Introduction Bankstown City Centre is the principal Strategic Centre of the Canterbury Bankstown LGA. The Greater Sydney Commission’s, South District Plan identifies Bankstown as a Collaboration Area for a highly productive, economically vibrant and liveable centre. It provides job capacity target for Bankstown strategic centre 17,000 to 25,000 jobs by 2036. Infrastructure commitments (and potential projects) are underway to realise a health and education precinct, including the Sydney South West Metro and Western Sydney University Campus and potential public hospital. The Greater Sydney Commission’s Collaboration Area Bankstown City Centre and Bankstown Airport Place Strategy (the Place Strategy) aims to guide the area’s transition from a suburban centre to a distinctive health, academic, research and training precinct by leveraging government and institutional investments and creating a place to innovate and test ideas. It reinforces the strategic objectives of the South District Plan in clustering health, knowledge and education uses in Bankstown, adopting a high performing ecologically sustainable city and creating well-designed built environment. The Local Strategic Planning Statement ‘Connective City 2036’ (LSPS) affirms Council’s commitment to delivering on the housing and upper jobs targets set out in the South District Plan. It also commits to supporting up to 25,000 students in the City Centre by 2036. Council’s Local Housing Strategy targets the delivery of an additional 12,500 dwellings in Bankstown by 2036. These dwellings will contribute to the City- wide target of 50,000 additional dwellings by 2036. The Bankstown City Centre Master Plan (the Master Plan), adopted by Council in September 2021, is a growth strategy which seeks to take advantage of the opportunities provided by significant investment in infrastructure and services within the Bankstown City Centre. The Master Plan sets a 20-year vision for Bankstown and translates this vision into placed-based principles and actions. The Master Plan provides an evidence based approach to support the growth and change within the Bankstown City Centre envisaged by the South District Plan, Bankstown Collaboration Area Place Strategy and Council’s LSPS. The Master Plan is underpinned by a long-term strategic vision. This vision has then been translated through a series of “spatial moves” and “intensification” approaches, which have been used to guide the 10 Directions, outlined in detail below. The Vision for the Bankstown City Centre is: • • •
“Bankstown City Centre is the beating heart of Canterbury Bankstown and a destination for Greater Sydney. Walkable streets are framed by beautiful parks and great architecture. The city embraces environmentally sustainable living. Anchored by a prominent university, health institutions and a world-class metro, Bankstown is a leading centre for innovative jobs, housing choice and green transport.
Planning Proposal – Bankstown City Centre March 2022
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