Land cover/use change (Paynesville) - Final exam prep

land cover (purpose, define)

define:

• Area with specific regulations and rules governing the types of land uses

• determine building activities and development permitted within it

purpose:

• To regulate land use

  protects resources

  avoids conflicts between different land uses

land cover example

Residential

Commercial

industrial

agricultural

recreation

historic

example of property overlays

Vegetation protection

environmental significance

bushfire management

erosion management

flooding

design & development

difference between land cover and land use

land cover is what covers the surface, land use is how the land itself is used

what zones are in paynesville

General residential zones

public park & recreation zones

mixed use zones

industrial zones

public use zones

FZ zone (purpose)

farming zone

purpose:

• to provide land use for agriculture

• encourage use & development with sustainable land development practices efficient land use

What can be done WITHOUT a permit

Bed and breakfast

Animal keeping

cattle feet lot

railway

rural store

what can be done WITH a permit

Camping & caravan park

cemetery

car park

market

primary school

state planning policy (define, purpose, when)

define

• A three-tier structure that integrate s state, regional & local planning policies into a single, streamlines framework

purpose

• To improve the process of planning policies

• To align state and local policies

• to make planning schemes easier to understand

when

• July 31, 2018

overlays (purpose, example)

purpose

• To signify land with potential issues that need managing

example

• Vegetation protection

• environmental significance

• bushfire management

• erosion management

• flooding

• design & development

vpo1 (purpose and considerations)

vpo1

• Vegetation protection overlay

To:

• Protects areas of significant vegetation

• minimizes loss of vegetation

• preserve existing trees

• maintain/enhance habitats for indigenous fauna

considerations

• What will be the effects of the proposed use on protected vegetation

• the role of native vegetation in considering flora and fauna

• cultural significance

slo2 (purpose and considerations)

slo2

Significant landscape overlay 2

To:

• Identify significant landscapes

• Conserves and enhances the character of significant landscapes

considerations

• Impacts of buildings on significant views

• how are the landscape values being changed

• to which extent are buildings enhancing objectives in the area

• is this going to enhance or reduce bushfire risks

impacts of paynesville development economic

economic development

positive

• Increase jobs, businesses and money being spent

negative

• Additional elderly people – more stress on some businesses such as medical, nursing homes. Not entirely negative

impacts of paynesville development environmental

environemtnal impacts

positive

• Expanding protected area

• Returning to shire land

• Rehabilitating wetlands

negative

• Increased emissions e.g CO2

• Potential runoff onto wetlands

• Process of building having negative impacts due to materials required

• Additional/increased runoff

• Protected species will have less room of live – native and migratory

impacts of paynesville development social

social impacts

positive

• More people = more teachers = better education

• Increased tourism

• Boost to social clubs. RSL, footy club

negative

• Busier roads

• Increased waiting times

location of fieldwork site paynesville

North west Paynesville, south east of Bairnsdale

lies between  37°54'53" and 37°53'48"S as well as 147°41'51"E and 147°42'45"E

current land use on fieldwork site

Agriculture

Primarily used for agricultural cattle grazing

future land use of fieldwork site

Mostly General residential zone

Some Mixed use/commercial

human geographic features in Paynesville

Current:

• 600 houses

Future:

• 1200 houses, up to 4000 people

• Caravan park for tourism/accommodation

Paynesville General:

•  general store/petrol station

• population 3636, average age 62, density,

• wide range of businesses taking up 2 streets such as the IGA, pub, cafés, computer shop, bakeries

natural geographic features in Paynesville

Site: point Fullerton Gippsland lakes reserve, elevation from 0-30m above sea level

7km² area

Next to Grandview Road and Waterview road

Currently grassland

 

Paynesville:

Canals (manmade)

417km²

Elevation: 3-9m above sea level

paynesville’s interconnection with surrounding region

SOCIAL - Schools, Friends/family, access (roads), gunai kurnai land

HISTORIC -

ECONOMIC – Employment, commercial (shopping), tourism, financial services, public transport

ENVIRONMENTALLY – Michell River, same region, lake king

POLITICALLY – East Gippsland shire council, Victorian state gov, Australian gov, commonwealth

TECHNOLOGICAL – Roads, electrical, water, internet

process of change in paynesville

Need identified – 2015

Structure plan by EGS – 2016

Zone changes application – 2024

Confirmed by EGS – 2024

Complaints submitted

Taken to VCAT (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal) – 2025

Future – Zoning change confirmed, building permits, building

reasons for change in Paynesville (planning strategies, individuals, organizations)

planning strategies 

• Poor soil quality due to stock grazing

• Close to town (Paynesville)

• Services already connected

individuals

• Population Growth

• Paynesville is seen as a destination

organizations

• more business opportunities 

use of geospatial tech to analyze/assess and manage the development of Paynesville

GIS

• Example: google earth, used to analyze at site for size, currently on and elevation of land

• Used to compare interconnection between Paynesville and surrounding towns (Bairnsdale)

Remote sensing (satellite)

• Example: Google earth, pictures in journal , purpose to view and analyze the land

 

Could be used in future: GIS and remote sensing to compare growth over time. May influence when certain things should happen (introduce runoff channels )

What’s the research question for Paynesville?

many social, economic and environmental impacts can arise from the development of large residential areas, what impacts will this development have on paynesville.

percentage of paynesvilles zones

42.51% of paynesvilles land is GRZ

22.6%  is farming

18.88% public park and recreation zone

0.95% is commercial 1 zone