Equal Significance Chart

Comparison of

STATE LEVEL PROTECTION IN STATE SIGNIFICANT AREAS

"Labor will protect Melbourne's green belts and sensitive areas such as the Dandenongs, Macedon Ranges and Mornington Peninsula". Labor Position Paper on Planning Policy, August 1998
Yarra Ranges
Mornington Peninsula
Macedon Ranges
Metropolitan Area

Metropolitan Area

Rural Shire

ü
Statement of Planning Policy No. 3

ü
Statements of Planning Policy No. 1 & 2
ü
Statement of Planning Policy No. 8
* currently Local Policy
ü
Regional Strategy Plan - legislated protection: can only be changed by parliament

ü
Clause 53 State Planning Provision: Regional Strategy Plan prevails over
VPP planning schemes

ü
Green Wedge - legislated protection: can only be changed by parliament

ü
Green Wedge - legislated protection: can only be changed by parliament

ü
Clause 57 State Planning Provision. Additional Use and Development prohibited in Green Wedge areas.

ü
Clause 57 State Planning Provision. Additional Use and Development prohibited in Green Wedge areas.

Yarra Ranges/Dandenongs protected? Yes

Mornington Peninsula protected? Yes

Macedon Ranges protected? NO

EQUAL SIGNIFICANCE, UNEQUAL PROTECTION

Macedon Ranges Residents' Association, 2005

Yarra Ranges		Mornington Peninsula		Macedon Ranges
*Metropolitan Area*		*Metropolitan Area*		*Rural Shire*
ü	Statement of Planning Policy No. 3	ü	Statements of Planning Policy No. 1 & 2	ü	Statement of Planning Policy No. 8 * currently Local Policy
ü	Regional Strategy Plan - legislated protection: can only be changed by parliament
ü	Clause 53 State Planning Provision: Regional Strategy Plan prevails over VPP planning schemes
ü	Green Wedge - legislated protection: can only be changed by parliament	ü	Green Wedge - legislated protection: can only be changed by parliament
ü	Clause 57 State Planning Provision. Additional Use and Development prohibited in Green Wedge areas.	ü	Clause 57 State Planning Provision. Additional Use and Development prohibited in Green Wedge areas.