PSP 1099

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Precinct Structure Plan

Background Report

September 2015

Contents

1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 1

2. METROPOLITAN & REGIONAL CONTEXT ..................................................................................... 3

3. LOCAL CONTEXT ........................................................................................................................ 4

History ........................................................................................................................................... 4

Lot Size & ownership pattern ......................................................................................................... 4

Surrounding neighbourhoods ........................................................................................................ 4

Transport & movement ................................................................................................................. 4

Existing road network ................................................................................................................ 4

Existing pedestrian & cycle network ........................................................................................... 5

Bus services ............................................................................................................................... 5

Rail services ............................................................................................................................... 5

Town centres & employment......................................................................................................... 5

Open space.................................................................................................................................... 6

Sports reserves .......................................................................................................................... 6

Local parks ................................................................................................................................. 6

Community facilities & education .................................................................................................. 6

4. CURRENT ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................................................... 8

Aboriginal cultural heritage ........................................................................................................... 8

European cultural heritage ............................................................................................................ 8

Topography & landform................................................................................................................. 9

Catchments & drainage ................................................................................................................. 9

Biodiversity.................................................................................................................................... 9

Flora .......................................................................................................................................... 9

Fauna ...................................................................................................................................... 10

Site contamination ...................................................................................................................... 10

5. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY .................................................................................. 11

Services ....................................................................................................................................... 11

Transport & movement ............................................................................................................... 12

Road network .......................................................................................................................... 12

Pedestrian & cycle network ..................................................................................................... 13

Public transport ....................................................................................................................... 13

Major town centres & employment ............................................................................................. 13

Open space.................................................................................................................................. 13

Sports reserves ........................................................................................................................ 13

Local parks ............................................................................................................................... 14

Community facilities & education ................................................................................................ 14

Integrated water management .................................................................................................... 14

Overview ................................................................................................................................. 14

Whole of water cycle assessment ............................................................................................ 15

Housing ....................................................................................................................................... 15

Infrastructure funding ................................................................................................................. 16

Land not subject to PSP ............................................................................................................... 16

6. SUPPORTING INFORMATION ................................................................................................... 18

Plans

1. Precinct Context Plan ................................................................................................................2

2. Precinct Features Plan ..............................................................................................................7

3. Future Urban Structure Plan ...................................................................................................17

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1. INTRODUCTION

The Rockbank Precinct Structure Plan (PSP 1099, the PSP) applies to 752 hectares of land located approximately 29 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD and within Melbourne’s West Growth Corridor, as illustrated on Plan 1. The West Growth Corridor Plan document (June 2012) identifies the corridor as one of the fastest growing regions in Australia and recognises the need for the precinct to cater for new residential development. The area covered by the West Growth Corridor Plan will eventually accommodate a population exceeding 377,000 residents and have the capacity to accommodate at least 164,000 jobs. The West Growth Corridor incorporates the City of Melton and the City of Wyndham and stretches from the Princes Freeway in the south to the Melton Highway in the north.

Located in the City of Melton, Rockbank PSP will complement and integrate with surrounding future urban structures of recently approved PSPs in Toolern and Rockbank North. The PSP will assist the transition of the area from its current non-urban and mostly agricultural land use into urban land. Rockbank PSP will provide new residents including first home buyers with affordable and diverse housing options. The future expanded Rockbank community will enjoy and benefit from the environmental, social and economic assets proposed in the PSP and the greater network of infrastructure outlined in Melbourne’s West Growth Corridor. The precinct structure plan will concentrate on the layout of roads, community facilities and schools, parks, housing, and retail and employment, as well as multimodal connections to transport. These elements are fundamental to making Victoria’s growth areas great places to live and work, both today and for future generations.

The Rockbank Precinct Background Report assists in providing context to preparation of the PSP and its associated documents, including the Rockbank Development Contributions Plan (the DCP). A full list of the supporting documents that have informed the preparation of the background report and PSP can be found at the end of the document.

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2. METROPOLITAN & REGIONAL CONTEXT

The wider Rockbank area is a rural district spread over 36.9 square kilometres within the City of Melton. Rockbank Township is a small urban settlement of approximately 500 dwellings to the immediate east of the Leakes Road interchange. It straddles the southern edge of the Western Freeway and sits directly north of the Melbourne-Ballarat railway line. It is located midway between the suburb of Caroline Springs to the east and Melton Township to the west and is surrounded by basalt plains. The existing Rockbank Railway Station is currently serviced by V/Line passenger trains and is located to the west of Leakes Road.

The PSP is generally comprised of medium to large consolidated land holdings to the south and west of Rockbank Township, and includes the low density development area along Westcott Parade. The precinct is well placed to deliver large new development projects that provide a diversity of housing options and employment opportunities. At full development, Rockbank will accommodate in excess of 7,932 dwellings based upon an average density of 16.5 lots per hectare. It will be of a scale in which local and higher level facilities can be delivered to service both the existing and new communities and will include Rockbank Major Town Centre planned around a rail precinct centred on Rockbank Railway Station.

The Rockbank area is already well connected to Melbourne via the existing rail corridor and direct links to the Western Freeway, and connections will improve with future upgrades to those networks. The PSP outlines the construction of grade separations over rail and freeway at Leakes Road and Paynes Road, and ensures future development will maximise its proximity to the Rockbank Railway Station upon future electrification of the Melton Line. The location is also well positioned to capitalise on future significant road infrastructure projects, specifically the Outer Metropolitan Ring Road (OMR) project which will enable unparalleled north-south connection to the wider metropolitan area and the rest of the state.

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3. LOCAL CONTEXT

History

The precinct lies within the traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung and Bunurong indigenous tribes which inhabited areas around Melbourne. Since European settlement of the Rockbank area, the land has been predominantly used for farming and agricultural purposes with a long history of pastoral activities. Rockbank has predominantly retained this semi-rural character.

A number of historical sites and features have been noted in the precinct and are of local significance. There are no highly significant Aboriginal cultural heritage places found within the area; however, isolated and low density artefact scatters may occur at low to very low densities. A significant proportion of original dry stone walls are present which represent the early European settlement in the area and will be retained as part of development, where possible. Several historic buildings survive in the area including Paynes Cottage, the Rose & Crown Hotel, Mechanics’ Institute / community hall and several farmhouses. Some of these buildings date back to the late 19th century.

Lot Size & ownership pattern

Landholdings within the precinct area are generally large, corresponding with the predominant use of the land for agricultural purposes, hobby farms and rural residential subdivision. Land towards the west of the existing Rockbank Township in between the railway line and freeway is generally of smaller land parcel size and currently provides rural lifestyle lots and commercial uses.

Surrounding neighbourhoods

Urban development of the area has occurred since the historic Rockbank community was established and now comprises an existing community of approximately 500 dwellings (Rockbank Township). There are community assets of the existing township that will be incorporated into the future urban structure of the PSP including a sports reserve (Ian Cowie Recreation Reserve), a primary school (Rockbank Primary School) and an emergency services facility (CFA). Other land uses that will remain include a commercial site and a caravan park that will be incorporated into the future urban structure of the precinct.

Surrounding land uses and developments relevant to the precinct include:

Rockbank North Precinct Structure Plan: Rockbank North is located north of the precinct, across the Western Freeway. Rockbank North PSP was approved in June 2012 and will include a major town centre and a range of social infrastructure facilities accessible from the PSP via the Leakes Road freeway interchange.

Toolern Precinct Structure Plan: Toolern is a large precinct located west of Rockbank which covers 2,300 hectares and adjoins the existing Melton Township. Toolern PSP was approved in October 2010 and will include a Principal Town Centre and range of social infrastructure facilities readily accessible from the Rockbank precinct via the arterial and connector road network. The precinct anticipates a future population of approximately 55,000 residents that will have provided for them six government primary schools, two government secondary schools, eight community centres and nine sporting reserves.

Mt Atkinson Precinct Structure Plan: Mt Atkinson PSP (currently in preparation) is located directly east of the Rockbank area but separated and isolated by the OMR corridor. The precinct will be comprised of mixed use (business and residential) and employment land with a potential population of 15,000 residents.

Transport & movement

Existing road network

The existing arterial road network includes the following key elements:

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Leakes Road: a two lane rural arterial road with managed access aligned in a north-south direction (declared main road under VicRoads control at the Leakes Road interchange only).

Greigs Road: a two lane rural arterial road with managed access aligned in an east west direction located in a wide road reserve (Council Road).

Paynes Road: a two-lane rural road with managed access aligned in the north-south direction that is the central radial route of West Wyndham (Council Road).

The Rockbank area is currently accessed directly from the Western Freeway at Leakes Road. The Western

Freeway is a major freeway linking Melbourne and Ballarat via Melton. It connects to Melbourne’s freeway

network via the Western Ring Road and splits the Melton growth corridor. Hopkins Road links the area to

Werribee, 22 kilometres to the south. Leakes Road intersects the precinct and provides a major north-south

connection crossing the Western Freeway.

The future Outer Metropolitan Ring Road (OMR) will be a large freeway incorporating four rail tracks within its median, connecting the Hume Freeway at Kalkallo with the Princes Freeway near Werribee. The freeway will be grade separated to span above the Western Freeway, the rail corridor and potentially Greigs Road. Ultimately, the OMR will create a significant visual and perceived boundary to the east of the precinct. Construction will be long-term in nature and not commence before 2020.

Existing pedestrian & cycle network

A very small walking and cycling network currently exists in parts of the existing Rockbank Township, however they are isolated from neighbouring communities. Future development will link the community to neighbouring communities.

Existing public transport

Bus services

Currently, there is one bus route that runs limited services along the Western Freeway between Melton and

Melbourne.

Rail services

The Rockbank train station is located directly west of the existing Rockbank Township and provides access to

V/Line services on the Ballarat Line that provides services between Ballarat and Southern Cross Stations. The

Ballarat Line is a mostly single-track regional passenger rail service that serves the existing Rockbank Railway

Station intermittently. A short crossing loop expands the rail line to two tracks for the length of the Rockbank

precinct.

Town centres & employment

A network of planned town centres and local convenience centres will service the Rockbank area in the future. The market potential of the Rockbank Major Town Centre will be primarily influenced by the planned town centre hierarchy across adjoining areas. The area is in close proximity to the approved Toolern and Rockbank North PSPs. The Toolern PSP located to the west of the precinct specifies one principal town centre and four local town centres when fully developed. The Rockbank North precinct specifies a major town centre and also allows for a local town centre.

The existing major retail centres relevant to the precinct are as follows:

Melton (High Street): A typical strip-type shopping precinct located to the west of the precinct area. It includes various supermarkets, a range of food, services and home-ware retail shops and a range of non-retail services and businesses.

Woodgrove (Shopping Centre): A sub-regional shopping centre located in Melton including a Coles and Kmart and comprising a total of 18,000 square metres of retail floor-space in additional to 4,000 square metres of non-retail uses. The centre is co-located with Coburns Central, a small Woolworths centre of approximately 6,000 square metres in size.

Caroline Springs: A relatively new and moderately sized town centre incorporates a large retail component, largely made up by the Caroline Springs Square, a 21,000 square metre internalised

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shopping centre comprising a Target, Coles and Aldi. Along with the shopping centre, Caroline Springs also includes a range of ancillary uses.

Central Activity Area: The nearest identified Central Activity Area according to Plan Melbourne is Footscray, some 20 kilometres to the east.

Open space

Sports reserves

The Ian Cowie Recreation Reserve is an existing active open space asset associated with the Rockbank Township. It is a sports and recreation reserve, situated directly next to Rockbank Primary School on Westcott Parade. The site includes one full-size AFL/cricket oval and associated pavilion, full-size netball and basketball courts, cricket nets, a skate park, a playground and barbecue facilities. It is home to the Rockbank Football Club and cricket and netball teams. The reserve site covers 3.7 hectares and is too small to provide a second oval or soccer pitch. Generally, the single oval and pavilion model comfortably caters for the existing population and would provide a suitable lower-order sports field for the expanded township and bolstered population around Westcott Parade.

Local parks

The established Rockbank Township currently has one park positioned centrally in the development. This park will be retained and should be improved as part of future development in the Westcott Parade area.

The Western Grasslands Reserve will form a new 15,000 hectare grassland conservation park, situated directly south of Rockbank South PSP (outside the UGB). As a consequence, no urban development directly south of Rockbank South will ever occur, providing a considerable catchment boundary for social infrastructure within the precinct.

Community facilities & education

Rockbank Township hosts existing assets that must be taken into consideration when establishing social infrastructure needs for the wider precinct. These assets include the Rockbank Primary School, a small rural government school with an enrolment of approximately 70 students. The school directly adjoins the western edge of the most built-up area of the township on Westcott Parade on a site approximately 1.4 hectares in size. The school is located on an area approximately one-third the size of a standard government primary school and constitutes approximately 30% of one neighbourhood catchment. In the future the site may continue to cater for the existing township with additional catchment from a consolidated population north of the rail corridor along Westcott Parade and west of Leakes Road. Alternatively, the site may be a suitable location for a specialised school facility. In either scenario the site is constrained with further expansion unlikely.

Rockbank Hall is another community asset, it is a small town hall located on Old Leakes Road at the western extent of the existing township. It is at capacity and may require improvement or expansion as part of the development on Westcott Parade. Rockbank Kindergarten is located next door to the Rockbank Hall and there is an emergency service facility (CFA) located next to the recreation reserve.

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4. CURRENT ENVIRONMENT

Aboriginal cultural heritage

The precinct lies within the traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung and Bunurong indigenous tribes that inhabited areas across what is now metropolitan Melbourne. No Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAPs) are currently recognised within the precinct area; however, an application for RAP status by the Wurundjeri Tribe Land and Compensation Cultural Heritage Council covering lands that include Rockbank was lodged with the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council. The Boon Wurrung Foundation, Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation and the Wurundjeri Tribe Land and Compensation Cultural Heritage Council were consulted in relation to Aboriginal cultural heritage matters for the precinct.

Andrew Long and Associates was commissioned by the MPA to complete an Aboriginal Heritage Impact Assessment that developed a site-predictive model indicating places of Aboriginal cultural heritage within the precinct. A geographic region extending two kilometres from the precinct boundary was defined as the study area. Previously recorded Aboriginal cultural heritage places are located within the precinct and the broader geographic region beyond the precinct boundary. All of the places are stone artefact scatters or isolated stone artefacts principally associated with waterways, wetlands and land within 200 metres of these features throughout the precinct. Artefact scatters are most likely to occur in the immediate vicinity of waterways and water bodies, with the frequency, size and density of scatters generally decreasing with distance from water.

The precinct is a Low Density Artefact Distribution (LDAD) comprising 16 isolated stone artefacts at densities of less than 10 artefacts in any 100 metres squared across the area of the LDAD. The 16 artefacts are distributed over an area of approximately 45 hectares within the centre of the western portion of the activity area, between Leakes Road and Paynes Road.

It is likely that properties within the area associated with a registered Aboriginal cultural heritage place or waterway will require a complex Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management Plan prior to approval of planning permits for development. Generally, the precinct exhibits moderate-to-low likelihood of heritage places given its relative distance from Werribee River and Kororoit Creek.

European cultural heritage

Early European settlement in the Rockbank area was centred on a small number of prominent pastoralists in the mid-19th century. Pastoral leases eventually gave way to small freehold farms, with the region sustaining a wide range of agricultural pursuits including cropping and livestock grazing.

Biosis was commissioned by MPA to undertake a post-contact heritage assessment of historic values in the precinct area. A number of places of historic interest were recorded and specific recommendations were developed to plan for future residential, commercial and infrastructure development in the precinct.

There are no sites within the area that are currently listed on the Victoria Heritage Register or the Victorian Heritage Inventory; however, there are a number of sites and features with heritage values. Some of these sites are recorded in the Melton Heritage Overlay, Heritage Inventory and a previous dry stone wall study.

The Melton Dry Stone Wall Study documented and assessed all the dry stone walls within the City of Melton and recommend planning controls for walls that should be protected. The study is currently on exhibition as part of an amendment to the Melton Planning Scheme. This amendment will see significant walls and landscapes protected through the introduction of overlays, which will control wall demolitions and landscape changes.

Throughout the Rockbank area there are a number of dry stone walls that pre-date 1940. Dry stone walls are of cultural significance and should be retained in-situ within the public realm where possible, especially in the vicinity of Paynes Cottage as part of future regional open space.

The area has several buildings with identified post-contact heritage values, including Paynes Cottage, the Mechanics’ Institute, Missen House, Pitson House and the Rose and Crown Hotel. Some of these buildings date back to the 1880s. Understanding these post-contact heritage values inside the precinct can allow for the establishment of management principles to retain and enhance these local features as part of an overall urban design framework.

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Topography & landform

The Rockbank area is located entirely on the Western Basalt Plains created by lava flows in the late Quaternary Period, two to five million years ago. Nearby Mt Atkinson and Mt Cottrell are among a number of eruption points in the vicinity of the study area which form prominent landmarks in a predominantly flat landscape. From the eruption points, the lava flowed down river-valleys where it hardened into basalt, covering the Ordovician and Silurian sediments. The soils on the basalt plain are typically newer volcanic, with a heavy textured clay. This clay is 10 to 60 centimetres thick and lies on the impervious layer of basalt which is poorly drained and has led to the formation of the swampy areas common to the volcanic grasslands.

There are no major river-valleys in the study area although the archaeologically significant Kororoit Creek is approximately one kilometre at its closest point to the northeast. Areas of former and remnant swamplands occur south of the Melbourne-Ballarat rail line straddling Troupes Road at the eastern edge of the study area.

Catchments & drainage

The drainage system for Rockbank is part of the Kororoit Creek catchment. Kororoit Creek is the most substantial waterway in the surrounding area. There are three unnamed drainage catchments within the precinct that ultimately discharge into Kororoit Creek. Natural drainage in the precinct is generally characterised by shallow valleys partitioned by mild undulations. The valleys and associated drainage lines generally follow in an east orientation.

Alluvium Consulting was commissioned by the MPA to prepare a background assessment regarding drainage and other related matters to inform the development of the area. The assessment identified three significant depressions in the land which represent historic and current water bodies and wetlands.

Biodiversity

Flora

Prior to European settlement, the dominant vegetation on the basalt plain would have been Kangaroo grass (Themeda trianda Australis), with a number of other herbs and grasses, such as Poalabillardieri and Danthonia spp, also present in the low-lying areas. Due to long term cropping and pastoral activities, and more recent urban development, grassland environments have become highly degraded. Much of the study area is now covered with introduced grasses.

Riparian woodland and scrub would have been the predominant creek-side vegetation. Waterways would have been thinly wooded with River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camendulensis), River Bottlebrush (Callistemon paludosa) with rushes and reeds (Phragmites Australis) occupying the saturated ground and creek-edges.

A biodiversity assessment of the precinct was completed by Ecology and Heritage Partners in 2012, with an addendum relating to scattered trees undertaken in 2013. The scope of the assessment included a detailed field surveys of native vegetation and target surveys of flora species. The precinct generally has low levels of significance for biodiversity with the majority of the area being highly modified. Much of the remnant native vegetation within the precinct has been cleared as a result of agricultural land use activities; areas of remnant native vegetation mainly occur as scattered remnants on private property and along roadsides.

One nationally significant flora species, Spiny Rice-flower, was recorded during the current assessment within Greigs Road reserve. This species is listed as critically endangered under the EPBC Act and listed endangered under the DSE advisory list. A permit to ‘take’ native vegetation under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 will be required for the removal of protected flora located on public land (e.g. road reserves).

There are opportunities to enhance ecological values within the study area, principally through the regeneration of remnant native vegetation, revegetation with site indigenous species, weed control, and the provision of stormwater treatment wetlands which will provide additional habitat for a range of fauna species. Areas that may be suitable for regeneration include the wetlands on Paynes Road and Troups Road North.

There were no native scattered trees identified within the precinct as part of the initial assessment, while the addendum recorded 10 trees, none of which were culturally significant scar trees.

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Fauna

The basalt plains and Kororoit Creek would have contained a wide range of fauna species hunted by the Aboriginal people. Larger species, such as kangaroos, possum, wallaby, and emu were common, although there may have been some seasonal variation, with higher numbers in summer. Other species recorded at the time of European settlement, which have since largely or wholly disappeared, included quolls, pademelons, and potoroos. Kororoit Creek would have been a particularly important resource for Aboriginal people, with freshwater mussels (Vesunia Ambiguousa), fish, eels, waterbirds, lizards (such as the fat-tailed dunnart), and small marsupials providing a reliable food source throughout most of the year.

In 2013, the Department of Sustainability and Environment released updated Biodiversity Conservation Strategy (BCS). The BCS is intended to address issues of national environmental significance protected under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and matters of State significance. As part of the BCS three species specific Sub-Regional Strategies were prepared, two of these, the Growling Grass Frog (GGF) Strategy and the Golden Sun Moth (GSM) Strategy are relevant for the area. Results from the biodiversity assessment recorded one state significant fauna species within the precinct at the time of assessment, Eastern Great Egret. The precinct provides low quality habitats for Golden Sun Moth, Striped Legless Lizard and Growling Grass Frog.

Site contamination

Sinclair Knight Merz (now Jacobs) was engaged by MPA to conduct a desktop environmental, hydro-geological and geotechnical assessment of the precinct area. The report identified past and/or current uses and activities across the precinct and its immediate vicinity, and advised whether these uses and activities had the potential to cause contamination of the land and groundwater in Rockbank.

Potential contamination sources are generally related to agricultural practices undertaken in the precinct, such as the use of pesticides, fertilisers and machinery maintenance. Stockpiles of miscellaneous materials were the most frequently observed potential contamination sources within the PSP area. Any contamination present is likely to be localised and able to be remediated or managed.

The highest risk rankings allocated at the site were moderate-to-high potential risk of contamination of which four parcels were identified. The assessment recorded widespread dumping of miscellaneous materials at properties 1195 Leakes Road, 1336-1348 Leakes Road and 520 Greigs Road. These sites are likely to present the greatest potential for property-wide contamination issues. The assessment also recorded potentially contaminative farm industry land use located at 104-112 Troups Road North, however since the initial study the landowner has submitted a phase two assessment certifying suitable remediation of the land has occurred.

Based on conclusions and recommendations in the report, no significant contamination constraints are present in the precinct that would render the land unsuitable for a particular land use. Localised contamination is likely to be effectively remediated or managed. Further environmental assessments may be required in each development stage to provide sufficient evidence for a determination that proposed land uses are acceptable, or to inform potential remediation.

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5. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY

Services

A services report was conducted by Spiire for the Rockbank precinct that outlines new or upgraded essential services infrastructure required before full development of the PSP areas can occur.

Western Water is the servicing authority responsible for providing sewerage, water and recycled water to the precinct area. Due to the scale of development proposed in the region, Western Water proposes to stage the delivery of the ultimate infrastructure required and consequently will be monitoring the rate of development occurring. As required, systems will be augmented to provide additional capacity.

Sewerage

Rockbank Township has reticulated sewer to a small pump station located in its south east corner. The wider Rockbank precinct predominantly gravitates to the north east. Sewer will be provided by Western Water via the construction of a new pump station east of Troups Road North. The pump station is to be a stage constructed on land to be commercially acquired by Western Water and is expected to be commissioned prior to development in the precinct. A small section in the north-west corner of the precinct falls within a different catchment. This area will be ultimately served with sewer from the Toolern PSP when available.

Water supply

Rockbank Township has reticulated water as do the surrounding rural allotments within the precinct, though the system is not designed for further large scale development. As development progresses, supply will need to be maintained to rural properties. As these rural properties are taken in by the expanding urban footprint the existing services will be replaced by a suitable network to service urban development.

Any capacity in the existing network that supplies the Rockbank Township from Melton is expected to be depleted after servicing the initial stages of development. The proposed permanent water supply for the Rockbank area has been designed and will be provided from the north. A 450mm diameter pipeline is proposed along Leakes Road.

Recycled water supply

There is no existing recycled water infrastructure within the precinct in the control of Western Water. Recycled water is proposed and will be supplied from the Surbiton Park Recycled Water Treatment Plant, south west of the precinct. Recycled water will be supplied via a pipeline in Greigs Road and Leakes Road. This service is also required to supply recycled water to the Rockbank North PSP. Accordingly, it is expected this pipeline will be constructed in advance of any works within the Rockbank PSP area.

Electricity supply

Powercor are the responsible authority for power distribution. There are existing High Voltage 22kV feeder lines in the Western Freeway reserve capable of providing supply to the PSP. Powercor propose to augment the high voltage network as required to service the precinct. There is a zoned substation in Melton which currently has two transformers with the ability to house a third. There are plans to include a third transformer at Melton in the next five years. Powercor are also planning to construct a new zone substation between the existing zones of Sunshine and Melton to assist in servicing the western growth corridor. A site for the new zoned substation has not been selected. Upgrades specific for development that is not considered network upgrades will need to be developer funded. Developers will need to fund internal works, undergrounding existing overhead lines if desired and pay additional costs to underground new high voltage works if the least cost technically acceptable solution is over head. There are no electricity supply limitations relating to the future development of the Rockbank PSP area.

Gas supply

SP AusNet is the responsible authority for gas distribution. The point of supply for the precinct is approximately 6 kilometres north west at the Taylors Road City Gate. A City Gate is a facility to reduce the pressure at off take from the gas transmission network. There is a proposal for SP AusNet to install a new City Gate in the vicinity of Mt Atkinson Road and Middle Road. This is approximately 6.5 kilometres south east of the intersection of Troups Road North and Greigs Road. Tentatively planned for 2015 this could be an alternate point of supply for the

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Rockbank PSP area. SP AusNet has advised there are no plans to extend the network to the Rockbank PSP area unless customer initiated.

Telecommunications

NBNCo is the responsible agency for the delivery of the National Broadband Network (NBN). Telecommunication design and installation in all new residential estates greater than 100 lots that will be developed within three years and within the NBNCo fibre footprint, will be administered through the NBNCo system. Developers will need to make application to NBNCo for the provision of telecommunications. The developer will then need to design and construct a suitable pit and pipe network for NBN to utilise. NBN Co has advised there are no obstacles to the provision of telecommunications for the precinct.

Transport & movement

Road network

The PSP will provide improvements to the arterial road network by substantially augmenting the existing road infrastructure and proposing new infrastructure.

Rockbank Road (Leakes Road realignment)

The realignment of Leakes road will ultimately provide the major north-south road through the area and will be a six lane arterial road controlled by VicRoads. This road will connect from the Western Freeway interchange in the north, crossing the Melbourne-Ballarat railway and terminate at Greigs Road opposite Downing Street. The crossing of the Melbourne-Ballarat railway line is an important piece of infrastructure that will enable the growth and development of the precinct and neighbouring communities.

Other key roads

Paynes Road will provide a secondary north-south connection, starting at Greigs Road in the south and travelling north along the western border of the precinct. Paynes Road will be a two lane Council arterial.

Toolern Road will provide a link from the west between Paynes Road and Rockbank Road. Toolern Road will be a four lane secondary arterial and links directly to the arterial road network in Toolern PSP.

Greigs Road along the southern border of the precinct will be upgraded for the length of the road section between the Rockbank Road intersection and the future OMR reserve as a four lane arterial. West of Rockbank Road will remain a two lane road.

Primary arterial roads will be assumed to be six lanes and have a speed limit of 80 km/h, except when adjoining the town centre, where 60 km/h speeds will be used. Secondary roads will be assumed to be four lanes and have a speed limit of 60 km/h. Local connector roads will be assumed to be two lanes and have a speed limit of 50 km/h. In built-up areas, connector roads have been reduced to a speed limit of 40 km/h. A network of connector streets based on a grid layout will support the sub-arterial network and provide connectivity for all forms of transport including rail, buses and bicycles.

Key roads delivery & development staging

Traffic management is currently a major issue for the City of Melton, with traffic crossing and entering the Western Freeway. The development of the area will generate additional traffic demand but will also provide the development contribution funding to expand and augment the arterial road network to service this demand. It is important to plan for a road system that can be delivered in a timely manner to minimise traffic problems.

Investigation and consultation regarding the provision of road infrastructure is currently underway with a proposed scenario as follows:

The new arterial road network would be delivered by a combination of funding from developers (through Development Contributions Plans, provision of land and works in kind), Council funding (utilising funds previously collected from developers) and State funding (utilising GAIC funds where possible)

In addition, mechanisms are being planned within PSPs to link the first stages of development to infrastructure delivery, so that major road infrastructure will be constructed earlier than it otherwise would be

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The first critical stage of infrastructure is the construction an re-alignment of Leakes Road in between the Western Freeway and Greigs Road (including the bridge over the Melbourne-Ballarat Railway) providing a traffic route that relieves Leakes Road

Ultimately Leakes Road will be closed to traffic at the rail reserve making way for a community public space and pedestrian link between the Major Town Centre and the Rockbank Railway Station

Pedestrian & cycle network

When development is complete, the Rockbank area will feature an extensive road and trail network to facilitate cycle and pedestrian movements, and in particular link key destinations such as schools, local town centres and public transport facilities. Throughout the area there will be numerous on road cycle lanes as well as off road shared trails that are adjacent to roads, along waterways and open space corridors and on both sides of the rail corridor. This combination of on and off road routes will allow for commuter cycle trips as well as recreational cycling and walking.

Public transport

Bus services

The transport modelling report produced by Jacobs assumes the ultimate Rockbank precinct to have several standard bus and high frequency bus routes to traverse the region. These routes were derived from the original 2046 Western Growth Corridor model. The original Western Growth Corridor model included land use assumptions and transport networks for 2046.

The high frequency bus route will be capable of delivering ‘SmartBus’ type services to the Rockbank community. They will run along Rockbank Road, Toolern Road and the upgraded section of Greigs Road connecting the Major Town Centre and Rockbank Railway Station with the wider community.

In addition, the Rockbank area will have a bus capable connector road network offering local bus services to future residents and ensuring that the majority of residents are within 400 metres of a bus route.

Rail services

Future rail network upgrades will add a new-constructed Rockbank Railway Station to the electrified metropolitan network using an expanded four-track line to Melton Railway Station.

The public transport network assumed in the ultimate Rockbank model shows the Melton rail line serving Rockbank Railway Station with a high frequency ‘Metro’ type service. A future metropolitan rail stabling facility may also be delivered as part of the ultimate precinct. Rockbank Railway Station, in conjunction with Rockbank Major Town Centre will form the heart of the future Rockbank suburb.

Major town centres & employment

Centres proposed within the precinct include Rockbank Major Town Centre and two local convenience centres. Rockbank Major Town Centre will be planned around a railway station precinct and will deliver higher level facilities to service both the wider existing and new communities. Its proximity to a railway station and its good access to the arterial road network will allow it to serve a sub-regional centre catchment. It will accommodate a wide range of shopping, employment, community, health, education and higher density housing options. Local convenience centres will draw patronage from within the precinct to serve localised catchments. Higher density housing will be encourage in direct proximity to the centres to ensure their viability.

Open space

Sports reserves

Constrained on four sides from further expansion, the Ian Cowie Recreation Reserve will contribute approximately four hectares towards the total provision of approximately 34 hectares of sports reserves for the Rockbank precinct.

The remaining 30 hectares of sports reserves will be provided in four main areas of the precinct. All of the proposed sporting reserves are to be provided adjacent to the government education facilities within the precinct. The sports reserves will take various configurations to cater for high participation sports such as Australian Rules football, netball, soccer, cricket and tennis.

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Local parks

Generally, local parks should be equitably distributed across the precinct, maximising access by the local community and generating high amenity. Local parks should be delivered in a range of sizes up to two hectares, cater for a diverse range of functions (i.e. gathering spaces, walking pets, linear connections, community focal points), and be located within convenient walking distance of 95% of all dwellings (400 metres).

The precinct will have unique and permeable access to open space via a network of linear bike and walking trails that follow the extensive waterway systems. In addition to these natural assets, the precinct will also have access to the open space network via the future shared trails along both sides of the rail corridor and urban trails within the Greigs Road reserves. These aspects of the precinct will serve a key role in linking the community and promoting active transport options.

A regional sports reserve will be located in the south west corner of the precinct. It will become the highest order sports reserve in the district providing a valuable community asset to the precinct and wider area.

Community facilities & education

The Rockbank area will have a sufficient population and be a sufficient distant from existing urban communities to warrant a considerable quantity and diversity of community infrastructure. This infrastructure will include schools, community centres, indoor recreation facilities, arts and cultural facilities and may include justice and emergency services, and residential aged care services. Most of this infrastructure will be located within five main community infrastructure hubs based around the proposed town centres or co-located with the future schools. It is anticipated the population will drive the need for approximately three new government primary schools and one new government secondary school.

The Catholic Education Office Melbourne has displayed interest in providing one primary school within the area. The strategic location of the school site is part of their wider future schools mapping for the western growth areas. The Catholic Schools in Context brochure (July 2013) illustrates the strategic justification for providing a Catholic secondary school in the area. The need for future Catholic schools is established on thorough research to forecast future enrolments utilising sources such as Australian Bureau of Statistics census data.

Integrated water management

Overview

The vision for Integrated Water Management through the Living Melbourne, Living Victoria Ministerial Advisory Council is as follows:

“A smart resilient water system for a liveable, sustainable and productive Melbourne.”

Objectives to achieve the vision:

Support liveable and sustainable communities Protect the environmental health of urban waterways and bays Provide secure water supplies efficiently Protect public health Deliver affordable essential water services

Further, and more specifically, integrated water management within an urban development context has the potential (amongst other things) to enable:

Reduced use of reticulated potable water use Increased re-use of treated sewerage and reduce treated effluent discharge to receiving waterways Increased re-use of stormwater, either treated or untreated or both Improve stormwater quality and runoff frequency volumes Increased ability to deliver greener suburbs, with improved health and vigour of trees and other plantings Cooler microclimates at the height of summer

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Whole of water cycle assessment

In response to the vision, Alluvium Consulting was commissioned by the MPA to prepare a background assessment regarding drainage and other related matters to inform the development of the area. They developed a ‘base case’ drainage strategy that reflects the business as usual servicing strategy for the precinct, incorporating surface water (drainage, flooding and stormwater treatment), sewerage and potable and recycled water servicing.

As part of a wider whole-of-water-cycle assessment (WOWCA), the base case was compared against two alternative drainage strategies that investigated stormwater harvesting and large-scale stormwater reuse opportunities in the precinct. The base case strategy was supported by a working group of key stakeholders including MPA, Melton City Council, Western Water, Melbourne Water and the Office of Living Victoria and is the endorsed strategy for Rockbank PSP.

Following analysis and engagement around each option, it is recommended that WOWC option for Rockbank combine the following elements:

Recycled water via a ‘third pipe’ from the Surbiton Park RWTP, flood management and stormwater quality requirements (including retarding basins, wetlands and constructed waterways)

Co-location of wetlands and retarding basins to reduce land take and enhance the amenity of encumbered spaces and enhance local amenity, heritage and environmental protection objectives

To further investigate stormwater harvesting schemes as a compliment to the co-location of retarding basins and wetlands

Develop a green pedestrian link along Greigs Road that also provides a flood conveyance function

Installation of a third pipe for recycled (treated sewerage) water will potentially enable non-potable supply to be adjusted in future to include treated stormwater. There is also opportunity for more localised stormwater harvesting and / or treatment to enable irrigation of sports fields.

At the subdivision level within all precincts there is scope for incorporation of water sensitive design initiatives and / or water quality treatment within streets and open spaces in accordance with the Melton Planning Scheme. This would further assist with achieving integrated water management objectives and outcomes.

The strategy ensures protection from 1 in 100 year ARI events using conventional underground drainage pipes, surface flow paths (including roads and constructed waterways) and retarding basins, identifies water sensitive urban design (WSUD) measures to meet existing best practice environmental management standards, and defines the hydrograph required at the outlet from the precinct so as not to affect the peak flood levels along Kororoit Creek.

Melbourne Water is responsible for defining drainage and flood mitigation infrastructure requirements within new developments and management of drainage assets in catchment areas larger than 60 hectares. Melton City Council generally manages drainage assets in catchment areas of less than 60 hectares.

Constructed waterways were designed with reference to Melbourne Water’s Constructed Waterways in Urban Development Guidelines (MW, 2009), accounting for the waterway’s hydraulic width, riparian zone and vegetated buffer requirements. The proposed drainage waterway corridors are all 45 metres, a width that is supported by using road frontages and complimentary active frontages along both sides of the length of the waterways to provide additional corridor width.

Housing

At full development, Rockbank will accommodate in excess of 7,932 dwellings based upon an average density of 16.5 lots per hectare. It is expected that residential areas within the precinct will supply significant housing diversity in terms of lot sizes, dwelling types and price points.

The PSP will provide a range of lot sizes, from smaller lots (through the small lot housing code) which are suitable to construct cottages, terraces, townhouses and integrated housing units to larger lifestyle lots suitable for large family homes with private open space. Across the growth areas in Melbourne there is a shortfall in dwelling types more suited to smaller households. In order to meet part of this shortfall, it is encouraged that a greater provision of different lots sizes and a variety of built forms will be provided. This will cater for a range of life cycle

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stages and age groups. Higher density housing will be encouraged around the Rockbank Major Town Centre and the Rockbank Railway Station as well as local convenience centres and open space.

Infrastructure funding

The development of the Rockbank area will require the construction of a suite of new infrastructure including roads, rail, active and passive recreation, schools and community centres.

A comprehensive Development Contributions Plan (DCP) has been prepared in conjunction with the Rockbank PSP, and will provide a significant contribution towards the construction of the identified infrastructure items.

Other funding sources that will contribute towards funding the necessary infrastructure items are developer works, Council rate base and various State Government agencies. A Precinct Infrastructure Plan (PIP) is contained within the PSP, which also outlines responsibility for delivery of key infrastructure.

The MPA and Melton Council are working together to determine a proactive strategy that will deliver some of the more critical items of infrastructure in a timely manner. The full strategy, which is currently under development, will be included within the Rockbank DCP.

Land not subject to PSP

Land within the precinct is not subject to the outcomes of the Rockbank PSP. The land affected relates to Properties 64 and 70 in the detailed land use budget of the PSP (Appendix A). The land, an area of approximately 14.76 hectares, is currently zoned Public Use Zone Category 4 (PUZ4), a zoning that relates to its current use in the operation of the Melbourne-Ballarat rail corridor.

The MPA has worked extensively with Melton Council, Public Transport Victoria (PTV) and VicTrack to establish the future land requirements associated with the upgrade of the rail corridor (duplication and electrification). It is the understanding of the MPA that land required for future rail stabling operations as part of the upgraded network will be located on the northern side of the rail corridor. The MPA has outlined this strategic need as part of the future urban structure of the PSP.

The land not subject to the PSP has been included in the content of the amendment documentation indicating an underlying residential and town centre land use. Based on information made available to date, the MPA holds the view that the ultimate use of the subject land will be as described in the PSP, that is:

Residential land use to the west of the future Rockbank Road (south of the rail corridor)

Transit-based land use in association with the town centre to the east of the future Rockbank Road (north and south of the rail corridor).

The future land use outcome as described will support the vision of the PSP, particularly in strengthening the viability of Rockbank Major Town Centre and Rockbank Railway Station.

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6. SUPPORTING INFORMATION

Biodiversity Assessment for Area 1099, Rockbank South 2, Victoria (Ecology and Heritage Partners June 2012)

Addendum Biodiversity Assessment for Area, 1099, Rockbank South 2, Victoria, Scattered Tree Assessment at Five Unsurveyed Properties (Ecology Heritage & Partners June 2012)

Draft Urbis Report Rockbank South (Urbis December 2012)

Sub-regional Species Strategy: Growling Grass Frog (Department of Sustainability and Environment 2013)

Sub-regional Species Strategy: Golden Sun Moth (Department of Sustainability and Environment 2013)

Historical Cultural Heritage Assessment Report (Biosis September 2013)

Aboriginal Heritage Impact Assessment (Andrew Long and Associates October 2013)

Services Report (Spiire November 2013)

Rockbank PSP, Activity Centre Review (Essential Economics May 2014)

Whole of Water Cycle Assessment (Alluvium June 2014)

Precinct Structure Plan Social Infrastructure Needs Assessment (MPA July 2014)

Transport Modelling Report: Revision C (Jacobs September 2014) Transport Modelling Assessment; 2026 Modelling Results (Jacobs September 2014)

Transport Modelling Assessment; 2046 Modelling Results (Jacobs September 2014)

Transport Modelling Assessment (Jacobs September 2014)

Infrastructure Costing Assessment (SMEC July 2015)

Land Valuations Rockbank (Charter Keck Cramer July 2015)

Rockbank Precinct Structure Plan Background Report - September 2015