IN response to a parliamentary question, Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny has attempted to shift blame for the flawed interim erosion management overlay back onto the shire, despite an earlier letter appearing to leave the municipality little choice in the matter. Described by some as a major “overreach”, the interim erosion management overlay (EMO7) targets land assessed as highly susceptible to landslides, affecting about 33,000 lots. Of these, roughly 27,000 are residential properties not already covered by existing erosion overlays. Many residents have expressed anger and confusion after their properties were suddenly included, with many believing they face no landslide risk…
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MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have moved to ease residents’ concerns after conceding “errors” in an interim erosion management overlay (EMO) had prompted widespread community confusion and angst. The shire has mapped wide-spread landslide-risk areas across the peninsula after councillors approved on 17 November to advance an interim erosion management overlay – a planning control aimed at managing development on land most prone to landslides despite property owners believing they face no such risk. The measure followed an urgent directive from state Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny, requiring council to prepare an amendment to the Mornington Peninsula planning scheme to introduce the…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have voted to advance an interim erosion management overlay, a planning control aimed at managing development on land most prone to landslides. The decision was made during the shire’s unscheduled public meeting on 17 November following an urgent directive from state Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny to prepare an amendment to the Mornington Peninsula planning scheme that would form the new control. The measure was a key recommendation of the board of inquiry into the McCrae landslide in January that saw a house slide down the escarpment, which was found later to have been caused by a…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have backed new measures to improve landslide and erosion management, including public access to data and stronger planning controls in high-risk areas.At their 14 October council meeting, councillors unanimously voted to introduce an interim Erosion Management Overlay (EMO) across high-risk parts of the Mornington Peninsula. An EMO is a planning control that identifies land vulnerable to erosion or landslides, allowing the shire to enforce stronger regulations on development to protect safety and stability.As part of the new measures, the shire would make landslide susceptibility data from its Landslide Susceptibility Assessment publicly available. The move will help…