Planning and Environment Act 1987

The Statement of Planning Policy for a declared area must—

set a vision for a period of at least 50 years that identifies the values, priorities and preferences of the Victorian community in relation to the distinctive attributes of the declared area, including preferences for future land use, protection and development; and

set out the long-term needs for the integration of decision-making and planning for the declared area; and

state the parts of the Statement that are binding on responsible public entities and the parts that are in the nature of recommendations to which responsible public entities are only required to have regard; and

include a declared area framework plan in accordance with subsection (2); and

set out Aboriginal tangible and intangible cultural values, and other cultural and heritage values, in relation to the declared area.

The declared area framework plan must provide a framework for decision-making in relation to the future use and development of land in the declared area that—

integrates environmental, social, cultural and economic factors for the benefit of the community and encourages sustainable development and identifies areas for protection and conservation of the distinctive attributes of the declared area; and

may specify settlement boundaries in the declared area or designate specific settlement boundaries in the declared area as protected settlement boundaries.