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About the Municipal Strategic Statement

The Port Phillip Municipal Strategic Statement (MSS) sets out the council's strategic planning objectives and underpins the land-use and development provisions of the Port Phillip Planning Scheme. The MSS has been developed with input from the community. Together with local planning policies, the MSS is a part of the Local Planning Policy Framework (LPPF) in the Planning Scheme and is a statutory component of all planning schemes prepared in the new format.

MSS components

 MSS - Introduction - provides an overview of the MSS, how to use it and how it was developed

  MSS - A Snapshot of Port Phillip - provides an overview of the key characteristics of Port Phillip and its regional context

 MSS - Key Issues - identifies the key issues that arise throughout the municipality

 MSS - Port Phillip's Vision - outlines Port Phillip's vision for future land use planning and development around a number of key land use themes. These themes provide a basis for the more detailed objectives, strategies and implementation measures.

Objectives, strategies and implementation

This section sets out the objectives of the planning authority for the future use and development of the municipality, the strategies by which the objectives are to be met and the means of implementation.

The objectives, strategies and implementation are grouped as follows:

• MSS - Residential Land Use (Apr08)
• MSS - Foreshore (Apr08)
• MSS - Neighbourhood Character (Apr08)
• MSS - Urban Design (Apr08)
• MSS - Heritage Conservation (Apr08)
• MSS - Tourism (Apr08)
• MSS - Parkland Open Space (Apr08)
• MSS - Commercial Land Use (Apr08)
• MSS - Industrial Areas (Apr08)
• MSS - Retail Land Use (Apr08)
• MSS - Traffic and Transport (Apr08)
• MSS - Mixed Use Areas (Apr08)

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The MSS and local planning policies provide the strategic foundation for the Port Phillip Planning Scheme. Due to the dynamic nature of planning issues, the council will regularly review part of the MSS on an ongoing basis to ensure that it is relevant and reflects current issues. Local planning policies will be developed in consultation with the local community and incorporated into the Local Planning Policy Framework from time to time through a planning scheme amendment.

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