The Northern and Western Geelong Growth Areas is the largest urban growth project in regional Victoria and will welcome more than 110,000 new Geelong residents.
The project is a key element of the City’s plan to address Geelong’s long-term population growth needs as part of a clever and creative future.
The project has delivered the Northern and Western Geelong Growth Areas Framework Plan to guide the future land use and development of two large growth areas located in Greater Geelong’s north and west.
The framework plan outlines major land use and development requirements to deliver sustainable new communities that coordinate and sequence essential infrastructure and services.
The
framework plan has been adopted into the Greater Geelong planning scheme
through Amendment C395. The amendment has been approved and was
gazetted on 6 May 2021.
The project will
inform the preparation of precinct structure plans (PSPs) that will facilitate
the urban development of Geelong’s new neighbourhoods. The first two PSPs that will be developed
are the Elcho Road East and Creamery Road precincts.
The status of precincts nominated in the Framework Plan
As per the Delivery and Development Sequencing sections of the Northern and Western Geelong Growth Area Framework Plan (Framework Plan) the City is currently preparing Creamery Road and Elcho Road East Precinct Structure Plans, for areas identified as short term precincts.
The Framework Plan, identifies a long term precinct, where the precinct structure planning process will only commence following the preparation of short and medium term PSPs.
At this stage there is no additional direction on the timing of long term precincts beyond what is outlined in the Framework Plan.
The City will begin investigating the next medium term precinct to proceed following Creamery Road and Elcho Road East Precincts in 2022.
The plan
Delivering the plan
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