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Ideas for West Melbourne Discussion Paper February 2016 Part 24 participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/westmelbourne Part Two Ideas for West Melbourne In this part you will find out: • The draft vision for West Melbourne • Three strategies and 12 ideas to help deliver the vision and help guide and manage future change in West Melbourne Phase One Background Community Studies Engagement Urban design and planning Heritage Likes and concerns Transport and movement Economics and employment Visions and priorities Car parking The draft vision is informed by community input and developed Draft vision for following background studies. west Melbourne Three strategies have been informed by the community’s top priorities for the structure plan and respond directly to the key issues facing West Melbourne. 3 Strategies Twelve ideas are proposed to help make the strategies happen and to guide and manage future change in West Melbourne. 12 Ideas Figure 4.2: Diagram of the inputs and structure of Part Two. Ideas For West Melbourne | A Discussion Paper to Inform a new structure plan 25 DRAFT VISION FOR WEst MELBOURNE Visioning is about the future of a place. The draft vision for West Melbourne The subsequent strategies help A vision statement is an expression of (opposite) helps to describe how West explain the vision in greater detail what a place could be like in the future Melbourne could be in the future. It and the 12 ideas suggest ways of how - it is the foundation of the structure has been informed from the feedback the vision and the strategies could be planning process. The vision should from the first phase of community implemented over the next relate to the qualities of what is already engagement, particularly the vision 10 to 15 years. there and focus on what everyone statements written by the community, wants to see happen. and by the range of background studies prepared to help us understand the area. railway place dryburgh street north melbourne spencer street north melbourne station hawke street e-gate docklands West Melbourne will play a complementary role to the more intensive areas of development which will surround it into the future, retaining its identity and diverse areas of character and mix of uses as it evolves. Its heritage buildings and wide green streets will support residential amenity and commercial and retail opportunity in this distinct, inner urban neighbourhood.. spencer street victoria street king street Flagstaff gardens hoddle grid Figure 5.1: Illustrative sketch and photomontages of how West Melbourne could look (indicative only). la trobe street 6. Strategy 1 Create Great Local Places Proposed large open space Current open space expansions Future local open space required (0.26 to 0.9 hectare) Future large open space required Main streets 30m wide local streets 20m wide local streets FLOOD EXTENT 1000CM ABOVE SEA LEVEL URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT - SURFACE TEMPERATURE DEGREES CELCIUS High - 28 Medium - 24 Low - 20 Strategy 1 T S VICTO Create Great Local Places H RIA ST G T S R E U K K Make streets places for people with local shops and B W IN Y A G QUEEN R H S services, new open spaces, more street trees, water D QUEEN T VICTORIA T NORTH S VICTORIA MARKET sensitive urban design and better walking and MELBOURNE L NORTH E MARKET STATION E MELBOURNE cycling routes. P T STATION Y S LE UD D W IL L I FLAGSTAFF A As a growing neighbourhood, West M S Melbourne will require additional What did we hear during the first S GARDENS T P E public places for the community phase of community engagement? N C and an increasing population to E R Open space, streets, the public ‘Greening of streets where there exercise, play, shop, meet and S T realm and car parking were all are no nature strips’ relax. West Melbourne’s streets highlighted as important priorities present a variety of opportunities ‘Better access to green space’ by the community during the first to provide for a greater diversity of T phase of engagement. EE ‘Greater activity’ TR uses and activities. E S OB TR Thirteen per cent of comments ‘No all-day street parking other LA The City of Melbourne’s Open Space related to open space and ten per than resident permit’ Strategy (2012) identified a shortage cent to car parking, streets and the ‘More vegetation in Railway of open space in West Melbourne and public realm. the need for a more diverse range of Place’ spaces, including both large and small Individual comments from the ‘Dog park facilities’ open spaces (see Figure 6.1). community included: T T S S V VI ICTORIA CTO H T ST H T RIA ST S S G G E E R R K K U K U W I W K B A N B A I G N Y H QUEEN VICTORIA Y H G QUEEN R S R T S D EADES MARKET D T VICTORIA T T NORTH S PARK NORTH S S L L MARKET MELBOURNE P MELBOURNE E E E STATION N E STATION E C P P E T ST R Y S Y S LE DLE T UD U D W D W IL IL L L I I A A FLAGSTAFF M FLAGSTAFF M S S GARDENS T S GARDENS T ProposedProposed open large space at open QVM space P E-GATE E Proposed large open space N C Current open space expansion E Current open space expansions R Current open space expansions S T FutureFuture local local open spaceopen space required (0.26 to 0.9 hectare) Futurerequired (0.26 local - 0.9 open hectares) space required (0.26 to 0.9 hectare) Opposite page: Aerial view of West T FutureFuture large large open spaceopen space required ET EE RE TR Future large open space required ST Melbourne looking southwest. Queen E S required BE OB RO Victoria Market is visible in the TR A T LA Main streets L foreground. West Melbourne’s wide MainMain streets streets local streets, including Rosslyn Street 30m wide local streets in the centre of this image, present 30m30 m wide wide local local streets streets opportunities for new and expanded 20m wide local streets LOCAL STREETS WITH MEDIAN PARKING open spaces and more tree planting. 20m20 m wide wide local local streets streets Figure 6.1: The Open Space Strategy (2012) identified four areas where local open spaces would be required in the future, including a ISSUES large open space in E-gate. Several open spaces are currently undergoing expansion in West Melbourne. Ideas For West Melbourne | A Discussion Paper to Inform a new structure plan 29 URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT - SURFACE TEMPERATURE DEGREES CELCIUS FLOOD EXTENT 1000CM ABOVE SEA LEVEL URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT - SURFACE TEMPERATURE DEGREES CELCIUS High - 28 MediumHigh - 28 - 24 LowMedium - 20 - 24 Low - 20 T S T VICTO H S RIA S VI T G T CTO H R S IA ST R G E T U S R K K B E U W IN Y K K B A G QUEEN R I H W N Y A S D G T QUEEN QUEEN R H S VICTORIA T D T QUEEN NORTH S VICTORIA VICTORIA T MARKET L MELBOURNENORTH S VICTORIA NORTH E MARKET MARKET L MELBOURNESTATION E NORTH E MELBOURNE MARKET P STATION E MELBOURNESTATION ST P Y STATION LE ST UD Y D LE W UD D WIL L IL I A FLAGSTAFF L I M A FLAGSTAFF M S S GARDENS T P S S GARDENS E T P N E C N E C R E R S T S T T EE TR T E S EE OB TR TR E S LA OB TR LA T T S S T V ICT T VI ORIA CTO H S T ST H S R T IA S S V T ICT S VI G ORIA G CTO H E T ST H RIA E T ST R S R K S G G K U E K U E R W R K I W K B A N B K U K U A I G N Y H W I QUEEN VICTORIA Y H W K B A N B G QUEEN R S R A I G N Y H T QUEEN VICTORIA Y H S D EADES MARKET D G T QUEEN R S R T T S VICTORIA D T EADES MARKET D T NORTH S PARK S NORTH T VICTORIA T S L NORTH S L MARKET MELBOURNE P PARK NORTH S MELBOURNE E S E E L E L MARKET MELBOURNESTATION P N MELBOURNESTATION E E E P E C P STATION N E STATION E E C R T P T P S S E Y S Y T R LE ST LE S T D D Y S U Y DU D LE W DLE W T UD U D WIL D WIL L L IL IL I I A A L L FLAGSTAFF FLAGSTAFF I M I M A A FLAGSTAFF M S FLAGSTAFF M S GARDENS T S GARDENS T S P S E-GATE GARDENS T S GARDENS E T P E-GATE N E C N E C R E R S T S T T ET EE RE TR T ST ET E S EE BE RE OB TR RO ST TR E S A T BE LA OB L RO TR A T LA L LOCAL STREETS WITH MEDIAN PARKING ISSUES Proposed large open space Current open space expansions Future local open space required (0.26 to 0.9 hectare) Future large open space required Main streets 30m wide local streets 20m wide local streets Proposed large open space Current open space expansions Future local open space required (0.26 to 0.9 hectare) FLOOD EXTENT 1000CM ABOVE SEA LEVEL URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT - SURFACE TEMPERATURE DEGREES CELCIUS Future large open space required Main streets High - 28 30m wide local streets Medium - 24 Low - 20 20m wide local streets Street life T S What do we know? VICTO H RIA ST G T S R E U K K West MelbourneB has lessI street life W N Y A G QUEEN R H S D QUEEN T VICTORIA Impacts of climate change T thanNORTH other inner city neighbourhoodsS VICTORIA MARKET MELBOURNE L NORTH E MARKET STATION E MELBOURNE as it lacks a local centre or place ofP T STATION Y S The climate change adaptation DLE DU community focus.
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