Meadow Heights Community Infrastructure Needs Assessment

Urban Development

Client: Hume City Council

Capire Consulting Group was engaged to identify the current and future community infrastructure needs of the Meadow Heights community in Melbourne's North.

The community needs analysis was based on:

  • Demographic analysis and projections;
  • A strategic review;
  • Stakeholder and community consultation including one-on-one meetings and focus groups; and
  • A service and facility audit to identify any current or potential future gaps in provision.

Hume City Council did not have a Community Infrastructure Strategy or hierarchy in place at the time of the project, so Capire identified the level of community infrastructure required for Meadow Heights in the absence of such direction.

The outcomes achieved by Capire included:

  • Identification of community infrastructure needs in Meadow Heights;
  • Identification of programming and service provision needs;
  • Asisted Council make some decisions around the future of Council owned land and facilities for the purposes of community infrastructure;
  • Recommendations around future use of Council owned facilities; and
  • Recommendations which can be used for any future planning and developing of community infrastructure strategies that Council undertakes for Meadow Heights and the municipality more broadly.

South East Shepparton Growth Corridor Development Plan and Development Contributions Plan

Client: Hansen Partners / Greater Shepparton City Council

This project involved the preparation of a Development Plan and Development Contributions Plan for the South East Shepparton Growth Corridor in order to ensure that future development is coordinated and appropriate infrastructure is provided in a timely manner.

Agata Chmielewski

Agata is an Associate Director at Capire Consulting Group. Agata has an extensive background is in social planning and policy development. She has undertaken social impact assessments, community infrastructure needs assessments and feasibility studies which have informed a number of urban revitalisation, civic amenity and structure planning projects and growth strategies.

Sally Abbott

Sally has worked for international organisations, Australian non-profits and has conducted community engagement in Mexico, Laos and Australia. With a particular focus on community development and planning, Sally's studies have both complemented and propelled her career path. She brings a broad range of skills to her current role as social research and stakeholder engagement consultant.