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The (new) Residential Zones – 1 year on
Manningham – A Local Government Perspective
29 April 2015
Application of New Zones
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Manningham had a well developed Residential Planning
Framework
– Residential Strategy
– Residential Character Guidelines
– Doncaster Hill Strategy
– Sites of Environmental and Landscape Significance Review
(C54)
Planning Framework was readily able to be translated
Planning Framework had undergone extensive public consultation
Council undertook a policy neutral translation of the existing
Residential Planning Framework.
– Schedules give effect to existing planning provisions
– No additional controls were included as part of initial
translation
Manningham’s residential character
Green Wedge
Low Density Area
Incremental change
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Substantial change
Translation
New Residential Zones Only (Area)
• Neighbourhood Residential – 9%
• General Residential – 86%
• Residential Growth – 5%
New Zones Plus Activity Centre Zone(Area)
• Neighbourhood Residential – 9%
• General Residential – 84%
• Residential Growth + Activity Centre – 7%
Proposed Schedule Requirements
Neighbourhood Residential Zone Schedule 1
(NRZ1)
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Only one dwelling allowed on a lot
Mandatory maximum height of 9m (or 10m on a sloping site)
Permit requirement for the construction or extension of one dwelling on a lot of
less than 500 square metres
General Residential Zone Schedule 1 (GRZ1)
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Mandatory maximum height of 9m (or 10m on a sloping site)
Permit requirement for the construction or extension of one dwelling on a lot of
between 300 and 500 square metres
Private open space requirement –variation to Standards A17 and B28
Front fence height – for streets in a Road Zone, Category 1 – 2 metres. For
other streets 1.2 metres.
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General Residential Zone Schedule 2 (GRZ2)
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Permit requirement for the construction or extension of one dwelling on a lot of
between 300 and 500 square metres
Decision Guidelines
General Residential Zone Schedule 3 (GRZ3)
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Permit requirement for the construction or extension of one dwelling on a lot of
between 300 and 500 square metres
Residential Growth Zone Schedule 1 (RGZ1)
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A dwelling or residential building must not exceed a height of 11 metres where
land is further than 70 metres from the Doncaster road boundary of the site
Residential Growth Zone Schedule 2 (RGZ2)
None specified
Community understanding
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Community had just undergone a significantt Planning
Scheme Amendment through C96.
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They understood that:
• Major transformation would occur in Doncaster Hill
• Substantial change densities would occur around
activity centres and along main roads
• Incremental change would occur elsewhere
• Minimal change would occur in areas of environmental
and landscape significance
• The Green Wedge is protected
Media Coverage
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Former Minister for Planning
• “Manningham Council have done that fairly well”.
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Published our density maps and helped aid community
understanding of the transition.
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By and large very little response from either the resident or
development community in relation to the zone changes.
Don’t believe the hype!
How do we communicate a strategy that
promotes this!
And not this!
Community acceptance
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Does the community feel more comfortable with the rate of
change with the new zones?
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March Council Meeting
• 14 Storey mixed use building in Doncaster Hill
• 1 objection
• 3 Unit development in Donvale on 1138sqm
• 23 objections
Are the zones the problem?
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Housing Strategies
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Single dwelling covenants
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Land value
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Political commitment
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Long term strategy