Arc Townhomes Pty Ltd v Greater Geelong CC

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

06/09/2021

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Mitigation

SUBJECT MATTER

Urban Planning

REVIEW TYPE

Merits Review

SUMMARY

Section 79 Planning and Environment Act 1987, Greater Geelong Planning Scheme, Neighbourhood Residential Zone – Schedule 8, Special Building Overlay, Design and Development Overlay – Schedule 14, construction of dwellings, subdivision, neighbourhood character, traffic, drainage, density, tree removal. Excerpt from judgment: [133] Neither policy directs that we should not be developing available residential land. Broad planning policy at the state level and the council settlement policy acknowledges that at broad level addressing climate change requires consolidating the overall urban footprint. There is therefore a balance needed between promoting urban consolidation to achieve this and in doing so provide new urban environments that include landscape and water features to minimise urban heat island effects.

CASE DOCUMENTS

Arc Townhomes Pty Ltd v Greater Geelong CC [2021] VCAT 1318