infrastructure development
Integrated water management
Telecommunication
purpose
Sustainable management of water, water, wastewater, drainage and rainwater through integrated water management methods.
Strategy
Plan and coordinate integrated water management to bring together rainwater, wastewater, drainage, water, water treatment and reuse to:
Consider the background of the catchment.
Protect the downstream environment, waterways and bays.
Effective management and use of drinking water.
Reduce the pressure on Victoria’s drinking water supply.
Minimize drainage, water or wastewater infrastructure and operating costs.
Minimize the risk of flooding.
Provide an urban environment that is more resilient to climate change impacts.
Integrate water into the landscape to promote cooling, improve local habitats, and provide an attractive and enjoyable space for the community.
Convenient use of alternative sources of water such as rain, rain, recycled water and runoff from irrigated farmland.
Ensuring development and protection of water bodies, including creeks, rivers, wetlands, estuaries and bays, by:
Minimize the impact of rainwater quality and quantity.
Sediment and waste from rainwater are filtered prior to discharge from the site.
Manage industrial and commercial poisons in an appropriate manner.
Appropriate measures are required to reduce waste, sediment and other emissions from construction sites.
Managing the quality and quantity of rainwater through a combination of on-site measurements and developer contributions will provide the largest community net benefit.
Provide wastewater treatment at the time of subdivision or ensure that the sewage generated by the subdivision can adequately treat and retain all domestic sewage in each batch of land.
Ensure that land for water management infrastructure is set aside during the subdivision design phase.
Minimize the potential environmental impact of water, sewage and drainage assets.
Protect important water, sewage and drainage assets from invasive and incompatible uses.
Protect areas with potential for water recovery for forestry, agriculture or other uses where appropriate quality treated wastewater can be used.
Policy documents
Consider related:
National Environmental Protection Policy (Victoria Waters)
Victoria Water – Water Project (Victoria Government, 2016)
Urban Rainwater – Best Practice Environmental Management Guide (Victoria Rainwater Commission, 1999)
Environmental Management Guide: Code of Practice – On-site Wastewater Management (Publication 891.4, Environmental Protection Agency, 2016)
Planning permission for use in open drinking water supply catchments (Department of Sustainable Development and Environment, 2012)
Development and infrastructure contribution plan
purpose
Promote the orderly development, expansion and maintenance of telecommunications infrastructure.
Strategy
Promote the upgrading and maintenance of telecommunications facilities.
Ensure that modern telecommunications facilities are widely used by businesses, industry and communities.
Ensuring the communication technology needs of business, family, entertainment and community services.
Ensure that land using telecommunications facilities is not prohibited in any area.
Encourage continued deployment of broadband telecommunications services that are easily accessible in the following ways:
Increase and improve access to broadband telecommunications backbone networks in all sectors of the community.
Support the use of transportation and other public corridors to deploy broadband networks to encourage infrastructure investment and reduce investor risk.
Ensure a balance between providing critical telecommunications services and protecting the environment from the adverse effects of the telecommunications infrastructure.
Planning should take into account the national impact of telecommunications networks and the need for consistency in infrastructure design and layout.
Policy documents
Consider related:
Telecommunications Facilities – Victorian Telecommunications Facilities Code (Department of Sustainable Development and Environment, 2004)
Infrastructure design and delivery
purpose
Promote timely and timely delivery of planned infrastructure to communities through the development and implementation of development contribution plans and infrastructure contribution plans.
Strategy
Develop a contribution contribution plan and an infrastructure donation plan to manage the contribution to infrastructure in accordance with the 1987 Plan and Environmental Law.
Development contributions are collected on the basis of approved development and infrastructure contribution plans.
An annual report is required from the collection and development agency to oversee the collection and expenditure of taxation and the delivery of infrastructure.
Policy documents
Consider related:
Development Contribution Guide (Department of Sustainability and Environment, 2003 – 2007 revision)
Infrastructure Contribution Program Guide (Environment, Land, Water and Planning Department, 2016)
Ministerial directive on the preparation and content of the development contribution plan and the reporting requirements for the development of the donation plan
Minister’s instructions on the preparation and content of the infrastructure contribution plan and the reporting requirements of the infrastructure contribution plan
Waste and resource recovery
purpose
Provide timely, efficient and cost-effective development infrastructure to meet the needs of the community.
Strategy
Provide integrated planning and engineering design methodology development for new segments and plans.
Waste and resource recovery
purpose
Reduce waste and maximize resources to reduce reliance on landfills and minimize environmental, community comfort and public health impacts.
Strategy
Ensure that future waste and resource recovery infrastructure needs are identified and planned to manage all waste safely and sustainably and maximize resource recovery opportunities.
Protect waste and resource recovery infrastructure from incompatible land use by ensuring the definition, protection and maintenance of buffer zones.
Ensure the location, design, construction and operation of waste and resource recovery facilities to minimize the impact on surrounding communities and the environment.
Encourage increased resource recovery and processing technologies to produce energy and other marketable end products.
Enable waste and resource recovery facilities to be closely linked to share separation distances, reduce the impact of waste transportation, and increase the economic viability of resource recovery.
Authorization of site, design, management and restoration of waste treatment facilities according to waste management policy (site selection, design and management of landfills) (Environmental Protection), 2004).
Integrate waste and resource recovery infrastructure planning with land use and transportation planning.
Encourage the development of sustainable waste and resource recovery.
Policy guide
Consider related:
Any applicable regional waste and resource recovery
Implementation Plan.
Policy documents
Consider related:
Statewide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Program (Victoria Sustainable Development, 2015)
Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Plan (Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Team, 2016)
Waste management policy (site selection, design and management of landfills) (Environmental Protection Agency, 2004)
“Environmental Protection (Industrial Waste Resources) Regulations 2009”
Best Practice Environmental Management Guide (site selection, design, operation and restoration of landfills) (Environmental Protection Agency, 2001)
Victoria’s Organic Resources Recycling Strategy (Sustainable Victoria, 2015)
Design, construction and operation of composting facilities (Environmental Protection Agency, 2015)