Plan Melbourne Project Overview
Living Locally 20 Minute Neighbourhood Pilot Prog
followed by metropolitan, major, and neighbourhood as the smallest. The role of NACs Plan Melbourne is the regional plan for is to provide daily services and amenities Melbourne and the 30 surrounding mu800m or a nicipalities, createdPlan by the State of Victoria. Melbourne 2017-2050within 20-minutes (measured as Stage 1 Existing neigh 10-minute walk in each direction). The overall One of the plan’s key ‘directions’ is creating Croydon South Planhealthy Melbourne 2017-2050 is a long-term plan mapping to activity centre does not specify “inclusive, vibrant and neighbouraccommodate Melbourne’s future growth. The plan is Led by Maroondah City Co locations for NACs, but they are typicalhoods” (State of Victoria, 96) through guided2017, by thep.principle of 20-minute neighbourhoods. Community Planning team ly located around village shopping areas, a neighbourhoo the use of the 20-minute neighbourhood developing The 20-minute neighbourhood is all about ‘living and liveability. commercial plazas and transit stations. In concept. Neighbourhoods are structured locally’—giving people the ability to meet most of their addition services daily needs within asafe 20-minute walk fromto home, with and amenities, around a set of ‘hallmarks’, including KeyNACs opportunities for Croyd access to safe cycling and localare public transport options. also targeted for housing intensification, connections for pedestrians and cyclists, streetscape improvements enhancing with minimum densities of 25 dwellings per connections to shows thatto 20 minutes is the maximum daily services and Research destinations, access time people are willing to walk to accessneeded daily needs exploring housing diversity hectare to support services and crepublic transit, high-quality public realm, and locally. This represents an 800m walk from home to a to these Strathmore sufficient population to support services destination, and back again. ate affordable housing in proximity services (State of Victoria, 2017). The network and transport. Similar to Moreno’s (2019) six Led by Moonee Valley City C onis delivering a high-quality of NACs and larger activity centres conessential functions,20-Minute each 20-minute neighNeighbourhood Pilot Program supporting council’s strateg nected via transit. This increases the potenbourhood provides for the needs of local In January 2018, the Minister for Planning launched the Key opportunities for Strath catchment around residents through 20-Minute 17 functions, as shown in Pilottial Neighbourhood Program to test the centres and creates a practical delivery of 20-minute broader neighbourhoods. improving pedestrian safet network of services and amenities Figure 14. providing bicycle lanes con The program is being deliveredacross in two the stages: region. support housing diversity.
1 Existing These 17 functions Stage are planned to Neighbourhoods be coSunshine West Stage 2 Greenfield Neighbourhoods To test the implementation of the 20-minute located at Neighbourhood Activity Centres Led by Brimbank City Coun city concept, three pilot projects were unprojects are delivered in partnership with the (NACs). The overallThe regional plan is being formed division, the project focused Victorian Planning Authority, local government, Victoria dertaken in suburban municipalities in 2018 around a framework of activity centres, with strategies to support a thriv Walks, Resilient Melbourne and the Heart Foundation. (State of Victoria, 2019d, 2019c, 2019a). The the central business district as the largest,
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encouraging ‘pop up’ shop exploring streetscape impr supporting public art insta Next steps
The Victorian Government turn the neighbourhood op
Each council is exploring st approach to other neighbo tools to support broader im
Figure 14: 17 features of Melbourne’s 20-Minute Neighbourhoods (State of Victoria, 2017) 32
