Social and Community Infrastructure Assessment - Growth Areas ...

Wollert/Quarry Hills Social and Community Infrastructure Assessment
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION ONE – INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 8
1.1 Aim of study ......................................................................................................................................................................8
1.2 Definitions and terminology .............................................................................................................................................8
1.3 Study methodology ...........................................................................................................................................................9
SECTION TWO – PLANNING ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................. 10
2.1 Purpose .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.2 Factors/issues................................................................................................................................................................. 10
SECTION THREE – LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................................................ 14
3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 14
3.2 Documents ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14
3.3 Pending studies .............................................................................................................................................................. 16
SECTION FOUR – COMMUNITY BUILDING/NON-COUNCIL SERVICES ............................................................................. 17
4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 17
4.2 Community building/development................................................................................................................................ 17
4.3 Non-Government agencies ............................................................................................................................................ 18
SECTION FIVE – COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE TRENDS AND PROVISION MODELS ..................................................... 18
5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 19
5.2 Infrastructure Trends/Considerations ........................................................................................................................... 19
5.3 Facility Models ............................................................................................................................................................... 22
SECTION SIX – QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS ................................................................................. 23
6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 23
6.2 Quantitative assessment................................................................................................................................................ 23
6.3 Qualitative assessment .................................................................................................................................................. 24
SECTION SEVEN – SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN .......................................................................... 28
7.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 28
7.2 Vision, objectives and principles .................................................................................................................................... 28
7.3 The plan – recommended actions ................................................................................................................................. 30
APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................................................ 37
Appendix A – Literature Review .............................................................................................................................................. 38
Appendix B – Examples of Community Infrastructure Facility Models ................................................................................... 44
Appendix C – Standards/Facility models for Council Provided Infrastructure........................................................................ 46
Appendix D – Population projections by single years age cohorts ......................................................................................... 51
Appendix E1 – Quantitative Assessment: Quarry Hills, Wollert and Epping North-Wollert .................................................. 53
Appendix E2 – Quantitative Assessment: Quarry Hills through to Northern Melbourne Growth Region ............................. 57
Appendix F1 – Qualitative Assessment, Quarry Hills: Local Facilities ..................................................................................... 58
Appendix F2 – Qualitative Assessment, Wollert: Local facilities ............................................................................................ 60
Appendix F3 – Qualitative Assessment, Quarry Hills and Wollert: District level facilities ...................................................... 63
Appendix F4 - Qualitative Assessment, Sub-municipal level/municipal/regional level facilities ........................................... 68
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