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Wollert/Quarry Hills Social and Community Infrastructure Assessment SECTION ONE – INTRODUCTION 1.1 Aim of study The aim of the Assessment is to identify the social and community infrastructure requirements of the Quarry Hills and Wollert PSP areas in the context of the broader development of the Epping North-Wollert Area, the Whittlesea Growth Sub-region and the Northern Melbourne Growth Region. The findings and recommendations of the Assessment will inform the Wollert and Quarry Hill Precinct Structure Plans. 1.2 Definitions and terminology For the purpose of this report: Social infrastructure is defined as community support and recreation services, programs and activities, i.e. family and children services, youth activities, aged services, community meetings, community development, sporting competition, informal recreation, cultural activities, health and welfare programs, education programs, emergency services, housing services and information services. Community infrastructure is defined as public and private, State, Council and non-Council facilities, which accommodate these services, programs and activities, e.g. cultural buildings, recreation buildings, community centres, halls, passive and active open space. The Whittlesea, Hume and Mitchell municipalities are referred to as Whittlesea, Hume and Mitchell. The Quarry Hills and Wollert Precinct Structure Plan areas are sometimes referred to as Quarry Hills and Wollert. The area comprising Epping North, Quarry Hills and Wollert is referred to as Epping North-Wollert. The area comprising the growth districts in the Whittlesea municipality (Wollert, Quarry Hills, Epping North, Donnybrook, Mernda/Doreen, Whittlesea Township and South Morang) is referred to as the Whittlesea Growth Sub-Region. The area comprising the growth districts in the Whittlesea, Hume and Mitchell municipalities and nearby established areas within the Melbourne Growth Boundary is referred to as the Northern Melbourne Growth Region. It includes the Whittlesea Growth Sub-region (as described above), the Hume and Mitchell growth areas of Beveridge, Lockerbie, Wallan, Craigieburn, Greenvale and the established areas of Epping and Roxburgh Park. Epping North Precincts 1-6 refers to the precinct areas in the Epping North Strategic Plan Area. Local level community infrastructure items are facilities serving catchments from 1 to 20,000 people. District level community infrastructure items are facilities serving catchments from 20,001 to 60,000 people. 8
Wollert/Quarry Hills Social and Community Infrastructure Assessment Sub-municipal level community infrastructure items are facilities serving catchments from 60,000 to 150,000 people. Municipal level community infrastructure items are facilities serving catchments from 150,000 to 300,000 people Regional level community infrastructure items are facilities serving catchments from 300,000 to 500,000 people. (Note: The catchment populations for local through to municipal infrastructure are larger than those used in previous community infrastructure assessments conducted for Whittlesea growth areas. The reason for the changes to the population catchments is explained in Section 2.2.2 of this report and relates to the significant potential increase in Whittlesea’s ultimate population size as a result of the shift in the Urban Growth Boundary). 1.3 Study methodology The study methodology involved the following steps: 1. Review of the planning and policy documents that have relevance for social and community infrastructure provision in the Melbourne North Growth Region and its component growth areas. 2. Analysis of the population forecasts for the Northern Melbourne Growth Region and its component growth areas. 3. Audit of existing and planned social and community infrastructure in the Whittlesea municipality and, where relevant, the broader Melbourne North Growth Region and an assessment of the capacity of this infrastructure to cater for the Wollert and Quarry Hills PSP areas. 4. The development of infrastructure provision standards and facility models for the community infrastructure provision in the Wollert and Quarry Hills PSP areas. 5. A quantitative analysis of the demand for community infrastructure generated by: − The Wollert and Quarry Hills PSP areas and the Epping North-Wollert Area (for all infrastructure levels) − The Whittlesea Growth Sub-Region and the Northern Melbourne Growth Region (for sub- municipal, municipal and regional level infrastructure). 6. A qualitative assessment of the social and community infrastructure needs of Wollert and Quarry Hills in the context of infrastructure needs and provision in Epping North-Wollert and, where relevant, across the Whittlesea Growth Sub-Region, Whittlesea Municipal Area and the Northern Melbourne Growth Region. 9
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