Immigration point
Planning is to provide zoning and service land, commercial and community facilities and infrastructure for housing, employment, recreation and open space by anticipating and responding to the needs of existing and future communities.
Planning is to recognize and contribute as much as possible to:
Health, well-being and safety.
A variety of choices.
Adapt to changing technologies.
Economic feasibility.
High standards of urban design and comfort.
energy efficiency.
Prevent pollution of land, water and air.
Protect environmentally sensitive areas and natural resources.
Accessibility.
Integration of land use and transportation.
The plan is to work closely to prevent environmental and comfort issues arising from the selection of incompatible land. It is also designed to promote sustainable development, making full use of existing settlement models and investments in transportation, utilities, social, community and commercial infrastructure and services.
Victorian immigration point
purpose
Promote sustainable growth and development in Victoria and provide choice and opportunities for all Victorians through a network of settlements.
Strategy
Develop sustainable communities through a settlement framework that provides convenient employment, services, infrastructure and community facilities.
Focus on Melbourne Metropolitan and important investments and growth in major regional cities such as Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Horsham, Latrobe City, Mildura, Shepparton, Wangaratta, Warrnambool and Wodonga.
Supports the sustainable development of regional centers such as Ararat, Bacchus Marsh, Bairnsdale, Benalla, Castlemaine, Colac, Echuca, Gisborne, Hamilton, Kyneton, Leongatha, Maryborough, Portland, Sale, Swan Hill, Warragul/Drouin and Wonthaggi.
Ensure that the area and its settlements are planned in accordance with the relevant regional growth plan.
Guide the structure, function and characteristics of each settlement, taking into account municipal and regional backgrounds and frameworks.
Create and enforce billing boundaries.
Support for population growth and the development of facilities and services in regional or subregional networks.
Plan development and investment opportunities for existing and planned transportation infrastructure.
Promote transport, communication and economic linkages between settlements by identifying service priorities in regional land-use plans.
Strengthen the transportation links of the national commodity transportation network.
Providing a high-quality integrated settlement network with a strong sense of identity and status, prosperous and sustainable:
Based on the strengths and capabilities of Victoria’s regions, respond to sustainable growth and a changing environment.
Develop settlements to support resilient communities and their ability to adapt and change.
Balance strategic goals to achieve better land use and development outcomes, including rural, watershed and local levels.
Protect and protect the characteristics and characteristics of rural lands and natural resources to enhance their contribution to settlements and landscapes.
Encourage comprehensive planning responses between settlements within the region and adjacent regions and states in accordance with relevant regional growth plans.
Providing suitable locations for residential, commercial and industrial land supply throughout the region is sufficient to meet the needs of the community and is in line with relevant regional growth plans.
Improve transportation links between regional cities, towns and Melbourne.
Encourage settlement forms and densities that support sustainable transport to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Limit urban expansion and direct growth to existing settlements.
Promote and utilize opportunities for urban renewal and filling and redevelopment.
Develop compact urban areas based on existing or planned event centers to maximize the use of facilities and services.
Ensure that retail, office employment, community facilities and services are centrally located.
Land that may be needed to ensure future urban expansion will not be affected.
Policy documents
Consider related:
Central Highlands Regional Growth Plan (Victoria Government, 2014)
G21 Regional Growth Plan (Geelong Regional Alliance, 2013)
Gippsland Regional Development Plan (Victoria Government, 2014)
Greater South Coast Regional Growth Plan (Victoria Government, 2014)
Hume Regional Development Plan (Victoria Government, 2014)
Loddon Mallee Northern Regional Growth Plan (Victoria Government, 2014)
Loddon Mallee South Regional Growth Plan (Victoria Government, 2014)
Wimmera Southern Mallee Regional Development Plan (Victoria Government, 2014)
2017-2050 Melbourne Planning: Metropolitan Planning Strategy (Environment, Land, Water and Planning, 2017)
Immigration Point – Loddon Mallee South
Strategy
Support Bendigo as a city in the region and a major population and economic growth centre in the region, offering a range of jobs and services.
Manage and support the growth of Castlemaine, Gisborne, Kyneton and Maryborough as a centre of employment and service to strengthen the community network in the region.
Support the sustainable growth and expansion of Inglewood, Bridgewater, Marong and Harcourt to take advantage of their distance from Bendigo.
Promote increased commercial and residential density, mixed-use development and revitalization projects for underutilized land and land in Bendigo.
Maintain a non-urban break between settlements.
Control growth – supply urban land
purpose
Ensure adequate land supply for residential, commercial, retail, industrial, recreational, institutional and other community uses.
Strategy
Ensure continued land and supporting infrastructure to support sustainable urban development.
Make sure there is enough land to meet forecasting needs.
It is planned to adapt to projected population growth for at least 15 years and provide a clear direction for where growth should occur.
The supply of residential land will be considered on a municipal basis rather than on a town-by-town basis.
Planning for urban growth should consider:
Consolidate, rebuild and strengthen opportunities in existing urban areas.
Neighborhood character and landscape considerations.
Land capacity and natural disasters and environmental quality constraints.
Service limitations and the cost of providing infrastructure.
Monitor housing and industry trends and land supply and demand.
Maintain access to productive natural resources and provide adequate land supply for energy production, infrastructure and industry.
Restricting rural housing development will undermine future developments of higher density.
Policy guide
Consider related:
Victorian government population projections and land supply estimates.
Control growth – structural planning
purpose
Promote orderly development of cities
Strategy
Ensure effective planning and management of land use and development in a region through the development of relevant plans.
As a sustainable community, comprehensive planning of new areas, providing high quality, frequent and safe local and regional public transport and a range of local life activities,
Work and play.
Promote the hierarchy of prepared structural plans or regional structure plans:
Consider the strategic and physical background of the site.
Where appropriate, provide a broad planning framework for the region and more detailed planning requirements for communities and regions.
Provide an integrated approach to the development of sustainable and livable urban areas.
Assist in the development of pedestrian blocks.
Promote the rational and effective delivery of infrastructure.
Promote the use of existing infrastructure and services.
Control growth – sequential development
purpose
Manage the growth order of growth areas to provide services early in the new community.
Strategy
Define the preferred development order for growth areas to better coordinate infrastructure planning and funding.
Ensure timely release of new land to the growth area to facilitate the provision of coordinated and cost-effective local and regional infrastructure.
New developments are required to make financial contributions to the provision of infrastructure such as community facilities, public transportation and roads.
Improve coordination and scheduling of infrastructure and service delivery in the growth area.
Opportunities to support common facilities.
Ensuring the planning of water supply, wastewater treatment and drainage projects is highly valued in the early planning of the growth sector.
Policy documents
Consider related:
Any applicable growth zone framework plan (Department of Sustainable Development and Environment,
2006)
Regional Structure Planning Guide (Growth Zone Authority, 2009)
Ministerial Direction No. 12 – Urban Growth Area
Victorian Transportation Plan (Victoria Government, 2008)
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