ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE REPORT
How do we ensure Mornington Peninsula thrives?
The Committee for Mornington Peninsula has commissioned a study along with Australian Unity to identify the social and economic implications
associated with the Mornington Peninsula’s current designation, and whether a regional designation would derive a net benefit for the local
community and economy.
Given the unique landscape of the Peninsula and the strong protections provided by the Green Wedge Zone (GWZ), the Committee for
Mornington Peninsula sought senior legal counsel from Stuart Morris QC
and Joanne Lardner to determine whether all
protections for the Mornington Peninsula Green Wedge Zone could be maintained under Victorian law, should the Mornington Peninsula be
reclassified to become part of regional Victoria. The legal opinion concludes that it is possible to retain the existing
protection afforded to green wedge land under a Regional designation.
Stuart Morris QC is a leader in planning and environment law, with over 35 years experience. He took silk in 1991.
Between April 2003 and May 2007 Stuart was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. During most of this period he was also
President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
During
the last four years Stuart has appeared in major planning inquiries and cases; and he has given legal advice on a wide variety of
planning matters.
Stuart R Morris QC
Joanne's expertise and interest is in environmental and planning law. She appears regularly before the Victorian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal, Planning Panels Victoria and the Supreme Court of Victoria. Joanne is the legal editor of Victorian
Planning Reports and a co-author of VCAT Decisions in Planning News. Joanne is a member of the Victorian Bar’s Climate Change and
Environmental Law Panel, the Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association and the Law Institute of Victoria’s Planning and
Local Government Committee.
Joanne Lardner
