Amendment C174port - Extension of Heritage Overlay 8 – Tiuna Grove Elwood

Amendment C174port proposes to implement the recommendations of the Tiuna Grove Heritage Assessment (Peter Andrew Barrett, 2019). It does this by:

Proposed Changes to the Heritage Overlay

• Extending Heritage Overlay 8 (Elwood: Glen Huntly and Ormond Roads Precinct) (HO8) to 3, 5, 7 and 15 Tiuna Grove, Elwood.
• Removing 21-23, 25, 27, 29 and 31 Tiuna Grove, Elwood from HO8.

Proposed Changes to heritage gradings as shown on the City of Port Phillip Heritage Policy Map

• Applying a 'Significant heritage place' grading to 3, 5 and 15 Tiuna Grove, Elwood.
• Applying a 'Contributory heritage place' grading to 7 Tiuna Grove, Elwood.
• Applying 'Nil grading' to 25, 27, 29 and 31 Tiuna Grove, Elwood.

Proposed Changes to the City of Port Phillip Neighbourhood Character Map 

• Removing the 'Contributory outside of the Heritage Overlay' grading from 3, 5, 7 and 15 Tiuna Grove, Elwood.

Proposed Changes to the Citation in the Port Phillip Heritage Review

The Amendment proposes to update the Citation for the HO8 precinct which is included in the Port Phillip Heritage Review (Incorporated Document). The changes seek to bring the Citation in line with recognised standards of practice in writing statements of significance, as outlined in Planning Practice Note 1: Applying the Heritage Overlay (August 2018), and clearly outline what, how and why the precinct is significant.

Public exhibition took place from 12 September to 25 October 2019.

In total, 26 submissions were received (including one late submission), of those:

• 18 are in support
• 6 are in partial support
• 2 are objecting to the amendment

On 11 December 2019, Council's Planning Committee decided to refer all submissions and the amendment to an independent planning panel for review. At that same meeting, Council's Planning Committee endorsed a response to the issues raised in submissions. This response will be used as the basis for Council's submission to the planning panel.

View the 11 December 2019 Amendment C174port Planning Committee Report and minutes.

The late submission was received after the Planning Committee hearing and was referred directly to the Planning Panel.

An electronic copy of the submissions received during exhibition can be made available upon request.

Exhibition documentation

View the AmendmentC174port exhibited documentation available on the Department of Environment, Land Water and Planning (DELWP) website. 

Due to the Victorian Government’s State of Emergency declared on 16 March 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic, a Panel Hearing was not held.  Instead, the Planning Panel process was conducted ‘on the papers’ with the support of all parties and took place over a period of 3.5 weeks, ending on 22 April 2020. The Panel acknowledged the positive. This process ended on 22 April 2020.

Expert Evidence

Council relied on the expert evidence of Mr Peter Barrett for heritage:

• Expert evidence of Mr Peter Barrett

Panel Report

The Panel report was received by Council on 5 May 2020. The report was made publicly available on 2 June 2020.

The Planning Panel report was received by Council on 5 May 2020. In accordance with section 26 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987, the report was made available for public inspection by 2 June 2020.

Council formally considered the Panel report and recommendations at its meeting on 1 July 2020.

Why is an amendment required?

The amendment is required to give statutory effect to the recommendations of the Tiuna Grove Heritage Assessment (Peter Andrew Barrett, 2019) through making the necessary changes to the planning scheme.

The assessment considers the houses at 3, 5, 7 and 15 to be part of the historic development of the area in the early twentieth century, which was stimulated by the Victorian Railways electric tramway established in 1906 (closed 1959). Aesthetically, the houses are early and fine examples of mid 1910s and 1920s bungalow styles.

The assessment recommends that the boundaries of the HO8 precinct applying in Elwood: Glenhuntly and Ormond Rds to be realigned to include the housing at 3, 5, 7 and 15.

The amendment also proposes to remove the contemporary development at the southwest end of Tiuna Grove (21-23, 25, 27, 29 and 31 Tiuna Grove) as it is no appreciable heritage value to the precinct from HO8.

Interim heritage controls were applied to 3, 5, 7 and 15 Tiuna Grove, Elwood, and came into into effect on 4 July 2019. For more information on the interim, visit the Amendment C173port webpage.