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Actions
Action 1 – Plan for growth and
change in our activity centres
Action 2 – Establish a clear decision-making
framework for activity centres
Action 3 – Integrate activity centres
and transport
Action 4 – Lead by example
Action 5 – Ongoing monitoring and
review
How does this plan relate to Melbourne
2030?
Above all, the actions outlined in this draft Implementation Plan
reinforce Direction
1 of Melbourne 2030 – ‘a more compact city’.
This direction establishes policies that build up activity centres
as a focus for high-quality development, activity and living for
the whole community (Policy
1.1), that broaden and extend activities in centres currently
dominated by shopping (Policy
1.2), and that locate new housing in or close to activity centres
or strategic redevelopment sites offering good access to services
and transport (Policy
1.3). Other key policies relate to strengthening Melbourne’s
capital city and ‘hub’ functions (Policy
4.2), and upgrading and extending the PPTN and local transport
services to connect activity centres and link Melbourne to the regional
cities (Policy
8.1).
Other Melbourne 2030 directions relevant to activity centres
include Direction
4 – ‘a more prosperous city’, Direction
5 – ‘a great place to be’, Direction
6 – ‘a fairer city’, Direction
7 – ‘a greener city’, and Direction
8 – ‘better transport links’.
Policies within these directions support the development of activity
centres across metropolitan Melbourne by creating opportunities
for innovation, promoting good urban and neighbourhood design, improving
community safety, increasing the supply of affordable housing, creating
a strong cultural environment, and distributing social infrastructure
more equally. Other policies cover urban development that makes
jobs and community services more accessible, give priority to cycling
and walking and sustainable personal transport options, and ensure
that planning and infrastructure provision contribute to improved
air quality.
What are the recommended actions?
Actions designed to address the key issues outlined above and to
achieve the directions of Melbourne 2030 are grouped as
follows:
- plan for growth and change in our activity centres
- establish a clear decision-making framework for activity centres
- integrate activity centres and transport
- lead by example
- ongoing monitoring and review.
These are summarised for easy reference in the following table.
Activity Centre Actions
| Action
1. Plan for growth and change in our activity centres |
| Action
area |
Task |
Time
frame (short, medium, long)* |
Lead
agency |
Involved |
Relevant
initiatives |
| Undertake
a strategic review of activity centres |
review
activity centres and identify direction of change |
short |
local
government |
DOI,
community, landowners and industry |
1.1.1 |
| identify
Neighbourhood Activity Centres |
short |
local
government |
community,
landowners and industry |
1.1.1 |
| review
existing activity centre/retail policies in local planning
schemes |
medium |
local
government |
DOI,
community, landowners and industry |
1.1.1 |
| prepare
a planning scheme amendment to reflect new classification
of activity centres and direction of change |
medium |
local
government |
community,
landowners and industry |
1.1.1 |
| Undertake
structure planning |
prepare
planning Practice Note for structure planning |
short |
DOI |
|
1.1.2 |
| develop
program to undertake structure planning for all activity
centres in a municipality |
short |
local
government |
community,
landowners and industry |
1.1.2 |
| undertake
structure planning |
long |
local
government |
|
1.1.2 |
| consult
on and finalise the draft activity centre design guidelines
|
short |
DOI |
local
government |
1.1.2 |
| Plan
for Central Melbourne |
review
existing central city policies and develop action plan
|
medium |
DOI
and relevant local governments |
community,
landowners and industry |
4.2.1 |
|
* Short – start within 12 months
Medium – start in 1–2 years
Long – start in 2–5 years
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