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Urban DesignJohn Davies, City of Sydney
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• Community concerns
– Height and bulk of buildings
– Overshadowing
– Relationship to existing character of Erskineville and Alexandria
– City views from Sydney Park
– Lack of infrastructure
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• Revisit masterplan
– Appropriate building heights
– Meet building standards
– Staging of development
– Economic viability
– Meet Sustainable Sydney 2030 and Metro targets
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• Factors assessed
– Comparison with other typologies
– Separation between buildings
– Solar access
– Visual and acoustic privacy
– Communal open space
– Context
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• Conclusions
– Variety of building type
– Variety of heights
– Need for a open space
– Mix of uses with provide local shops
– Human scale buildings
– Landscape setbacks
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Urban design principles
• Public domain
– Strong landscaped character
– Centralised public park
– Stormwater filtration
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Urban design principles
• Built form
– Respond to heights of surrounding buildings
– Create human scale streets with street wall heights
– No towers
– Taller buildings surrounding park
– Transition of heights –lower at edges
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Urban design Principles
• Uses
– Village centre around McPherson Park
– Local shops and potential childcare
– Opportunities for range of dwelling type
– Walk-to supermarket
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• Recommendations
– Mix of heights and building types
– Street wall heights
– Max building heights of 8 storeys only in certain locations
– Heights must be lower closer conservation areas
– Floor Space Ratio of 1:1 –1.75:1
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• Community drop in session 23 March 2013 – Erskineville Town Hall
• Report to Council and CSPC in May
• If approved, public exhibition of planning controls
• Assessment of submissions and report back to Council and CSPC
• Adoption of DCP
• Goodman sites added to Sydney LEP 2012
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