Project Update - July 2022
The first draft of the Gisborne Futures Plans were exhibited to the community over 7 weeks in August and September 2020.
Council received over 220 submissions to the project that have raised numerous matters to be addressed in more detail. Officers have been progressively briefing Councillors on the key themes that have emerged while concurrently preparing a consultation report.
Two workshops were held with Councillors in November 2021 and March 2022 to work through some of the key themes to progress the project. Council remains committed to understanding and responding to the views of the community through consultation processes around Gisborne Futures
A consultation report is being prepared that will include a summary of all submissions and officer responses to these, proposed changes to the plans and further work to be completed. The report and its recommendations will soon be presented to a future Scheduled Council Meeting to endorse. This will assist the project team to progress Gisborne Futures project to the next phase of community consultation, subject to Council’s decision.
Additional funding was approved in the 2022/23 Budget to further undertake additional work to progress the Gisborne Futures project to the next draft versions of the structure plan, neighbourhood character study and urban design framework. It is still some time away from the finish line for the Gisborne Futures project. Following further consultation on the second set of draft plans, the documents will be finalised and presented to Council for adoption. Following adoption, a planning scheme amendment to implement the project will be initiated.
First Draft Documents- 2020
Our draft Gisborne Futures Structure Plan, Urban Design Framework and Neighbourhood Character Study have been developed based on expert advice, best practice planning and urban design principles and community feedback gathered through previous phases of consultation.
These three key reports were released together in late July 2020:
The project also aims to improve and manage vehicle, cycle and pedestrian traffic, enable economic development and future employment opportunities, provide for open space linkages and to protect important views and landscape features.
To strengthen integrated planning outcomes, we included further work on the Gisborne Business Park expansion area into Gisborne Futures in December 2019. Council will consider the Gisborne Business Park and as part of the implementation of Gisborne Futures project.
At the 24 June 2020 Ordinary Council Meeting, Council endorsed the draft Gisborne Structure Plan, draft Gisborne Urban Design Framework and draft Gisborne Neighbourhood Character Study for community consultation. The agenda(PDF, 1MB) and minutes(PDF, 692KB) from the 24 June 2020 meeting are available to view.
For community consultation purposes, the opportunity to establish more shops and services east of the existing town boundary has been identified on this land in the draft Gisborne Structure Plan.
Phase 3 Consultation - 2020
Closed consultation page
All project information from the 2020 consultation is available to view, including plans and supporting documentation on the closed consultation page.
Submissions and survey
We thank local residents and community agencies for sharing their views. The project team will review all recent submissions, survey results and other comments received before presenting a modified version of the draft plans to the community for a further round of consultation.
Community engagement activities as part of Gisborne Futures Phase 3 Consultation in July-September 2020 resulted in 647 survey responses and 215 submissions received, as at March 2021.
Redacted versions of these written submissions are now available for public viewing, with all personal and identifiable details removed to meet privacy requirements.
All submissions and online survey responses are being reviewed by Council’s strategic planners. A report will be tabled at a Scheduled Council Meeting in 2021 outlining the submissions received and key themes from the consultation.
Given it will take considerable time for officers to respond in detail, it has been determined that all written submissions should be made public now.
Council is committed to considering further community feedback. Officers will continue to accept feedback from interested members of the public on the Gisborne Futures project via email strategicplanning@mrsc.vic.gov.au
View the redacted submissions(PDF, 105MB)
View the redacted survey results(PDF, 9MB)