Sydenham to Bankstown Urban Renewal Corridor Consultation Update April 2016 Cover Image - Artist impression of Anzac Mall Campsie To view an electronic version in PDF format, visit www.planning.nsw.gov.au © Crown Copyright 2016 Department of Planning and Environment Printed April 2016 Disclaimer While every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that this document is correct at the time of printing, the State of New South Wales, its agents and employees, disclaim any and all liability to any person in respect of anything or the consequences of anything done or omitted to be done in reliance or upon the whole or any part of this document. Copyright Notice In keeping with the Department of Planning and Environment’s commitment to encourage the availability of information, you are welcome to reproduce the material that appears in this Planning Report for personal, in-house or non-commercial use without formal permission or charge. All other rights are reserved. 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ONLINE SURVEY ......................................................................................................... 2 Social media campaign ........................................................................................................... 2 Online survey results .............................................................................................................. 3 How the online survey results were used ................................................................................ 4 5. PUBLIC EXHIBITION ..................................................................................................... 7 Project email & phone............................................................................................................ 7 Media releases and advertising .............................................................................................. 7 Project webpage .................................................................................................................... 7 Exhibition locations ................................................................................................................ 8 Information sessions .............................................................................................................. 9 6. SUBMISSIONS ........................................................................................................... 10 Key issues raised in agency submissions ............................................................................... 10 7. NEXT STEPS .............................................................................................................. 24 Community design workshops .............................................................................................. 24 Review of the Strategy ......................................................................................................... 24 Exhibition of Amended Strategy ........................................................................................... 24 Finalisation of the Corridor Strategy ..................................................................................... 24 1. INTRODUCTION This report provides an update on community and stakeholder engagement undertaken to date on the development of the draft Sydenham to Bankstown Urban Renewal Corridor Strategy (the Corridor Strategy). The Sydenham to Bankstown Corridor includes 13km of the existing Bankstown Rail Line from Bankstown west to Sydenham. It is the location of the proposed extension of the Sydney Metro from Chatswood to Bankstown. The Corridor Strategy establishes a strategic planning framework to guide future development and infrastructure delivery within the Sydenham to Bankstown Urban Renewal Corridor over the next 20 years. The strategy provides a comprehensive evidence base to support future growth in the Sydenham to Bankstown Urban Renewal Corridor by identifying opportunities for additional homes and jobs close to existing public transport, employment areas and town centres. The Corridor Strategy includes a land use and infrastructure analysis for each of the station precincts along the Bankstown Rail Line: Bankstown, Punchbowl, Wiley Park, Lakemba, Belmore, Campsie, Canterbury, Hurlstone Park, Dulwich Hill, Marrickville and Sydenham. It outlines the future vision and character for each area, the number of new homes and jobs that could be delivered and the improvements to community facilities, public spaces, the transport network and other infrastructure needed to support growth. The NSW Government has worked closely with Marrickville Council, City of Canterbury and Bankstown City Council to develop the Corridor Strategy. Urban design and technical studies have been undertaken to inform the strategy and understand the growth potential and infrastructure needs along the corridor. The draft Corridor Strategy was placed on public exhibition between 15 October 2015 and 7 February 2016. 1440 submissions were received. This report summarises the results of the exhibition and the consultation undertaken to date in order to provide an update on feedback collected to date and to outline the next steps as the Corridor Strategy is reviewed and finalised. Figure 1: Sydenham to Bankstown Urban Renewal Corridor 1 2. ENGAGEMENT APPROACH The community and key stakeholders have been engaged over the course of the preparation of the Corridor Strategy will continue to be engaged through the remainder of the process. The key engagement milestones for engagement are shown below. Project Analysis of Constraints Public Exhibition Review Corridor Finaliase Commencement & Opportunities Strategy Corridor Strategy •Establish •Agency •Community •Community •Recommendation communication working information design to Minister for channels groups sessions workshops Planning •Commence •Council •Project •Further •Media release media campaign briefings website and consultation (social media & portal for with Council media releases) •Online survey online submissions •Re-exhibtion •Prepare Draft of the Corridor •Exhibited at revised Strategy local Strategy libraries and council Figure 2: Engagement Approach 3. WORKING WITH COUNCIL Throughout the development of the Corridor Strategy the Department has held regular workshops with Canterbury City Council, Bankstown City Council and Marrickville Council whose areas cover the Corridor. Representatives from Transport for NSW and the Sydney Metro team also attended the workshops. Briefings were also given to elected Councillors prior to the exhibition. 4. ONLINE SURVEY The Department published an online survey on its website between late May and late July 2015 to seek feedback from the community about their infrastructure, open space, public domain and housing priorities in order to help inform the draft Corridor Strategy. Social media campaign In order to raise awareness of the Corridor Strategy and to promote the online survey the Department ran a Facebook advertising campaign that harnessed Facebook’s geo-targeting capabilities to promote the survey to community members and to encourage feedback; resulting in 4,281 unique visits to the website. 2 Figure 3: Social media advertisements Online survey results A full report on the survey results was made available on the Department’s website in November 2015. (http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/~/media/Files/DPE/Reports/sydenham-to-bankstown-online-survey- results-2015-11.ashx). A summary of the results of this survey is provided in the following section. In total, 770 people completed the survey. The respondent’s location is shown in Figure 3 below. The largest number of respondents who completed the survey lived in the Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, Campsie and Bankstown precincts. 140 120 100 80 60 128 102 40 74 74 70 58 62 50 55 20 30 30 37 0 Figure 4: Location of respondents to the online survey 3 The survey asked respondents to rank what made their neighbourhood great and what they value most. Responses to these questions are shown in the following Figures 5 and 6. Positive attributes of the existing Corridor identifed in the survey include good access to public transport, a sense of community and public open space and parks. 70% 63% 60% 50% 46% 46% 40% 30% 30% 18% 20% 17% 17% 16% 11% 11% 10% 6% 5% 2% 0% Figure 5: Positive features of the corridor identified in the online survey Respondents were also asked to rank their top priorities for the future of the area. The response to this question is shown in Figure 7. Key priorities for improving the future of the Corridor included preserving the local character, maintaining a sense of community,