Hi all, some really positive news today:
PART 1
1. I spoke with the Maribyrnong Council today to clarify a few items. Indicated on their web page (link below), Council officers advised the Minister for Planning of the resolution to abandon Planning Scheme Amendment C172 (proposed permanent controls) on 29 June 2023. TICK!
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2. The Victorian government planning page for the Maribyrnong planning scheme shows that the C172mari Outcome phase indicates: Final decision: Abandoned. TICK!
Next stage, Gazettal. This is when it becomes final and is basically publishing in the government "newsletter". I asked the Victorian government planning officer today, the timeframe from Outcome to Gazetall and she indicated that it is unknown. However, looking at their past decisions of the time from Outcome to Gazetall, looks like a few weeks, perhaps more. She also indicated that the government is aware that this is time critical, so (fingers crossed), it should be pushed through soon.
I asked her if the Minister needed to sign - off on this, and if it needed to be presented to Parliament. She confirmed that the Minister and Parliament did not need to (and won't need to, hence the Department assessment stating Not required), sign-off or present (as the Planning Authority decision, ie. Maribyrnong Council, is Abandoned) to achieve closure. TICK, TICK!
However...
PART 2
3. Both Maribyrnong Council and the Victorian government planning officer confirmed (indicated on their web page link above) that the Council NOW needs to prepare and submit an Amendment C181mari, to the Minister for Planning, to enable the removal of the interim heritage controls (that came under C173mari and were subsequently extended out to 27th Nov '23, via C180mari), so, just abandoning C172 (which was proposing the permanent controls) won't bring this all to an end on its own.
According to the council website, it is anticipated this will be submitted in the coming days. Council will request that the Minister for Planning remove the interim heritage controls earlier than the expiry date of 27 November 2023.
Let's keep an eye on all pages.
So, really positive news for the community here and great work by all. But, not over yet.
Following the completion of the above, we also need to ensure that property and parcel search page and Vicplan are updated to reflect the removal of the overlays.
Nearly there folks! Vas and co.