The Greater Dandenong Council has advised that the Council will be considering a report about submissions received on Amendment C143 at its Ordinary Meeting of the Council on Tuesday 14 June 2016.
Attached is the May update for proposed planning scheme amendments in the Green Wedge municipalities.
Those proposed amendments that relate directly to the Green Wedge zones are shaded in light blue.
Please note C100 for the Frankston City Planning Scheme is for a review of the planning scheme and offers the opportunity for GWC members to have their say about the future direction for land use and development in the municipality.
The purpose of this listing of proposed planning scheme amendments (attached as a pdf file) is to alert your groups to any proposed land use changes in your municipal planning scheme that may be of concern to your organisation for the future of the Green Wedges.. And assist in pointing your organisation to the appropriate sources of information and most importantly timelines. Please forward this information to any groups as you think appropriate.
Proposed Cemetery in the Green Wedge at Heatherton
A copy of an article on a proposal for a new cemetery in the Kingston Green Wedge was published in the Moorabbin Kingston Leader newspaper on 23 September 2015. For further information go to the Articles section of this website.
Proposed Cemetery in the Green Wedge at Heatherton
The Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (the Trust) has a proposal for a 130 hectare cemetery in the Green Wedge at Heatherton. Unfortunately, the proposal will result in the conversion of most of the best market garden land in the City of Kingston.
This Amendment is designed to implement the recommendations of Dandenong Council’s commendable Green Wedge Management Plan to protect and improve the Green Wedge.
The Amendment was placed on public exhibition in Feb ’16 and invited comments until 7 Mar ‘16. A planning panel will consider the amendment next July and will take submissions in writing or in person. The panel’s report will go to Dandenong Council and then to the Minister for Planning for his decision.
This is a copy of an article that I preared for Planning News the regular publication of the Planning Institute of Australia, Victorian Division, in March 2015 edition. It discusses the importance of agricultural land use to the future strategic planning for the Green Wedges.
The Green Wedge Coalition (GWC) in its submission to the State Government on Plan Melbourne Refresh Discussion Paper (October 2015) strongly asserted that what is needed in revision of Plan Melbourne for the future of the Green Wedges is:
