reservoir Shirt of Alexilndt.t (M) Phillip l51illnd Shire of PhiUip h lilnd (N) Warateh Bev Shire of Sotlth G i pps~nd Shire of Wcorayl Shirt of Mynlt fwd Shirt of 0 :1111'( ISJ Eiltlon Sub·Regional Extension ' A ' Shirt o f Alt X4ndri1 !T) L;;trobo Vallt y Sub- Rtgio~ l Ext.,u.ion 'A' Sl'l i r~ o f Morwell

Shire o f Tral'lllgon REFERENCE IUJ Lt ku Ty« s to Cape Howe CoiiiStll Shire o f Orbost (V) Sou1h Wnt~rn Coanal MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH PlANNING SCHEMES Shiro of Otw• y HA VE BEEN COM IIIENCED (W) South Western Coastal Shirt of Heytftt)ury ( X J South Wut.er-n Coenar Shire of Warrn«nbool AREA COVERE D BY PlANNING CONTRO l IY) South VNsttrn Coanal Shire o f Bellut fZJ South Wesurn Coastal Shire of Porthlnd !AA) Lake Glertfna9gie METROPOLITAN AREA BE ING PlANNED BY THE Shire of Meflre /AB) Won1haggi Coastal MElBOURNE & METROPOliTAN BOARD OF WORKS Soroo§tl of Wont ... lAC! Simpson Shire ol Heytflbury PlANNING SCHEMES PREPA RED OR BE ING Shirt o f Otw'Y PREPARED BY TH E TOWN AND COUNTRY IADJ Lake Merrimu PlANNING BOARD Shire o f Baa:hus M1rst1 Shtre o f G!toborne tAEJ lake NiUahcoot i~ PREPARED BY THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING BOARD Shirt of Ben..rte 8 Shirt of Mans1it ld 30th JUNf 11'71 A (AFJ Llktt Cairn Cuu en s s Shire of M.lldon

Shire of Newstl!~ _s T R A T Shire of Tu llaroop IAG) Coro p U kes Shirt of Wanmg;~ fA H) Maldon Shire of Mllcfon (A I) Lorne Shirt of Winchtlsta