Planning and Environment Act 1987 Panel Report Casey Planning Scheme Amendment C198 Casey Housing Strategy 23 November 2018 Planning and Environment Act 1987 Panel Report pursuant to section 25 of the Act Casey Planning Scheme Amendment C198 Casey Housing Strategy 23 November 2018 Sarah Carlisle, Chair Rachael O’Neill, Member Tim Hellsten, Member Casey Planning Scheme Amendment C198 Panel Report 23 November 2018 Contents Page 1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................1 1.1 The Amendment ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Issues raised in submissions .................................................................................... 3 1.3 Proposed post-exhibition changes .......................................................................... 3 1.4 Amendments VC148 and VC143 ............................................................................. 6 1.5 Procedural issues ..................................................................................................... 6 1.6 Issues dealt with in this Report ............................................................................. 10 2 Planning context ..................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Plan Melbourne ..................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Planning policy framework .................................................................................... 12 2.3 Planning scheme provisions .................................................................................. 15 2.4 Ministerial Directions and Practice Notes ............................................................. 17 3 Housing Strategy and related documents ................................................................ 18 3.1 The Housing Strategy ............................................................................................ 18 3.2 Housing Diversity Statement ................................................................................. 21 3.3 Housing Market Assessment ................................................................................. 21 4 General issues ......................................................................................................... 23 4.1 Economic and strategic justification ..................................................................... 23 4.2 Changes to local policy .......................................................................................... 28 4.3 Adequacy of the consultation process .................................................................... 7 4.4 Conclusions and recommendations ...................................................................... 29 5 Low Density Residential Zone .................................................................................. 30 5.1 What is proposed? ................................................................................................ 30 5.2 The issues .............................................................................................................. 30 5.3 Context .................................................................................................................. 30 5.4 Relevant policies, strategies and studies .............................................................. 33 5.5 General themes ..................................................................................................... 39 5.6 Exhibited LDRZ2 precincts ..................................................................................... 42 5.7 Post-exhibition LDRZ2 precincts ............................................................................ 47 5.8 Precinct 1 (Lysterfield South) ................................................................................ 50 5.9 Precinct 2 (Endeavour Hills) .................................................................................. 55 5.10 Precinct 3 (Narre Warren North ‘A’) ..................................................................... 57 5.11 Precinct 5 (Narre Warren North ‘B’ – Jacques Road) ............................................ 59 5.12 Precinct 6 (Narre Warren North ‘B’ – Belgrave-Hallam Road) .............................. 62 5.13 Precinct 10 (Narre Warren North Township) ........................................................ 63 5.14 Precinct 13 (Berwick ‘A’ – Caserta Drive) .............................................................. 65 5.15 Precinct 15 (Berwick ‘C’ – Buchanan Road)........................................................... 67 5.16 Properties within a designated Bushfire Prone Area ............................................ 70 5.17 Conclusions and recommendations ...................................................................... 71 Casey Planning Scheme Amendment C198 Panel Report 23 November 2018 6 Neighbourhood Residential Zone ............................................................................ 75 6.1 What is proposed? ................................................................................................ 75 6.2 The issues .............................................................................................................. 75 6.3 Context .................................................................................................................. 75 6.4 Relevant policies, strategies and studies .............................................................. 76 6.5 Neighbourhood character ..................................................................................... 78 6.6 Consistency with other strategic objectives ......................................................... 80 6.7 Schedule provisions ............................................................................................... 82 6.8 Recommendations................................................................................................. 86 7 Residential Growth and General Residential Zones .................................................. 87 7.1 What is proposed? ................................................................................................ 87 7.2 The issues .............................................................................................................. 88 7.3 Context .................................................................................................................. 88 7.4 Relevant policies, strategies and studies .............................................................. 90 7.5 General themes ..................................................................................................... 91 7.6 Precincts exhibited in the RGZ3 and GRZ2 ............................................................ 94 7.7 Proposed post-exhibition changes ...................................................................... 103 7.8 Recommendations............................................................................................... 108 8 Opportunity sites .................................................................................................. 109 8.1 The issues ............................................................................................................ 109 8.2 Context ................................................................................................................ 109 8.3 193 Golf Links Road, Narre Warren ..................................................................... 109 8.4 75 Central Road, Hampton Park .......................................................................... 115 8.5 A strategic approach to opportunity sites........................................................... 116 9 Drafting issues ...................................................................................................... 119 9.1 The issues ............................................................................................................ 119 9.2 RGZ and GRZ schedules ....................................................................................... 119 9.3 Local Planning Policy Framework ........................................................................ 123 9.4 Housing Strategy ................................................................................................. 123 9.5 Recommendations............................................................................................... 124 Appendix A Submitters to the Amendment Appendix B Parties to the Panel Hearing Appendix C Document list Appendix D Panel recommended version of Clauses 21.02 and 21.03 Casey Planning Scheme Amendment C198 Panel Report 23 November 2018 List of Tables Page Table 1 Plan Melbourne Outcomes, Directions and Policies ............................................. 12 Table 2 Criteria and zones for the different change areas ................................................ 19 Table 3 Proposed changes in LDRZ precincts ..................................................................... 30 Table 4 Extent of bushfire risk in LDRZ precincts ............................................................... 30 Table 5 Summary of the Landscape Character Assessment .............................................. 36 Table 6 Summary of Panel’s conclusions in relation to LDRZ precincts ............................ 72 Table 7 Proposed changes from GRZ1 to NRZ ..................................................................