Item 8.7 - Attachment 2

Summary of individual submissions

 

 

Sub No

Site specific

Key Issues and comments raised

LEP and/ or  DCP based issue

1.

No

·    Expressed a need to ensure that adequate and affordable parking is provided to accompany new development

·    Suggested not selling the Macquarie Street carpark

 

LEP & DCP

 

 

2.

Yes – 12 Union Street

·    Support suggested reduction in site area (to 1800sqm) needed in order to achieve maximum FSR 

·    Expressed concern at the need to carry out design competitions due to high costs associated

·    Support greater residential floor space within the city to help support retail uses and general activity levels in the City   

    

LEP

 

LEP

 

LEP

3.

No

·    Expressed a need for sufficient parking to encourage visitation to the City

·    Suggested construction of a multi-storey public car park underneath Prince Alfred Park with light rail to better connect the northern portion of the City

LEP & DCP

4.

No

·    Expressed a concern for any modifications to controls which allow a greater level of development as high design quality does not automatically follow

·    The high rise/density aspirations of PCC & State Government are not necessarily consistent with desires of the local residents.

·    Suggest an extension of the commercial (B3) commercial core

·    Suggest relocation of parking stations to City fringe with free shuttle buses to the centre

·    Suggest construction of pedestrian tunnels to separate high volume traffic areas from pedestrians

 

LEP

 

 

 

LEP

5.

No

·    Supports measures to encourage site amalgamation in order to provide 2000sqm floor plates for commercial buildings

·    Supports measures to provide for a greater level of floor space to encourage development

·    Expressed support for optimising Parramatta’s key selling points (depth of skills, capital of western Sydney, genuine working city, natural river features)

LEP

 

LEP

6.

Yes – 95 & 97 Macquarie St

·    Expressed support for the suggested changes – incentives should be provided to encourage good design and make development more financially viable

·    Need to address severe congestion in Macquarie Street

·    Suggest further incentives be provided where development can be successfully integrated to Civic place goals.

LEP

 

 

LEP

7.

No

Encouraged plans and policies that give consideration to aesthetics, space, light, music, and spiritual needs of a city, and social inclusion that includes a mix of community and affordable housing and opportunities for leisure

 

8.

No

Identified a need to promote and better activate the Heritage Visitor Centre

 

9.

Yes – 66-68 Phillip Street

·    Request removal of any FSR control being tied to or limited by available site area

·    Development sites constrained by heritage and/or neighbouring ownership patterns (strata) should be able to achieve maximum identified FSR

·    Suggest provision of incentives for successful retention and management of sites containing Heritage items

·    Encourage provisions requiring demonstration of design excellence

LEP

10.

Yes – 286-290 Church Street

·    Encourage Council’s initiative for refinement of planning controls

·    Site testing has revealed that allowable FSR is consumed well before identified maximum building heights

·    Suggest a reduction to 1500sqm site area to achieve maximum FSR

·    On smaller sites the application of all identified DCP setbacks make for unworkable and unviable development

·    Support ongoing envelope testing

 

LEP

 

LEP

DCP

11.

Yes – 323 Church Street

·    Suggest area bounded by Church, Phillip, Marsden Streets & Parramatta River be zoned for mixed uses of entertainment, commercial & high density residential

·    Suggest Parramatta Wharf should be relocated closer to Church Street and Riverside theatre

LEP

12.

Yes – 12 Hassall Street (aka PCYC)

·    A detailed commercial and market analysis was submitted relevant to this site

·    The market assessment has been submitted as “commercial in confidence” and also includes a conceptual re-development plan incorporating residential uses

·    Concludes and requests that the site should be zoned B4 mixed use in order to be economically viable for redevelopment in the current market

LEP

13.

Yes – 5-7 Charles Street

·    Detailed design analysis was provided comparing previously approved developments on the site with current setback controls

·    Suggests that strict application of DCP controls result in an unworkable floor plate resulting in potential developments falling well short of maximums identified in the controls

DCP

14.

No

·    Support Council’s initiative in reviewing planning controls

·    Recent feasibility analysis have of sites suggest current planning regime does not provide for financially viable development

·    Suggest significant adjustment is required

·    Request greater level of engagement with specific property owners with respect to ascertaining and ensuring economically viable development is able to take place

·    Suggest development of transferable floor space benefits to provide for conservation incentives and redevelopment opportunities

·    Support the provision of development benefits (in floor space and height) for enhancement of the wider public domain

LEP

15.

Yes – Parramatta Park Trust

·    An outline of the significance of a large part of the park and Old Government House as one of eleven sites around Australia forming the UNESCO World Heritage Listing of Australian Convict Sites was provided

·    Need identified for careful management of significant views from this area

·    Concern expressed that any significant amendments to the planning instruments in terms of increased FSR, mass and scale of new buildings within the visual catchment of Old Government House and Domain may threaten viability of World Heritage Listing as authenticity and integrity is dependent upon its landscape  including views and setting.

LEP & DCP