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• What is Neighbourhood Character?

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  Neighbourhood character is a combination of distinct visual and physical features of a residential area and how they interact with each other. These features include:

  • Subdivision pattern – includes elements such as topography, lot sizes, street width and street types such as boulevards or court bowls.
  • Buildings and surroundings – Siting of buildings play a role including site coverage, depth and consistency of front and side setbacks, separation between dwellings, extent of rear gardens and whether carports and garages are prominent.
  • Built form – includes architecture and roof style, age of buildings, dwelling typology, building materials and building height.
  • Landscaping – includes elements such as landscaping of front gardens, mature or bush style vegetation (native or exotic), retaining walls and extent of hard paved areas such as private driveways.
  • Front and side fences: the location, height, style, visual permeability and materials.
  • Public realm – nature strip, sense of openness and views, street trees, footpath, vehicle crossings, presence of power poles and other utilities.

  
  

  These elements collectively shape the distinctive character of a neighbourhood and help define its identity.

• Preferred Character Areas

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  This page provide links to individual Preferred Character Area Precinct sheets with details about corresponding pages in the draft NCS.

  • Bush Garden
  • Formal Township
  • Mixed Township
  • Contemporary Garden
  • Rural Garden
  • High Growth

• Upcoming State Policy Reforms

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  On 20 September 2023 the State government released Victoria’s Housing Statement 2024-2034.

  The Statement has a target of building 800,000 new homes over the next decade and is supported by a range of actions across the housing system, including planning system reforms.

  Planning reforms are progressively being rolled out and may have an impact on the proposed direction in Mitchell's draft Studies. This may necessitate the need for updates to the Studies, or any future planning scheme provisions to take account of any significant reforms.

  In the context of these planning reforms, progressing Mitchell’s local character work is important. It will position Council, and the community to better advocate and protect the future look and feel of Mitchell's residential areas.