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Melbourne 2030 Annual Community Update Melbourne 2030 Annual Community Update Summer 2004–05 Melbourne is one of ResCode has been reinforced to help was also established to work closely the best places in the councils manage residential development with project proponents and local world to live. Our across suburbs without imposing a ‘one government to help speed up decision- cafes and restaurants, size fits all’ approach. An offer of interim making on important projects. vibrant cultural life, height controls tailored to suit local Smart Growth Committees are well clean environment and circumstances will help protect the underway developing and reviewing beautiful parks have character of neighbourhood centres. plans to guide future development in made it one of the Where higher density development does the five growth areas on the city’s outer world’s most liveable cities. Good planning occur, Design Guidelines for Higher Density edges. Good long-term planning will will help keep it that way. Residential Development will help ensure deliver well designed neighbourhoods good design. These planning tools provide Melbourne 2030 is the State Government’s with green spaces and easy access to clarity and certainty for investors and plan to protect what we love about community services and transport. By communities about what sort of housing Melbourne. Good planning will allow encouraging growth in designated and development is appropriate and where Melbourne to remain a liveable city as its areas, we are safeguarding our valuable it should occur. population increases by one million people green wedges for recreation, tourism by 2030. A key initiative in the April Economic and the environment. Statement Victoria: Leading the Way saw State and local governments working with Melbourne 2030 will evolve as the city the Priority Development Zone set up to local communities have already achieved a evolves. Good planning will ensure help major redevelopment in important great deal putting Melbourne 2030 into Melbourne remains a very liveable city locations such as Transit Cities and urban action. as its population grows and ages. centres. The Priority Development Panel Mary Delahunty MP Minister for Planning Visit the Melbourne 2030 website and join the mailing list to keep up to date on Melbourne 2030 implementation – www.melbourne2030.vic.gov.au What will Victoria’s population look like in 2031? We’ve just welcomed our five millionth Projected share, by household type, Victorian. By 2031 Melbourne’s of the projected additional population will increase by around one households, Victoria, 2001–2031 million people. The most significant change over the next 30 years will be the Other increase in the aged population with the household types* number of people aged 60 years or more projected to grow by 628,000. Lone person households These changes will be reflected in an Couples without increased demand for different housing children options that allow older people to ‘downsize’ their houses while staying in Quick Fact their own communities. More than one in four Melburnians will be aged more than 60 years Melbourne is also projected to grow by * Other household types = couples with by 2031. around 627,000 additional households. A children, single-parent families, group massive 90% of these additional households households, etc. will be made up of just one or two people. Source: Department of Infrastructure consultancy, unpublished, 1999 Melbourne 2030 in action summary of key achievements Just two years into implementing Five Smart Growth Committees Working with Local Government and Melbourne 2030, the Government has established, with work well underway stakeholders to put Melbourne 2030 already achieved: to co-ordinate the development of new into practice and expanding communities More than $10 million in funding to Greater planning certainty help local governments put Offer of Interim Planning Controls to Urban Development Program ensuring a Melbourne 2030 into action in local councils to provide greater certainty for 15-year supply of residential and communities residents and investors industrial land Five Melbourne 2030 Regional ResCode reinforced to protect Government leadership through Housing Working Groups established, neighbourhood character in established action in Transit Cities and key urban to plan regionally for future housing residential areas centres needs Offer of Interim height controls to Melbourne 2030 Transit Cities Program Melbourne 2030 Implementation councils to protect the character of expanded, receiving $14 million in Reference Group established, with Neighbourhood Centres Government funding and attracting more than $1 billion in private sector two reports released in 2004 Better Decisions Faster initiatives investment to date delivering estimated savings of $50 Quick Fact million for the development industry Transit City master planning projects completed for Dandenong, Bendigo, The five-year Melbourne 2030 Careful management of growth Footscray, Sydenham, Box Hill and Implementation Program An Urban Growth Boundary introduced Broadmeadows identifies 241 short term Historic, world-first legislation to protect priorities. All are underway Priority Development Panel and Priority our green wedges with 42 already completed. Development Zone established to drive projects of State and regional significance, especially in Transit Cities and urban centres Need more information on Melbourne 2030? Visit www.melbourne2030.vic.gov.au 2 Managing Melbourne’s growth Melbourne 2030 is a plan to protect our Protecting our Suburbs liveability now and for the future. Melbourne’s leafy suburbs are a central part of what makes us the world’s most By 2030 Melbourne will have around liveable city. 627,000 new households, many with just one or two people. One in four The Government has reinforced ResCode Australians will be over the age of 60. to help communities ensure that These changes require housing Melbourne 2030’s objective of protecting alternatives to the traditional quarter neighbourhood character is met. Residential suburbs acre block style of living. Incremental change. Councils now have the option of Councils can reinforce ResCode by On Melbourne’s fringe, future growth will making the ResCode standard building applying for the standard 9m height occur in five designated growth areas, height of nine metres a maximum in as a maximum in designated with the Urban Growth Boundary in place designated residential areas. residential areas. to protect Melbourne’s green wedges. Councils have the planning tools they Neighbourhood centres In established areas, more housing choice need to provide clarity and certainty for Some development is possible, will be provided in urban centres near investors and communities about where consistent with neighbourhood shops, services and transport. it is appropriate to put extra housing character. Councils can apply for and where it is not. Responsible planning for future interim height controls across population growth will protect agricultural Creating Vibrant Urban Centres neighbourhood centres. land, open spaces, coastal areas and Creating more housing choices in Major/principal centres green wedges from urban sprawl and established urban centres near shops Where more significant changes will make better use of existing infrastructure. and transport will take development occur to provide for population pressure off our traditional low-rise growth and housing choice. neighbourhoods. Councils can apply for interim To support councils as they complete planning controls based on Interim strategic planning for Melbourne 2030, Structure Plans in Principal and the Government has offered interim Major Centres. controls to protect areas in and around activity centres and other key development sites. Design Guidelines for Higher Density Residential Development will help ensure better quality higher density housing developments in Victoria. Need more information on Melbourne 2030? Visit www.melbourne2030.vic.gov.au 3 Managing Melbourne’s growth Melbourne’s Green Wedges Growth Area Planning Green wedges are areas on Melbourne’s Smart Growth Committees (SGCs) have been fringe with environmental, social or established to coordinate the development economic significance. Victoria’s Green of Melbourne’s five growth areas. Wedge legislation is a world first and gives Public workshops are an important part of Melbourne’s green wedges clear the process, giving the community an boundaries and legal protection from opportunity to contribute, and helping the inappropriate development. The legislation Committees better understand community also cements the Urban Growth Boundary priorities. Workshops have already been held – a line along Melbourne’s fringe that will Urban Development Program in Wyndham, Casey-Cardinia and Hume. prevent inappropriate development from The Government is committed to eating into the green wedges. Final Growth Area Plans, informed by the ensuring an ongoing 15-year land supply community workshops, will be for residential and industrial growth. The Government has introduced the progressively delivered to Government Metropolitan Green Wedge Core Planning The Urban Development Program (UDP) during 2005. The Government will then Provisions to determine which land uses provides up to date land supply take any changes to the Urban Growth are and are not permitted in the green information on an annual basis. Boundary to Parliament later in 2005. wedges. Green Wedge Management and Information is collected through Implementation
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