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1. Point 2.1 of Councils Indented Head Structure Plan
   Indented Head is not a location designated for extensive residential or rural residential growth within Council’s Municipal Strategic Statement
   3.1 Vision
   “The peace and quiet of Indented Head is the most valued aspect of the township. The small and cohesive community is its most important and valued resource. Our vision for this small and idyllic hamlet is to improve the environment, to ensure better amentities for community and visitors, while retaing our most valued small community and peaceful way of life”

   The Structure plan goes on to address key issues such as storm water, infrastructure, varying lot sizes and development sympathetic to the area. All of these things have been consistently ignored by the planning department.

   Sub dividing housing lots along this section of The Esplanade will be another major end to the character of Indented Head. The approach and outlook of this part of Indented Head has always been special with the low slung homes set back on large blocks. We do not want a change to the Portarlington style of Esplanade with homes wedged in with double storey properties with no trees making the place look like a Melbourne suburban beach side area. This was supposed to be maintained as something a bit different from St Leonards, Portarlington, Ocean Grove etc. It was not a designated growth area, however this seems to have been thrown out the window as more and more land is carved up and more suburban houses are built with covenants that in fact encourage suburbanism rather than a coastal, holiday village lifestyle which was the aim of the Structure Plan.

   New developments have been allowed to barrel a dam and natural spring which has led to flooding of the road during wet weather and left if as a quagmire in the following days.

   Infrastructure is a key point to all developments and one of the drivers here was that it was to be left as a secondary town with developments directed into areas where amenities were already in place. This is not happening and it is becoming a little heartless dormitory suburb where people sleep and you will have a continuing divide between the suburban development drive and the coastal village that was always seen as the focus for this town.

   The whole attraction of this area apart from its location has been its village style, laid back family friendly holiday area. It is not the Gold Coast it is not Geelong, nor Barwon Heads, Ocean Grove or any other coastal place. It has a unique feel of it's own please stay with the Structure Plan and do not sell out to even further subdivision of existing blocks and bulldozing of the style of housing that made this place what it has always been.

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