The Bentleigh Structure Plan sets out the long-term vision for the busy central Bentleigh area.
Bentleigh Structure Plan
Key elements
The plan includes a range of elements, such as:
- development and future land use
- transport and parking
- types and heights of buildings
- employment
- open spaces
- infrastructure
- how to preserve and protect neighbourhood character.
Local and state Governments can use structure plans to make decisions about developments, investments and infrastructure improvements. They can also inform community members and developers about what change is expected and allowed in certain areas.
For a full overview, download the Bentleigh Structure Plan(PDF, 16MB).
To inform the development of the plan, we completed six stages of community consultation. For more information on how we included you, visit our Bentleigh community consultation page.
For more information on the plan, contact our City Futures Team on 9524 3333.
Current status
We adopted the updated Bentleigh Structure Plan 2018-2031 at our Council Meeting on 18 December 2018. Since then our officers have been working to implement the objectives of the Plan into the Glen Eira Planning Scheme.
Council sought to implement the permanent planning controls through Amendment C184 proposed through the structure plan. At an Ordinary Council Meeting on Tuesday 16 March 2021, Council considered the community submissions and resolved not to proceed further with Planning Scheme Amendment C184. Council will review the Bentleigh Structure Plan to strengthen the strategic justification and is expected to consult with the community late 2022 on a revised structure plan.
Documentation
The links below document our various reports and the final Structure Plan.
Latest documents
Structure Plan documents
Council research and reports
Consultant reports
- City of Glen Eira Analysis of housing consumption and opportunities 2017 (.id) (PDF, 5.27 MB)
- Glen Eira Economic Analysis and Forecasting Study February 2018 (Blair Warman Economics) (PDF, 13 MB)
- Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Transformation Concepts on Activity Centres Bentleigh, Carnegie and Elsternwick, 2017 (Blair Warman Economics) (PDF, 5.22 MB)
- Peer Review of Glen Eira’s Draft Quality Design Guidelines and Strategic and Urban Renewal Development Plans Analysis, 2017 (Aecom) (PDF, 3.88 MB)
- Glen Eira Urban Context Report 2017 (Planisphere) (PDF, 1.87 MB)
- Glen Eira Draft Urban Design Guidelines 2017 (Planisphere) (PDF, 4.7 MB)
- Glen Eira Urban Design Analysis Report 2017 (Planisphere) (PDF, 3.56 MB)
- Glen Eira Community Benefits Discussion Paper 2017 (Planisphere) (PDF, 769 KB)
- Glen Eira Activity Centres Community Engagement Summary Final Report 2017 (Co Design Studio) (PDF, 8.44 MB)
- Glen Eira Transformational Concepts Draft Report 2017 (Planisphere) (PDF, 18.7 MB)
- Glen Eira Transformative Concepts Review 2017 (onemilegrid) (PDF, 11.6 MB)
- Transport Analysis and Forecasting Carnegie Discussions Paper (MRCagney) (PDF, 2.67 MB)
Other Council strategies and reports which influenced the plan
Glen Eira Open Space Strategy Refresh 2020
Council and Community Plan 2017-2021
Activity Centre, Housing and Local Economy Strategy 2017
Planning Scheme Review 2016 Report
Bentleigh draft concept plans (PDF, 3.52 MB)
Bentleigh background report (PDF, 346 KB)
Bentleigh: Transforming our neighbourhood together - our concept based on your ideas (PDF, 1.61 MB)