Planning

Activities areas guidelines & resources

State government policy envisages that activities areas planning will give clearer direction regarding future investment in activities areas, to guide and manage growth in centres to achieve more concentrated and more diverse activities in centres. There are different levels of planning and implementation required for each centre.

The following information is provided to assist with the planning and implementation of activities areas policy.

Design Guidelines

Activities Areas Design Guidelines - provide advice to developers, planners and place managers on what constitutes best-practice in developing high quality activities areas.
Guidelines for Higher Density Residential Development - help facilitate improved design of residential and mixed use buildings by assisting architects, designers, developers, and Local Government to produce better quality design solutions.
Safer Design Guidelines - help facilitate the planning and design of safer urban environments for all Victorian communities.
Interim Design Guidelines for Large Format Retail Premises - provide advice to developers, planners and place managers on what constitutes best-practice in developing vibrant, high quality large format retail centres.

Activity Centres Toolkit: Making It Happen

The Activity Centres Toolkit: Making It Happen has been prepared to to assist local government, business associations, property owners and other government agencies implement activity centre policy and structure plan initiatives. The toolkit outlines a number of ways to improve activity centres and attract investment for development such as becoming development ready and moving from planning to implementation. It also includes case studies that showcase best-practice approaches undertaken by a range of councils.

Activity Centres Toolkit - Making it happen (PDF 1.8 MB)

Activity Centres Toolkit - Making it happen (MS Word 207 KB)

Practice Notes

There are a range of practice notes available to assist and provide guidance on Activity Centre planning. These and other practice notes and advisory notes published by DPCD can be found on the Practice and Advisory Notes page.

Place Management

The Department acknowledges that place management is a broad and emerging profession that has no set definition or boundaries. To assist current and new Place Managers, the Department has developed a number of support tools, available from the Place Management page.

How can I get further information?

For further information on Structure Planning for Activity Centres:

Visit the: Activity Centres Frequently Asked Questions

Phone: 1300 366 356 (local call cost) or TTY +61 3 9603 8806 (8.30am-5pm Monday-Friday)

Email: activities.areas@dpcd.vic.gov.au

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