GREATER DANDENONG PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C87 PANEL REPORT JULY 2008 GREATER DANDENONG PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C87 PANEL REPORT Cathie McRobert, Chair Robin Saunders, Member Chris McNeil, Member July 2008 Contents OVERALL CONCLUSIONS AND CONSOLIDATED RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................. 5 Overall Conclusions........................................................................................................... 5 Consolidated Recommendations................................................................................... 10 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................. 16 1.1 The Area ................................................................................................................... 17 1.2 Thompsons Road Retarding Basin........................................................................ 21 1.2.1 Background to the Proposal - Amendment C67............................................ 21 2. IS EXPANSION OF THE DANDENONG SOUTH INDUSTRIAL AREA STRATEGICALLY JUSTIFIED? ............................................................. 22 2.1 Discussion................................................................................................................. 22 2.1.1 Recognition of Potential for an Inland Port .................................................. 26 2.1.2 The Sita Site .................................................................................................. 28 3. DRAINAGE............................................................................................................. 29 3.1 The Area Taken For Retarding Basins.................................................................. 30 3.1.1 Discussion ..................................................................................................... 33 3.2 Securing Land to Widen the Eastern Contour Drain ......................................... 35 3.2.1 Discussion ..................................................................................................... 36 3.3 Compensation for Land Acquired ........................................................................ 37 3.4 Conclusions and Recommendations .................................................................... 38 4. NATIVE VEGETATION....................................................................................... 39 4.1 Background .............................................................................................................. 39 4.2 Do Habitat Zones 8 and 11 Qualify as Patches?.................................................. 43 4.2.1 Habitat Zone 8............................................................................................... 43 4.2.2 Habitat Zone 11............................................................................................. 44 4.3 Scattered Tree Offsets on the Salta Land.............................................................. 45 4.3.1 Discussion ..................................................................................................... 49 4.4 Securing Sensitive Native Vegetation In the Long Term................................... 52 4.4.1 Patches on Road Reserves and Scattered Trees ............................................ 52 4.4.2 Patches of Heathy Woodland Adjoining Colemans Road............................. 53 4.5 Scattered Trees in the South of the Keysborough Area ..................................... 56 4.5.1 Other Issues................................................................................................... 56 5. PUBLIC OPEN SPACE.......................................................................................... 59 5.1 Discussion................................................................................................................. 64 5.1.1 The Rigor of the POS Plan............................................................................ 64 5.1.2 POS Policy - Multiple Public Open Space Functions ................................... 65 5.1.3 How Much POS Should be Provided? .......................................................... 66 5.1.4 Are the POS Development Costs Excessive?................................................ 73 5.1.5 Conclusions................................................................................................... 73 6. MOVEMENT NETWORKS ................................................................................. 77 6.1 The Proposed Road Network, Traffic Volumes and External Use at Lyndhurst ............................................................................................................... 77 6.1.1 The Exhibited Road Network........................................................................ 77 6.1.2 Agreed Post Exhibition Changes................................................................... 79 GREATER DANDENONG PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C87 PANEL REPORT: JULY 2008 6.1.3 The Road Network and DCP Funding .......................................................... 84 6.1.4 Access to the Declared Arterial Network...................................................... 89 6.1.5 Road Cross Sections...................................................................................... 90 6.2 The Proposed Road Network, Traffic Volumes and External Use at Keysborough .......................................................................................................... 91 6.2.1 Background ................................................................................................... 91 6.2.2 Submissions................................................................................................... 92 6.2.3 Issues Resolved During Adjournment Consultation ..................................... 94 6.3 Public Transport ...................................................................................................... 94 6.4 Conclusions and Recommendations .................................................................... 95 7. COMMERCIAL CENTRES .................................................................................. 97 8. INTERFACE TREATMENTS............................................................................. 102 8.1 Interface Treatments ............................................................................................. 102 8.1.1 Interfaces with Keysborough Community Uses.......................................... 102 8.1.2 Interfaces with Residential uses .................................................................. 105 8.1.3 Interface with the Western Port Highway ................................................... 109 8.1.4 Sita Waste Disposal Site Interface and Buffers........................................... 109 9. DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN................................................. 112 9.1 Discussion............................................................................................................... 117 10. PLANNING SCHEME MECHANISMS.......................................................... 120 10.1 LPPF ........................................................................................................................ 120 10.2 The Structure Plan................................................................................................. 120 10.3 The Native Vegetation Precinct Plan.................................................................. 124 10.3.1 Discussion ................................................................................................... 126 10.4 The Development Contributions Plan................................................................ 132 10.5 The Development Plan Overlay .......................................................................... 133 Appendices APPENDIX A: REFERRED SUBMISSIONS ........................................................... 135 List of Figures Figure 1 Locality Map ........................................................................................... 17 Figure 2 Exhibited Keysborough Structure Plan................................................... 19 Figure 3 20 May 2008 Revised Keysborough Structure Plan Diagram................................................................................................... 19 Figure 4 Exhibited Lyndhurst Structure Plan........................................................ 20 Figure 5 May 2008 Lyndhurst Structure Plan Diagram ........................................ 20 GREATER DANDENONG PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C87 PANEL REPORT: JULY 2008 Figure 6 Revised Public Acquisition Overlay Lyndhurst (19 April 2008) ....................................................................................................... 35 Figure 7 Native Vegetation Precinct Plan, Lyndhurst Precinct............................. 41 Figure 8 Salta’s Option 4 and 5A for the reserve in the south west corner....................................................................................................... 48 Figure 9 Vegetation on 80 - 120 Colemans Road ................................................. 54 Figure 10 20 May 2008 Open Space Plans.............................................................. 62 Figure 11 Lyndhurst Road Hierarchy Plan.............................................................. 77 Figure 12 Proposed Collector Roads in the Keysborough Area.............................. 92 GREATER DANDENONG PLANNING SCHEME AMENDMENT C87 PANEL REPORT: JULY 2008 Page 1 GREATER DANDENONG