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CASE STUDY<br />
Selandra Rise – Evolving community creation<br />
Selandra Rise, Vic<br />
Selandra Rise is a 115 hectare residential<br />
development located in Cranbourne East,<br />
south-east of Melbourne, Victoria. The<br />
project will comprise around 1,200 lots<br />
when completed in 2016. Formally known<br />
as East Village, this project was established<br />
in 2008 when the Victorian State<br />
Government and the Planning Institute of<br />
Australia recognised the need to establish<br />
a new design standard to guide the<br />
development of suburbs of the future.<br />
The result is an innovative and<br />
collaborative partnership between<br />
industry, government and the private<br />
sector to realise affordable, healthy<br />
and liveable communities.<br />
Our key project partners include the Growth<br />
Areas Authority (GAA), The Planning<br />
Institute of Australia (PIA), and The City<br />
of Casey.<br />
In the past year we have completed a<br />
formal stakeholder engagement plan for the<br />
project and we regard Selandra Rise as a<br />
key opportunity to evolve our community<br />
development approach nationally. This<br />
project has put wellbeing at the centre<br />
of planning by committing to:<br />
• Having a healthy and engaged<br />
community,<br />
• Providing local employment<br />
opportunities,<br />
• Serving diverse housing needs.<br />
A healthy and engaged community<br />
Research shows that the economic and<br />
social cost of preventable chronic disease<br />
in the community continues to grow at<br />
an alarming rate. In response to this, a<br />
key objective of Selandra Rise is to better<br />
understand the role the built environment<br />
can play in responding to the community<br />
health and wellbeing challenges that face<br />
new communities. Initiatives to help build a<br />
healthy and engaged community include:<br />
• A program is being developed to allow<br />
communities to provide input into the<br />
design of key project elements such<br />
as parks and community services,<br />
• Well-located walking and bike paths,<br />
playgrounds, parks, sports facilities,<br />
wide footpaths and pedestrian-friendly<br />
local streets encourage recreation<br />
and non-motorised travel,<br />
• The local Casey residents helped<br />
decide, via a competition, the name of<br />
their new community – ‘Selandra Rise’.<br />
VicHealth joined the project team in 2009<br />
to measure the health and wellbeing of<br />
the community through a longitudinal<br />
study. This study will be important in<br />
understanding the role of communities<br />
in shaping the place in which they will live.<br />
Building on the opportunity, VicHealth<br />
is currently commissioning tenders for<br />
a Research Practice Fellow to investigate<br />
how urban design can shape health<br />
outcomes in the community. It is critical<br />
that we understand and measure the<br />
success factors of Selandra Rise as<br />
we seek to improve how we create<br />
communities nationally.<br />
Local employment opportunities<br />
By providing a supportive environment<br />
for local business opportunities to flourish,<br />
Selandra Rise has been planned to minimise<br />
the need for residents to spend extensive<br />
time away from their families while travelling<br />
to work. Connecting to the broader City<br />
of Casey business incubator network will<br />
allow the Selandra Rise community to have<br />
access to relevant employment, training<br />
and network information.<br />
Key local employment initiatives include:<br />
• Local employment opportunities promoted<br />
through online business networks,<br />
• Delivering facilities to support<br />
businesses in the local village centre,<br />
including meeting spaces, administrative<br />
services and technology access,<br />
• Flexibility to work locally or from home<br />
through creating dedicated business<br />
precinct as well as housing product<br />
that caters for home-based businesses.<br />
Diverse and affordable housing<br />
Selandra Rise offers a diverse range of<br />
housing options. As many of the first<br />
residents will be young couples or families,<br />
we have therefore worked collaboratively<br />
with house builders to design a house and<br />
land package that meets the needs of the<br />
home owner at a relatively moderate price.<br />
The planning of Selandra Rise has included<br />
the following initiatives:<br />
• A broad mix of quality, affordable<br />
housing options making this<br />
community accessible to more people,<br />
• A range of lot sizes within the<br />
community that meet the needs<br />
of a variety of home buyers,<br />
• Housing for all ages including retirement<br />
living and aged care facilities adjacent<br />
to the local village centre.<br />
Good governance<br />
Our project partners have been heavily<br />
involved in all stages to ensure there has<br />
been continued focus on achieving the<br />
key objectives of a ‘healthy and engaged<br />
community, diverse and affordable housing<br />
and local employment opportunities’.<br />
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<strong>Stockland</strong> Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report June 2010