RWA Draft Built Environment Plan – Expanded Contents

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
.