Our ref: 2KXM:5AKT 21805623 Contact: Kate Morris Direct Line: 03 9611 0142 Direct Email: [email protected]

19 February 2019

Attn: Andrea Harwood Planning Panels Level 5 1 Spring Street , Vic, 3000

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Dear Panel,

Kaufland Australia Advisory Committee 1158 Nepean Highway, Mornington

We continue to act for Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.

In response to direction 18(b) of the Panel Directions dated 11 February 2019, please find attached ‘Issues Paper’.

We confirm the ‘Issues Paper’ was published on Council’s website and hard copies were made available at customer services centres.

We will deliver five hard copies to Planning Panels Victoria today.

Please contact us if you have any queries.

Yours faithfully,

Kate Morris HARWOOD ANDREWS

Encl.

zzemail\P.1 - S.1\P:19/02/19 11:38 5akt <<56>> Kaufland store for Mornington Gateway Have your say

The Victorian Minister for Planning the Hon The Size has removed the decision It is proposed to be more than 4,000 square metres which will making power from your elected Councillors include a number of smaller tenancies. to an Advisory Committee of three people The Issues he has appointed. The state government 1. The proposed location is on the border of the green wedge will now consider an application for a major and will destroy the prominent entry gateway to Mornington supermarket development on the gateway site which has a setback of 90 metres and landscaping to reflect the environmental entry. to Mornington. 2. The current plans envisage minimum landscaping and This issues paper has been developed by the Council to assist turning the 90 metre setback into a 430 vehicle car park with members of the community to understand the potential impact less than a twenty metre strip of landscaping. of the proposed development and to have their say. 3. A twenty-metre-high and sixty-metre-long advertising sign on “Rules of making a submission applied by the government “Pro top of the building will dominate the ‘green’ gateway skyline. Forma Letters or petitions will be treated as a single submission and the only the first person will receive a reply. advisory panel, or similar. 4. The establishment of such a major retail site on industrial land outside the Mornington Activity Centre could have a What is a Kaufland Store? major impact on the retail economy within the Mornington Kaufland’s “hypermarket” model is described as a cross between Village and result in vacant shops down Main Street. a supermarket and a Kmart, with supermarket staples and extras 5. The proposal will cause major traffic congestion on Oakbank like bikes or car maintenance supplies. Road and create a “rat run” through the local streets causing more congestion on Bungower Road.

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For more information our place 1300 850 600 our connectivity mornpen.vic.gov.au/kaufland our prosperity [email protected] our wellbeing Kaufland store for Mornington Gateway Have your say

Advisory Committee process and how to make a submission

To learn more and have your say, make a submission at the following state government submissions page planning.vic.gov.au/panels-and-committees/browse-panels-and-committees/projects/kaufland-stores-in-victoria-advisory-committee#overview Or go to our website and follow the link to the state government submissions page. mornpen.vic.gov.au/kaufland The state government has given no indication when the proposed development will go on public exhibition. When it does the community will only have 20 business days to respond.

Let the state government know what you think via email

Minister for Planning Hon. Richard Wynne [email protected] Member for Mornington David Morris [email protected] Member for Eastern Victoria Daniel Mulino [email protected] Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath [email protected] Member for Eastern Victoria Ed O’Donohue edward.o’[email protected] Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing [email protected] Member for Nepean Martin Dixon [email protected] Shadow Minister for Planning David Davis [email protected] Leader of Victorian Greens Samantha Ratnam [email protected] Premier of Victoria [email protected] Leader of Victorian Liberal Party Matthew Guy [email protected]