Local Activity Centres provide access to small local shopping services. These centres service the daily convenience needs of nearby residents and often include a small convenience store and services such as dry cleaners, hairdressers and coffee shops.

These centres:

  • Serve nearby residents for their daily convenience - few thousand residents
  • Very in size from just a couple of shopfronts in a local street to a block or two of shops in a residential neighbourhood
  • Have between 2 and 20 shop fronts
  • Form part of the local urban fabric, creating street life and activity within our neighbourhoods.

Some examples of LAC's

  • Coonans Road, Pascoe Vale South

  • North Street, Hadfield

Planning methodology

The Places for People Plan proposed the following methodology to plan where improvements are made across the Local Activity Centres.

To assess the Local Activity Centres, we propose this list of prioritisation criteria and key questions.

  • Size

    How many businesses are there operating?

  • Character

    Does the nature of the businesses generate pedestrian activity?

  • Condition

    When did the centre last receive capital investment?

    What is the condition of existing assets such as street furniture?

    What is the extent of street greening and tree canopy cover?

  • Contraints

    Does Council manage and control the street?

    Is there the opportunity to increase pedestrian space and greening within the street?

    Is the centre located in an area subject to flooding / Special Building Overlay?

    Is the centre located in an Urban Forest Priority Area?