The land affected by C265 is located directly south of the industrial South East Business Park and south west of the Livestock Exchange.

The precinct is bound by:

Greenhills Road to the north

Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road to the east

Green Wedge land to the south, and

McGregor Road to the west.

Locality map

Rapid population growth in the south east of Melbourne has generated the need for additional local job opportunities for residents of Cardinia as well as neighbouring municipalities.

The subject area is located within a State Significant Industrial Precinct, which identifies the precinct for future employment land.

The amendment rezones land for industrial uses by implementing the Pakenham South Employment Precinct Structure Plan.

The proposed industrial employment precinct will:

• provide approximately 185 hectares of industrial land with adjacent employment land rapidly nearing completion;
• allow for the creation of approximately 3,500 additional jobs for the local community; and
• provide an employment precinct of high amenity and the opportunity for local residents to work within close proximity to home, reducing commute times.

Amendment C265 facilitates the following changes to the Cardinia Planning Scheme:

Specifically, the proposed PSP will:

• Insert Schedule 6 to the Urban Growth Zone and apply to all the land.
• Incorporate the Pakenham South Employment Precinct Structure Plan into the Cardinia Planning Scheme.
• Apply a Heritage Overlay (HO14) for the heritage building and trees at 'Windarra' 40 Greenhills Road, Pakenham.
• Delete the Heritage Overlay (HO42) from 'ITU Milking Shed' 100 Greenhills Road, Pakenham as it is no longer considered to be of local heritage significance.
• Apply a Public Acquisition Overlay (PAO7) and Incorporated Plan Overlay (IPO2) over the wetland located south of the precinct.
• Include additional native vegetation provisions due to no vegetation having been identified to be retained in the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy.
• Introduce referral requirements to South East Water for planning permits within the Pakenham Water Recycling Plant buffer.

Amendment documents and more information can be found at Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) website

You can contact Council’s Strategic Growth Area Planning team on 1300 787 624.

A video or phone conference meeting can also be arranged to help address any questions you may have regarding the amendment.

Please call the team to arrange a day and time that suits you.

Council is working closely with government agencies and following their direction regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19). To reduce the risk to our community and staff, Council’s customer service centre at 20 Siding Avenue, Officer is closed until further notice.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the amendment documents may only be viewed online.

The Victorian Government has introduced the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill 2020 which includes temporary changes to the Planning and Environment Act 1987. The changes ensure that the planning process in Victoria can continue, despite the closure of many state and local government offices and public health measures that include physical distancing requirements. The changes mean that planning documents previously required to be physically available to view at state and local government offices are now only required to be available for online inspection. This includes copies of planning scheme amendment documentation.

A number of technical reports were completed to inform the preparation of the PSP and guide the proposed future urban structure.

These reports can be found on the DELWP website and include:

• Pakenham South Employment Precinct (Stage 2) Cultural Heritage Management Plan #10517, Archaeology at Tardis, November 2013
• Post-Contact Heritage Assessment Pakenham South Employment Precinct, Context, February 2014 (Revised January 2020)
• Landscape Heritage Review Significant Tree Assessment – ‘Windarra’ 40 Greenhills Road, Pakenham, John Patrick Landscape Architects, May 2019
• Bushfire Planning Assessment Pakenham South Employment Precinct Structure Plan, Bushfire Planning, April 2019
• Pakenham South Employment Precinct Structure Plan: Economic Assessment, SGS Economics and Planning, August 2019
• Flora and Fauna Assessment for Pakenham Industrial and Employment Precinct, Ecology Partners, January 2007
• Pakenham South Employment Precinct Structure Plan Functional Design of Drainage Assets and Concept Design of Overland Flow Paths, Stormy Water Solutions, Final May 2020
• Pakenham South Employment Precinct - Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment, Aecom, October 2015
• Pakenham South Employment Precinct Traffic Impact Assessment Report, Trafficworks Pty Ltd, Final August 2020