LATE ITEM NO. 8.6 8.6 Chirnside Park Country Club Golf Course ...

LATE ITEM NO. 8.6In approving Amendment C96, the Minister gave every indication that Yarra RangesCouncil would be the Responsible Authority for approving the Development Plan. He alsoconfirmed the recommendations of the Advisory Committee and acknowledged the needfor further consultation if in the view of the Council, the proposed development deviatessubstantially from the plans considered at the Committee hearing (ie. those exhibitedunder Amendment C67). It is considered that the proposed Development Plan is asubstantial change from the previously exhibited plan and as such should require furthercommunity consultation.Preliminary comments on the proponent’s development planIn addition to the proposed Ministerial amendment, the DPCD has provided a copy of theproponent‟s latest Development Plan for the site. While it would appear Council will beprovided with a further opportunity to comment on the Development Plan, (should theMinister become the Responsible Authority for approving the plan), this section of thereport provides some preliminary feedback on the latest Development Plan proposal. It isrecommended that this preliminary feedback be forwarded to the Minister.The following table summarises key differences between the Development Plan asexhibited under Amendment C67 and considered by the Advisory Committee and theproponent‟s revised Development Plan forwarded to Council by DPCD.ComparisonExhibited DevelopmentPlan(Amendment C67)Revised DevelopmentPlan(Under new DPO3)DifferenceDwelling numbers 450551 +72* 173 increase(excludes 0.42hasuperlot)Public Open Space 13.69 ha 12.15 ha 1.54 ha reductionReduction in totalopen space andsignificant reductionin the usability ofthis spaceTraffic impacts 4500 vehicle movements 6500 vehicle movements 2000 increaseExisting treesretainedper dayper day1119 708 411** decreaseExisting trees 1248 1543 295** decreaseremovedMedium densityhousing lot4200m2 26,000m2 21,800m2(no plans submitted)Lot sizes 440 – 1532m2 272 – 1199m2Lot yieldBased on total lots/golfcourse area of 54.78ha8.2 lots/ha 11.37 lots/ha 3.17lots/ha increase* estimated yield from 2.6ha medium density lot**total tree numbers: 27 May 2008 = 2367, 4 April 2010 = 2251YARRA RANGES SHIRE COUNCIL AGENDA - 09/11/10 6