Amendment C158 implements key recommendations of the Box Hill Central Activities Area Car Parking Strategy 2014, which was adopted by Council on 23 June 2014. The Minister for Planning has now approved Amendment C158 and it came into effect on 3 December 2015.

The amendment introduced Clause 45.09 Parking Overlay into the Whitehorse Planning Scheme, applied Schedule 1 to the Parking Overlay to the Box Hill Activity Centre, and made consequential changes to Clause 21.08 Infrastructure, Clause 22.07 Box Hill Central Activities Area and Clause 61.03 to implement the car parking rates and sustainable transport directions from the Box Hill Central Activities Area Car Parking Strategy 2014.

The schedule introduced parking objectives and set out particular car parking provision rates for new office and residential uses within the Box Hill Activity Centre. The amendment is an integral part of the overall parking strategy for the centre, which includes a suite of measures to encourage sustainable transport use and manage parking demand in Box Hill into the future.

The amendment affects land within the Box Hill Activity Centre identified in blue on the map below. The amendment area is approximately bound by Severn Street to the north, Watts Street and William Street to the east, Albion Street and Carrington Road to the south, and Elgar Road to the west.

The car parking rates for new development in the Box Hill Metropolitan Activity Centre are below. It is noted that should developers wish to provide more parking than the proposed rates, they may do so, and that Council retains the right to reduce or waiver residential parking requirements at its discretion.

	Previous rates	New rates
Commercial
Office	3.5 spaces for 100sqm net floor area	2 spaces per 100sqm net floor area
Other commercial	Column A of Table 1 to Clase 52.06-5 (where specified)	Column B of Table 1 to Clause 52.06-5 (where specified)
Residential
One bedroom dwelling	1 space per dwelling	0.5 spaces per dwelling
Two bedroom dwelling	1 space per dwelling	0.75 spaces per dwelling
Three bedroom dwelling	2 spaces per dwelling	1 space for each 3 or more bedroom dwelling
Residential visitor	0.2 spaces per dwelling	0.2 spaces per dwelling for the first five dwellings, plus 0.1 spaces per dwelling for any subsequent dwellings

The amendment was exhibited between 2 October and 3 November 2014. Exhibition included letters to owners and occupiers of affected properties as well as those within the surrounding study area, totalling approximately 7500 letters. Notice was also provided to prescribed Ministers and authorities, in the Whitehorse Leader and Government Gazette. 

Council received twenty four (24) submissions and considered these at its meeting of 27 January 2015. As Council could not resolve the issues raised in the submissions, Council referred the amendment and all submissions received to an independent Panel for its consideration.  

The panel held a Directions Hearing on 2 March 2015. As there were no requests to be heard by the panel, no further hearings were held and the panel instead prepared its report based on written submissions and the Council’s written response to issues identified by the panel. The report of the panel can be downloaded below.

Amendment Documents

  Amendment C158 Panel Report (599.74kB)
  Box Hill Car Parking Strategy as adopted by Council 23 June 2014.pdf (6.78MB)
  Amendment C158 001poMaps01_02 Exhibition.pdf (350.56kB)
  Amendment C158 21_mss08_whse Approval.pdf (33.11kB)
  Amendment C158 22_lpp07_whse Approval.pdf (1.74MB)
  Amendment C158 45_09 Approval.pdf (26.39kB)
  Amendment C158 45_09s01_whse Approval.pdf (40.74kB)
  Amendment C158 61_03s_whse Approval.pdf (20.91kB)
  Amendment C158 Explanatory Report Approval.pdf (178.41kB)
  Amendment C158 Instruction Sheet Approval.pdf (9.56kB)

Should you have any queries, please contact Andrea Skraba, Senior Strategic Planner, on 9262 7586. 

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