Toongabbie Station Upgrade Review of Environmental Factors May 2016 Contents Abbreviations ................................................................................................................ 6 Definitions ..................................................................................................................... 9 Executive summary .................................................................................................... 11 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 16 1.1 Overview of the Proposal .......................................................................... 16 1.2 Location of the Proposal ........................................................................... 17 1.3 Existing infrastructure and land uses ........................................................ 21 1.4 Purpose of this Review of Environmental Factors ..................................... 24 2 Need for the Proposal ........................................................................................... 25 2.1 Strategic justification ................................................................................. 25 2.2 Design development ................................................................................. 26 2.3 Alternative options considered .................................................................. 27 2.4 Justification for the preferred option .......................................................... 28 3 Description of the Proposal ................................................................................... 29 3.1 The Proposal ............................................................................................ 29 3.2 Construction activities ............................................................................... 37 3.3 Property acquisition .................................................................................. 43 3.4 Operation management and maintenance ................................................ 43 4 Statutory considerations ........................................................................................ 44 4.1 Commonwealth legislation ........................................................................ 44 4.2 NSW legislation and regulations ............................................................... 44 4.3 State Environmental Planning Policies ..................................................... 46 4.4 Local environmental planning instrument and development controls ........ 47 4.5 NSW Government policies and strategies................................................. 51 4.6 Ecologically sustainable development ...................................................... 53 5 Community and stakeholder consultation .............................................................. 54 5.1 Stakeholder consultation during concept design ....................................... 54 5.2 Consultation requirements under the Infrastructure SEPP ........................ 54 5.3 Consultation strategy ................................................................................ 56 5.4 Public display ........................................................................................... 56 5.5 Aboriginal community involvement ........................................................... 57 5.6 Ongoing consultation ................................................................................ 57 6 Environmental impact assessment ........................................................................ 58 6.1 Traffic and transport ................................................................................. 58 6.2 Urban design, landscape and visual amenity ............................................ 64 6.3 Noise and vibration ................................................................................... 74 6.4 Indigenous heritage .................................................................................. 86 6.5 Non-Indigenous heritage .......................................................................... 87 6.6 Socio-economic impacts ........................................................................... 94 6.7 Biodiversity ............................................................................................... 96 6.8 Contamination, landform, geology and soils ............................................. 99 6.9 Hydrology and water quality ................................................................... 102 6.10 Air quality ............................................................................................... 103 6.11 Waste ..................................................................................................... 104 6.12 Cumulative impacts ................................................................................ 104 Toongabbie Station Upgrade Review of Environmental Factors – April 2016 2 6.13 Climate change and sustainability .......................................................... 105 7 Environmental management ............................................................................... 106 7.1 Environmental management plans ......................................................... 106 7.2 Mitigation measures ............................................................................... 106 8 Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 116 References ............................................................................................................... 117 Appendix A Consideration of matters of National Environmental Significance ........ 120 Appendix B Consideration of clause 228 ................................................................ 121 Appendix C Sustainable Design Guidelines checklist ............................................. 123 Appendix D Landscape and visual assessment report ........................................... 130 Appendix E Noise assessment ............................................................................... 131 Appendix F Statement of Heritage Impact .............................................................. 174 Appendix G Arborist methodology and tree survey results ..................................... 175 Toongabbie Station Upgrade Review of Environmental Factors – April 2016 3 Figures Figure 1 Planning approval and consultation process for the Proposal ................................... 14 Figure 2 Regional context ....................................................................................................... 18 Figure 3 View of Toongabbie Station from Wentworth Avenue ............................................... 19 Figure 4 View of Toongabbie Station from Portico Parade ..................................................... 19 Figure 5 Existing bus stop on Wentworth Avenue ................................................................... 20 Figure 6 Existing bus stop on Portico Parade ......................................................................... 20 Figure 7 View from Toongabbie Station footbridge looking west ............................................. 21 Figure 8 Site locality map ....................................................................................................... 23 Figure 9 The proposal (Indicative only, subject to detailed design) ......................................... 30 Figure 10 Photomontage 1 – proposed view looking south west from Wentworth Avenue (indicative only, subject to detailed design)............................................................................. 33 Figure 11 Photomontage 2 – Proposed view looking north from Toongabbie Road (indicative only, subject to detailed design) ............................................................................................. 34 Figure 12 Photomontage 3 – Proposed view looking south east from Portico Parade (indicative only, subject to detailed design) ............................................................................................. 34 Figure 13 Indicative site compound and storage area ............................................................ 42 Figure 14 Parramatta LEP zoning map (site location is shown circled in red) ......................... 48 Figure 15 Holroyd LEP zoning map (site location is shown circled in red) .............................. 50 Figure 16 Proposed construction compounds and haulage access ........................................ 60 Figure 17 Visual impact assessment sensitive receivers/viewpoints ....................................... 66 Figure 18 Sensitive noise receivers, land use map and noise monitoring location .................. 76 Figure 19 Listed LEP heritage items and s170 curtilage of Toongabbie Railway Station Group, Underbridge and Archaeological Remains.............................................................................. 88 Figure 20 Tree groups ............................................................................................................ 98 Tables Table 1 Indicative construction staging for key activities ......................................................... 37 Table 2 Other legislation applicable to the Proposal ............................................................... 45 Table 3 Relevant provisions of the Parramatta LEP ............................................................... 47 Table 4 Relevant provisions of the Holroyd LEP ....................................................................