Overview

Council has drafted the Community Infrastructure Planning Framework to explain Council’s vision for community infrastructure in the City of Maribyrnong.

This builds on initial community feedback in 2024, as well as community feedback shared for our Council Plan 2025-29 and previous Budgets.

Community infrastructure includes buildings like community centres, libraries, playgroups, kindergartens, sporting pavilions and maternal child health.

The Framework sets out the way which Council plans, manages and delivers community infrastructure.

It does not decide what is built and invested in, but does ensure that what is built, meets community needs.

The Framework aligns with our strategic documents, including the Council Plan, Annual Capital Works Program, Maribyrnong Planning Scheme, 10-Year Long Term Financial Plan and more, making sure community priorities are embedded in Council processes.

The draft Framework is now available to view in the Document Library and to share any comments.

Learn more below and share your comments by midnight Friday 30 October 2026.

Council analysed feedback gathered from 2,900 residents during the Community Vision, Council Plan, Asset Plan, Financial Plan and Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan engagement in 2024 and 2025, as well as feedback from recent Budget engagements.

Feedback included support for:

• Community hubs, which co-locate multiple services in one building.
• Maximising the value of existing infrastructure through flexible use to serve a broader range of community needs.
• Maintaining or improving current service offerings.
• Renewal and optimisation of existing infrastructure before new infrastructure is considered.
• Infrastructure that keeps pace with our growing population.

Ten guiding principles have been developed to help guide Council’s approach to the planning and delivery of community infrastructure.

We have also created a whole-of-organisation approach to the planning and delivery of community infrastructure. From planning to evaluation after a project is delivered, the process will ensure all community infrastructure projects are held to the same design and delivery standards, for the benefit of the community.