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Curtin Group Centre Draft Master Plan NOVEMBER 2015 HAVE YOUR SAY The Environment and Planning Directorate (EPD) welcomes comments on this draft master plan. You can make comments on the Curtin draft master plan: Visit: www.act.gov.au/curtin Email: [email protected] Post: Curtin Group Centre Master Plan, PO Box 158, Canberra ACT 2601 Comments can be made until 05 February 2016 All comments will be taken into consideration when revising the master plan. The master plan will be considered by the ACT Government in mid 2016. If adopted, implementation of the master plan can commence. © Australian Capital Territory, Canberra 2015 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under theCopyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission from: Director-General, Environment and Planning Directorate, ACT Government, GPO Box 158, Canberra ACT 2601. Telephone: 02 6207 1923 Website: www.environment.act.gov.au Printed on recycled paper Privacy Before making a submission to this discussion paper, please review the Environment and Planning Directorate’s privacy policy and annex at www.environment.act.gov.au/about/privacy . Any personal information received in the course of your submission will be used only for the purposes of this community engagement process. Names of organisations may be included in any subsequent consultation report, but all individuals will be de-identified unless prior approval is gained. Accessibility The ACT Government is committed to making its information, services, events and venues as accessible as possible. If you have difficulty reading a standard printed document and would like to receive this publication in an alternative format, such as large print, please phone Canberra Connect on 13 22 81 or email the Environment and Planning Directorate at [email protected] If English is not your first language and you require a translating and interpreting service, please phone 13 14 50. If you are deaf, or have a speech or hearing impairment, and need the teletypewriter service, please phone 13 36 77 and ask for Canberra Connect on 13 22 81. For speak and listen users, please phone 1300 555 727 and ask for Canberra Connect on 13 22 81. For more information on these services visithttp://www.relayservice.com.au Contents Definitions ii 4. Challenges and opportunities 47 4.1 Challenges 47 Executive summary 1 4.2 Opportunities 49 1. Introduction 3 5. The master plan 53 1.1 Master plan study area 5 5.1 Master plan structure 53 1.2 Block and section map 5 5.2 Vision 53 1.3 What a master plan does 5 5.3 Character statement 55 1.4 Master plan process 7 5.4 Planning principles 55 2. Planning context 9 5.5 Spatial framework 57 2.1 Strategic planning 9 5.6 Planning strategies 59 2.2 Statutory planning 11 6. Recommendations for implementation 71 2.3 Spatial context 13 6.1 The process of change 71 2.4 Planning history 15 6.2 Territory Plan variation 71 3. Background and analysis 17 6.3 Land release 71 3.1 Community engagement 17 6.4 Public domain upgrades 71 3.2 Character and heritage 18 6.5 Commercial opportunities 71 3.3 Demographics 22 6.6 Further studies 71 3.4 Land use 24 3.5 Transport and movement 29 3.6 Public domain 37 3.7 Building design and height 39 3.8 Public safety 41 3.9 Environmental sustainability 43 3.10 Civil infrastructure 44 planning.act.gov.au i Definitions Active frontages occur when people can interact lower-scale buildings, and minimise the impact of between the buildings and the streets and public parking and servicing areas. spaces, such as shop fronts, building entrances and transparent building facades Public domain refers to spaces that belong or are available to the public, including parks, streets and Active travel is travel that involves physical activity other public spaces such as plazas, courtyards and such as walking and cycling. Active travel can also open spaces. include the walking and/or cycling involved when using public transport. Shared-use path is a path that is restricted to non- motorised transport with the exception of motorised Active uses are uses that generate activity at the wheelchairs and power-assisted pedal cycles. Both ground floor. Active uses include cafes, shop fronts pedestrians and cyclists share these paths. and building entrances. Shared zone/shared spaces is a road or place Blocks and sections are how areas of land are where the road space is shared safely by vehicles, identified in the ACT. The city is divided into divisions, pedestrians and cyclists. A shared zone may include suburbs, sections and blocks. The Territory Plan the removal of traffic lights, pedestrian barriers, zoning determines what activities/uses can occur on road markings and kerbs to give equal priority to all the blocks. Blocks are usually leased to one entity. users and require negotiation between users. Built form relates to the buildings, associated Solar access is the ability of a building or public structures and surrounding public spaces. space to receive sunlight without obstruction from other buildings. Human scale reflects a sympathetic proportional relationship between the built form and human Surveillance or passive surveillance is the ‘eyes on dimensions where people are not overwhelmed the street’ from residents and people going about by the built form. Human scale contributes to a their daily activities to create a sense of safety on person’s perception of buildings or other features in streets and public spaces. the public domain. It is typically referred to when discussing the bulk and scale of development. Transit-oriented development is the creation of compact, walkable communities located around high Land use zones, which are allocated by the Territory quality public transit systems. Plan to all land within the ACT, define what land uses can or cannot occur on a piece of land. Zone Urban grain is the street pattern, size and categories are residential (RZ), commercial (CZ), distribution of blocks, scale of buildings and their community facility (CFZ), industrial (IZ), parks and relationship to each other. Urban grain includes the recreation (PRZ), transport and services (TSZ), and hierarchy of streets, the pedestrian connections, non urban (NUZ). Sub-categories provide more public places and linkages to public transport. specific controls, for example RZ1 is a residential Visual cues are elements in the public domain that zone for low density housing in suburban areas contribute to a person’s understanding of a place. For while RZ5 is a residential zone for high density example, buildings may gradually get taller as you travel housing in urban centres and along major transport closer to the town centre, providing an understanding routes. See more about the zoning system at that you are approaching a major centre. www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2008-27 Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) is the Mixed-use development includes a mix of planning, design and/or construction of the built complementary land uses such as restaurants and environment to minimise water runoff and ensure small shops at ground level and residences above. any runoff causes the least amount of damage. It Mixed uses can be horizontal or vertical. is also about wise use of that water to improve our Podium or building base refers to the lower urban environment. storeys of a tall building that people passing by Wind shear refers to the potential for down draughts see and interact with. It is designed to present an from taller buildings or accelerated winds from appropriate human scale to the streets and public tunnelling between buildings onto public spaces. spaces. Podiums can be used to transition down to ii Curtin Group Centre Draft Master Plan Public art and entry sign on Carruthers Street planning.act.gov.au iii Shops in the pedestrian walk ways Executive summary The ACT Government has prepared a draft master In response to these findings, this draft master plan plan for the Curtin group centre to provide a new outlines a vision which captures what is valued vision, planning framework, planning principles and about the Curtin group centre and sets out what planning strategies. it could become in the future. The new vision for Curtin group centre is: Curtin is located in the north of Woden Valley with the centre core positioned atop a knoll, providing Curtin group centre is a vibrant and inclusive views to the adjacent suburbs of Deakin and Hughes meeting place for the local community. As a to the east. The Curtin group centre is approximately 3 kilometres north of Woden town centre and successful urban village, the centre is easily services Curtin and the neighbouring suburbs of accessible and provides a convenient variety Yarralumla, Deakin, Hughes and Lyons. While the of businesses and services. centre was intended to serve the above suburbs, it operates more like a local centre. The vision is supported by five planning principles, which inform the planning strategies. The principles The centre displays a broad range of commercial uses and strategies provide direction and guidance for in the centre core precinct including a supermarket the future development of the centre over the and hotel. This mix of commercial and retail activity long term, considering the broad range of issues contribute to the centre’s ‘urban village’ feel and identified during community engagement and in the style of development. The central courtyards play an background research and analysis. important role, allowing people to relax and enjoy the centre and providing meeting