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"New housing needs to be sympathetic to the existing neighbourhood and streetscape."

The statement above, was a key message we heard from members of the community who responded to the first stage of engagement which asked about the style and location of new housing in the City of Burnside. Many respondents identified the need to maintain and enhance the City’s character, appearance and amenity by:

• Protecting areas of historic conservation and character
• Retaining views of the skyline to the hills face zone by restricting building heights
• Retaining tree-lined avenues
• Providing parks and reserves across the City of Burnside
• Undergrounding services where possible
• Retaining existing medium and larger sized allotments in established residential areas
• Providing more off-street parking
• Increasing public transport

Opportunities for creating a range of housing options appropriate to specific locations in our City

To facilitate further discussion about possible housing types and to plan for the preferred locations for housing growth, the diagrams below show examples of creating more housing opportunities. Which do you prefer? The neighbourhood and streetscape will inevitably change to some degree, regardless of which options you choose. You can influence how we manage this change.

Options 1 - 4: In established residential areas by allowing further opportunities for the subdivision of existing allotments or the construction of ancillary dwellings (see Map 1)

Options 5 - 7: On suitable sites along main roads and in select locations by allowing further opportunities for row housing, apartments and/or shop-top housing to agreed building heights (see Map 2)

Indicative growth patterns

To give an indication of the cumulative effects of these options for creating housing opportunities to meet the 30-Year Plan housing targets, we have presented two extreme scenarios – MAP 1 which shows all housing growth occurring within established residential areas or MAP 2 which shows all growth occurring on suitable sites on main roads and select locations. These maps are indicative only and are intended to represent the extremes of a range of potential possible outcomes.

MAP 1: Housing options – 100% growth in established residential areas (indicative only).

MAP 2: Housing options – 100% growth on main roads and selected sites (indicative only).

Do you have a preference for the proportion of new residential development to be located within established residential streets or on main roads or do you prefer a combination of these options?

Tell us what you think by completing the survey or attending a community workshop.