MAV renews its calls for a joined-up vision for greater metro Melbourne
In light of today’s State Government announcement on the release of the 10-year greenfields plan, the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) renews its calls for a joined-up vision for greater metro Melbourne.
Melbourne is the country’s fastest growing city. The scale and complexity of this growth management and planning task cannot be overstated, with local government a leader and critical partner in shaping the future of our city and creating neighbourhoods that are thriving and great places to live.
Further expansion of growth areas must include consideration for strong economic and employment clusters, transport in support of a connected and compact city – as the Activity Centre announcement acknowledged – and include the community infrastructure that can support growth areas to be great places to build homes.
The MAV is aligned with the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) call that development contributions reform needs input beyond the development industry, from planning experts and local government.
Once our elections are finalised, councils will be at the ready to partner with the State Government on reform to development contributions, Activity Centres, and new greenfield projects.