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.”
Steve Lane got out of his comfort zone with his latest tune.
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It was probably never in the original plan but Steve Lane and the Autocrats have broadened their musical palate to the world of children’s entertainment. Well, kind of.
Signed to the ABC’s music label, Lane was asked to contribute The Wiggles’ hit Fruit Salad, to their tribute album ReWiggled; an offered he couldn’t refuse.
“It was something that was too good to pass up,” Lane says.
“It’s been magic... I was heading overseas just before we got the offer to do it (so) we had to cram.
“It all had to be done on one day were we could all get together to physically record it.”
Lane was surprised at the size of The Wiggles' back catalogue.
“We looked on iTunes and there’s about 700 odd Wiggles songs,” Lane laughs.
“They have a distinctive songwriting style, a recipe I suppose.
“It’s a hard one to interpret, and a lot of them had already been done.
“I said ‘they all sound pretty similar, you just tell me the one you want done’.”
The Autocrats also shot a film clip for Fruit Salad, which had its own complications.
“It’s hard to know what to do, because you can’t make a serious rock 101 clip when you sing about Fruit Salad,” he laughs.
“It’s like a fruit salad version of Wilfred.”
While Lane has three kids ranging in age from 16 to eight, the song didn’t make big waves in the Lane household.
“The Wiggles were never big in our house,” he says.
The Autocrats’ debut album The Romance of Communication was released in October, where Lane has teamed up with lyrical partner, acclaimed local writer John Holton.
Lane says a few of the songs were nutted out over a bottle of red, which touched on a variety of subjects from social impotence, office awkwardness to politics, on And So It Goes.
“It’s from a poem John wrote, for him it was about that period when K Rudd came in and he had the hope,” Lane says.
“You felt like something was going to happen... but then the reality of that hit in and you get let down.
“But if you lose that inherent hope you became really cynical, I guess.
“But you never know, there could be another one (political champion)... you never know with the Mad Monk hanging around.”
Steve Lane and The Autocrats play The Palais on March 3 and The Golden Vine March 30.
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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