ECU CITY CAMPUS Development Application Planning Report PREPARED FOR ECU AUGUST 2021 URBIS ACKNOWLEDGES THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION THAT ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE MAKE IN CREATING A STRONG AND VIBRANT AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY. WE ACKNOWLEDGE, IN EACH OF OUR OFFICES, THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS ON WHOSE LAND WE STAND. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE WHADJUK PEOPLE AND RESPECT THEIR CONTINUING CULTURE AND THE CONTRIBUTION THEY MAKE TO THE LIFE OF THIS CITY AND THIS REGION. DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION CONTACTS Sean Morrison Tim Dawkins Rebecca Travaglione Dane Gaunt Associate Director Director Senior Consultant Associate Director [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 0415 339 558 0403 924 107 0431 994 946 0437 832 969 ECU CITY CAMPUS DA PROJECT TEAM Edith Cowan University PwC Lyons / Silver Thomas Aspect Proponent Project Management Hanley / Haworth Tompkins Landscape Architecture Design, Architecture, and Renders Urbis Creating Communities Aboriginal Productions Encycle Planning Engagement and Promotions Waste Consultant Cultural Advisor Intelligent Risks Marshall Day Stantec Donald Cant Watts Corke Safety / Security Acoustics Engineering (Civil, Quantity Surveyor Structural), Transport Windtech Floodslicer O'Brien Harrop Aurecon Wind Consultant Renders Access / Accessibility Sustainability © Urbis 2021 This publication is subject to copyright. 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URBIS.COM.AU CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 6 2.0 CAMPUS GENESIS 8 2.1 PERTH CITY DEAL 8 2.2 UNIVERSITY OF THE FUTURE 9 3.0 PROJECT BACKGROUND 10 3.1 PRE LODGEMENT ACTIVITIES 10 3.2 SUPPORTING PROCESSES AND ACTIVITIES 12 4.0 SUBJECT SITE 15 4.1 AFFECTED LAND 15 4.2 ENCROACHMENTS 17 4.3 SITE CONSTRAINTS 21 5.0 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT 23 5.1 DEVELOPMENT DETAILS 23 6.0 DESIGN OVERVIEW 32 6.1 DESIGN DRIVERS 32 6.2 SPP7 35 6.3 TECHNICAL INPUTS 38 7.0 PLANNING ASSESSMENT 41 7.1 CPRS 41 7.2 PERTH CITY LINK DESIGN GUIDELINES 43 7.3 DEVELOPMENT POLICIES 53 8.0 CONCLUSION 55 APPENDIX A - CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, DEPOSITED PLAN AND ENCUMBRANCES APPENDIX B - DESIGN GUIDELINES – PERTH CITY LINK VISION ASSESSMENT APPENDIX C - DESIGN GUIDELINES – BUILDING DESIGN ASSESSMENT APPENDIX D - DESIGN GUIDELINES – ACCESS AND SERVICING ASSESSMENT APPENDIX E - CENTRAL PERTH DEVELOPMENT POLICIES ASSESSMENT 1.0 INTRODUCTION This report has been prepared by Urbis on behalf of Edith ▪ Structural Concept Memo prepared by Stantec. Cowan University (ECU) to a support a development ▪ Interim Stakeholder and Community Engagement application for the new ECU City Campus, adjacent to Yagan Report prepared by Creating Communities. Square and within the Perth City Link redevelopment area. ▪ ESD Statement prepared by Aurecon. The ECU City Campus has an estimated construction ▪ Disability Access Review prepared by O’Brien Harrop cost of $560 million, ex GST (and an overall project cost Access. of $695m), representing a major investment into the ▪ Acoustic Report prepared by Marshall Day Acoustics. heart of Perth. ▪ Desktop Pedestrian Wind Environment Assessment Emerging from what is currently a vacant site will be a prepared by Windtech. landmark university campus ultimately accommodating ▪ Cultural Narrative report prepared by Aboriginal 11,500 students and staff. The university will transform Productions and Promotions. central Perth by significantly expanding and broadening the ▪ Transport Impact Statement prepared by Stantec. user base of the CBD and through shifting what has historically ▪ Green Travel Plan prepared by Stantec. been an office and retail dominated central city core. ▪ Waste Management Plan prepared by Encycle. The ECU City Campus has been partly facilitated through ▪ Stormwater Management Strategy prepared by Stantec. the Perth City Deal between the Australian Government, The nature and contents of the development application Western Australian Government and the City of Perth. package were confirmed and agreed with DevelopmentWA This report provides the planning justification for the prior to lodgement. project, as well as critical background information on the The conclusion of this report is that that the proposal process undertaken to date. This report together with aligns strongly with the strategic planning framework that the following forms the ECU City Campus development applies to the locality and substantively with the applicable application package: statutory planning framework. Where variations are sought, ▪ Relevant forms and fees, including landowner consent they are justifiable in the context of the unique needs of an from ECU and the State Government (and associated inner-city university campus, site constraints, the functional agencies) for affected lands not owned by ECU. demands of the proposed uses within the campus, and the ▪ Architectural Drawings prepared by Lyons, Haworth design vision for the site – which has already gone through a Tompkins, and Silver Thomas Hanley. collaborative design review process. ▪ Architectural Design Statement prepared by Lyons, The ECU City Campus development application is capable Haworth Tompkins, and Silver Thomas Hanley. and worthy of approval. Urbis looks forward to working ▪ Landscape Report prepared by ASPECT Studios. with DevelopmentWA and other stakeholders through the ▪ CPTED Report prepared by Intelligent Risks. assessment and determination process. 6 ECU City Campus Development Application Planning Report APPROVAL SOUGHT Pursuant to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority Approval is sought for the following land uses: Act 2011 (MRA Act) and the Central Perth Redevelopment ▪ Educational Establishment – for most of the proposed Scheme (CPRS), planning approval is sought for: development noting there will be a variety of incidental ▪ The demolition of existing improvements on site, administrative, training, function and other activities including removal of vegetation, remnants of the that will occur within the building. Roe Street Temporary Bus Station, and other minor ▪ Theatre / Performance Venue - for the various proposed improvements present on site. (noting these works will theatre and performance venues, noting this may be primarily facilitated via a separate early works DA). include the incidental sale of food and beverages ▪ The construction of an 9 to 12-level (including plant) (including alcohol) to attendees. The venues will be integrated university building across lots 13 and 14, used extensively for teaching and learning (i.e. ancillary including two special purpose parking bays for loading, to the Educational Establishment use), as well as for zero tenant/public car parking bays, and extensive public performances including by third parties. end of trip facilities. Approval is sought for numerous ▪ Restaurant / Cafe – for the retail tenancies as indicated variations to built form controls under the Perth City in the architectural drawings, which are primarily Link Design Guidelines, including in relation to setbacks intended to accommodate the sale of food and and minimum building heights. beverages. The tenancies may support the sale of ▪ Various permanent structures beyond the boundaries of food and beverages (including alcohol) to Theatre / the ECU-owned lots, including extensive connections Performance Venue patrons within the designated and habitable spaces over Karak Walk, and upper level tenancy areas, and in other parts of the university encroachments into a range of surrounding lots and building. reserves. Approval is sought subject to relevant and reasonable ▪ Modifications to public realm works proposed for Karak conditions. Walk and Queen Street, with the main component of those works already being approved through the existing approval dated 4 June 2021. Prepared by Urbis for ECU 7 2.0 CAMPUS GENESIS 2.1 PERTH CITY DEAL The Perth City Deal was announced on 20 September The Perth City Deal provides for a range of other major 2020 by the Australian Government, Western Australian investments in central and inner Perth including: Government and City of Perth. ▪ The Murdoch University Vertical Inner City Campus. The key area of focus for the Perth City Deal are: ▪ Curtin University’s Historic Heart cluster. ▪ Creating jobs and supporting private investment in ▪ Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) the CBD, particularly in areas that will support future Redevelopment. economic growth. ▪ Perth Cultural Centre rejuvenation. ▪ Enabling an energised and vibrant city centre that ▪ Perth Concert Hall redevelopment. attracts residents and visitors and demonstrates the ▪ Perth Aboriginal Cultural Centre pre-feasibility study. best in inner-city living. ▪ CBD Transport Project initiatives, and many others. ▪ Building a strong community that is inclusive, safe, This development application represents a milestone in sustainable and liveable. Perth City Deal implementation, and the timely assessment The Edith Cowan University Cultural and Creative Industries and determination of the application will enable fulfillment Education CBD Campus (the ECU City Campus) is a primary of the Perth City Deal objectives in the coming years. component of the Perth City Deal, with the $695m project supported