{"id":131853,"date":"2023-10-08T21:35:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T21:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=131853"},"modified":"2023-10-08T21:35:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T21:35:22","slug":"paris-streetscapes-berlin-vibes-call-to-revamp-melbournes-missing-middle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/paris-streetscapes-berlin-vibes-call-to-revamp-melbournes-missing-middle\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris streetscapes, Berlin vibes: Call to revamp Melbourne\u2019s \u2018missing middle\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Save articles for later<\/h3>\n<p>Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.<\/p>\n<h3>Key points<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>YIMBY Melbourne wants to see six-storey developments within one kilometre of train stations and 500 metres of tram stops.<\/li>\n<li>YIMBY Melbourne\u2019s \u201cmissing middle\u201d report estimates this will deliver more than 5 million new dwellings in places where people want to live.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The report recommends rezoning all low-density neighbourhood residential land to higher-density zones.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Housing activism group YIMBY Melbourne is calling for the development of Melbourne\u2019s \u201cmissing middle\u201d by enabling six-storey, mixed-use development on all residential land near train and tram stops.<\/p>\n<p>The Yes In My Back Yard movement, which launched earlier this year, has released a report calling for changes to Victoria\u2019s planning and tax systems to enable streetscapes similar to those in Paris across inner urban Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.092%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/2fc0bfc7d2d79390000d1c96dd23d62f6a068e06\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Jonathan O\u2019Brien of YIMBY Melbourne at the Moreland station, where the group is proposing redevelopment.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Eddie Jim <\/cite><\/p>\n<p>YIMBY Melbourne, which has gained traction as a counterpoint to residents who oppose new developments in their local areas, wants to see the six-storey developments within one kilometre of train stations and 500 metres of tram stops.<\/p>\n<p>The report estimates this could deliver more than 5 million new dwellings in places where people want to live.<\/p>\n<p>YIMBY Melbourne leader Jonathan O\u2019Brien said Melburnians wanted to move beyond clusters of skyscrapers surrounded by multimillion-dollar cottages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe missing middle is what doesn\u2019t exist in Melbourne between a dichotomy of towers, tall builds, the things that people think of when they think of development, and the urban carpet of detached homes, single family homes. The missing middle is really all the space, the diversity of housing that exists between those two points,\u201d O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can have Paris\u2019 streets, Amsterdam\u2019s bikes, and Berlin\u2019s vibes right here in Melbourne, so long as we embrace key parts of their iconic urban designs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>YIMBY Melbourne\u2019s report recommends rezoning all low-density neighbourhood residential land in Melbourne to higher-density zones, and making development within the zone by-right in exchange for one in 10 homes being transferred to a public or community housing provider.<\/p>\n<p>The report also calls for abolishing the first home owner grant and replacing stamp duty with a broad-based land tax.<\/p>\n<p>It recommends incentives for landowners and governments to consolidate blocks and using newly consolidated lots to create larger inner urban parks surrounded by larger development blocks.<\/p>\n<p>The report advocates reassessing all heritage, neighbourhood character and design overlays within the missing middle zone areas and abolishing the overlays where an assessment indicates that the negative social impacts of the overlay are greater than its benefit.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien said he knew this recommendation would be controversial, but added that so much available land in Melbourne was covered by heritage overlays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pretty bullish on the removal of overlays, but that doesn\u2019t mean the end of heritage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien said heritage should be assessed on a site-by-site basis. Alternatively, if the government thought a building\u2019s heritage was worth protecting, it should plan to bring the building into public ownership, he said.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien said the government\u2019s housing statement, released last month, was not comprehensive and did not address the missing middle, focusing instead on large-scale developments and granny flats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, it didn\u2019t go far enough in terms of what we\u2019re pushing for, which is housing abundance,\u201d he said. \u201cWe see the missing middle as a natural fit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Planner Colleen Peterson, of Ratio Consultants, said YIMBY Melbourne was doing a great job of trying to speak for future generations and people not involved in the planning process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt proposes some pretty radical ideas. Some of them are really quite inventive, but perhaps not that practical,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson said the concept of increasing height limits within proximity to fixed rail services was \u201cpretty solid\u201d and had been supported in planning before, but not implemented by local councils.<\/p>\n<p>However, she said while six-storey buildings may be practical directly along tram and rail routes, it was more difficult to apply those heights to the properties behind them, as Melbourne did not have the same block sizes as cities like Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson said that even limiting the increase in height to properties adjoining tram and rail routes would provide hundreds of thousands, if not millions of homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI applaud left-of-centre, outrageous thinking, because we are going to need a fresh approach to solving the housing crisis,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the government declined to comment on the YIMBY Melbourne proposals, but said work being done as part of the government\u2019s housing statement would result in 800,000 new homes being built over the next decade. <em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur bold planning reforms will boost housing supply, ensuring good decisions are made faster, and give industry greater certainty with a planning system that works for Victorians \u2013 not against them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the day\u2019s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. 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