Edward River Council DRAFT Deniliquin Rural Residential Land Use Strategy April 2019 GHD | Report for Edward River Council - Deniliquin Rural Residential Lands Strategy Review, 2219608 | i Table of contents 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................1 1.1 What is a Strategy? .............................................................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Purpose of this Strategy ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 What is Rural Residential Development? ............................................................................................................................................ 2 1.4 Planning Period ...................................................................................................................................................................................2 2. Understanding Edward River Council and Deniliquin .................................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Acknowledging External Growth Drivers ............................................................................................................................................. 4 3. Riverina Murray Regional Plan ......................................................................................................................................................................5 3.1 Direction 27 - Manage Rural Residential Development ...................................................................................................................... 6 4. Criteria for Rural Residential Land ...............................................................................................................................................................10 5. Planning Policy ............................................................................................................................................................................................13 5.1 Role of Government and Private Sector ............................................................................................................................................13 5.2 Planning Documents..........................................................................................................................................................................15 6. People and Housing .....................................................................................................................................................................................17 6.1 Edward River Local Government Area (LGA) ...................................................................................................................................17 6.2 Former Deniliquin LGA ......................................................................................................................................................................22 7. Department of Planning and Environment Population Projections ..............................................................................................................40 7.1 Department of Planning and Environment Population Forecasts .....................................................................................................40 7.2 Growth Drivers ...................................................................................................................................................................................43 7.3 Recommended Strategy Population Forecasts .................................................................................................................................46 8. Managing Development and Growth ...........................................................................................................................................................50 8.1 Existing Rural Residential Supply ......................................................................................................................................................50 8.2 Constraints to Existing Supply ...........................................................................................................................................................60 8.3 Supply Analysis .................................................................................................................................................................................67 GHD | Report for Edward River Council - Deniliquin Rural Residential Lands Strategy Review, 2219608 | ii 8.4 Demand Analysis ...............................................................................................................................................................................68 8.5 Balancing Supply and Demand .........................................................................................................................................................70 8.6 Supply Deficiency and Strategy Implications ....................................................................................................................................73 9. Constraints Analysis ....................................................................................................................................................................................74 9.1 Objectives of a Constraints Analysis .................................................................................................................................................74 9.2 Methodology ......................................................................................................................................................................................74 9.3 Constraints Mapping ..........................................................................................................................................................................82 10. Proposed Rural Residential Areas ...............................................................................................................................................................85 10.1 Understanding the Market .................................................................................................................................................................85 10.2 Agricultural Economy .........................................................................................................................................................................85 10.3 Selection Criteria ...............................................................................................................................................................................86 10.4 Candidate Areas ................................................................................................................................................................................87 10.5 Summary of Candidate Areas .........................................................................................................................................................100 11. Consultation Strategy .................................................................................................................................................................................101 12. Land Release Program ..............................................................................................................................................................................102 12.1 Balancing Supply and Demand for Rural Residential Land Use .....................................................................................................102 12.2 Land Release Program ....................................................................................................................................................................103 13. Implementation and Recommendations ....................................................................................................................................................104 13.1 Candidate Areas ..............................................................................................................................................................................104 13.2 Implementation ................................................................................................................................................................................104 13.3 Local Environmental Plan ................................................................................................................................................................105 13.4 Development Control Plan ...............................................................................................................................................................107 13.5 Monitoring and Review Recommendations .....................................................................................................................................108 GHD | Report for Edward River Council - Deniliquin Rural Residential Lands Strategy Review, 2219608 | iii Table index Table 3-1 Direction 27 - Manage Rural Residential Development .....................................................................................................................