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Drysdale CWA Annual Garage Sale

The Drysdale Branch of the Country Women's Association is holding their Annual Garage Sale this Saturday 30 October from 9am - 1pm.

Location: 6 Eversley Street, Drysdale

Household and travel goods, clothing, linen, extensive craftware and even knitting machines will be for sale.

Something for everyone!

Funds raised will be distributed to local not-for-profit organisations.

Have Your Say on C230 Jetty Road Urban Grown Area - Drysdale / Clifton Springs / Curlewis

The Geelong Council has for Public Exhibition: C230 Jetty Road Urban Growth Area Stage 1 Development Contributions Plan

The consultation is open from 21 October 2010 to 4 December 2010.

The amendment applies to land known as Stage 1 of the Jetty Road Urban Growth Area, in the localities of Drysdale, Clifton Springs and Curlewis.  This area is generally bounded by Port Phillip Bay to the north, the Bellarine Rail Trail to the south, Jetty Road and Griggs Creek to the east and a line running parallel to and approximately 400 metres east of McDermott Road to the west. 

The amendment also applies to part of the land at 1421-1423 Portarlington Road, Drysdale.

The amendment:

• Includes the Jetty Road Urban Growth Area Development Contributions Plan in the Greater Geelong Planning Scheme as an incorporated document.
• Introduces a new schedule to the Development Contributions Plan Overlay (DCPO2) for Stage 1 of the Jetty Road Growth Area into the Planing Scheme. 
• Applies the Development Contributions Plan Overlay (DCPO) to the subject land. 
• Applies the Public Acquisition Overlay 4 (PAO4) over the land required for that part of the new primary road network between Portarlington Road and the Bellarine Rail Trail.
  

To make a submission online please visit C230 Jetty Road Urban Growth Area Stage 1 Development Contributions Plan

Peninsula Players last performance ever - A month of Sundays

The Peninsula Players are holding their final play in Drysdale at the Springdale Community Centre on October 27, 28, 29 and 30.

The play is entitled "A month of Sundays" - described as a comedy with poignant parts which leaves you laughing and crying.

Dennis and Rhena King, who have had a long association with the group, have been interviewed in this week's issue of the Bellarine Times (19 October 2010 - page 4)

Tickets are available at the Drysdale Pharmacy or by phoning 5251 2671

More information is available from the Bellarine Times.

Drysdale Leopold Pony Club Dressage Competition Sunday 24 October

Drysdale Leopold Pony Club is hosting Round 7 of  BEDS (Barwon Equestrian Dressage Series) 2010 – the final round of the series.

The dressage competition is being held this Sunday 24 October 2010 at Lake Lorne Reserve in Drysdale.


Sashes will be awarded for 1st – 6th placing in individual tests. Champion sash and trophy and Reserve
Champion sash will be awarded for Jackpot event in each grade


Full canteen facilities are available including breakfast. So come along and see our local riders and horses in action!

Help fight Breast Cancer - join Curves Bellarine for free in October

Curves Bellarine in Drysdale is waiving their joining service fee with either proof of a recent mammogram or donation to a breast cancer organisation.

This offer is valid from 18 - 30 October inclusive for new members.

Curves is located at 6-8, 21 Clifton Springs Road, Drysdale. - phone 5253 3029

Geelong Council supports Amendment C188 - Jetty Road Neighbourhood Activity Centre

From the Media release, Tuesday, 12 October 2010

At last night's meeting City of Greater Geelong Councillors supported the preparation of Amendment C188 to assist in the development of the Jetty Road Neighbourhood Activity Centre.

Planning portfolio holder Cr Andrew Katos said the proposal was for a combined planning permit and amendment applying to part of the land at 148-166 Jetty Road in Drysdale.

"The amendment seeks to rezone the land from Residential 1 to Business 1 Zone, and to apply a cap on floor area able to be leased in the activity centre," he said.

"The amendment also includes an application to include Jetty Road Neighbourhood Activity Centre as a strip shopping centre where gaming machines are prohibited."

"A further Design and Development overlay has been requested to ensure that any development is consistent with the Jetty Road Urban Growth Plan."

"Key issues such as maintaining view, integration with the adjoining park, pedestrian usage and amenity will be properly addressed in this overlay," said Cr Katos.

The cap on floor area able to be leased has been included to ensure that the Neighbourhood Activity Centre is limited in scale and the area's retail centre hierarchy is maintained.

The proposed planning permit involves a two lot subdivision that will avoid the amendment resulting in one title being two zones.

Amendment C188 is considered to be consistent with the Jetty Road Urban Growth Plan (pdf 5mb) and the Development Plan Overlay (Greater Geelong Planning Scheme - Amendment C152 - Panel Report - August 2009 - pdf 1.01mb) that applies to the land.

Exhibition of Amendment C188 and accompanying Planning Permit will be subject to Ministerial Authorisation.

More information about Amendment C188 is available. The Minutes of the meeting were not available at this time.

Update - 19 October 2010 - the Minutes of the Meeting held 12 October 2010 are now available in pdf format from the Geelong Council's website.

Proposed Development Plans for the Drysdale and Clifton Springs area would be Overdevelopment

The Age newspaper yesterday published a detailed map entitled "Proposed 2040 Road Network Development" (pdf format -12mb) for Melbourne and surrounding areas. The surrounding areas also took in Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula. The article is entitled Plan for hundreds of kilometers of new freeways.

The map was published in pdf format on 23 December 2009 (the date stamp on the pdf document) and one assumes prepared by VicRoads - however "VicRoads would not confirm when the map was produced, but it is believed to have been done with planning authorities as part of a long-term study looking at the city's shape in 2046".

What is interesting about this map is the planned future development of the Drysdale and Clifton Springs area. Although hard to see until you blow the map up to about 400% in Adobe Acrobat, there are shaded areas in pale pink showing expansion plans for residential development in the area.

This residential development goes further than that currently existing in the Geelong Council Drysdale Clifton Springs Structure plan for the area. There are now Proposed Urban Growth Boundary Extensions to the east of the proposed Drysdale bypass road and this takes in Scotchmans Road to the top of Murradoc Hill and down to Anderson's Road. Also the Jetty Road urban development is shown to extend from the Portarlington Road, down Jetty Road along the shores of Corio Bay and across to Scarborough Road.

The Geelong Council recently adopted the Amendment C177 to provide Significant Landscape Overlay to 5 areas of the Bellarine Peninsula including Clifton Springs and Drysdale. This significant overlay took in Murradoc Hill - which is shown as now being set aside for proposed urban growth!

You have to ask - whether the Geelong Council planning department was consulted prior to the development of this plan for our local area? Was there any consultation with the Drysdale and Clifton Springs Community Association? The Association has already come out in last Friday's Bellarine Independent outlaying their fears that Clifton Springs is becoming 'broad-acre' housing under a Geelong Council plan. Perhaps this is the Department of Planning and Community Development's work in association with VicRoads?

You can imagine the price of real estate on the top of Murradoc Hill with commanding 360 degree views! Developers would be rubbing their hands together with glee!

I just hope there is community consultation on this going into the future. I don't want to see large scale residential development as they have proposed. The Bellarine Peninsula will just become one giant housing estate!

Below is an extract taken from the map showing the shaded areas. You have to look really hard to see them - best way to view this is to download the detailed map entitled "Proposed 2040 Road Network Development" (pdf format -12mb).

Drysdale Community Market on This Sunday

This Sunday - 17 October - The Drysdale Community Market is back!

Handcrafted and home produced goods at the Drysdale Recreation Reserve from 9am - 1pm.

Enquiries Phone 0432 183 115

Benny Goodman Tribute - Jazz at the Potato Shed

This Sunday 17 October from 4pm, there is a Tribute Show to Benny Goodman with the David Gardner Swing quartet to be held at the Potato Shed in Drysdale.

This is a fundraiser for the St James Anglican Church Hall Restoration project.

Tickets are $30 adult/concession.

You can book at the Potato Shed from 10am - 4pm Monday to Friday or phone 5251 1998 or at any of the City of Greater Geelong Customer Service Centres.

Drysdale bypass "bypassed"

The Bellarine Peninsula Independent (8 October 2010) issue article "Bypass bid 'rejected'" reports that:

"Member for Bellarine Lisa Neville has ruled out funding for a Drysdale bypass. Ms Neville told the Independent traffic levels in the area did not support calls for construction of a bypass “at this stage”.

"We will continue to monitor traffic growth and demand against other projects across the state," the Labor minister said.

The Independent reported in March this year that community leaders were pushing for a funding promise to eliminate the Bellarine Peninsula’s worst traffic bottleneck.

Traffic banks up for hundreds of metres at the intersection of Grubb, Jetty and Portarlington-Geelong roads during peak hours. The queue back into Drysdale along Portarlington-Geelong road can run for over a kilometre.

Plans for further housing development off Jetty Road are set to put more pressure on the intersection..."

Read more at "Bypass bid 'rejected'"

Update: 11 October 2010 - The Age today reports (in an article entitled Plan for hundreds of kilometres of new freeways) on the "Proposed 2040 Road Network Development" which links to a map showing the Drysdale bypass as a primary arterial 6 lane plus road. The complete map is available from http://images.theage.com.au/file/2010/10/10/1977327/Melbourne2040.pdf

So the road is still on the cards but we might have to wait another 30 plus years to see it.

Geelong Council to Consider Amendment C188 - Jetty Road Drysdale Subdivision - Neighbourhood Activity Centre

Next Tuesday's Geelong Council agenda item 11 (page 96-102) will consider the proposed Jetty Road neighbourhood activity centre (NAC for short). Below is an extract from the agenda detailing what is proposed:

AMENDMENT C188 – JETTY ROAD NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTIVITY CENTRE

Portfolio: Planning – Cr Katos

Source: Economic Development, Planning & Tourism – Strategic

Implementation

General Manager: Peter Bettess

Index Reference: Project: Amendment C188

Subject: Council Reports 2010

Summary

• The purpose of this report is to seek Council support for the preparation of amendment C188 to facilitate the development of the Jetty Road Neighbourhood Activity Centre (NAC).
• The applicant for the amendment is David Lock Associates, acting on behalf of Dalgo Pty Ltd and Libnom Pty Ltd, also known as Algo Properties.
• The proposal is for a combined planning permit and amendment and applies to part of the land at 148-166 Jetty Road, Drysdale.
• The amendment seeks to:
  
  • rezone the subject land from Residential 1 Zone (R1Z) to Business 1 Zone (B1Z) and amend the Schedule to the Business 1 Zone to apply a leasable floor area floor area cap to the activity centre;
  • apply Design and Development Overlay (DDO25) to the subject land; and
  • amend the Schedule to Clause 52.28-4 to include the Jetty Road Neighbourhood Activity Centre as a strip shopping centre where gaming machines are prohibited.
• The planning permit (Planning Permit 942/2010) is for a two lot subdivision tocreate a new lot for the NAC land that is to be rezoned.
• The extent of the rezoning and overlay is shown in Appendix 11-1.
• The Design and Development Overlay will ensure that the development of the NAC is consistent with the intent of the Jetty Road Urban Growth Plan and that key issues such as maintaining views, integration with the adjoining sub-regional park, pedestrianisation and amenity are properly addressed.
• The leasable floor area cap in the Schedule to the Business 1 Zone has been included to ensure that the NAC is limited in its scale, role and function to a neighbourhood level centre, meeting the needs of the Jetty Road Growth Area community and maintaining the retail centre hierarchy in the area.
• The proposed two lot subdivision will avoid the amendment resulting in one title being in two zones. It will also enable the easier sale or development of the land.
• This amendment is considered to be consistent with the Jetty Road Urban Growth Plan and the Development Plan Overlay that applies to the land. It is therefore recommended that Council support the exhibition of the amendment, subject to conditions as noted below.

Recommendation

That Council resolve to:

1) support Amendment C188 to the Greater Geelong Planning Scheme and Planning Permit 942/2010, and place them on exhibition, subject to:

a) Ministerial Authorisation being received; and

b) the Jetty Road Neighbourhood Activity Centre Master Plan, prepared under DPO20, being approved by Council;

2) request that the Minister for Planning authorise the preparation and exhibition of Amendment C188.

Report

Background

This amendment applies to land at 148-166 Jetty Road, Drysdale, located central to the Jetty Road Growth Area where the proposed Jetty Road Neighbourhood Activity Centre (NAC) is to be located. This land has been identified as the appropriate location of the NAC through an extensive planning process. The Jetty Road Urban Growth Plan (UGP) (adopted 26 June 2007, and amended 23 September 2008) outlines the general location of the NAC, along with the principles and objectives that are to guide its development. Based on the UGP, Council undertook Amendment C152 to rezone Stage 1 of the Growth Area and apply Development Plan Overlay 20 (DPO20) to the land. Of relevance to this amendment, the DPO20 requires the preparation a NAC Master Plan that responds to the topography of the site and resolves the design of a Neighbourhood Activity Centre located centrally to the Jetty Road growth area generally in the vicinity shown in the Jetty Road Urban Growth Plan.

DPO20 requires that the NAC be a street based centre with provision for commercial and non-commercial floor space in the order of 5,000m² and for community services and infrastructure. The DPO specifies that there must be proper integration between commercial and community facilities, including the subregional park.

Discussion

The amendment proposes to:

• rezone the subject land from Residential 1 Zone (R1Z) to Business 1 Zone (B1Z);
• amend the Schedule to the Business 1 Zone to apply a leasable floor area floor area cap to the activity centre;
• apply Design and Development Overlay (DDO25) to the subject land; and
• amend the Schedule to Clause 52.28-4 to include the Jetty Road Neighbourhood

Activity Centre as a strip shopping centre where gaming machines are prohibited; The planning permit (Planning Permit 942/2010) is for a two lot subdivision to create a new lot for the NAC land that is to be rezoned. The proposed two lot subdivision will avoid the amendment leading to one land title being in two zones. It will also enable the easier sale or development of the land. It should be noted that while the subdivision can be processed, it can't be finally approved until the land is serviced with an access road (or road reserve).

This proposal is considered to be consistent with the requirements of the DPO20 and will facilitate the development of the Jetty Road NAC in accordance with the UGP, DPO20, and the NAC master plan which is yet to be approved. The NAC master plan, to be prepared in accordance with the requirements of Development Plan Overlay Schedule 20, is yet to be finalised and approved by Council. Once the master plan is approved, the draft DDO schedule and the exact extent of the zone and overlay mapping will be finalised and the amendment placed on exhibition. While the mapping and DDO schedule are not yet finalised, they are sufficiently progressed and there is sufficient strategic justification to enable Council to make an informed decision regarding supporting this amendment.

The subject land sits adjacent the sub-regional hilltop park. While a large part of this park is in Stage 2 of the growth area, the development of the NAC will have a significant bearing on the amenity and function of the park, and therefore the interface and integration with the park is a key issue to be addressed by the proposed DDO. In particular, the DDO seeks to ensure that development adjacent the park does not interrupt key views from the park, including to the Melbourne CBD, and that, consistent with clause 17.01 the buildings do not dominate or 'overpower' any part of the park. The rezoning of the park to Public Park and Recreation Zone will be undertaken once the land is in Council ownership.

The amendment includes the subject land in schedule to clause 52.28-4 as a strip shopping centre where gaming machines are prohibited. The purpose of this clause is to ensure the social and economic impacts of the location of gaming machines are considered and to prohibit gaming machines in specified shopping complexes and strip shopping centres.

Environmental Implications

Development facilitated by the amendment is not expected to result in any undue impact on the environment. By providing for the local shopping and community needs of the future growth area community and by providing for good pedestrian connection and access it is expected to reduce the amount of travel required by the future population to access day-to-day service, thereby reducing their potential 'carbon footprint'.

The proposed DDO aims to encourage environmentally sound and energy efficient development.

Financial Implications

It is not expected that the proposal will result in any financial implications for Council, other than those associated with the usual processing of an amendment and planning permit and the flow on development applications.

Policy/Legal/Statutory Implications

As noted above, the proposed amendment is consistent with all major State and Council planning policies.

State Planning Policy Framework

The proposal complies with the general implementation of State Planning Policy Framework clause 17.01 Economic Development: Activity Centres as the DDO will facilitate the development of an activity centre that will:

• Provide a range of shopping facilities in locations which are readily accessible to the community.
• Incorporate and integrate a variety of land uses,
• Provide good accessibility by all available modes of transport (particularly public transport) and safe pedestrian and cycling routes
• Facilitate ease of pedestrian movement between components of centres, public transport interchanges and parking areas.
• Provide child care facilities to a level consistent with the role of the centre.
• Minimise the effects of commercial development on the amenity of residential and parkland areas, for example as a result of traffic congestion, noise or overshadowing.
• Provide attractive environments for community activities.

The amendment will also facilitate development which will meet the future community's day-to-day needs for retail, office and other commercial services and provide net community benefit in relation to accessibility, efficient infrastructure use and the aggregation and sustainability of commercial facilities.

Local Planning Policy Framework

The amendment complies with the objectives of clause 21.07-3 Retail, as it intends to facilitate the development of a vibrant and viable retail activity centres in accordance with the Geelong Retail Activity Centre Hierarchy The amendment complies with clause 21.14

The Bellarine Peninsula as it will go some way to ensuring that land use and development in the Jetty Road Urban Growth Area proceeds generally in accordance with the Jetty Road Urban Growth Plan Map.

Officer Direct or Indirect Interest

No Council staff involved in the preparation of this report have a direct or indirect interest in the matter to which this report relates.

Risk Assessment

The proposed amendment is not expected to expose Council to any risk of liability beyond that usually associated with facilitating greenfield development.

Social Considerations

The proposed DDO aims to ensure that the future NAC will provide a safe and efficient pedestrian environment and encourage a vibrant, mixed use town centre with design that contributes to a safe, walkable and attractive town centre environment. The proposed DDO will ensure that the sub-regional park is properly integrated with the NAC and that the amenity of the sub-regional park is not diminished by the bulk or scale of any buildings or works.

The amendment is expected to facilitate positive social and economic outcomes for the growth area community by facilitating the development of a NAC that includes adequate community facilities and that will meet their day-to-day shopping needs, decreasing escape expenditure and providing local employment opportunities.

The NAC is also expected provide a focal meeting point for the local community and enable the community to easily create a sense of identity and place.

Communication

The amendment will follow the standard amendment process and will be subject to the usual public notification requirements in accordance with the Planning and Environment Act, 1987. The views of relevant agencies will be sought during this time.

Where do I find out more?

The complete agenda (including detailed maps of the location of the Jetty Road development NAC) for the Geelong Council meeting on Tuesday 12 October 2010 is available in pdf format (5.43mb) from the Council's website.

Van Loons Free Grow your own Vegetables Workshops

This weekend Van Loons Nursery in Grubb Road Wallington is holding 2 free workshops.

Saturday 9 October 1.30pm - Melissa King presents "Growing home produce in pots"

Sunday 10 October 1.30 - Glen Brown (a seedling expert from Oasis) presents "Easy vegetable gardening".

Plus there is face painting and a jumping castle for the kids.

More information is available from Van Loons. Phone 5250 1842

Drysdale Healthy Supermarket Tour

The next healthy supermarket tour in Drysdale will be held at the Drysdale Safeway on Monday 18 October from 10am

Cost is $10/$15. To book please phone 1300 136 588.

For  people with diabetes or pre-diabetes. A two-hour tour run by a dietitian at Bellarine Community Health to understand and read food labels and select suitable choices for Diabetes.

Phone Angela Walker on  5251 2291.

St James Anglican Church Annual Garage Sale

To be held on Saturday 23 October 2010 at 8am at the Church in Collins Street, Drysdale.

Trash and treasure, china and glass, toys, manchester, cakes, sausage sizzle, plants and Men's Shed

Please phone Pauline on 52532717 for more information.

Geelong Council adopts the Drysdale Clifton Springs Structure Plan - Amendment C194 and Amendment C103

From the Media Release - Drysdale Clifton Springs Structure Plan - The City of Greater Geelong, Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Amendment C194

The City of Greater Geelong has adopted Amendment C194, a Council-initiated amendment which will give effect to the Drysdale Clifton Springs Structure Plan, and will forward the amendment to the Minister for Planning for his approval.
Cr Andrew Katos, who holds Council’s portfolio for Planning, said that Ministerial approval for Amendment C194 will result in the Drysdale Clifton Springs Structure Plan being implemented into the Greater Geelong Planning Scheme.
Cr Katos said Amendment C194 introduces a new clause into Council’s Municipal Strategic Statement (MSS) and proposes zoning and overlay changes.
"Public exhibition of the amendment between 19 November 2009 and 18 January 2010 resulted in 29 submissions - two supporting, 24 objecting and three from government agencies," he said.
The submissions were referred to a government-appointed Independent Panel for consideration, with the hearing being conducted in Geelong in May this year.
Cr Katos said the Panel had supported the Structure Plan, saying in its report that the plan set a sound strategic framework for the future development of Drysdale and Clifton Springs.
He said changes recommended by the Panel included:

• retention of rural living land around Drakes Road
• support for Council’s previous decision to remove the long-term growth designation from around the Potato Shed
• changing the proposed extension of the Business 4 zone along Murradoc Road to urban consolidation, and
• changes to a proposed consolidation area around Huntingdon Road.

Cr Katos said Council officers generally concurred with the Panel’s recommendations.
More information on the detail of the amendment is available from my earlier post entitled: Amendment C194 Drysdale Clifton Springs Structure Plan - Panel Report and adoption before Geelong Council this Tuesday 28 September

Amendment C103

At its meeting this week Council also adopted Amendment C103, which will be forwarded to the Minister for Planning for approval and subsequent implementation into the Greater Geelong Planning Scheme.
Cr Katos said Amendment C103 will facilitate the residential development of 28 hectares of land located directly south-east of the Drysdale town centre.
The subject land is generally bounded by Clarendon Road, Princess Street, Woodville Street and to the rear of Business zoned properties fronting Murradoc Road.
Cr Katos said the amendment proposes to rezone the subject land of Residential 1 Zone and incorporate a Development Plan Overlay.
More information on the detail of the amendment is available from my earlier post entitled: Amendment C103 Princess St, Woodville St, Clarendon Rd, Murradoc Rd - proposed rezoning to Residential 1

Minutes of the Meeting

At the time of writing, the minutes of the meeting held 28 September 2010 were not available on the Council's website.

Update 6 October 2010: The Minutes of the meeting held 28 September 2010 are now available in pdf format (3.6mb).