CAMCOS - Impact Assessment No. 1 - Planning and Land Use Working Paper Queensland Transport 1. PLANNING AND LAND USE WORKING PAPER Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background to this Working Paper 2.0 Study Area 3.0 Data Collection and Consultation 4.0 Public Consultation 4.1 What Public Consultation Seeks to do 4.2 What are the Guiding Principles? 4.3 What can be Expected from Public Consultation? 4.4 How will Consultation Actually Work 4.5 Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Consultation 5.0 Legislation and Planning Framework 5.1 Commonwealth Planning Context 5.2 State Level Planning Context 5.3 Regional Planning Framework 5.4 Local Government Forward Planning 5.5 Local Government Strategic Plans 5.6 Local Government Development Control Plans 5.7 Implications of the Development Control Plans 5.8 Generalised Zoning Patterns 5.9 Development and Planning Trends Tables Table 5.4: Generalised Forward Planning Framework Table 5.8: Generalised Zoning Process Figures Figure 2.0 CAMCOS Study Area Figure 4.4a District Working Group Areas Figure 4.4b Memorandum of Understanding Figure 4.4c Project Framework Figure 5.3a RFGM Indicative Growth Pattern Map Figure 5.4 Generalised Land Use Plan Figure 5.8 Regionalised Zoning Map Appendix A A1.0 Relevant Council Studies A1.1 Background A1.2 Caloundra City A1.3 Maroochy Shire A2.0 References Figures Figure A1.3a Preferred Town Centre Development Scenario CAMCOS Working Papers Ove Arup & Partners 07.07.97 CAMCOS - Impact Assessment No. 1 - Planning and Land Use Working Paper Queensland Transport Figure A1.3b Alternative Town Centre Development Scenario Figure A1.3c Maroochydore Town Centre - Precinct Plan Figure A1.3d Mooloolaba Development Control Plan: Planned Area and Precincts CAMCOS Working Papers Ove Arup & Partners 07.07.97 CAMCOS - Impact Assessment No. 1 - Planning and Land Use Working Paper Queensland Transport 1.0 Introduction The Queensland Government has proposed a major initiative to investigate an integrated land use and transportation system for the Caboolture - Sunshine Coast region with the cooperation of the Caboolture, Caloundra and Maroochy Shire Councils. The development of an integrated transportation system challenges traditional approaches to urban management and to quality of life enhancements. New balances between the concentration of urban functions to achieve economics and the dispersion of human services to facilitate local ease of access need to be formulated and implemented. New ways of linking areas where people live and where they work have to be found to rein in the escalating costs of transport infrastructure currently needed for urban areas to operate. In response to these types of outcomes, there has been a clear recognition of the need to plan in an integrated way for transport and land use so that the distribution of human activity occurs in a manner which makes most efficient use of transport investment, and in turn, increase levels of accessibility and provide more livable communities. The former Commonwealth Better Cities Program has assisted in the clear identification of these objectives and priorities. This study provides an opportunity to apply these principles in the Sunshine Coast area, not only to achieve better outcomes for that specific area, but to demonstrate the benefits of an integrated approach to land use and transport planning for communities elsewhere. The CAMCOS Study recognises the fundamental importance of the complex interrelationship between transport networks and land use distribution. This has been increasingly acknowledged in recent years as central to achieving more livable and sustainable communities. This recognition has occurred both in the community generally and within levels of government, as well as within the professional groups involved in planning for transport and land use. Consequently, the traditional approach adopted in many transport planning initiatives which relied on catering for projected increased transport needs based on a continuation of land use and development trends is now widely acknowledged as an inappropriate way of planning for the future of our communities. This approach tends to perpetuate inefficient land use patterns, dependency on the private vehicle, and urban areas which are characterised by high energy usage (and therefore low sustainability), as well as a range of substantive social concerns. These social concerns result, in part, from a deterioration in the ability of particular groups of people in the community to sustain a lifestyle in which their need for access to supportive human services, employment opportunities, cultural and leisure activities is adequately met. Inefficient systems not only add to costs but also exacerbate disadvantages including environmental disadvantage. 1.1 Background to this Working Paper In order to address all potential issues and concerns related to CAMCOS the project team has created four key working papers for public comment addressing: CAMCOS Working Papers Ove Arup & Partners 07.07.97 CAMCOS - Impact Assessment No. 1 - Planning and Land Use Working Paper Queensland Transport ö Planning and Land Use; ö The Bio-physical Environment; ö Social Environment; and ö Land Use/ Transport Strategy Projections. Following consultation these papers will form the basis of a Review of Environmental Factors Report. This document will update any deficiencies highlighted in the Working Papers and incorporate appropriate public comment. During this time it is also anticipated that potential corridors will be defined and disseminated for public comment. This paper has been created in recognition of the need to consider the relationship between the project objectives and those inherent in the planning legislation governing development in Queensland and specifically at a local level within the study area. To provide a better understanding of this relationship, this working paper is intended to facilitate discussion regarding transport planning, infrastructure provision and land use planning in the context of the CAMCOS. Specifically, the paper has been organised to enable consideration of these areas in a top to bottom approach. The significance and implications of policy and planning has been reviewed from the Commonwealth to local planning perspective and as they relate to the CAMCOS project objectives. The discussion highlights the potential role of CAMCOS in contributing to: ö Meeting higher order transport linkages and public transport goals within the study area and particularly between the regional centres of Maroochydore and Caboolture; ö Assisting to facilitate the development of Maroochydore and Caboolture as strategic employment and multi-use nodes; and ö The planned future growth of Caboolture, Caloundra and Maroochy Shire . CAMCOS Working Papers Ove Arup & Partners 07.07.97 CAMCOS - Impact Assessment No. 1 - Planning and Land Use Working Paper Queensland Transport 2.0 Study Area The study area for the first stage of the study process can be roughly defined as incorporating the local authority areas of Caboolture, Caloundra and Maroochy. The boundaries of CAMCOS is provided graphically in Figure 2.0. For this stage of the CAMCOS project, the study area will primarily cover a region ranging from Landsborough eastwards to Bell’s Creek, northwards along the coastal plain from Caloundra to Maroochydore, and west to include the communities of Eudlo, Woombye and Nambour. As part of the corridor study process the study will also consider the implications of upgrading the existing north coast rail line to the south through Beerwah, Beerburrum to just north of Caboolture. As the study progresses, potential transportation corridors will be identified and then assessed in the second stage of the project. At this stage impacts, specific to the potential corridors will be considered and the study area will also be refined to reflect the more intensive investigation. This Working Paper will consider all relevant legislation, policy and land use planning issues which fall within the study area and significantly relate to the first stage of CAMCOS. CAMCOS Working Papers Ove Arup & Partners 07.07.97 CAMCOS - Impact Assessment No. 1 - Planning and Land Use Working Paper Queensland Transport 3.0 Data Collection and Consultation For the purposes of the current study, the information contained in existing gazetted Strategic Plans, and relevant Development Control Plans, has been integrated to establish an overview of the current framework of forward planning for the study area. These documents are referenced at the end of this Working Paper. In addition, consultation with council planning officers from Caloundra City and Maroochy Shire Councils has also been undertaken. Computer based information (MAPINFO) has also been sought from Caloundra City, Caboolture and Maroochy Shire Councils. This information took the form of Strategic Planning and Zoning data and was used to develop generalised figures covering all three Councils, referenced later in this Working Paper. Additional computer based data was received from the SEQ2001Unit of the Department of Local Government and Planning. CAMCOS Working Papers Ove Arup & Partners 07.07.97 CAMCOS - Impact Assessment No. 1 - Planning and Land Use Working Paper Queensland Transport 4.0 Public Consultation 4.1 What public consultation seeks to do The role of public consultation in planning decisions is to improve the quality and public acceptability of those decisions by taking into account the needs, aspirations and views of people