Shape Albany Highway Stage 2: Growth Scenarios

Share your thoughts on the Town's preferred Growth Scenario that will set the direction of the Albany Highway Precinct Structure Plan.

The Shape Albany Highway community engagement campaign started in 2021 to understand how the Vic Park community would like to see the Albany Highway Precinct develop into the future.

Outcomes from Shape Albany Highway will be used to create the Albany Highway Precinct Structure Plan – a new planning framework that will guide land use, inform movement and transport changes, drive economic development, and shape the streets and open spaces throughout the Albany Highway precinct.

The Story so far

Stage 1

Stage 1 of Shape Albany Highway focused on exploring how local residents, businesses and visitors would like to see the iconic Albany Highway area grow and change into the future.

The outcomes of stage 1 are detailed in two reports, Albany Highway Today, which gives a snapshot of how the Highway feels and functions today, and Albany Highway Tomorrow, which gives a detailed overview of the community’s aspirations for the precinct and ideas for the future.

The findings from Stage 1 are summarised into the following set of 18 central ideas for the future of the Albany Highway precinct.

Stage 2

Stage 2 involves using data from Stage 1 to develop a range of conceptual precinct planning options that will set the direction for the Precinct Structure Plan.

In late 2022, the Town formed a community reference group consisting of local residents and local business representatives to assist with the precinct planning process. The group has given substantial input into the development of the Stage 2 documents and helped create the preferred growth scenario.

In consultation with the community reference group, three overarching documents were created that propose recommendations to shape Albany Highway’s built form, transport and public realm infrastructure.

• Draft Built Form Strategy
• Draft Transport Strategy
• Draft Public Realm Strategy

Using the informing strategies, the project team created two initial growth models which were workshopped with the community reference group.

Feedback from the reference group was then used alongside a robust technical and feasibility assessment to arrive at a preferred combined growth scenario that incorporates varying elements of the initial models. This process is summarised below.

The Town is now seeking feedback on the growth modelling and supporting Stage 2 documents before endorsing a preferred growth scenario to guide the preparation of the Albany Highway Precinct Structure Plan.

How to get involved

From 1-28 May 2023, we’re asking residents, property owners, businesses and the wider community to review the proposed outcomes of the growth modelling and supporting documents.

These have been summarised in the Concept Design Summary Report, available here.

This report also details the process the Town undertook with the community reference group and how the preferred growth scenario was developed.

Feedback can be shared by completing our online survey available below. Alternatively, you can contact the Town directly on 9311 8111 or admin@vicpark.wa.gov.au

What happens next?

All feedback will be considered along with further technical assessment and expert design review over the coming months, before Council is requested to endorse a preferred growth scenario to serve as the basis for preparation of the Draft Albany Highway Precinct Structure Plan.

The PSP will set out a mid to long-term vision and recommended development parameters to guide the future development of the Albany Highway precinct over time, with development anticipated to occur gradually, in an incremental manner, based on current population and growth forecasts.

We anticipate the draft Precinct Structure Plan to be prepared by the early 2024, which will be subject to further public advertising and State Government review in mid-late 2024.

The PSP recommendations will then be translated into a major amendment to the Town's local planning scheme and planning policy framework, to guide the assessment and determination of development applications within the PSP area.

For more information, contact the Town on 9311 8111 or admin@vicpark.wa.gov.au