At its Ordinary Meeting on 10 December 2024, Council resolved to publicly exhibit draft amendments to Contributions No.15 – Box Hill Precinct (CP15).
CP15 enables Council to levy development within the Box Hill Release Area to contribute towards the provision of essential local infrastructure, including transport, open space and water management facilities. Contributions are collected gradually as development occurs and pooled until there are sufficient funds to deliver a whole infrastructure item such as a road or park.
The draft amendments seek to ensure that CP15 includes the most up to date information available and ensure that the most accurate contributions are collected from remaining development within the Precinct.
The draft amendments account for:
- Indexation of costs for capital items since the last review was completed
- Indexation of costs for land acquisition since the last review was completed
- Revised land acquisition extents for existing capital items based on updated designs completed since the last review of the Plan
- Revised timing of revenue and expenditure projections
- Reflect actual expenditure to reflect actual cost since completion of the last review
- Reflect approvals that have been issued since completion of the last review, and
- Other modelling updates to reflect published IPART guidance.
A number of minor administrative amendments are also proposed to simplify and clarify various sections of the Plan.
The draft amendments are now on public exhibition and available for inspection on the 'Have your Say' Page of the Council's Website.
The draft amendments are time-critical and as such, the exhibition is required to occur over the Christmas / New Year period. However, in acknowledgement of this, the exhibition period has been extended from the minimum required period of 28 days, to 51 days in order to provide additional time for the community to consider the proposed amendments and make a submission.
PUBLIC EXHIBITION PERIOD: Tuesday 17 December 2024 to Wednesday 5 February 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Wednesday 5 February 2025 at 5pm
ENQUIRIES: Gideon Tam, Senior Town Planner on 9843 0188 or Brent Woodhams, Principal Coordinator – Forward Planning on 9843 0443.
