Land contamination is a major issue for planners as former industrial, mining or commercial land is redeveloped for residential or other sensitive uses. Such sites may have been contaminated by former waste disposal, industrial and similar activities, and this is often discovered during changes to land use. These sites may present an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment, without some remediation or management. In most cases, the consideration of these issues and the management of potential risks are triggered by the planning process when a rezoning, redevelopment or change of use is being sought.
This course is designed to update participants’ knowledge of current contaminated land issues and the tools used in planning to identify and assess potentially contaminated land, including the PSI, PRSA and Environmental Audits. These tools provide a consistent and proportionate screening assessment approach to assist planners. The course explains how statutory and strategic planners can identify potentially contaminated land; navigate the process using our PCL Assessment Framework; and ensure the outcomes of environmental audits are implemented effectively into planning decisions including planning permits and importantly, planning scheme amendments.
Designed
For
Statutory and strategic planners in local government, planning and environmental consultants and lawyers involved in planning scheme amendments and permit applications who need to develop a greater competency and understanding in applying a range of planning tools to manage potentially contaminated land.
Learning
Outcomes
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Understand the Preliminary Risk Screening Assessment (PRSA) and scoped audit approach
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Learn how to apply the framework outlined in the Planning Practice Note 30: Potentially contaminated land
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Understand the regulatory framework that triggers consideration of potentially contaminated land in planning, including relevant changes to the environment legislation
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Learn how to identify what is potentially contaminated land, when a PRSA or environmental audit is required and how to implement the outcomes of an environmental audit into planning decisions
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Understand Ministerial Direction No. 1 and when to apply an Environmental Audit Overlay
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Learn how to apply the framework in the planning scheme amendment and planning permit processes
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Learn how to apply appropriate permit conditions
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Develop more confidence in managing the more complex aspects of potentially contaminated land in scheme amendments and planning permits
Presenters
Jean Meaklim has a 30+-year career in government, industry, public health and environmental assessment. During 25 years across the Victorian Health Department and EPA, she developed extensive experience assessing and managing pollution and other environmental issues, including impacts on land development and planning, and now assists government and developers to find suitable land use solutions as an environmental consultant.
Denise Turner MPIA (Fellow) has over 30 years’ experience in Victorian town planning across state and local government. She has extensive experience in all facets of land use planning as well as a range of environmental planning issues, having worked at EPA as their Senior Planning Adviser for 7 years. Denise’s planning experience spans metropolitan, growth areas and regional areas.
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