LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE FACT PUBLIC DOMAIN MASTER PLAN SHEET ABOUT ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN THE MASTER PLAN What is the Master Plan? How was it developed? The Liverpool City Centre Public Domain Master Plan is The Master Plan was developed by Council’s Urban a 10-year plan for public domain improvements across Design team, within the City Design and Public Domain the Liverpool city centre. This includes improvements department. The master plan process includes eight 01 Project initiation, to publicly accessible spaces such as streets, footpaths, key stages, as outlined below. including confirmation laneways, arcades, plazas, malls, car parks, outdoor of project scope. dining, building forecourts, parks and reserves, heritage items and areas around rivers and creeks. The plan also includes proposals for the public PROJECT INITIATION Review of relevant infrastructure within these spaces, including trees, existing plans, policies, vegetation, paving, signage, public art and furniture, strategies and such as seating, bicycle racks, bollards, bus stops, 02 guidelines. fencing and railings, lighting, shade structures, rubbish bins and tree grates. STRATEGIC REVIEW Why was it developed? Figure 1.1 Aerial view of Liverpool city centre, facing south-west (Liverpool Analysis of existing site 03 Liverpool city centre is fast becoming Sydney’s third City Council) conditions, and Central Business District (CBD) as the capital of identification of Sydney’s South West, and as the gateway city to the opportunities & constraints. SITE ANALYSIS & APPRAISAL future Western Sydney Airport. As a result, the city centre is undergoing rapid change and development which places greater demand on the city’s public spaces. This has generated an opportunity to provide a Community & Stakeholder coherent vision to guide the future development of the Engagement to understand what is liked and what city’s public spaces. In 2018, the Greater Sydney COMMUNITY & STAKEHOLDER should be improved about Commission developed the ‘Liverpool Collaboration ENGAGEMENT the city centre. 04 Area Place Strategy’, as part of ‘A Metropolis of Three Cities’, Greater Sydney Region Plan. This master plan aims to deliver on this vision through implementing various strategies and actions. MASTER PLAN PRINCIPLES & 05 Development of a Who will use it and what for? BENCHMARKING design vision and Figure 1.2 Aerial view of Saint Luke’s Anglican Church forecourt and studies of best practice The Master Plan will be used by Council staff, private Elizabeth Street, Liverpool (Liverpool City Council) city design. developers, local businesses and the community for the following purposes: Development of a draft master plan, including • Provide design direction, standards and MASTER PLAN information for Development Application (DA) 76 individual projects to improve the city’s processes and Voluntary Planning Agreement public spaces. (VPA) negotiations; 06 • Inform future updates to Council’s Development Contributions Plans; • Inform the scope of works and budgeting for PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION Council’s future capital works programs; Opinion of probable 07 • Provide supporting information for grant funding costs, identification of applications, related to public domain projects; funding sources and • Inform strategic planning decisions within Council prioritisation of projects. and NSW Government departments and agencies; ONGOING EVALUATION and Figure 1.3 View of Norfolk Serviceway, Liverpool (Liverpool City Council) • Provide a common goal and information for Ongoing evaluation and Council staff, businesses and the community on monitoring of project public domain improvements within the city centre. implementation. 08 Figure 1.4 Project Methodology diagram (Liverpool City Council) 2 LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE PUBLIC DOMAIN MASTER PLAN FACT SHEET LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE PUBLIC DOMAIN MASTER PLAN FACT SHEET 3 MASTER PLAN MASTER PLAN Legend Vision statement Railway Station T The vision statement describes the long-term vision for WARWICK FARM the city centre, resulting from the consolidation of Railway Line information gathered. The vision statement is: Liverpool City Centre - Project Boundary 29 ”The Master Plan for the Liverpool City Centre 22 envisions a rejuvenated and revitalised river city which HUME HIGHWAY Primary Green Boulevard (Elizabeth Street) is vibrant and active, and aspires to achieve a high Green Spine (Georges River) quality public realm for our community, using sustainable design principles and best practices. It aims Green Spine (Brickmakers Creek) to establish a more coherent, cohesive and integrated 26 urban core which is greener, healthier, inclusive and Improved Pedestrian Connections (Streets & Arcades) 02 accessible for its residents, businesses and visitors. 01 Pedestrian Priority (Bigge Street) Establishing the foundation for a high quality built MACQUARIE STREET environment that is safe and liveable while supporting New Pedestrian Connections 03 growth and businesses, to promote an 18 hour 07 economy within the city centre.” New Public Transport Corridor (Moore Street) 24 04 10 Liverpool Station Site - Potential Future Redevelopment Design principles ELIZABETH STREET 05 GEORGE STREET 06 BIGGE STREET New/Upgraded Open Space Five master plan principles were developed and used 22 08 to guide the development of the master plan. The 09 Potential Shared Use Open Space 11 13 principles are as follows: 23 14 • Improve Connectivity HUME HIGHWAY 12 18 Proposed Tree Canopy 15 25 • Enhance Liveability 21 MOORE STREET Serviceway/Laneway Upgrades • Increase Productivity 16 17 • Achieve Sustainability Pedestrian Priority Zone (Macquarie Street) • Deliver Governance MOOREBANK Heritage Interventions 19 Key strategies MEMORIAL AVENUE 10 Gateway Treatment SCOTT STREET The Master Plan aims to deliver a city centre that is a 28 1. Sydney Southwest Private Hospital Existing Watercourse great place to live, work and play that will support 2. Liverpool Girls High School commerce for city businesses. To achieve the vision, 3. Liverpool Boys High School 4. Westfield Shopping Centre the plan proposes the following key strategies: 5. Western Sydney University • Improve streets with additional trees, vegetation, 6. All Saints’ Catholic Church and new standardised streetscape infrastructure; 7. Ingham Institute 20 MACQUARIE STREET 27 8. Liverpool Hospital • Street designs that encourage active and public 9. St Luke’s Anglican Church transport, and provide increased pedestrian 10 10. Macquarie Street Spine 11. Macquarie Mall amenity; 12. Liverpool Plaza • Improve serviceway/laneways to support service 13. Liverpool Police Station requirements, as well as activation and events; 14. Liverpool Court House 15. Liverpool City Library • Gateway treatments to improve entries to the city. 21 16. Liverpool City Council • Support existing car parking strategies and 17. University of Wollongong 18. TAFE NSW Liverpool increase car parking numbers in the city centre; LIVERPOOL 19. Liverpool Public School • Upgrade existing, and provide new, open spaces 20. Woodward Park to increase amenity and facilities; 21. Georges River 22. Brickmakers Creek • Improve water quality, and increase access to, and 23. Collimore Park activation of, the Georges River and Brickmakers 24. Apex Park 25. Bigge Park Creek; 26. Liverpool Pioneers Memorial Park • Conserve, enhance and promote local heritage; 27. Lighthorse Park • Public spaces that support economic growth; and 28. Liverpool Railway Station 29. Warwick Farm Railway Station • Support existing and future initiatives of Council and the NSW Government. N 0 100 m 200m 400m 600m Figure 1.5 Master Plan (Liverpool City Council) 4 LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE PUBLIC DOMAIN MASTER PLAN FACT SHEET LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE PUBLIC DOMAIN MASTER PLAN FACT SHEET 5 MASTER PLAN MASTER PLAN IMPROVED STREETS ACTIVATED LANEWAYS Overview Key themes and interventions Overview Key themes and interventions There are about 40 streets within the city centre, most • Creating healthier streets, as per The Healthy There are about 14 laneways within the city centre, with • Upgrade laneway infrastructure with a laneway- of which form the heritage-listed grid, a north-south Streets Approach™, 10 Healthy Street Indicators™. most located within the city core area. These laneways specific palette of hardscape and softscape and east-west grid of streets (i.e. similar to that of • Streets that provide equal priority for people, are an integral part of the overall road network within materials, to develop a distinctive laneway Melbourne). Streets are thoroughfares for pedestrians, cyclists, vehicles, and trees & other streetscape the city centre and provide essential back of house character and encourage pedestrian usage. This cyclists and motorists. However, they are more than infrastructure. functions for retail and commercial premises, including includes a unique paving style; laneway-specific just a means of mobility. Streets are a public stage • A 30km/hr vehicular traffic speed zone, supported access for service and delivery vehicles. The majority of catenary lighting, trees and vegetation; and where life unfolds from city parades; to markets; to by traffic calming measures, to achieve a safer and these laneways are designed for vehicles and are furniture, fixtures and fittings. public gatherings; to random encounters with friends, more pedestrian-friendly environment. currently underutilised by pedestrians, despite the fact • Work with private property owners to encourage neighbours and strangers. Streets offer opportunities