LANE C OVE TUN NEL G LANE C ORE OVE HILL F TUN REEWAY NEL GO RE HI Complete a north LL FREEWAY south linear open Use setbacks to space connection HER Complete a north BERT S create wider south linear open ARTARMON NAREMBURN ‘greener’ streets RESER HER Naremburn Use setbacks to space connection T Park BERT S create wider ARTARMON NAREMBURN ‘greener’ streets VE RD Naremburn Provide tree lined RESER streets to improve T Park Further expand Talus T tree canopy VE RD Reserve S Hume Street Park Provide tree lined E P T to create a ‘village in Artarmon A O streets to improve C C Further expand employment area I Talus H green’ in the heart F T T tree canopy IC ReserveR S Hume Street Park E W of the area O T in Artarmon P H Royal North N A to create a ‘village A W TAFE NSW C O C Shore Hospital C R employment area I Y H H R green’ in the heart F R I I T N C ST LEONARDS I R G Improve S of the area O W A H Royal North T N CHANDOS ST A H I C W TAFE NSW E connections to Shore Hospital R F H Y S R RE R T I nearby open N EW ST LEONARDS I ATCHISON ST G Retain and Improve S Gore Hill A A T

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ARK RD C Y W P Park GREENWICH to provide for HUME H FALCON S avenue tree W T Y plantingsIncrease alongsetbacks GREENWICH Ptacio pfirco Higvideh wayfor (eavxcludingenue tree heritageplantings si talonges) Pacific Highway WOLLSTONECRAFT (excluding km heritage sites) 0 0.25 0.50 0.75 1 WOLLSTONECRAFT km 0 0.25 0.50 0.75 1 Plan Area Existing Open Space Heritage Connections to Nearby Open Spaces Railway Line Proposed Open Space Waterways Retain and Enhance Street Trees on Willoughby Road Railway Station Council Proposed Open Space Greener Streets Improve Tree Canopy in Artarmon Employment Area PlanMet rAreao Station ExistingGore Hill Open Ceme Spacetery ForeshoreHeritage to Foreshore Link AvenueConnections Tree Planting to Nearby Open Spaces Railway Line Proposed Open Space Waterways Retain and Enhance Street Trees on WilloughbyFigure Road6: Landscape Railway Station Council Proposed Open Space Greener Streets Improve Tree Canopy in Artarmon Employment Area Metro Station Gore Hill Cemetery Foreshore to Foreshore Link Avenue Tree PlantingSt Leonards and Crows Nest 2036 / DraftPlan / 17 Draft Plan LANDSCAPE

Public open space

More and better quality public open space is • Improved amenity of existing streets very important to the community according to and open spaces. feedback to draft Local Character Statement • Expansion of Hume Street Park to create a consultation. large multi-function green open space in the The draft Plan is supported by a draft Green heart of St Leonards and Crows Nest. North Plan which identifies open space opportunities Council has begun plans to expand for implementation as part of this plan and Hume Street Park by converting Hume Lane aspirational, long term projects for future into park land and acquiring three shops proofing. facing Hume Lane and a further shop on Willoughby Road. The draft Plan proposes Two key opportunities identified for delivery additional expansion over time through by 2036: negotiated acquisition. Benefits include: • Improving connections to regional open • Creation of a generous open space space via a continuous north-south link close to future high density; known as the ‘foreshore to foreshore’ • Open space near the existing link. The link will run along Lithgow Street Willoughby Road shops; between River Road and Pacific Highway • Creation of transition space between where a ‘linear park’ will be created by high density areas in St Leonards and widening the curb beside the train line. and the Crows Nest ‘Village’; and The link will then connect to Council’s proposed over rail plaza and St • The space will be configured and Leonards Station before continuing north to orientated for access to sunlight which Talus Reserve via Evans Lane. A connection is important to the community. is proposed to the Royal Hospital by extending the Herbert Street bridge to Evans Lane (for pedestrian and cyclist access only). Improvements are also proposed to the existing path between Talus Reserve and Naremburn Park. Benefits include: • Improved access to existing open space and other key destinations in the area; and,

Above: Tree cover is valued in public spaces. Above: Open space - Lithgow Street along railway line

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Tree canopy

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Topography

The steep topography of the area is integral

94 90 88 80 74 78 74 66 68 72 80 76 to its character. The draft Plan identifies 62 82 68 88 84 86 78 62 82 78 98 64 80 94 68 58 70 58 92 66 64 80 70 74 82 78 90 96 96 74 opportunities to work with the slope of the 64 78 80 60 76 10 70 84

64 86 0 74 62 66 68 86 land to get more use out of steep open 98 70 94 94 72 62 74 82 96 76 84 84 76 62 58 96 98 78 80 0 100 82 spaces and capture views towards the city. 7 82 Artarmon 88 ARTARMON88 92 86 66 56 86 56 90 94 Reserve 76 90 80 52 54 Thomson82 70 82 78 92 Cleland Hallstrom Park EPPING ROAD 98 86 Park Park 80 66 88 44 48 Concept plans for the foreshore to foreshore 88 Lane Cove Tunnel 80 90 48 72 50 64 82 46 GORE HILL FREEWAY 44 48 60 70 link include a curved path designed to temper 96 76 64 78 74 76 56 46 72 70 72 68 50 70 70 72 74 96 72 66 54 78 64 58 68 62 70 62 30 62 the slope for pedestrians and cyclists. 70 52 62 72 44 50 48 92 64 38 58 80 72 52 80 74 72 70 76 64 72 68 50 56 86 58 72 54 72 42 80 74 40 76 72 80 68 76 12 26 Pottery 84 46 60 20 20 62 Green Oval 86 78 36 8 80 30 68 88 10 78 74 50 48 40

74 60 82 68 44 6 92 86 82 66 72 46 10 82 36 76 12 94 7074 74 72 52 60 84 96 84 76 Naremburn 94 NAREMBURN76 80 14 68 50 58 94 74 60 64 6 92 74 Park 80 4 8 24 30 68 22 4 80 72 22 72 84 34 34 42 96 96 40 ARTARMON 78 2 8 Natural environment 72 46 88 82 LANE COVE 84 84 24 38 72 80 80 42 86 80 28 26 78 82 68 58 88 74 50 88 90 84 7 82 6 62 62 70 W 46 54 84 44 64 A 40 50 66 There is growing awareness that connections 74 R 78 70 72 68 74 78 R 56 60

74 74 88 76 Talus I 62 76 88 88 N 74 94 Reserve 76 64 74 90 80 G 58 to the natural environment is positive for 80 76 A H 70 92 84 46 82 70 86 74 F 66 86 64 78 72R 88 88 wellbeing. 76 E 92 E 56 90 72 W 68 56 80 82 A74 102 38 Y 70 88 70 74 30 52 78 72 76 78 The area has both formal and informal 50 66 82 80 74 Lane Cove 100 76 74

54 Bushland30 Park 78 78 82 98 80 landscape elements that provide a 74 88 Lane Cove 86 96 ST LEONARDS 92 80 84 80 Golf Course 94 90 Gore Hill 88 72

66 connection to the natural environment. 60 86 Oval 80 84 64 86 St Thomas’ 62 52 60 88 50 80 84 Rest Park 44 24 76 3026 32 Hume 40 80 26 Street 50 72 The following opportunities have been 32 50 86 Park 90 88 76 W A R 44 68 R identified for further investigation to improve 84 CROWS NEST IN 70 G 92 92 A 70 H 20 68 48 40 66 connections to nature: 30 28 42 62 ANZAC 70 82 56 16 Park 72 36 30 70 60 74 P 76

16 8 28 Newlands A 20 50 C 72 4 Park I • Greening of storm water corridors. 74 F 96 76 94 90 26 74 36 32 32 I 72 24 Woodford8 Bay 48 C 36 52 18 70 34 Reserve 66 H 98 12 46 NORTHWOOD I 76 74 LONGUEVILLE 46 38 G • Converting available space along the 32 H 74 78 W 80 66 GREENWICH A 20 82 78 70 Y 84 26 58 86 34 56 railway corridor into a linear park, as part of 30 66 10 54 28 22 6 Smoothey Park 20 80 10 78 80 the foreshore to foreshore link. St Leonards Park 82 88 2 78 22 34 48 84 80 84 6

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50 48 68 26 44 46 2 56 94 54 18 36 78 Plan Area Steep Walking Streets 40 34 40 18 14 5 62 34 22 40 2 56 76 Plan Area Steep Walking Streets 64 74 48 14 32 60 38 18 52 24 Railway Line Site Contours MILLER STREET 72 4 32 4 24 50 44 10 0 50 20 10 2 28 SHIRLEY ROAD 32 24 RailwayRailway Station Line Site Contours NORTH SYDNEY 58 38 66 22 22 30 70 60 56 30 10 80 64 52 26 40 62 54 4 Metro Station 30 4 8 10 Railway Station 4 6 32 10 20 2 8 20 14 50 74 2 60 4 20 6 76 18 36 80 50 22 14 16 28 6 8 46 34 38 82 16 12 12 20 16 56 Metro Station 10 14 68 38 34 46 68 6

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Above: Ernest Place Above: Artist impression of long-term potential for Hume Street Park expansion

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