Shepparton & Mooroopna 2050 Regional City Growth Plan July 2020 Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners Tables Table 1 Industrial growth areas 21 We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land which now comprises Greater Shepparton, we pay respect to their tribal elders, we celebrate their continuing culture and we acknowledge the memory Table 2 Current residential growth areas 30 of their ancestors. Table 3 Investigation areas considered for residential growth 31 Table 4 Future residential growth areas 32 Contents Figures Executive Summary 5 Figure 1 Greater Shepparton population by age cohort 2016 – 2036 11 A Growth Plan for Shepparton and Mooroopna 6 Figure 2 Victorian regional cities components of population change 2016 12 Introduction 9 Figure 3 Greater Shepparton unemployment rate 2010 – 2018 12 Vision 15 Figure 4 Service hub 18 Principles 16 Figure 5 Shepparton CBD precincts and renewal opportunities 38 Outcomes 17 Figure 6 Mooroopna opportunities 41 Outcome 1 – A City for the Goulburn Region 19 Figure 7 Economic resilience road maps 58 Outcome 2 – A City of Liveable Neighbourhoods 24 Outcome 3 – A City of Growth and Renewal 30 Outcome 4 – A City with Infrastructure and Transport 42 Outcome 5 – A City that is Greener and Embraces Water 50 Outcome 6 – A City of Innovation and Resilience 54 Acronyms Implementing the Vision 59 ACZ Activity Centre Zone Council Greater Shepparton City Council CBD Central Business District CVGA Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance Plans GVWRRG Goulburn Valley Waste and Resource Recovery Group Plan 1 Regional context 4 DELWP Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Plan 2 Shepparton & Mooroopna framework plan 8 DoT Department of Transport Plan 3 Industrial growth areas 20 DJPR Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions Plan 4 Cycling corridors 26 EPA Environmental Protection Authority Plan 5 Regional cycling destinations 28 GBCMA Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority Plan 6 Residential growth corridors 34 GBGA Goulburn Broken Greenhouse Alliance Plan 7 Transport 46 GMID Goulburn Murray Irrigation District Plan 8 Bus network 48 G-MW Goulburn Murray Water Plan 9 Embrace the river 52 GOTAFE Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE GV Health Goulburn Valley Health IWM Integrated Water Management UGZ Urban Growth Zone VIF Victoria in Future VPA Victorian Planning Authority 2 SHEPPARTON & MOOROOPNA 2050 - REGIONAL CITY GROWTH PLAN - July 2020 SHEPPARTON & MOOROOPNA 2050 - REGIONAL CITY GROWTH PLAN - July 2020 3 Shepparton -Mooropna Plan 1 Regional context Deniliquin EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Tocumwal Cobram The Victorian Planning Authority (VPA) ■ Celebrate the functional and recreational Yarrawonga in partnership with Greater Shepparton opportunities associated with water. Echuca r e v i R City Council (council) has prepared the n r u b l u o G ■ Be a leader in renewable Shepparton Shepparton and Mooroopna 2050: Regional Goulburn Valley Hwy Valley Goulburn Greater energy generation and climate Shepparton Wangaratta City Growth Plan (Growth Plan) to guide the change adaptation. Midland Hwy sustainable development of the Shepparton- Mooroopna Mooroopna urban area to the year 2050. Benalla The vision will be achieved by implementing r e iv R n LODDON r u b ul o G strategies and actions under six outcomes. CAMPASPE OVENS The location of Shepparton and MURRAY Euroa Mooroopna is identified onPlan 1. Each outcome includes an objective y Bendigo wa ree to support the delivery and highlight e F The Growth Plan is a high-level C um a H l the key opportunities required to d e and broad strategy that: 0 3km 6km 9km 12km 15km r F w Seymour implement the Growth Plan vision. y sets out the future vision for Mansfield ■ Shepparton and Mooroopna As the Growth Plan sets a long-term ■ guides sustainable future growth and vision to 2050, making precise growth GOULBURN development over the next 30 years projections is difficult. Sequencing of new growth fronts should be continuously ■ identifies the steps needed Gisborne reviewed every 5 years based equally on to manage growth supply and demand analysis and on the ■ defines eyk projects and infrastructure ability to deliver needed infrastructure. required to support growth MELBOURNE ■ provides certainty for public and The Growth Plan is an overarching strategy, METRO private investment decision making. it makes recommendations on identified Mildura Port opportunities for urban growth and Geelong Phillip The Growth Plan addresses key challenges to other initiatives to achieve the vision for Bay guide housing, employment, infrastructure, Shepparton and Mooroopna. The areas services and other opportunities for residents identified for growth have been determined MALLEE and visitors while ensuring Shepparton and through a review of the residential and Ouyen Mooroopna become greener, sustainable industrial investigation areas identified as Swan Hill and resilient to climate change. Deniliquin part of the Greater Shepparton Housing Strategy (2011) and the implementation The Growth Plan aims to maintain and enhance of the Industrial Land Review (2011). the unique attributes of Shepparton and This review considered land supply Mooroopna and sets a vision for how the urban Albury/Wodonga Echuca needs and development constraints to LODDON area will grow and change until the year 2050. CAMPASPE Wangaratta conclude the most appropriate areas for The vision for Shepparton and residential and industrial development. WIMMERA Bendigo OVENS Mooroopna is that by 2050 it will: SOUTHERN Horsham The proposed growth areas are conditional MURRAY Falls Creek MALLEE ■ Be a thriving regional hub with on relevant council resolutions, Planning GOULBURN infrastructure to support social Minister support (where planning and economic wellbeing. scheme amendments are required) and CENTRAL Ballarat HIGHLANDS GIPPSLAND a range of further assessments that ■ Offer an affordable and liveable lifestyle MELBOURNE will occur at the appropriate time. METRO with diverse economic opportunities Lakes Entrance GREAT SOUTH for residents and investors. Other actions in the Growth Plan will COAST Geelong Morwell be implemented by council programs Warrnambool ■ Embrace the natural environment and government partnerships. BARWON and conserve places of cultural heritage significance. 4 SHEPPARTON & MOOROOPNA 2050 - REGIONAL CITY GROWTH PLAN - July 2020 SHEPPARTON & MOOROOPNA 2050 - REGIONAL CITY GROWTH PLAN - July 2020 5 A GROWTH PLAN FOR SHEPPARTON AND MOOROOPNA Located in the Goulburn Valley region of Our community is diverse, including one of Rail and road transport networks consolidated Water has been a key influence on the Victoria, approximately 180 kilometres to the state’s largest populations of Aboriginal Shepparton and Mooroopna as a central development of Shepparton and Mooroopna, the north of Melbourne, Shepparton and and Torres Strait Islander Peoples outside hub and continue to be a major contributor through both the pioneering irrigation Mooroopna combine to form the state’s fourth metropolitan Melbourne, and people from to the local economy, as well as agriculture, practices that have enabled the towns’ largest regional city. The City is position at the over 30 nationalities, speaking more than 50 manufacturing , construction, education, and growth and the flooding that has devastated junction of the Goulburn Valley Highway and languages, each of which adds its cultural health and community services. the area in 1916, 1974 and 1993. the Midland Highway and forms part of the values to Greater Shepparton’s rich character. The sustainable use of irrigation water Shepparton and Mooroopna offer both rural Newell Highway corridor that provides links to and the appropriate management of Shepparton and Mooroopna have been and urban lifestyles, enhanced by access to Melbourne and Brisbane. Shepparton forms development adjacent to riverine floodplains shaped by a diverse array of factors. natural landscapes, arts and cultural events, part of the State rail network with both V/Line are vital to the continued growth of unique heritage places, extensive sporting passenger services and freight services. The For thousands of generations, Aboriginal Shepparton and Mooroopna. facilities, and community amenities such urban centre provides a broad commercial, Peoples managed and protected the land. as Victoria Park Lake and the Shepparton administrative and industrial base for the The initial European explorations by Hume Shepparton and Mooroopna’s economy Regional Park. region, offering services and facilities for and Hovell in 1824 introduced successive is adapting to meet state, national and a local population of more than 65,000 waves of immigration that have shaped global trends including investment in people across the municipality, and a wider settlement patterns, developing and health, education, renewable energy and expanding farming and agricultural practices, agriculture. Being at the forefront of these catchment of more than 100,000 extending including innovative irrigation systems, and trends will ensure the regional city continues as far as Deniliquin in New South Wales. the development of food processing and to be an attractive location to live and invest. related industries. 6 SHEPPARTON & MOOROOPNA 2050 - REGIONAL CITY GROWTH PLAN - July 2020 SHEPPARTON & MOOROOPNA 2050 - REGIONAL CITY GROWTH PLAN - July 2020 7 0 1km 2km 3km 4km 5km Plan 2 Framework plan INTRODUCTION residential - planning underway residential - current residential - future1 Why do we need a Growth Plan? Draft Growth Plan residential