A proposed planning scheme amendment that seeks to rezone nearly 150 hectares of farming and rural living land in Curlewis for residential development will go on public display for feedback.
The land is made up of 20 individual titles and in 2020-21 consultants acting for several of the landowners lodged applications for rezoning.
Sitting in the Jetty Road Urban Growth Area Stage 2 the land is split into two precincts north and south of the Bellarine Rail Trail within the Drysdale Clifton Springs settlement boundary (which includes Curlewis).
Both the Council’s 2020 Settlement Strategy and the Victorian Government’s Bellarine Peninsula Distinctive Areas and Landscape program recognise the land as appropriate for urban growth.
Stage 2 is intended to deliver a similar or greater number of homes as Jetty Road Stage 1 which saw more than 1 700 house lots developed.
It is proposed to feature a mix of housing types developer contributions to deliver social and/or affordable housing parks and shared paths.
Bus links restoration of the designated waterway and a continuation of the foreshore reserve established in Jetty Road Stage 1 would also feature.
The City is investigating whether Stage 2 should include any new shared infrastructure that wasn’t identified in the Stage 1 Developer Contributions Plan.
It is intended that developers will deliver the duplication of Tivoli Drive and Greenvale Drive to a boulevard-style road by 2025/26 as planned in the 2008 Jetty Road Urban Growth Plan.
Landholders whose land is proposed to be rezoned have already been engaged on the proposed Amendment C387ggee. The public exhibition process will involve a mail out to affected and nearby landowners and residents and notices in local media.
Councillor Jim Mason - Bellarine Ward
The Council requested the Minister for Planning to authorise the preparation and exhibition of Amendment C387ggee. Affected residents will be notified when the proposed amendment goes public.
I encourage community members to take the time to read over the proposed amendment in the second half of the year and have their say.