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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