By Violet Li
Casey community is invited to have their say in precinct plans for new suburbs in Devon Meadows, and Casey Fields South, which are proposed to deliver more than 5,000 jobs and 11,000 homes.
The two proposed precincts sit next to each other at approximately 5 kilometres from the Cranbourne town centre.
According to the draft precinct plans, the two precincts will deliver land for more than 5,000 jobs, reducing the need for Casey residents to travel out of the municipality for work.
Devon Meadows precinct will be turned into an immersive and walkable residential community, home to over 11,000 residents.
The heart of the precinct will provide opportunities for shopping, education, community services, entertainment, and recreation.
The precinct plans also propose to deliver new transport, drainage and community infrastructure, including the facilitation of new intersections along Ballarto Road, Clyde Five Ways Road, Craig Road and South Gippsland Highway, a local convenience centre in both Casey Fields South Employment and Devon Meadows Precincts, a government primary school and government secondary school in Devon Meadows Precinct, a multipurpose community centre including kindergartens and meeting rooms for community use, which will be co-located with the primary school in Devon Meadows Precinct, a public open space network including four new local parks in Casey Fields South, and six new local parks and a local sports reserve in Devon Meadows.
The draft planning scheme amendment has been prepared to implement the Casey Fields South Employment and Devon Meadows precinct plans into the Casey Planning Scheme.
Changes to the zoning, overlay and particular provisions of the Casey Planning Scheme will be applied to facilitate the development of the precincts.
Specifically, the draft amendment proposes to rezone land in the precincts to an Urban Growth Zone (UGZ), also inserting a new schedule into the zone, apply an Environmental Audit Overlay (EAO) to land identified as having a high risk for potential contamination, include native vegetation exemptions in the Schedule to Clause 52.17 Native Vegetation of the Casey Planning Scheme, and delete the existing Public Acquisition Overlay (PAO) applied to land on Clyde Fiveways Road and Ballarto Road.
The 275-hectare Casey Fields South Employment precinct is bounded by Ballarto Road on the northern edge and Clyde Five Way Road on the eastern edge, while the 261-hectare Devon Meadows precinct, a primarily residential precinct, is bounded by Craig Road to the west and directly adjoins the backs of multiple existing rural residential lots to the south. South Gippsland Highway runs across the connecting side of the two precincts.
Both precincts are relatively flat, with “gently undulating topography”.
Three information sessions will be held in March, two online and one in-person.
Online information session 1: Thu, 13 March 2025, 5.30pm – 6.30pm.
Online information session 2: Tue, 18 March 2025, 7.30pm – 8.30pm.
In-person information session: Botanic Ridge Village Shopping Centre pop-up, Sat, 15 March 2025, 9.30am – 12.30pm.
The public consultation is open from 3 to 31 March.
To submit, access online information sessions, and read more information, visit: engage.vic.gov.au/cfsdm
