Expansion plans: Hundreds of hectares on the edge of Tatura is to be rezoned for future growth of the town.
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Julie Mercer
Greater Shepparton City Council has decided to amend its planning scheme to allow 602 hectares of farming land at Tatura to be rezoned for expansion of the town over the next 30 years.
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It is estimated up to 3620 conventional density, low density, and rural living residential lots could be developed on land to the north and east of the town under Tatura’s precinct structure plan.
The change to the Greater Shepparton Planning Scheme aims to safeguard the land for future development as strategic residential growth corridors.
Councillors were shown an aerial image at their April 18 meeting with an outline of an area impacted by the amendment, which is bound by the Midland Hwy and Pyke Rd to the north; Dhurringile and Bayunga Rds to the east; Cussen Park, Pyke Rd and Murton Rd to the south; and Dhurringile and Tatura-Undera Rds to the west.
Tatura growth: An aerial image of land to the east and north of Tatura that is to be rezoned for future growth corridors around the town.
“The aerial shot is pretty self-explanatory on the basis of where Tatura is at now and where the growth will take place over the next 10, 15, 20 years,” Mayor Shane Sali said after the meeting.
“I think if we would come back in 20 years and do another aerial shot, it will show that picture is going to be completely inundated by residential development, which is great for that community.”
Cr Sali said it was possible Mooroopna and Tatura would eventually merge.
“It (Tatura) will effectively be its own city, so it'll start to grow and be as big as what Mooroopna and parts of Shepparton are now, similar to Kialla,” he said.
“The future precinct structure plan will ensure that Tatura remains a desirable and liveable town for new residents by providing new housing, open space and supporting infrastructure.”
The amendment was placed on public exhibition from January to February this year, with 12 submissions received. Each of the submissions were considered by council officers and resolved without going to an independent planning panel.
Council resolved to submit the amendment to the Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny for approval.
