Notice of the preparation of an amendment to the Casey Planning Scheme Amendment C148

A summary of this amendment is as follows:

Amendment C148 proposes to introduce permanent planning controls in the Casey Planning Scheme to protect approximately 1000 individual trees that are located on both public and privately owned land and are deemed significant to Casey. Tree plantings in two Avenues of Honour in Berwick have also been identified for protection.

The Amendment proposes to:

introduce a new Schedule 7 – Significant River Red Gums in Casey, to the Environmental Significance Overlay (ESO7) at Clause 42.01 of the Casey Planning Scheme and apply this to various properties and areas of public land throughout the City of Casey
introduce a new Schedule 8 – Significant Exotic and Native Trees in Casey, to the Environmental Significance Overlay (ESO8) at Clause 42.01 of the Casey Planning Scheme and apply this to various properties and areas of public land throughout the City of Casey
apply a Heritage Overlay to various areas of public land in the City of Casey; and
replace interim planning controls, introduced by Amendment C147 to the Casey Planning Scheme, which protect the same significant trees.

You may inspect the Amendment, any documents that support the Amendment and the explanatory report about the Amendment, free of charge during office hours at the office of the planning authority:

City of Casey
Customer Service Centre
Municipal Offices
Magid Drive
Narre Warren;

City of Casey
Customer Service Centre
Shop 8 (Bendigo Bank building)
Amberly Park Shopping Centre
101 Seebeck Drive
Narre Warren South; and

City of Casey
Customer Service Centre
Cranbourne Park Shopping Centre (opposite Post Office)
Cranbourne.

The Amendment is also available for viewing on the Department of Planning and Community Development website - Planning scheme amendment information: Casey Planning Scheme Amendment C148.

Any person who may be affected by the Amendment may make a submission to the planning authority.

Submission form: Amendment C148 Significant Tree Study

The closing date for submissions is 2 July 2012. Submissions must be sent to:

Planning Scheme Amendment Coordinator
City of Casey
PO Box 1000
Narre Warren, Victoria 3805

Please be aware that copies of submissions received may be made available, including electronically, to any person for the purpose of consideration as part of the planning process.

Should you have any queries about this Amendment, please contact Council’s Strategic Development Department on 9705 5200 or by email at sdevelopment@casey.vic.gov.au