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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 Springvale to Dandenong centres have been finalised and approved by the Minister for Planning, which means planning changes are now in place.
Springvale, Noble Park, Yarraman and Dandenong stations are on the Cranbourne and Pakenham train lines. The areas around these stations are loved for their variety of services and attractions, from diverse cuisine offerings (including the renowned Dandenong Market) to community hubs, and the Springvale retail precinct, which has seen recent investment from state and local government.
The Cranbourne and Pakenham lines now join the Sunbury line via the Metro Tunnel, improving accessibility from these areas to Melbourne’s CBD and west.
Each centre sits within an already established suburban area, with parks, shops, schools, and healthcare services all within easy reach. These qualities make the neighbourhoods convenient and highly liveable.
The vision for Springvale to Dandenong
Springvale, Noble Park, Yarraman and Dandenong 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 diverse types of homes and making these spaces greener, safer and easier to get around.
With good public transport options, thriving local shops and places for people to meet, these areas will offer more choice in homes close to jobs, schools, parks and cafés, helping more people live locally and enjoy the things that matter day to day.
Springvale to Dandenong core and catchment map
The map below shows the core and catchment boundaries of the Springvale to Dandenong train and tram zone activity centre. It also highlights key transport connections, open spaces and heritage overlays.
Download the Springvale to Dandenong factsheet
View a summary of the proposed building heights, core and catchment boundaries, and potential opportunities to improve the Springvale to Dandenong train and tram zone activity centres.
Download the Springvale to Dandenong plan
Learn more about the final building heights, core and catchment boundaries, and potential opportunities to improve the Springvale to Dandenong train and tram zone activity centres.
How we planned for Springvale to Dandenong
- 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 Springvale to Dandenong 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 shape our plans
We heard from the Springvale, Yarraman, Noble Park and Dandenong 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 for Springvale to Dandenong highlighted the need to invest in local infrastructure to support growth, refine activity centre boundaries to ensure walkability and appropriate transitions, and adjust building heights to ensure sunlight access is protected.
Feedback also emphasised providing a broader mix of higher-density housing options, while preserving open space, increasing tree canopy, and enhancing urban greening to support liveability and neighbourhood character.
In response to feedback, we:
- are developing an infrastructure contributions plan for these centres. It will fund infrastructure essential to liveability for current and future communities in and around these centres
- have adjusted some of the catchment boundaries, ensuring the catchments remain within easy walking distance of the cores and train stations
- have adjusted core building heights in Springvale and Noble Park in response to feedback and further urban design testing, to ensure sun access is protected in key pedestrian areas such as Douglas Street and Buckingham Avenue
- will facilitate an increase in the number of homes and provide for more housing diversity through medium and higher-scale apartments, townhouses and semi-detached houses close to the activity centres
- have ensured that existing open spaces such as Erickson Gardens, Springvale Community Hub Park, Copas Park, Harmony Square, Woodcock Reserve and Dandenong Park continue to have good access to sunlight.
Download the Springvale to Dandenong Consultation Summary Report (Phase 2) to learn more about how feedback helped shape the plans.
Springvale to Dandenong activity centres
Traditional Owners
The Springvale to Dandenong activity centres are located 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.