Structure plan for Bentleigh

We asked

In November 2016, we conducted an extensive community engagement program so your feedback could inform a major structure planning program for Bentleigh. Our goal was to ensure that we could articulate, plan and resource a clear vision for Bentleigh's future.

You said

We conducted six community engagement stages between November 2016 and December 2017, using a range of methods including:

• surveys
• online and in-person forums
• drop-in sessions
• email submissions.

During this process, we received 866 submissions and 237 people participated in community forums.

Your responses showed the key issues to be:

• heights of developments
• parking
• traffic
• building types
• development
• quality design guidelines.

We did

On 27 February 2018, we adopted the following shared, long-term vision for Bentleigh:

"Bentleigh will be an accessible, local shopping destination with a vibrant cafe and restaurant culture. It will maintain its community feel with open space, places for people to meet and gather and a broad range of local businesses, all of which will meet the needs of a diverse community."

This shared future vision guided the development of the Bentleigh Structure Plan 2018–2031. Its critical milestones for the present and future are to:

• reduce development pressure in residential streets
• develop a new ‘eat street’ to create a grid of public spaces instead of a strip
• address future car parking needs.