Frankston City Planning Scheme

Frankston City now administers the former Cranbourne (part) Shire's planning scheme as well as that for the former City of Frankston. Both schemes will be superseded by the Victoria Planning Provisions (VPP) where heritage overlay clauses will replace the existing heritage entries in both schemes.

Places Listed In The Frankston Planning Scheme

The following places are listed in the Frankston planning scheme:

• Cruden Farm, Langwarrin
• Mulberry Hill, Baxter
• Church's house, Langwarrin
• Ballam Park, Cranbourne Road, Frankston, c1856
• 'The Lofts', 20 Davey Street, Frankston, 1900
• St. Mirins, 140-150 Golf Links Road, Baxter, 1934-
• Storm Haven, 3 Harleston Road, Mt. Eliza, c1953 (NOTE: this place is in Mornington Peninsula Shire)
• Marathon, 12 Marathon Drive, Frankston, 1914- (NOTE: this place is in Mornington Peninsula Shire)
• House, 581 Nepean Highway, Frankston, 1953
• Stokesay, 288-289 Nepean Highway, Frankston, 1921
• The Gumnuts, 619 Nepean Highway, Frankston, 1922
• Yamala Lodge (gatehouse) and gateway, 652 Nepean Highway, Frankston, 1898
• Pinehill, now Bruce Manor, 34 Pinehill Drive, Frankston, 1926
• Westerfield, 86-96 Robinsons Road, Baxter, 1924
• Hendra, Williams Road, Mt. Eliza, 1930c (NOTE: this place is in Mornington Peninsula Shire)

Places Recommended From The Eastern Part Of The City For Addition To The Planning Scheme Table From This Study (1997)

Places recommended for inclusion in the Frankston planning scheme, agreed by the study steering committee as a high priority, were those places identified to be of regional significance and above:

• Mossbank Park, Cranbourne Frankston Road, Langwarrin
• Lloyd's house, Cranhaven Road, Langwarrin
• Rahilly trees & stables, former outbuildings, Frankston Dandenong Road, Carrum Downs
• GK Tucker Brotherhood of St Laurence Settlement, Frankston Dandenong Road, Carrum Downs, 1930c-
• Carrum Downs Memorial Hall, Frankston Dandenong Road, Carrum Downs
• Mulberry Hill, Golf Links Road, Baxter, 1920-30s
• Woodleigh Anglican School, Golf Links Road, Baxter, (c1976 buildings only)
• Langwarrin Flora and Fauna Reserve (cultural elements), McClelland Drive, Langwarrin
• McClelland Gallery, McClelland Drive, Langwarrin
• Blairlogie Training Centre, Newton Avenue, Baxter
• Bungalow & Canary Island date palm, North Road, Langwarrin
• Bunya bunyas (2), North Road, Langwarrin
• St Thomas Anglican Church, Warrandyte Road, Langwarrin

Heritage Funding For Places Listed In Planning Schemes

Heritage Victoria administers the Victorian Heritage Restoration Fund which can provide financial assistance to the owner(s) of places listed in the planning scheme. The fund will provide loans at low interest rates for capital works for the conservation, restoration or enhancement of historic buildings, sites, structures, gardens or other special places.

Applications for funds should address the need or urgency of the works; the heritage value of the place; if the works comply with recognised conservation practices (such as The Illustrated Burra Charter); any community benefit; and whether the works are eligible for funding from other sources. They should . also include the title details of the place and a description and cost estimate of the works.

Applications for funding should be made on the form available from Heritage Victoria, 22nd Floor, 80 Collins Street, (GPO Box 2240T) Melbourne, telephone (03) 9655 6519.

Council Initiatives

During the study process the City administration has developed a policy on assistance to owners of heritage properties listed in the planning scheme (see also non-statutory conservation programs) which include:

• the waiving of planning application fees for approved conservation work on listed heritage properties;
• 50% rate rebates which are linked with conservation work by owners on their heritage properties (see Part 8, Division 2, section 169 of the Local Government Act 1989, as used by the former Waranga Shire)
• rate valuations which account for heritage listing, reducing rates and State Land Tax if a property has a reduced redevelopment potential (see Section 2 (8) of the Valuation of Land Act);
• increased flexibility of land use for heritage properties

Once the type and extent of its planning controls are known, Council should consider funding the preparation of, and adopt as policy, detailed conservation guidelines for each listed heritage place to supplement this study and aid in the administration of any conservation planning controls. This type of work would be done by a heritage adviser or as a separate commission open to tender.

Recommendations

• The places listed above should be added to the Frankston planning scheme;
• Any staged planning protection for identified heritage places should use the heritage value as a guide to priority, for example seeking to list the sites of National significance, State, then Regional, then Local in the planning scheme;
• Council should consult the Heritage Council of Victoria over any proposed development of sites of Regional or State importance in the interim;
• Heritage skills or qualifications should be included in any tender documents issued for planning services under Compulsory Competitive Tendering.