Melbourne 2030 Main Presentation

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Melbourne 2030
Implementation Update Summary
Cathy Wilkinson Executive Director, Metropolitan
Development Department of Sustainability
Environment
28 April 2005
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Melbourne 2030 a framework for decision making
and investment
Local Government
Community
Successful M2030 implementation
Industry/ private sector
State Government
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Working in partnership with local government

• 5.6 million Melbourne 2030 Local Government
  Assistance Fund
• Growth Area Planning
• Urban Development Program
• Regional Housing Working Groups
• Activity Centre Structure Planning
• Transit Cities Program
• Protecting the Suburbs Package
• Delivering Better Decisions Faster
• Melbourne 2030 Implementation Reference Group

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Growth area planning

• Five Smart Growth Committees established
• Representatives government agencies, councils,
  industry groups and the community
• Undertaking strategic studies to provide advice
  on future growth
• Committees from Whittlesea and Wyndham have
  reported both to the Council and Minister for
  Planning
• Reports will be considered by Government
  individually and then together in late 2005 to
  examine linkages and metropolitan wide
  implications
• Outcomes will be known once metropolitan overview
  is complete.

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Urban Development Program

• Purpose to secure the ongoing ability to supply
  land and supporting infrastructure to meet future
  residential and industrial needs of metropolitan
  Melbourne and the Geelong region.

Consultation Data collection Analysis
Reporting
Industry Government

• 2004 Urban Development Program report and
  Interactive Mapping available www.dse.vic.gov.au

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Regional Housing Working Groups

• Increased understanding of housing issues amongst
  councils, DSE OOH
• 5 Regional Housing Working Groups developing
  Regional Housing Statements (RHS)
• Will be used to inform planning work inform
  future infrastructure and service provision
• Will not be statutory documents that influence
  permit decisions.

• Draft Eastern, Northern and Southern RHS
• endorsed for release subject to minor changes
  and finalisation of estimated household
  distribution
• will be released for public feedback later in
  2005.

• Draft Western RHS
• needs minor changes before being considered by
  RHWG for endorsement and public release.
• Will be released for public feedback later in
  2005.

Draft Inner RHS finalised to be released for
public feedback June July
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Activity Centre Structure Planning

• Structure planning program for activity centres
  is underway in all councils.
• Seventeen structure planning projects covering 22
  activity centres have received funding through
  the 2.5 million Melbourne 2030 Local Government
  Assistance Fund targeted grants program.
• Structure planning also being carried out
  through
• Transit Cities Program
• Pride of Place projects
• Council work programs.

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Transit Cities Program

• Melbourne 2030 Transit Cities Program expanded
• attracting more than 1 billion in private sector
  investment
• Completion of Transit City master planning
  projects
• Masterplans have been completed for all 13
  Transit Cities.
• Priority Development Panel and Priority
  Development Zone established to drive projects of
  State and regional significance

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Protecting the Suburbs Package
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Councils are now taking up the Protecting the
Suburbs Package

• Activity Centres - Requests for Interim Structure
  Plans have been received from
• Stonnington Forrest Hill Precinct Casey
  Fountain Gate (Narre Warren(Prahran/South Yarra
  Activity Centre) Town Centre Precinct)
• Nillumbik Eltham Kingston
  Mordialloc, Chelsea
• Moreland Coburg, Glenroy and Brunswick
  Port Phillip South Melbourne
• Manningham Doncaster Hill Mornington
  Peninsula Mornington
• Hobsons Bay All centres Yarra Victoria
  Street east
• Councils who have sought interim height controls
  over neighbourhood centres
• Kingston five centres Banyule nine
  centres
• Maroondah eleven centres Darebin
• Monash Wheelers Hill Bayside Highett
• Requests from Councils to introduce the
  Residential 3 Zone
• Hobsons Bay
• Whitehorse
• Kingston

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Delivering Better Decisions Faster

• Working towards a greater level of certainty for
  all those involved in the planning system.
• 3.1 million in 2004-05 Victorian Budget for
  implementation of BDF
• Implementation well underway
• Reform is ongoing

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Melbourne 2030 Implementation Reference Group
(IRG)

• Established in mid 2003 to provide Government
  with advice on Melbourne 2030 implementation
• Representatives from 17 groups, including MAV and
  VLGA (use your reps!)
• Minister Hulls met with IRG on 5 April
• Reference Group strengthens effective
  implementation
• Minister is extending the term of the Group and
  has identified key priorities

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Melbourne 2030 an evolving framework

• Implementation of Melbourne 2030 will evolve as
  early priorities are addressed, and as the city
  and region change
• Will require an ongoing and strengthened
  partnership with local government
• Regular monitoring and review
• Urban Development Program
• Annual reporting
• www.melbourne2030.vic.gov.au
• For information about Melbourne 2030 and
• to subscribe to receive monthly email updates.

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Melbourne 2030
Implementation Update
Cathy Wilkinson Executive Director, Metropolitan
Development Department of Sustainability
Environment
28 April 2005