Project Update - June 2024

Since 2021, Frankston City Council has been working with our community to develop a 20 year plan that will shape the ongoing growth and revitalisation of our City Centre. The rezoning of land within the FMAC boundary to the Activity Centre Zone (ACZ) will provide guidance in relation to land use, building heights, setbacks and outline a number of design requirements for development, providing certainty to the community, investors and developers.

Planning Scheme Amendment C160fran (A State Government legislated process) was exhibited from 16 November 2023 to 18 December 2023. At the 18 March 2024 Council Meeting, Council resolved to consider all the submissions received to Planning Scheme Amendment C160fran and request the Minister for Planning to appoint an independent Planning Panel.

Subsequently, an independent Planning Panel has been appointed. The Planning Panel is scheduled to begin 1 July 2024, however this will be confirmed at the Directions Hearing.

To understand the steps in the planning scheme amendment process, please Planning Panels Victoria's website.

Planning Panel hearing

The Panel will hold a public hearing to consider the amendment, commencing at 10am on Monday, 1 July 2024.

The hearing will commence at 10am each day and will run for 10 days. The hearing is open for anyone to observe, and will take place across different venues:

• 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 July: Council Chambers, 30 Davey Street, Frankston
• 9, 10, 11, and 12 July: Planning Panels Victoria, Hearing Room 1 (Ground Floor, 1 Spring Street, Melbourne)
• 17 July: Rotary Room, Frankston Arts Centre, 27-37 Davey Street, Frankston.

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On 14 June 2023, Council voted to adopt the Frankston Metropolitan Activity Centre Structure Plan – June 2023 and request authorisation from the Minister for Planning to undertake Planning Scheme Amendment C160fran.

This planning scheme amendment will seek to implement the FMAC Structure Plan into the Frankston Planning Scheme. The Structure Plan, which you helped us shape, will guide the ongoing revitalisation of our City Centre including:

• City Centre street upgrades providing for a pedestrian-friendly city centre environment with the opportunity for more outdoor activities, cycling and walking, and reduced through-traffic.
• An iconic Nepean Boulevard, with extended outdoor space for dining, retail, and events in the City Centre, connecting to a world-class visitor look-out at Olivers Hill and greater connection to Kananook Creek in the north.
• Providing for a range of housing types, creating lively streets and a strong night time economy with residents dining and shopping close to home.
• A thriving Kananook Creek Boulevard between Beach Street and Wells Street, with street scape upgrades, increased connection to the City Centre, and greater accessibility to the creek, linking to McCombs Reserve to create a promenade of activation, outdoor dining and events.

The Structure Plan provides a framework that will create certainty for future development, provide opportunities for more people to live, work and play in the City Centre, and in turn revitalise our local economy with the increase in employees and general foot traffic and passing trade for our existing and prospective businesses.

How have we engaged with our community?

Thank you to everyone who engaged with us on the development of the FMAC Structure Plan in 2022. We have summarised our Stage 1 and 2 engagement stages below, and click on the links if you would like to read more.