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Implementation plans
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Actions
Action 1. Apply the urban growth boundary
Action 2. Introduce new planning measures
Action 3. Provide legislation that ensures
protection of green wedges
Action 4. Develop an individual action
plan for each green wedge
Action 5. Manage residential development
in green wedges
Action 6. Maintain access to productive
natural resources and an adequate supply of well-located land for
energy generation and infrastructure
How does this plan relate to Melbourne
2030?
The draft Implementation Plan for green wedges reinforces Direction
2 of Melbourne 2030 – ‘better management of urban
growth’.
This direction aims to protect the green wedges that surround metropolitan
Melbourne (Policy
2.4). It also establishes a UGB to limit the city’s development
(Policy 2.1),
and concentrates urban expansion into growth areas that are served
by high-capacity public transport (Policy
2.2).
The draft Implementation Plan is also relevant to Direction
3 – ‘networks with the regional cities’ –
which aims to control development in rural areas, to protect agriculture
and avoid inappropriate rural residential development (Policy
3.2).
It relates also to several other key directions – ‘a more
prosperous city’ (Policy
4.1, on maintaining access to natural resources and well-located
land), ‘a great place to be’ (Policies
5.7, 5.8
and 5.9,
on providing more metropolitan open space, protecting the health
of the bays and their catchments, and enhancing public access to
the bays), and ‘a greener city’ (protecting native habitat
and biodiversity, Policy
7.7).
What are the recommended actions?
Actions designed to address the key issues outlined above and to
achieve the directions of Melbourne 2030 are grouped as
follows:
- apply the UGB
- introduce new planning measures
- provide legislation that ensures protection of green wedges
- develop an individual action plan for each green wedge
- manage residential development in green wedges
- maintain access to land for special purposes.
These are summarised for easy reference in the accompanying table.
Green wedge actions
| Action area |
Task (in sequence) |
Time frame (short,
medium, long)* |
Lead agency |
Involved |
Relevant initiatives
in Melbourne 2030 |
Apply
the urban
growth
boundary |
application
of UGB to affected planning schemes |
in place
|
Department
of Infrastructure (DOI) |
|
2.1.1 |
| release
of Ministerial Direction No.10 – Urban Growth Boundary
|
in place
|
DOI |
|
2.1.1 |
| Establish regional
working groups |
establish
regional working groups to review Green Wedge and Rural
Conservation Zones and application of zones |
short |
DOI |
local government
|
2.4.1
2.4.1
2.4.3 |
| Introduce
new planning measures in green wedges |
review
feedback on Green Wedge and Rural Conservation Zones |
short |
DOI |
local government
|
2.4.1
2.4.3
3.2.1
3.2.2 |
| finalise
zones and apply to rural areas |
short |
local government |
DOI |
|
| Provide legislation |
undertake
legislative changes to protect green wedges |
short |
DOI |
|
2.4.4 |
| Develop
an individual action plan for each green wedge |
finalise
terms of reference and working arrangements for green
wedge working groups |
short |
DOI |
local government
and other stakeholders |
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
3.1.3.
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.1.4
5.2.1
5.7.1 - 5
5.9.1 |
| undertake
action plans |
medium |
local government
|
DOI and
other stakeholders |
|
Manage
residential
development |
develop
planning directions for towns in green wedges |
short |
local government
|
DOI |
2.4.2
3.1.3 |
| amend Ministerial
Direction No. 6 – Rural Residential Development to
cover lots up to 8 hectares in area |
short |
DOI |
|
3.2.3
3.2.5 |
| review
suitability of isolated lots for rural living |
medium |
local government
|
DOI |
3.2.2 |
Maintain
access to land
for special
purposes |
update
regional resource mapping |
medium |
Department
of Natural Resources and Environment |
|
5.8.3 |
| assess
planning policies and planning provisions to ensure there
is adequate protection for established natural resource-based
industries, and energy infrastructure |
medium |
DOI |
local government
|
4.1.4 |
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* Short – start within 12 months
Medium – start in 1–2 years
Long – start in 2–5 years
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