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City of Port Phillip joins with councils across Victoria in a push for greater sustainability requirements for new development.

City of Port Phillip has joined forces with 23 other Victorian councils to push for more sustainable design within planning requirements.

Council yesterday lodged a planning scheme amendment with the Victorian Government, seeking to introduce planning policy that elevates sustainability requirements for new buildings and encourages a move towards net zero carbon development.

Along with the amendment, Council has written to the new Minister for Planning Lizzie Blandthorn asking her to support the amendment and to acknowledge that the current planning requirements do not reflect the urgency needed to tackle climate change.

The amendment seeks to build on the current Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESD) requirements for new developments and in doing so, better protect the natural environment, reduce resource and energy consumption, and support the health and wellbeing of future occupants.

Strengthening its calls, Port Phillip has collaborated with councils from across the state, sharing the project with Ballarat, Banyule, Bayside, Boroondara, Darebin, Frankston, Glen Eira, Greater Bendigo, Greater Dandenong, Greater Geelong, Hobsons Bay, Knox, Maribyrnong, Mitchell, Moonee Valley, Moreland, Mornington Peninsula, Stonnington, Strathbogie, Warrnambool, Whitehorse, Whittlesea and Yarra.

The 24 councils represent approximately half the Victorian population and planning activity.
After the Victorian Government’s recent implementation of Stage 1 of its ESD Roadmap (by creating new planning policy objectives), Council sees this amendment as the next step in improving ESD requirements with detailed, measurable targets that will deliver meaningful outcomes in practice.

Port Phillip Council Deputy Mayor Tim Baxter said Port Phillip was leading the way on tackling climate change with these real-world tangible actions.

“We’re proud to be standing alongside councils from across the State on this incredibly important work. Local governments have long led work towards net zero carbon in new builds, but we need governments across all levels – state and federal – to work together if we want to create real change.

“We call on the Minister and her colleagues in the Victorian Government to make ESD a key action item to ensure net zero carbon builds become a reality across Victoria.”

Under the proposed changes, new developments would:

– Produce net zero carbon emissions
– Reduce household bills by making buildings more energy efficient
– Provide a healthier and more comfortable environment for building occupants
– Better manage water quality, use and collection
– Protect and enhance greening and biodiversity
– Be more resilient to changing climate impacts.

Port Phillip is undertaking this work as a member of the Council Alliance for a Sustainable Built Environment (CASBE), supported by the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV).

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