| The master plan establishes the framework for
the development of Lilydale as a rural city over the next fifteen years and beyond. It
clearly defines the parameters for future development, identifies strategic goals for land
uses within defined precincts and provides both precinct and site specific development
guidelines. The plan identifies retail and commercial goals, as well as heritage,
cultural and social activities required to create a vibrant and robust environment. It
also provides the physical settings for these events to take place. The future development
of Lilydale is based on a simple framework focusing on the concept of arrival –
gateway – destination.
The Plan:
- Encourages Lilydale to embrace its unique setting and environment;
- Identifies a new ‘civic heart’ for Lilydale at the historic focus of the town
at the junction of the Olinda Creek and the Maroondah Highway;
- Strengthens the physical ties between this new town centre and surrounding land uses
– in particular Swinburne University and Lilydale Lake;
- Increases the legibility of the CBD by consolidating development within thirteen land
use character-based precincts;
- Increases the residential population by encouraging ‘shop top’ dwellings and
phasing out peripheral sales, to free land up for residential use;
- Encourages quality streetscape through the use of local materials, uniform paving and a
consistent palette of street furniture; and
- Consolidates transport facilities into a modal transport interchange, to cater for
Lilydale’s growing transport requirements.
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J U R Y ' S C O M M E N T S
This project, through its genuinely
multi-disciplinary approach, addresses a complex and fragmented urban fabric with many
competing interests and problems. The resulting
framework plan is well presented and provides comprehensive, long term solutions that
range from strategic planning principles to specific site designs and details.
The jury concluded that there was a good balance between
landscape, commercial, traffic, pedestrian and other competing interests and that the Plan
provided a confident and comprehensive response to the project brief.
The Plan is a good example of the urban design framework
planning process in action and was well accepted by the client.
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