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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThey are included in a \u201ckey directions\u201d paper \u2013 to be released on Sunday \u2013 for the $34.5 billion first stage, Suburban Rail Loop East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government will oversee planning controls around each of the six stations because it wants to turn them into hubs for jobs, education and medicine \u2013 and drastically increase housing supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project\u2019s initial business and investment case in 2021 forecast 47,500 additional households across the first two stages of the project, from Box Hill and Melbourne Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It now aims to add more than 70,000 homes \u2013 and 230,000 permanent jobs \u2013 in the six SRL East areas alone, to be gradually developed by the 2050s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state government\u2019s maps show \u2013 down to the street level \u2013 where it proposes to allow this to happen. They show the area directly above each underground station, known as precinct cores, will allow for the tallest apartment and commercial buildings. Height limits will taper down further away from each station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new maps also show how rapidly the plan is developing. Draft government documents revealed\u00a0just four months<\/a>\u00a0ago included drawings that suggested towers around the stations \u2013 including Box Hill \u2013 would top out about 20 storeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Box Hill, an area that already has high-rise development, towers above the station entrances would be allowed to go 40 storeys. Nearby streets could be built up to 20 storeys, while \u201cmovement corridors\u201d along Whitehorse Road, Maroondah Highway and Station Street would allow 10 storeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A health and education zone would be permitted to reach up to 15 storeys. Side streets around the denser areas would be classified as either residential or urban neighbourhoods, with height limits of six and seven storeys respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lower height limits will apply above the five other stations. Towers would be capped at 25 storeys at the centre of Monash and Glen Waverley\u2019s SRL precincts. Clayton and Burwood would top out at 20 storeys and Cheltenham at 18. Some areas designed as \u201cmajor strategic sites\u201d would also permit heights between 15 and 18 storeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Across each SRL East location, the directions paper proposes developing denser commercial areas close to the new stations and encouraging townhouses or mid-rise apartments on streets within walking distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taller buildings would be promoted in employment and research hubs, such as a nanotech-focused neighbourhood in Monash, while Clayton\u2019s connection to key medical facilities would allow for denser health zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Outside these specialist areas, buildings along main roads could rise to 10 storeys, tapering off in surrounding streets.<\/p>\n\n\n Premier Jacinta Allan said Melbourne was growing fast, and the rail loop would make room for thousands of new homes close to jobs, transport and other services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have a clear vision: more transport, more jobs and more homes for Victorians,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The document offers more detail on the government\u2019s vision for the six precincts beyond what was first shown in December. Since then, feedback from the community has informed their planning, such as the decision to propose a linear park along Whitehorse Road in Box Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The government is seeking further feedback, including locations for new green spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMore housing options mean local kids have a better shot of owning a home close to where they grew up,\u201d Transport Infrastructure Minister Danny Pearson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ve taken on board years of community feedback and this is just the next step in a detailed and proper planning process that involves locals every step of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The government will seek further community feedback on the plans but even before the emergence of the new height details, some councils were pushing back<\/a> against unchecked increases in housing density and building heights around some of the proposed stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Premier](\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-25.jpeg\")