Overview

The Victorian Government is committed to helping secure access to critical materials to build our future homes and infrastructure affordably.

Victoria’s population is set to double by 2050. As our population rises, so will our demand for quarry materials such as rock, gravel and sand in order to build homes, infrastructure and private sector development. It’s vital to ensure extractive resources are sourced close to where they’ll be used in construction. This is because it helps affordability by keeping construction costs down, while also reducing the need to transport material over large distances, which is a more sustainable approach.

The Strategic Extractive Resource Areas (SERA) pilot project aims to ensure quarries can supply raw materials well into the future while avoiding land use conflicts. The project will trial the establishment of SERAs that will define the locations of strategic state resources while considering other existing land uses, environmental assets and community interests.

The SERAs are proposed to be mapped and incorporated into the planning system with associated planning controls. The planning controls seek to secure the extractive resources and support the potential for complementary land uses. This will provide greater certainty to industry, land use planners and the community to better inform future land use well in advance of development.

UPDATE - DECEMBER 2020

From May to July 2020, the Victorian Government undertook an 8 week public consultation process about the SERA pilot project. During that period we received over 250 submissions, with detailed feedback provided by statutory authorities, local governments, landowners, community organisations, and interested individuals. Topics covered in the submissions include the methodology used to inform the SERA pilot project, the SERA boundaries in the two pilot locations, and the planning controls drafted to implement them.

We are now completing a review and analysis of all submissions. We will contact key stakeholders with a project update by early 2021, and we will publish further project updates here on the Engage VIC website.


Survey

Pilot site

Does your submission relate the Wyndham SERA pilot, the South Gippsland SERA pilot, both or neither?

Submitter type

I am making this submission:

Securing strategic extractive resources

To what extent do you agree with the below statement:

It is important to secure strategic extractive resources in suitable locations.

Draft ‘Strategic Extractive Resource Area’ boundaries

To what extent do you agree with the below statement:

The draft boundaries adequately identify ‘Strategic Extractive Resource Areas’ in the pilot area/s?

Draft ‘Strategic Extractive Resource Area’ planning provisions

Other matters

Your email address will be our primary means of contacting you if we need to. We may use this to contact you should we need to clarify your submission or to provide you with project updates. Please check that the address that you provide is correct and does not contain any spaces.

The survey form is now closed. Thanks for your contributions.

Collection Statement

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR) are committed to protecting personal information provided by you in accordance with the principles of the Victorian privacy laws. The information you provide will be used to inform the Strategic Extractive Resources Areas Pilot Project

The information you provide will be made available to both DELWP and DJPR staff to develop a consultation summary report. This report will not include any personally identifying information and will be uploaded on the DELWP and/or website.

The submission you provide will be published on the DELWP and/or DJPR website. To protect individual privacy, your name and address will be removed from your submission.

If you do not wish to be identified, please ensure there is no other information in your submission that could identify you or other individuals. If your submissions relates to a specific property, sections of the submissions relating to the property, including its address will be removed.

If you are making comment as an organisation, then your comments may be published, including the name of your organisation.

De-identified submissions may be used by DELWP and DJPR, or its contracted service providers under confidentiality agreements, in preparing its recommendations to government.

Please note, if you do not provide your name/email address we will not be able to identify your submission if you wish to access it, make a correction, or require technical support.

Should you need to correct the information you provided or gain access to your submission, please contact us via email at planning.implementation@delwp.vic.gov.au