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'''Neighbourhood character''' is a key term in the planning system of [[Victoria, Australia]]. Since 2001, it has been the mandatory starting point for assessing all permit applications for residential development in that state |
'''Neighbourhood character''' is a key term in the planning system of [[Victoria, Australia]]. Since 2001, it has been the mandatory starting point for assessing all permit applications for residential development in that state. In its formal use in the planning system, it refers to the qualities that make one neighbourhood distinct from another, and encompasses a range of physical components of the built environment, architectural style, street width and layout, vegetation, fence height and style, and so on. Every urban place has a neighbourhood character. Other terms that are sometimes used to mean the same thing are local character, residential character, urban character and urban [[place identity]]. |
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There has been much dispute in Victoria with regard to the use of this term because of its qualitative aspects, which rely mainly on subjective judgement. The planning system is focussed on physical planning and the built environment, but residents groups such as [[Save Our Suburbs]] have suggested that the term is too vague on the one hand, and not broad enough on the other as it doesn't incorporate an understanding of the social and cultural character of residential neighbourhoods. |
There has been much dispute in Victoria with regard to the use of this term because of its qualitative aspects, which rely mainly on subjective judgement. The planning system is focussed on physical planning and the built environment, but residents groups such as [[Save Our Suburbs]] have suggested that the term is too vague on the one hand, and not broad enough on the other as it doesn't incorporate an understanding of the social and cultural character of residential neighbourhoods. |
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Neighbourhood character is regulated in Victoria through a variety of planning instruments within[[ResCode]], the statutory code for residential development. The Neighbourhood Character Overlay is the most stringent regulatory device and works in a similar way to a heritage control. Its first implementation was for the [[Hedgeley Dene Gardens]] precinct in the [[Melbourne]] suburb of [[Malvern East]]<ref>http://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/news/media/mediaarchive/10056/2468/2740</ref>. |
Neighbourhood character is regulated in Victoria through a variety of planning instruments within[[ResCode]], the statutory code for residential development. The Neighbourhood Character Overlay is the most stringent regulatory device and works in a similar way to a heritage control. Its first implementation was for the [[Hedgeley Dene Gardens]] precinct in the [[Melbourne]] suburb of [[Malvern East]]<ref>http://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/news/media/mediaarchive/10056/2468/2740</ref>. |
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Neighbourhood character is a key term in the planning system of Victoria, Australia. Since 2001, it has been the mandatory starting point for assessing all permit applications for residential development in that state. In its formal use in the planning system, it refers to the qualities that make one neighbourhood distinct from another, and encompasses a range of physical components of the built environment, architectural style, street width and layout, vegetation, fence height and style, and so on. Every urban place has a neighbourhood character. Other terms that are sometimes used to mean the same thing are local character, residential character, urban character and urban place identity.
There has been much dispute in Victoria with regard to the use of this term because of its qualitative aspects, which rely mainly on subjective judgement. The planning system is focussed on physical planning and the built environment, but residents groups such as Save Our Suburbs have suggested that the term is too vague on the one hand, and not broad enough on the other as it doesn't incorporate an understanding of the social and cultural character of residential neighbourhoods.
Neighbourhood character is regulated in Victoria through a variety of planning instruments withinResCode, the statutory code for residential development. The Neighbourhood Character Overlay is the most stringent regulatory device and works in a similar way to a heritage control. Its first implementation was for the Hedgeley Dene Gardens precinct in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern East[1].