OUR GREATER SYDNEY 2056 Central City District Plan – Connecting Communities
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OUR GREATER SYDNEY 2056 Central City District Plan – connecting communities March 2018 2 Acknowledgement of Country Central City District The Greater Sydney Commission Blacktown acknowledges the traditional owners Cumberland Parramatta of the lands that include Central City The Hills District and the living culture of the traditional custodians of these lands. The Commission recognises that the traditional owners have occupied and cared for this Country over countless generations, and celebrates their continuing contribution to the life of Greater Sydney. Greater Sydney Commission | Central City District Plan 3 Chief Commissioner I am delighted to present the Central City The Central City District Plan puts Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO District Plan, which sets out planning people first. It includes processes priorities and actions for improving the for infrastructure to keep pace with quality of life for residents as the District population growth. And it will become grows and changes. a premier location for 21st century innovation – its advanced manufacturing When we consider the District’s brings a new dimension to traditional extraordinary heritage and civic assets, industrial land. the stunning Parramatta and Bicentennial parks and Millennium Parklands, The Plan considers community and environmental and recreational assets of cultural life and the environmental The Hills and Blacktown, vibrant centres sustainability of the landscape. Work to such as Merrylands, Granville and Auburn, enhance the Parramatta River, Duck River, and the many infrastructure projects South Creek and their tributaries will planned and underway, we see the District mean waterways are within easy walking as one of the most dynamic in the region. distance of every household. It is a District with an extraordinarily rich, Collaboration is the key to transparent culturally priceless and intact collection and informed decision-making on the of early colonial buildings including Old District’s future growth. The Greater Government House, Elizabeth Farm, Sydney Commission will continue to Experiment Farm Cottage and the State- bring together all parties and channel the heritage buildings in the North Parramatta collective energy into improved planning heritage precinct. outcomes. By taking a leadership role, we focus public resources and expertise The District Plan supports Parramatta to create a more liveable, productive and CBD’s emergence as a powerhouse of new sustainable future. administrative, business services, judicial and educational jobs, with Parramatta I thank the former Central City District Square as its heart and Western Sydney Commissioner Edward Blakely whose University as its knowledge-producing vision and knowledge were greatly engine. In parallel, the world-class health appreciated. and education precinct at Westmead, Finally, on behalf of the Greater Sydney Blacktown Hospital and the surrounding Commission, I acknowledge the important medical precinct, and Rouse Hill and work of councils whose submissions Castle Hill with their increasing education, and feedback on the needs of their medical and lifestyle opportunities will neighbourhoods, people and centres become higher density transit-oriented have been invaluable. Together with the centres for the rapidly expanding community and other stakeholders, your population and job base. expertise and interest have helped to We are starting to draw on this ambition produce an inspiring and practical plan. with our vision for the Greater Parramatta and the Olympic Peninsula, known as GPOP. Greater Sydney Commission | Central City District Plan 4 Contents Future of the Central City District 6 3 Liveability 24 Metropolitan context of the Central City District 8 Planning Priority N3. Providing services and social Structure Plan for the Central City District 10 infrastructure to meet people’s changing needs 26 Ten Directions for a metropolis of three cities and the Central City District 12 Planning Priority N4. Fostering healthy, creative, culturally rich and socially connected communities 31 Planning Priority N5. Providing housing supply, choice 1 About the Plan 14 and affordability, with access to jobs, services and public transport 37 Planning Priority N6. Creating and renewing great places and local centres, and respecting the District’s heritage 46 2 Infrastructure and collaboration 16 4 Productivity 54 Planning Priority N1. Planning for a city supported by Planning Priority N7. Growing a stronger and more infrastructure 18 competitive Greater Parramatta 58 Planning Priority N2. Working through collaboration 20 Planning Priority N8. Delivering a more connected and competitive GPOP Economic Corridor 64 Planning Priority N9. Delivering integrated land use and transport planning and a 30-minute city 67 Planning Priority N10. Growing investment, business opportunities and jobs in strategic centres 72 Planning Priority N11. Maximising opportunities to attract advanced manufacturing and innovation in industrial and urban services land 86 Planning Priority N12. Supporting growth of targeted industry sectors 92 Greater Sydney Commission | Central City District Plan 5 5 Sustainability 94 Planning Priority N13. Protecting and improving the health and enjoyment of the District’s waterways 97 Planning Priority N14. Creating a Parkland City urban structure and identity, with South Creek as a defining spatial element 101 Planning Priority N15. Protecting and enhancing bushland, biodiversity and scenic and cultural landscapes 104 Planning Priority N16. Increasing urban tree canopy cover and delivering Green Grid connections 106 Planning Priority N17. Delivering high quality open space 111 Planning Priority N18. Better managing rural areas 114 Planning Priority N19. Reducing carbon emissions and managing energy, water and waste efficiently 117 Planning Priority N20. Adapting to the impacts of urban and natural hazards and climate change 120 6 Implementation 126 Planning Priority N21. Preparing local strategic planning statements informed by local strategic planning 129 Planning Priority N22. Monitoring and reporting on the delivery of the plan 131 7 Endnotes 134 Greater Sydney Commission | Central City District Plan 6 Future of the Central City District The vision for Greater Sydney as a metropolis of three cities – the Western Parkland City, the Central River City and the Eastern Harbour City and a 30-minute city – means residents in the Central City District will have quicker and easier access to a wider range of jobs, housing types and activities as part of the transformation of their District. The vision will improve the District’s lifestyle and environmental assets. This will be achieved by: • Developing the economy with jobs and skills growth from unprecedented city-scale infrastructure investments • Supporting cohesive and socially dynamic communities with new social infrastructure like schools and community services, new cultural and sporting facilities • Establishing transport connections north, south, east and west from Parramatta to optimiseGreater Parramatta’s location in the centre of Greater Sydney • Transforming Westmead health and education precinct to an innovation district with greater diversity of knowledge-intensive jobs • Retaining industrial and urban services land and creating new skills with a 21st century clean-tech and advanced manufacturing cluster around precincts such as Camellia, Rydalmere, Silverwater and Auburn • Linking parks, bushland, playgrounds and waterways through the Greater Sydney Green Grid with enhanced opportunities for safe walking and cycling paths • Enhancing the quality of, and access to, waterways such as Parramatta River, Duck River and South Creek. Greater Sydney Commission | Central City District Plan Connecting 7 Communities Metropolitan Rural Area Includes primary production, national and state parks and rural towns and villages Greater Parramatta Mass Transit North West Growth Area Radial Hub • New neighbourhoods and centres Improved services to: (land release areas) • Blacktown • Industrial and urban services land • Liverpool • Biodiversity protection Potential radial mass transit services to Greater Parramatta from: • Norwest • Epping Greater Sydney Green Grid Priority • Bankstown-Kogarah • Western Sydney Parklands and extensions and connections Sydney Metro Northwest Fast and reliable transport connections including strategic centres at: • Rouse Hill • Castle Hill • Norwest • Epping Green Grid Priorities • Prospect Reservoir Pipeline Corridor • Duck River Open Space Corridor • Parramatta River Foreshore Freight line Potential connection to Western Parkland City’s industrial and urban services land Greater Sydney Commission | Central City District Plan 8 Metropolitan context of the Central City District A Metropolis of Three Cities the region plan for Greater Sydney is built Infrastructure and on a vision of three cities where most residents live within 30 minutes collaboration of their jobs, education and health facilities, services and great places – Western Parkland City, Central River City and Eastern Harbour City. This Major transport, health and education vision seeks to rebalance the economic and social opportunities and investments are underway across the District. deliver a more equitable Greater Sydney. Using a collaborative approach, the growth infrastructure compact pilot at GPOP will Greater Sydney’s three cities reach across five districts: Western City assess growth scenarios that best align District, Central City District, Eastern