Hume Integrated Growth Area Plans
Two growth corridors are located within Hume:
Growth Corridors contain the ’greenfield’ areas included inside the Urban Growth Boundary to provide for Melbourne’s growing population. The State Government included almost 49000 hectares of rural areas in the urban growth boundary over the last 15 years.
The Hume Corridor is one of the most substantial areas of growth in Melbourne. Its expansion forms part of the State Government’s strategy to manage the population and economic growth of the Melbourne Northern Region.
Growth Corridor Plans have been developed by the State Government to guide the delivery of housing, employment, and transport infrastructure in Melbourne’s growth corridors.
Council has also created their own strategic documents for our urban corridors - the Hume Corridor and Sunbury - Hume Integrated Growth Area Plan (HIGAP).
Hume’s HIGAP’s are long term strategies that aim to manage change and development that provide choice and access to the day to day needs of residents, workers, visitors and businesses now and, in the future.
Hume Corridor HIGAP
Hume Corridor HIGAP is Council’s strategy that will shape the future planning for the growth of the Hume corridor for the coming 25 years and the changes anticipated for established suburbs from Broadmeadows to Craigieburn.
Council adopted a Spatial Strategy(PDF, 5MB) and Infrastructure and Delivery Strategy(PDF, 2MB) for the Hume Growth Corridor on 9 December 2015. These strategies have guided Council’s input to State Government Precinct Structure Planning and other the work of Council in managing growth and change.
The Strategies outline:
- A long-term vision for the Hume Corridor.
- What changes are preferred to manage growth and deliver the vision.
- Where changes are preferred within the Hume Corridor.
- What, where and when new development should occur including new areas of housing, employment, and open space.
- What, where and when new infrastructure is required to guide the growth of the Hume Corridor.
- Recommendations for further work that will continue to guide change in the Hume corridor.
Sunbury HIGAP
The Sunbury HIGAP, finalised in July 2012, is Council’s current strategy that will shape the future planning for the growth of Sunbury over the next 20 years.
A Spatial Strategy(PDF, 2MB) and Delivery and Infrastructure Strategy(PDF, 785KB) were adopted by Council on 9th July 2012 and outline what changes are preferred in Sunbury to enable sustainable growth.
The Sunbury HIGAP Strategies outline:
- What the Sunbury township is like now and how it should change.
- How Sunbury's unique qualities and character should be managed.
- What, where and when new development should occur including new areas of housing and employment, new areas of open space.
- What, where and when new infrastructure is required to support growth and meet the needs of existing and future communities.
- Recommendations for further work that will continue to guide change in Sunbury.