What we heard Vision to 2056 and Priorities Governance and implementation Infrastructure and funding The protection of the natural landscape including biodiversity and the Metropolitan Rural Area for food protection. The Liverpool Collaboration Area. The Penrith Collaboration including the Health and Education Precinct. Feedback requested: Better integration between West & South West Districts to deliver the emerging Western Parkland City. Clearer communication of the structure, boundaries and vision for each city. Some feedback opposed: Any growth in Greater Sydney, citing population growth as harming liveability, the environment and local character. Vision and priorities was one of the top 5 issues raised (27% of all issues in South West and 23% of all issues in West District) Feedback acknowledged: The need for Government coordination to efficiently deliver the scale of growth with high quality urban design whilst protecting and enhancing the natural landscape. Feedback called for: Greater clarity around governance arrangements for Western Sydney Airport. Priorities and actions which provide clarity and certainty for local planning, more definitive objectives, and performance criteria for councils and relevant agencies. Clear governance, delivery and implementation mechanisms to support the outcomes of the plan. Feedback questioned: How the Commission, councils, government agencies and the private sector will collaborate in practice. 17% of all issues raised in South West District were focused on implementation Feedback emphasised: The need for greater clarity on Western Sydney Airport supporting infrastructure, notably the need for a rail line running north-south from the airport. The need for jobs and social infrastructure to keep pace with growth. Feedback requested: Greater detail on how this infrastructure will be coordinated with land use planning. Clarity on how population growth will be supported by open space as well as social, education and health infrastructure. Feedback questioned: The alignment between the Commission s priorities and the infrastructure and funding delivered by other agencies.
How we responded A city supported by infrastructure PLANNING PRIORITY: Planning for a city supported by infrastructure Infrastructure supporting new developments Greater Sydney Region Plan A collaborative city Working together to grow a Greater Sydney PLANNING PRIORITY: Working through collaboration 40 year vision 20 year plan 20 year plan 10+ year plan Greater Sydney Economic, social and environmental context District Economic, social and environmental context Council area Economic, social and environmental context COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Infrastructure & collaboration Community Strategic Strategic Plan Plan (LG Act 1993) Liveability Productivity District Plan Planning Priorities and Actions Community Planning Strategies and Policies Sustainability Implementation (EP&A Act 1979) (EP&A Act 1979) Local Environmental Plans (EP&A Act 1979)
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What we heard Jobs and productivity Transport and connectivity Centres Opportunities to leverage the development of Western Sydney Airport and Badgerys Creek Aerotropolis to create additional jobs. The creation of economic development strategies for the three cities, particularly the Western Parkland City to support the emerging Aerotropolis. Feedback called for: The need for an increase in job diversity and the protection of employment lands to ensure residents can live and work within the District. Feedback called for : Better transport connectivity running north-south and east-west, particularly to reduce commuting times for residents in West District. Feedback suggested: A rail line running north-south through the Western Sydney Airport, Badgerys Creek Aerotropolis and the Outer Sydney Orbital. That better transport connectivity would decrease current levels of locational disadvantage. The concept of a 30 minute city but raised the need for clear definitions for which services were incorporated in the 30 minute city. Feedback requested: Greater focus on the Macarthur Region, including a new Macarthur City supported by better transport connections. Feedback encouraged: Better protection of existing industrial land uses in the District. Clarification on the role, status and function of centres, including the creation of structure plans and a centres hierarchy. Innovation, smarter jobs, and smarter ways to work, with business located in centres across Greater Sydney. The concentration of economic activity in centres with requests for flexibility where appropriate and an adaptive centres policy to allow for growth and change. 18% of top issues raised in West District focused on Employment and Urban Service Lands 19% of top issues raised in West District and 16.5% in South West District focused on Western Sydney Airport 24% of top issues raised in West District and 23% in South West District focused on Transport Planning
How we responded A well connected city Developing a more accessible and walkable city PLANNING PRIORITY W7: Establishing the land use and transport structure to deliver a liveable, productive and sustainable Western Parkland City Jobs and skills for the city PLANNING PRIORITY W8: Leveraging industry opportunities from the Western Sydney Airport and Badgerys Creek Aerotropolis Creating the conditions for a stronger economy PLANNING PRIORITY W9: Growing and strengthening the metropolitan city cluster PLANNING PRIORITY W10: Maximising freight and logistics opportunities and planning and managing industrial and urban services land PLANNING PRIORITY W11: Growing investment, business opportunities and jobs in strategic centres
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What we heard Liveability Housing Feedback emphasised: The importance of healthy urban environments as density increases, with better open space, sports facilities and walking and cycling paths. Feedback raised the importance of: Planning for liveable and healthy places. Healthy urban environments as density increases. Alignment between different government policies to manage growth. Feedback raised concerns: About the impact of the Western Sydney Airport and Badgerys Creek Aerotropolis on residential amenity. Feedback raised the importance of: Infrastructure provision to support growth. Feedback raised concerns about: Housing affordability and the Affordable Rental Housing Targets. Feedback recognised: The need to balance growth with maintaining the local character of neighbourhoods. The need for more affordable housing, although there were varying views on appropriate mechanisms including greater supply, inclusionary zoning and broader policy reform. Feedback called for : Stronger protection of residential character and heritage including in the Hawkesbury and the Blue Mountains, and requested clarification of the link between Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area and the Green Grid.
How we responded A city for people Celebrating diversity and putting people at the heart of planning PLANNING PRIORITY W3: Providing services and social infrastructure to meet people s changing needs PLANNING PRIORITY W4: Fostering healthy, creative, culturally rich and socially connected communities Housing the city Giving people housing choices PLANNING PRIORITY W5: Providing housing supply, choice and affordability with access to jobs and services A city of great places Designing places for people PLANNING PRIORITY W6: Creating and renewing great places and local centres, and respecting the District s heritage
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What we heard Open space and the green grid Natural environment and rural lands Efficiency and resilience Better active transport networks including cycleways. A regional strategy for South Creek as a landscape framework for delivering the Western Parkland City while mitigating the urban heat island effect. The Green Grid as a way to provide connected open space and areas of biodiversity. Feedback called for: The need to protect existing open spaces and provide more green spaces and more connected open space corridors as Greater Sydney grows and densities increase. 16.5% of top issues raised in South West District and 16% in West District focused on open space Sustainability actions which aim to protect the natural landscape including biodiversity, the Metropolitan Rural Area and the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. The protection and expansion of existing open space areas, and the urban tree canopy. Actions to limit the impact of future development on the natural environment. Feedback raised concerns about: The impact the Western Sydney Airport and the Badgerys creek Aerotropolis will have on the natural environment. Feedback stressed: The need to adapt to the impacts of climate change and move towards a future with lower greenhouse gas emissions and less pollution. Feedback raised concerns about: The resilience of the District and the impacts of flooding in the Nepean River Catchment, including the need for more flood-free crossings across the Hawkesbury Nepean River. Greater Sydney becoming more efficient, with local generation of renewable energy, precinct scale energy and water infrastructure and more use of recycled water. Feedback called for: Greater detail about climate change and how Greater Sydney will contribute to the aspirational long-term objective for NSW to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Feedback emphasised: The need for Greater Sydney to be more resource efficient and designed for greater resilience.
How we responded A city in its landscape Valuing green spaces and landscape PLANNING PRIORITY W12: Protecting and improving the health and enjoyment of the District s waterways PLANNING PRIORITY W13: Creating a Parkland City urban structure and identity, with South Creek as a defining spatial element PLANNING PRIORITY W14: Protecting and enhancing bushland and biodiversity PLANNING PRIORITY W15: Increasing urban tree canopy cover and delivering Green Grid connections PLANNING PRIORITY W16: Protecting and enhancing scenic and cultural landscapes PLANNING PRIORITY W17: Better managing rural areas PLANNING PRIORITY W18: Delivering high quality open space PLANNING PRIORITY W19: An efficient city Using resources wisely Reducing carbon emissions and managing energy, water and waste efficiently A resilient city Adapting to a changing world PLANNING PRIORITY W20: Adapting to the impacts of urban and natural hazards and climate change
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