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The Metropolitan Plan Appendices The Metropolitan Plan Appendices METROPOLITAN PLAN FOR SYDNEY 2036 | PAGE 245 APPENDIX 1 NATIOnaL OBJECTIVE anD CRITERIA FOR FUTURE STRATegIC PLannIng OF CapITAL CITIes OBJECTIVE To ensure Australian cities are globally competitive, productive, sustainable, liveable and socially inclusive and are well placed to meet future challenges and growth. CRITERIA Capital city strategic planning systems should: 1. be integrated: 5. consider and strengthen the networks between a) across functions, including land–use capital cities and major regional centres, and and transport planning, economic and other important domestic and international infrastructure development, environmental connections assessment and urban development, and b) across government agencies 6. provide for planned, sequenced and evidence– based land release and an appropriate balance of 2. provide for a consistent hierarchy of future infill and greenfields development oriented and publicly available plans, including: a) long term (for example, 15—30 year) 7. clearly identify priorities for investment and integrated strategic plans policy effort by governments, and provide an b) medium term (for example, 5—15 year) effective framework for private sector investment prioritised infrastructure and land–use and innovation plans, and c) near–term prioritised infrastructure project 8. encourage world–class urban design and pipeline backed by appropriately detailed architecture, and project plans 9. provide effective implementation arrangements 3. provide for nationally–significant economic and supporting mechanisms, including: infrastructure (both new and upgrade of existing) a) clear accountabilities, timelines and including: appropriate performance measures a) transport corridors b) coordination between all three levels b) international gateways of government, with opportunities for c) intermodal connections Commonwealth and Local Government d) major communications and utilities input, and linked, streamlined and efficient infrastructure, and approval processes including under the e) reservation of appropriate lands to support Commonwealth Environment Protection and future expansion Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 c) evaluation and review cycles that support 4. address nationally–significant policy issues the need for balance between flexibility including: and certainty, including trigger points a) population growth and demographic change that identify the need for change in policy b) productivity and global competitiveness settings, and c) climate change mitigation and adaptation d) appropriate consultation and engagement d) efficient development and use of existing and with external stakeholders, experts and the new infrastructure and other public assets wider community e) connectivity of people to jobs and businesses to markets f) development of major urban corridors g) social inclusion h) health, liveability, and community wellbeing i) housing affordability, and j) matters of national environmental significance PAGE 246 | METROPOLITAN PLAN FOR SYDNEY 2036 APPENDIX 2 MEASURING PERFORMANCE KEY AIMS OF THE METROPOLItaN PLAN The Metropolitan Plan will follow on from the Metropolitan Strategy: A City of Cities, 2005 by measuring progress across the five aims of liveability, economic competitiveness, fairness, environmental protection and governance. AIM MEASURE BENCHMARK (2005) BENCHMARK (2010) Enhance Quality of Living In 2005, Sydney ranked 8th In 2010, Sydney ranked 10th Liveability Maintain or improve Sydney’s of 260 cities in the Quality of of 221 cities in the Quality of index and ranking of quality of Living Survey with an index Living Survey with an index living, according to the Mercer score of 105 of 106.3 Human Resource Consulting global quality of living survey Strength Contribution to In 1998–1999, Sydney In 2009, Sydney’s contribution Economic National Economy produced 23% of Australia’s to national GDP had increased Competitiveness Maintain or increase the value added wealth, totalling to 24.9% proportion and value of $130 billion Sydney’s contribution to GDP Ensure Access to Services In 2005, 75% of Sydney’s In 2010, 77% of Sydney’s Fairness Increase the percentage of residents could access a major residents can access a major the population living within 30 centre, regional city or Global centre, regional city or Global minutes by public transport of Sydney within 30 minutes by Sydney within 30 minutes by a city or major centre public transport (adjusted) public transport Protect the Environmental Footprint From 1994 to 1999, Sydney’s From 1999 to 2004, Environment No increase in Sydney’s environmental footprint Sydney’s environment environmental footprint per increased by 16% to 6.78 footprint increased 6% to 7.21 capita hectares per person hectares per person (adjusted) Improve Metropolitan Strategy Budget Paper 4 responds to The Metropolitan Plan Governance and Infrastructure transport and infrastructure integrates land use, transport Metropolitan Strategy priorities as identified in the and infrastructure. It prioritises directions and identified State Infrastructure Strategy infrastructure investment and transport and infrastructure guarantees 10 year funding needs to inform the annual for transport projects. This State Infrastructure Strategy is reflected in theState Infrastructure Strategy and Budgets METROPOLITAN PLAN FOR SYDNEY 2036 | PAGE 247 The Metropolitan Plan’s Strategic Directions Performance Measures The performance of the Metropolitan Plan will be monitored annually against each of the performance measures which test the strategic directions, However some measures are only able to be measured every five years, coinciding with the Census cycle. KEY StRatEGIC DIRECTION KEY PERFORMANCE INDIcatOR KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES STRATEGIC DIRECTION A 1. Maintain or improve the ranking of Sydney In 2010 Sydney ranked: Strengthening across the three main comprehensive global —9th in the Global City Index a city of cities city indicator surveys: —7th in the Cities of Opportunity — Global City Index (AT Kearney, Foreign Policy —10th in the Global City Power Index Magazine and Chicago Council on Global Affairs) —Cities of Opportunity (PricewaterhouseCoopers); and —Global Power City Index (Mori Foundation) 2. Increase actual job growth in Regional Cities Between 2001 and 2006 jobs in: of Parramatta, Penrith, Liverpool and Central —Central Sydney increased from Sydney and North Sydney 333,600 jobs to 358,300 jobs (7.4%) —North Sydney decreased slightly from 47,400 jobs to 47,200 jobs (–0.4%) —Parramatta increased from 40,800 jobs to 43,200 jobs (5.9%) —Penrith increased from 19,100 to 20,000 jobs (4.7%) —Liverpool increased from 15,300 to 15,800 jobs (3.3%) Source: Bureau of Transport Statistics (BTS), ABS Census and Employment Lands Data Program, measured 5–yearly. 3. Increase proportion of job growth in In 2006 total jobs in: Regional Cities of Parramatta, Penrith, —Parramatta represented 2.2% of jobs in the Liverpool in relation to total jobs in Sydney Sydney Metropolitan Area metropolitan area —Penrith represented 1% of jobs in the Sydney Metropolitan Area —Liverpool represented 0.8% of jobs in the Sydney Metropolitan Area Source: Bureau of Transport Statistics, ABS Census and Employment Lands Data Program, measured 5–yearly. STRATEGIC DIRECTION B 4. Location of new housing: 80% of all new In the ten years to 2008–09, 61% of new Strengthening and housing within the walking catchment (as dwellings in the Sydney Region were located renewing centres defined in Appendix 4 of Metropolitan Plan) within the walking catchment of a centre. of an existing or planned centre SOURCE: Metropolitan Development Program (MDP), NSW Department of Planning STRATEGIC DIRECTION C 5. Increase the percentage of the population In 2010, 77% of people in Metropolitan Transport for living within 30 minutes by public transport of Sydney lived within 30 minutes by public a connected city a city or major centre in Metropolitan Sydney transport from a city or major centre. Source: BTS, ABS Census 6. Increase the proportion of total journeys In 2008–09, the proportion of journey to work to work by public transport in the Sydney trips by public transport in Sydney was 23.9%. Metropolitan Area Source: BTS 7. Increase the share of commute trips made by In 2008–09, public transport trips during peak public transport during peak hour to and from: hour to and from: —Sydney CBD —Sydney CBD: 75% —Parramatta CBD —Parramatta CBD: 39% —Liverpool CBD —Liverpool CBD: 15% —Penrith CBD —Penrith CBD:21% Source: BTS PAGE 248 | METROPOLITAN PLAN FOR SYDNEY 2036 KEY StRatEGIC DIRECTION KEY PERFORMANCE INDIcatOR KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES STRATEGIC DIRECTION D 8. Ensure at least 70% of new housing will be Over the last five years to 2008–09, 84% of new Housing Sydney’s located in existing urban areas and up to 30% housing was built in existing urban areas and Population in greenfield locations 16% were built in greenfield areas. Source: Annual MDP Report, NSW Department of Planning 9. Ensure housing production is contributing to Dwelling production between July 2006 to subregional housing targets (base date 2006) July 2009 for each subregion is: —Sydney City: 4,434 —East: 3,205 —South: 4,074 —Inner West: 3,406 —Inner North: 2,157 —North: 2,880 —North East: 2,124 —West Central: 7,518 —North West: 7,491 —South West: 4,147 —Central Coast: 2,611 Source: Annual MDP Report, NSW Department of Planning 10. Measure progress in ensuring planned At July 2010, the capacity of greenfield locations capacity to
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