- PLANET
- 3.5 CPD POINTS
The rural areas of Victoria accommodate a range of farming, residential and commercial uses as well as containing may of the state’s significant natural resources such as native vegetation, minerals and water catchments. Planning policy for agriculture has changed over time and now focuses on a key input (soil) rather than the production / industry aspects which zone provisions require to be assessed.
The rural areas of Victoria accommodate a range of farming, residential and commercial uses as well as containing may of the state’s significant natural resources such as native vegetation, minerals and water catchments. Expansion of urban areas reduces the land available for these issues.
Although farming is the main land use (by area in Victoria) it is not dependent on structures but natural resources. This can be interpreted as the land is vacant and available for other uses. This course will help build an understanding of why land has been zoned for farming / agricultural industry and how non-agricultural uses can impact on existing farm operations (right to farm) and the ability to access land to remain viable.
Understanding the impact of soil, water and climate on land use systems is an area rarely covered in planning education or practice notes but is key to decision making under rural zones.
This course will focus on providing a brief understanding of the types of agriculture, what they key locational requirements are, how they relate to secondary processing and food security and what types of use and development can cause land use conflict.
This course aims to build confidence in assessing applications in rural zones or developing strategic guidance to support the retention, growth and adaptation of agriculture. Given the absence of practice not guidance on how to apply decision guidelines and the strategic assessment guidelines this course will give understanding of how those guidelines can be applied in different agricultural areas
Designed For
Planners and rural practitioners.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand potential impacts of section 2 uses on agricultural production and right to farm.
- Explore tools tocritically assess non-agricultural uses on agricultural land using wider PPF objectives and purposes of zones
- Recognise how some land uses can create conflict with agricultural production and how you can identify the likelihood of this occurring and the consequences on the current and future use of agricultural land
Designed for
Planners and rural practitioners.
Learning outcomes
- Understanding how to understand potential impacts of renewable energy on agricultural production, manufacturing and infrastructure investment.
- Tools in critically assessing renewable energy proposals against wider PPF objectives and purposes of zones.
- Improving understanding of co-design opportunities so that renewable energy is additional to agricultural production.
- To understand how the planning system can be improved to giver greater guidance to energy transformation that considers the consequences of land use change and allows community input into that change.
Presenter
Shannon Davies
Shannon Davies is a sessional Planning Panel Member and Director of SD Planning. Prior to starting her own consultancy in 2015 she has had extensive experience working in peri-urban, rural and regional Councils as a statutory and strategic planner and people manager. She has practical experience working in strategic policy development, assessing development applications in the rural areas of Victoria and as well as gaining complex development approvals.
Lisa Gervasoni
Lisa has qualifications in planning and environmental studies with over 30 years’ experience in planning, predominantly in rural / regional settings. Lisa has been a policy advisory with the Victorian Farmers Federation for over 5 years with exposure to a range of climate and planning issues across many production systems.
Terms & Conditions
Refund & Cancellation Policy
If you cannot attend a course for which you are registered, you must cancel your registration no later than 14 days prior to the course. Registrations cancelled more than 14 days prior to the course date will not incur any fees and a full refund will be granted. If you cannot attend and you are within 14 days of the course date, you can transfer your registration to another PLANET course (of the same value) or to another person as a replacement attendee, provided we have at least 48 hours’ notice of your decision to transfer. We cannot issue refunds or credits.
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- Price
- PIA Members: $235 | Non-Members: $335 | We kindly ask that this invoice is paid before the event.
- CPD Points
- 3.5
- When
- Tuesday, 20 August 2024, 9:30am-1:30pm
- Where
- Online - Zoom | Hosted from VIC
- Registrations Close
- 20th Aug 24 9:00 AM