** Update 13 September 2022 **

Across 2021 and 2022, Council sought feedback from the residential and business community to inform the Burnside City Master Plan.

In mid-2021 Council engaged with residents and businesses in Burnside to capture ideas to inform the drafting of the Burnside City Master Plan.

A second round of community consultation was held in May 2022 to seek feedback on the draft City Master Plan. It was positively received and provided many ideas for the development of a separate Action Plan to support the implementation of the City Master Plan.

The Action Plan will be refreshed yearly to ensure it reflects changes in prioritisation and funding and changing community needs or new opportunities.

This feedback from both rounds of consultation directly informed the Burnside City Master Plan which provides a strategic framework for the proactive management of future population growth, housing and transport over the next 10 to 20 years. 

Both the Burnside City Master Plan and the Action Plan can be found in the Document Library on this page.

Background

In 2021, Council sought feedback from the residential and business community to inform the Burnside City Master Plan. These responses and ideas have been incorporated into the draft Burnside City Master Plan which we are now pleased to present for feedback.

The City of Burnside is a much-loved place for residents and visitors with a long history and an important future. Burnside is an aspirational address, and as Burnside’s population continues to grow, we need to plan for the provision of housing that suits the needs of our diverse community. The Burnside community also require open space, a range of convenient mobility options and good access to services.

In mid-2021 Council engaged with residents and businesses in Burnside to capture ideas to inform the drafting of the Burnside City Master Plan. Thank you to the many community members who participated. We received a wide range of feedback, which has been summarised into the following key themes:

• Improve the convenience, safety and comfort of pedestrian and cycling routes through the City
• Burnside requires more convenient and direct public transport routes
• Traffic calming measures should be implemented in some local streets
• Increased housing is resulting in the removal of street trees and existing gardens, reducing availability of on-street parking and changing the character of Burnside.

This feedback has directly informed the draft Burnside City Master Plan which provides a strategic framework for the proactive management of future population growth, housing and transport over the next 10 to 20 years.

The Proposed City Master Plan

The draft City Master Plan envisages an alternate urban form where our highly valued character properties in the City of Burnside’s neighbourhoods are preserved (Protection Areas) and balanced with areas that can house Burnside’s growing population and future housing (Growth Areas).

Council is keen to hear your views on the draft Burnside City Master Plan. Your feedback will help us understand the community’s view on re-balancing urban form outcomes between preservation and growth areas and the supporting improvements to transport initiatives across the City.

The draft City Master Plan seeks to connect people to places and provides a high-level view of the following features:

• Existing centres, commercial corridors and development precincts.
• Future urban uplift growth opportunities.
• Existing historic overlay areas.
• Areas for investigation to introduce planning policy to increase protection of Burnside’s character suburbs.
• Existing and proposed enhanced bus services.
• Essential walk and cycle routes and crossings.
• Suburbs for potential 40 km/h speed limit areas.

The final version of the City Master Plan will form the basis of future detailed investigations into changes to development zones, land use, urban form and the transport system. This will involve future community consultation and engagement and advocacy with the State Government on future Code Amendments, improved and new

bus routes and the implementation of 40 km/h speed limits for selected suburbs or special precinct areas.

The City Master Plan comprises both Urban Form and Transport initiatives that you can explore in further detail on the map below.

Maintenance concerns like pot-holes, unsightly verges or tripping hazards, more bins and dog poo bags can be fixed anytime by contacting Council on 8366 4200 or report online.