Site Analysis 4.3 Built Form and Height PADDINGTON PADDINGTON Oatley Rd Moore Park Road MOORE PARK Moore Park Road South Dowling St SURRY HILLS Anzac Parade MOORE PARK EAST Cleveland Street Driver Aveue L ENTERTAINMENT QUARTER Built Form and Height - Local Built Form and Height - Site Key Key The SFS is surrounded by predominantly low rise development outside of the Sydney Cricket Low scale built form interfaces exist to the stadium’s north and east while built form on the and Sports Ground Trust. Surry Hills and Paddington feature low-scale fine grain development Project Boundary Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust land varies greatly in height. As the stadium is Project Boundary while Entertainment Quarter and Fox Studios feature larger scale buildings with a larger grain. located to the south of this low scale development in Paddington, there is limited solar impact This is a product of the historical use of the site and current commercial requirements L Light Rail Stop on those buildings. The future SFS will need to consider the overshadowing impact on the Low Scale Interfaces Light Rail Route outdoor cricket wickets to the south west of the current stadium and the SCG field of play. RL > +85.00 RL +75.00/+85.0 Light Rail Tunnel The Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground features a number of structures or varying heights and 1-4 Storeys scales including the stadia themselves. RL +70.00/+75.00 4-10 Storeys RL +60.00/+70.00 Stadium +10 RL +40.00/+60.00 SJB 45 Site Analysis 4.4 Land Use PADDINGTON Oatley Rd Foveaux St Oxford St 1 PADDINGTON Moore Park Road 2 SURRY HILLS Devonshire St 3 5 4 5 MOORE PARK EAST Cleveland St 6 Driver Aveue 7 ENTERTAINMENT QUARTER 8 REDFERN MOORE PARK Land Use - Local Land Use - Site Key Key The precinct is surrounded by predominantly residential uses to the north, public recreation Located on the site alongside the SFS and SCG are a number of associated sporting, to the west and commercial to the east. Key pedestrian routes through to the SFS and Pubs education, health and fitness uses which activate the precinct day-to-day. Sporting codes Project Boundary wider sporting/entertainment precinct extend from primary stadium transport modes (public including Rugby League and Union also utilise the high performance fields in Moore Park East Venue Entries transport/private vehicle), through high streets in Surry Hills and Paddington and through to Key Access Routes for training. the stadium. Foveaux, Devonshire, Crown and Fitzroy Streets in Surry Hills and Oxford Street Temporary Event Zones in Paddington provide pre and post-event food, beverage and entertainment options which High streets 1. Rugby Australia Building Stadium Store are a key part of the event day experience. Open Space 2. The Stadium Sports Medicine Clinic and Sheridan Centre 3. Sydney Roosters MP1 Carpark Sporting Fields 4. NRL Headquarters Open Space Future Pedestrian Route 5. Stadium Shop External Concourse Train Station 6. Stadium Entry and Services 7. Cricket NSW EP1 Event Carpark 8. The Stadium Club 9. Outdoor Cricket & Tennis SJB 46 Site Analysis 4.5 Public Domain and Open Space PADDINGTON PADDINGTON Oatley Rd Moore Park Road Kippax Lake Field Moore Park Road MP1 MOORE PARK EAST SURRY HILLS MOORE PARK WEST W1 Cricket Pitch Tramway Oval Anzac Parade MOORE PARK EAST Cleveland Street Driver Aveue Bat & Ball Oval L ENTERTAINMENT QUARTER Moore Park Golf Course Netball Courts Public Domain and Open Space - Local Public Domain and Open Space - Site Key Key The site is adjacent to Moore Park, which is administered by the Centennial Park and Moore The only publicly accessible space which is not utilised for car parking is the Driver Avenue Park Trust (CPMPT) . It offers approximately 115 ha of public open spaces including fields for Site Boundary forecourt, which does not feature any activation day-to-day and serves predominantly as a Site Boundary community and high performance sports, significant trees, planting and passive recreation transition space between the MP1 carpark/Stadium Services entry and high performance spaces. Light Rail fields in Moore Park East. The area surrounding the stadium is not accessible on non-event Accessible to the Public Moore Park Masterplan days. Event Day - Sydney Live The future of Moore Park East is subject to the Moore Park Master Plan 2040 which highlights Precinct Boundary and additional activation infrastructure and landscape upgrades. Transport and public domain upgrades associated Sport Fields Passive recreation spaces and public furniture currently existing around Kippax Lake which is Event Day - Outer with Light Rail and the Bondi Junction to City Cycle and Walking upgrades will increase well shaded by mature figs and trees. The Moore Park Master Plan 2040 outlines a number of Concourse Driver Ave accessibility to these spaces in future. improvements in Moore Park including the relocation of at-grade event parking, reinstatment Carpark Event Car Parking of the “Sydney Common”, a passive recreation space in the location of EP1, the construction Upgrades to Landscape Driver Avenue to the west of the project site is administered by CPMPT and is not a road Poor Lighting of a playground and increased planting adjacent to the intersection of Driver Avenue and classed under the NSW Roads Act 1993. (Moore Park Master Plan 2040) Moore Park Road. Minimal accessibility on SFS event days Future Playground Passive recreation spaces and public furniture are well shaded by mature figs and trees Future Playground (Moore Park Master Plan 2040) around Kippax Lake. Landmarks Temporary Carpark SJB 47 Site Analysis 4.6 Heritage and Cultural Significance The precinct has high archaeological potential due to its Aboriginal significance diverse history of use. The precinct is part of a significant The precinct is part of a significant Aboriginal landscape both indigenous cultural landscape, part of the traditional lands of past and present. the Gadigal people. Aboriginal archaeological excavations within Moore Park and In addition, the site has a strong association with the surrounds, especially excavations for the CBD and South East development of Sydney’s convict built Busby’s Bore, and Light Rail at the Randwick Stabling Yards and beneath the the Victoria Barracks, having formed a significant part of the carpark of the Moore Park Tennis Centre contained complex Military Barracks until post-WWII. Aboriginal sites, consisting of thousands of Aboriginal stone tools, and occupation sites, which are of exceptional Heritage significance. Possible archaeological resources on site may include: · Aboriginal stone tools and occupational evidence Sydney Common & Busby’s Bore · Evidence of dual post-contact occupation of the site by The site is part of the original 1000 acres of the Sydney Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal occupants. Common dedicated by Governor Macquarie in 1811 as a · Evidence of convict-built Busby’s Bore public recreation area. The opening of the SFS in 1988 is the · Former Rifle Range & Military Activities only time the area of Sydney Common has increased since · Evidence of the former Sydney Sports Ground of 1899 1811. In 1826 John Busby was engaged to devise a replacement Any works involving Aboriginal Cultural Heritage management water supply for Sydney. He proposed the construction a will be undertaken in close consultation with the local series of dams on the Lachlan Swamps (now Centennial Aboriginal community. In particular, a comparative analysis Park’s lakes) connected by a tunnel to Hyde Park. with the results of the recent Central Eastern Suburbs Light Construction of the convict-built tunnel ‘ Busby’s Bore,’ Rail Aboriginal archaeological program will be undertaken in commenced in September 1827, took ten years to complete, consultation with all relevant stakeholders. and extends approximately 3.5km throughout the precinct. Busby’s Bore was Sydney’s sole fresh water source until The proposed visual, social and physical impact of the new 1859. stadium on the significance of the sporting precinct and The route of the tunnel extends in part beneath the northern all heritage items within the vicinity, such as the Sydney side of the existing Sydney Football Stadium. The path of Cricket Ground, the historic Moore Park Conservation Area, Busby’s Bore is relatively erratic and unpredictable in nature Centennial Park and all other relevant heritage issues will be (varying in depth, width, and with many dead ends). Twenty- considered as part of the broader heritage considerations to eight shafts and wells have been located to date along the Map of the City of Sydney, NSW, 1903. (Source: Historical Atlas of Sydney) ensure that the impacts are minimised, where possible, and path of Busby’s Bore, two of which are known to be located heritage interpretative opportunities are enhanced. within the SFS grounds. Key heritage documents included with the Stage 1 SSDA: Military Uses · Heritage Impact Statement Following the establishment and completion of construction of · Historical & Aboriginal Archaeological Assessments the Victoria Park Barracks, additional land was needed. Thus in 1849, additional land from the Sydney Common was set aside for a professional military rifle range, followed in 1852 by an additional 25 acres for a ‘military garden and cricket ground’ (a location that eventually became the Sydney Cricket Ground). In 1862, an additional seven acres was converted into a rifle range for volunteer forces. Busby’s Bore Shaft at Victoria Barracks Busby’s Bore Across Hyde Park, (Source: City Of Sydney Archives) SJB 48 Site Analysis 4.7 Heritage and Cultural Significance Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Football Stadium The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) have been hosted in the The Sydney Football Stadium was designed in 1985 by Philip areas since 1854, but established formally in 1882 , around Cox Richardson Taylor. It opened on 24th January 1988 to which time it was identified too dangerous to have a rifle celebrate Australia’s Bicentenary.