Tim Peggie

Director, Structure Planning

Growth Areas Authority

October 2013

Planning for Resilient,

well Serviced and

Connected

Communities

Overview

The Growth Areas Authority – Role and Outputs

Growth of Peri-Urban Centres

Creating Resilient, well Serviced and Connected

Communities

Example

The Growth Areas Authority

• Established in recognition of

the need for better land use

and infrastructure planning

• The GAA works with seven

growth area councils;

Mitchell, Hume, Whittlesea,

Cardinia, Casey, Melton and

Wyndham

• We also work collaboratively

with government

departments, agencies and

landowners

• “Partners in creating new

communities”

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Melbourne’s Designated Growth Corridors

Magnitude of the task:

Development over ~30 years:

350 000+ households

~1 000 000 people

12 600 Ha of industrial land

15 major & 85 local town centres

150+ Government & Non-Government schools

100 new community facilities

1 500+ Ha of active open space

5 200 Ha of conservation areas

350 000+ jobs

How we plan for new communities

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• Long term planning through development

of Growth Corridor Plans

• Precinct Structure Planning

• Monitor land supply and affordability

• Develop an approach to development

sequencing and infrastructure co-

ordination

• Assess long term infrastructure and

service needs

Plan Outputs

PSP Guidelines launched by the

Minister for Planning, October 2009.

Manor Lakes PSP

GAA Relevance to Peri Urban Places

• Growth rates of Peri-Urban

centres are substantial

• Rates of growth only behind

designated growth areas

and Melbourne City Council

• Peri-Urban centres will

continue to prosper

• GAA currently assisting with

planning outputs in Latrobe

and Baw Baw Councils

What makes Peri-Urban Centres Special?

• Strong Communities

• Good transport

connections

• Often have excellent

“social infrastructure”

• Health, Education, Police

and Emergency Services,

Sporting and Cultural

Facilities, Heritage, etc.

• Real places with broad

cross section of

community

• Lifestyle attributes,

Character

• Capacity to grow

GAA Approach to Planning

• Co-ordinated and collaborative

process between Council,

landowners, stakeholders and

Agencies.

• Consistent outcomes with

response to local context.

• Better structural outcomes,

Better “placemaking”

• Identifies infrastructure

requirements and allocates

funding

• Streamlining of process and

resultant timeliness

Creating Resilient, Connected and well Serviced

Communities

• Access and Connectivity

• Permeability and Walkability

• Support and emphasise existing

physical and social infrastructure

• Ensuring equitable distribution of

services and facilities

• Avoiding piecemeal solutions,

responding to the legacy of past

decisions

• Understand thresholds to

facilitate infrastructure

• Resource and allocate funding

• Don’t forget jobs and transport

Latrobe City Council Example