Cover
Photo: Roof of Carriage Workshop
during renovation for Contemporary Performing Arts facility (front and rear
cover)
Artist’s Impression: View from Civic
Space looking east to Redfern
Street (inside front
cover)
Artist’s Impression: View looking
west to Civic
Square and entrance to Redfern (inside rear cover)
Railway Station 3
Cover (pdf ~581kb)
Contents
Table of contents (pdf ~40kb)
Redfern-Waterloo:
On the threshold of revitalisation 2
Artist’s Impression: View looking
west to Civic
Square and entrance to Redfern Railway Station
3
1. Introduction
4
1.1 The Redfern-Waterloo Plan
4
1.2 Purpose of the Stage One draft
Built Environment Plan 4
1.3 Area Covered by the draft Plan
4
- Diagram 1.1 RWA
operational area and RWA strategic sites 5
1.4 Implementation of draft Plan
6
1.5 Structure of draft Plan
6
1.6 How You Can Comment on the draft
Plan and SEPP 6
Section 1 Introduction (pdf
~2.5mb)
2. The
Redfern-Waterloo Area 10
2.1 Strategic Location
10
- Diagram 2.1 Strategic
location of Redfern-Waterloo 10 - Diagram 2.2 Proximity
to Sydney CBD and other facilities 11
2.2 Metropolitan Strategy Planning
Objectives 12
2.3 History and Heritage
12
2.4 Community
13
2.5 Built Environment and Public
Domain 13
2.6 Transport and Access
14
Public Transport – Roads –
Cycling
2.7 Land Use and Built Form
15
2.8 Natural Features
16
Topography – Views –
Public Domain and Open Space
2.9 Utility Services
16
Section 2 Redfern-Waterloo area (pdf
~1.7mb)
3. Strategies for
Revitalising Redfern-Waterloo 20
3.1 Sustainable Outcomes
20
3.2 Strategies
20
- Table 3.1 Potential
development yield 20
3.2.1
Land Use
Strategy 20
–
Zoning and
flexibility of land uses 20
- Diagram 3.1 Land use
strategy for RWA strategic sites 21
–
Facilitate
economic and employment growth 22
–
Facilitate the
creation of a town centre and improved linkages
22
–
Facilitate
housing provision, choice and affordability 22
- Diagram 3.2 Land use
zones for RWA strategic sites 23
–
Facilitate
community and cultural development24
3.2.2 Urban Design Strategy
24
–
Design concept 24
–
General urban
design principles
- Diagram 3.3 Heights for
RWA strategic sites 25 - Diagram 3.4 Floor space
ratio for RWA strategic sites 27
3.2.3 Public Domain Strategy
26
3.2.4 Infrastructure Strategy
26
3.2.5 Heritage Strategy
26
–
Conserve and
protect heritage items where appropriate 26
–
Encourage the
adaptive reuse of heritage items within new development
26
3.2.6 Transport Strategy 26
Public Transport
26
–
Redevelopment of
Redfern Railway Station 26
–
Management of
traffic generated from new development 28
–
Improved
connections to bus services 28
Roads
28
–
Improved traffic
operations on Regent and Gibbons Streets 28
–
Improved
connections between ATP and North Eveleigh
28
Cycling
28
–
Encourage safe
and easy cycling in the area 28
3.2.7 Utility Services
29
Section 3 Strategies (pdf ~2.7mb)
4. Land Use and
Design Concepts for RWA Strategic Sites 4.1 to 4.4 32
- Table 4.1 Existing and
proposed land use zones, heights and floor space ratios for RWA strategic sites
33
[Each section of
the plan for the 8 Land Use Areas also covers details of Existing
characteristics; Existing land use zone; Proposed land use concept; Proposed
design concept; Proposed land use zoning].
4.1 Australian Technology Park (ATP)
34
- Diagram 4.1 ATP land
use 36 - Diagram 4.2 ATP height
and floor space ratio 37
4.2 North
Eveleigh 38
- Diagram 4.3 North Eveleigh land use 40
- Diagram 4.4 North Eveleigh height and floor space ratio
41
4.3 South
Eveleigh 42
- Diagram 4.5 South Eveleigh land use 44
- Diagram 4.6 South Eveleigh height and floor space ratio
45
4.4 Eveleigh
Street
46
- Diagram 4.7 Eveleigh Street
land use 48 - Diagram 4.8 Eveleigh Street
height and floor space ratio 49
Section 4 1 – 4.4 Land Use and Design concepts (pdf
~2.6mb)
4. Land Use and
Design Concepts for RWA Strategic Sites 4.5 to 4.8 32
4.5 Redfern Railway Station, Gibbons and Regent
Streets 50
- Diagram 4.9 Redfern
Railway Station, Gibbons and Regent Streets land use 52 - Diagram 4.10 Redfern
Railway Station, Gibbons and Regent Streets height and floor space ratio
53
4.6 Former Rachel Forster Hospital
54
- Diagram 4.11 Former Rachel Forster Hospital land use
56 - Diagram 4.12 Former Rachel Forster Hospital height and floor space ratio
57
4.7 Former Local
Court
House and Redfern Police Station 58
- Diagram 4.13 Former Local
Court House and Redfern Police Station land use
60 - Diagram 4.14 Former Local
Court House and Redfern Police Station height and
floor space ratio 61
4.8 Former Redfern Public
School 62
- Diagram 4.15 Former Redfern Public
School land use 64 - Diagram 4.16 Former Redfern Public
School height and floor space ratio
65
Section 4 4.5 – 4.8 Land Use and Design concepts continued
(pdf ~1.8mb)
5. Future Key
Tasks 68
- Finalise draft
Development Control Plan - Finalise draft
Development Control Plan for the ATP - Finalise draft
Development Contributions Plan for Public Amenities and
Services - Finalise draft
Affordable Housing Contributions Plan - Finalise draft Public
Domain Improvement Plan - Establish Project
Coordination Group with RailCorp. - Establish Stakeholder
Partnership on Traffic Issues and Transport Management
Plan
6. Proposed Stage
Two of the Built Environment Plan 69
- revitalise public
housing stock - improve the associated
public domain - reduce concentration of
public housing - increase the local
population to establish a more sustainable social mix - facilitate the
provision of affordable housing, including a shared equity model of home
ownership.
Appendix 1 Community Profile
70
- Population
- Employment
- Income
- Housing
Tenure - Housing
Type
Section 5 & 6 future Tasks (pdf
~1.5mb)
As the complete plan has many colour
coded maps and diagrams it would be best to have a copy of the complete Plan
sent to you. You can request a copy by providing a full mailing address for
delivery of the document to the RWA by emailing redfernwaterloo@rwa.nsw.gov.au
.