Amendment C433 - Pakington Street Urban Design Frameworks

Implementation of the combined Pakington Street Urban Design Frameworks will include rezoning of land and application of overlay controls to areas along Pakington Street, Gordon Avenue and LaTrobe Terrace, Geelong West, as well as updates to local planning provisions.

The Amendment proposes to implement the Pakington St and Gordon Ave Urban Design Framework, May 2024 and the Pakington North Urban Design Framework, May 2024 (PSUDFs) by:

• Rezoning Commercial 2 Zone (C2Z) land to Commercial 1 Zone (C1Z) in the Pakington North Precinct and C1Z, Residential Growth Zone (RGZ), or Mixed Use Zone (MUZ) in the Gordon Avenue Precinct;
• Applying a new Design and Development Overlay to the Pakington North Precinct and to the Gordon Avenue Precinct to guide future built form and urban design;
• Applying the Environmental Audit Overlay to nominated properties;
• Making associated changes to local policy;
• Correcting anomalous zoning at 46-50 Villamanta Street, Geelong West, and 1/2 Waratah Street, Geelong West.

The amendment applies to all land within the Pakington Street and Gordon Avenue Urban Design Framework study area in Geelong West. This area consists of three precincts: the Pakington North, Gordon Avenue, and Heritage Core Precincts.

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