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                    Central Melbourne Design Guide

                    The Central Melbourne Design Guide is a key component of the Design Excellence Program, demonstrating the City of Melbourne’s commitment to leadership in design excellence.

                    It is a visual tool to support the use and interpretation of Planning scheme amendment C308 Urban Design in the Central City and Southbank, and illustrates examples and case studies of positive urban design outcomes in the city context.

                    Introduction

                    The Central Melbourne Design Guide has been prepared by the City of Melbourne to support the use and interpretation of the Urban Design in the Central City and Southbank Design and Development Overlay Schedule 1 (DDO1) within the Melbourne Planning Scheme. The guide is intended to facilitate the delivery of high design quality for developments in the Central City and Southbank.

                    Both the DDO1 and the guide aim to influence the development of private land within the central city and Southbank by focusing on the key components  of design that contribute to lively and successful streets and places. A particular emphasis is placed on how buildings respond to their specific context, and contribute to the city’s vibrancy, economy and urban quality for decades to come.

                    The guide uses illustrations and photos to visually communicate the desired outcomes of the design objectives, design outcomes and design requirements of the DDO1 with additional images of outcomes that should be avoided. The intent of the easy to use, and simple graphic format of this document is to make the DDO1 clearer and more accessible to a diverse audience, including the community, developers, designers and planners. 

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