Melton Retail and Activity Centres Strategy

Activity centres perform a variety of roles and functions in our community. They are places to combine employment and retail functions with education hubs, business services and health and community services whilst providing distinctive places to meet and socially interact.

Council has a role in shaping development to deliver a network of centres that individually and collectively meets the needs of our residents, businesses and institutions.

The City of Melton Retail and Activity Centres Strategy, March 2014 provides direction for Council in its deliberations on planning and support for retailing and activity centres throughout the municipality.

Adoption of the Strategy

The City of Melton Retail and Activity Centres Strategy, March 2014 was adopted at an Ordinary Meeting of Council on 1 April 2014.

The Strategy provides a plan to guide retail development in the City of Melton through the establishment of a hierarchy of activity centres.

The hierarchy ensures an evenly distributed activity centre network in the City of Melton that provides access to services for current and future residents. The hierarchy will also improve the viability of individual centres and provide certainty for substantial investments by firms, householders and the community whilst improving the sustainability of urban development.

City of Melton Retail and Activity Centres Strategy, March 2014(PDF, 2MB)

City of Melton Retail and Activity Centres Strategy: Background Analysis and Discussion, November 2013(PDF, 8MB)

The Strategy was implemented into the Melton Planning Scheme through Amendment C171 and was gazetted on 8 November 2018.

Further Information

For any further information on the Melton Retail and Activity Centres Strategy or Amendment C171, please contact Council’s Strategic Planning Team on 9747 7200 or email: citysupport@melton.vic.gov.au