Manningham Residential Strategy

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Residential Discussion Paper survey open!

You’re invited to provide feedback on the Residential Discussion Paper.

Take the survey here.

Have your say and help shape the future of housing in Manningham

Here in Manningham, we’re lucky to have a unique range of urban and leafy suburbs, rural lifestyle areas and vibrant activity centres.

Our community is also growing. Over the next 12 years, our population is expected to increase by around 18,000 people, to more than 144,000 people. This means we’ll need close to 8,000 new homes across Manningham.

As our community changes, we need to plan for a

Residential Discussion Paper survey open!

You’re invited to provide feedback on the Residential Discussion Paper.

Take the survey here.

Have your say and help shape the future of housing in Manningham

Here in Manningham, we’re lucky to have a unique range of urban and leafy suburbs, rural lifestyle areas and vibrant activity centres.

Our community is also growing. Over the next 12 years, our population is expected to increase by around 18,000 people, to more than 144,000 people. This means we’ll need close to 8,000 new homes across Manningham.

As our community changes, we need to plan for a range of homes that cater for different needs and life stages. We also need to carefully plan the location of future housing to support the affordability, sustainability and character of our suburbs.

That’s why we’re reviewing the Manningham Residential Strategy.

The first stage in developing the new strategy is the preparation of our Residential Discussion Paper.

The Residential Discussion Paper identifies four themes to underpin our housing future:

1. Location and connectedness

2. Housing design quality

3. Neighbourhood character

4. Housing choice, diversity and affordability

These themes will set the foundation for how we manage growth and work together as a Council and community to achieve desired outcomes for all.

You’re invited to provide feedback on the Residential Discussion Paper.

We want to hear your insights, priorities and ideas around housing and neighbourhood character.

By sharing your feedback, you will also have the chance to enter the draw to win one of three $100 Westfield gift vouchers.

Manningham’s residential character areas

To determine which character precinct area is of relevance to you, view the Residential Discussion Paper (page 20, ‘Figure 9: Existing neighbourhood Character precincts).

If you have any questions regarding the character precinct map, please contact the City Planning team at manningham@manningham.vic.gov.au or on (03) 9840 9333.

Have your say

Attend a focus group session

We’re running two focus group sessions during May where we will discuss the future of housing in Manningham.

With Council's endorsement of the Activity Centre Design Concepts at the 23 April 2024 meeting, these sessions also provide us with an opportunity to hear your views on how we can best manage growth across our activity centres. Learn more about the Activity Centre Design Concepts consultation.

We'll also be inviting feedback on the Victorian Government's plan for Victoria - the first statewide strategy to guide Victoria's growth until 2050. We want to make sure that the State Government considers what our community values when they develop their plan.

We hope you can join us to discuss these key strategic projects.

Click here to register for a focus group session.

Pop-up sessions

We're also hosting pop-up sessions across the municipality to provide community members with an opportunity to ask questions, share ideas and provide feedback.

  • Templestowe Village, 13 April, 8.30am to 12.30pm
  • Westfield Doncaster, 16 April, 11.00am to 2.00pm
  • The Pines Shopping Centre, 18 April 11.00am to 1.00pm
  • Tunstall Square Village, 28 April, 8.00am to 12.00pm (noon)
  • Warrandyte market, 4 May, 8.00am to 12.00pm (noon)
  • Park Orchards market, 18 May, 10.00am to 2.00pm

Questions?

  • Residential Discussion Paper consultation update

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    Thank you to everyone who has already participated in the Residential Discussion Paper consultation.

    We’ve received valuable insights from your responses to the community survey, as well as at this week’s focus group sessions and the various pop-up events held across the municipality. We’ve also heard from several of our advisory groups and committees, made up of community representatives.

    Our final pop-up event is coming up next week at the Park Orchards Market. We hope to see you there.

    Park Orchards Market

    10.00am to 2.00pm, Saturday 18 May 2024

    Park Orchards Primary School
    1-3 Bowmore Avenue, Park Orchards

    If you haven’t had the opportunity to provide your ideas and feedback via our Residential Discussion Paper community survey, please note that we have now extended the survey closing date to 26 May 2024.

    Activity Centre Design Guidelines

    We’re also inviting your views on how we can best manage growth across our activity centres.

    Consultation is now open for our Activity Centre Design Concepts. The short survey closes on 16 June 2024.

    Learn more and take the survey at yoursay.manningham.vic.gov.au/activity-centre-design-guidelines

  • Help shape the future direction of housing and commercial growth and development in Manningham

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    Are you interested in helping shape the future direction of housing and commercial growth and development in Manningham?

    Join one of our upcoming focus group sessions to discuss some of our key strategic projects, including the Manningham Residential Strategy and Activity Centre Design Guidelines.

    We'll also be inviting feedback on the Victorian Government's plan for Victoria – the first statewide strategy to guide Victoria's growth until 2050.

    • Session one: Wednesday 8 May 2024, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
    • Session two: Thursday 9 May 2024, 10.30am to 12.00pm (noon)


    Manningham Civic Centre, Function Room 3, 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster, VIC 3108

    Click here to learn more about the focus group sessions and register.

    We hope you can join us to discuss these key strategic projects.

  • Have your say on the future of housing in Manningham

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    We’re inviting the community to have their say on our Residential Discussion Paper to help shape the future of housing in Manningham.

    Take the survey

    Over the next 12 years, our population is expected to increase by around 18,000 people, to more than 144,000 people. This means we’ll need close to 8,000 new homes across Manningham.

    We're reviewing the Manningham Residential Strategy 2012 to help plan for and manage future housing growth and change – so that it best meets the ongoing needs of the community. The Residential Strategy will consider the type of homes required for the future, where new homes should be built and how to provide greater housing choice.

    Manningham Mayor, Cr Carli Lange said, "Manningham is renowned for its balance of city and country, admired for its unique range of urban and leafy suburbs, rural lifestyle areas and vibrant activity centres.”

    “Our current Residential Strategy has been successful in guiding how we have managed growth across Manningham – directing higher density development into the right locations,” Cr Lange said.

    “When planning for future housing, it’s important that we support the emerging needs of our growing community, while also respecting the valued neighbourhood attributes of Manningham.

    “We also need to carefully plan and manage the future of housing to provide for a range of incomes, lifestyles and life stages,” Cr Lange said.

    The first stage in developing the Residential Strategy is the preparation of the Manningham Residential Discussion Paper. The Discussion Paper considers a range of housing matters, including the existing and future housing needs of the Manningham community.

    Your feedback on the Discussion Paper will help us better understand community views, priorities, needs and expectations relating to housing. It will help inform the development of the draft Residential Strategy, which we plan to exhibit for community consultation in 2025.

    Our short survey closes on 19 May 2024.

    Participants to the survey will have the opportunity to enter the draw to win one of three $100 Westfield gift vouchers.

    Attend a focus group session

    We’re also running two focus group sessions to discuss the future of housing in Manningham during May.

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