Surf Coast Times
Tuesday 1 June 2010
VOL 8. No 22
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TIME TO GROW The search is on for the region’s leading business woman, with entries now open for the 2010 Telstra Business Women’s Awards. Pictured raising a glass to the success of local women were (from left) Telstra’s Jodi Manion, Endota Spa’s Mel Cox, Crowne Plaza’s Shenay Barua and Scorched’s Vanessa Joachim. See full story Page 7. Photo: ALISON MARTIN
Future growth of Torquay and Jan Juc secured by approval of C37 Amendment
BY NATHAN HALE THE SURF Coast Shire has been given a glowing endorsement from State Planning Minister, Justin Madden, for its development of strategic studies on the future of the ever-growing township. In approving Amendment C37 late last week, Madden said the long-term future of Torquay and Jan Juc had been secured. The ongoing concerns over the fast-paced development of Torquay and Jan Juc could now be forgotten, Madden said, as he approved Amendment C37 to the Surf Coast Planning Scheme to reflect the strategic directions contained in the Torquay and Jan Juc Structure Plan. “The amendment protects the coastal environment by applying a new Design and Development Overlay
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along The Esplanade and Ocean Boulevard,” Madden said. “It also protects significant vegetation in the Deep Creek and Bells Boulevard environs as well as remnant Bellarine Yellow Gums, Moonah and other vegetation in residential areas. “The Surf Coast Shire Council has undertaken a significant amount of work to guide sustainable growth and development of the townships of Torquay and Jan Juc. “The amendment addresses a range of issues in Torquay and Jan Juc, including car parking, retailing, neighbourhood character, vegetation conservation and urban design. “It also sets the direction for future growth while protecting the liveability of this important coastal township.”
Madden also said Amendment C37 approves council’s Structure Plan map, which designates land within the first kilometre west of Duffields Road in Spring Creek Valley as a ‘Future Urban Growth Area’. “A further amendment will be needed to rezone this land before it can be developed and any further designation of land for future urban growth beyond the first kilometre would need to be established through the Torquay Jan Juc 2040 Project,” Madden said Shire mayor, Libby Coker, said the approval of C37 was reward for the work council had undertaken over the past four years. The Surf Coast Housing Policy in 2006 was the first of six strategic studies from council in recent times, with the Torquay-Jan Juc 2040 vision the latest directional offering.
“We appreciate minister Madden’s approval of amendment C37 and his acknowledgement of the role of Torquay-Jan Juc 2040 Project in determining the future growth of the town,” Coker said. “This approval will ensure that long-term planning in Torquay/Jan Juc responds to the findings of several recent strategic studies, which covered issues including car parking, retailing, neighbourhood character, vegetation conservation and urban design. “C37 recognises the ongoing challenges of managing growth in coastal townships. “It provides for policy and controls to manage short and medium term growth whilst responding to character issues and the coastal location.” For further information on Amendment C37, visit www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/planning
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