INDUSTRIAL LAND USE STRATEGY - City of Darebin

SPECIFIC SITESDesign guidelines are recommended for key sites and precincts including:Properties between AustraliaPost and High Street &between Raglan St, High Stand Plenty Rd• Opportunity for larger scaledevelopment comprisingcommercial, industrial andresidential.• Landscaped setbacks to frontagesand setbacks at corners to enablefeature specimen trees to beincluded.Inclusion of buildings of up to sixstories based on careful design andsiting.Otto Wurth site• Improve image of propertiesaround the intersection.• Opportunities to link surroundingretail components.• Conversion of the car sales yardto a retail use that includes a smallcivic space.• Better integration of the stratatitled shops near Safeway andimproving access into Safeway carpark.Land between Oakover Roadand Warrs Avenue• Opportunity for medium-densityresidential dwellings orientednorthwards, with the rearsproviding car access to screenhabitable areas from AustraliaPost operations.New on-street car parking forindustrial uses• Develop car parking areas at theentrances to residential streetssuch as Showers, Adeline andGertrude Streets to protectresidential streets from nonresidentialtraffic and increase carparking capacity.Railway Place East• Improve access to residentialblocks by extending and wideningRailway Place East.• Residential development on landsurplus to rail needs.Howe Leather• Opportunity to use upper levels forresidential.URBAN DESIGNA range of urban design improvements have been identified. These extendacross the public and private realm and could be introduced progressively,some as discreet projects and some in associate with property redevelopments.The Junction Integrated Development Plan - Executive Summary