Historic Hilltop is located in the northern part of West Melbourne adjacent to North Melbourne and is bounded by Peel Street, Dudley Street, King Street, Roden Street, Spencer Street, Lothian Street, and Victoria Street.
Historic Hilltop is a heritage neighbourhood clustered around the shopping strips on Errol Street, Victoria Street and Peel Street. The fine grained, low scale heritage buildings, retrofitted warehouses, and larger institutional buildings represent the diversity of architectural eras that have shaped this precinct. Wide green streets, open spaces, views to the central city and access to Flagstaff Gardens and Queen Victoria Market accentuate the area’s proximity to the central city.
Rows of workers’ cottages, Victorian terraces, and Federation homes provide uniformity to the residential streets, and intact historic shopfronts and awnings line the shopping strips.
Landmark buildings such as St Mary’s Cathedral occasionally punctuate the skyline. The current built form controls that apply to the area will remain the same with new buildings a maximum height of 14m.
This is a mostly residential area with retail along Victoria Street and Peel Street and a mix of commercial and community uses east of Chetwynd Street.
This area has good access to walking, cycling, and public transport routes. Access to the road network for local residents and visitors is provided along the multiple arterial routes - King Street, Spencer Street, Victoria Street and Peel Street.
The junction of Hawke Street, Errol Street, King Street and Victoria Street will be redesigned to improve pedestrian and cycling safety and to enhance the functionality of open space.
The intersection of these wide streets create a complex and expansive junction, and despite grassed medians and small parks with significant trees, the area has an open and exposed character, which is dominated by cars.
Opportunities exist to upgrade the junction to improve pedestrian and cycling safety. The existing green spaces will be reconfigured to consolidate existing open space, and better celebrate the heritage attributes of the place.
This can be achieved while retaining all existing car parking spaces, which are important for customers accessing adjacent businesses.
Please get in touch if you have a question or would like to know more about the draft West Melbourne Structure Plan:
| Phone | (03) 9658 9658 |
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| westmelbourne@melbourne.vic.gov.au |
Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners
The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.
We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future.
