Planning and Environment Act 1987 CASEY PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C119 CRANBOURNE EAST PRECINCT STRUCTURE PLAN PLANNING PERMIT APPLICATIONS Report of a Panel Pursuant to Sections 96B, 153 and 155 of the Act Panel: Kathryn Mitchell, Chair Rodger Eade Des Grogan 25 February 2010 Casey Planning Scheme Cranbourne East Precinct Structure Plan Report of the Panel: 25 February 2010 CASEY PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C119 CRANBOURNE EAST PRECINCT STRUCTURE PLAN PLANNING PERMIT APPLICATIONS Report of a Panel Pursuant to Sections 96B, 153 and 155 of the Act Kathryn Mitchell, Chair Rodger Eade, Member Des Grogan, Member 25 February 2010 Page 2 Casey Planning Scheme Cranbourne East Precinct Structure Plan Report of the Panel: 25 February 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.......................................................................................................6 1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................9 2. CRANBOURNE EAST PRECINCT STRUCTURE PLAN..................................12 2.1 THE PRECINCT STRUCTURE PLAN .............................................................................12 2.2 THE DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN .............................................................15 2.3 THE PLANNING PERMIT APPLICATIONS....................................................................16 2.4 OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE AMENDMENT ..................................................................18 2.5 THE AMENDMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF PLANNING POLICY ....................................19 2.6 THE VISION FOR CRANBOURNE EAST........................................................................22 2.7 THE PANEL’S APPROACH TO RESOLVING ISSUES......................................................22 3. CASEY NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTIVITY CENTRE...........................................24 3.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................24 3.2 WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? .............................................................................................26 3.3 SUBMISSIONS AND EVIDENCE ....................................................................................27 3.4 PANEL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................33 4. CASEY FIELDS BOULEVARD ...............................................................................37 4.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................37 4.2 DENNIS FAMILY CORPORATION ................................................................................38 4.3 DEVINE .......................................................................................................................40 4.4 RD 11 INTERSECTION.................................................................................................44 4.5 PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS .....................................................................................47 5. OTHER TRAFFIC AND ACCESS ISSUES...........................................................49 5.1 ACCESS FROM PEET LAND TO SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY ..................................49 5.2 VILLAWOOD ‐ CLYDE FIVE WAYS ROAD ...................................................................50 5.3 D SPEC AND R SPEC ................................................................................................52 6. DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN.......................................................53 6.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................53 6.2 PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING THE DCP .....................................................................54 6.3 THE TEMPLATE APPROACH TO DCP TREATMENT OF INTERSECTIONS ....................56 6.4 FUNDING WORKS IN LIEU..........................................................................................57 6.5 SINGLE OR TWO CHARGE AREAS ..............................................................................59 Page 3 Casey Planning Scheme Cranbourne East Precinct Structure Plan Report of the Panel: 25 February 2010 6.6 CONTINGENCIES.........................................................................................................63 6.7 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY ....................................................................................67 6.8 COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE.................................................................................69 6.9 PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS .....................................................................................71 7. ROMAN CATHOLIC TRUST.................................................................................72 7.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................72 7.2 WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? .............................................................................................72 7.3 SUBMISSIONS AND EVIDENCE ....................................................................................73 7.4 PANEL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................77 8. NORTHERN PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ....................................................................83 8.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................83 8.2 WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? .............................................................................................84 8.3 SUBMISSIONS AND EVIDENCE ....................................................................................84 8.4 PANEL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................86 9. BLUE HILLS................................................................................................................88 9.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................88 9.2 WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? .............................................................................................89 9.3 SUBMISSIONS ..............................................................................................................90 9.4 PANEL FINDINGS........................................................................................................93 10. COLLISON ESTATE .................................................................................................94 10.1 OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................94 10.2 WHAT ARE THE ISSUES? .............................................................................................94 10.3 SUBMISSIONS ..............................................................................................................95 10.4 PANEL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................96 11. OTHER ISSUES .........................................................................................................98 11.1 WARREN LAND ..........................................................................................................98 11.2 KEYS LAND...............................................................................................................100 11.3 CHRISTOFOROU LAND .............................................................................................103 11.4 WEBB LAND..............................................................................................................103 11.5 OAKBEE ....................................................................................................................103 11.6 CULTURAL HERITAGE ..............................................................................................106 11.7 OTHER PRECINCT STRUCTURE PLAN ISSUES ...........................................................107 Page 4 Casey Planning Scheme Cranbourne East Precinct Structure Plan Report of the Panel: 25 February 2010 12. PLANNING PERMIT APPLICATIONS..........................................................112 12.1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................112 12.2 P914/08 ‐ SOFRA.......................................................................................................112 12.3 P915/08 ‐ GEO PROPERTIES.....................................................................................112 12.4 P917/08 ‐ DEVINE.....................................................................................................113 12.5 P918/08 – CLARKSON DEVELOPMENTS ...................................................................114 12.6 P919/08 ‐ STOCKLAND .............................................................................................115 12.7 P920/08 – VILLAWOOD PROPERTIES........................................................................115 12.8 P921/08 ‐ MARVELLI ................................................................................................116 12. PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................116 13. PANEL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS...............................117 APPENDICES 1. List of Submittors 2. Revised Permit Conditions 3. Document List Page 5 Casey Planning Scheme Cranbourne East Precinct Structure Plan Report of