MIRRABOOKA Local Area Plan - City of Stirling

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Executive Summary The Mirrabooka Local Area Plan is the first comprehensive, community based plan the City of Stirling has produced for this locality. The plan has been produced as part of the City’s Local Area Planning programme, which provides a local focus by concentrating on a defined locality. This allows for holistic consideration of social, economic and environmental issues and unique opportunities in each Local Area and integrates the outcomes of community engagement with the City’s broader strategic objectives. Local Area Planning also acknowledges that the City is not uniform in character and function and that community values and issues of concern can vary from place to place. The plan presents a detailed profile of the Local Area and how it relates to the wider metropolitan area. This provides the context for analysing potential future direction for the area. The plan then combines empirical planning research with outcomes of the community engagement process and visions for the Local Area within the community. The plan then instigates achievable actions to work towards the realisation of the community’s vision. The plan also serves as a reference guide and decision making tool for the City’s business units, Council, landowners and the community. The Local Area The Mirrabooka Local Area lies between the street boundaries of Alexander Drive, Beach Road, Mirrabooka Avenue and Reid Highway. The Mirrabooka Regional Centre (south of Reid Highway) has been excluded as it forms part of the Dianella Local Area and has also been the focus of the Mirrabooka Regional Centre Improvement Strategy. This allows the City to mainly focus on the needs and interests of the residential part of Mirrabooka in the Mirrabooka Local Area Planning project. The Local Area covers approximately 400 hectares and is directly 10km north of the Perth City Centre. The area is characterised by mostly lowdensity residential development to its north, which is interspersed with parks and schooling facilities. The south of the Local Area comprises regional bushland reserve, brick works and the Atlas Waste Disposal and Recycling site. The Mirrabooka Regional Centre, which includes the Mirrabooka Shopping Centre and various other commercial and civic facilities, whilst located outside of the Mirrabooka Local Area, is a significant commercial and civic centre serving the Mirrabooka Local Area. Malaga Industrial Area also abuts the Local Area, which is a growing industrial and commercial hub in the City of Swan. Community engagement The local community’s input has been central to the development of the plan. This follows the intentions of the State Government’s Network City – Community Planning Strategy for Perth and Peel and recognises that many residents and business operators have a keen interest in planning for the future of their neighbourhoods. Community input not only allows planning for the local area to be more responsive to local needs and opportunities, but also aims to build capacity in the local area and the sharing of ideas and experiences. Several different community forums were held to bring representatives of the community together to discuss their ideas, concerns and aspirations for the area. Community surveys, community forums, youth engagement, Aboriginal community CITY OF STIRLING 5 MIRRABOOKA LOCAL AREA PLAN January 2010
engagement and culturally and linguistically diverse community engagement workshops were used in the development of the plan, to ensure the diverse range of community interests were captured in the process. People were also able to submit comments or petitions. The surveys sought to reliably measure the values, attitudes and priorities of community members and to initiate more in-depth deliberation at the community forums. Discussion then led to the identification of priorities and preferences and development of the following vision statement: In the Year 2020 the Mirrabooka Local Area is an area that celebrates its diversity through its social connectedness and activities, is a welcome open safe environment and is enhanced by local parks, managed bushland and ‘green’ streetscapes. It has a community that respects differences and one that is proud of their area. The Community The Mirrabooka Local Area is a relatively new area in terms of the history of development throughout the City of Stirling. The first residential development in the area only occurred in the 1980’s. Key features of the local community profile are such that the Area: - is a culturally diverse community (approximately half of the community were born overseas and over 55% of residents speak a language other than English at home); - has a much younger community and higher family orientated population than other areas of the City of Stirling and Perth Metropolitan Area – with 74% of all households being ‘family households’; and - has experienced a slow-down in population growth in recent years relative to other parts of the City and Perth Metropolitan Area (most likely due to the area being already developed). The community engagement process found that most residents wanted to draw on these key features to enhance the community further. For instance, by highlighting and celebrating cultural difference, intercultural appreciation could be formed within the diverse community. Natural Environment The natural environment was quite important to the community, especially the Aboriginal community. The Bush Forever Site and various local parks and reserves were identified as favourite places, for their environmental value and provision for social interaction. The community engagement also revealed a desire to be involved in environmental decision making in the area. The Aboriginal representatives in particular indicated that they would like to assist in natural resource management planning of the area. Housing and Built Environment The development of further dwellings and greater housing diversity is another important consideration for the community and presents much opportunity for the future development of the local area. There is a need to increase housing diversity and also a need to provide more affordable housing. The community recognises the need for smaller and appropriately designed housing to meet such needs. Meanwhile, many landowners are seeking opportunities to capitalise on the development potential of large lots, allowing lower density areas to be rezoned to accommodate greater housing density. However, support for higher density varies across the local area, with greater support for increased density around the Mirrabooka Village Shopping Centre. Although the current housing stock is not as old as other parts of the City, some areas in Mirrabooka do require redevelopment to renew and improve residential areas. Although rezoning will provide 6 CITY OF STIRLING MIRRABOOKA LOCAL AREA PLAN January 2010
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