Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954

Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954
Created1954
Commissioned byMelbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works
PurposeMetropolitan planning scheme

The Melbourme Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954 was prepared for the Government of Victoria by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works.[1] The scheme was approved in 1958 by the Board of Works, but did not become legally enforceable until 1968 when it was gazetted by the Minister for Local Government. The report recommended, amongst other things, a system of broad land-use zoning, a network of freeways and bypasses, and the regional allocation of public open space. The scheme identified five district centres of Footscray, Preston, Box Hill, Moorabbin and Dandenong. Local government authorities prepared local planning schemes which were intended to align with the Metropolitan Scheme's broad zones, but which frequently did not.[2]

Background

Following World War II, there was a general movement amongst state governments towards preparing metropolitan city plans to guide post-war urban expansion and economic development. In 1949 Victoria established the Town and Country Planning (Metropolitan Area) Act which empowered the MMBW to prepare a comprehensive plan for the metropolitan area of Melbourne.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme 1954: Report". Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning. 9 June 2023.
  2. ^ Tsutsumi, Jun; Wyatt, Ray (2006). "A brief history of metropolitan planning in Melbourne, Australia". Applied GIS. 2 (2). doi:10.2104/ag060007 (inactive 1 November 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)