Landscaping needs tidying Coronation Park needs tidying up Opportunity to create/maintain ornamental trees – not scrubby, bushfire prone bush Badger Crk/Maroondah Highway – don’t agree with transport study Safety issue!!!! accessing Maroondah from White street, cars parked limited view Maroondah highway too busy, town needs by-pass like towns such as Sale Table 5 Retail Maintenance of properties and signage – e.g., Grand Hotel, IGA Over-supply of office space. Boring, dead use in retail precincts Development of shops at rear of Main Street, shops facing River Street An environmental link between shops and parks Remove commercial/office business from retail precincts Boundary of retail sector Potential for retail spaces to be taken over by offices Retention of ‘small country town’ services, butcher, fruit etc Specialty individual shops should be allowed to be built along the highway, including outside of the main CBD Link shops with Coronation Park to create interesting retail environment link Development of rear of shops facing River Street car park More retail at rear of Main Street shops. Facing River Street Develop paddock opposite Coles for retail. Developers can pay costs, not ‘freeload’ using ‘greenfield’ areas Character Potential for loss of aesthetic character Consideration of built environment – loss of character (small incremental) Limits on signage facing Coronation Park if new retail to go ahead New buildings potential to be ugly and not keeping with tourist expectation Trees – replacement/renewal Signage needs great controls. Illuminated signs restricted Ad-hoc approach- signage etc. Maintain uniqueness as our point of difference Long term planning for Review landscape plans for developments like Coles – finish landscaping at front of “Healesville Walk” To develop our uniqueness Streamline and define council planning Long avenue entrances, long experience as you enter keep character. Avoid ‘jarring notes’ Front of Healesville Walk perfect for more trees – continue the ‘avenue’ Alterations to VCAT power over council Opportunity to look at planning to retain uniqueness More power to council permits/planning Extend landscaping ensure consistency replant! Refresh! Enhance gateways to towns. Is the Special Use Zone at the entry to town the right zoning? Vision Develop our vision for Healesville (using an independent?) Reference Body of leaders of industry, tourism, arts etc Vehicles/transport Transport for non vehicle tourists and family visitors Walkability Pedestrian crossings Car parking Parking Car parking off Main Street River street car park – lease of same and length of lease Development Future development Spread % commercial precinct needs to be restrained
connected landscapes Expansion of riparian widths to 30m Increasing riparian corridors of indigenous vegetation Cycle and horse and walk paths Support recommendations for enhancement and on-going management of waterways Water friendly gardens and surfaces to limit runoff and use water wisely Open space and waterways use Limit new business development until all retail shops are occupied No logging trucks Encourage more diversity in retail outlets Affordable housing close to Melbourne Tourism Development of eco-tourism opportunities Community needs (including facilities, services, health and well-being, open space etc) Table 10 Culture and leisure and recreation Memo Hall redevelopment is great, but inaccessible to locals due to expense – it’s a bit elitist Redevelopment of Queens Park playground Develop and encourage local culture and price and involvement Better sporting pavilion facilities More books in library Redevelopment of outdoor pool – add sports and leisure centre e.g. Maroondah Leisure Centre, with indoor pool, gym, crèche Yarra Valley aquatic centre at Queens Park Youth Youth centre Youth support group Robyn Jane Children’s Centre development is fantastic Youth centre – safe space in accessible part of centre Skate park is great Sporting clubs provide valuable youth recreation Emergency services Economic drive to base services in the suburbs not in Healesville 24 hour police on Friday and Saturday nights – manned stations Heath and well being Maternity services Hospital providing preventative health services and emergency access Welfare need Change of funding from Eastern Health to Rural Health Health services and allied services Ensure services base in Healesville - less travel Workshop Discussion 2: How do we want Healesville to look and feel in 20 years' time? In this discussion round, each table represented the same theme as before. Participants were invited to choose a theme of interest to them, and to view the future of Healesville through 'the lens' of this theme. At the same time, it was acknowledged that all the themes were inter-related so that people's aspirations for the future might relate to more than one theme.
connected, tourism and local Residents impacted by parking at hospital Swinburne site excellent for medical facility Maintain country feel, more and better facilities on the town fringe Parking issues and Army School of Health site Bypass to protect local community amenities Hospital with full set of services to meet all medical needs Still a village feel in Main Street, but better facilities on the outer areas, e.g. medical Aged population, more disabled services ie, more than 2 disabled car parking spaces Town Centre (including heritage, design, gateways, look and feel) Table 4 Better race track Second supermarket Look the same country town Better management of traffic, Main St and Badger Creek Road Like Hahndorf near Adelaide tourist town People more united Well maintained buildings Suitable employment in 20kms A loved town, a town with pride and a community that is prepared to participate to make it happen Tidy town More variety of shops No more 2hr parking limit Not a concrete jungle Main St has spectacular gardens – trees but not necessarily indigenous Thriving indigenous industry A town to be proud of More parking Balance between wants of locals to the tourist hordes Table 5 As I drive into Healesville there is a massive canopy of green because everything has grown and been maintained and/or replaced in those 20 years An environment link between shops and Coronation Park Buildings of significance are maintained and still there and complimented by in-fill and new development to complement and enhance Healesville and Yarra Valley character. Council will have urban designers who have mapped sight lines and recommend clever placements of businesses The main shopping precinct has doubled in size by the development of River St, everything is still two storey and all car parking is underground Small individually owned businesses with unique products to create a unique retail experience Limit size of individual business sites to discourage large conglomerate Walmart retail developments Clever use of small green areas, small businesses in clusters, zoning limiting US type box stoves Economy (including role of the town in the regional context, tourism, employment, retail, commercial, industrial uses) Table 6 It’s our land, our trees, our town – less silly rules – let us maintain Use our rate money for community and not corporate $$$ or wages
How we want Healesville to look and feel in 20 years' time Businesses for locals and tourists Open space, recreation and pathways Townscape, look and feel Transport and parking Community pride and participation Caring for our community (health & accommodation) Council processes and communication Unique individually owned businesses Extensive pathway network Town development contained Spectacular gardens and trees – not all natives We will have improved traffic management Strong sense of community (health, connected) Meet health needs of community – hospital, medical clinics, HICCI, Allied Health Less red tape Less Council bureaucracy Variety of shops Vibrant town Meet recreation, leisure needs – fitness, tracks, sport clubs, aquatic centre, youth centre, footpaths, bike tracks Maintain rural feel – no change to zoning, no developments Green, leafy experience Parking – more time, more disabled, more spaces Community pride Seniors housing – granny flats, retirement villages, ageing in place Better local infrastructure (ie Council) Less input by Planning Dept. Tourist town More passive open recreation space Maintain heritage, arts and culture whilst embracing high quality new development European & indigenous environment be fire safe Train to Lilydale More community representation and input Retail area relevant to locals Pathways (bike & walk) connecting all communities Fully serviced residential streets (drainage, footpaths, sealed roads etc) Pristine waterways Rail Link Stronger business & tourism (viability and linkages) Central park It will be known as a clean, tidy town Maintenance by Council (where is it) Transport access to employment, education Bypass Quality recreational facilities – parks, bike/ walking, aquatic Colour codes (denotes which theme the aspirations were generated from) Settlement and housing Transport and connectivity Town Centre Economy Environment and landscape Community needs