MONARTO MASTERPLAN PREPARED FOR NOVEMBER 2016 DOCUMENT QUALITY CONTROL Jensen Planning + Design IN ASSOCIATION WITH: Unit 6/259 Glen Osmond Road Project Name Monarto Masterplan Frewville SA 5063 Rural City of Murray Bridge Project Number P6914 Tonkin Consulting T / 08 8338 5511 Client Rural City of Murray Bridge F / 08 8338 6866 Jacobs Document Monarto Enterprise Precinct Masterplan JLL Author of Document PJ / MMCK www.jensenplanning.com.au Version 4 Date of Document Release 18 November 2016 Name of Person/s document was released to Rural City of Murray Bridge Method of Release Digital Authorised By MMcK Authorisation Date 18 November 2016 2 MONARTO MASTERPLAN NOVEMBER 2016 CONTENTS 1. SUMMARY 2. INTRODUCTION 3. STRATEGIC CONTEXT 4. SUMMARY OF INVESTIGATIONS 5. COMMUNITY + STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT 6. DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES + LONG TERM VISION 7. IMPLEMENTATION APPENDICES (Provided as separate PDF Document) • Native Vegetation and Wildlife Corridors • Employment Lands • Core Infrastructure • Aviation Facility • Monarto Zoological Park • Monarto’s Character 3 MONARTO MASTERPLAN NOVEMBER 2016 1. SUMMARY The Monarto Masterplan has been developed • The establishment of a small local activity by Jensen Planning + Design for the Rural City centre to provide services and amenities to of Murray Bridge, in association with the District support the employment land, as well as an Council of Mount Barker and RDA Murraylands improved ‘heart’ for the community. and Riverland. • A new Road-Rail Intermodal Facility to support The primary purpose of the Masterplan is to the employment land. provide a long term planning vision for Monarto, a vision which sees Monarto becoming an • The development of a Freeway Service important employment hub for the region. The Centre in association with the DPA. vision balances economic growth and new jobs with sound environmental management and the • The establishment of landscape buffers to community’s aspirations for Monarto. maintain the landscape character of the area, and provide appropriate interfaces between A series of ‘working papers’ was produced land uses. to inform the direction of the DPA and • The protection and conservation of native Concept Plan Masterplan and identify key issues, constraints vegetation areas and corridors. and opportunities to be addressed. These investigations focussed on the following themes: • Maintaining and enhancing the Monarto Zoo as a key tourism destination. • Native Vegetation and Wildlife Corridors • Future Intermodal Facility • Outlining the location and high level layout of • Employment Lands an airfield or airport, should such a facility be • Core Infrastructure needed in the future. • Aviation Facility • Monarto Zoological Park • Reducing the area of the Light Industry Zone • Monarto’s Character. east of Ferries McDonald Road to exclude a portion of land used by the State Government Industry, government and community for vegetation research. stakeholders were involved in the process to develop the Masterplan. In part this engagement • DPA buffer areas and biosecurity region as was undertaken in tandem with a Development per Concept Plan Map MuBr/3. Plan Amendment (DPA) prepared in 2015 that increased and amended the area of employment • Placemaking and ‘gateway’ improvements lands at Monarto South. around Ferries McDonald Road to enhance the legibility of the area, and improve the OPPORTUNITIES experience and amenity for locals and visitors. As well as the land use changes introduced These opportunities have been identified spatially by the 2015 DPA, the Masterplan describes in an illustrative masterplan in Section 6 of this a number of development opportunities to document. be pursued over the long term. Important opportunities include: Implementation priorities for the Rural City of Murray Bridge have been suggested to • The growth in employment land uses on the commence the delivery of the long term vision for western side of Ferries McDonald Road. Monarto South. Monarto landscapes and Masterplan Concept Plan excerpt 4 MONARTO MASTERPLAN NOVEMBER 2016 2. INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND + PURPOSE STUDY AREA + CONTEXT A joint economic development initiative Situated between the emerging urban growth between the Rural City of Murray Bridge centres of Murray Bridge and Mount Barker (RCMB) and the District Council of Mount and approximately 60 kilometres south-east of Barker (DCMB), the Monarto Masterplan central Adelaide, the rural township of Monarto recognises the economic potential of Monarto is well positioned on the National Highway, the to provide employment to support the future Adelaide - Melbourne railway corridor, and within growth of the region. The Masterplan was commuting distance of metropolitan Adelaide. initiated to further evaluate the potential for, and provide an implementable yet high level A focus of the Masterplan is on providing local framework for: employment opportunities for current and future residents of Murray Bridge and Mount Barker • an expanded employment base to reduce the need for daily commutes to the • a potential road/rail intermodal hub Metropolitan Adelaide area for work. • a potential future regional airport Through careful planning and with As well as examining environmental, consideration given to the region’s distinctive infrastructure, local character and other issues tourism, cultural and environmental assets, the relevant to the development of Monarto. Monarto Region (South Enterprise Precinct) provides a significant opportunity for economic The primary purpose of the Masterplan activity and employment within the region. is to provide a long term planning vision for Monarto. The Masterplan (and its The study area for the Masterplan is shown investigations) also provide an evidence in the figure alongside and includes the area base to support the recent Monarto South subject to the recent Development Plan Development Plan Amendment (that expanded Amendment that was granted interim effect the extent of employment lands in the short/ on 27th August 2015. The policies were then medium term) as well as protect the potential altered after public consultation and the DPA for a future airport and intermodal terminal. approved on 11 August 2016. Monarto South Study Area (above, red line area) + DPA Affected Area (left) The Masterplan will become a guiding economic development document for both Councils and other agencies concerned with the expansion of employment lands and economic opportunities for the broader region. 5 MONARTO MASTERPLAN NOVEMBER 2016 Recent industrial development at Arbon Court SE Freeway at Monarto South Big W Distribution Centre, Ferries McDonald Road Adelaide-Melbourne railway (and passing loop), Vittera grain silos, Monarto South Former General Store Ferries McDonald Road, looking south from SE Freeway overpass Land south of Freeway, suggested for future airfields Current signage on approach to township development 6 MONARTO MASTERPLAN NOVEMBER 2016 Notice board and signage near Monarto War Memorial Hall Ferries McDonald Road showing access into industrial areas through vegetation buffer on the left. Australian Portable Camps manufacturing site, Monarto South. Viewed from Ferries McDonald Road. 7 MONARTO MASTERPLAN NOVEMBER 2016 STRATEGIC CONTEXT 8 MONARTO MASTERPLAN NOVEMBER 2016 3. STRATEGIC CONTEXT STATE PLANNING CONTEXT LOCAL PLANNING CONTEXT Murray and Mallee Regional Plan Monarto is regarded as one of South Australia’s most planned precincts, due to Currently, the Planning the number of planning studies and reports Strategy for the area of that have focused on the area. This includes Monarto and surrounds is the Monarto South Intermodal and Land Use Study Murray and Mallee Regional undertaken in 2008 for the Monarto Common Plan (2011). This plan Purpose Group. provides direction and advice on land use and development Today the most important local planning within the area, outlines target documentation includes the Murray Bridge population movements for the Council Development Plan and the Monarto area, and sets policy for the South Development Plan Amendment, 2015- changes to the population 16. and climate. The plan was implemented following Murray Bridge Council Development Plan, community groups and government bodies August 2015 and 11 August 2016 working together in order to develop strategies that will lead to a sustainable future for the The local planning context for the Monarto Murray and Mallee areas. South Masterplan area is found within the Murray Bridge Council Development Plan. The Murray and Mallee Regional Plan As the land included in the Masterplan spans recognises that population growth and economic over a large area, there is not one single development must be balanced with the overall Zone, Policy Area or Precinct impacted by this preservation of the environment. Further to this process, but a variety of different Development the plan suggests that the retention of heritage, Plan Areas. history and character of areas such as Monarto will attract and also retain a skilled workforce Monarto South Development Plan which will ultimately benefit future generations. Amendment, 2015 In direct reference to the Monarto area, the On behalf of the Rural City of Murray Bridge, plan aims to promote industrial growth, and Jensen Planning + Design prepared a plan for the expansion of industrial land in the Development Plan Amendment for the area area. The plan also discusses the possibility to of Monarto South in 2015, which was granted further develop the existing north-south road Interim Effect