DoP Draft Sydney City Subregional Strategy Released – comment closes 5 September 2008

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The Sydney City
subregion includes Central Sydney, the core
component of Global Sydney, and a focus for the metropolitan region as a whole.
Planning for Central Sydney considers the
centre in the context of a broad range of business, recreation and other
activities developing in five major precincts:

  • The Sydney Central Business
    District (CBD) Precinct – housing sophisticated finance, legal business
    activity, as well as key tourism and cultural infrastructure;
  • Pyrmont-Ultimo Precinct –
    an information technology, communications and media precinct; 
  • Sydney Education and Health
    Precinct – located to the south and west of the CBD – a major area for
    education, medical and other research and technology-based jobs.
  • City East Precinct –
    containing a diverse array of business and research activities.
  • Redfern Centre Precinct –
    centred on Redfern Station, and including the Australian
    Technology Park
    and the North Eveleigh area.

There are a number of statutory organisations that control aspects of this
area other than the City of Sydney Council,
including the Redfern-Waterloo Authority, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore
Authority, and Sydney
Ports.

The NSW Government is placing the draft Sydney
city Subregional Strategy on exhibition for public comment. When
finalised, the Subregional Strategy will guide land-use planning until 2031 in
the City of Sydney
local government area.

Key directions include:

  • Reinforce global competitiveness and strengthen links to the regional economy
  • Plan for sustainable development of major urban renewal
    projects
  • Ensure adequate capacity for new office and hotel developments
  • Plan for housing choice
  • Develop an improved and increasingly integrated transport
    system that meets the subregion’s multiple transport needs
  • Improve the quality of the built and natural environment
    and aim to decrease the subregion’s ecological footprint
  • Enhance the subregion’s prominence as a diverse global cultural centre



A brochure about the Strategy can be downloaded here.

All the Strategy’s chapters can be downloaded below:

Introduction Part 1 (1.68MB)

Introduction
Part 2 (3.30MB)
Economy and Employment (1.19MB)
Centres
and Corridors (3.89MB)
Housing (0.83MB)
Transport
(1.18MB)
Environment, Heritage
and Resources (1.16MB)
Parks, Public Places and Culture (0.89MB)
Implementation
and Governance (0.43MB)
Appendices (1.52MB)

The draft Subregional Strategy will
be available to view in hard-copy from Thursday, 3 July to
Friday, 5 September, 2008 at: City of Sydney
Council or NSW Department of Planning, 23-33
Bridge St, Sydney.

Talk to a Planner – Wednesday, 23
July 2008 between 3.00 PM and 7.00 PM. You can also talk to a NSW Government planner about the draft Subregional
Strategy at Department of Planning’s Information Centre, 23-33 Bridge street, Sydney on Wednesday,
23 July 2008 between 3.00 PM and 7.00 PM

Submissions are due
by Friday, 5 September 2008. Submissions can be:

Source: Draft Sydney City Subregional
Strategy.