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The Kingston Green Wedge includes all land outside the Urban Growth Boundary in the City of Kingston. It extends roughly from Karkarook Park in the north to Braeside Park in the south, and also includes two small areas of land in Aspendale Gardens and Patterson Lakes.
The Kingston Green Wedge (which is shown on the map) is part of the South East Green Wedge that extends through the Cities of Kingston, Greater Dandenong, Frankston and Casey.
The Green Wedge Plan was prepared by independent consultants on behalf of the Kingston City Council. The plan identifies the values and features of the Green Wedge, the preferred land uses and the environmental and natural resources contained within it..
The plan is designed to provide Council, landowners, business operators and residents with certainty about the Green Wedge and all the land within it. Most of the land within the Green Wedge is privately owned.
The preparation of the plan follows detailed background review of previous studies, on-site analysis and extensive input from the Kingston
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| The Council and the community have identified the following key issues with which the Green Wedge Plan needs to deal: |
 | Managing existing landfills and heavy industry to minimise impacts and transitioning uses that cause off-site impacts out of the Green Wedge | | Protecting and improving the environmental qualities of the Green Wedge | | Achieving the ‘Chain of Parks’ concept of open spaces linked by walking and cycling trails | | Identifying appropriate areas of passive and active recreation | | Retaining a predominantly open and semi-rural feel | | Declining market garden viability, and identifying and encouraging new agriculture and other ‘green’ uses | | Improving the appearance of the area generally | | Implementing the Plan and providing certainty to land owners and the broader community about the future of the Green Wedge land.
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| The link below is to the adopted version of the Kingston Green Wedge Plan following the resolutions of the Council on 27th August, 2012. A link to the minutes of the Council Meeting of the 27th August, 2012 is provided below.
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