Keeping you up to date with stories about and from the Nillumbik Green Wedge
The Green Wedge is fundamental to our Shire’s identity. It is our responsibility to protect it for ourselves and future generations. This website is sponsored by the Warrandyte Community Association, the Friends of Nillumbik and the Green Wedge Protection Group. Its aim is to educate and inform so that you are in a position to do your bit. To receive our irregular ‘Wedge Bulletins’ sign up here.
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Council Contemplates Panel Recommendations
The GWMP Community Panel delivered its recommendations to Council at the November meeting of Council, on 27/11. The report containing the recommendations was presented by Panel members Yolanda Silveri and Wayne Kinrade. In receiving the recommendations the...
C117 Panel Report Stuns!
The C117 Planning Panel’s report has been released by the Manningham Council. It turns out to be a major win for community involvement and for the values of the green wedge in the face of the usual commercial pressures. It is also evidence that the system can work as...
Community Panel Supports the Green Wedge
The Nillumbik Council has put a significant community focus on its refresh of its Green Wedge Management Plan (GWMP). Following an extensive series of informal and formal community meetings the culmination was the employment of a ‘community panel’ in a process called...
C117: Magical Mystery Tour
Planning Panels Victoria conducted its hearing on C117 over three days from October 10th. Warrandyte was there in force, with six submitters, including four associated with the WCA. The WCA was also represented by resident barrister and friend of the green wedge,...
Community Panel attacked by councillor’s lobby group
The 43 Nillumbik residents selected to serve on the ‘Community Panel’ first got together on the evening of August 9, tasked with addressing the question: “What is the best way for us to manage Nillumbik’s Green Wedge now and in the future?” In other words, to...
Whose PALS are they?
PALS, for Pro Active LandownerS, is a Facebook group which was ‘set up by a local landowner Karen Egan, which originated from the lack of representation of landowners within the council of Nillumbik’ These people are not shy in putting themselves forward. Recently a...
The Cluster Amendment is on the way..
We wrote in May about Manningham Council’s C117, a proposed amendment to the Manningham planning scheme, in Tourist Clusters in the Green Wedge? At that time the amendment was in the ‘Exhibition’ stage, that is the proposal was open for community comment. Council has...
Who cares about small lots?
The State and Local Planning Schemes specify the minimum lot size allowed in subdivisions in the Green Wedge. This minimum size is dependent upon zone, and in Nillumbik the predominant zone is Rural Conservation Zone, either RCZ3, minimum size 8 ha, or RCZ4 or RCZ5,...
Brochure available for sharing…
We know you want to spread the word about the value of our Green Wedge, particularly these days when it seems that it’s under more threat than usual. That’s why we have produced a brochure for you to share. Have a look, we think you'll like it. You can print it out,...
GWMP Review: Backgrounder
The Green Wedge is protected by a legal framework that starts with the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and includes the Victoria Planning Provisions and also local planning schemes. All development takes place within this framework. Municipal...
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