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Planning for thriving communities
The Train and Tram Zone Activity Centres Program is focused on locating more homes close to train stations and tram lines that have the highest capacity, now and into the future.
Plans for the Caulfield to Bentleigh and Elsternwick centres have been finalised and approved by the Minister for Planning, which means planning changes are now in place.
Elsternwick Station is on the Sandringham line, where eight trains per hour run during peak times. Caulfield, Glen Huntly, Ormond and Bentleigh stations are on the Frankston train line, where level crossing removals have been completed.
These suburbs are loved for their attractive, family friendly shopping strips, tree-lined streets, diverse housing and access to quality retail, hospitality and healthcare services.
Located along prime shopping strips, these stations also provide easy connections to the CBD and beyond, linking students to their schools, professionals to their workplaces, and residents to their families and friends.
Each area sits within an already established suburban area, with parks, shops, schools, and healthcare services are all within easy reach. These qualities make the neighbourhoods convenient and highly liveable.
Planning for more homes in these areas is about creating opportunities for downsizers, young people, and families to stay in the communities they love.
The vision for Caulfield to Bentleigh and Elsternwick
Caulfield, Glen Huntly, Ormond, Bentleigh and Elsternwick are already great places to live, work and spend time.
Our vision is to help these places grow in a way that keeps what people love, while providing for more diveres types of homes and making these spaces greener, safer and easier to get around.
Caulfield to Bentleigh and Elsternwick core and catchment maps
The maps below show the core and catchment boundaries of the Caulfield to Bentleigh and Elsternwick train and tram zone activity centres. It also highlights key transport connections, open spaces and heritage overlays.
- Caulfield to Bentleigh catchment map
- Elsternwick catchment map
Caulfield to Bentleigh catchment map
Elsternwick catchment map
Download the factsheets
View a summary of the proposed building heights, core and catchment boundaries, and potential opportunities to improve the Caulfield to Bentleigh and Elsternwick train and tram zone activity centres.
Download the plans
Learn more about the final building heights, core and catchment boundaries and potential opportunities to improve the Caulfield to Bentleigh and Elsternwick train and tram zone activity centres.
How we planned for Caulfield to Bentleigh and Elsternwick
- Visit the About the Program page to find out more about how we planned for the train and tram zone activity centres.
- Understand how infrastructure contributions plans will support these important changes.
- Understand the planning scheme changes. See Amendment GC285.
- Download the Local Variation Testing Report for Caulfield to Bentleigh to learn about the testing that has been done to support these changes.
- Use the Train and Tram Zone Activity Centres Program interactive map to find out where the planning scheme has changed.
How your feedback helped shaped our plans
We heard from the Caulfield to Bentleigh and Elsternwick communities through two rounds of consultation and a Community Reference Group made up of local community members. Your feedback has helped to shape our planning.
Council and community feedback in the Caulfield to Bentleigh and Elsternwick centres focused on protecting heritage areas such as parts of the Gascoigne Estate, ensuring appropriate building heights that respond to local conditions, supporting infrastructure capacity for growth and preserving green open spaces and sunlight access.
In response to feedback, we:
- applied outer catchment instead of inner catchment to part of the Gascoigne Estate in Caulfield. In the core, we have applied planning controls that recognise the presence of existing heritage buildings in areas such as Centre Road in Bentleigh
- reduced the extent of the inner catchment in Ormond and Bentleigh to reflect lower accessibility and walkability from these areas to the Ormond and Bentleigh activity centres
- excluded Ripponlea Estate from the Elsternwick catchment area, recognising its heritage value on the Victorian Heritage Register
- applied solar protections to key open spaces such as Booran Reserve in Glen Huntly, to ensure key parks and open spaces continue to receive sunlight
- are developing Infrastructure Contribution Plans which include opportunities for local infrastructure improvements such as potential streetscape upgrades along Glen Huntly Road and North Road.
Download the Caulfield to Bentleigh and Elsternwick – Consultation Summary Report (Phase 2) to learn more about how feedback helped shape the plans.
Caulfield to Bentleigh and Elsternwick activity centres
Traditional Owners
The Caulfield, Glen Huntly, Ormond and Bentleigh activity centres are located across the lands of the Bunurong and the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People, while Elsternwick is entirely on the lands of the Bunurong People, and we acknowledge them as Traditional Owners.
We pay our respects to Elders past and present, whose knowledge and wisdom have ensured the continuation of spiritual and cultural practices.