Code Amendment ID: 10100 General Wattle Range

In August 2022, the Wattle Range Council endorsed a Strategic Land Use Plan that is intended to provide a 25-year vision for land use planning across the council area. The plan provides an effective and meaningful framework to ensure Council can proactively facilitate sustainable development and growth for the next 25 years while also protecting valuable agricultural land and areas of environmental significance to achieve sustainable outcomes. The plan also considers infrastructure, servicing, community facilities, transport and all other factors which go into making liveable and thriving communities.

The 25 Year Strategic Land Use Plan included an Action Plan outlining the next steps forward, including opportunities for advocacy, potential future projects and possible Code Amendments. The actions have been prioritised into immediate and medium-term priorities and the Council has identified nine immediate priority areas to be rezoned within the townships of Millicent, Beachport, Penola and Glencoe. These nine immediate priority areas are proposed to be rezoned as part of the General Wattle Range Code Amendment (this Code Amendment). These areas are shown within Appendix 1 of the Code Amendment Report.

The intent of the Code Amendment is to:

• create new development opportunities on strategic sites located close to the township centres

• rezone land to recognise and support the existing use of land in areas where the zone does not reflect the prevailing form of development

• intensify residential development in existing residential and rural living areas within Beachport and Glencoe to provide additional housing supply

• protect productive agricultural land from incursion from non-agricultural land uses by maintaining strong land use and development controls in those areas.