• Create a single Brunswick Activity Centre Zone for the area

• Divide the new zone into use-based precincts: Core Employment, Multi Use, and Housing

• Encourage a wide range of business uses across the industrial and commercial areas of the centre

• Require more commercial floor space in new developments in commercial areas

• Introduce requirements for the design of commercial tenancies

• Strengthen the focus on housing in residential areas

• Strengthen consideration of noise and other amenity issues between business uses and apartments

• Make guidance about building design easier to navigate, more consistent and stronger across the whole centre

• Strengthen consideration of sunlight to key streets and parks

• Improve consideration of main pedestrian and cycling routes

• Strengthen consideration of amenity impacts from new buildings on surrounding residents

• Strengthen environmentally sustainable design considerations including provision for electric vehicles, urban heat mitigation and four waste bins

• Require affordable housing.

Elements that will not change are:

• How tall buildings should be
• How far buildings should be from property boundaries
• How much car parking buildings should have
• The opportunity for community to have a say on planning applications.

Council is considering reviewing building heights and heritage in a future project, but this is not something that is being proposed at the moment.

The state government is responsible for the planning system and processes, including community involvement. These are things that Council cannot change and are outside the scope of this project.

In 2021 and 2022 Council invited ideas from the community about how we could ensure the Brunswick Activity Centre is a vibrant area to live, work and play.

We have used this feedback to guide the changes we’re proposing. To find out more about what you told us and the resulting key proposed changes, read our Find out more about Vibrant Brunswick page.

A report on the feedback to date (PDF 2.12MB) is now available to read.