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Calwell Group Centre Draft Master Plan Calwell Group Centre Draft Master Plan MARCH 2016 Have Your Say The Environment and Planning Directorate (EPD) welcomes comments on this draft master plan. You can make comments on the Calwell Group Centre draft master plan: Visit: http://haveyoursay.planning.act.gov.au Email: [email protected] Post: Calwell Group Centre Draft Master Plan PO Box 158, Canberra ACT 2601 Comments can be made until 1 April 2016 All comments will be taken into consideration when revising the master plan. The master plan is anticipated for consideration by the ACT Government in the second half of 2016. If adopted, implementation of the master plan can commence. © Australian Capital Territory, Canberra 2016 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced 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 draft master plan, 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 b Calwell Group Centre Draft Master Plan Contents Definitions ii 4. Challenges and opportunities 41 4.1 Challenges 41 Executive summary v 4.2 Opportunities 43 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Master plan study area 1 5. The master plan 47 1.2 Block and section map 1 5.1 Master plan structure 47 1.3 What a master plan does 5 5.2 Vision 47 1.4 Master plan process 7 5.3 Character statement 47 5.4 Planning principles 50 2. Planning context 9 5.5 Spatial framework 53 2.1 Strategic planning 9 5.6 Planning strategies 53 2.2 Statutory planning 11 2.3 Spatial context 13 6. Recommendations for implementation 67 2.4 Planning history 13 6.1 The process of change 67 6.2 Territory Plan variation 67 3. Background and analysis 15 6.3 Land release/possible redevelopment 67 3.1 Community engagement 15 6.4 Public domain upgrades 67 3.2 Character and heritage 16 6.5 Commercial opportunities 67 3.3 Demographics 19 6.6 Further studies 67 3.4 Land use 19 3.5 Transport and movement 25 7. Endnotes 69 3.6 Public domain 33 3.7 Building design and height 37 3.8 Public safety 37 3.9 Water quality 37 3.10 Environmental sustainability 38 planning.act.gov.au i Definitions Active frontages occur when people can interact Podium or building base refers to the lower storeys of between the buildings and the streets and public a tall building that people passing by see and interact spaces, such as shop fronts, building entrances and with. It is designed to present an appropriate human transparent building facades. scale to the streets and public spaces. Podiums can be used to transition down to lower-scale buildings, and Active travel is travel that involves physical activity minimise the impact of car parking and servicing areas. such as walking and cycling. Active travel can also include walking and/or cycling involved when using Shared-use path is a path that is restricted to non- public transport. motorised transport, with the exception of motorised wheelchairs and power assisted pedal cycles. Both Active uses are uses that generate activity at the pedestrians and cyclists share these paths. ground floor. Active uses include cafes, shop fronts and building entrances. Shared zone (or shared spaces) is a road or place where the road space is shared safely by vehicles, Blocks and sections are how areas of land are cyclists and pedestrians. A shared zone may include identified in the ACT. The city is divided into divisions, the removal of traffic lights, pedestrian barriers, road suburbs, sections and blocks. The Territory Plan zoning markings and kerbs to give equal priority to all users determines what activities/uses can occur on the and require negotiation between users. blocks. Blocks are usually leased to one entity. Solar access is the ability of a building or public space Built form relates to the buildings, associated to receive sunlight without obstruction from other structures and surrounding public spaces. buildings. Human scale reflects a sympathetic proportional Surveillance or passive surveillance is the ‘eyes on the relationship between the built form and human street’ from residents and people going about their dimensions where people are not overwhelmed by daily activities to create a sense of safety onto streets the built form. Human scale contributes to a person’s and public spaces. perception of buildings or other features in the public domain. It is typically referred to when discussing the Visual cues are elements in the public domain that bulk and scale of development. contribute to a person’s understanding of a place. For example, buildings may gradually get taller as you travel Land use zones are allocated by the Territory Plan to closer to the town centre, providing an understanding all land within the ACT. They define what land uses can that you are approaching a major centre. or cannot occur on a piece of land. Zone categories are residential (RZ), commercial (CZ), community Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) is the planning, facility (CFZ), industrial (IZ), parks and recreation design and/or construction of the built environment to (PRZ), transport and services (TSZ), and non urban minimise water runoff and ensure any runoff causes (NUZ). Sub-categories provide more specific controls, the least amount of damage. It is also about wise use for example RZ1 is a residential zone for low density of that water to improve our urban environment. housing in suburban areas while RZ5 is a residential zone for high density housing in urban centres and Pedestrian-friendly street is a street where along major transport routes. See more about the pedestrians and cyclists have safe access at key points zoning system at www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2008- across the street, retaining access along the street for 27 all users; cars, motorbikes, cyclists and pedestrians, creating a low speed environment (20-30 kilometres Living (green) infrastructure is the term most per hour), where differences in speeds between users accurately used to describe the integrated system of are minimised. vegetation, open spaces and waterways in urban areas. It also includes the soil and ground surfaces. Urban heat island effect is a metropolitan area which is significantly warmer than its surrounding Mixed-use development includes a mix of areas. The main cause of the heat island effect is complementary land uses such as restaurants and from the use of materials which store and radiate small shops at ground level and residences above. heat in to the surrounding areas, for example Mixed use development can be horizontal or vertical. concrete and bitumen. ii Calwell Group Centre Draft Master Plan Shared-use path behind Calwell group centre Aerial view of the Calwell group centre from the north, www.geoffcomfort.com Executive summary The ACT Government has prepared a draft master • there are limited public spaces to meet in the plan for the Calwell group centre (the centre) centre outside commercial premises that sets out a vision, planning principles, spatial • the centre can feel unsafe in some areas, framework and planning strategies to guide growth particularly at night. and development in the centre over time. In response to these findings, this draft master plan This draft master plan has been prepared in outlines a vision which captures what is valued response to actions outlined in the ACT Planning about the Calwell group centre and sets out what it Strategy (2012) including the need to investigate could become in the future. opportunities for urban intensification around the centre. Other actions aim to ensure everyone Calwell group centre will be an attractive, has access to a range of facilities, services and accessible, convenient centre providing opportunities for social interaction and encourage residents of south-east Tuggeranong active travel to and from the centre. with a range of goods and services and The Calwell group centre is an active centre with a opportunities to socialise and participate mix of shops and services to provide for the local in community life. community. The centre was built in the 1990s with the development of the surrounding residential The vision is supported by five planning principles, areas in south-east Tuggeranong. The style of which inform planning strategies. The principles architecture is reflective of the period, with some of and strategies provide direction and guidance the buildings incorporating colonnades or awnings for the future development of the centre over around the perimeter.
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