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BENDIGO’S residential Strategy will be reviewed because of greater than expected growth.
The State Government has announced a grant of $50,000 to carry out the review.
The review is needed because, according to the State Government, 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
Regional Development Parliamentary Secretary Damian Drum made the announcement this morning.
Mr Drum said the Bendigo Residential Strategy Review would deliver greater community and investor certainty, helping the region grow.
“The Bendigo Residential Development Strategy was adopted in 2004 and is currently being audited because of the faster than anticipated growth that has occurred in Bendigo in recent years,” he said.
“Strong residential growth has many flow-on economic benefits and having a clear framework for future development will position Greater Bendigo City Council to undertake more detailed, place-based planning in the future.”
Deputy Premier Peter Ryan said about 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
The Residential Strategy impacts directly on where and how property developments use “infill” parcels of land, range of housing styles and also on housing affordability.
“This project will review the strategy, assess current and estimated land supply and demand and consider various legislative and policy changes,” Mr Ryan said,
“It will also consider the latest demographic data and establish a new strategic framework to guide the long-term residential growth of Greater Bendigo.
“The project will result in a revised residential strategy that will give developers, the community and service providers greater surety and confidence about where land can be developed for residential purposes, and that sufficient land is available to accommodate the City of Greater Bendigo’s future growth.”
Mr Ryan said a contemporary strategic planning framework was essential to the economic development of a large regional centre like Bendigo.
“Clearly identifying future growth options and supporting infrastructure needs will enable the Greater Bendigo City Council and other infrastructure providers to plan their capital works programs well in advance,” he said.
“Identifying long-term growth areas will enable the council and other service authorities to start planning for the delivery of services, thereby minimising the lag time between when residential development occurs and when the services need to be in place.”
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SIGN OF THE TIMES: Curator Sandra Bruce. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN. More photos at www.bendigophotos.
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You never know who you may meet on the train from Bendigo to Melbourne.
It was a chance meeting on the Bendigo train in 1884 that provided Hugh Victor McKay with the contact he needed to build 25 harvesters for the Bendigo firm Pickles and Co.
From there, through various ups and down, the Sunshine Harvester was developed, one of the success stories that features in a new exhibition which opens today.
Cohns’ Victoria Brewery, Leggo’s tomato paste, the Abbott Supply Company’s “barblok” barbed wire, the Chiko Roll and, of course, Myer drapers and outfitters, are among the displays which will show a “selection from the diverse industry which
has emerged from Bendigo”.
Beginning in Bendigo: from humble origins to a captured market is the second show at the Post Office Gallery next to the Vistor Information Centre in Pall Mall.
It follows the successful four-month show, Naming Bendigo, which opened the new social history gallery run by the Bendigo Art Gallery.
Curator of city history and collections Sandra Bruce said the inaugural exhibition attracted 11,500 people.
“Our plan is to make each show very different from the one before,” Ms Bruce said.
“This is a unique satellite space; it’s not a museum but a place to tell the stories of Bendigo.”
Ms Bruce joined the art gallery following stints at a university art gallery in Melbourne and as a curator at the National Sports Museum at the MCG.
She said they planned to have three exhibitions each year in the Post Office Gallery space.
“I know people will say, why didn’t you include such and such, but it’s not a large space so we had to draw the line somewhere.
“My favourite things in the show are the early Chiko Roll posters, because they are not exactly politically correct.”
BENDIGO’S residential Strategy will be reviewed because of greater than expected growth.
The State Government has announced a grant of $50,000 to carry out the review.
The review is needed because, according to the State Government, 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
Regional Development Parliamentary Secretary Damian Drum made the announcement this morning.
Mr Drum said the Bendigo Residential Strategy Review would deliver greater community and investor certainty, helping the region grow.
“The Bendigo Residential Development Strategy was adopted in 2004 and is currently being audited because of the faster than anticipated growth that has occurred in Bendigo in recent years,” he said.
“Strong residential growth has many flow-on economic benefits and having a clear framework for future development will position Greater Bendigo City Council to undertake more detailed, place-based planning in the future.”
Deputy Premier Peter Ryan said about 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
The Residential Strategy impacts directly on where and how property developments use “infill” parcels of land, range of housing styles and also on housing affordability.
“This project will review the strategy, assess current and estimated land supply and demand and consider various legislative and policy changes,” Mr Ryan said,
“It will also consider the latest demographic data and establish a new strategic framework to guide the long-term residential growth of Greater Bendigo.
“The project will result in a revised residential strategy that will give developers, the community and service providers greater surety and confidence about where land can be developed for residential purposes, and that sufficient land is available to accommodate the City of Greater Bendigo’s future growth.”
Mr Ryan said a contemporary strategic planning framework was essential to the economic development of a large regional centre like Bendigo.
“Clearly identifying future growth options and supporting infrastructure needs will enable the Greater Bendigo City Council and other infrastructure providers to plan their capital works programs well in advance,” he said.
“Identifying long-term growth areas will enable the council and other service authorities to start planning for the delivery of services, thereby minimising the lag time between when residential development occurs and when the services need to be in place.”
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