FOLLOWING a population boom in Shepparton North, Greater Shepparton City Council is now preparing a Structure Plan to guide the future development of the area.
This is long overdue according to Pat & Tina’s BP Service Station owner, Joe Di Conza.
“This end of Shepparton has been neglected. More and more houses are going up each week, but where is the infrastructure to support this?” said Joe.
“So much has been spent on continuous redevelopment of the CBD, but what’s really needed is the construction of services out here, maintenance of Council land and a clear plan about how we will support the population increase.”
The Shepparton North Activity Centre (SNAC) was identified in the ‘Commercial Activity Centres Strategy, November 2015’ (CACS) as a sub-regional activity centre, the same status as Riverside Plaza and the Mooroopna CBD in the retail hierarchy of the Greater Shepparton Planning Scheme.
The SNAC comprises land between Ford Road and Hawkins Street on the eastern side of the Goulburn Valley Highway (Numurkah Road). It services a large catchment in Shepparton North as well as a broader area stretching as far north as southern New South Wales.
The Planning Scheme considered that further expansion and concentration of retail and commercial facilities may be required in the future to serve the growing population of Shepparton North. With this in mind, a Structure Plan is required to help guide the Shepparton North Activity Centre (SNAC).
The Structure Plan will guide the future development of the SNAC for predominantly retail and commercial purposes, while ensuring that it provides appropriate connections to surrounding commercial, recreational and residential areas in the area. It considers the implications and opportunities for Shepparton North in terms of development (e.g. industrial, commercial and residential uses), movement and access and the analysis of projections for economic growth.
