Anthony Mousley: My name's Anthony from Moonee Valley Council. I am in the role of planning enforcement at the moment. The City of Moonee Valley back in 2014 implemented into their planning scheme stormwater management policy to help developers make compliance.
What we're finding is that most developments were implementing water sensitive urban design measures but they weren't being maintained properly, they weren't being installed properly and they're generally in a broader scheme of things. We're not meeting compliance.
So as an option, Council decided to go down the route of introducing a voluntary contribution scheme to allow developers the option for council to install their own infrastructure or treatments for water sensitive urban design to meet the obligations of setting the scheme.
Overall, developers are thankful that there is an option that complements council's vision. That, that's one thing, but also the benefit has been to fast track some of the council projects that have already been proposed. The biggest benefit is that we're getting better compliance outcomes over time.
The ability of the voluntary contribution scheme allows a developer to install treatments that really complement their own developments and the ones that may not be as beneficial, they can put that on council to implement them more effectively.
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