ATP CBA Redevelopment Approved with Changes by Planning Assessment Commission

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Summary
Fact Sheet Tuesday, 20 December 2016

NSW
Planning Assessment Commission Determination: Australian Technology Park (ATP),
Eveleigh (SSD 7317)
The NSW Planning
Assessment Commission has approved the Australian Technology Park (ATP) State
significant development application, subject to amendments to building design
as well as comprehensive conditions and management requirements. The project
involves a new commercial campus on vacant land at this important heritage
location. The project consists of:

  • three
    mixed use buildings to include commercial, retail, community office, child care
    and gym uses; and
  • associated
    public domain improvements.

No works
are proposed to any of the existing buildings within the ATP precinct,
including heritage buildings, which range from the State listed Eveleigh
Railway Workshops to associated machinery and tools.

The
Commission notes that A Plan for Growing Sydney (2014), as well as the draft
Central District Plan (2016) identify the ATP site as a business park. The
objectives of the plans are to attract jobs and activity to this location which
is within close proximity to the road and rail network. The Project will meet
these objectives by locating approximately 10,500 operational jobs on the site.
Retail uses, upgraded and new community facilities, a gym and child care
centres will also be provided in an improved public domain setting. The
historically industrial character of the locality will be reinforced, while
provision will be made for incubating and supporting new technologies and
growth sectors.

In making
its determination, the Commission has addressed key community and government agency
concerns regarding the bulk and height of buildings and their integration with
surrounding land uses and built form. To this end, the Commission required the
Applicant to redesign Building 1, reducing the height and modulating the
massing of the building where it adjoins the Alexandria Child Care Centre and
existing apartments. The form of this building has also been adapted to
minimise overshadowing of buildings on Henderson Road.

The
Commission has taken care to balance economic growth and development with
heritage on the site, and has included conditions recommended by the Heritage
Council of NSW as well as requiring ongoing consultation with local residents
and interest groups ranging from Aboriginal groups to current and past rail
workers. Community facilities on the site are to be improved, with community
access assured through management conditions. Ongoing consultation with
Transport for NSW has also been required to ensure effective travel demand
management.

COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT Level 3,
201 Elizabeth Street SYDNEY, NSW 2000 TELEPHONE
(02) 9383 2100 pac@pac.nsw.gov.au

Links to Key PAC documents can be found on
the PAC website. They Key links are

Determination

Supplementary
Information

 

Below is the Mirvac Media Release on the decision:

Mirvac
receives Development Approval for the Australian Technology Park transformation

Mirvac
Group (ASX:MGR) has secured Development Approval (DA) from the Planning and
Assessment Commission for the Australian Technology Park (ATP) at Redfern,
Sydney.

Set to
become a world-class technology and innovation hub that will bolster Sydney’s
standing as a truly global city, the new precinct will deliver a state of the
art work and lifestyle destination. The planning approval marks the start of
work at the precinct, with earthworks set to commence in January 2017.

As home to
10,000 Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) employees, the precinct will also
have generous public and shared spaces, a community building, parks and
sporting fields, and diverse retail for the community.

Simon
Healy, General Manager – Commercial Development at Mirvac, said the
revitalisation of ATP is the first critical piece of the Central to Eveleigh
corridor transformation and will be a catalyst for the surrounding
neighbourhoods, greater Sydney and Australia.

“We’re
excited to be progressing to the next stage of the ATP development for Sydney.
We have built a network of industry leading partners who have all been integral
to getting us to this point in the development process and we look forward to
collaborating closely with them as construction progresses.”

Mirvac
partnered with CBA to develop a vision for the transformation of the site,
working with Urban Growth, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment and
the Planning and Assessment Commission to facilitate community feedback on the
development application.

“Central to
our vision for the site is restoring its former status as Australia’s
technological powerhouse, through initiatives such as the $2.1million
innovation and technology incubator fund and co-working space. We have also
developed a Heritage Interpretation Strategy for the precinct, which celebrates
the rich historical significance of ATP and conserves the many artefacts on
site,” he said.

The next
phase of development will see construction work begin for CBA’s first workplace
building in January 2017. Mirvac have appointed a dedicated community liaison
officer and external consultant to manage the ongoing consultation and
communication with the public through all stages of the development.

Source: Mirvac Media Release 20 December 2016