Proposed Planning Scheme Policy for the Branyan Local Plan Area

Branyan Local Area Plan

Council’s planning scheme identifies part of Branyan as a major urban expansion area, earmarked to accommodate future urban growth. Most land within this identified growth area is included in the Emerging community zone to protect the area from premature and unplanned development until local structure planning is completed by Council.

Council has undertaken local area planning to guide the logical, coordinated, and efficient delivery of future urban development in Branyan. This project has been completed alongside planning for urban infrastructure required to service future development in this identified growth area, particularly for roads, pathways, parks, stormwater, water and sewer networks.

The local area planning seeks to ensure development proceeds in a logical manner with appropriate infrastructure and services in place while protecting existing land uses and environmental features. This local area plan for Branyan aims to provide certainty for residents and landowners regarding the future planning direction of the locality.

Given important infrastructure and services (e.g., water and sewer) will be required to be extended to service growth within the Branyan local plan area, development is expected to continue to occur from the north, and then across the larger landholdings east and west of Arcadia Park. As such, the area is expected to experience only gradual change over this time, with many areas unlikely to experience significant change over the next 20+ years.

• Branyan Local Area Plan
• Branyan Infrastructure Planning Report
• Schedule of proposed changes to the LGIP Schedule of Works
• Indicative sequencing plan - Branyan

Proposed planning scheme policy

At its meeting held 18 September 2024, Council resolved to make a planning scheme policy for the Branyan local plan area.

The purpose and general effect of the proposed planning scheme policy is to provide an interim response to incorporate land use and infrastructure planning outcomes from the Branyan area local plan until the necessary amendments can be made to Council’s Planning Scheme and Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP).

The planning scheme policy is intended to apply to assessable development, providing a local structure planning framework for the Emerging community zoned land at Branyan. The planning scheme policy includes outcomes (assessment benchmarks) to guide future development, contained within SC6.8.6 (Branyan area local plan code).

The proposed planning scheme policy was placed on public consultation from Friday 27 September 2024 until Friday 1 November 2024. Public consultation is now closed.

Your feedback and comments provided in submissions will be reviewed in accordance with relevant State legislation. If you lodged a submission, Council, in due course, will provide you with an explanation as to how your submission was considered.

• Proposed Planning Scheme Policy for the Branyan Local Plan Area
• Proposed Branyan Structure Plan Concept
• Public Notice
• Online submission Form
• Summary (Factsheet)

Contact

Council’s Strategic Planning Team is available to discuss the proposed planning scheme policy, answer questions, and listen to your feedback – see contact details in the ‘Who’s Listening’ section.