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title: Wallan South Hadfield Road Infrastructure Contributions Plan council: mitchell state: vic category: infrastructure classification: MAJOR status: unknown last_compiled: 2026-05-31 source_docs:

  • Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf

Wallan South Hadfield Road Infrastructure Contributions Plan

The available evidence does not include the Wallan South Hadfield Road Infrastructure Contributions Plan itself; it only shows how the future Wallan South PSP and future Wallan South ICP were treated in the adjoining Beveridge North West PSP and C161mith supplementary levy ICP process. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 63-70) The practical planning issue is therefore not a confirmed Wallan South levy schedule, but a boundary-infrastructure funding problem: Hadfield Road, IN-08, IN-09, BR-01, Burrung Buluk, and the Eastern Arterial Road form a shared interface between Beveridge North West PSP and the future Wallan South PSP. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 48, 63-70)

Background

The Wallan South PSP is identified as a 947 hectare precinct north of the Beveridge North West PSP. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 29) Planning for Wallan South commenced in 2019 and had recently completed agency validation under the VPA PSP 2.0 process when the April 2022 VPA Part A submission was prepared. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 29) The source states that Wallan South was expected to be predominantly residential with some employment land. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 29)

The adjoining Beveridge North West PSP covers approximately 1,279 hectares in south-west Mitchell Shire and is bounded by the Hume Freeway to the east, Camerons Lane to the south, Old Sydney Road to the west, and the western extension of the Hadfield Road reservation to the north. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 9) This means Hadfield Road functions as the northern boundary interface for Beveridge North West and the southern boundary interface for Wallan South. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 9, 63)

The VPA prepared two draft amendments for Beveridge North West: C158mith to incorporate the PSP and rezone land, and C161mith to incorporate the supplementary levy ICP. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 11-12) The C161mith ICP was prepared because transport infrastructure costs exceeded the amount expected from the standard levy. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 12)

Analysis

Boundary Infrastructure Funding Mechanism

The available source shows a deliberate VPA approach to boundary-road cost allocation across the northern growth corridor. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 63) The C106mith Panel accepted that the cost of an arterial road between two PSPs can be met fully by the PSP in which the road is located, rather than being apportioned only by modelled traffic generation from adjoining precincts. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 63)

That mechanism allocated Camerons Lane on the southern boundary of Beveridge North West to the Beveridge North West PSP and allocated Hadfield Road on the southern boundary of Wallan South entirely to the Wallan South PSP. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 63) The Panel concluded that 100 percent apportionment of Hadfield Road to the Wallan South PSP was consistent with the VPA approach in other PSPs in the growth corridor and was fair and reasonable in the circumstances. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 63)

The effect is that Hadfield Road is treated as a Wallan South ICP responsibility even though it also serves the northern edge of Beveridge North West. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 63) This creates a sequencing dependency: if Hadfield Road is required to complete the boundary arterial network, the Wallan South PSP and ICP process becomes relevant to access and movement outcomes for the adjoining Beveridge North West network. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 63, 70)

Shared Items: IN-08, IN-09, and BR-01

The Beveridge North West ICP identified IN-08 as a four-way signalised intersection outside the Beveridge North West PSP area, with 50 percent apportioned to the Beveridge North West ICP and 50 percent apportioned to the Wallan South ICP. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 64) The same project list identifies IN-09 as a four-way signalised intersection outside the Beveridge North West PSP area, with 50 percent apportioned to the Beveridge North West ICP. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 64) A later response records that submissions sought amendment of cost apportionment between Beveridge North West and Wallan South for IN-08 and IN-09 because they were likely to be moved further north into Wallan South. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 70)

The VPA response relied on the C106mith Panel finding that a 50/50 apportionment of IN-08 and IN-09 on Hadfield Road between the Beveridge North West PSP and Wallan South PSP was appropriate. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 70) The VPA also stated that even if the potential inclusion of the swamp changed the location of Hadfield Road, the funding principle should remain a 50 percent apportionment between Beveridge North West and the future Wallan South PSP. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 70)

BR-01 is identified as a single carriageway bridge crossing of a constructed waterway on Patterson Road/E14, with the item listed in the Beveridge North West supplementary levy projects and with 50 percent apportioned to the Wallan South ICP. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 64) The source does not provide the Wallan South-side cost, levy rate, land budget, or timing trigger for BR-01. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 64)

Hadfield Road Alignment and Burrung Buluk

The alignment of Hadfield Road was contested because submitters raised concerns about the east-west road alignment and intersections north of the Beveridge North West PSP boundary within the Wallan South PSP area. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 61) The VPA stated that the Hadfield Road alignment in the Wallan South PSP was beyond the scope of the Beveridge North West draft amendments and would be determined through a future Wallan South planning process and planning scheme amendment. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 61)

Burrung Buluk is relevant because the source records that Hadfield Road could be affected by the potential inclusion of the swamp and that the resulting location change would not alter the VPA’s proposed 50/50 funding principle for IN-08 and IN-09. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 70) A submission also proposed relocating Hadfield Road north of Burrung Buluk and constructing a connector street south of the swamp to provide road frontage and northern access to recreation facilities. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 49) The source does not confirm that this proposed realignment was accepted for Wallan South. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 49, 61)

Eastern Arterial Road Interface

The VPA proposed to realign the Eastern Arterial Road RD-04 by 200 metres west of its Future Urban Structure position so that the road could be delivered while the quarry was operating if required. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 40) The VPA commissioned a redesign of RD-04 from IN-11 to support a road network connection between Beveridge North West and Wallan South. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 40) In the ICP submissions response, the VPA stated that the Eastern Arterial Road realignment from IN-11 to IN-09, with IN-09 located in Wallan South, would affect costing and land take. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 68)

This is a material dependency because the shared road geometry can change the amount of land required, the item cost, and the apportionment between the Beveridge North West ICP and the future Wallan South ICP. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 68, 70) The source states that design and costing work was underway and that the ICP would be updated when the information became available. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 68)

What Can and Cannot Be Quantified

The available source quantifies the Wallan South PSP area at 947 hectares. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 29) The available source does not provide the Wallan South ICP levy rate, Wallan South net developable area, Hadfield Road project cost, IN-08 total cost, IN-09 total cost, BR-01 total cost, public land contribution, collection area, charge area, staging triggers, or indexation method. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 63-70)

For comparison only, the Beveridge North West ICP had an exhibited supplementary levy rate of $69,065.13 per hectare for four intersection projects and two culvert/bridge projects. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 12) That Beveridge North West rate cannot be treated as the Wallan South rate because the source identifies Wallan South as a future PSP and future ICP rather than as an adopted or exhibited ICP with its own levy calculations. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 29, 63)

Current Status

As at the April 2022 VPA Part A submission, the Wallan South PSP had completed agency validation and further landowner and community consultation was proposed for 2022. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 61) The VPA stated that the Wallan South road alignment questions were outside the scope of the Beveridge North West amendments and would be resolved through a future Wallan South planning process and planning scheme amendment. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 61) The current post-2022 statutory status of the Wallan South Hadfield Road ICP is not established by the available source. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 61)

Dependencies

  • Blocks: The Wallan South ICP is the likely funding mechanism for 100 percent of Hadfield Road and 50 percent shares of some boundary infrastructure, so unresolved Wallan South PSP/ICP settings can delay certainty about the northern boundary transport network. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 63-70)
  • Blocked by: The Hadfield Road alignment, Burrung Buluk planning response, Eastern Arterial Road redesign, IN-08 and IN-09 locations, and Wallan South planning scheme amendment process all remain unresolved in the available source. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 61, 68, 70)
  • Informed by: The available evidence is informed by the C106mith Panel findings, Beveridge North West ICP work, transport modelling, sodic soils evidence, Cardno infrastructure designs and costings, and the ICP Ministerial Direction. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 63-64)
  • Implements: The mechanism implements the VPA’s growth-corridor approach that boundary arterial roads can be funded by the PSP in which the road is located. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 63)
  • Conflicts with: Submissions challenged the proposed apportionment and location of IN-08 and IN-09 because the intersections may move further north into Wallan South. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 70)

This is an intra-council but cross-precinct infrastructure issue within Mitchell Shire because the same transport corridor links the Beveridge North West PSP and Wallan South PSP. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 29, 63) It also involves state-agency coordination because the VPA worked with the Department of Transport and the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions on the integrated transport and quarry interface presented to the Committee. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 40)

The Beveridge North West PSP depends on Wallan South decisions for the northern continuation of the arterial network, while the future Wallan South PSP inherits a cost-allocation principle already tested through the C106mith Panel and C161mith ICP process. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 63, 70)

Gaps in This Analysis

The primary gap is the absence of the Wallan South PSP, Wallan South ICP, Wallan South Hadfield Road project sheets, cost sheets, land budget, transport assessment, and amendment documentation. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 61, 63-70) Without those documents, this page cannot quantify the Wallan South levy rate, total Hadfield Road cost, net developable area charge base, timing triggers, land acquisition requirements, or per-lot contribution burden. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 63-70)

The available source explicitly states that the Hadfield Road alignment will be determined through a future Wallan South planning process and planning scheme amendment. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, p. 61) The next corpus pass should therefore locate the Wallan South PSP project page, any Wallan South amendment material, the Wallan South ICP or draft ICP, transport modelling for Hadfield Road and the Eastern Arterial Road, and any updated VPA or Mitchell Shire material after April 2022. (Source: Beveridge North West Precinct Structure Plan - Infrastructure Contributions Plan - VCAT Proceeding P1745-2020 Part A Submission.pdf, pp. 61, 68, 70)

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