INDUSTRIAL LAND USE STRATEGY - City of Darebin

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• Improve linkages between Preston South Shopping Centre and theHigh Street shops south of Dundas Street.• Encourage re-development of redundant industrial sites central to thepolicy area for commercial, and medium to higher density residentialpurposes.• Consolidate and improve the amenity of existing residential areas.• Improve safety, amenity and surveillance of the Bell Railway Station.The Local Policy should include a map of the proposed precincts and furtherdetail of the recommendations as listed within this report.RECOMMENDATION 4That Council initiate rezonings to rezone the land around the Junction inaccordance with the Proposed Zoning Changes referred to in Figure 9, toimplement this study. This generally includes:• Core Residential and Commercial Redevelopment Area to Business 1 andBusiness 2 zones;• Multi-Purpose Area along High Street and Plenty Road to Business 2 zone;• Consolidation of existing residential areas through extending theResidential 1 zone around Milton Crescent and north of Oakover Road.RECOMMENDATION 5That Council initiate rezonings to rezone the industrial area on the east side ofPlenty Road north of Osborne Street to Business 3 Zone in accordance withthe recommendations of Council’s Industrial Land Use Strategy.RECOMMENDATION 6That Council initiate rezonings to rezone the existing residential areas toResidential 1 Zone in accordance with the Proposed Precincts (refer Figure 7).This includes land north of Railway Place East, industrial land betweenOakover Road and Esther Streets and land around Milton Crescent.RECOMMENDATION 7That Council consider permit applications in the context of this JunctionIntegrated Development Strategy and give particular attention to managing thetransition of this area from industrial uses to more residential development tominimise potential conflicts.RECOMMENDATION 8That Council apply development criteria via a Design and DevelopmentOverlay to specified key development sites to require an appropriate form ofdevelopment to be achieved across the area, as this is the most appropriateand flexible mechanism for introducing development guidelines for the criticalsites.
RECOMMENDATION 9The overall design objectives for the Design and Development Overlay(s)should generally seek:• To achieve high quality design outcomes for commercial and residentialpremises and to improve the visual amenity and image of High Street andPlenty Roads.• To promote design excellence on landmark sites and for multi-storeybuildings.• To ensure the design of developments protects the residential amenity ofexisting dwellings and the operational requirements of existing businesses.• To encourage the retention of the fabric of industrial buildings (orsignificant parts thereof) of heritage value within new developments.The Schedule to the Design and Development Overlay should address detailssuch as heights, setbacks, and landscape treatments, as outlined in Section5.3.3 Urban Design, of this report.RECOMMENDATION 10All new developments should provide a self-sufficient level of car parking andlimit reliance on on-street car parking. The level of car parking providedhowever, may be tempered by proximity to local services and public transport.RECOMMENDATION 11That Council undertake a feasibility study to investigate the potential to realignRailway Place East and improve the amenity and security of the area aroundBell Train Station.RECOMMENDATION 12An Environmental Audit Overlay be applied to all land proposed to be rezoned.RECOMMENDATION 13That Council adopt the following implementation schedule:• Darebin City Council to endorse report.• Preparation of a planning scheme amendment including Design and DevelopmentOverlay and Junction Policy.• Exhibition of the planning scheme amendment.• Panel hearing (if required).• Planning scheme amendment adoption (subject to any modifications resultantfrom the public consultation phase [exhibition] and Panel hearing).• Development of a detailed urban design, plan, costings and budget.• Implementation of works program by Council and provision of landscape features(for example, corner feature tree sites as part of private development projects).
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