VICTORIA ROAD URBAN DESIGN REVIEW

Effective community engagement was a key objective and it shaped development of the desired future character, design principles and recommendations. The local community value this precinct for its heritage character and convenient access to the city. Traffic congestion, the scale of recent developments, pedestrian safety and access, and parking were identified as the biggest challenges. The recommendations included a catalogue of placemaking ‘activation initiatives’ to improve the local character, pedestrian access and amendments to Council’s planning and development controls to increase consideration of the sunlight, privacy and amenity of local residents.