Planning for the future
Victoria is growing and by the 2050s, Melbourne is expected to be home to 9 million people – a city the size of London today.
As Australia’s largest housing project, we’re carefully planning now to ensure the areas around SRL East stations will be ready to meet the needs of our growing population.
Building the new underground stations at Cheltenham, Clayton, Monash, Glen Waverley, Burwood and Box Hill provides an opportunity to enhance the surrounding neighbourhoods (or precincts), making them even greater places to live, work, visit, study and shop.
The new stations will support the delivery of 70,000 additional homes and more housing choice in the SRL East neighbourhoods – right where people want to live.
We’re planning to ensure these areas benefit from an improved range of infrastructure and services, providing better connections to jobs, open space and community facilities – all on the doorstep of world-class public transport.
Structure planning for SRL East Precincts
Structure Plans for SRL East Precincts will set out a shared vision and provide a framework for how areas around the new stations will grow and change over time while protecting and preserving the features people love about them now.
The plans will guide change in each precinct over decades by defining the preferred outcomes important to the local area. These might include future land use, buildings, and additional infrastructure, open space, car parking and the future street network, among others.
After consultation with local councils, the structure planning boundaries for the areas around the 6 new SRL East stations are now confirmed.
Planning Scheme Amendments (PSAs) will be required to implement structure plans into the planning schemes of the cities of Bayside, Kingston, Monash and Whitehorse.
You can download the Structure Planning Boundary maps here:
- Cheltenham (PDF 826KB)
- Clayton (PDF 572KB)
- Monash (PDF 568KB)
- Glen Waverley (PDF 796KB)
- Burwood (PDF 812KB)
- Box Hill (PDF 892KB)
SRLA has prepared Guidelines to guide the preparation and assessment of Structure Plans within these Structure Plan Areas. View the Guidelines for the preparation of Structure Plans.
How community and stakeholder feedback is shaping the plans
Using community feedback, local studies and ongoing planning, we have prepared draft structure plans and draft planning scheme amendments for each SRL East Precinct – the neighbourhoods around the 6 new underground SRL stations.
Building on previous community feedback gathered since 2019, engagement to inform SRL East structure planning to date has been via 2 key phases starting from mid 2023.
Between August 2023 and August 2024, we have been engaging with communities and stakeholders about the opportunities, issues and suggestions for each of the SRL East Precincts. Since August 2024, there has been further conversation with stakeholders in relation to structure planning. In addition, local councils have been engaged on the draft planning scheme amendments as the responsible authorities for their respective planning schemes.
You can find out more about this engagement, as well as how SRLA has responded to this feedback, in the SRL East Structure planning engagement report.
You can read about how feedback has been shaping the delivery of SRL East rail infrastructure and precincts in our past engagement reports.
Exhibiting the plans
A crucial step in the process of implementing new structure plans and planning scheme amendments is making all key documents available for public consultation.
Making the draft structure plans and draft planning scheme amendments available for public review and feedback ensures all stakeholders and community members can review the documents, including any corresponding technical reports, and understand how the proposed changes will affect their neighbourhoods.
Draft structure plans and draft planning scheme amendments will be available for public review and comment from Monday 17 March to Tuesday 22 April 2025.
During this time, stakeholders and community members can provide their feedback via a submission on the Engage Victoria website.
This feedback will then be provided to an advisory committee for the next phase in approvals.
Where to view the plans and provide submission
There are several ways in which to view these documents.
Documents are available online via the Engage Victoria website and hard copy documents are also available at local libraries and council offices along the SRL East alignment including:
- Bayside City Council office – 76 Royal Ave, Sandringham
- Kingston City Council office - 1230 Nepean Hwy, Cheltenham
- Monash City Council office - 293 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley
- Whitehorse City Council office - 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill
- Whitehorse City Council office - 379-399 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading
- Box Hill Library - 1040 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill
- Cheltenham Library - 12 Stanley Avenue, Cheltenham
- Clayton Library - 9-15 Cooke Street, Clayton
- Glen Waverley Library - 112 Kingsway, Glen Waverley
- Highett Library - 310 Highett Rd, Highett
- Deakin University Library - 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood
- Mount Waverley Library - 41 Miller Cres, Mount Waverley
A series of in-person information sessions and online webinars are planned to answer any questions you may have about the plans.
Find out how and where to view the plans and associated documents.
Once you have reviewed the documents, you may choose to make a submission via the Engage Victoria website.
Key steps for SRL East structure planning
Mid to late 2023 – Developing shared visions
- Share feedback captured to date
- Outline the structure planning process and timeline
- Seek input on ambition statements and proposed priority outcomes for each SRL East Precinct
Late 2023 – Refining the visions
- Seek feedback on draft precinct visions
- Refine opportunities and challenges
- Explore place-shaping criteria and values and needs for each area
2024 – Shaping the plans
- Continue gathering feedback to inform final precinct visions and draft structure plans
- Build awareness of upcoming exhibition process
- Encourage continued feedback and participation
- 'Guidelines for the preparation of Structure Plans' published
- Release of Final Visions
Early 2025 – Exhibiting the plans
- Release draft structure plans and planning scheme amendments
- Exhibit structure planning documents for public review and comment
- Seek stakeholder and community submissions
2025 – Public hearing
- An independent advisory committee is convened
- Structure planning documents are considered by the committee
- A public hearing is held by the advisory committee
2026 – Sharing the outcomes
- Structure plans are finalised
- Planning scheme amendments are approved and gazetted
- Structure plans are applied to all development within SRL East precincts