Themes and Strategies

To strengthen the centre’s role as a sub-regional employment and education hub that compliments nearby employment clusters.

Proposed strategies:

• Market the benefits and attractions of the centre.
• Build on opportunities such as the former cinema area and enhanced spaces for dining, to grow the nightlife and increase street vibrancy.
• Create good quality office spaces for small businesses that provide professional, social and health-related services.
• Work with Swinburne University to identify opportunities to share facilities and expand education and employment otferings.

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To protect, improve, and extend areas of natural environment within the centre and demonstrate ways that development can improve liveability, increase biodiversity and respond to climate change.

Proposed strategies:

• Use green infrastructure to improve liveability and community wellbeing through providing a range of services including urban shading and cooling, localised flood mitigation, and connection to nature.
• Create habitats within the areas of public open space that provide wildlife links from the Tarralla Creek.
• Redevelop the Taralla Creek precinct (Precinct 7) as a leading-edge example of water and biodiversity sensitive urban design.
• Facilitate best practice building design and function (including public buildings and new housing) that incorporate green infrastructure, and energy and water efficiency.

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To ensure improved urban design and built form outcomes in the centre. Proposed strategies:

• Improve the look of both public and private areas through design and the materials.
• Take advantage of the level crossing removal by improving public areas and connecting ditferent parts of the centre.
• Protect heritage assets and key viewlines. Improve the design of new buildings and landscaping to make sure they fit in with the current location and existing cultural identity of Croydon.
• Consider ways to combine smaller sites for redevelopment that delivers better design outcomes.
• Improve safety, and the perception of safety, in public areas.

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To ensure there are safe, accessible, and easy to use transport options that encourage reduced car ownership and use within and to the centre.

Proposed strategies:

• Make it easier and safer for everyone to move around the centre.
• Improve the public transport interchange facilities and upgrade bus routes.
• Review public parking options taking into account the use of the new multi-level car park to provide more public parking.
• Create safe and easy-to-use streets and routes for pedestrians and cyclists that connect to the wider regional network.
• Reduce traffic volumes and speed in certain parts of the centre to improve safety and create a more pleasant environment for walking and riding bicycles.
• Encourage transition to electric vehicles including bikes and mobility aides, as well as shared transport such as car share and ride share.

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To provide additional housing and a greater range of housing choices within the centre to meet current and future community needs.

Proposed strategies:

• Identify areas well-placed to build more homes, including near Tarralla Creek.

• Encourage a variety of housing styles and densities to meet different lifestyles and needs.

• Use planning regulations to encourage developers to include affordable homes in projects.

• Encourage developers to work with housing associations to deliver social and affordable housing projects

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To ensure the provision and renewal of community facilities meets the needs of residents, visitors, students, and workers. Proposed strategies:

• Encourage creation of flexible spaces for significant community and cultural events
• Address the limitations of the existing library, youth centre, senior citizen centre, and community halls by delivering flexible multipurpose facilities in the Croydon Community Wellbeing Precinct.
• Expand arts and cultural facilities in the centre by providing rehearsal, presentation and cultural production spaces.
• Improve connectivity between and accessibility of major landmarks and community places.
• Make the centre accessible by all members of the community including those with special needs.
• Explore partnerships and working with other partners to enhance community services.

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