North West Growth Centre Structure Plan – Explanatory Notes This document provides explanatory notes to the Structure Plan for the North West Growth Centre and should be read in conjunction with that map.

The North West Structure Plan The North West Growth Centre – Precincts The North West Growth Centre Precincts are: The North West Growth Centre has been divided into Precincts to facilitate the orderly release of land • Alex Avenue and sound planning over the next 25-30 years. • Area 20 The Structure Plan provides a blueprint for the detailed • Box Hill planning of individual Precincts once they are approved • Box Hill Industrial for release by the Department of Planning and the • Colebee NSW Government. • Marsden Park The Structure Plan is an important extension of the • Marsden Park Industrial planning process and guidelines contained in the State • Marsden Park North Environmental Planning Policy ( Region Growth • North Kellyville Centres) 2006 (the Growth Centres SEPP). • Riverstone Along with the Growth Centre Development Code, • Riverstone East the Structure Plan will guide the planning for schools, • Riverstone West housing, Town Centres, shops, parks or industrial areas for each precinct. • Schofields • Shanes Park • Vineyard • West Schofields.

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2 The North West Structure Plan – Elements The table below provides a summary of the guiding elements contained in the North West Structure Plan.

Precincts Dwelling (dwg) / Structure Plan guiding elements Population targets (pop) – centres and employment land

Alex Avenue 7,000 dwg • 1 large Town/Village Centre 19,600 pop • 6 – 8 Neighbourhood Centres • Significant densities in the Town Schofields 5,000 dwg Centre and surrounds 14,000 pop • Duplicated Richmond railway line and new station at Schofields • Mixed use employment corridor Area 20 1,500 dwg • Higher density housing

4,200 pop • Mixed use employment corridor Plan – Explanatory Notes Structure Box Hill 10,000 dwg • 1 Town Centre – mixed use 28,000 pop • 7 – 8 Neighbourhood Centres • Future rail Box Hill Industrial • Significant industrial area Colebee 1,000 dwg (approx.) • This area has been released by Government and is part of a separate planning arrangement Marsden Park 11,000 dwg • 1 Town/Village Centre – mixed use 30,800 pop • 10 – 11 Neighbourhood Centres • Mixed use employment corridor Marsden Park • Significant industrial land Industrial • Mixed use employment corridor North West Growth Centre Centre Growth North West Marsden Park North 4,000 dwg • 4 Neighbourhood Centres 11,200 pop • Marsden Park scheduled lands North Kellyville 4,500 dwg • 3 – 4 Neighbourhood Centres 12,600 pop • High quality large lot residential housing near creeks and environmentally sensitive areas Riverstone 8,500 dwg • 1 Town Centre – Riverstone 24,000 pop • 3 small rail station Town Centres • 5 Neighbourhood Centres • Industrial areas at Vineyard, Riverstone STP and Riverstone • Mixed use employment corridor Riverstone East 6,000 dwg • 4 – 6 Neighbourhood Centres 16,800 pop • Mixed use employment corridor Riverstone West • Significant industrial area Shanes Park 500 dwg • Lower density urban housing 1,400 pop Vineyard 2,500 dwg • 2 – 3 Neighbourhood Centres 7,000 pop • Industrial areas West Schofields 2,000 dwg • 2 – 3 Neighbourhood Centres 5,600 pop

Note: In accordance with clause 275 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000, the Structure Plan and Structure Plan Explanatory Notes cease to apply to a precinct when precinct planning for that precinct is completed.

3 Housing and Community Facilities Housing supply Dwelling type Number % of Total The estimated number of dwellings to be Apartments 5,000 8 accommodated in the whole North West Growth Townhouse 9,300 15 Centre is around 62,000. Semi detached & 14,900 24 Dwelling diversity and density detached small < 350m2 Housing types proposed for the North West Growth Centre future planning investigations area is shown Detached medium 15,500 25 in the table opposite. The targets provide a guide for < or around 450m2 future planning investigations. The final number and type of dwellings delivered in each precinct will be Detached large 13,600 22 2 resolved through the detailed Precinct Planning. < 600m Detached 3,700 6 Town Centres and employment opportunities 1,000-2,000m2 The Structure Plan guides the location of Town Total 62,000 100 Centres, Neighbourhood Centres, industrial and other employment areas. The final location within NOTE: The housing mix ratio can be used as a each Precinct will be resolved through detailed guide for individual Precincts. Precinct Planning.

Town centres The following table outlines the size and type of the primary Town Centres located in each of the Precincts. The retail floor space estimates provide a target range based on the population in each catchment. The location of each Centre and the suitable retail floor space range will be refined through detailed Precinct Planning.

Centre Population Centre Type Character of Centre Retail floor Base space range (m2)

Box Hill 12,000 dwg Town/ 1-2 Supermarkets 20,000 - 25,000 30,000 pop Village Centre 1 Department store Marsden Park 15,000 dwg Town/ 2 Supermarkets 30,000 - 35,000 42,000 pop Village Centre 1 Department store Riverstone 12,000 dwg Town/ 2 Supermarkets 25,000 - 30,000 30,000 pop Village Centre 1 Department store Rouse Hill Region Regional Centre Regional Facilities Over 100,000*

Schofields/Alex Avenue 13,000 dwg Large Town/ 2 Supermarkets 30,000 - 40,000 36,000 pop Village Centre 1-2 Department stores *Note: Rouse Hill is outside the North West Growth Centre

Mixed use employment corridors Opportunities for mixed use employment corridors have been identified along:

• Garfield Road East near Riverstone • Schofields Road near Alex Avenue • Richmond Road, Marsden Park

Mixed use employment corridors provide an opportunity for a variety of commercial and industrial uses to take advantage of high levels of passing trade.

The detailed design of these corridors will be resolved at the precinct planning stage.

4 Industrial areas Duplicated Richmond rail service The Richmond line is to be duplicated from Quakers Hill The Structure Plan identifies areas suitable for industrial/ to Vineyard. employment areas. The primary industrial/employment areas are located at: The first stage of the duplication will be between Quakers Hill and Schofields, with the second stage to Vineyard to • Box Hill be duplicated in line with population growth. • Marsden Park • Riverstone/Vineyard. North West Rail Link

Other opportunities/requirements for industrial and The North West Rail link will serve the North West employment areas will be identified through detailed Growth Centre in the long term. Precinct Planning. The North West Structure Plan identifies an indicative corridor. Once a final route is identified the Structure Plan Transport will be amended. Street network and street-based public transport Regional and local bus routes

The Structure Plan makes use of, and improves, the The road network is designed to accommodate local Plan – Explanatory Notes Structure existing network of rural roads. The network will be and regional bus services through most Neighbourhood extended and enhanced to accommodate the increase and Town Centres, optimising public transport access. in travel demand. Bus priority measures will be implemented along the Detailed information on the location and extent of the main roads that link the Town and Neighbourhood road network upgrades are included in the Special Centres. Infrastructure Contribution Practice Note. The Department of Planning will coordinate the delivery of infrastructure. Natural Environment Natural habitats Improvements to existing major roads The principal significant vegetation in the North West Existing arterials will be upgraded. These improved roads Growth Centre requiring protection is will also accommodate either bus priority measures, Woodland around the Air Services Transmitter site at Centre Growth North West transit lanes or a centre median transitway. Marsden Park and North Kellyville. Other environmentally The following existing roads have been identified for sensitive lands are also to be protected. Areas with future upgrades over the next 25 – 30 years. Further conservation value will be protected through public information on the detail of these roads can be found in ownership. the Special Infrastructure Contribution Practice Note. Significant creeks and other sensitive environments will • Schofields Road corridor be managed through detailed Precinct Planning. • Garfield Road corridor European heritage • Stanhope Parkway/Burdekin Road corridor The Structure Plan identifies and conserves curtilages • Quakers Hill Parkway corridor around the following significant rural homesteads: • Loftus Street and a future railway crossing • Hambledon Road • Rouse Hill House • Grange Road • Clydesdale • Richmond Road • Box Hill House. • Townson Road Any future development within a heritage curtilage • Terry Road will be subject to approval requirements under the • Withers Road. NSW Heritage Act.

Further information

• Visit www.growthcentres.nsw.gov.au • Call the Growth Centres Information Line 1300 730 550 • Email [email protected]

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