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15.12 Energy efficiency 19/01/
VC37 15.12-1 Objective 19/01/2006 VC37
To encourage land use and development that is consistent with the efficient use of energy and the minimisation of greenhouse gas emissions.
15.12-2 General implementation 19/01/2006
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Planning and responsible authorities should:
Promote energy efficient building and subdivision design.
Promote consolidation of urban development and integration of land use and transport. Encourage retention of existing vegetation or revegetation as part of subdivision and
development proposals. 15.13 Alpine areas 17/09/2007 VC45 15.13-1 Objective 19/01/2006 VC37
To protect and manage significant environmental features and ecosystems and facilitate sustainable use and development of Alpine Resorts for year round use and activity, and to provide a framework for the planning of the alpine areas.
15.13-2 General implementation 17/09/2007
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The Alpine Resorts 2020 Strategy provides a framework for the sustainable long term planning and management of Victoria’s six alpine resorts: Falls Creek, Lake Mountain, Mount Baw Baw, Mount Buller, Mount Hotham and Mount Stirling. Planning and responsible authorities should have regard to the strategic directions contained within the Alpine Resorts 2020 Strategy.
Planning and responsible authorities, in conjunction with the Resort Management Boards, should develop, monitor and regularly review Alpine Resort Environmental Management Plans and Comprehensive Development Plans for each alpine resort, recognising their unique characteristics, constraints and opportunities. In doing so, the distinct environments, infrastructure needs and capabilities to support different activities of the alpine resorts of Falls Creek, Lake Mountain, Mt Baw Baw, Mt Buller, Mt. Hotham and Mt Stirling and other alpine areas should be considered.
Planning and responsible authorities should maintain a close working relationship with Resort Management Boards recognising that ongoing implementation of approved plans and management of developments is crucial to the effective operation of the alpine resorts and protection of alpine resources.
Planning authorities and responsible authorities should:
Take into account the sensitive and fragile nature of the alpine environment.
Ensure that there is a mixture of uses and developments to cater for users of the alpine areas in all seasons.
Provide for the development of consolidated alpine villages, including a diverse range of employment, social and economic opportunities.
Ensure that proposals for use and development are generally in accordance with any approved Comprehensive Development Plan and comply with any approved Alpine Resort Environmental Management Plan.
Encourage best practice for low impact and environmentally sensitive management that minimise disturbance of indigenous flora and fauna and sensitive landscape in both construction and operation of all developments.
Encourage best practice in design that responds to the alpine character and histories derived from Aboriginal cultural heritage and post contact European heritage including mining, logging, grazing and recreation.
Planning and responsible authorities should ensure that increases in skier, pedestrian and vehicular activity in the resorts do not compromise public safety or the accessibility and capacity of skifields, services, commercial activity and development of trailheads.
Planning and responsible authorities should have regard to the Alpine Development Code 1997 and to any relevant approved Land Conservation Council or Environment Conservation Council recommendations.
Decision making by planning and responsible authorities should be consistent with any relevant State environment protection policy as varied form time to time.
15.13-3 Geographic Strategies 19/01/2006
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In planning for Alpine areas planning authorities and responsible authorities should: Promote development for active recreation solely at Falls Creek, Lake Mountain, Mt
Buffalo, Mt Baw Baw, Mt Buller and Mt Hotham.
Promote intensive residential and commercial development at Falls Creek, Mt Baw Baw, Mt Buller and Mt Hotham.
Maintain Mt Stirling as an all season nature based tourist, recreational and educational resource.
Planning authorities should have regard to:
The Memorandum of Understanding in relation to the Co-operative Management of the Australian Alps National Parks agreed to by the member states and territories of Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.
Any approved management plans and guidelines endorsed by the Minister for Environment and Water.
Alpine Resorts 2020 Strategy.
15.14 Renewable energy 19/01/2006 VC37 15.14-1 Objective 19/01/2006 VC37
To promote the provision of renewable energy, including wind energy facilities, in a manner that ensures appropriate siting and design considerations are met.
15.14-2 General implementation 19/01/2006
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Energy underpins the economy and quality of life of all Victorians. The Government is committed to achieving a more sustainable energy future for all Victorians by:
Contributing to national and international efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions by reducing the long term dependency on energy from fossil fuels.
Increasing the security and diversity of Victoria’s energy supply by increasing the proportion supplied from renewable sources including wind energy.
Encouraging and supporting the development of sustainable industries.
Planning should contribute to the provision of renewable energy by facilitating wind energy development in appropriate locations. In particular, planning should:
Facilitate the consideration of wind energy development proposals.
Recognise that economically viable wind energy facilities are dependent on locations with consistently strong winds over the year and that such sites are likely to be close to the exposed coastline and may be highly localised.
Consider the economic and environmental benefits to the broader community of renewable energy generation and the effects on the local environment.
In planning for wind energy facilities, planning and responsible authorities must take into account the Policy and Planning Guidelines for Development of Wind Energy Facilities in Victoria, 2003.
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16.01 Residential development for single dwellings
16.01-1 Objective
To encourage:
Subdivisions in locations with access to physical and community infrastructure and providing a range of lot sizes, a convenient and safe road network, appropriate pedestrian and cycle paths, sufficient useable public open space and low vulnerability to fire.
Residential development that is cost-effective in infrastructure provision and use, energy efficient, incorporates water-sensitive design principles and encourages public transport use.
Opportunities for increased residential densities to help consolidate urban areas.
16.01-2 General implementation
Maximum use should be made of Clause 56 to plan subdivisions for development of single houses.
16.02 Medium density housing
16.02-1 Objective
To encourage the development of well-designed medium-density housing which:
Respects the neighbourhood character.
Improves housing choice.
Makes better use of existing infrastructure.
Improves energy efficiency of housing.
16.02-2 General implementation
Responsible authorities should use Clause 54 and Clause 55 in considering applications for medium-density housing.
16.03 Rural living and rural residential development
16.03-1 Objective
To identify land suitable for rural living and rural residential development.
16.03-2 General implementation
Minister’s Direction No 6, Rural Residential Development applies to the preparation of planning scheme amendments to allow rural residential development.
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Land should only be zoned for rural living or rural residential development where it:
Is located close to existing towns and urban centres, but not in areas that will be required for fully serviced urban development.
Can be supplied with electricity and water and good quality road access.
Land should not be zoned for rural living or rural residential development if it will encroach on high quality productive agricultural land or adversely impact on waterways or other natural resources.
Planning authorities and responsible authorities, in considering proposed residential development in the vicinity of:
Cattle feedlots, should have regard to the Victorian Code for Cattle Feedlots (Department of Agriculture, Energy and Minerals, 1995).
Broiler farms, should have regard to the Victorian Code for Broiler Farms, September 2001.
16.04 Crisis accommodation and community care units
16.04-1 Objective
To encourage the establishment of crisis accommodation and community care units in residential areas and to ensure that their location is kept confidential.
16.04-2 General implementation
Planning schemes must not require a planning permit for or prohibit the use of a dwelling of up to 10 habitable rooms in a residential area as shared housing or crisis accommodation. Planning schemes must not identify the site of a community care unit or a dwelling used for crisis accommodation as having that use.
Planning schemes must not require a permit for or prohibit the use of buildings for community care units (with accommodation for no more than 20 clients plus supervisory staff) in areas used mainly for housing.
16.05 Affordable housing
16.05-1 Objective
To deliver more affordable housing closer to jobs, transport and services.
16.05-2 Strategies
Improve housing affordability by:
Ensuring land supply continues to be sufficient to meet demand.
Increasing choice in housing type, tenure and cost to meet the needs of households as they move through life cycle changes and to support diverse communities.
Promoting good housing and urban design to minimise negative environmental impacts and keep down costs for residents and the wider community.
Increase the supply of well-located affordable housing by: 19/01/2006 VC37 19/01/2006 VC37 19/01/2006 VC37 31/10/2006 VC43 31/10/2006 VC43 31/10/2006 VC43
Encouraging a significant proportion of new development, including development at activity centres and strategic redevelopment sites, to be affordable for households on low to moderate incomes.
Facilitating a mix of private, affordable and social housing in activity centres, strategic redevelopment sites and Transit Cities projects.
Ensuring the redevelopment and renewal of public housing stock better meets community needs.