Amendment C234 to the Cardinia Planning Scheme
The Pakenham East Structure Plan and Native Vegetation Precinct Plan was approved by the Minister for Planning in December 2020 and gazetted on 21 January 2021 under Amendment C234 and the Cardinia Planning Scheme.
To view a copy of the final amendment documentation, including the Pakenham East Precinct Structure Plan, refer to:
- Pakenham East Precinct Structure Plan – July 2020 – Approved and Gazetted (PDF)
- Pakenham East PSP – Pakenham East Native Vegetation Precinct Plan (Ecology and Heritage Partners) October 2018 – Approved and Gazetted (PDF)
- Amendment C234card
- Amendment C251card
The amendment also introduces the Small Lot Housing Code 2019 (PDF) to the Cardinia Planning Scheme which facilitates a greater diversity of housing by providing for more streamlined development of compact housing on lots less than 300 square metres.
About the Precinct Structure Plan
The Victorian Planning Authority (VPA) in consultation with Cardinia Shire Council and government agencies, has prepared this PSP to guide new urban development within the Pakenham East PSP area.
The Pakenham East PSP covers an area of 630 hectares and is bounded by Princes Freeway to the south, Ryan Road and Deep Creek to the East and the Urban Growth Boundary to the north and east.
This new community will have 22% open space, including fourteen parks, two sports reserves, three government schools and one non-government school, three integrated community centres with kindergartens and Maternal and Child health, one local town centre and a local convenience centre. It will include the gradual development of 7,229 homes and 1,436 jobs.
Deep Creek will be protected by a drainage reserve of up to 100 metres in width and will also protect the native vegetation that is present within this area.
The precinct includes a comprehensive network of bicycle and shared paths including cycle links to the recently announced Pakenham East Station, which will sit just outside the precinct to the south-west, as well as the existing Pakenham Station, which will be upgraded as part of the Cranbourne-Pakenham Line Level Crossing Removal Project. For more information on the level crossing removals and train station proposals, refer to Level Crossing Removal Project.
Amendment C251 to the Cardinia Planning Scheme
The Pakenham East Infrastructure Contributions Plan was gazetted on 21 January 2021 under Amendment C251 to the Cardinia Planning Scheme.
To view a copy of the final amendment documentation, including the Pakenham East Infrastructure Contributions Plan, refer to:
- Pakenham East Infrastructure Contributions Plan – July 2020 – Approved and Gazetted (PDF)
- Amendment C251card
About the Infrastructure Contributions Plan
An Infrastructure Contributions Plan (ICP) is the primary method for local councils to collect funds to contribute towards the basic and essential local infrastructure new suburbs require.
The type and location of the local infrastructure, including public land, has been identified in the Pakenham East PSP.
Together, the Pakenham East PSP and ICP will guide and deliver new urban development in the area.
Note: The future name of the suburb is still to be determined by Council in conjunction with Geographic Names Victoria.