Raising the Bar on Designing Suburbs of the Future
Source: Victoria. Minister for Planning. Media Release
"One of the country’s largest residential developers will work with the Brumby Government and planning experts to build Australia’s most environmentally sustainable suburbs in Melbourne. Planning Minister, Justin Madden said the Growth Areas Authority (GAA) the Planning Institute of Australia and developer, Stocklands will build the suburb in Cranbourne East.“This important project will highlight how we can plan new communities that are affordable and sustainable,” Mr Madden said. “Liveability planning in growth areas is different to planning in established suburbs, because these places are growing faster than anywhere else in Victoria and were being planning before construction.”“The Stockland project is the first of its kind involving government, planners and commercial developers. The master plan will focus on a new community beyond individual homes to design healthy communities,” he said. The project will be informed by the latest research into the key elements for making new communities “liveable”. With Melbourne growing at more than 1200 new residents a week, Mr Madden said the Growth Area of the Future demonstration project would lift the benchmark for new residential developments."