armstrong creek urban growth plan volume 1 - City of Greater Geelong

4.6 ACTIVITY CENTRES
This section should be read in conjunction with the Armstrong Creek Urban Growth
Plan Community and Social/ Recreation and Open Space, and Economic Activity
and Employment Technical Reports, February 2006.
4.6.1 VISION
The vision states that:
The scale of the new development will enable the provision of a
comprehensive range of community facilities and services such as schools,
a library, medical centres and meeting spaces. These will reflect leading
edge thinking in terms of efficient and convenient service delivery.
Community facilities and services to serve the new community will be
provided early in the life of the development to ensure convenient access for
new residents. Community groups will be established to encourage a sense
of community and provide input into future decisions about its development.
Initially, Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre will provide the main ‘higher order’
shopping centre for Armstrong Creek. However, as the community grows,
new activity centres containing a broad range of shops and services will be
developed to serve it, including another Major Activity Centre. These will be
focused on leafy, pedestrian-friendly ‘mainstreets’ that provide an
‘experience’ in themselves. Footpaths will be broad, enabling outdoor
dining, trees and places to rest, and verandahs will provide shelter and
shade.
KEY CONCEPT: MIXED-USE ACTIVITY CENTRES
Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the
contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order. Jane
Jacobs
The activity centres in the Armstrong Creek growth area will be mixed-use centres,
containing retail, entertainment, office, community and residential uses, in contrast
with the single-use shopping centres often found in late 20 th Century urban areas.
Mixed use centres:
provide an important focus for communities by increasing opportunities for
social interaction;
enable trip combining;
ARMSTRONG CREEK URBAN GROWTH PLAN / VOLUME 1 (ADOPTED 13 MAY 2008, AMENDED MAY 2010)
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