The Advisory Committee on Potentially Contaminated Land
(PCL), appointed by the Minister for Planning,
recently released its Issues and Options Paper
(paper) for public comment.
The Advisory Committee's terms of reference require a review
of the relevant Victorian planning and environmental policy
provisions for PCL, including Ministerial Direction No 1, the
Practice Note and any relevant Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal (VCAT) decisions and panel reports
relating to those planning controls and to consider potential
changes to the planning framework for PCL.
The Advisory Committee's terms of reference are limited to
consideration of potential reforms to the planning framework
relating to PCL and will not solve many of the problems that have
been identified in other reviews and inquiries (such as the
Ombudsman's inquiry into Brookland Greens, the Victorian
Auditor General's Office (VAGO) audit of
Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Hazardous
Waste
