By Charlene Macaulay
A proposal to rezone and subdivide a parcel of Point Cook land will go under the microscope amid concerns the suburb is already “heavily congested”.
Wyndham council is seeking authorisation from the state planning minister to prepare an amendment to the Wyndham Planning Scheme that proposes to rezone 315 Boardwalk Boulevard from Farming Zone to General Residential Zone.
The amendment, which is being prepared at the request of Akron Point Cook Pty Ltd, would allow the company to subdivide the 15 hectare parcel of land into 230 lots, create a drainage reserve and passive open space.
Once prepared, the amendment will be open to community consultation before a further report will go before the council.
Although the council does not have a formal position on the amendment at this stage, an officer’s report tabled at this month’s council meeting stated that while the land was within an Urban Growth Boundary and surrounded by residential development, the impacts on traffic congestion and the provision of developer contributions were serious considerations.
“A key issue in the assessment of the amendment is whether council should support the proposed rezoning given that Point Cook is already heavily congested,” the report stated.
“This would generate 1932 traffic movements per day, in an area that is currently experiencing approximately 155,000 traffic movements per day.”
Akron Point Cook has agreed to pay a development contribution of $4.07 million to make up for the shortage of open space proposed for the estate.
Councillor Kim McAliney said she looked forward to hearing what the community had to say about the proposal.
“I acknowledge that there is considerable population growth and transport infrastructure pressures based in the Point Cook community and in this process we need to be careful to consider these matters,” Cr McAliney said.
