Jetty Road Neighbourhood Activity Centre - Amendment C188 up for adoption Tuesday Night

This Tuesday night Geelong Council will consider the adoption of Amendment C188 for the Jetty Road Neighbourhood Centre in the new subdivision containing Curlewis Parks in Drysdale. Below is a summary of that amendment from the current Geelong Council agenda.

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT C188 - JETTY ROAD NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTIVITY CENTRE, DRYSDALE

Portfolio: Planning – Cr Macdonald

Source: Economic Development, Planning & Tourism – Strategic

Implementation

General Manager: Peter Bettess

Index Reference: Application: C188

Summary

• The purpose of this report is to consider the submissions about Amendment C188 and to recommend adoption of the Amendment. Amendment C188 seeks to facilitate the development of the Jetty Road Neighbourhood Activity Centre in Drysdale (NAC).
• The application was made by David Lock Associates, acting on behalf of Dalgo Pty Ltd and Libnom Pty Ltd, also known as Algo Properties.
• The Amendment applies to the south-west corner of the land at 148-166 Jetty Road, Drysdale, the site of the proposed Jetty Road NAC, and proposes to rezone the land to Business 1 Zone (B1Z) and amend the Schedule to the Business 1 Zone to apply a leasable floor area cap to the activity centre; apply a new schedule to the Design and Development Overlay (DDO) to the subject land; and amend the Schedule to Clause 52.28-3 to include the Jetty Road Neighbourhood Activity Centre Drysdale as a strip shopping centre where gaming machines are prohibited.
• The Amendment was originally proposed to be combined under Section 96A of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 with a planning permit for a two (2) lot subdivision to create a new lot for the NAC land that is to be rezoned, avoiding the land being in two zones. This has been overtaken by planning permit (1362/2011) issued prior to the exhibition of Amendment C188.
• Amendment C188 was exhibited for a one month period between 14 April and 16 May 2011, in response to which four (4) submissions were received.
• Three submissions are from Government agencies and do not object to the Amendment. One (1) submission is from the proponent supporting the Amendment.
• As there are no objecting submissions or submissions that seek a change to the Amendment, it is recommended that Council adopt the Amendment and forward it to the Minister for Planning seeking final approval

Recommendation

That Council, having considered all submissions to Amendment C188 resolves to:
1) Adopt Amendment C188 as contained in Appendix 8-1 to this report; and
2) Submit the adopted Amendment together with the prescribed information to the Minister for Planning requesting approval.

Futher information:

More information about the Amendment is available from the Geelong Council agenda for 28 June 2011 - in pdf format (3911kb)

Update 4 July 2011: Minutes from the meeting have now been published. in pdf format (8946kb). Refer pages 55 -71. Council have adopted the recommendations. A press release from the Council entitled Council supports amendment for Jetty Road Neighbourhood Activity Centre is also available.