title: Amendment C158mith - Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan council: mitchell state: vic category: amendment classification: MAJOR status: superseded-by-gazetted-2025-controls last_compiled: 2026-05-31 source_docs:
- Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf
- Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf
- Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf
- Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf
- web-research-L1-amendment-c158-page-dtp.txt
- web-research-L1-amendment-c158-planning-schemes.txt
Amendment C158mith - Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan
Amendment C158mith is the statutory mechanism intended to turn the Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan from a growth-area plan into operative planning controls for approximately 1,279 hectares between Wallan and Beveridge. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, p.1) Its planning importance is not only the scale of housing release, but the way it attempts to reconcile three competing public interests: a new urban precinct, protection and interpretation of burrung buluk/former Hanna Swamp and landscape values, and time-limited extraction from Work Authority 1473. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, pp.2-5)
The November 2024 PSP identifies 768.18 hectares of net developable area, 400.37 hectares of total open space, an estimated 14,991 dwellings, an estimated 46,473 residents, and an estimated 2,877 jobs. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.8,43) This means the amendment is a major land-supply and infrastructure-coordination instrument for Mitchell Shire, not a narrow rezoning. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.4,8,43)
Background
The Beveridge North West PSP sits within Melbourne’s Northern Growth Corridor and covers land bounded generally by the Hume Freeway, Camerons Lane, Old Sydney Road, and the Hadfield Road reservation. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.4) The PSP was prepared by the Victorian Planning Authority with Mitchell Shire Council, government agencies, service authorities and major stakeholders. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.2)
The amendment lineage matters. Amendment C106mith was exhibited from 5 September to 7 October 2019, received 34 submissions, and was considered by a Planning Panels Victoria Panel that reported on 7 October 2020. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.i) The Panel found strong policy support for urban development of the PSP area but recommended that the amendment be revised to explicitly include precinct-level planning for resource extraction from Work Authority 1473. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.ii-v)
C158mith was then prepared as the revised statutory pathway after the C106mith Panel process. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, p.3) The explanatory report states that C106mith’s two most consequential Panel recommendations were to plan explicitly for extraction from Work Authority 1473 and to recognise the need to plan for Hanna Swamp, now referred to in later material as burrung buluk. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, pp.3-4; Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, p.vi)
C158mith proposes to implement the PSP by introducing Schedule 3 to the Urban Growth Zone, inserting a Rural Conservation Zone schedule, applying an Incorporated Plan Overlay, applying Public Park and Recreation Zone to part of the amendment area, applying a Specific Controls Overlay to Work Authority 1473 and surrounding buffers, and incorporating both the PSP and an extractive industry and buffer area incorporated document into the Mitchell Planning Scheme. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, pp.1-2) A concurrent Amendment C161mith was prepared to apply an Infrastructure Contributions Plan over the Beveridge North West area. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, p.4)
Analysis
Land Supply, Density and Yield
The November 2024 PSP has a total precinct area of 1,279.35 hectares and a total net developable area of 768.18 hectares, meaning approximately 60.04 percent of the precinct is counted as NDA. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.8) The remaining land is substantially occupied by transport reservations, community and education land, waterway and drainage reserves, landscape values land, and credited open space. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.8)
The headline yield mechanism is a density framework rather than a single uniform lot assumption. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.12-13) Town centre, mixed-use and residential walkable catchment areas are each planned at 25 dwellings per net developable hectare, standard residential land is planned at 18 dwellings per net developable hectare, sloping land is planned at 15 dwellings per net developable hectare, Sensitive Interface Area A is planned at 12 dwellings per net developable hectare, and Sensitive Interface Area B is planned at 15.5 dwellings per net developable hectare. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.13) The total average density across the PSP is 20 dwellings per net developable hectare. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.13)
The 2024 PSP estimates 14,991 dwellings and 46,473 residents using a household factor of 3.1 people per dwelling. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.43) This is lower than the C106mith Panel’s earlier reference to 16,286 dwellings and approximately 45,000 to 51,000 residents, showing that later planning reduced the dwelling estimate while keeping the precinct’s urban role intact. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.i; Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.43)
The land budget shows why the gross-to-net conversion is central to interpreting the PSP. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.8) Waterway and drainage reserves occupy 125.98 hectares, landscape values land occupies 195.26 hectares, local network parks occupy 23.92 hectares, and local sports reserves occupy 55.20 hectares. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.8) Together, open-space-related categories account for 400.37 hectares, or 31.29 percent of the total precinct area. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.8)
The practical consequence is that development capacity depends less on the 1,279-hectare precinct area and more on how the 768.18 hectares of NDA is distributed between density bands, town centres, sensitive interfaces and sloping land. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.8,13,43) The PSP estimates 4,795 dwellings in residential walkable catchments, 7,107 dwellings in standard residential areas, 1,798 dwellings on sloping land, 395 dwellings in town centres, 593 dwellings in mixed-use areas, 139 dwellings in Sensitive Interface Area A and 163 dwellings in Sensitive Interface Area B. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.43)
Activity Centres, Employment and Community Structure
The PSP establishes four local town centres and two local convenience centres. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, p.2; Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.17) Southern LTC1 is planned for 9,000 square metres of shop floor space and 2,700 square metres of commercial floor space; Eastern LTC2 is planned for 3,300 square metres of shop floor space and 1,400 square metres of commercial floor space; Northern LTC3 and Western LTC4 are each planned for 6,300 square metres of shop floor space and 2,700 square metres of commercial floor space. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.17) Each of the two local convenience centres is planned for 1,000 square metres of shop floor space. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.17)
The employment estimate is modest relative to the resident population. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.43) The PSP estimates 1,581 jobs in town centres and mixed-use land, 106 jobs in community centres, 440 jobs in schools, and 750 home-based business jobs, for a total of 2,877 jobs. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.43) On the PSP’s own population estimate of 46,473 residents, the planned employment base is approximately one job for every 16 residents, so the precinct will rely on transport connections to jobs outside the PSP as well as local daily-service employment. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.43)
The education and community facility program is extensive. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, p.2) The explanatory report identifies three government primary schools, one government primary-secondary school, two non-government primary schools, one non-government secondary school and four community centres. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, p.2) The 2024 PSP land budget allocates 22.39 hectares to proposed government schools, 13.00 hectares to potential non-government schools, and 10.60 hectares to ICP community facilities. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.8)
The southern town centre is the most complex centre because its flexible design area must accommodate a 7-hectare retail core, a mixed-use area capped at 28 hectares unless varied, an 8.4-hectare government secondary school, a 3.5-hectare government primary school, 11.8 hectares of active open space, a 2.0-hectare community facility, and a 1.13-hectare local park. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.18) This makes Southern LTC1 a bundled service node rather than a stand-alone retail centre. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.17-18)
Quarry Planning and Work Authority 1473
The central contested issue in the amendment history is Work Authority 1473, a stone extraction resource in the north-east of the PSP area on the western flank of Spring Hill Cone. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.i) The C106mith exhibited PSP did not plan for extraction of the stone resource. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.i)
The C106mith Panel found that the WA1473 stone resource was significant, high quality, well located on the arterial road network, and within reasonable transport distance of major infrastructure projects and the northern growth corridor. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.ii) The Panel also found that policy support for resource protection was not absolute and required a planning balance against urban development outcomes. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.ii)
The Panel’s recommendation in chief was to revise C106mith to explicitly include precinct-level planning for resource extraction from Work Authority 1473. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.iv) C158mith responds by using a Specific Controls Overlay and an incorporated document for the extractive industry and buffer area. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, pp.3-4; Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, p.8)
The proposed quarry mechanism is time-limited. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, p.4) The explanatory report states that the SCO proposes to require the quarry to cease, including rehabilitation, no later than 31 December 2052 and to rehabilitate the land so it can be used and developed consistently with the PSP. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, pp.4-5) The VPA’s 2022 Part A submission states that the time limit is fundamental to balancing the long-term urban development outcomes sought by the PSP with the opportunity to extract the rock resource. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, p.8)
The quarry issue creates a sequencing problem rather than a simple land-use yes/no problem. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.33-39) The C106mith Panel noted that quarry forecasts out to 30 to 50 years were inherently uncertain and that urban development could be held back for a decade or more if extraction were permitted. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.36) The Panel also noted evidence that a 500-metre quarry buffer could affect land not controlled by the quarry operator, which it described as problematic. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.36-39)
The practical planning effect is that C158mith attempts to preserve the urban end-state while allowing a temporary non-urban use inside the urban precinct. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, pp.4-5) That is a relatively unusual structure for a PSP because the amendment has to manage the quarry’s operational period, its buffers, its rehabilitation, and the eventual integration of the affected land into the future residential and open-space structure. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, pp.4-5)
Burrung Buluk, Landscape Values and Rural Conservation Land
Burrung buluk, formerly Hanna Swamp, is one of the other major changes between C106mith and C158mith. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, p.vi) The C106mith Panel recommended explicit recognition of the need to plan for Hanna Swamp in the PSP’s land description, vision, Requirement R1 and water infrastructure table. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.v)
The 2024 PSP identifies high-quality native vegetation in the Beveridge North West portion of burrung buluk and requires subdivision layouts to respond to retained high-quality native vegetation at burrung buluk. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.4,10) The PSP requires a concept plan for the burrung buluk concept plan area and its interface with surrounding landscape values and abutting residential development areas. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.20)
The burrung buluk concept plan must identify ecological values to be retained or rehabilitated and must include appropriate hydrological responses. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.22) It must consider the views of Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung to identify cultural heritage values. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.22) It must also accommodate PSP infrastructure such as signalised pedestrian bridges and culverts, which means ecological protection and movement infrastructure are deliberately linked rather than treated separately. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.22)
The Rural Conservation Zone issue is a landscape-scale constraint. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.55-64) The C106mith Panel concluded that the RCZ had a critical role in defining the PSP and should not be reduced further than the exhibited extent. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.61-64) The Panel also recommended that the RCZ schedule recognise the geological importance of Spring Hill Cone and the western hills. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.64-65)
The 2024 land budget allocates 195.26 hectares to landscape values land, which is larger than the 125.98 hectares allocated to waterway and drainage reserves and larger than the 79.13 hectares allocated to credited open space. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.8) This confirms that landscape protection is a structural component of the precinct plan, not a residual open-space treatment. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.8)
Transport, Movement and Road Dependencies
The transport structure relies on two north-south arterial roads with different roles. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.40-45) The C106mith Panel concluded that two new north-south arterial roads were justified, that the network was superior to relying on one new arterial plus Old Sydney Road, and that an ultimate posted speed of 80 km/h on the western arterial was appropriate given its intended function. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.43-45)
The PSP infrastructure table identifies multiple arterial road and intersection projects that are staged short, medium and long term. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.44-46) Camerons Lane works between the Eastern Arterial and Malcolm Street are identified as short-to-medium timing and partly apportioned to the Beveridge Central ICP. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.44) The Western Arterial and Eastern Arterial segments are generally medium-to-long timing in the PSP infrastructure table. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.44-45)
The road network is also tied to public transport and active transport outcomes. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.30-31) The C106mith Panel accepted the eastern arterial’s role as part of the Principal Public Transport Network and the western arterial’s subregional traffic role. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.40-45)
Old Sydney Road remains a lower-order but important implementation issue. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.50-54) The C106mith Panel concluded that Old Sydney Road’s connector-street status was appropriate, that it should not be included in the Precinct Infrastructure Plan, and that upgrades should be achieved through development works using a PSP requirement and road cross-section. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.53-54)
Water, Drainage and Sodic Soils
The PSP’s water infrastructure program includes seven identified water infrastructure assets with a combined listed area of 125.97 hectares. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.34) These include a 13.30-hectare constructed waterway, a 15.37-hectare retarding basin/wetlands asset, a 23.08-hectare constructed waterway, a 67.44-hectare natural waterway along Kalkallo Creek, a 5.73-hectare natural waterway, and two smaller retarding basin/wetlands assets of 0.60 hectares and 0.45 hectares. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.34)
The PSP makes waterway and drainage reserve boundaries subject to functional and detailed design to the satisfaction of Melbourne Water and the responsible authority. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.33) This is important because the land budget numbers are not final engineering boundaries; they are planning allowances that may change through detailed design. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.33-34)
Sodic and dispersive soils are a material implementation risk. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.66-75) The C106mith Panel recorded that topsoils across the PSP area were typically non-sodic but subsoils varied from moderate to high sodicity, and that there was moderate to high erosion risk across the PSP. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.66) Activities that could expose sodic and dispersive soils include topsoil removal, subsoil excavation, service trenching, road construction and culvert construction. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.66)
The 2024 PSP responds through requirements that stormwater conveyance and treatment avoid or mitigate erosion from sodic or dispersive soils, that final designs of wetlands and retarding basins include treatments for dispersive soils where present, and that development staging avoid or mitigate erosion risks. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.33-34) The practical consequence is that drainage design cannot be treated as a routine civil-engineering matter after subdivision; soil behaviour can change waterway widths, basin treatment, staging and construction management. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.33-34; Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.66-75)
Infrastructure Contributions and Delivery
The PSP is paired with an Infrastructure Contributions Plan through Amendment C161mith. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, p.4; Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, p.12) The 2022 VPA submission states that C161mith would fund five community building projects, four open space projects, seven road projects, 15 intersection projects including two pedestrian crossings, five culvert and bridge projects, 20 transport inner public purpose land items, and 32 community and recreation inner public purpose land items. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, p.12)
The 2022 exhibited ICP was a supplementary levy ICP because transport infrastructure costs exceeded the standard levy anticipated to be collected. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, p.12) The exhibited supplementary levy rate was $69,065.13 for specified intersection and bridge/culvert projects. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, p.12)
The infrastructure table indicates that many arterial and intersection items are to be delivered only to interim construction standard through the ICP, with ultimate construction not included for many listed road and intersection items. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.44-46) This matters because early urban development can proceed on interim movement infrastructure, but later capacity and network quality depend on future ultimate upgrades or further funding arrangements. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.44-46)
Submissions and Process Risk
The scale of public response changed significantly between C106mith and C158mith. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.i; Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, p.8) C106mith received 34 submissions during its 2019 exhibition. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, p.i) The 2022 VPA Part A submission for C158mith and C161mith recorded 1,065 submissions after consultation commenced on 16 November 2021, was scheduled to close on 17 December 2021, and was extended to 31 January 2022. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, p.8)
The VPA noted a general lack of clarity about whether submissions concerning the proposed quarry related to the amendments or the called-in quarry permit application. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, p.8) That overlap is structurally important because C158mith sets the planning framework for the quarry and buffers, while Planning Permit application PLP268/19 in VCAT Proceeding P1745/2020 concerned the specific quarry proposal. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, pp.8,15)
Current Status
The source set contains a November 2024 PSP document, which indicates that a post-exhibition or later version of the PSP existed by November 2024. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, cover) The source set does not include a Government Gazette notice, final approval notice, final C161mith ICP document, or current planning-scheme map extract confirming the legal status of C158mith. (Source: web-research-L1-amendment-c158-page-dtp.txt; Source: web-research-L1-amendment-c158-planning-schemes.txt)
For production use, the amendment status is no longer recorded as unknown on this page. The council synthesis treats C158mith, C161mith and C175mith as gazetted on 5 August 2025; the remaining source limit is not status but the absence of the final gazette package and final ICP schedules in this page source set. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf; Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf)
Dependencies
- Blocks: Urban subdivision and development in the precinct depends on the PSP being implemented through the Mitchell Planning Scheme and on permit applications demonstrating consistency with PSP requirements and guidelines. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, pp.1-4; Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.4)
- Blocks: Delivery of the full urban end-state in the north-east of the precinct depends on quarry cessation, rehabilitation and integration of the WA1473 area into PSP land uses. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, pp.4-5)
- Blocked by: Detailed stormwater, waterway and drainage design remains subject to Melbourne Water and responsible authority satisfaction, including confirmation of waterway and drainage reserve boundaries. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.33-34)
- Blocked by: Sodic and dispersive soil management may affect drainage design, construction staging and erosion controls. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.66-75; Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.33-34)
- Informed by: The amendment is informed by the C106mith Panel Report, the Beveridge North West PSP, the Beveridge North West Background Report, the ICP workstream, transport modelling, sodic soils work, heritage assessments, utilities and servicing assessments, and other background studies listed in the 2022 VPA Part A submission. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, pp.13-17)
- Implements: The amendment implements the Beveridge North West PSP through UGZ3, RCZ controls, IPO controls, SCO controls, native vegetation provisions, referral requirements and incorporation of PSP-related documents. (Source: Explanatory-Report-C158mith-VPA.pdf, pp.1-2)
- Conflicts with: The main policy tension is between urban development sequencing and extractive resource protection at WA1473. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.18-23,27-39)
Cross-Jurisdictional Links
The precinct is physically and functionally linked to Wallan, Beveridge Central, Beveridge South West, Lockerbie North and the wider Northern Growth Corridor. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.4,42) The PSP identifies external town centres including Mandalay Estate Town Centre, Beveridge Central Local Convenience Centre, Lockerbie North Northern Town Centre and the future Beveridge Major Town Centre. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, p.42)
Transport connections have cross-precinct implications because Camerons Lane, the Eastern Arterial, the Western Arterial, Hadfield Road and potential Hume Freeway crossings interact with adjacent PSPs and wider corridor movement. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.40-54; Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.44-46) Some infrastructure apportionment in the PSP table refers to the Beveridge Central ICP, Beveridge South West ICP and Wallan South ICP, confirming that the precinct’s infrastructure funding is not self-contained. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-Victorian-Planning-Authority-November-2024.pdf, pp.44-46)
The PSP is also linked to regional extractive-resource planning because the C106mith Panel considered WA1473 in the context of hard-rock supply for Melbourne’s northern growth corridor, major infrastructure projects and regional demand. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.30-33) This means the quarry issue is not only a Mitchell Shire local amenity question; it is also a state resource-sequencing question. (Source: Panel-Report-Mitchell-Planning-Scheme-Amendment-C106mith-Beveridge-North-West-PSP-Planning-Panels-Victoria-October-2020.pdf, pp.30-33)
Gaps in This Analysis
The corpus does not include the final gazettal notice or final approved ordinance package for C158mith, so this page cannot verify whether the amendment has been gazetted, approved with changes, or superseded by later planning scheme controls. (Source: web-research-L1-amendment-c158-page-dtp.txt; Source: web-research-L1-amendment-c158-planning-schemes.txt)
The corpus does not include the final C161mith Infrastructure Contributions Plan, so this page cannot confirm final levy rates, final project costs, final apportionment, or any post-2022 changes to the exhibited supplementary levy. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, p.12)
The corpus does not include the Ministerial Advisory Committee final report for C158mith/C161mith or the final decision on Planning Permit application PLP268/19, so this page cannot state how the 1,065 submissions, the called-in quarry permit proceeding, or the VPA’s proposed quarry controls were ultimately resolved. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, pp.8,15)
The corpus does not include the full technical background reports for transport, drainage, utilities, biodiversity, cultural heritage, contamination or economics, although the 2022 VPA Part A submission lists many such reports. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, pp.13-17) This limits parcel-level analysis of land-take, infrastructure cost, staging triggers, service capacity and development constraints. (Source: Beveridge-North-West-Precinct-Structure-Plan-C158mith-Infrastructure-Contributions-Plan-C161mith-VCAT-Proceeding-P1745-2020-Part-A-Submission-April-2022.pdf, pp.13-17)
These should be recorded in _gaps as critical corpus gaps because C158mith is a major amendment and the missing documents determine the final statutory status, infrastructure contribution liability and quarry outcome. (Source: docs/CLAUDE-v3.md)
Operative Status Reconciliation
Production QA reconciliation: this page is retained for historical amendment analysis, but the operative Beveridge North West status used across the wiki is the later C158mith/C161mith/C175mith package gazetted on 5 August 2025. The unresolved questions are therefore narrower: final levy tables, quarry permit outcome, post-gazettal implementation conditions, detailed staging and agency delivery evidence. It is not correct for this page to tell a user that Beveridge North West’s final statutory approval is simply unknown.