Doubleview - Innaloo -Scarborough Local Area Plan - City of Stirling

economic development
participate in this program. In this Local Area, the Morris Place
shopping area has already been the subject of substantial Council
upgrades in order to stimulate the gradual redevelopment of the
centre.
The City cannot, however, force landowners to upgrade their
property or spend funds on private land, thus relying on the
participation of the landowners to achieve the highest and best
outcome.
With the introduction of the City’s new Local Planning Scheme
No. 3 in 2010, all non-residential land i.e. commercial zoned
land has an automatic residential component of high density
Residential R80. This is provided as an incentive to owners of
these local centres to explore the true highest and best use of
the centre while assisting in delivering a quality asset back to the
community.
In considering the re-development of local centres within the
Local Area, the City encourages the general principles of mixed
use development i.e. commercial and residential land uses as
well as the increase of residential density in the area immediately
surrounding the local centre, a 200 metre buffer is generally
considered appropriate to encourage walkability to the centres.
In determining the most appropriate density for residential
land surrounding each identified centre, the City’s Planning
and Sustainability Strategy
will identify the principles
or criteria which will assist
this determination. This
will take into consideration
such factors as the existing
residential density, state of
the current housing stock and
where opportunities are to
redevelop and also identifying
a minimum lot size for potential
development sites.
They demonstrate the potential to function independently as well
as engaging the surrounding area in encouraging substantial
residential density increases.
These centres are identified on the Key Opportunities Plan and
include a 200m walkable catchment zone for potential increase
in residential density.
Further to the formal identification of these centres and the
development buffer around them, it is also proposed to identify
the Doubleview commercial area as a ‘Town Centre’.
There was equal support for and against the development of the
local centre concept in the Local Area. Almost 67.7% of all survey
respondents support the development of a place or places within
the Local Area where there is a lot of activity. On the other hand,
approximately 68.7% of respondents indicated that they would
like the area to be a quiet place.
Meanwhile, almost 90% of respondents indicated that an urban
village feel to the area would be good, with greater provision for
pedestrians and cyclists facilities in the area.
Most respondents indicated that they felt that most aspects and
amenities in their Local Area were ‘about right’. The aspect that
respondents most strongly felt needed to be increased was the
Within this Local Area, the
Morris Place shopping centre,
the Brighton Road shopping
area, the Doubleview commercial area (where the IGA is located)
amd the Doric Street shops are the local centres identified
as priority local centres, or known by this Local Area Plan as
Neighbourhood Centres. These centres are considered to be the
most ‘desirable’ centres for redevelopment within the Local Area.
number of evening and entertainment opportunities, with 32%
listing ‘not enough range’ and 18.5% listing simply ‘not enough’.
Only 44% of respondents indicated that this aspect was about
right.
City of Stirling
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