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While
the concept of Living Corridors is yet to
be defined, Living Corridors are recognised in the Ballarat Strategy as
current or potential environmental connections through the landscape. Living
Corridors are generally located around areas with high biodiversity value such
as wetlands, bushland reserves and areas for targeted rehabilitation.
This
work is being undertaken to ensure that people, wildlife and vegetation will benefit from the
continuity of natural areas and strong connections between them. Identifying
what 'Living Corridors' are and where they should be located and how they
should be managed in the Ballarat context will be play an important role in
maintaining and rehabilitating the natural environment in Ballarat moving into
the future.
What land will be considered in identifying the Eastern Living Corridors?
Identification
of the Eastern Living Corridors will respond to Action 5.3 of the Urban Forest Action Plan which is to Encourage
initiatives that support planting on private land that reinforce and/or enhance
neighbourhood character and the Urban Forest objectives and actions. That
considered, both private and public land
will be considered when identifying the Eastern Living Corridors. This may
include land that where residential zones currently apply. It is anticipated
that the Living Corridor Action Plan will be used to inform the Residential
Character Study that has recently commenced.
Yes.
The review of planning controls may include may include current schedules to
the Vegetation Protection Overlay (VPO), Environmental Significance Overlay and
the relationship between these controls and the Bushfire Management Overlay
(BMO).
Will the Living Corridors Action Plan lead to changes to the Ballarat Planning Scheme?
A
Planning Scheme Amendment may be progressed if the review of environmental
planning controls that apply to land located in the identified corridors
demonstrates that current planning controls are not effectively managing the
natural environment in line with the Living Corridors Action Plan.
The Living Corridor Action Plan will provide guidance
on how environmental values should be managed throughout the east of Ballarat.
While the Eastern Living Corridors have not yet been defined, it is anticipated
that the Living Corridors Action Plan may inform the way management of environmental values are addressed in the Brown Hill Local Area Plan and the Buninyong Township Plan.
What else is the City of Ballarat doing to manage the natural environment?
The
City of Ballarat has recently launched the Yarrowee River Masterplan project. This project involves creating a masterplan
seeks to improve, develop, manage and maintain the Yarrowee River and its
tributaries in to the future. .