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Victorian Planning Authority ANNUAL REPORT 2018/2019 Victorian Planning Authority – Annual Report – Annual Planning Authority Victorian 2018/2019 ISSN: 2208-5602 © State of Victoria, Victorian Planning Authority 2019. You are free to re-use this work under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, provided you credit the State of Victoria (Victorian Planning Authority) as author, indicate if changes were made and comply with the other licence terms. The licence does not apply to any branding, including VPA and Government logos. Victorian Planning Authority Level 25, 35 Collins Street Disclaimer Melbourne Victoria 3000 This publication may be of assistance to you but the State of Victoria and its employees do Telephone: 03 9651 9600 not guarantee that the publication is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your Facsimile: 03 9651 9623 particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication. www.vpa.vic.gov.au Victorian Planning Authority Annual Report 2018/2019 Victorian Planning Authority Annual Report 2018/2019 Contents Minister for Planning 2 Chair of the Victorian Planning Authority 3 Responsible body declaration 3 CEO’s report 4 VPA vision and values 19 Manner of establishment and relevant Minister 20 Nature and range of services provided 20 Objectives, functions, powers and duties 22 Performance reporting – non-financial 23 Performance reporting – financial 28 Governance and organisational structure 30 People at the VPA 36 Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution 40 Infrastructure Contribution reporting 51 Other disclosures 53 Disclosure index 58 Annual Financial Statements – 30 June 2019 60 Victorian Planning Authority Annual Report 2018/2019 1 Minister for Planning To provide housing in established This will include partnership areas, the VPA also delivered with the Victorian Government, amendments to the planning together with our community, scheme to facilitate urban to put in place the right renewal across Melbourne. planning and infrastructure, like public transport, to The VPA allocated $8.5 million in deliver the jobs, homes and funding to 73 projects under the services Victorians need. government’s very successful Streamlining for Growth program, I am particularly pleased that the with a focus on capacity-building VPA now has the additional role in our regional cities and towns of advising my colleague, Gavin Victoria continues to be and on reducing timeframes for Jennings MLC, Minister for Priority Australia’s fastest-growing post-Precinct Structure Plan (PSP) Precincts, in relation to land use and most prosperous state, approval decisions. planning for priority precincts. and the work of the Victorian The need for coordinated The Andrews Government has a Planning Authority (VPA) is government action to realise the strong agenda to create a liveable, critical to ensuring this growth potential of key precincts and sustainable and prosperous future and prosperity benefits current sites is crucial and the VPA is best for all Victorians. and future Victorians. placed as Victoria’s strategic spatial planning organisation Importantly, we want to make The 2018/19 year was another to provide integrated structure housing more affordable and big year of growth for our state, planning for urban growth. new places of work close to bringing opportunities and where Victorians live. While challenges. The VPA, working I thank the Chair, Board and housing is an essential piece of with my department and its staff of the VPA for their efforts the puzzle to cater for Victoria’s partners, played a key role to shape Victoria’s urban growth, it goes hand-in-hand in managing urban growth future and I look forward to the with creating new jobs. across the state. At the end of authority continuing its strong track record of achievement. 2018 the authority completed The VPA will continue to play a structure planning to achieve key role in making this vision the government’s commitment a reality by delivering quality to unlock land for 100,000 homes plans for designated urban in Melbourne’s greenfields, areas across the state. while at the same time also zoning land for 60,000 jobs. The Hon. Richard Wynne MP Minister for Planning Over the course of 2018/19, the VPA negotiated three GAIC October 2019 works-in-kind agreements, delivering early certainty on land for public infrastructure in Melbourne’s growth corridors. 2 Victorian Planning Authority Annual Report 2018/2019 Chair of the Victorian Planning Authority Our strategic focus over the The opportunity ahead last year has been on delivering lies in supporting the State for our stakeholders. Government’s strong infrastructure agenda through We have delivered on our our focus on planning in 100,000 PSP lots target. This priority precincts. We will has ensured 15 years of zoned also be supporting emerging land supply for Melbourne. government priorities such as infrastructure coordination, We have also led the reform of integrated water management our planning processes via our and affordable housing. PSP 2.0 initiative. This promises to reduce the average time I would like to thank Board taken to develop a Precinct members for their committed Structure Plan by 12 months. The expertise in setting strategic Board sees this as a significant guidance, the VPA CEO advance in reducing holding and staff and of course the costs, improving PSP quality and Minister for his support, enhancing work processes. direction and wise counsel. Within the organisation, we have lifted flexible work arrangements from nine per cent of staff to 36 per cent. Along with improved IT tools and the use of mobile devices, this has Jude Munro AO further boosted productivity. Chair Victorian Planning Authority The VPA is also planning for urban growth in regional Victoria and we are increasing collaboration with State Government agencies. All of this ensures we unlock value and contribute to the long-term financial sustainability of the VPA. Responsible body declaration In accordance with the Financial Management Act 1994, I am pleased to present the Victorian Planning Authority’s Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2019. Jude Munro AO Chair Victorian Planning Authority 11 September 2019 Victorian Planning Authority Annual Report 2018/2019 3 CEO’s report In 2018, Melbourne was one of Expert consultants, ACIL Allen, the fastest growing cities in the found that the Streamlining for developed world and Victoria Growth program saved more remains the fastest growing than $210 million to date, both in: state in Australia. Rapid growth, along with climate change, • better efficiency of globalisation, and greater cultural Government investment diversity make for a complex • economic benefits to the urban planning landscape. community from better and faster development outcomes. The VPA’s unique role in this landscape is to develop land The findings show that for use and infrastructure plans every $1 of Government money for designated urban growth spent on the program, the areas across the state. Plans economic benefit was $8 – that enable the development increasing Victoria’s employment of prosperous, sustainable and opportunities and housing choice, liveable communities. Plans that diversity and affordability. lay the groundwork for delivering jobs, homes and amenities for the During the 2018/19 year, the Victorians of today and tomorrow. VPA continued to focus on supporting delivery of Plan In delivering our plans, we Melbourne 2017‑50, the growth actively respond to the drivers plans for Victoria’s regions of change around us including and Homes for Victorians: population growth, economic affordability, access and choice. conditions and the impact of technology. Our work, based The VPA also continued rolling on the most contemporary out its Strategic Plan 2017‑20 research, also helps inform and through delivery of a range of shape government policy. internal and external projects focused on improving our Ernst and Young recently processes and practices. provided the VPA with a report, Economic benefits of the My report provides a summary Victorian Planning Authority. of the VPA’s year in review. The report estimated that the VPA would deliver $2.4 billion of economic and financial benefit to the State from its urban and place planning efficiency and leveraging major infrastructure remit for the period 2018-2055, primarily through accelerating the provision of housing and employment areas and speeding up the delivery of land to market. 4 Victorian Planning Authority Annual Report 2018/2019 1.0 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR Over 2018/19, the VPA: GREENFIELDS Completed PSPs Progressed , homes URBAN , RENEWAL jobs structure plans & other PROJECTS infrastructure plans, & planning scheme in ESTABLISHED , amendments MELBOURNE LOTS COMPLETED GAIC Unlocking more than Works in Kind community , homes consultation agreements in the State’s events finalised regions .m STAKEHOLDER allocated towards SATISFACTION Advised on allocation of PROJECTS STREAMLINING % m FOR GROWTH in GAIC funding SUPPORTING COUNCILS Victorian Planning Authority Annual Report 2018/2019 5 2.0 NEW GOVERNMENT DIRECTIONS On re-election in November The programs of activity that A major change for the VPA’s 2018, the Victorian Government the Minister for Planning has operating environment was introduced a number of requested the VPA to focus on also made during 2018/19 with significant portfolio changes, over the coming