Amendment C051 (Whitehorse)
The amendment applies to the following properties: 41-85 2-40 and 60-70 Wattle Valley Road Mitcham 1-33 and 10-34 Nara Road Mitcham 1-21 Sharrow Road Mitcham 48-52 Edgerton Road Mitcham 1-17 and 6-16 Manorwood Place Mitcham 3-19 and 2-26 Haddon Court Mitcham 1-27 and 12-26 Beaufort Street Mitcham 1A-1B Endeavour Street Mitcham 10-24 and 5-11 Moresby Street Mitcham 1-19 and 2-16 Sunninghill Court Mitcham 1-5 and 2-6 Charlesworth Place Mitcham 55-87 Quarry Road Mitcham 1-49 and 2-32 Somers Street Mitcham 29 Hopetoun Street Mitcham 15-55 and 12-34 Fuller Street Mitcham 30-40 Purches Street Mitcham 1 Munro Street Mitcham 483-559 Canterbury Road Vermont 1-31 and 2A 2-32 Grove Street Vermont 2A 2 - 34 and 1-37 Grey Street Vermont 2A 2-18 Malvern Street Vermont 22-42 Orion Street Vermont 525-553 Mitcham Road Vermont 38-56 and 41-55 Glenburnie Road Mitcham 58-90 and 57-95 Glenburnie Road Vermont 2A Langford Avenue Mitcham 46-70 and 55-77 Scott Street Vermont 1-9 and 2-10 Erilyn Court Vermont 2-14 Blyth Street Vermont 1-5 and 2-6 Farley Green Court Vermont All properties within the existing Significant Landscape Overlays Clause 42.03 Schedule 1 Blackburn Area 1 Schedule 2 Blackburn Area 2 Schedule 3 Walker Estate and Schedule 4 Blackburn Early Settlement Neighbourhood Character - Vegetation Retention. The amendment proposes the following: 1. Amend the existing Significant Landscape Overlays Clause 42.03 Schedule 1 Blackburn Area 1 Schedule 2 Blackburn Area 2 and Schedule 3 Walker Estate in the following manner: delete the following clause in 3.0 Permit requirement: A permit is required to remove destroy or lop a tree with a single trunk circumference greater than 0.5 metre at a height of one metre above ground level. This does not apply to the pruning of a tree for regeneration or ornamental shaping. and replace it with the following: A permit is required to remove destroy or lop a tree. This does not apply to: A tree having a single trunk circumference of 0.5 metre or less at a height of one metre above ground level. The pruning of a tree for regeneration or ornamental shaping. A tree which is dead or dying. 2. Amend the existing Significant Landscape Overlay Clause 42.03 Schedule 4 Blackburn Early Settlement Neighbourhood Character - Vegetation Retention in the following manner: under Clause 3.0 Permit requirement add the following new dot point: A tree which is dead or dying. 3. Apply the Significant Landscape Overlay Schedule 6 Yarran Dheran and Somers Trail to: 41-85 2-40 and 60-70 Wattle Valley Road Mitcham 1-33 and 10-34 Nara Road Mitcham 1-21 Sharrow Road Mitcham 48-52 Edgerton Road Mitcham 1-17 and 6-16 Manorwood Place Mitcham 3-19 and 2-26 Haddon Court Mitcham 1-27 and 12-26 Beaufort Street Mitcham 1A-1B Endeavour Street Mitcham 10-24 and 5-11 Moresby Street Mitcham 1-19 and 2-16 Sunninghill Court Mitcham 1-5 and 2-6 Charlesworth Place Mitcham 55-87 Quarry Road Mitcham 1-49 and 2-30 Somers Street Mitcham 29 Hopetoun Street Mitcham 15-55 and 12-34 Fuller Street Mitcham 30-40 Purches Street Mitcham 1 Munro Street Mitcham 4. Apply the Significant Landscape Overlay Schedule 7 Vermont to: 483-559 Canterbury Road Vermont 1-31 and 2A 2-32 Grove Street Vermont 2A 2 - 34 and 1-37 Grey Street Vermont 2A 2-18 Malvern Street Vermont 22-42 Orion Street Vermont 525-553 Mitcham Road Vermont 38-56 and 41-55 Glenburnie Road Mitcham 58-90 and 57-95 Glenburnie Road Vermont 2A Langford Avenue Mitcham 46-70 and 55-77 Scott Street Vermont 1-9 and 2-10 Erilyn Court Vermont 2-14 Blyth Street Vermont 1-5 and 2-6 Farley Green Court Vermont 5. Vary the Municipal Strategic Statement and Local Planning Policy Framework to recognise the introduction of additional Significant Landscape Overlays in Mitcham and Vermont. 6. Update the list of maps in the Whitehorse Planning Scheme. Why the Amendment is required This amendment is required for the following reasons: To include land in Character Areas 14A 16A and 17 of the Whitehorse Character Study 2002/03 in a Significant Landscape Overlay. The Significant Overlay will recognise the contribution of the areas for their landscape qualities. To expand the permit exemption provisions in the Significant Landscape Overlay relating to removal lopping or destruction of protected trees to include trees that are dead or dying. I
- Status date
- 4 May 2006
- Exhibition
- ·
- Gazettal
- 4 May 2006
- Outcome
- ApprovedWithChanges
Whitehorse
Council profile →- Amendments tracked
- 231
- Last 12 months
- 3
- Approval rate
- 87%
How to object or make a submission
Your next step if this rezoning affects you. Submissions are how the decision-maker hears from the community.
- 1 Rezonings happen through planning scheme amendments under the Planning and Environment Act 1987. The council exhibits the amendment and invites submissions.
- 2 Make a written submission to the council during the exhibition period, stating whether you support or oppose the amendment and why.
- 3 If unresolved submissions remain, they are referred to an independent planning panel, where submitters can be heard before the council decides.
General information about the public submission process, not legal advice. Confirm the current process and deadlines with the council or the official source before acting.
Stage history
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Approved / gazetted
source label: “Finished:ApprovedWithChanges”
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