The Panel Hearing for Amendment C232melt was held in-person over eight days between Monday 26 August and Monday 9 September 2024.

The Panel consisted of Con Tsotsoros (Chair), Andrew Grear, and Nicola Foxworthy.

In October, the Panel provided their report on the amendment. You can view the Panel’s report below:

• Planning Panel Report

You can view material considered by the planning panel in the links below.

Council Submission

• Council’s Part A Submission
• Council's Part B Submission

Expert Evidence Statements for Council

• Statement from Chris De Silva of Mesh Communities
• Statement from Marco Lucioni of Stantec
• Statement from Matt Ainsaar of Urban Economics
• Statement from Sian McKenna of WT Partnership
• Addendum Statement of Sian McKenna

Expert Evidence Statements for Other Parties

• Statement from Stephen Watters of SMEC for Lendlease
• Statement from Brock Jeffery-Monckof Cossill and Webley for Australian Unity Funds Management, Miravor Property Group, Roman Catholic Trust Corporation, and Thornhill Gardens Dev Co
• Statement from Henry Turnbull of Traffix Group for Growland

Expert Witness Conclave Statements

• Development Contribution Plan Conclave Statement
• Engineering and Costing Conclave Statement

For more information on Planning Panels, please visit the Planning Panel website.

At the Ordinary Meeting of Council of 24 June 2024, Council considered the 34 submissions received in response to Amendment C232melt to the Melton Planning Scheme during the public exhibition period.

It was resolved at this Ordinary Meeting of Council that Council request the Minister for Planning appoint an Independent Planning Panel to review all submissions received and the planning scheme amendment.

• Minutes of Meeting of Council – Monday 24 June 2024

Public exhibition of Amendment C232melt to the Melton Planning Scheme occurred between Thursday 11 April and Thursday 16 May 2024.

34 submissions were received during the public exhibition period:

• Submission 1 – Growland for the Sundar Estate
• Submission 2 – Resident in Weir Views
• Submission 3 – Country Fire Authority
• Submission 4 – Melton City Council
• Submission 5 – Resident in Weir Views
• Submission 6 – Resident in Thornhill Park
• Submission 7 – Melton City Council
• Submission 8 – Work Safe Victoria
• Submission 9 – Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation
• Submission 10 – Resident in Weir Views
• Submission 11 – Environment Protection Authority
• Submission 12 – Insight Planning Consultants for Miravor
• Submission 13 – Victorian Health Building Authority
• Submission 14 – Resident in Thornhill Park
• Submission 15 – Egis for Swarna Estate
• Submission 16 – Insight Planning Consultants for the Roman Catholic Trust Corporation
• Submission 17 – Insight Planning Consultants for Australian Unity Funds Management
• Submission 18 – Insight Planning Consultants for Miravor
• Submission 19 – Marshal for Exford Waters Estate
• Submission 20 – Human Habitats for Thornhill Gardens Estate
• Submission 21 – Breese Pitt Dixon for Ecnam Properties
• Submission 22 – Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools
• Submission 23 – YHS Projects for Ellerton Estate
• Submission 24 – Human Habitats for Awesome Deer Park Pty Ltd
• Submission 25 – Human Habitats for Burke Leading Pty Ltd
• Submission 26 – Homes Victoria
• Submission 27 – Low Cost Housing
• Submission 28 – Lendlease for Atherstone Estate
• Submission 29 – Landowner in Cobblebank
• Submission 30 – Landowner in Strathtulloh
• Submission 31 – Harmony Estate
• Submission 32 – Harmony Estate
• Submission 33 – Landowner in Strathtulloh
• Submission 34 – Melbourne Water

Late Submission

• Submission 35 – Department of Transport and Planning

Supplementary Submission

• Submission 12 – Insight Planning Consultants for Miravor
• Submission 17 – Insight Planning Consultants for Australian Unity Funds Management

Submissions are provided to the Planning Authority in accordance with the Planning and Environment Act 1987. Submissions are part of an open public process where all parties affected by the planning scheme can provide input into the amendment. If you choose to make a submission, you consent to your submission being made public and being identified as the author of the submission. Your submission will be made available for public inspection at Melton City Council until two months after final approval of the planning scheme amendment.

Melton City Council has prepared Amendment C232melt to the Melton Planning Scheme to implement the recommendations of the Toolern Development Contributions Plan Review and Toolern Precinct Structure Plan Refresh, February 2024.

The amendment applies to any land in the City of Melton, which is covered by:

• Clause 37.07 Urban Growth Zone, Schedule 3 Toolern Precinct Structure Plan; and
• Clause 45.06 Development Contributions Plan Schedule 3, Toolern Development Contributions Plan.

The amendment will amend Schedule 3 to Clause 45.06 Development Contributions Plan to introduce revised charges in the Development Infrastructure Levy (DIL), which is to be paid by developers, and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), which is paid by the new homeowners in the Toolern PSP area (map below).

The proposed changes to the Development Infrastructure Levy (DIL) amounts are shown in the table below:

Charge Area	Existing DIL (Indexed to $21/22)	Proposed DIL ($21/22)	Change to DIL ($21/22)
Charge Area 1	$270,536	$439,563	$169,029
Charge Area 2	$279,474	$441,988	$162,514
Charge Area 3	$259,691	$369,529	$109,838
Charge Area 4	$124,616	$228,563	$103,946

The proposed changes to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) amounts payable by each dwelling is shown in the table below:

Current CIL	Proposed CIL	Change to CIL
$900 per dwelling	$873 per dwelling	-$27 per dwelling

The amendment will make other changes to the Melton Planning Scheme, including the following:

• Amend Schedule 3 to Clause 37.07 Urban Growth Zone to make non-government schools a Section One Use, increase the shop floor area in Cobblebank Metropolitan Activity Centre where no permit is required, making a dwelling with a frontage of more than two metres in a Commercial 1 Zone a Section 2 Use, and adding a buildings and works provision for non-government schools. Changes have been made to ensure the schedule is consistent with the Form and Content of Planning Schemes Ministerial Direction (Minister for Planning, 19 January 2022).
• Amend the Schedule to Clause 43.01 Heritage Overlay to remove an individual place (HO74) 148-200 Abey Road, Cobblebank as it burnt down in 2014.
• Delete HO74 from 148-200 Abey Road, Cobblebank and amends Planning Scheme Map 8HO.
• Amend the Schedule to Clause 66.04 Referral of Permit Applications Under Local Provisions to move referral provisions from Schedule 3 to Clause 37.07 Urban Growth Zone to this provision. Changes have been made to this provision to ensure the schedule is consistent with the Form and Content of Planning Schemes Ministerial Direction (Minister for Planning, 19 January 2022).
• Amend the Schedule to Clause 72.04 Incorporated Documents by inserting the following documents:
  • Toolern Precinct Structure Plan (including Native Vegetation Precinct Plan), July 2011 (Amended June 2022); and
  • Toolern Development Contributions Plan, July 2011 (Amended June 2022).

The amendment documentation is available by clicking on the Exhibition Documents tab on the right of this page or can be viewed at the following locations:

• During office house at:
  Melton Civic Centre, 232 High Street, Melton
  Caroline Springs Library and Learning Hub, 193-201 Caroline Springs Boulevard, Caroline Springs

• At the Department of Transport and Planning website.