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OUR GREATER SYDNEY 2056 Eastern City District Plan – Connecting Communities OUR GREATER SYDNEY 2056 Eastern City District Plan – connecting communities March 2018 2 Acknowledgement of Country Eastern City District The Greater Sydney Commission Bayside acknowledges the traditional owners Burwood City of Canada Bay of the lands that include Eastern City City of Sydney District and the living culture of the Inner West Randwick traditional custodians of these lands. Strathfield The Commission recognises that the Waverley Woollahra 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 | Eastern City District Plan 3 Chief Commissioner I am delighted to present the Eastern City We need to plan for demographic changes, Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO District Plan, which sets out planning such as strong growth in the proportions of priorities and actions for improving the children and the frail aged. quality of life for residents as the District We will continue advocating for effective grows and changes. infrastructure to keep pace with The District, particularly Harbour CBD, population growth. We will be supporting is the engine room of Greater Sydney’s the coordination of government activity economy. Of the District’s 904,500 jobs, and delivery — transport, infrastructure, 496,100 are in the Harbour CBD. Almost land use, housing, health, education, half of these are in the finance, professional, heritage and environment. We will business and knowledge sectors. continue working positively with the private sector and local government. The Eastern City District is vitally important to the success and prosperity By taking a leadership role, we are bringing of Greater Sydney, NSW and Australia. To together public resources and expertise remain globally competitive, we need the to create a more liveable, productive and District to be a magnet for skilled people sustainable city. and innovative ideas from around the On behalf of the Greater Sydney world. The District must be a powerhouse Commission, I acknowledge the important of creativity and innovation at all levels. work of councils whose submissions The world’s greatest cities are prosperous and feedback on the needs of their and great places to live and work. With the neighbourhoods, and centres and people Eastern City District’s population growing have been invaluable. Together with the from almost one million to approximately community and other stakeholders, your 1.34 million by 2036, we need to plan for expertise and interest have helped to jobs, housing and essential services such produce an inspiring and practical plan. as health and education. Eastern City Commissioner While our District has the lowest car use The Plan shows how we can improve Maria Atkinson for journeys to work, and the highest access to our amazing waterways, connect proportion of walking and cycling to our green links, and add to our street and from work, the Eastern City District tree canopy. It also recognises the need Plan will help to improve these statistics, to update ageing and constrained energy and enable smarter solutions for moving and water infrastructure and ensure urban people, goods and services. renewal projects deliver liveability and sustainability outcomes. We have parks and schools with green assets, but we need more – the District And finally, beyond our physical spaces, Plan shows how we can make better use the Plan helps us to think about how of existing spaces by sharing them, and to foster a stronger, more connected how we can make better use of vacant community and celebrate our heritage, or under-utilised spaces. It addresses both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. the need for more artistic and creative It will put us on the path of real diversity activities and industries – day and night. of housing choices, including affordable Also, it addresses the need to grow our local housing, and better and more social metropolitan and strategic centres, housing so that people can change housing protect commercial areas from residential type but stay in our District. encroachment, and preserve and grow our The Eastern City District Plan is part of a urban services land, which supports our continuing conversation about the changes economic future. we need to create the District we want. Greater Sydney Commission | Eastern City District Plan 4 Contents Future of the Eastern City District 6 3 Liveability 24 Metropolitan context of the Eastern City District 8 Planning Priority E3. Providing services and social Structure Plan for the Eastern City District 10 infrastructure to meet people’s changing needs 26 Ten Directions for a metropolis of three cities and the Eastern City District 12 Planning Priority E4. Fostering healthy, creative, culturally rich and socially connected communities 31 Planning Priority E5. Providing housing supply, choice 1 About the draft Plan 14 and affordability, with access to jobs, services and public transport 36 Planning Priority E6. Creating and renewing great places and local centres, and respecting the District’s heritage 46 22 Infrastructure and collaboration 16 4 Productivity 54 Planning Priority E1. Planning for a city supported by Planning Priority E7. Growing a stronger and more infrastructure 18 competitive Harbour CBD 57 Planning Priority E2. Working through collaboration 20 Planning Priority E8. Growing and investing in health and education precincts and the Innovation Corridor 62 Planning Priority E9. Growing international trade gateways 68 Planning Priority E10. Delivering integrated land use and transport planning and a 30-minute city 72 Planning Priority E11. Growing investment, business opportunities and jobs in strategic centres 77 Planning Priority E12. Retaining and managing industrial and urban services land 90 Planning Priority E13. Supporting growth of targeted industry sectors 94 Greater Sydney Commission | Eastern City District Plan 5 5 Sustainability 96 Planning Priority E14. Protecting and improving the health and enjoyment of Sydney Harbour and the District’s waterways 99 Planning Priority E15. Protecting and enhancing bushland and biodiversity 105 Planning Priority E16. Protecting and enhancing scenic and cultural landscapes 106 Planning Priority E17. Increasing urban tree canopy cover and delivering Green Grid connections 107 Planning Priority E18. Delivering high quality open space 112 Planning Priority E19. Reducing carbon emissions and managing energy, water and waste efficiently 115 Planning Priority E20. Adapting to the impacts of urban and natural hazards and climate change 118 6 Implementation 122 Planning Priority E21. Preparing Local Strategic Planning Statements informed by local strategic planning 125 Planning Priority E22. Monitoring and reporting on the delivery of the Plan 127 7 Endnotes 130 Greater Sydney Commission | Eastern City District Plan 6 Future of the Eastern 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 – will see the Eastern City District become more innovative and globally competitive, carving out a greater portion of knowledge- intensive jobs from the Asia Pacific Region. The vision will improve the District’s lifestyle and environmental assets. This will be achieved by: • Strengthening the international competitiveness of the Harbour CBD, supported by the Innovation Corridor, health and education precincts and the District’s strategic centres • Boosting innovation and creative industries alongside knowledge-intensive jobs growth • Stimulating the night-time economy within a responsive regulatory environment • Protecting international trade and freight routes • Retaining industrial and urban services land • Nurturing quality lifestyles through well-designed housing in neighbourhoods close to transport and other infrastructure • Sustaining communities through vibrant public places, walking and cycling, and cultural, artistic and tourism assets • Aligning growth with infrastructure, including transport, social and green infrastructure, and delivering sustainable, smart and adaptable solutions • Being innovative in providing recreational and open space areas, and increasing urban tree canopy • Transitioning to a low-carbon, high-efficiency District through precinct-scale initiatives • Building effective responses toclimate change and natural and urban hazards. Greater Sydney Commission | Eastern City District Plan Connecting 7 Communities Sydney Metro West WestConnex Eastern Economic Corridor • Fast and frequent connection • Part of an integrated transport plan • Harbour CBD, the established between Greater Parramatta and the to keep Sydney moving – easing economic heart of Greater Sydney Harbour CBD congestion, creating jobs and • Sydney’s global gateways at Sydney connecting communities. Airport and Port Botany • A western bypass of the Sydney CBD • Harbour CBD with a strong cultural, arts and education focus Transport Investigation to the South East • From Harbour CBD to Malabar via Randwick and Eastgardens/ Maroubra Junction Sydney Metro City & Southwest • Fully integrated, fast, reliable metro Collaboration Areas Green Grid Priorities service through the Eastern Harbour • Camperdown-Ultimo health and • Iron Cove Greenway and the City that includes: education precinct Hawthorne Canal – three new CBD stations • Randwick health and education • Mill Stream and Botany wetlands – new station at Waterloo as part of precinct open
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