BUILT ENVIRONMENT PLAN – REPORT ON AMENDMENTS AND SUBMISSIONS

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The draft Plan did not include podiums along Gibbons and Marian
Street. To assist in minimising existing adverse wind conditions and provide a
more appropriate urban scale at street level a 5 storey podium has been
introduced along Gibbons Street and Marian Street.

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The maximum height limit in the area
north of civic square has been reduced from 7 storeys
to 3 storeys. This will improve amenity and sunlight access to the Civic
Square.

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The 18 storeys towers have been
centred within the blocks and setback behind podiums on all street frontages to
minimise existing adverse wind conditions for pedestrians.

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The 2 storey podium proposed in the
draft Plan along Lawson Square has been increased to 5
storeys.

North Eveleigh

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To ensure adequate provision of publicly accessible open space with
the future development of North Eveleigh, the revised Open Space and Public
Domain Strategy included in Section 3.3 of the BEP identifies the indicative
location of the open space. The areas identified include:

Part of the Fan of Tracks (located to the east of the Paint Shop
Building)

Traverser No. 1 (located
on the eastern side of the Carriage Works/ Performing Arts building).

Little
Eveleigh Street Park (located to the east and south east of the CME building).

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The floor space ratio for the central
precinct has been reduced from 2:1 to 1:1. A floor
space ratio of 2:1 has been maintained for the eastern and western precinct.

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The 4 storey height limit along that part of Wilson Street comprised
of the Blacksmiths Shop has been replaced
with the existing building height of the Blacksmith’s Shop, which has been
identified as a heritage item in the revised Heritage Strategy included
in Section 3.5 of the BEP.

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The 4 storey height limit within the western part of the site has
been setback approximately 7 metres from Iverys Lane. This setback provides a
transition of scale between future development and the existing dwellings
backing onto Iverys Lane. The setback will also minimise overshadowing of the
private open space of these dwellings. The
setback also maintains Railcorp access to the rail corridor.

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A 5 storey podium height has been introduced to the south of the
Chief Mechanical Engineers Office to provide a more sensitive interface with
the Chief Mechanical Engineers building which has been listed as a heritage
item.

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Various buildings and structures
within North Eveleigh have been identified as heritage items in the revised
Heritage Strategy included Section 3.5 of the BEP and
detailed below in Heritage Considerations.

Eveleigh Street Precinct and the Block

The
following amendments deliver a significant increase in non residential and
residential development potential, encourage employment generating activities
and uses and
support the objectives of a Business Zone-Mixed Use:

The land
zoned ‘Local Recreation’ under South Sydney LEP adjacent to the Railway line has been rezoned to Business
Zone-Mixed Use. The maximum floor space ratio has been set at 2:1 with a
maximum residential floor space ratio of 1:1. A 5 storey height limit has been
introduced for this land (Site F).

The maximum height limit
on land adjacent to the railway line immediately north of the existing open space has been increased from 4 storeys to 5
storeys. The maximum floor space ratio has been increased from 1.5:1 to 2:1. The maximum residential floor space ratio has been
increased from 0.5:1 to1:1 (Site F).

The maximum residential
floor space ratio for land including the ‘Block’ has been increased from 0.5:1
to .75:1 (Site D).

South Eveleigh

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The floor space ratio in South
Eveleigh has been reduced from 2.5:1 to 2:1 to be
consistent with the densities and character of the
Australian Technology Park.

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The existing floor space ratio has
been adopted for the residential development currently
located within South Eveleigh.

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The Large Erecting Shed has been
identified as a heritage item in the revised Heritage Strategy included in
Section 3.5 of the BEP, and detailed below in Heritage Considerations.

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Public open space within South Eveleigh
has been identified in the revised Open Space and Public Domain Strategy and
accompanying map included in Section 3.3 of the BEP.

Former Rachel Forster Hospital

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The 5 storeys maximum height limit proposed in the draft BEP
has been increased to 6 storeys and the FSR has been increased from 1.5:1 to
2:1.

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To ensure the provision of adequate publicly accessible open
space with the future development of the former Hospital site, the revised Open
Space and Public Domain Strategy included in Section 3.3 of the BEP identifies
the indicative location of public open space within the site along the Pitt
Street frontage.

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Relevant elements of former Rachel
Foster Hospital buildings have been identified as a
heritage item in the revised Heritage Strategy contained in Section 3.5 of the
BEP, and detailed below in Heritage Considerations.

Former Redfern Public School

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The zoning of the playing fields within the former Redfern Public
School has been changed from Community Uses to Private Recreation. The
Indigenous Land Corporation, as the owners
of the site, have indicated that managed public access to the playing
fields will be available. The open space is identified in the revised Open
Space and Public Domain Strategy included in Section 3.3 of the BEP. The
balance of the site will be zoned Special Purpose -Community Uses as proposed
in the draft BEP.

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As the playing fields of the former Redfern Public School have been
zoned Private Recreation the height and floor space ratio controls have been
removed from this part of the site in the final BEP.

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Relevant elements of former School buildings have been identified as
heritage items in the revised Heritage Strategy included Section 3.5 of the
BEP, and outlined below in Heritage Considerations.

Salvation Army

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The Salvation Army site, which directly adjoins the southern
boundary of the former Redfern Public, was proposed to be zoned Special Purpose
– Community under the draft BEP. As the site does not form part of the former
school site, it has been zoned Mixed Use to allow a range of uses, that are
compatible with the community and recreational uses carried out on the former
School site. This will be reinforced in development control plans to be
prepared in the future.

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Due to the size, irregular shape and location of the
Salvation Army site the proposed maximum height has been reduced from 7 storeys
to 4 storeys.

Transport, Vehicle, Pedestrian and
Cycle links

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To overcome the physical disconnection created by the railway
corridor and to improve accessibility within Redfern-Waterloo, two pedestrian
and cycle links are identified in the final BEP.

– A
pedestrian/cycle link between the railway station and eastern end of North
Eveleigh which is being considered as part of the overall concept design study for the station upgrade. The RWA is part
funding the design study with Railcorp.

– A pedestrian/cycle link
between Australian Technology Park and North Eveleigh. RWA has approved $6
million budget for this link and design work has commenced.

n    The potential for a
tunnel connecting North and South Eveleigh will not be pursued at this stage
however the desirability of linking these two sites for vehicles remains an
objective for enhancing the research/innovation Zone from the University of
Sydney to the Australian Technology Park.

n    The Authority has engaged
a traffic and transport consultant to provide preliminary technical advice on
the provision of transport to the area as well as proposing strategies to
manage new development on the strategic sites. Key transport initiatives
include:

–         the
upgrade of the Redfern Railway Station

–         increased densities within proximity to
the Station and bus interchange

–        a mode target
of 60% for non car use journey to work trips in general with a 70 per cent non
car use journey to work trips close to Redfern Railway Station

–        a car parking
policy for RWA sites to be incorporated into a Development Control Plan

–        partnerships
with the RTA, Ministry of Transport, City of Sydney, Railcorp and the Chamber
of Commerce to address regional and local traffic issues.

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Intersection analysis on key intersections indicated a good
and acceptable level of service could be achieved post development for all
intersections. Three intersections may require modification of traffic light
cycle times and minor changes.

Heritage Considerations

The Heritage Strategy has been
amended to include the following list of heritage items with an accompanying map. The
list includes heritage items currently identified in the South Sydney Local
Environmental Plan 1998 and Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No. 26, as well
as additional items.

A statement has been included in the BEP
to indicate that in cases where the proposed maximum height on a site exceeds
the height of an existing listed heritage item, the achievement of the
additional height is contingent on detailed heritage studies and satisfaction
of Clause 5 of the SEPP.

Open Space

To ensure the provision of publicly accessible open space on RWA
sites the Open Space and Public Domain Strategy included in Section 3.3 of the
BEP has been revised. The Strategy is accompanied by a diagram which identifies
the indicative location of public accessible open space within RWA sites. The
diagram illustrates existing open space at Australian Technology Park, South
Eveleigh and Eveleigh Street. The diagram also illustrates the indicative
location of future publicly accessible open space at North Eveleigh, Gibbons
Street (Marian Park and the Civic Square) the Former Rachel Forster Hospital
and Former Redfern Public School.

RWA commissioned a landscape architect to undertake a preliminary
analysis of possible open space treatments,
which has been included the Open Space and Public Domain Strategy in the
BEP A Public Domain Improvement Strategy will be prepared in the future which
will form the basis of a Public Domain Contributions Plan and more detailed
open space and public domain plans to guide future development.

Sustainability Principles

The Plan has been amended to include further information on how
sustainability principles will be met in the development of RWA strategic
sites.

Affordable Housing

The Affordable Housing Programme is currently being developed and
will be supported by contributions raised through developer levies. Funds
collected will be used in a number of relevant ways including the following:

·  purchase of established
dwellings

·  purchase of newly
constructed dwellings

·  construction of new
dwellings

·  joint venture or other
partnerships/financial arrangements that may promote provision of affordable
housing in the RWA’s operational area.

Infrastructure

The Plan has been amended to include a more detailed assessment of
infrastructure requirements and capacity of agencies to meet demands generated.
Further work is being undertaken with
providers to determine final requirements for each development site.

Education/Community Use

The Redfern
Waterloo Authority has been instrumental in facilitating the purchase of the
former Redfern Public School by the Indigenous Land Corporation which is to be
developed as a National Indigenous Development Centre.

The Authority has also
been instrumental in facilitating the proposed transformation of the former
Redfern Courthouse and Police Station into a major new community health
facility.