In 2021-22, we asked the East Ivanhoe community to share with us what they value most about the East Ivanhoe Village and tell us how we can support to create a more connected, sustainable and vibrant place. Your responses helped shape a community vision for the Village:

East Ivanhoe Village will continue to be the green and attractive heart of a vibrant, welcoming community with a unique cultural heritage, providing places for people to shop, meet, connect and celebrate.

This vision has been used to help develop an East Ivanhoe Village Concept Plan for the streetscape upgrade.

Burton Crescent

In 2022, we temporarily transformed one side of Burton Crescent into a parklet. The footpath on other side was permanently widened, improving pedestrian access and providing more outdoor dining space for two local businesses. Several events were also held in the space, including the Winter Solstice. We asked the community what they thought of this transformation.

From this feedback we have prepared four options for the future of Burton Crescent:

• Return Burton Crescent to what it was, including three parking spaces to the west and no change to traffic movement.
• Retain the parklet, and no change to traffic movement (two-way)
• Retain and widen the parklet, make Burton Crescent one-way (northbound with no exit to Lower Heidelberg Road) and raise the pavement to create a shared zone where pedestrians have priority
• Make it Hybrid, retain a section of the parklet, create a disabled parking bay, make Burton Crescent one-way (northbound with no exit to Lower Heidelberg Road), and raise the pavement to create a shared zone where pedestrians have priority.

Understanding your preferred outcome for Burton Crescent will inform the final design.

You can see the complete concept design and the four options for Burton Crescent below.

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A revitalised shopping strip

Thank you for sharing your ideas for the future of East Ivanhoe Village.

Over the past 12 months, almost 470 people have provided us with feedback and there were more than 2,200 visits to the Shaping Banyule project page. Of those who provided formal feedback there were:

To read more about what we heard, have a look at the social map below, go to the consultation findings page or read the full consultation report.

The upgrade to East Ivanhoe Village streetscape will include the addition of three new parking bays:

• one in Warncliffe Road – (through removal of redundant crossovers, subject to landowner agreement); and
• two new parking bays in Wilfred Road

The existing disabled parking will also be improved to meet DDA standards.

To improve pedestrian safety and accessibility we are also advocating to Department of Transport and Planning for future improvements, including an upgrade to existing signalised pedestrian crossing located in front of no. 255 Lower Heidelberg Road, and pedestrian crossings in local streets adjacent to Lower Heidelberg Road.

Car Parking

Based on comments received during the initial consultation process, we engaged traffic and parking consultants to investigate and report on parking supply and occupancy within the East Ivanhoe Activity Centre.

The report included:

• an assessment of current car parking supply in the Village, that considers number of parking spots, occupancy and turnover.
• a parking inventory to ascertain the number of on-street car parking spaces and existing parking restrictions within the area including Beauview Parade, Burton Crescent, Warncliffe Road, Wilfred Road and Carmichael Street.
• parking occupancy surveys of the off-street car parking spaces in Council owned carparks in Beauview Parade, Burton Crescent and Wilfred Road.

The study was undertaken on different days and times of the week and the analysis highlighted that there is some high occupancy during the week but mainly from 10am - 5pm. There is also medium occupancy on Saturday from 10am - 1pm. During all other times car park spots are available.

We have also conducted an area wide parking investigation and survey with local businesses and are considering some changes to the parking restrictions within the off-street car parks along Burton Crescent and Wilfred Road to increase the turnover of parking in the area.

Project Reference Group

From October to November 2021, we invited interested community members and traders to participate in a small but informed Project Reference Group (PRG) for East Ivanhoe Village. Eight places have been filled, representing a cross-section of the community.

Membership categories include:

• Banyule Trader Association, Business Association or Body Corporate (Centre Manager or Committee Member/President) 
• Banyule business operator and/or owner
• Interest and sporting group member (eg. cycling, sporting, community interest group)
• School Community – PTA member and a member of staff 
• East Ivanhoe resident

The PRG has:

• Helped develop an understanding of the current useability and function of the public realm at East Ivanhoe Village, through the eyes of those who use it – what works, what doesn’t
• Helped shape public consultation activities and consider feedback that emerges from it
• Identified areas for improvement or focus
• Provided feedback and ideas to inform concept designs