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Urban villages------, I 099451 project the .PQtential I for urban village Augustl996 URB:PUcopy 1 development in · Melbourne CONTENTS Page I Introduction I 2 Existing Conditions and Issues 2 2.1 Function of rhe Sire 2 2.2 Physical Character 3 2.3 Land Use 9 2.4 Zoning 12 2.5 Communiry and Employment 14 3 Developing the Design Concepts 17 3.1 Objectives and Targets 17 3.2 Approach 19 3.3 Consul ration 20 3.4 Alternative Design Concepts 21 4 The Concept and how to Achieve it 38 4.1 Proposed Directions 38 4.2 Implementation Srraregy 44 5 Conclusions 48 6 Appendices 6.1 Schedule of Public Consultation Events 53 6.2 Reports 57 6.3 Review of Existing Studies 58 6.4 Materials Distributed to the Public 61 6.5 Financial Statement 62 6.6 Energy Analysis 68 LIST OF FIGURES Page 2.1. l Merropoliran Conrexr Map 2.1 2.1.2 Local Conrexr Map 2.2 2.2. l Lor Map 3.1 2.2.2 Pedesrrian Carchmenr Map 3.2 2.2.3 Figure Ground Diagram - Public Realm 4.1 2.2.4 General Opporruniries and Consrrainrs Diagram 6.1 2.2.4.1 Opporruniry Sires Diagram 6.2 2.4.1 Exisring Planning Scheme Zoning Plan 12.1 2.4.2 Heighr Conrrol Area Diagram 12.2 2.4.3 Urban Conservarion Area Diagram 12.3 2.5.1 Urban Village Age Sex Profile 14.1 2.5.2 Melbourne Srarisrical Division Age Sex Profile 14.1 2.5.3 Number of Residenrs per Dwelling 14.2 Draft Concepts 3.4.1 a PTC Sire Plan 21.1 3.4. 1 b PTC Sire Evaluarion 21.2 3.4.2 Police Srarion and Courrhouse Sire 24.1 3.4.3 Triangle Sire - Cnr of Waltham and Abbott Srreers 27.1 3.4.4 Council Car Park Sire 1 - Library 29.1 3.4.5 Council Car Park Sire 2 30.1 3.4.6 Sandringham Horel Sire 32. l 3.4.7 Rear Bay Road Shops Sire - Kelly's Lane 34.1 The Final Concepts 4.1.1 PTC Sire 38.1 4.1.2 Old Police Srarion Sire 39.1 4. 1.3 Triangle Sire 40.1 4.1.6 Sandringham Hotel Sire 41.1 4.1.7 Rear Bay Road Shops Sire 42.1 4.1.8 Typical Corner Subdivision 42.2 4.1.9 Typical Laneway Developmenr . 42.3 4.1. l 0 Typical Shop Top Housing 43.1 Sandringham Urban Village Sandringham Urban Village Study Urban Villages offer improved living environments, with a strong identity and sense of community. An energy efficient Urban Village has a mix of shops, offices, schools, industJy and residences. People have the opportunity to work, shop and undertake their daily activities just a short walk away from their homes. A centrally situated train station or tram stop provides quick, convenient access to other suburbs and the city centre. Parks and plazas are of a high quality and well used. A wide range of housing - apartments, terraces, granny flats and the traditional single storey family house - caters for an equally wide range of ages and lifestyles. Many buildings are two or more storeys and many share walls with adjoining buildings. Plenty of sunshine streams into indoor and outdoor living spaces because they are built to face the sun. The short distances, interconnected street network and traffic-calmed streets create safe and stimulating conditions in which to walk or bicycle. With lots ofpeople living and working in the buildings overlooking the streets, people feel more secure walking, even at night. Sandringham is one of the sites in Victoria chosen for the Pilot Study of Urban Villages. The study goal was to investigate the existing Village against the framework of a model Urban Village and to recommend action that would be necessary and financially viable to transform it over time into a vibrant and vital functioning Urban Village. This study is the result of teamwork between, the Bayside Municipal Staff: the representatives of the sponsoring agencies and the consultant team. The interest by the Sandringham Community and the local press provided invaluable feedback during the process. The commitment by the Study Team on the project extended beyond the responsibilities of each individual in their workplace into their own personal time. The project, particularly in the key community consultation stages, was a labor of care and concern for people and place. The Project Study Team: Peter Hirst Greenway Hirst Page Pty Ltd Project Director Linda Choi Greenway Hirst Page Pty Ltd Project Architect Dianne Organ Greenway Hirst Page Pty Ltd Project Planner Office Team Greenway Hirst Page Pty Ltd Drafting & Documentation John Luppino City ofBayside City Planner Nathan Alexander Energy Victoria Project Manager Matt Ainsaar Urban Consulting Group Financial Analyst Alan Pears Sustainable Solutions Energy Consultant {i) GREENWAY H I R S T P A G E p T y L T D Sandringham Urban Village Executive Summary Sandringham Village already exhibits the core characteristics of an Urban Village: • the Railway Station and transport interchange is the focus of the community. • shopping and community facilities are at the heart of the Village. • a diverse housing stock with a higher proportion of medium density housing. • high levels of walkability exist in the public realm. The action necessary to transform the Village to a model Urban Village and bring life and economic vitality to the centre are: 1. provide a pedestrian link over the railway line at the end of Sandringham Road. 2. relocate the bus depot and provide car parking to the south end of the PTC Site enabling dual use of the parking spaces by commuters and shoppers. 3. enhance the pedestrian link between the PTC car park and the Bay Road shops. 4. establish residential development on the old police station and courthouse site and the northern end of the PTC land. 5. facilitate development of the vacant site at the comer of Abbott and Waltham Street~ with specialist shops and offices at ground floor level and residences above. 6. encourage redevelopment of the Sandringham Hotel to include residential development over the new specialist tourist shopping addressing the street frontages 7. encourage development form to respect and reflect the character and the scale of the existing housing stock and the original shopping precinct buildings and to translate the richness in detail in construction finishes .. 8. organise a meeting of owners of the Bay Road shops on the north side to consider redevelopment of the rear of their properties to provide car parking and service access at ground level with housing over. 9. inform owners of comer allotments of the opportunities for development of their properties as at least two housing sites each with road frontages. 10. inform owners with rear abutment to laneways to consider development of a second smaller residence overlooking the laneway. 11. inform owners of commercial properties of the opportunities to establish shop top housing, ·either as new developments or conversion or refurbishment of existing. 12. encourage the responsible authority to optimise the street network as safe pedestrian links. 13. encourage the responsible authority to implement the Urban Design Strategy of 1994 in particular to finalise the Railway Square. 14. instigate the action necessary for amendment to the Planning Scheme which would guide and control development toward that of the model Urban Village. 15. monitor change and development in the Urban Village and prepare for further stages of development such as the apartment block at the southend of the PTC land. (ii) GREENWAY H I R S T P A G E P T y L T D Sandringham Urban Village 1. Introduction Greenway Hirst Page Pty Ltd prior to this Urban Village Study had been engaged by the former City of Sandringham to prepare an Urban Design Strategy for the Sandringham Shopping Centre, the heart of the designated Urban Village, situated around the Railway Station. The Urban Design Strategy developed upon the studies previously undertaken for the Council by USE Consultants Pty. Ltd, Sandringhanz Shopping Centre Strategy, March 1994 and by TIM Consulting Pty. Ltd., Sandringhanz Shopping Centre Parking Strategy, April 1994 and Sandringhanz Shopping Centre Conservation Guidelines by Andrew C Ward and Associates, March 1994. These recent studies combine to provide the Strategic Framework for the Urban Village Study. In the Urban Design Strategy Study, Greenway Hirst Page Pty Ltd developed a cooperative working relationship with the Traders and the Cowicil representatives, providing a finn foundation of trust for the extensive community consultation proposed for the Urban Village Study. The Sandringham Shopping Centre, located approximately 16 kilometres south east of the Melbourne CBD immediately adjacent Port Phillip Bay, and the residential precinct surrounding it, already display elements of an Urban Village. It is situated around a transit hub, the Sandringham Railway Station, ~ interchange that links rail and bus services. The shopping centre provides services and facilities for regular shopping needs, has a mix of restaurants and small business and shop-top housing.