PITT STREET SOUTH OVER STATION DEVELOPMENT SUBMISSIONS REPORT i Sydney Metro | Pitt Street North Over Station Development EIS ii Sydney Metro | Pitt Street North Over Station Development EIS Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................. 2 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................. 7 1. Introduction and Project Overview ..................................................................... 11 Introduction ............................................................................................... 11 Planning context ....................................................................................... 13 Overview of the Project ............................................................................. 14 Changes to the Project as exhibited.......................................................... 15 Additional information supporting this report ............................................. 16 Purpose and structure of the report .......................................................... 16 2. Overview of the exhibited development ............................................................. 18 Overview of the development proposal as described by the Environmental Impact Statement ...................................................................................... 18 Clarification of Project scope .................................................................... 22 3. Community and stakeholder consultation ......................................................... 27 Overview .................................................................................................. 27 Consultation associated with the public exhibition of the EIS .................... 27 Key issues raised at community information sessions .............................. 29 Consultation during the preparation of this report...................................... 30 Ongoing consultation and engagement activities ...................................... 30 Next steps................................................................................................. 31 4. Submissions received .......................................................................................... 32 Respondents ............................................................................................ 32 Overview of submissions – government agencies and key stakeholder submissions .............................................................................................. 32 Sydney Metro | Pitt Street South Over Station Development Submissions Report 2 Overview of submissions – community submissions ................................. 35 5. Response to government agency, key stakeholder and Council submissions 38 Overview .................................................................................................. 38 NSW Office of Environment and Heritage ................................................. 38 Fire and Rescue NSW .............................................................................. 39 NSW Environment Protection Authority .................................................... 39 NSW Department of Industry .................................................................... 39 Heritage Council of NSW .......................................................................... 39 Civil Aviation Safety Authority ................................................................... 40 Sydney Airport .......................................................................................... 41 Sydney Water ........................................................................................... 41 Water NSW ............................................................................................... 41 Ausgrid ..................................................................................................... 41 City of Sydney Council .............................................................................. 41 6. Response to the issues raised in community submissions .............................. 53 Overview .................................................................................................. 53 Submissions making comment ................................................................. 53 Submissions in support ............................................................................. 53 Submissions in objection .......................................................................... 54 Sydney Metro | Pitt Street South Over Station Development Submissions Report 3 7. Amended Project .................................................................................................. 75 Design Guidelines ..................................................................................... 75 Signage .................................................................................................... 76 8. Additional information and assessment ............................................................. 77 Built form and setbacks............................................................................. 77 Design guidelines ..................................................................................... 86 Land use options ...................................................................................... 90 Design excellence ..................................................................................... 94 Other issues ............................................................................................. 97 Sydney Metro | Pitt Street South Over Station Development Submissions Report 4 9. Environmental impact assessment of the Amended Project ............................ 98 Revised environmental ratings .................................................................. 98 Revised mitigation measures .................................................................. 101 10. Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 109 Next steps............................................................................................... 110 Glossary and Abbreviations ............................................................................................ 111 Appendices ...................................................................................................................... 113 A. Updated Pitt Street South Design Guidelines .......................................... 113 B. Additional Building Envelope Sections .................................................... 113 C. Community Consultation Information Session Contact Information ......... 113 D. Community Information Session A0 Boards ............................................ 113 E. EIS Overview Document ......................................................................... 113 F. Summary of Issues Raised at Community Information Sessions ............ 113 G. Issues Categories and where to find responses to issues raised in submissions ............................................................................................ 113 H. Government Architect NSW Endorsement Letter .................................... 113 I. City of Sydney Correspondence ............................................................. 113 J. ESD Report Addendum .......................................................................... 113 K. Supplementary Overshadowing Impact Sensitivity Analysis Report ........ 113 L. Media release issued prior to exhibition of the concept SSD Application 113 M. Section demonstrating proposed levels in relation to the Princeton apartments................................................................................................ 113 Sydney Metro | Pitt Street South Over Station Development Submissions Report 5 Figure 1 – Sydney Metro alignment ..................................................................................... 12 Figure 2 – CSSI and SSD development process ................................................................. 13 Figure 3 – The proposed OSD building envelope ................................................................ 15 Figure 4 – Photomontage of the indicative OSD design ...................................................... 15 Figure 5 – Location Plan ..................................................................................................... 18 Figure 6 – Exhibited proposed building envelope (axonometric diagram viewed from the south-west) .................................................................................................................. 20 Figure 7 – Plan of proposal demonstrating location of transfer slab at RL 58.25 ................. 24 Figure 8 – Three contemplated construction scenarios in relation to construction of the integrated station development .................................................................................... 44 Figure 9 – Sydney Metro delivery strategy .......................................................................... 47 Figure 10 – Plan demonstrating the allocation of substantial space to Pitt Street Station uses .................................................................................................................................... 51 Figure 11 – Princeton Apartments: Low rise, north east, proposed view ............................. 63 Figure 12 – Princeton