Current Status
Completed
Gazettal date:
This amendment has been approved and was gazetted on 21 December 2017.
Click here to see the approved amendment documents on the State Government's Planning Schemes Online website.
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The Amendment was adopted by Council on 20th September 2017 and sent to the Minister for Planning for approval on the 27th September 2017.
A full copy of the minutes from the meeting is published below under "Supporting Documents".
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An Independent Panel was appointed to review submissions. It conducted a Panel Hearing on Tues 27 June 2017 at City Hall, Geelong.
A copy of the Panel Report is provided below.
The next step is for Council to consider the Panel Report and Adopt the Amendment.
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The timetable for
the Panel Hearing and Council's submission to the Panel are posted below under "Panel Hearing Documents".
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Council (under delegation) considered
a report on the submissions to this Amendment on 5 May 2017 and resolved to refer them to an Independent
Panel.
A copy of the Council
Delegate’s Report is provided below under "Supporting Documents".
Anyone who made a submission
will be notified about the Panel Hearing (the first step is a Directions
Hearing) and given an opportunity to present to the Panel.
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The amendment
applies to the southern part of 176-194 Thornhill Road, Highton which currently
contains a water storage basin.
The amendment
proposes to rezone the surplus Barwon Water land from the Public Use Zone to
the underlying General Residential Zone, and apply the Design and Development
Overlay, consistent with the surrounding area.
A planning
permit application (1418/2015) seeks approval for: a staged multi-lot
subdivision of the land and removal of native vegetation, and buildings and
works for the construction of a public access path. The path is proposed to be
2.5m wide and run from the subject land up to Roslyn Road.
Full details including plans, reports and an
Information Sheet are provided below.