4.1 Australian Technology
Park (ATP)
ATP is bounded by the railway corridor and Redfern Railway
Station to the north, Henderson
Road to the South, Garden and Cornwallis Streets
to the east, housing owned by the Department of Housing and RailCorp
operational facilities to the west.
Existing
characteristics
ATP has an area of approximately 13 hectares. It was
previously owned by the State Rail Authority and formed part of the Eveleigh
Railway Workshops established in the 1880’s for the assembly and maintenance of
steam locomotives.
ATP is focused on supporting the growth and
commercialisation of Australian technology businesses. Since its establishment
in 1994, ATP has become the premier scientific and technological research and
development facility in NSW, with more than 100 companies working in various
fields of technological innovation.
The site accommodates a number of significant heritage
buildings, most notably the Locomotive Workshop, which have been re-adapted to
house a community of researchers, entrepreneurs, incubator businesses, start-up
and mature technology companies and educational organisations.
The six storey Biomedical building is the main contemporary
building located on the site. The RWA commenced construction in early 2006 of a
new six storey research building on Garden
Street (Building D).
Open space and tennis courts are accommodated within the
site. The remainder of the site is undeveloped and primarily utilised for
temporary car parking.
Development of ATP has been guided by the ATP Eveleigh
Master Plan, which was last amended in June 2005. This master plan sets out a
clear vision and principles for development of the site, including preferred
uses, floor space ratio, public open space, heritage, car parking, transport
and access and public domain.
Existing land use
zone
ATP is predominantly zoned ‘Residential–Business’ under
Sydney Regional Environmental Plan (SREP) No. 26. A small portion of the site
is zoned ‘Public Recreation’ under SREP No. 26. SREP No. 26 requires the
adoption of a Master Plan for the site. The ATP Eveleigh Master Plan
supplements SREP No. 26 with detailed objectives and provisions for the
development of the site.
While residential development is permissible within the
Residential–Business Zone, the Master Plan requires ATP to be developed
principally for employment purposes. Temporary residential accommodation for
staff and visitors in the form of serviced apartments is the only form of potential
residential development envisaged for the site.
Proposed land use
concept
Promote a range of technology enterprises involved in
research, development, innovation and commercialisation, media as well as
supporting uses to reinforce ATP as a world class technology and business
centre. Restrict residential uses. Permit serviced apartments, hotel
accommodation, hostels, motels and other accommodation related or ancillary to
business or educational purposes.
Diagram 4.1 (pdf ~581kb) illustrates the proposed land use concept for the
site.
Proposed design
concept
The Plan reinforces the vision and objectives of the adopted
Master Plan for the continuing establishment of research and development
activities at ATP while recognising the value and relationship of the site to
the local community.
The current Master Plan allows for development of 166,650
square metres of floor space (gross floor area) at ATP, of which some 57,000
square metres has been developed. In response to growth in the technology and
innovation sectors and to ensure the role of ATP as a world class centre for
scientific and technological research, this Plan increases the total floor
space to around 200,000 square metres and potential employment to around 5,000
to 8,000 jobs.
Increasing the employment capacity of the site also
capitalises on its location adjacent to a major railway station node, which is
proposed to be upgraded.
A Development Control Plan will be prepared to replace the
current Master Plan.
The proposed heights and floor space ratio for the site are
illustrated on Diagram 4.2 (pdf ~639kb).
Open space provision at ATP to be in accordance with the
Open Space and Public Domain Strategy in Section 3.3.
Heritage items at ATP are identified in accordance with the
Heritage Strategy in Section 3.5.
Proposed land use
zoning
- Business
Zone – Business
Park - Recreation
Zone – Public Recreation