Pennydale Structure Plan October 2018 Bayside City Council | Pennydale Structure Plan – October 2018 | Pennydale Structure .... 2 Contents 3 Introduction 5 Bayside City Council What is a Structure Plan? 5 Background 5 The Pennydale Structure Plan Boundary 6 Context 7 Policy Context 7 Physical Context 7 | Pennydale Structure Plan – October 2018 | Pennydale Structure Socio Economic Context 7 People 7 Housing 7 Social and Community Infrastructure 7 Retail, Services and Employment 8 The Vision 9 Document Structure 10 Land Use 11 Built Form 14 Access and Movement 21 Public Realm 26 .... Implementation 29 Statutory Implementation Tools 29 State Government 29 Monitoring and Review 30 List of figures 4 1 Project Timeline 5 Bayside City Council 2 Context Plan 6 3 Land Use Plan 12 4 Precinct Plan 15 | Pennydale Structure Plan – October 2018 | Pennydale Structure 5 Built Form Plan 16 6 Built form cross sections 18 7 Examples of 2 storey townhouses 19 8 Examples of 3 storey townhouses 19 9 Examples of 3 storey apartments 19 10 Access and Movement Plan 22 .... 11 Public Realm Plan 7 Introduction 5 Increased housing density is encouraged in and around Background Bayside City Council activity centres and other locations that offer good access to July - August 2017 The Pennydale Structure Plan has been prepared by Bayside jobs, services and public transport. City Council with inputs from expert traffic, economic, Background research The metropolitan planning strategy, Plan Melbourne identifies vegetation and urban design analysis and extensive and consultation on issues and opportunities Southland-Cheltenham as a Major Activity Centre. community engagement, including the following: The residential neighbourhood known locally as Pennydale is • Consultation on background issues and opportunities October - November 2017 | Pennydale Structure Plan – October 2018 | Pennydale Structure directly adjacent to this Activity Centre. • Consultation on ‘possible futures’ Given Pennydale's location close to both the Southland and • Establishment of a Community Advisory Group to provide Consultation on ‘possible futures’ Cheltenham train stations, the Westfield Southland Shopping feedback to the Council at key stages in the development of Centre and Cheltenham shopping strip and the Bayside the structure plan. Business District, a key employment precinct in Bayside, it is March - September 2018 identified in the Bayside Planning Scheme as an area where increased housing density is appropriate. Consultation on draft To ensure that this increased housing is well managed and to Structure Plan Input Community Advisory Group ensure that public infrastructure and services will meet the needs of current and future residents, a structure plan is October 2018 required. What is a structure plan? Final Structure Plan presented to Council for adoption .... A structure plan is a strategic planning tool that establishes a We are here shared long-term vision for the development of a defined area and identifies the type and scope of change over time. It is a Late 2018 - Early 2019 tool to help manage, influence and facilitate change and provides an implementation program which articulates the Planning Scheme amendment to implement recommendations of actions and strategies necessary to achieve the plan’s vision Structure Plan and objectives. Figure 1: Project Timeline City of Kingston 6 The Structure Plan Boundary Sir William Bayside City Council Fry Reserve The boundary of the Pennydale Structure Plan encompasses Small Neighbourhood the residential neighbourhood bounded by Bay Road to the Activity Centre north, the Frankston Railway corridor to the east, Park Road to Bay Road the south and the residentially zoned land to the west of Jack Southland Southland Shopping Road. It is an area known locally as Pennydale. Train Station Centre | Pennydale Structure Plan – October 2018 | Pennydale Structure In determining the structure plan boundary, ‘walkability’ to the Structure Plan Southland and Cheltenham train stations was considered (400 Bayside Business Boundary – 800 metre walk), as was the location of existing major roads, District the Bayside Business District and land currently zoned General Southland-Cheltenham Activity Centre Boundary Residential Zone (GRZ). Nepean Highway Pennydale Park and All land currently zoned General Residential Zone (GRZ) has Olympic Avenue Kindergarten been included within the structure plan boundary, to provide guidance on future development. This approach allows Council to consider how to mitigate and respond to amenity impacts that result from future development growth including Park Road Cheltenham Activity Centre traffic, access and mobility, neighbourhood character, Boundary - Kingston community and civil infrastructure, amongst other influences. Cheltenham The area within the Structure Plan boundary will be referred to Park City of Bayside .... as Pennydale throughout the rest of this document. Cheltenham Train Station Figure 2: Context Plan Context 7 Policy Context Planning Scheme, Clause 21.02-5) identifies the area Socio Economic Context Bayside City Council Plan Melbourne 2017–2050 is the Victorian Government’s around the Southland train station as a ‘Future Key Focus People Residential Growth Area’ with the remainder of the metropolitan planning strategy that will guide the city’s The most common household composition in Pennydale residential area, known locally as Pennydale, identified as growth to 2050 and seeks to address future housing, is families with children followed by lone person a ‘Future Moderate Residential Growth Area’. A Future transport and employment needs. Under Plan Melbourne, households. As with the rest of Bayside, the population is Key Focus Residential Growth Area is an area where the Cheltenham-Southland is identified as a Major Activity also aging. These diverse groups require different housing majority of medium and high density residential Centre. options. Housing prices, income levels and education | Pennydale Structure Plan – October 2018 | Pennydale Structure development will be located. A Future Moderate Clause 16.01 of the State Planning Policy Framework levels in the area are all increasing, which is an indication Residential Growth Area is an area where medium density specifies where new housing should be located across of the on-going process of gentrification. This may result development will occur (Bayside Housing Strategy, 2012, metropolitan Melbourne. The objective of Clause 16.01-2 in an increased demand for amenity-based retail services a reference document in the Bayside Planning Scheme). is to locate new housing in or close to activity centres. such as cafes, groceries and specialty shops which may The strategies for achieving this include increasing the The role of the Structure Plan is to look at locally specific impact the current mix of the Bay Road-Jack Road Small proportion of new housing within established urban areas opportunities and constraints in Pennydale and determine Neighbourhood Activity Centre. what built form is appropriate in different locations. Given with access to jobs, services and transport in order to Housing reduce development on the fringe in greenfield sites and the design of the Southland station and the road layout in Redevelopment and renewal of the existing housing stock identifying opportunities for consolidation. Pennydale, high density development (over 3 storeys) is not considered appropriate in Pennydale. is occurring in Pennydale as in other parts of Bayside. Local Planning Policy explains how this State Policy will This development has been dominated by the Physical Context be implemented locally in Bayside. In Bayside, in order to replacement or renovation of existing single dwellings with accommodate population increases and respond to Pennydale is located approximately 19 kilometres larger houses or medium density town-house infill changing demographic profiles, new medium density southeast of central Melbourne. The Frankston Railway development. A diversity of housing types, including .... housing is to be directed to Major Activity Centres, large line forms the municipal boundary separating the City of detached family homes, townhouses and apartments will Neighbourhood Activity Centres and residential Kingston to the east and the City of Bayside to the west. be increasingly important to meet the diverse needs of an opportunity areas, particularly those with good access to Pennydale is adjacent to the Cheltenham-Southland aging population, an increasing number of couples public transport, as identified in the Residential Strategic Activity Centre, which is anchored be the Westfield without children and lone person households while still Framework Plan (Bayside Planning Scheme, Clause Southland Shopping Centre and the new Southland providing traditional housing for families as the dominant 21.03). Station. Cheltenham Park to the south, and Sir William demographic in the area. The Residential Strategic Framework Plan (Bayside Fry Reserve to the north, are both important areas of open space in the area. 8 Social and Community Infrastructure Retail, Services and Employment interconnected nodes rather than competing for similar Bayside City Council Pennydale is relatively well located with respect to access The Southland Shopping Centre is a regional centre. Whilst land use and development. For Pennydale this means to community services and facilities, particularly those located in Kingston City Council, it is immediately adjacent strengthening