Transcript Slide 1

Models for State and Local
Government Partnership and
Engagement in Population Growth
and Service Provision
Presentation to Metropolitan CEO’s Group
Wednesday 9th May 2007
Angela Hazebroek
Director
Urban and Regional Planning Solutions
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Project Objectives
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To investigate governance models to
support Local Government’s
engagement with the State
Government about a holistic approach
to planning, development and
management of urban systems
To explore the strengths and
weaknesses of the range of
partnership options from the
perspective of State and Local
Government
To consider possible future roles for the
Land Management Corporation
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Project Approach to Date
► Research on urban growth
management models from other
Australian States and New Zealand
► Interviews with CEO’s and Strategic
Planners from five Councils:
Mount Barker
Onkaparinga
Playford
Salisbury
Tea Tree Gully
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Project Approach to Date
►Interviews with CEO’s from State
Government planning, development
and infrastructure agencies
► Still to meet with Land Management
Corporation and UDIA
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Focus of Interviews
► The issues experienced by Councils in
meeting the pressures for population
growth
► The respective roles and responsibilities
of spheres of Government, the private
and non-government sectors
► The future role of the Land
Management Corporation
► The desirable characteristics of a
collaborative model for planning for
and managing population growth
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Focus of Interviews
► The nature of existing partnership
arrangements:
 What is working well and why?
 What is not working well and why?
► Potential partnership models
► What resources would be needed for a
co-ordinated model of urban growth?
► What governance structure would be
most appropriate in the South Australian
context?
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Current Co-ordination Models in
South Australia
► State Government Planning and
Development Forum comprising Chief
Executives of relevant departments
► Land Use Planning Group that is
responsible for testing scenarios with
sub-committees in areas including:
Transport and infrastructure
Utilities
Human services
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Current Co-ordination Models in
South Australia
► Economic Development Forum
comprising Chief Executives of
relevant departments
► Steering Committees appointed
under the Forum for:
Land use and infrastructure
Workforce development
Population and housing
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Current Co-ordination Models in
South Australia
► Local Government has not been directly
engaged in either of these planning
structures
► State Government agencies consider
that they need to get the long term
planning directions sorted and
supported by Cabinet before they
engage Local Government
► Strategic Planning for the next 10-20
years is seen as the avenue for
engaging Councils once Planning SA
has done the background research
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Local Government’s Experience
► Some positive examples of coordinated planning between State
and Local Government:
Playford North partnership involving
Playford Council, LMC and DFC
Greater Edinburgh Parks facilitated
by DTED and involving Playford and
Salisbury Councils and LMC
Salisbury North Urban Renewal Project
with Housing SA has been a genuine
partnership
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Local Government’s Experience
Many frustrations were expressed including:
► Failure to talk to Councils at the early
stages of planning impedes innovation
and prevents locally appropriate
responses
► Councils not included in Co-ordination
Committees for projects
► Failure of whole of Government
commitments to deliver on project
actions without tied agreements
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Local Government’s Experience
► Provision of social infrastructure lagging
behind development
► Pressures on Council resources to
undertake strategic land use and
development planning investigations to
identify capacity for growth and
prepare Development Plan policies to
provide a statutory framework for these
Master Plans
► Additional pressures on Councils to fund
infrastructure and services to meet
increasing expectations of community
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Potential Roles for LMC
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Land supply providers purchasing land
20 years ahead of demand to keep
land prices down
Play a central role in Master Planning
for growth areas including industrial
areas
Facilitating amalgamation of sites to
enable residential and industrial
regeneration and new opportunities for
Transit Oriented Development
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Potential Roles for LMC
► Establishing objectives for
development and undertaking
Master Planning process in
partnership with councils in
accordance with an agreed
urban structure
► Facilitator of development rather
than a developer
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What Do Councils Want?
► A State Government that has a clear
strategy for urban growth supported
by Infrastructure Plans and Budgets
► Timely information to assist them in
their forward planning
► Recognition and respect of Councils’
capacity to contribute to planning
and innovation
► To be equals at the table, but first
make sure they have a seat at the
table
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What Do Councils Want?
► Financial commitment from all
partners secured by formal
agreements
► To be active partners in the
implementation of the urban growth
directions through agreements to
deliver infrastructure
► New models for funding infrastructure
► Land banking to assist in achieving
housing affordability outcomes
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How Do Other Places Manage
Urban Growth?
► South East Queensland:
Regional Co-ordination Committee
comprising 6 State Government Ministers
and 4 Mayors representing Brisbane City
and the 3 sub-regions
Supported by the Office of Urban
Management
Established in 2004 to co-ordinate
planning and infrastructure investment
with local governments and sub-regional
organisations of Councils to cater for
planned growth in regional population
of over 1 million to 2026
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How Do Other Places Manage
Urban Growth?
South East Queensland:
► Regional Plan identifies sufficient land to
accommodate population of 3.4 – 4
million by 2026
► Land allocated to four land use
categories:
Urban Footprint Areas where most future
urban growth is intended to occur
Investigation Areas which provide a
potential land bank for future medium to
longer term development so should be
protected from intervening and
inappropriate uses.
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How Do Other Places Manage
Urban Growth?
South East Queensland:
► Detailed planning in Urban Footprint
Areas requires preparation of Local
Growth Management Strategy by
Councils and the preparation of a State
Infrastructure Agreement
► State or Local Government can initiate
studies within Investigation Areas.
Studies carried out on partnership basis
between State and Local Governments
and in consultation with landowners, key
stakeholders and the community
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How Do Other Places Manage
Urban Growth?
South East Queensland:
► Prior to urban development in the
Investigations Area, a number of criteria
must be satisfied including:
 A clearly demonstrated public need for
the development
 Significant environmental values, open
space corridors and inter-urban breaks
identified and protected
 State Infrastructure Agreements have
been finalised
 The relevant Local Government planning
scheme has been amended and
development approvals obtained
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How Do Other Places Manage
Urban Growth?
Victoria:
► Smart Growth Committees appointed in
2003 to review an interim urban growth
boundary
► Review resulted in 5 areas being
designated for growth as an extension of
the interim boundary to provide a 25 year
land supply
► Growth Areas Authority established as an
independent statutory body reporting
directly to the Minister for Planning
► Local Government was involved in the
review process but has no direct role on the
Growth Areas Authority
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How Do Other Places Manage
Urban Growth?
Victoria:
► Terms of Reference for the GAA
indicate one of its roles as
“providing advice to local Councils
on the sequencing of land release
and land rezoning
► Model appears to be highly
centralised with little ability for Local
Government to participate
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How Do Other Places Manage
Urban Growth?
New South Wales:
► Two designated growth areas in the northwest and south-west of Sydney to
accommodate 30-40% of total estimated
growth in next 30 years
► Growth Centres Commission has
established two Local Government Coordination Committees, one for each
region
► Committees comprise Council
representation, usually a Mayor or Deputy
Mayor and General Manager of the
relevant Councils as well as representatives
of the Growth Centres Commission. They
meet every 2 months
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How Do Other Places Manage
Urban Growth?
New South Wales:
► Committees provide a forum to enable
Local Government to raise issues directly
with Commission, discuss community
planning, infrastructure roll-out and
development trends and encourage a
co-operative approach
► This model provides a formal high level
structure for co-operative planning and
co-ordinated implementation
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How Do Other Places Manage
Urban Growth?
Western Australia:
► Network City is the most recent
Metropolitan Plan for Perth and Peel
► Focus is on transit oriented development
with 60% of new housing in existing urban
areas
► New Growth areas will be expected to
achieve a density of 20 dwellings per
hectare
► No urban growth boundary has been set
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How Do Other Places Manage
Urban Growth?
Western Australia:
► There was an extensive consultation
process
► New partnership arrangements with Local
Government are proposed but have not
yet occurred
► Western Australian Planning Commission
has responsibility for establishing the
partnership with Councils to address issues
such as the process for agreeing on
regional and municipal population
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How Do Other Places Manage
Urban Growth?
New Zealand:
► Bay of Plenty Regional Councils have
developed a 50 year strategy and
implementation plan for the Western
Bay of Plenty – Smart Growth 2006
► Strategic Partners Forum monitors the
actions taken by local authorities,
Central Government and community
agencies with lead roles in the
strategy
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How Do Other Places Manage
Urban Growth?
New Zealand:
► Smart Growth proposes a range of
innovative methods for funding
infrastructure including:
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Use of community wealth
Development funding bank
Council retention of GST component of rates
Network management pricing
► Different structure of Government means
regional groupings of Councils can have
considerable influence on setting strategy
and securing funds for implementation
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Next Steps in Project
► Prepare Draft Information and Options
Paper (late June)
► Circulate for Review and Feedback
(July)
► Facilitate a combined working session of
Local and State Government CEOs and
Senior Staff (late July)
► Final Information and Options Paper
(early August)
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