Carlisle Street Supermarket Precinct Design ... - City of Port Phillip

Carlisle Street Supermarket Precinct Design Guidelines | June 2011| Version 3
BACKGROUND
In late 2009, the City of Port Phillip adopted the Carlisle Street Activity
Centre Structure Plan and accompanying Urban Design Framework. Council
further resolved to seek Ministerial authorisation to prepare and exhibit an
amendment to incorporate the directions of the Structure Plan and UDF into
the Port Phillip Planning Scheme (Amendment C80). This will include the
introduction of local policy and a design and development overlay provision in
the scheme (refer to attachment 1).
PURPOSE OF THE PRECINCT GUIDELINES
While the existing Structure Plan, Urban Design Framework and proposed
local policy and overlay (as part of Amendment C80) will provide the
statutory basis for new development within the centre, the purpose of this
document is to focus specifically on the designated Supermarket Precinct and
highlight Council’s expectations for new development. These guidelines seek
to provide additional guidance to landowners, developers and the community
and provide standards for development within both the public and private
realm.
The purpose of this document is to:
• complement and expand upon established strategic directions and design
guidelines;
• provide illustrative representation/examples of potential design
outcomes;
• provide clarity to developers, landowners, community and Council on the
desired standards and benchmark for design;
• provide a context for formulating and assessing private development
proposals to ensure that they respond to desired character; and
• guide the management, coordination and improvement of public spaces.
KEY STUDIES & DOCUMENTS
These Precinct Guidelines are heavily based on the Carlisle Street Structure
Plan and Urban Design Framework. This document deliberately omits
background material as already contained within relevant existing strategic
studies.
These Precinct Guidelines are directly informed by:
• Carlisle Street Major Activity Centre Structure Plan, 2009
• Carlisle Street Urban Design Framework, 2009
• Proposed Amendment C80 Documentation
- Carlisle Street Major Activity Centre Policy
- Design and Development Overlay (Schedule 21)
A number of other documents also provide guidance to specific aspects of
new development within the Supermarket Precinct, which this Guidelines
does not duplicate. These include:
• Urban Design Charter, Department of Sustainability and Environment,
2010.
• Activity Centre Design Guidelines, Department of Sustainability and
Environment, 2005.
• Safer Design Guidelines for Victoria, Department of Sustainability and
Environment, 2005.
• Guidelines for Higher Density Residential Development, Department of
Sustainability and Environment, 2004.
• (Interim) Guidelines for Larger Format Retail Premises, Department of
Planning and Community Development, 2007.
• City of Port Phillip Activity Centres Review, 2006 and Activities Centre
Strategy Implementation Plan, 2006.
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