Emerging and future developments

Beveridge Intermodal Freight Terminal (BIFT) is a transformational project for Victoria. The project is significant as both a long term freight terminal and a major future employment precinct.

We welcome businesses to partner with us to advocate for improved infrastructure connections to harness the potential of this precinct, benefitting business and the broader community. Strengths of this precinct include being:

• strategically located to maximise links to the inland rail, Hume Freeway and proposed E6/Outer Metropolitan Ring Road
• more than 1,000 hectares of land identified for the BIFT and associated freight and logistics.

Find out more about the Beveridge Intermodal Freight Terminal project

The broader Donnybrook area is projected to be home to more than 70,000 people. This is detailed under the:

• Donnybrook-Woodstock Precinct Structure Plan
• English Street Donnybrook Precinct Structure Plan
• Shenstone Park Precinct Structure Plan.

Significant development has occurred to date in the area, which adjoins the Lockerbie Precinct Structure Plan area to the west at Kalkallo.

Get details about Lockerbie (Cloverton) Metropolitan Activity Centre

Shenstone Park Precinct Structure Plan has been identified as a project on the Victorian Planning Authority’s Fast Track Program. It offers a mix of residential, employment, recreational and community uses.

The plan applies to approximately 628 hectares of land bounded by Donnybrook Road to the north, the Urban Growth Boundary to the east, Wollert to the south and the Sydney/Melbourne railway corridor to the west.

The precinct lies immediately south of the Donnybrook-Woodstock Precinct Structure Plan area and east of the English Street Precinct Structure Plan area. Donnybrook Train Station is just outside the north west corner of the precinct.

Aurora Business Park is a planned future employment precinct spanning some 18 hectares. The precinct is located on O'Herns Road near the O'Herns Road interchange with the Hume Freeway.

Learn more about Aurora Business Park

4Ten Epping is approximately 62 hectares of industrial land owned and developed by Frasers Property Industrial. The precinct is situated within the prominent Cooper Street employment precinct and will further strengthen the competitive advantage of the Cooper Street West employment precinct.

This prominent site was approved for rezoning to increase availability of employment land in the area. 

O’Herns Logistics Park is for large-scale industrial businesses looking to grow in the heart of Melbourne’s booming northern industrial corridor. This site spans approximately 140 hectares of new employment land, creating opportunities for new businesses and some 4,000 jobs.

Epping Logistics Estate is a project by developer Time and Place. The 10 hectare industrial and business park offers prime industrial land in the most prominent location of Cooper Street Epping with lot sizes available from 1,000m².

Construction is underway to deliver 45,000 m² of A-grade logistics sheds in partnership with Logos Property. 

Managed by Riverlee property group, New Epping will be a mixed-use precinct providing health, commercial and residential opportunities. The site at 215 Cooper Street, Epping spans 51 hectares.

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Our longstanding vision for the Mernda Town Centre is for a traditional centre focused around a main street. Located at the corner of Bridge Inn and Plenty roads, it will be pedestrian-friendly, well serviced by public transport and supported by a mix of land uses.

Once developed, this 20 hectare site will offer a mix of commercial, retail, and residential use.

The Wollert area is expected to accommodate 35,000 to 40,000 residents over the next several decades and some 8,000 job opportunities.

An employment hub is located along Epping Road and the future Outer Melbourne Ring Road/E6 corridor. The area is zoned for development, including a major town centre within proximity to utility services.