What we heard
Click here to view an engagement snapshot of what we heard during the Industrial Land Managment Strategy and Design Guidelines consultation.
Click here to view an engagement snapshot of what we heard during the Industrial Land Managment Strategy and Design Guidelines consultation.
Thank you to everyone who contributed on this consultation.
This strategy will affect landowners, businesses, workers,
industries as well as community that live and work in and around industrial
areas.
Approximately a third of all land in Hobsons Bay is industrial land. In 2021, industrial precincts supported close to half of the total jobs in Hobsons Bay and generated half of the city’s economic value.
Given the importance of industrial land to local jobs and the economy, Council needs a clear policy framework to guide land use and development within its industrial precincts.
A revised Draft Industrial Land Management Strategy (ILMS) has been prepared to provide land use and policy direction in Hobsons Bay’s industrial precincts over the next 15 years.
The draft strategy sets out a vision, objectives and a future direction for each key industrial precinct in Hobsons Bay. The Draft ILMS will inform a new industrial land use planning framework that will be implemented via a future planning scheme amendment.
To support the Draft ILMS, Council has also prepared Draft Industrial Design Guidelines (IDG) that outline preferred built form, site layout and urban design outcomes in industrial areas.
These documents will replace 2008 versions of the strategy and guidelines.
A revised Draft Industrial Land Management Strategy (ILMS) has been prepared to provide land use and policy direction in Hobsons Bay’s industrial precincts over the next 15 years.
The draft strategy sets out a vision, objectives and a future direction for each key industrial precinct in Hobsons Bay. The Draft ILMS will inform a new industrial land use planning framework that will be implemented via a future planning scheme amendment.
The vision of the strategy is that our industrial precincts will:
The objectives of the strategy were informed by the RIA project and are as follows:
Objective 1 - Increase local jobs and employment and diversify industry sectors.
Objective 2 - Balance economic growth with community impacts.
Objective 3 - Become an environmental leader and promote more sustainable and green industries.
Objective 4 - Continue to attract investment to support a resilient and prosperous local economy
Setting a new land use framework to guide key industrial precincts.
The Draft ILMS sets out a land use framework for key industrial precincts in Hobsons Bay. This land use framework proposes a future direction for each precinct that includes:
Strategic Land Use Categories indicate the future role and function of each of our key industrial precincts. These categories have been carried across from the 2008 ILMS but updated to reflect state policy that seeks to protect industrial land for jobs and economic activity. The Melbourne Industrial and Commercial Land Use Plan (MICLUP) released by the Victorian State Government in 2020 designated most of the industrial land in Hobsons Bay as state or regionally significant.
To support the objectives of the Draft ILMS, Council has prepared updated Draft Industrial Design Guidelines (IDG).
These guidelines aid in the preparation and assessment of planning permit applications for industrial land use and development in the municipality. They outline preferred built form, site layout and urban design outcomes in industrial areas.
These guidelines have been informed by the previous 2008 guidelines, but updated to include:
The Guidelines will be utilised during the planning permit application process to encourage the highest level of design quality, amenity, safety, accessibility and environmental performance of industrial areas. Applicants/developers will be required to ensure the use and development of industrial land meets the requirements of the Guidelines.
For the past 15 years, the use and development of industrial land in Hobsons Bay has been guided by the 2008 Industrial Land Management Strategy and Industrial Development Design Guidelines.
The 2008 ILMS has had a significant impact on the city, by protecting industry but also by supporting the rezoning of large areas of industrial land. It is anticipated that these rezonings will deliver over 4500 new dwellings in Hobsons Bay in addition to providing new open space and community infrastructure.
These documents had a 15 year outlook and are now due for review.
The Reimagining our Industrial Areas (RIA) project was the first step in reviewing the 2008 ILMS. This project tested several objectives proposed to guide land use and development within key industrial precincts with community and key stakeholders.
The project produced a Statement of Opportunity that highlighted the locational attractors in the municipality and future industry sectors to target.
Engagement with the community, government agencies and industry groups on the statement was carried out between October and November in 2021 and revealed support for the objectives and target industry sectors. Click here for an overview of feedback.
The objectives and industry sectors have been carried through
into the new strategy and guidelines. For
more information on the RIA project and to view the supporting background work
prepared by Charter Keck Cramer, please click here.
Please click here or on the 'Have your say' link to provide your feedback via our online survey. There is also an option to upload supporting documentation if needed.
The Draft Industrial Land Management Strategy (ILMS) will inform a new industrial land use planning framework that will be implemented via a future planning scheme amendment.
The Draft Industrial Design Guidelines (IDG) outline preferred built form, site layout and urban design outcomes in industrial areas. These Guidelines will aid in the preparation and assessment of planning permit applications for industrial land use and development in the municipality.
Reimagining our Industrial Areas was the first step in the review of the 2008 ILMS. The project outlined Council’s objectives for the future of our industrial areas and identified industry sectors which have the potential to grow within Hobsons Bay. For more information on the project visit Council's website - here
The Draft ILMS and Draft IDG applies to land that is zoned for an industrial purpose in Hobsons Bay. This includes Industry 3 Zone, Industry 1 Zone and a number of Special Use Zones related to specialised industry sectors and Major Hazard Facilities (MHFs). For the purposes of the strategy, industrial areas have been categorised into six key precincts. Please refer to the precinct map here.
A feedback summary will be prepared and published on the Council Participate website following community consultation.
Council will consider the feedback received and then update and finalise the Industrial Land Management Strategy and Design Guidelines.
The Draft ILMS will then be brought back to Council for consideration and adoption. Once adopted, a planning scheme amendment will be prepared to implement the Draft ILMS into the Hobsons Bay Planning Scheme.
Further consultation with community and key stakeholders will occur as part of the exhibition of this planning scheme amendment.
The Draft ILMS is a high level policy document that will inform land use and policy direction in Hobsons Bay's industrial precincts over the next 15 years.
The Draft ILMS supports more jobs and economic activity in our key industrial precincts to benefit our community, whilst acknowledging the challenges and constraints associated with Major Hazard Facilities (MHFs).
Council continues to advocate to the Victorian Government to introduce a Buffer Area Overlay (BAO) for Major Hazard Facilities (MHFs), to ensure an integrated, transparent and evidence-based approach to managing land use and development near MHFs. This is being considered alongside other State objectives related to growth in established areas and activity centres.
Negotiable: what may be influenced through feedback?
Proposed 'vision' for key industrial precincts
Proposed 'future focus' for key industrial precincts
Proposed 'strategic land use categories and zoning options' for each key industrial precinct (acknowleding the constraints associated with state policy on land that is designated state significant)
Proposed 'design guidelines' that provide guidance on subdivision, built form and sustainable development
Non-negotiable: what aspects of the project may not change through feedback?
The categorisation of industrial land as either state, regional or locally significant within state policy.
Reasons for non-negotiable aspects
The ILMS has been informed by recent state policy including the Melbourne Industrial and Commercial Land Use Plan (which stemmed from Plan Melbourne) which identifies the majority of industrial land in Hobsons Bay as either of state (majority) or regional significance.
The Draft ILMS is intended as a high-level strategic document. The strategy therefore does not give specific planning direction for every industrial land parcel. The Draft ILMS will be used to inform the next stage of the project, which will involve a more detailed planning scheme amendment process. Site specific changes and zoning options will be considered in the amendment phase of the project which will be subject to further public exhibition. See the diagram below:
Strategic land use categories indicate the future role and function of each key industrial precinct. These categories have been carried across from the 2008 ILMS but updated to reflect state policy that seeks to protect industrial land for jobs and economic activity. Please refer to the participate page here for more information.
The Draft ILMS nominates for each key industrial precinct, which of the three strategic land use categories are expected to apply. The Draft ILMS will be used to inform the next stage of the project, which will involve a more detailed application of the strategic land use categories and potential zoning changes.
Industrial land is important to the local economy and local employment. In 2021, industrial precincts supported close to half of the total jobs in Hobsons Bay and generated half of the city’s economic value.
Industrial land in Hobsons Bay is also important to the Victorian economy. The majority of industrial land in Hobsons Bay is identified as state significant. The municipality sits within the Western State Significant Industrial Precinct (SSIP). This precinct is the largest in Victoria and has the fastest rate of industrial land consumption in comparison to other SSIPs.
The Victorian Government has predicted that based on the rate of consumption of industrial land the current supply of vacant land in Hobsons Bay and the Western SSIP will be depleted by the 2030-40s.
The Victorian Government considers the finite amount of industrial land across the broader western region highlights the importance of retaining and protecting industrial land for economic and employment growth.
Council is aware of the impacts industry can have on the community, particularly in terms of off-site amenity. The Draft ILMS has considered that in some areas, zoning changes could facilitate more light industrial uses that provide a buffer to residential areas.
The interface between residential and industrial land uses is also proposed to be managed through the application of the Draft IDG which will outline preferred urban design outcomes in industrial areas.
The Draft ILMS also includes a number of actions focused on addressing air quality, promoting sustainable and green industries and increasing tree canopy cover.
The Draft ILMS acknowledges the importance of protecting areas of environmental significance that exist within key industrial precincts.
The Draft ILMS includes an action to implement new planning controls such as an Environmental Significance Overlay (ESO) to protect significant native grasslands within industrial areas into the future.
The Draft Industrial Design Guidelines (IDG) includes specific treatments for site boundaries that adjoin areas of environmental significance (e.g. grasslands). These treatments include specific setbacks, materials and plant species.
Hobsons Bay City Council is currently preparing a new Economic Development Strategy (EDS). The new EDS will be a forward-looking strategy that will prioritise creating a positive economic environment for businesses and people who visit, live and work in Hobsons Bay. The new EDS will include actions over a five-year period to support local economic growth.
The EDS focuses on the entire Hobsons Bay economy whilst the ILMS is focused on industrial land only (not commercial or tourism). The ILMS is a longer term strategy (15 years) and will direct future policy to be implemented via a planning scheme amendment.
The two strategies are complimentary and have been underpinned by Council's Reimagining our Industrial Area project, completed in 2021.
The Draft Spotswood Activity Centre Structure Plan proposes a long-term vision to guide land use and development in the Spotswood Activity Centre. This includes land within the Spotswood Industrial Precinct. The Draft Structure Plan was subject to community consultation between 21 April 2022 and 2 June 2022.
The Draft ILMS continues to advocate for change in the Spotswood Industrial area in line with the vision in the Draft Structure Plan, to deliver more local jobs and economic activity. For more information on the Draft Structure Plan please see the Hobsons Bay website here.
The adoption of the Draft Structure Plan is on hold while Council seeks further justification and clarification from WorkSafe Victoria on its new guidance for land use planning near MHFs. Council will continue to progress the aspirations of the draft structure plan where possible, including via the Draft ILMS.
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