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About the audit

The Farm to Plate Peri-Urban Planning Scheme Audit (the project) examines the potential for land-use planning regulation to support peri-urban agriculture and its contribution to a sustainable local food system. The project established benchmarking principles against which to audit the content of Victorian peri-urban planning schemes as they relate to agriculture and agribusiness. 

Part 1 of the report builds an evidence base for the benchmarking principles through a literature review, a review of Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) decisions, and the compilation of farming and agribusiness case studies. 

Part 2 of the report explains the system under which planning decisions are made about agriculture-related uses in peri-urban areas and summarises the results of the Peri-Urban Planning Scheme Audit. 

Appendix 1 lists the benchmarking principles, adapted from successful local and international governance models and used to audit Victorian peri-urban planning schemes. 

Appendix 2 provides more detail about the farmer and agribusiness case studies used in Part 1 of the report.

Appendix 3 lists the Victoria Planning Provisions that are relevant to planning decisions about agriculture in rural zones.

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Audit results in detail 

Victorian state and regional planning policy and zones, as well as twenty-six peri-urban planning schemes in Victoria, were audited against benchmarking principles adapted from successful local and international governance models that support local sustainable food systems. 

A matrix has been generated for each one with accompanying notes and recommendations (where relevant). The twenty-seven matrices form Appendix 4 of the report.

 

 

 

All Matrices
Matrix 1: State and Regional PPF/Rural Zones
 Matrix 2: Shire of Bass Coast
 Matrix 3: Shire of Baw Baw
 Matrix 4: City of Brimbank
 Matrix 5: Shire of Cardinia
 Matrix 6: City of Casey
 Matrix 7: City of Frankston
 Matrix 8: Shire of Golden Plains
 Matrix 9: City of Greater Dandenong
 Matrix 10: City of Greater Geelong
Matrix 11: Shire of Hepburn
Matrix 12: City of Hume
Matrix 13: City of Kingston
Matrix 14: City of Knox
Matrix 15: Shire of Macedon
Matrix 16: City of Manningham
Matrix 17: City of Maroondah
Matrix 18: City of Melton
Matrix 19: Shire of Mitchell
Matrix 20: Shire of Moorabool
Matrix 21: Shire of Mornington Peninsula
Matrix 22: Shire of Murrindindi
Matrix 23: Shire of Nillumbik
Matrix 24: Shire of Surf Coast
Matrix 25: City of Whittlesea
Matrix 26: City of Wyndham
Matrix 27: City of Yarra Ranges

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Acknowledgements

Grateful thanks to the following peer reviewers whose comments and suggestions helped to improve and clarify this publication: Annemaree Docking, Dr Nick Rose, Paula McLeod, John McLeod, Associate Professor Andrew Butt and Emeritus Professor Michael Buxton.