PART C – APPENDICES 4. Town of Victoria Park Draft Activity Centre Strategy (Planwest, 2017) NOTE – The Draft Activity Centre Strategy was adopted at the Ordinary Meeting of Council on 8 May 2018 as follows: That Council adopts the draft Activity Centres Strategy contained within the Appendices, noting that stakeholder consultation on its content will be undertaken as part of the future consultation to be associated with the Town’s forthcoming draft Local Planning Strategy. Draft ACTIVITY CENTRES STRATEGY 14 December 2017 PLANWEST (WA) Pty Ltd Email: [email protected] Post: PO Box 202, Mt Lawley, 6050 Tel: 9271 9291 Fax: 9370 1363 Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Activity Centres ....................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Activation Areas ...................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Activity Centre Boundaries ...................................................................................... 2 1.5 Evolution of the Victoria Park centre ....................................................................... 2 1.6 Study Area .............................................................................................................. 4 1.7 Purpose of the Strategy .......................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER 2 POLICY AND PLANNING CONTEXT .......................................................... 6 2.1 Perth and Peel @ 3.5 million ................................................................................... 6 2.2 Central sub-regional planning framework ................................................................ 6 2.3 The Town’s statutory framework ............................................................................. 7 2.4 SPP 4.2 – Activity Centres for Perth and Peel and the Town’s response ................ 7 Activity ........................................................................................................................ 7 Movement ................................................................................................................ 10 Urban Form .............................................................................................................. 10 Resource Conservation ............................................................................................ 10 2.5 Other Activity Centre Precincts ............................................................................. 15 2.5.1 Burswood ....................................................................................................... 15 2.5.2 Causeway ...................................................................................................... 17 2.5.3 McCallum ....................................................................................................... 18 2.5.4 Curtin ............................................................................................................. 18 2.6 Other considerations relating to SPP 4.2 .............................................................. 21 2.6.1 Activity Centre boundaries in Victoria Park .................................................... 21 2.6.2 The need for an Activity Centre Structure plan (ACSP) in Victoria Park ......... 22 2.7 Local Employment Growth .................................................................................... 22 2.8 Activity Centre planning in adjacent districts ......................................................... 24 2.8.1 City of South Perth ......................................................................................... 24 2.8.2 City of Belmont .............................................................................................. 24 2.8.3 City of Canning .............................................................................................. 25 2.8.4 City of Melville ................................................................................................ 26 2.9 Shopping Centre Expansions ................................................................................ 26 2.10 Conclusion: Implications of the policy context to the unfolding Strategy ................ 28 2.11 Recommendations ................................................................................................ 29 CHAPTER 3 ANALYSIS ................................................................................................. 30 3.2 Victoria Park Centre .............................................................................................. 31 3.2.2 Secondary Centre Sub-Precincts ................................................................... 36 a) Northern Sub-precinct ................................................................................ 39 PLANWEST (WA) PTY LTD PAGE 1 TOWN OF VICTORIA PARK ACTIVITY CENTRES STRATEGY b) Victoria Park Sub-precinct .......................................................................... 39 c) Central Sub precinct ................................................................................... 40 d) Town Centre ............................................................................................... 40 e) Residential and Commercial ....................................................................... 40 f) The Gateway .............................................................................................. 40 3.3 The Other Centres ................................................................................................ 41 3.3.1 Burswood Specialised Activity Centre ............................................................ 41 Belmont Park Sub Precinct ................................................................................... 41 Burswood Station East Sub Precinct ..................................................................... 43 3.3.2 Causeway Activation Area ............................................................................. 44 3.3.3 Oats Street Station Activation Area (Future) .................................................. 47 3.3.4 Berwick Activation Area ................................................................................. 50 3.3.5 Archer Street Activation Area ......................................................................... 51 3.3.6 Victoria Park Station Activation Area .............................................................. 53 3.3.7 Curtin/Bentley Specialised Activity Centre ..................................................... 54 3.3.8 Local Activation Areas ................................................................................... 57 3.4 Vacancy Trends 1990 – 2015 ............................................................................... 57 3.5 Conclusions .......................................................................................................... 59 3.5.1 Victoria Park Secondary Centre ..................................................................... 59 3.5.2 Other Centres, Conclusions ........................................................................... 60 3.6 Retail Needs Assessment ..................................................................................... 61 3.7 The impact of on-line shopping ............................................................................. 65 CHAPTER 4 THE STRATEGY........................................................................................ 67 4.1 Vision Statement ................................................................................................... 67 4.2 Key findings for which a strategy is required. ........................................................ 67 4.3 General Principles to Guide planning decisions relating to the Victoria Park Secondary Centre............................................................................................................ 68 4.4 Strategies for Activation Areas in Victoria Park ..................................................... 69 4.4.1 Albany Highway Secondary Centre ................................................................ 69 4.4.1.1 Northern Sub-Precinct .............................................................................. 72 4.4.1.2 Victoria Park Sub-Precinct ....................................................................... 73 4.4.1.3 Central Sub-Precinct ................................................................................ 74 4.4.1.4 Town Centre Sub-Precinct ....................................................................... 74 4.4.1.5 Residential/Commercial Sub-Precinct ...................................................... 75 4.4.2 Burswood Specialised Activity Centre ............................................................ 77 4.4.2.1 Belmont Park ........................................................................................... 77 4.4.2.2 Burswood Station West Precinct .............................................................. 77 4.4.2.3 Burswood Station East Precinct ............................................................... 79 4.4.3 Curtin/Bentley Specialised Activity Centre ..................................................... 79 4.4.4 Causeway Activation Area ............................................................................