A Plan For Growing Sydney

Written by Ben Ross - Talking Auckland

New South Wales Releases its own (Sydney) Plan

 

After Sydney left Auckland for dead with a Transit Orientated Development that effectively paid for itself (https://voakl.net/2014/11/28/sydney-leaves-auckland-for-dead/) it seems New South Wales just left Auckland and Wellington (Central Government) dead with the introduction of ‘A Plan for Growing Sydney’ or ‘The Plan’ for short.

An Introductory Look at The Sydney Plan

 

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The Highlights to The (Sydney) Plan

THE HIGHLIGHTS

COMMUNITIES

Sydney will be a city of strong, healthy and connected communities

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HOUSING

Sydney will offer its citizens homes that meet changing needs and lifestyles

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ECONOMY

As a dual CBD city, Sydney will deliver more jobs closer to homes with a world-class services and a strong economy

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ENVIRONMENT

Sydney’s spectacular natural environment will be preserved and celebrated

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DELIVERING THE PLAN

Introducing the Greater Sydney Commission

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Source: http://www.strategy.planning.nsw.gov.au/sydney/the-highlights/ 

 

The Map

Source: http://www.strategy.planning.nsw.gov.au/sydney/your-area/
Source: http://www.strategy.planning.nsw.gov.au/sydney/your-area/

And yes Sydney unlike Auckland is planning to run two official City Centres or CBDs (Central Business Districts):

GREATER PARRAMATTA
Greater Parramatta has the potential to reach 100,000 jobs over the next 20 years.

The Government will work with Parramatta City Council to build an expanded Greater Parramatta by incorporating Westmead, Parramatta North, Rydalmere and Camellia.

Greater Parramatta is identified as a Strategic Centre in the Plan. Priorities of this strategic centre are to work with local council to:

  • recognise and plan Greater Parramatta as a transformational place;
  • plan Greater Parramatta as Sydney’s second CBD and Western Sydney’s number one location for employment and health and education services, supported by a vibrant mixture of land uses and cultural activity, with the Parramatta River foreshore as a focus for recreational activities;
  • provide capacity for long-term employment growth in Greater Parramatta, particularly in its CBD;
  • provide capacity for additional mixed-use development in Parramatta CBD and surrounding precincts including offices and retail in Parramatta CBD, health services in Westmead, an education hub around the new University of Western Sydney Campus, a technology and education precinct in Rydalmere, arts and culture in Parramatta, a sports precinct around Parramatta Stadium and housing in all precincts;
  • improve transport connections between Greater Parramatta and other Western Sydney centres and precincts, commencing with Macquarie Park via Carlingford, Castle Hill via Old Northern Road, Bankstown and Sydney Olympic Park;
  • enhance the role of the Parramatta Transport Interchange as the major bus/rail and future light rail interchange of Western Sydney; and
  • improve walking and cycling connections between the Parramatta CBD, the Greater Parramatta precincts, Parramatta River and their surrounding area.

Read more in A Plan for Growing Sydney.

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Source by clicking Parramatta: http://www.strategy.planning.nsw.gov.au/sydney/your-area/

 

The full Sydney Plan

 

More on the plan over the next wee while and well into 2015 as the material from the New South Wales Planning Ministry (hint New Zealand) gives some pretty solid evidence for my Unitary Plan case for Manukau City Centre to be upzoned in the Unitary Plan.

 

My Own Reference Material in Regards to Auckland as Comparison

 

Unitary Plan Feedback – May 2013

 

Unitary Plan Submission – 2014