City of Sydney and Urban Growth NSW – MOU and CoS Submission Responses
Click the Links for the original PDF’s below:
- City of Sydney and Urban Growth (Memorandum of Understanding) July 2014 (1.4mb)
- Memorandum of Understanding between City of Sydney and Urban Growth NSW on Central to Eveleigh.
- City of Sydney submission to Urban Growth – Central to Eveleigh – Vision Principles – July 2015 (7.4 MB)
- In response to UGNSW “Central to Eveleigh Transformation Strategy for the Central to Eveleigh corridor”.
- City of Sydney submission to Urban Growth – North Eveleigh Precinct – Dec 2015 (1.6 MB)
- In response to UGNSW “consultation on the North Eveleigh precinct within the Central to Eveleigh Urban Transformation Project area.”
City of Sydney – North Eveleigh Precinct Response – Submission Notes:
- Overall Plan
- The Revised 2008 plan does not allow for a practical pedestrian crossing of the railway.
- Overall increase in Building Footprints which has compromised the shape to the new park reducing its size and functionality.
- The buildings are set out in an arrangement that leads to large building forms, with the effect that there will be considerable overlooking between the apartments and achieveing visual and acoustic privacy will be challenging.
- Placing park and residential uses next to each other can cause conflict between the two, leading to restrictions being placed on the park.
- The use of the buildings seem to be generally restricted to residential with the only other uses being confined to the Clothing Store. The adjacent areas of Newtown and Darlington have employment interspersed with the predominant residential use, the number of workers are approximately one third the number of residents. This produces a lively neighbourhood, a better place to live, reduces congestion, increases walking and bicycle use, and builds community. A mix of retail and small commercial uses, (not simply a small supermarket and café) would provide more choice, competition and vitality to the area. These could be located at the ground level of the proposed buildings on the private lots. These uses will also attract nearby residents, providing for improved social integration.
- The proposed density is similar to only a few of the densest existing areas of the City of Sydney.
- The large floor plates for the buildings and their ‘slab’ arrangement could produce a monotonous and overbearing built form; and, limiting uses to residential only restricts the future vitality of the area.
- The relative high density, prominent visibility and harsh site conditions of the southern lots will require better design.
- Possible loss of Stair Connection at Wilson st and Golden Grove.
- The Park
- The new park has a compromised shape and is in a compromised location due to its layout as a resultant of the shape of the private lots. As a result it will be of lower value to the community. The park should be improved by ensuring that as far as possible, it has publicly-accessible defining streets or paths along the boundary and it has a more regular and usable shape.
- The irregular shape of the park has effectively created three smaller parks, resulting in a less effective use of the area available
- The park proposal may have too many elements,whichcould compromise the quality of each of those elements
- The Clothing Store
- In its entirety, the Clothing Store would be well-suited for community uses that serves both the new residents and the existing surrounding community. Studio spaces, shared work spaces and community-focused creative spaces could be combined with community facilities to make the Clothing Store a lively and essential part of the existing and new community. There would be the potential for uses to reinforce and support the public nature of the proposed new park.