Springwood Master Plan by Logan City Council

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table of contents Page Number

01 Springwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future

02 Regional context

03 Study area

04 Vision

05 Project drivers

06 Regional growth data

07 Consultation

08 Proposed Springwood Masterplan

09 Proposed Masterplan precincts

10 Land use

11 Enterprise economy

12 Access to support growth and the community

13 City Identity

14 Living

15 Belonging

16 Preserve

17 Deliver

18 Action plan

List of Figures Page Number 5

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Transit Network Plan

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TOD Performance Model

South East Queensland Regional Plan

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Sustainable Travel Plan

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Masterplan Study Area

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Sustainable Travel Plan detail

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Population Characteristics

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Road Investment Plan

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Project Drivers

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Road Investment Plan detail

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Project PAC growth

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Marlane Street road cross section

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Proposed Springwood Masterplan

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Murrojong Street road cross section

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Cinderella Drive Boulevard looking northwards

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Cinderella Drive road cross section

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Regional Environmental connection

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Carpark development plan

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Slacks Creek looking northwards

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City Identity Plan

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Building Heights Plan

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Residential Growth 2031

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Proposed Masterplan Precincts Plan

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Residential Areas Precinct description

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Moss Street Elevation

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Springwood Theatre & Art Gallery

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Precinct 7B

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Springwood community heart looking southwards

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Precinct 10B

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Community facilities plan

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Precinct Provisions

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Community facilities plan detail

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2016 Phasing Plan

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Existing and New Parks Plan

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Commercial development take-up %2016

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Urban Design plan

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Commercial development take-up %2031

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Indicative Infrastructure Projects

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2031 Phasing Plan

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Implementation Plan

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Pacific Motorway Looking South to Springwood core

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springwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future

Logan City is situated along one of the most important economic corridors in Australia. From the Sunshine Coast to Coolangatta, a powerhouse of commerce and service industry sector development will continue to grow in support of the Brisbane CBD, the Port of Brisbane and the Brisbane Airport. Springwood is uniquely located 18 kilometres south east of the Brisbane, and is designated as a Principal Activity Centre (PAC) in the South East Regional Plan. As one of only two PACs in Logan City, Springwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position along the National Highway (Pacific Motorway) is a major asset to its future position in the burgeoning economy of the region.

This Masterplan provides for an incremental development of the centre which builds upon key projects such as the Pacific Motorway upgrade and the South East Busway Extension. The phasing of the Masterplan anticipates early phase residential intensification and commercial redevelopment in the vicinity of the Springwood Busway Station. This redevelopment is based upon the typical sites sizes available in the area. The Masterplan does not rely upon the stimulation of key catalyst sites, but rather seeks to promote a range of conditions which will facilitate future regeneration of larger sites in the central area, probably beyond the planning horizon of this Masterplan.

Springwood is currently characterised by service industry sectors such as automotive industries and manufacturing which have traditionally benefited from itsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; good accessibility. In the future, Springwood will need to accommodate growth for emergent industry sectors such as finance, office-clerical and logistics administration. These sectors will be the key to establishing the centre as a PAC, and the greater Springwood Masterplan provides a vision to facilitate this growth.

The Springwood Masterplan incorporates a range of measures aimed at positioning it as a sustainable city principally related to the efficient utlisation of land and infrastructure. The key strategies of the Masterplan relate to the early concentration of investment in the central Springwood area, including a coordinated refitting of the core area between Murrajong Road and Vanessa Boulevard for water, sewer, road, stormwater, pedestrian facilities and broadband services. The Masterplan includes a list of proposed projects required to prepare Springwood for its future as the commercial centre of Logan.

Whilst a range of planning studies have been undertaken in recent years in relation to the Springwood town centre, this Masterplan considers the Greater Springwood area and grapples with the issues associated with the significant 480 hectare footprint of the existing centre to 2031. In applying its considerations to the whole of the centre, Logan City Council has identified a range of infrastructure investments which benefit both the redevelopment activities of the centre as well as the wider Logan community, particularly in relation to regional Community and Parks infrastructure.

This Masterplan for Springwood anticipates an e-change, a plan which promotes employment, commerce and service to the local and regional community for the long term. Planned to the 2031 horizon, the Masterplan maintains much of the current economic strength of Springwood whilst positioning some areas for future regeneration beyond 2031.

Springwood Bus Station

Future core development (beyond 2031)

Greater Springwood Masterplan Commerical development

1- Pacific Motorway Looking South to Springwood core

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regional context

South East Queensland Regional Plan (2009 – 2031) The South East Queensland Regional Plan recognises Logan as a Polynodal city, but within this two centres at Springwood and Beenleigh were identified as Principal Activity Centres. For Springwood, this means a significant change in scale and intensity with: the form and function of the centre proposed to be substantially different to its current form, and new commercial (office), mixed use and residential uses will predominate in the vicinity of the Springwood Bus Station and the TransLink 2018 High Frequency public transport network (Cinderella Drive, Barbarella Drive and Compton Road). The SEQ Regional Plan describes the role of Principal Activity Centre as: traditional town centres undergoing renewal major regional shopping centres adapting to become more transit-oriented infill opportunities to expand existing centres new activity centres within Development Areas where identifies in the activity centre network. These centres should provide a comprehensive range of retail, commercial, services, community facilties and other employment opportunities. High to medium densities are appropriate in these precincts; however, the scale of development will vary significantly in different centre depending on the context and transit services. In most cases the transit services will need

to be improved to support transit oriented development and to reflect the important role of these centres as key destinations that support large catchments. It has been the challenge of this Masterplan to identify: where development should occur the opportunities that exist within the centre and how to maximise these critical infrastructure projects for Council’s investment to support the emergence of Springwood as one of South East Queensland’s key economic centres.

Brisbane CBD

Springwood PAC

Logan Central (transport Hub)

Beenleigh PAC

2 - South East Queensland Regional Plan

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study area

Masterplan Study area and Context Springwood is a key centre on the northern boundary of Logan City, and positioned 18 kilometres south-east of the Brisbane CBD.

Status and Relationship to Planning Policy

Short History The area was originally inhabited by indigenous peoples from the Yugambeh and Jaggera language groups. The locality takes its name from the spring that was located within the scrub paddocks in the area, where brumbies roamed and wildlife flourished. The Wilbur Smith and Associates freeway plan for Brisbane (1965) included a freeway link to Springwood which was completed in 1985. Springwood has subsequently developed in an incremental manner and has fostered industries such as bulky goods retailing, manufacturing and automotive repairs.

In response to the South East Queensland Regional Plan and the Local Government amalgamations, Logan City Council is preparing a new planning scheme. A range of parallel planning studies have been undertaken by the Council during 2009. For the purposes of the development of Greater Springwood Masterplan, Council confirmed the following scope and context for Springwood:

Today Apart from its significant 480 hectare footprint, Springwood Centre is currently characterised by suburban scale development and offers a range of services and facilities such as schools and supermarkets which serve the local catchment.

Tomorrow In 2005, the Queensland Government released its South East Queensland Regional Plan. This Plan nominated Springwood as a Principal Activity Centre. As a result, Springwood will change significantly to meet the requirements of this role. The benefits of this process will come in the form of local and regional services, employment and housing choice. This Masterplan sets out the guiding principles of these changes including Council’s proposed infrastructure investments.

One of Springwood’s major assets is its’ position on the Pacific Motorway and it is the potential for commercial sector development which drives this Plan.

Logan City is a multi-centred city. Each of the centres are likely to remain as important growth nodes into the future with hierarchies or roles based on alternate functions Springwood will remain a Principal Activity Centre. Designation and the wider planning context for Logan will foster its growth as a major commercial centre for the city. Springwood will therefore become the focus of Council’s investments in regional parks and community facilities infrastructure in the north-east area of the city, and the Masterplan should facilitate significant investment in this future asset base and associated services. GHD were not engaged to prepare planning scheme amendments as part of the scope of developing this Masterplan. Planning scheme amendments for a new Springwood Local Plan will be prepared as a result of Council’s approval of the Greater Springwood Masterplan, and further consultation required by statutory processes is expected to occur in the coming year.

3 - Masterplan Study Area

Logan North Library

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Extent of Study Area

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Moss Street (automotive retail hub)

Slacks Creek Lineal Park

BMW Motorline IKEA

Population characteristics Springwood has an existing community profile which indicates the following for the Statistical Local Areas associated with the Greater Springwood Masterplan area: There is a high proportion of people in the ‘baby boomers’ age cohorts in the study area, and fewer children and young people, compared to Logan Central LGA There is a slightly higher proportion of dwellings that are fully owned, and a slightly lower proportion of dwellings that are rented in the study area compared to Logan. The SLAs in the study area exhibit relatively high levels of individual and family incomes, compared to Logan City LGA. Four of the five SLA’s have median individual incomes higher than $500 per week, and median family incomes higher than $1,200 per week. All of these are higher than the Logan City median incomes. The exception is Slacks Creek, where the median incomes are fairly similar to those of Logan City LGA. The SEIFA index of relative socio-economic disadvantage identifies how disadvantaged an area is in relation to other areas. A higher score indicates a less disadvantaged area. With the exception of Slacks Creek, all SLAs in the central study area have higher than median SEIFA scores. They are all found in the 8th and 9th decile, indicating they are among the ten or twenty percent least disadvantaged SLAs in Australia. Slacks Creek, on the contrary has a lower SEIFA score (975) and is found in the 4th decile. In summary, according to the SEIFA index, the suburbs constituting the central study area are not among the most disadvantaged in Australia, Slacks Creek being the exception.

4 - Population Characteristics Population Pyramid Central Study Area

Percentage of Population born in Australia

Source: ABS (2007), data from 2006 Census of Population and Housing, retrieved from C-Data Online 17 March 2009

Source: ABS (2007), data from 2006 Census of Population and Housing, retrieved from Quickstats 17 March 2009

Population Pyramid for Logan (c) LGA

Tenure Type

Source: ABS (2007), data from 2006 Census of Population and Housing, retrieved from C-Data Online 17 March 2009

Source: ABS (2007) data source 2006 Census of Population and Housing, retrieved from Quickstats 17 March 2009

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vision

The Masterplan project has been underway for a number of years in a range of formats, and thus an inclusive assembly of background research, investigations, key project drivers, concepts and findings have led to the establishment of a vision for the Greater Springwood Masterplan by the Logan City Council as input to this phase of the project. Council’s vision and core goal for the Greater Springwood Masterplan is:

To compile a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary Integrated Plan for Greater Springwood Business Area in order to manage and provide coordinated and integrated future land use development in and around the node.

This statement exemplifies an array of key values about the sought-after economic diversity of the Greater Springwood area and the quality of the urban design framework for future growth and long term success. This vision can be translated into the Masterplan in terms of: Providing urban structure for the eastern and western focus areas in the northern part of the centre Integrated strategies for infrastructure investment and commercial development including connected transport corridors and servicing for all modes Recognition that the vision for Springwood can only be realised in consideration of appropriate capacity and phasing Residential intensification of areas within the walk-up catchment of the Springwood Bus Station to provide an early stimulus for services in the centre Provision of regional and district community facilities and parks

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project drivers

The Greater Springwood Masterplan’s Project drivers were identified in the early phases of this project. For each discipline, a range of issues were identified and they formed a Project brief for the development of the Masterplan.

Economic

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Logan City has a relatively narrow employment base and a low net jobs balance. Along with Beenleigh, Springwood is the highest order centre in the City should provide a diverse range of employment types in accordance with the following drivers:

Employment nodes should be protected and enhanced – Intensification of uses in the Springwood Core (mixed use and commercial areas) to occur in the short to medium term, with other precincts likely to develop more slowly. – Provide incentives for large scale office projects. – Include variety of office styles, including office towers and campus style office park precincts. – Encourage regional governmental offices to locate to Springwood. – Protect Knowledge based industries area along Compton Road from encroachment from nonintended uses. Springwood is positioned to mature as a PAC – Removal of floorspace caps in the Springwood Core area to encourage development – Maximisation of TOD opportunities associated with intended busway through Springwood

Prioritisation of retail development in Springwood over other centres such as Hyperdome or Browns Plains. Encouragement of intermediate level medical services

Development of an attractive and identifiable heart – A Centre ‘Heart’ to be located within the core precinct. A main street is to be determined and promoted throughout the community and to businesses within Springwood. The twin developments of the retail core around Fitzgerald Ave and the commercial core around Murrajong Road may be confusing and detrimental to the development of one heart for Springwood. – Street-scaping and signage to identify the heart. Diversity of uses which serve both in-centre communities and the region – Increase of in-centre residential dwellings – Mixed use developments including residential dwellings are strongly encouraged in the Springwood Core. – Streetscaping and improved linkages within the centre are undertaken to improve attractiveness of in-centre living. – Restaurant/café and cinema precinct is strongly encouraged – Encourage in-centre aged accommodation such as a vertical retirement village.

Western service area is maintained and enhanced in the medium term – Protect the auto servicing precincts from encroachment from non-complementary uses. – Consolidate and support auto retailing – Increase the level of amenities and services provided for this workforce, including convenience retail, takeaway facilities, car parking and banking services. – Encourage the development of an auto servicing training centre within this precinct.

Retail Showrooms are consolidated – The existing situation of retail showrooms scattered throughout the Master Plan Area is discouraged. – Retail showrooms are encouraged to consolidate around Compton Road and the Mega Centre. It is considered that this would take several years as the retail showrooms in service industry precincts such as Logan Road appear to be performing adequately and content with their location. – Auto-related retail showrooms can remain within the Moss Street precinct As shown diagrammatically on the following page, the Masterplan elements are derived and fitted to the Springwood context.

5 - Project Drivers

Regional Road connection Regional Public Transport connection Community Spine Residential surrounds

New cultural life Commercial economy Regional Environmental connection

Land use

Urban Design

The Masterplan vision: maintains the eclectic mix of land use that distinguishes Springwood from competing centres. – the shed-land motor trades, light and service industry is maintained – the financial services sector, supporting this sector is enhanced and – big box retailing is accommodated. promotes a mixed use, higher density land use pattern focused around key employment nodes and public transport infrastructure. – design accommodates quality, high density residential development – provision of employment opportunities – community facilities – public spaces and – lifestyle uses supports and promotes the Greater Springwood area as a thriving commercial and industrial centre. provides for a defined settlement pattern that facilitates an improved pedestrian environment, compact urban form, integrated and connected spaces and places incorporating – design that sets appropriate scale and height parameters for future development – land use structure outcomes that provide clear delineation between identifiable nodes of activity and intensity

The Urban design framework of the Masterplan responds to the following urban design drivers: Greater Springwood is a memorable place for all who live, work or visit including: – a clear hierarchy of ‘places’ within Greater Springwood that include public and private plazas, streets and open space. Protection and enhancement of the amenity and character of the Greater Springwood Area including: – Opportunities for community interaction – Enhancement of recreational opportunities – Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) – Pedestrian based retailing activities are integrated with the pedestrian network and provide direct frontage to streets. Greater Springwood is a legible place: – Springwood is easily and clearly identified and understood, as a place with boundaries in its’ own right. – There is a well defined and clear road hierarchy allowing people within the Greater Springwood Area to be able to locate themselves and their destinations. – Greater Springwood is made up of visible paths, edges, districts, nodes and landmarks and the relationships between these elements are easily understood.

Transport

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Redevelopment of the centre will be based upon an improved structure for accessibility suitable for its future as a Principal Activity Centre including: Enhancement of public transport usage through the integration of the centre’s design and development staging with public transport investments both in the primary and secondary transit network – Connectivity between the new development and the Springwood Bus station and other Springwood bus stops – Response to available capacity at the Springwood Bus station – Response to the distribution and frequency of bus operations in the Springwood area – Disabled access at the Springwood Bus station and other Springwood bus stops – Park and ride access at the Springwood Bus station Road transport strategies which support the economic development of the centre through the provision of a balanced management which responds to: – Traffic safety – Traffic accessibility and congestion (volumes) – Carparking access and availability – Freight access A focus on local and sustainable travel which responds both to the needs of the district wide community and accessibility within the centre via walking and cycling including:

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Key investments in pedestrian safety and accessibility Key investments for cycling safety, accessibility and the provision of cycling facilities The transport network provides connectivity both locally and regionally Recognition of the importance of access for the local community to the centre’s facilities and services Identification of coordinated investments which can benefit both local and regional trips across transport modes

Infrastructure Infrastructure investments will be identified and selected so as to provide the maximum stimulus to the commercial office growth areas of the centre including: Augmentation/upgrading of the existing network of services to provide suitable capacity to service the planned major commercial areas between Vanessa Boulevard and Dennis Road Planning and implementation of initiatives to provide sustainable development and infrastructure in line with future requirements such as environmental protection and energy efficiency Planning for staged infrastructure phases to allow economical implementation of the infrastructure strategy over the lifetime of the Master Plan Implementation of early phase developments and upgrades to community and parks facilities to improve the serviceability of this centre for the local and regional community

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regional growth data

Residential Population As at June 2001, there were approximately 40,609 residents in the Statistical Local Areas (SLAs) associated with the Greater Springwood Masterplan study area. Whilst the area is smaller than and does not directly overlap with the SLAs of Springwood, Slacks Creek, Underwood, Rochedale South and Daisy Hill-Priestdale, these SLAs reflect the district catchement of Springwood PAC. Over the five years to June 2006, annual growth in the relevant SLAs as described above of only 0.66% was recorded to reach a population of approximately 41,970 residents. For the Statistical Local Areas directly associated with the study area, a population of some 42,205 residents is expected by 2009 reflective of a growth of some 235 residents over the three years form 2006. Constrained growth in the order of 0.4% per annum is projected to 2016, whereby the resident population is projected to reach some 43,400 persons. Annual growth rates are projected to pick-up over the period to 2031, at which stage the Study Area would achieve a population of some 50,800 residents. The population growth for the Springwood, Slacks Creek, Underwood, Rochedale South and Daisy Hill-Priestdale Statistical Local Areas (SLAs), is expected to accommodate approximately 8000 new persons. At a rate of 1.7 persons per household, this equates to a requirement of 5055 new dwellings.

Employment Population The results of the 2001 and 2006 ABS Population and Household Censuses, more recent ABS publications and employment modelling in SEQ were examined to develop an employment demand projection model for Logan. While data up to 2006 is

available for the Study Area, a model was not created to project employment demand for this area. Ultimate employment at this smaller level is too variable and is essentially a function of ultimate employment in Logan City, combined with a range of policy strategies to promote certain employment types. Logan City Study Area: as at June 2006, some 77,570 persons were employed within Logan, reflective of a net jobs balance of some 60.6%1. The industry of workforce was skewed towards manufacturing (13.6%), wholesale and retail trade (22.4%), and finance, insurance, property and business services (11.3%). Since 2006, Logan has experienced strong population and economic growth, reflected in a June 2009 projection of some 85,460 workers currently employed in Logan. Over the projection period to 2031, it is likely that the prominence of the finance, insurance, property and business services sector would increase significantly to approximately 13.5%, while manufacturing and wholesale and retail trade are likely to decrease somewhat to 9.5% and 19.5% respectively. This is reflective of a national trend away from manufacturing and towards higher-order occupations such as services. This trend is recognisant of Australia’s comparative advantages as an educated developed nation. As Logan matures and achieves significant population and employment growth, it is projected that Springwood’s net jobs balance will also improve significantly. As growth areas in the southern extremities of the LGA continue, the role of Logan as a dormitory area for Brisbane is expected to reduce, as more employment options become available in convenient locations closer to residential growth. Over the period to 2031, Logan’s net jobs balance is projected to increase to approximately 78%, reflective of a significant increase in selfsufficiency in the employment market. As at June 2006, some 17,500 persons were employed within the Springwood, Slacks Creek, Underwood, Rochedale South and Daisy Hill-Priestdale

Statistical Local Areas (SLAs). Similar to Logan, the industries of workforce were skewed towards manufacturing (14.7%), wholesale and retail trade (27.5%), and finance, insurance, property and business services (13.2%). Over the projection period, Springwood should attempt to attract that proportion of total Logan employment that would be most suited to it as the commercial centre of Logan and as a PAC. Based on the proposed and promoted uses of the current centres network, it is foreseeable that a significant proportion of the retail and office based jobs-growth projected for Logan could locate within the Springwood centre. However, it is likely that industrial jobs within Springwood would decline over the projection period as these uses relocate to areas with lower land and leasing costs. Projected PAC growth The table below indicates the current growth planning for Springwood. In the scheme of emerging regional economic centres, the growth anticipated for Springwood in the regional context is moderate. With the project and interest promoted by this Masterplan, Springwood may be able to attract a greater share of the regional growth picture. 6 - Project PAC Growth Springwood employment growth summary Industry sector

Requirement to 2031 (sqm) Source: Urban Economics

% of Logan demand

Employees/ rate per sqm

Employees Low range

Retail

25000

6.7

20/100

5000

Office

73500

20/100

14700

Industrial

54000

1/150

360

Total Residential

20060 50800

8595 (residents)

Residential growth 2009 – 2031: additional 8595 residents. 2031 total : 50800 residents

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consultation

The stakeholder consultation conducted during the project was the overall responsibility of Logan City Council. The approach to consultation was to raise awareness of the draft Options for the Greater Springwood Master Plan and seek feedback from the community and other stakeholders. The consultation was non-statutory and was intended to gather information regarding the larger study area which has been the subject of the development of this Masterplan. Future consultation is expected to be undertaken as part of the Council’s new Planning Scheme development and approval process. The consultation phase feedback was collated by Logan City Council and considered by GHD in finalising the Master Plan and associated documentation. The following outlines the methodologies and specific activities for the consultation process:

Consultation Material Preparation – An information sheet was prepared by Logan City Council’s Community Engagement Program Leader, based on information provided by GHD from the draft Centre Concept Options Report. Consultation Launch – Logan City Council prepared a newspaper advertisement for placement in local newspapers following the endorsement by Council of the consultation approach. This provided details of the upcoming Information Session and a Council contact number for further information. Information will also be placed on the LCC website. Consultation with Key Stakeholders and Agencies – Individual meetings were held with key stakeholders identified by GHD and Logan City Council following the consultation launch. These meetings will provide an

opportunity to brief key stakeholders on the draft Centre Concept Options Report and seek their feedback. Community Information Session – A community information session was held at the Logan North Library on Thursday 18 June from 3.30 - 7.30 pm. The format of the information session was to provide the opportunity for people to drop in at any time over the four hour period and talk to the project team members. A feedback form was available for people to document their comments. Collation of Feedback – Logan City Council assembled the feedback received and provided it to GHD for consideration in finalising the Master Plan document.

Key issues raised by the community in the consultation process: Comments were received in relation to ensuring consistency between the Springwood Masterplan, the Pacific Motorway upgrade and the South-East Busway extension Generally supportive of investment in core area including new road links and interblock links on large retail sites Debate over location of town square: The proposed location on the west of Motorway was not preferred Debate over the proposed four-laning of Cinderella Drive. Support for proposed boulevarding and lower speed environment Some detail responses on residential area boundaries Re-classification of school to education use (from low to medium density residential) generally supported Safety of public realm, particularly use of parks Supportive of Slacks Creek rehabilitation but more detail on requirements desirable

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proposed springwood masterplan

Key strategies of the masterplan This study has focused on a triumvirate method where land use visions, capacity and infrastructure requirements have been considered concurrently. The themes which are addressed in the Masterplan are:

Focus: Achieving PAC status by the provision of compact planning arrangements which focus interest in selected parts of the centre. Investment: Coordinated program planning for infrastructure planning within Council that ensures integration and cost effective outcomes for the community e.g investment in the pedestrian network will assist transport, land use and urban design requirements.

The Masterplan is a design informed by a range of Desired Environmental Outcomes, which are its’ guiding principles. The following direction has informed the design solutions proposed:

Masterplan Desired Environmental Outcomes This Masterplan is a design proposal for growth in the Springwood centre in the medium term. The plan proposes that Council and the community focus their efforts in certain areas, and pursue these with a concentrated effort. In the next 20 years, significant development will occur in the southern region and along the Pacific Motorway corridor. This Plan is part of the strategies needed to secure economic growth for the Logan. Whilst the plan identifies a broad range of investments to support market interest in investing in Logan, it will be secured with strong governance, responsiveness to the market and community will.

The economic future of the PAC is supported by Council wide planning. Development and investments in the Springwood Masterplan positions it for its’ role as PAC in the medium term to 2031. The Masterplan includes community facilities and structures to promote the accessibility of the centre to the people of Logan and beyond. The Masterplan includes elements which support the connectedness in the community by building upon and enhancing existing facilities and integration with sustainable travel networks. The Master Plan supports redevelopment of Slacks Creek in terms of park, community, environment, transport, stormwater management, and sewer infrastructure networks to facilitate future growth in Springwood to the west of motorway. Areas used for industrial purposes are managed to improve environmental performance, and are able to evolve to incorporate a range of uses including industrial retailing and low scale commercial. Residential uses are intensified to provide housing choice for students, first home buyers and retirement living to support the street life and vibrancy of the centre at all times of the week. Strategies and significant investment in pedestrian networks to support the role and function of the transit station.

Transport strategies are structured to maintain and improve accessibility including support for carpark uses in proximity to the motorway, development of secondary road hierarchies to serve both regional and location functions (links to Logan Central in particular). The Masterplan is staged to provide Council the community and development market leadership and governance in building the PAC. The staging will be supported by infrastructure investments and incentives. The Springwood PAC is a striking urban form with robust and sustainable amenity both when viewed from the motorway and from the streets within. The Masterplan supports the polynodal form of the centre providing use differentiation, strategies and sequencing to support the Core area, the Underwood centre and the southern Slacks Creek part of the centre. The Masterplan needs to provide the basis for the development of a priority infrastructure plan indicating Council’s commitment to the centre via investments which instill market confidence.

7 - Proposed Springwood Masterplan

Residential Intensification

Springwood Busway Station Town Square Cinderella Boulevard Mixed Use Precinct Extension to Springwood Park Town Square Springwood Art Gallery Reclassify school to Education Use Springwood Theatre Public Transport Service Improvements Slacks Creek Rehabilitation

Growth structure

In preparation of this Masterplan, a range of capacity and yield tests were undertaken to reveal that significant development capacity already exists with the Logan Planning Scheme Springwood Local Plan. In fact, the capacity is well beyond the anticipated regional growth targets for the centre. This Masterplan, therefore seeks to focus Council’s attentions towards particular elements and localities (Phase 1 areas) including: Precinct 8A: Cinderella Boulevard precinct for mixed use development Precinct 9B: Major Commercial East Precincts 6A, 7A, 7B, 8C and 9C for Residential Intensification

Whilst other areas within the centre are recognized for their potential, it will be the areas listed above where Council’s planning intentions and infrastructure investments will be concentrated. Precinct 9A incorporates the major retail uses of the centre. These uses are expected to continue in their current form. Future redevelopment of these sites in the longer term is expected to build upon the development in the core areas. In the interim, three indications of Council’s intentions for these sites have been included in the Masterplan: A New Town Square fronting Cinderella Boulevard which is expected to facilitiate access to restaurants and a cinema hub in Precinct 8A.

New interblock links to provide for improved pedestrian connectivity and access to services An extension to the existing Springwood Community Centre to provide for a new youth facility fronting Vanessa Boulevard

Planned over the 20 year horizon, the Springwood Masterplan initiates two key organizing elements for the centre including:

Cinderella Boulevard (Precinct 8) Slacks Creek Regeneration (Precinct 5)

These two rectilinear precincts provide a structured interface to a range of diverse uses in the centre, as follows:

In the case of Cinderella Boulevard, this mixed use precinct is the central component to a strengthening of the connections between existing community and parks facilities as Lowe Oval, an improvement to east-west transit, cycle and pedestrian connections along Springwood Road, right through to a vibrant community precinct in the midsoutheast of the centre including Springwood Park, a new Town Square, the Springwood State Primary School and a new Community Arts Precinct (Springwood Art Gallery and Theatre). Cinderella Boulevard is proposed to be widened to four lanes with improved footpath dimensions suitable for its role as a mjor connector in a CBD environment. The Cinderella Boulevard project can be enacted in the early phases of the plan, as an affordable and achievable enhancement to an

existing Council owned asset, which will provide significant benefit to multiple precincts of the Masterplan. This Boulevard will also feature strong legibility of the secondary transit network feeding to the primary busway services of the Southeast Busway.

8- Cinderella Boulevard looking northwards

9 - Regional Environmental connection

In the case of Slacks Creek, the current condition and interface to the Creek does not value its’ ecological and recreational potential. Whilst uses along the creek are expected to remain through to the planning horizon of this Masterplan (2031), in the interim, the land use arrangements and Council’s investment and management of Slacks Creek will position it for future redevelopment of the centre particularly in the western walk-up catchment to the Springwood Busway Station and the proposed ‘Green street west’, priority bus linkage from the Busway Station to Logan Central. Uses fronting Slacks Creek will be required to provide the appropriate protection and enhancement to the Creek. The Masterplan includes provision for a new waterway corridor theme which provides vegetated buffers and setbacks to the Creek. A small leisure precinct has been included where Moss Street interfaces with Slacks Creek. This precinct is intended to build upon the current regional catchment of the Moss Street automotive industries, with particular regard to the retail and community potential of a motorbike sales area as a leisure destination. To support this intention, the Moss Street Leisure sub-precinct will allow for restaurant and café uses.

Later phase development west of Motorway

Regional Environmental connection

10 - Slacks Creek looking northwards

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proposed masterplan precincts

13 precincts have been identified for the Greater Springwood Masterplan and can generally be described as having the following functions including:

Precincts which provide structure to the centre such as Precinct 5 (Slacks Creek) and Precinct 8 (Cinderella Boulevard).

Areas where intensive commercial development is encouraged such as Precinct 5D, 6 (post 2016) and 9B (pre 2016).

Precincts where ‘business as usual’ is anticipated such as Precincts 1, 3, 4, 5G, and 12. These precincts are generally those positioned to the west of the Motorway or closely associated with the Motorway, where existing uses and/ or approvals are to be maintained to at least 2016, but where higher performance for environmental standards will apply.

Areas selected for residential intensification are concentrated around access to public transport services including the Springwood Busway Station and the secondary transit network (Springwood Road (Precincts 5, 6 and 7), Cinderella Boulevard (Precincts 8 and 7B), and Compton Road (Precincts 1 and 2).

Other areas of the Masterplan such as precincts 3 and 12 are supported as existing nodes within the centre but not to the extent that they would challenge the overall focus of the development of the Springwood core area around the Springwood Busway Station.

In overview, due to the extensive footprint of the centre, only certain areas have been selected for intensive redevelopment in the next 20 years. The areas which are selected are those which are considered most capable of meeting the requirements of the South East Queensland Regional Plan and providing market stimulus to set Springwood on its’ path as a PAC.

11 - Building Heights Plan

12 - Proposed Masterplan Precincts Plan

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12 - Proposed Masterplan Precincts Plan

GREATER SPRINGWOOD MASTERPLAN

land use

Proposed urban form As a result of the Masterplan development process, the urban form proposed for Springwood has been developed as follows:

General The proposed development works selectively with the development forms currently available within the Logan Planning Scheme Springwood Local Plan. In particular, areas included in the Springwood core area are high rise close to the Eastern Service Road and medium rise closer to the existing suburban residential areas.

13 - Moss Street Elevation

Slacks Creek

Precinct 5D Commercial West

Pacific Motorway

Precinct 9B Major Commercial East

Precinct 9A Key retail sites in the vicinity of the Springwood Bus Station are unlikely to change significantly until market demand and the value of redevelopment is attractive, and so these sites may be retained as future land supply.

The Masterplan provides for: Â&#x2021; An enhanced secondary transit network where walk-up to the local bus stop is a walk-up to the busway services feeding to the Springwood Bus Station Â&#x2021; Significant investment in pedestrian realm facilities throughout the Springwood Core area

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Provisions within the Precinct definition for early redevelopment of these sites is subject to an appropriate response to the long term vision that they form the centrepiece of the Masterplan as a striking commercial and retail heart, and provide the appropriate infrastructure investments.

14 - Precinct 7B

Precinct 9C Residential Intensification

Precinct 8A Cinderella Boulevard

Precinct 7B Residential Intensification

Springwood Core The core area incorporates medium to high rise mixed use, retail, commercial and residential development which is intended to develop in accordance with the development feasibility associated with the typical site size (e.g 2000 sqm/ 1200 sqm). This redevelopment of this area will be supported by investments in pedestrian realm facilities such as footpath upgrades, boulevard planting, street lighting, street furniture and artworks.

15 - Precinct 10B

Precinct 10 Residential Intensification

Western area development The area west of the Pacific Motorway, generally centered around Slacks Creek from Compton Rod to Moss Street, is expected to be developed in the second phase of the Masterplan (2016 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2031). This area will provide the full urban presence of the Springwood Centre to the Pacific Motorway and provide for a city which can develop around sustainable planning principles. By 2016 is expected that the Logan Planning Scheme will

incorporate important measures to ensure that redevelopment in the Slacks Creek area minimises its environmental footprint by energy efficient building design, provision of minimal carparking, on site water recycling and inclusion of services which benefit the existing and new community.

Precinct 7A: Residential Intensification

Precinct 8C/9C: Murrajong Road looking west

Precinct 7B: Interblock link looking south-west

Precinct 9B/8D: Springwood Boulevard looking north

Precinct 6A: Eleanor Avenue looking east to Springwood core

Precinct 9C: Marlane Court looking north

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Building Height

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Mixed Industry and Commercial

The Mixed Industry and Commercial precincts along Compton Road provide for clean light industries, knowledge based industries, business/commercial uses and limited showroom opportunities. Established industrial areas are redeveloped to create a business park environment, with high levels of amenity, building design, improved integration and connectivity where practical. The MICA also accommodates uses and services that support the local workforce (such as cafes, banks, child care facilities, etc). Where contiguous to open spaces, development enhances the interface through setbacks, casual surveillance and landscape treatments. Building heights up to 3 storeys are appropriate.

2A 2B 2C

Residential Intensification

Residential Intensification Medium Density are residential areas which provide for medium scale residential development located on the periphery of the Masterplan area, allowing a transition to single detached dwellings. As such development in this area must maintain scale and relationship with adjoining development as well as providing a supporting role to the MICA precinct.

District Retail

The District Retail area provides a range of convenience retail, commercial and employment uses as well as community and residential uses which serve the local and district community in terms of household needs and services. The role of this precinct supports the major commercial areas, and will continue to provide a more localised accessibility to the provision of services and facilities. Increased residential densities are encouraged in appropriate locations in this precinct .

Residential Intensification

3C 3D 4A

Industry Associated Retail

Located on the western alignment of the freeway adjoining Slacks Creek precinct, this area will continue to provide for light industrial uses and retail showrooms. It is not expected this precinct will change in the immediate future, though redevelopments will provide for improved amenity, building standards and environmental performance. Redevelopment of premises adjacent to Slacks Creek will enhance the visual, ecological and environmental value and performanc of Slacks Creek.

Parkland

This precinct will provide for the proposal future use if this site as a Greyhound racing track. Excellent public transport facilities to the Compton Road frontage will be a requirement, with limited on site carparking.

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Building Height

Storey

Plot Ratio

Industry Associated Retail

Existing Parkland

The Parkland within the Masterplan area will be extended and enhanced to facilitate an increased amenity in the area and provide the future residential and employment populations. In particular, this precinct including Lowe Oval will continue to support the provision of regional sport and recreation facilities.

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Major Commercial

Major Commercial - West contains large parcels of land with relatively good vehicle access that are highly visible from the Pacific Highway, this precinct is ideally suited to commercial office floor space. Other uses that could be accommodated by this sub-area include tertiary educational establishment, indoor entertainment and short term accommodation (hotel). This precinct provides for commercial/office purposes, accommodating a variety of business, commercial and showroom uses at ground floor with the emphasis on the provision of commercial office space. The precinct will include medium scale to taller buildings, taking advantage of the precinctâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good exposure to the Pacific Highway and aspect to the Slacks Creek corridor. The redevelopment of this precinct is expected to occur closer to 2031.

Existing Parkland and New Park

The Parkland within the Masterplan area will be extended and enhanced to facilitate an increased amenity in the area and provide the future residential and employment populations. In particular, the masterplan will facilitate the future role of Slacks Creek as as multi-function corridor which meets ecological, hydrological, infrastructure (transport and sewer), by providing enhanced connectiving to the Slacks Creek Lineal Park.

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Major Commercial

Major Commercial - West contains large parcels of land with relatively good vehicle access that are highly visible from the Pacific Highway, this precinct is ideally suited to commercial office floor space. Other uses that could be accommodated by this sub-area include tertiary educational establishment, indoor entertainment and short term accommodation (hotel). This precinct provides for commercial/office purposes, accommodating a variety of business, commercial and showroom uses at ground floor with the emphasis on the provision of commercial office space. The precinct will include medium scale to taller buildings, taking advantage of the precinctâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good exposure to the Pacific Highway. The redevelopment of this precinct is expected to occur closer to 2031.

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Restaurant and retail uses

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5G Bulky Goods Retail

5E 5H

Precinct 5G includes two predominant uses which are not expected to change significantly in the life of this Masterplan, including: The Bulky Goods Retail area will predominantly comprise retail showrooms (land consumptive uses) and other car based retail uses. Other uses considered appropriate for this area include limited indoor entertainment uses and support services (such as cafes). Redevelopment of premises adjacent to Slacks Creek will address the creek to a high amenity standard and where practical, developments are integrated providing for shared accessways, and vehicular and pedestrian connections.

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Plot Ratio

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Industry Associated Retail

Located on the western alignment of the freeway adjoining the Industry and Associated Retail Area will continue to provide for light industrial uses and retail showrooms. It is not expected this precinct will change in the immediate future, though redevelopments will provide for improved amenity, building standards and environmental performance. Redevelopment of premises adjacent to Slacks Creek will address the creek to a high standard.

Low Scale Commercial

The Low Scale Commercial area accommodates pockets of commercial office development in fringe locations. These areas will continue to contribute to the employment base of the Centre whilst maintaining a scale complementary to adjoining residential areas. The use parameters will include limited retail and residential with the appropriate impact management between uses. Buildings up to 4 storeys which allow for visual access to the Slacks Creek corridor beyond will be supported.

For Precinct 5H

Residential Intensification

Residential Intensification High Density areas are specific residential areas close to the Major Commercial and Retail areas of the Masterplan area. The Springwood Bus station will provide the future resident population with transport choices. This use accommodates a range of building heights as the area transitions to established lower density areas.

Major Commercial

16 - Precinct Provisions Zone PC

7A 7B

Residential Intensification

Mixed Use Development

Springwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mixed Use Area provides a range of convenience retail, commercial and employment uses as well as community and residential uses and is expected to be the centrepiece of high street community and retail space in the short to medium term. The role of this area supports the development of the Major Commercial areas by providing flexibility between building uses but with a focus on the provision of additional residential development and services in the centre. Building heights will reflect the role of the precinct as a residential area transitioning in scale from the major commercial areas. Plot ratios for this precinct do not apply to the proposed Cinderella Boulevard Town Square.

Existing Parkland, New Park and Community Use

Springwood Park will be significantly extended and enhanced to facilitate an increased amenity in the area and provide the future regional residential and employment populations. The provision of park within the early phase development precincts will facilitate improved amenity for the centre. The Community Use areas within the Masterplan will be facilitated by the reclassification of particular sites required to serve the needs of the current and future residential and employment populations (both public and privately owned community uses). The location of sites required for community use will include the town square adjacent to an art gallery and performing arts centre and will form integral components of the structure of the master plan. Precinct 8B is expected to form the heart of Springwood.

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Residential Intensification

Precinct 8C includes existing residential land in the vicinity of Onak Cresent, which is intended to provide residential intensification for short term accommodation and medium rise retirement living.

Education Use

The existing Springwood Central Primary School located on Dennis Street will be required for the needs of the future residential population associated with the Springwood Masterplan area, either in its current form or in accordance with Education Queenslandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision for educational establishments within Principal Activity Centre locations. The school site is proposed to be reclassified to Education Use as part of the Masterplan.

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Building Height

Storey

Plot Ratio

Major Retail

The retail heart of the Centre contains a number of existing large retail activities (including established shopping centres) and provides the Centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major retail function. As the Centre matures, redevelopment of premises in Major Commercial - Retail will provide a high street environment through the development of retail edges to the front footpath to create a vibrant, pedestrian focused Springwood Core interface. The streetscape presence of building and the pedestrian environment will be important to the imageability and legibility of the Centre particularly in getting people to and from the Busway station. While the primary role of Major Commercial - Retail is to provide for convenience and retail activities, entertainment uses, service uses and social interaction, the area will be developed to provide for the (vertical) integration of additional commercial and residential uses. Fitzgerald Avenue forms the key east-west spine of the retail area and therefore future development along Fitzgerald Avenue at ground/street level will involve retailing or activities that complement a retailing function and add to the attractiveness of the street for pedestrians. Smaller scale mixed use buildings are preferred on sites in this Precinct north of Springwood Road. Where buildings contain a larger proportion of residential development taller buildings may be contemplated. Sites within this precinct are not expected to change significantly within the planning horizon of this Masterplan. Consequently design for infrastructure services for major redvelopment of these sites has not been incorporated in the Masterplan implementation projects. Proposals for earlier redevelopment of these sites, consistent with the overall objectives of the Masterplan, and in accordance with a long term vision for striking, tall and iconistic buildings may be supported subject to appropriate infrastructure provision.

Major Commercial

Major Commercial - East forms the core of the Springwood Principal Activity Centre and will be the focus of major social, economic, transport and built form change. The precinct will form the vibrant centre providing for transit oriented and pedestrian focused development and containing the greatest concentration of commercial activities. The core of the Springwood area represents the most intense urban experience and delivering the highest order commercial centre in Logan City. The intent for this precinct is to introduce significant intensification in the scale of business activities, permeated by well connected pedestrian networks encouraging movement and providing for a range of experiences and settings for activity.

Residential Intensification

This precinct is a Residential Intensification High Density area which is well positioned close to the Major Commercial and Retail areas of the Masterplan area. The Springwood Bus station will provide the future resident population with excellent transport choices. This use accommodates a range of building heights as the area transitions to established lower density areas. Hotels and other similar uses are expected on busier streets.

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Building Height

Storey

Plot Ratio

Residential Intensification

Low Scale Commercial

The Low Scale Commercial area accommodates pockets of commercial office development in fringe locations. These areas will continue to contribute to the employment base of the Centre whilst maintaining a scale complementary to adjoining residential areas. The use parameters will include limited retail with the appropriate impact management between uses. Buildings up to 4 storeys would be expected. The key exception to the Low Scale commercial use is Residential development on the single remaining site fronting Barbarella Drive, consistent with development on adjoining residential sites.

Mixed Use Development

Springwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mixed Use Areas provide a range of convenience retail, commercial and employment uses as well as community and residential uses. The role of this area supports the development of the Major Commercial areas by providing flexibility between building uses but with a focus on the provision of additional residential development in the centre. Building heights will reflect the role of the precinct as a residential area transitioning in scale from the major commercial areas. The existing development approval for the Motorline site will remain valid.

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Parkland Network

This precinct is an important aspect of the local amenity of the Springwood area, and it should be maintained and enhanced by appropriate building setback of 6.0m minimum adjoining parkland.

Heights in accordance with Development approval dated 9 December 2008 for Lot 3 on SP177072

No acceptable solution provided.

GREATER SPRINGWOOD MASTERPLAN

enterprise economy

The Greater Springwood Master Plan Area is a large, diverse and complex area serving a multitude of functions including retail, commercial, industrial, civic, residential, tourist, transportation and recreational uses. It is an important employment node in South East Queensland and has roles at the local, regional and national level. As part of the process of preparing this Masterplan, GHD undertook capacity yield testing of the current Springwood Local Plan. This activity revealed that the existing Local Plan already anticipates significant development (up to 7.5M sqm). The growth data for the study area suggests that development of the centre in the 20 year time frame of this Masterplan will be moderate compared with the current Local Plan. It is therefore the recommendation and key underpinning principle of this Masterplan, for the Council to provide the appropriate investments in infrastructure which prepare for the centre to be realized to its full potential beyond 2031. This Masterplan anticipates that only 25% of the current Local Plan capacity will be possible in the next 20 years. The precincts expected to be intensively developed are those which will facilitate redevelopment of the centre in accordance with its historical growth trend, but concentrated in areas around the southbound Motorway off-ramp/ Eastern Service Road and the proposed Springwood Busway Station. The key precincts scheduled for investment are Precincts 7, 8A, 8B, 8C, 9B and 9C. These precincts alone will provide for up to 5000 new units and 900,000 sqm of new commercial space. This growth will be accompanied by retail and services up to and beyond 90,000 sqm.

The major opportunity of this strategy is the requirement for Council to invest in the associated infrastructure to refit the core area. It will be essential that Council coordinates their re-laying of pipework, road acquisition and resurfacing with the installation of broadband services. If realized, this single strategy will position Springwood as a major opportunity for the commercial office industry sector in this region. Key industries expected to locate within Springwood are business and administration associated professionals, business and administration professionals, education professionals, elementary sales, clerical workers, service workers and specialist managers. The Greater Springwood Masterplan provides for development focus in select precincts, to be known as the Springwood core. Consequentially some reduction in development rights is anticipated in the short term when compared with the current Logan Planning Scheme in order to consolidate the redevelopment activity which can occur by 2031. This strategy is intended to structure Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infrastructure investment and phasing for the term of the Plan. Applications where development is beyond the revised development form will only be supported in the short term, given the current rights of land owners in the area.

2016

Springwood core - Priority redevelopment areas

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2031 The following two graphs show how development will be phased to promote development east of the Motorway from now until 2031, with significant attention in the first 10 years of the Plan. The second graph shows that once the eastern part of the centre is established and rehabilitation of Slacks Creek has begun to occur, redevelopment of the area west of the Motorway in Precincts 5B, 5D, 5E, 5F and 5H is anticipated.

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Springwood core residential intensification areas substantially complete by 2031

Major Commerical West - initiated by 2031 Major Commerical East - substantially complete by 2031 Moss Street Leisure precinct Precinct 2 - Housing choice and affordability (Terrace House, Duplex, Triplex development)

Slacks Creek connectivity completed by 2031

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GREATER SPRINGWOOD MASTERPLAN

access to suppport growth and the community

The Masterplan anticipates a range of integrated measures for the transport network including: development of a legible and adequate local arterial road network to support M1 provision for future public transport (bus) opportunities through coordination with urban design outcomes (transit streets) promotion of compact urban form (but retaining sufficient diversity to be an attractive place) integrate walking and cycling facilities The design of the transport network is proposed as a maturing structure including: Early phase implementation of 4 laning to Cinderella Boulevard from Springwood Road to Dennis Road This component of the Masterplan allows Council to immediately undertake actions to facilitate a mixed use environment. The road is already owned by Council and, with minimal road widenings Council can enact the project in the next few years, providing early phase improvements to connectivity and supply in the centre. Implementation and integration with TransLink’s services plan to support the new Springwood Busway Station The secondary boulevard, known as ‘Springwood Boulevard’, requires the acquisition and demolition of buildings, as well as the acquisition of significant land area (approximately 11000 sqm to Dennis Road). This project can be assembled over time and provided in the later phases of the Masterplan implementation period (to 2031). Development of a ‘green street’ west of the Motorway to connect the centre more directly to Logan Central from

Compton Road through Allgas Street, Herbert Street and Park Road to Kingston Road

Pedestrian environment The Masterplan recognises that CBD vibrancy and reliable and attractive access to public transport will need significant investment including: Residential intensification in the vicinity of the Springwood Busway Station which should assist in self-containment for local trips and provide for a level of pedestrian activity throughout the whole of the week. Over 100,000 sqm of streetscape upgrades for new footpaths, pedestrian lighting and boulevarding centred around Cinderella Drive, the Eastern Service Road, Vanessa Boulevard, Carol Ave, Paxton Street, Briggs Road, Murrajong Road, Dennis Road, Laurinda Crescent and Marlane Court. 1000 new street trees New pedestrian interblock links between Colleen Grove and Lenore Crescent, Cinderella Drive/ Fitzgerald Avenue/ Tina Avenue to Vanessa Boulevard and between, the Eastern Service Road (near the Springwood Busway Station) and Vanessa Boulevard.

Cyclist Network The Masterplan incorporates the requirements for the cycling encapsulated in regional and council planning for this network. Key issues to be addressed by the Masterplan include:

The Springwood Bike route comes from Rochedale Park down a south-westerly direction through 70% off road and 30% on street paths and terminates at the Pacific Highway and Logan Road.

The Logan Central Bike Route starts at Compton Road and proceeds on street and turns left at Nyanza Road and proceeds southwards to Railway Parade. The V1 Bikeway southern leg starts at Daisy Hill and runs parallel to the Pacific Highway up to Logan Road. At the western side of Pacific Highway, the Slacks Creek Route traverses the Sporting Ground, Slacks Creek and Timothy Parks. This terminates at the Hiley Street corner of Service Road. The V1 Bikeway northern leg runs parallel to Pacific Highway up to Lexington Road.

The cycling network included in the Masterplan provides the following investment opportunities: Springwood is emerging as a vital commuter and sports recreational cycling linkage joining a corridor of development to the north and south on an axis along Logan Road. The Slacks Creek Linear Park has potential to accommodate a recreational exercise trail, and does include an existing facility from the south of the study area to Park Road which should be extended northwards. On road cycling facilities as part of the Springwood Road/ Cinderella Drive boulevard projects. Kingston Road bicycle facilities could extend further north in structure plan. Connections to Underwood Park and Recreation Complex through Logan TAFE and Springwood High School are desirable.

21 - Transit Network Plan

Primary Transit Network Public transport Mode share for public transport Journey to work in Springwood in 2006 was 8%. Enhanced frequencies at the Springwood Bus Station have seen a growth in patronage in recent years and this would be expected to continue with the completion of the South East Busway Extension.

Secondary Transit Network

Mode Share for the Journey To Work (2006) Pedestrian Network Investment

Public transport mode split assumptions for this Masterplan were tested to the maximum considered appropriate without a major infrastructure upgrade for public transport.

Allow for future Busway extension

The Masterplan provides for development which supports the Queensland Government’s investment in the Springwood Busway Station including new transit priority streets including Cinderella Boulevard, Barbaralla Drive, Eastern Service Road, Fitzgerald Ave, Springwood Road, Logan Road and the new ‘green street’ to the west of the Pacific Motorway (Baker Street, Allgas Street, Herbert Street, Marbella Street and Park Road).

Transit Oriented Development Utilising its TOD Performance Model technique, GHD tested the assumptions for Transit Oriented Development provided for in the Masterplan. The TOD Performance Model provided a high level view of potential “transit oriented” development scenarios that are most suitable in relation to the selection criteria. The outcome of running a high level multi-criteria analysis in this particular context is a series of mapping products, which illustrate the individual constraints, the overall land suitability of the study area and the optimal paths between the proposed development scenarios and public transportation. The three dimensional model illustrates: probable routes between the proposed development and public transport stations and stops within an interactive environment options that are most suitable against the selection criteria are considered in more detail through the integration of additional spatial datasets.

Springwood’s key attribute is its’ transport accessibility at the regional level. Positioned on the National Highway and the beneficiary of the Pacific Motorway Upgrade and the South East Busway Extension, it is brimming with potential as an economic powerhouse for the region. However, the local transport network in terms of its grid connectivity, capacity and attractiveness will need to be enhanced to provide for the commercial future of the centre.

The outcome of the TOD Performance Model testing was support for the strategy to invest in secondary transit streets where there was clear attraction to the amenity and accessibility of approach routes to the Busway station (such as Cinderella Drive). Whilst outside of the scope of the this Masterplan, it is recognised that greater levels of public transport servicing at the Citywide level could improve the mode split for Logan City. Investments in citywide metro rail or busway (not bus lanes) should be investigated in light of the significant development anticipated for Springwood and other areas in Logan. Direct high frequency connections to Logan Central, Browns Plains, Springfield, Ripley and Ipswich may be desirable.

22 - TOD Performance Models

Sustainable Travel The proposed development is heavily biased towards commercial, retail, or industrial uses which will have a strong trip attraction in the morning and produce trips in the afternoon peak periods. The quantity of residential intensification is not sufficient to significantly offset the strong commuter flows with non-motorised transport modes. An estimate of public transport demand based on an 8% mode split indicates an increase to about 1,100 pax/hr in the AM peak over the study area. TransLink has observed that the Springwood Busway Station is already approaching capacity, and ticket sellers are used on the platforms to reduce dwell times. It is likely that an upgrade of the Springwood Busway Station will be required in the early years of the Masterplan implementation to provide additional platforms. The trunk transport network within the centre will benefit from a number of planned capacity enhancements including:

South East Busway Extension to improve bus priority and upgrade the Springwood Busway Station V1 Bikeway parallel to the Pacific Motorway Pacific Motorway Transit Lanes Project

The following initiatives are proposed for the public transport strategy: Improve pedestrian connectivity to the Springwood Bus station.

Extend some busway services through the core of the Masterplan area to extend the ‘walk-up’ catchment of the busway and remove some demand from the Springwood Bus Station. Develop a “green link” (bus and non-motorised transport corridor) from the bus station and eventually from the busway station to Allgas Street, to connect to a new HFP (high frequency priority) route parallel to the Slacks Creek Linear Park reserve. Extend Herbert Street to Marbella Street as a “green link” to enable buses to access Park Road to continue to Logan Central. This new spine improves accessibility and CPTED outcomes for the Slacks Creek Linear Park. Improve bus services through the Springwood centre to extend the effective catchment of the busway and reduce the concentration of demand at the Springwood busway station. Improve the presence of the bus network by upgrading the ‘on-street bus furniture’ in conjunction with the Translink Transit Authority, including seating, bus shelters and realtime bus arrival information.

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Road Investment For the traffic network: A review of the proposed land use arrangements for the road network proposed as part of the Masterplan reveals: that AM Peak demand is very high by 2031, and could affect the function of the M1. The connections to Compton Road, Paradise Road, Beenleigh Road and Rochedale Road become very important the Western service road will be congested and improved connections to Kingston Road may be desirable the Eastern Service Road plan for four laning may be adequate with the improved network connectivity to the eastern side of the Motorway In response the Masterplan provides the following strategies: Limitation of local trip making using the Pacific Motorway: Development is concentrated in the area around the Springwood Busway Station and the Eastern Service Road. Development of opportunities for district road network (such as Cinderella Drive and Barbaralla Drive) to provide a mature integrated road system Completion of the road network grid for the centre: some of the existing roads in Springwood do not provide an alternate choice of routes and so the Masterplan provides for a more connected road network with new road links from Laurinda to Watland Street, and Murrajong Road to Cinderella Drive.

road investment Key intersection upgrade 4 laning Cinderella Boulevard Bus priority facilities New connective road network providing improved vehicular and pedestrian accessibility to Springwood core. Key intersection upgrade New road Streetscape improvements (pedestrian facilities)

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25 - Road Investment Plan

Springwood Boulevard extension to Watland Street 26- Road Investment Plan detail

© 2009. 200 009. Wh While ile GHD has take taken care re to t ensure the accuracy y of thi this produc oduct, t, GHD GHD and and DERM, DERM, Nav Navteq teq make no representati tations or warrantie nties s about about its accuracy, comple mpletene teness or suitab itabilit ility y for fo any partic rticular ular purpose. GHD and DERM, Navteq cannot accept liability of any kind (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) for any expenses, losses, damages and/or costs (including indirect or consequential damage) which are or may be incurred as a result of the product being inaccurate, incomplete or unsuitable in any way and for any reason. Data source: © State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Resource Management): DCDB - 2009; © Copyright Navigate 2008, based on data provided under licence from Navteq 2008: Roads - 2008. Created by: DB Copyright: This document is and shall remain the property of GHD. The document may only be used for the purpose for which it was produced. Unauthorised use of this document in any way is prohibited. © 2009.

Proposed road cross sections The Logan City Council standard road cross sections are typical of guidelines used in Australia. They provide for a safe environment for a range of road functions – from Urban Access to Urban Arterial. The standards ensure an appropriate balance of safety, traffic capacity, parking supply and kerbside function, residential and urban amenity, and access. The LCC standards are primarily suburban in focus, and the variance proposed in this Masterplan is considered to balance the requirement for land acquisition with road function, whilst providing for investments in road space for sustainable means of travel such as walking and cycling. In particular, the road design is intended to promote an urban road cross section, where lane widths promote a lower speed environment for motorised vehicles. The Cinderella Drive cross-section has been designed to accomodate: growth in traffic over time, and temporal uses throughout the day. Four lanes are proposed for Cinderella Drive, within which the kerbside lane can accomodate a range of functions. Cycling use has been included as accordance with this strategy.

27 - Marlane Court road cross section

28 - Murrajong Road road cross section

29 - Cinderella Boulevard road cross section

Parking supply Parking rates applicable for the centre are generally focussed on the areas where change is expected to occur in the Springwood core including: Major commercial development Residential intensification No changes are anticipated for the other uses since limited change is forecast. Parking rates included in the current Logan Planning Scheme are as follows: For Commercial Premises 1 space per 20 m2 of GLA of any storey any ground level plus 1 space per 30m2 of GLA of any other storey with a minimum of 4 spaces plus 2 visitor spaces. Loading bay required if more than 1000m2 GLA. For Multi-Unit Development 2 spaces per dwelling unit of which 1 space is covered. 1 visitor space per 2 dwelling units, where the visitor space is located within 50 metres of the dwelling it serves. 1 vehicle washing space where the use comprises more than 15 dwellings. Rates should be adjusted dynamically to manage parking supply to achieve desired outcomes, including economic growth, urban amenity, manage traffic operations and minimise the provision of transport infrastructure. Increasing market capture by bus services may signal a future requirement for reduction in carparking in some precincts, particularly in the vicinity of the Springwood busway station.

The Greater Springwood Masterplan sets out a long term vision which includes much higher levels of self containment, improved access to public transport and lower levels of car use. However, the parking supply needs to be managed at all points in time to achieve this vision. Creating a more connective road network and additional road links with ‘on-street’ parking will improve the overall available parking supply. A key factor in the management of parking supply is an understanding of the current supply and how both supply and demand will change with future development. In relation to the Springwood area: The on-street parking surveys that were undertaken by the SPATS are a good basis on which to build this picture but need to be updated, and supplemented with a better understand of the ‘off-street’ parking supply. The available information indicates that the current parking rates are not too low. However the high increase in demand for bus services may suggest that an increase in the parking rate is not warranted at this point. The potential for Council to develop or facilitate a commercial parking building within the core retail area should have a direct correlation to amendments made to the parking rates. Changes to parking rates should reinforce this strategy. The Masterplan incorporates provision for shorter term increases to parking supplies including: Implementation of Cinderella Boulevard to provide an on street carparking supply to the kerbside lanes as an interim measure. These spaces are likely to become the subject of future kerbside management arrangements providing for peak period clearways.

30 - Carpark development plan

Pacific Motorway

Precinct 9B: This precinct will need to limit carparking in the long term, which will be implemented in association with the upgrade of public transport services (e.g. 10 minute frequencies for the Eastern Service Road and Cinderella Boulevard).

This precinct will allow for commercial carparks to have as of right capability for ‘carpark’ use. This strategy has the potential to use under-utilised parking spaces based upon different land use purposes. If parking spaces are shared across different times of the day, fewer car parking spaces would be required, as well as potentially renting surplus car parking spaces for additional income to either Council or private organisations.

Precinct 9B will only benefit from a higher parking rate at 1 per 50 sqm for commercial uses for the first 5 years of the plan. However, sites developed within this time period will also benefit from use rights associated with public carparking in the longer term. After this initial period intended to stimulate early phase commercial investment, the planning scheme will be amended to reflect the increased accessibility associated with the South East Busway extension.

Carpark use provided as part of development

A review of other South East Queensland local government planning schemes provided by Council reveals a trend to graduated parking rates to respond to these issues. The critical issue in determining parking rates for the residential precincts of the Greater Springwood Masterplan are: Proximity to public transport Phasing and implementation (earlier phase building may include higher rates than later phases e.g. when the proposed TransLink 2018 bus frequencies are in place) Adequate off street parking to suit the needs of residents Investments in the pedestrian realm of the centre which reduce the need to own a car for access to local retail and services For precincts 7A, 7B, 8C and 9C, carparking rates will be limited to: 0.0 / 0.5 per 1 bedroom 1 per 2 bedroom 1.5 per 3 bedroom 0.25 per unit for visitors These rates take into account proximity to the busway station (and Cinderella Boulevard as the secondary transit street), and will promote diversity of dwelling size in the area, as well as an affordable low-cost unit type without a carpark.

For residential development there are two requirements for parking rates in the Masterplan area including: The need to respond to larger dwelling size whether the dwelling type is units, row houses or detached houses. The opportunity to promote transit oriented development by limitations to origin parking in the vicinity of the Springwood Bus Station.

GREATER SPRINGWOOD MASTERPLAN

city identity

The Greater Springwood Masterplan (2009) anticipates that its’ development to 2031 will be a preparatory phase in the development of Springwood’s future. In next 20 years, a significant quantum of development on small to medium scale sites has been provided for. Key precincts in the plan have been identified for infrastructure investments, and these will help the centre to evolve. The refitting of the centre core area east of the Springwood Bus Station is expected to provide for development feasibility at the scale of the typical lot size, making redevelopment affordable. This strategy is expected to initiate maturation of a commercial PAC. In particular, development on larger sites between Springwood Road and Vanessa Boulevard is anticipated to occur either in the later phases of the plan or beyond 2031. The urban identity of Springwood will be derived from the lifestyle for which it provides. The new residents and employees, and their 18/7 access to local services and activities will transform the sense of this centre from suburban to urban. The proposed apartment living and the major commercial development, along with Council’s investment in a connected and high quality public realm, will evolve Springwood to the city the South East Queensland Regional Plan envisages. Key elements of the urban design arrangements for the centre which are achievable in this phase of Springwood’s development include:

Mixed use development along Springwood Road and Cinderella Boulevard culminating in a major community and parks precinct at Springwood Park and the proposed

Springwood Art Gallery and Theatre fronting Springwood Boulevard. Improvements to east west pedestrian connectivity by review and upgrade of signalised intersection cycle times and facilities for pedestrians at Springwood/ Rochedale Road through to the Logan North Library and the Springwood Aquatic Centre. New interblock links throughout the key early phase development precincts of the centre, providing for a walkable block size with significantly improved pedestrian choices and amenity. Two Town Squares, one fronting Cinderella Boulevard and expected to support retail, cinema and restaurant uses, and the other one fronting Springwood Boulevard to provide both a point of visual interest and lunchtime haven for Springwood office workers. The Town Square in Precinct 8B will be the confluence of all major elements of the Masterplan including the boulevard extension of Carol Avenue (Springwood Boulevard) and the Community uses (Springwood Heart). The Springwood Boulevard Town Square will also make reference to the water sensitive urban design streetscape treatments extending from the Eastern Service Road to Carol Avenue. These WSUD elements provide a mention of the Slacks Creek Linear Park, the other key organizing element of this Masterplan. Ideally this Town Square will include a water feature as a contemporary expression of Springwood’s original appellation.

31 - City Identity Plan Lowe Oval community facilities node. Springwood pedestrian spine Springwood retail heart Springwood community heart Slacks Creek Lineal Park Slacks Creek entry points

GREATER SPRINGWOOD MASTERPLAN

living

As part of the development of this Masterplan, GHD created a City Information Model (CIM) for Springwood. The CIM provides the Masterplan with detailed yield and residential form data and demonstrates the aggregate outcomes for the each precinct including: Building form Unit numbers and size Proposed carparking arrangements and rates Streetscape outcomes including cross sections and three dimensional visualisations In relation to residential growth, the Statistical Local Areas of Springwood, Slacks Creek, Underwood, Rochedale South and Daisy Hill-Priestdale the projected population growth 2001 to 2031 is 10,191 additional people with an overall population for those SLAs of 50,800 people. Overall units numbers proposed in the Masterplan include provision for up to 14,500 units with an assumed average dwelling size of 85 sqm. The key Precincts where residential intensification will predominantly occur include Precincts 7, 8 and 9C. These are within the walk-up catchment of public transport, retail and other services and focus on these areas will provide the impetus for Council’s investment in the infrastructure projects selected for the centre. Table 3.1 of the current Logan Planning Scheme describes Residential Density Standards including provisions for a maximum number of dwellings per site area. Whilst these provisions can provide the Council with a level of certainty around infrastructure loadings, the performance of the plan

within the environment of the Integrated Planning Act needs to be based on outcomes which allow the market to respond and innovate. A limitation to development yield along the lines of the ‘R’ zones is not considered appropriate to provide the stimulus needed to achieve the PAC at Springwood. For Springwood, the Masterplan provides direction around these issues as follows: The detailed building forms analysis provides for a plot ratio and building envelope description of the form of development in each residential precinct Consideration of the phasing requirements of the plan which place the achievement and investment in certain residential precincts as important at the city-wide level A relationship between parcel development size, sustainable building systems and development yield The table on the opposite page highlights the key design criteria for each of the residential intensification areas.

32 - Residential growth 2031

33 - Residential Areas Precinct descriptions

Zone

Residential Intensification

2B 2C

Residential Intensification

7A 7B

Residential Intensification

Mixed Use Development

Building Height 10

Storeys

Plot Ratio

10 10

3 3

1 1

17.5

1.5

0.8

8 8

2.5 4

For Lenore Street East (transition) For 7B remainder

30 28

33 - Residential Areas Precinct descriptions

Zone

Building Height 16

Storeys

Plot Ratio

Residential Intensification

Mixed Use Development

2.5

Heights in accordance with Development approval dated 9 December 2008 for Lot 3 on SP177072

GREATER SPRINGWOOD MASTERPLAN

belonging

This Masterplan is one means by which Springwood will evolve. Central to its future will be the people who live and work there, but beyond the immediate residents and employees, Springwood is recognized for its role to provide a place for the whole of the community, where everyone is welcome, and their differing needs are accommodated. Whilst this Masterplan includes infrastructure investments for roads, stormwater, sewer, water reticulation and environmental rehabilitation, the proposal for a major park acquisition and a new Art Gallery and Theatre in the centre of the core area is the centerpiece of the future community and cultural life of Springwood. Building upon existing assets and uses in the vicinity including Springwood Park, the Springwood Primary School, and the Springwood Bowls Club, Precinct 8B, 8C and 8D will provide a community heart for the region.

34 - Springwood Theatre & Art Gallery

Critical to the response to the needs of this community is the location of the proposed facilities which are highly accessible and have a place of their own within the Springwood core. In particular, the community and park facilities proposed in Precinct 8B build upon and support the ongoing viability of the Springwood Primary School for Education Use. Precincts 8B and 8D will have their own style and pace, and will be partially removed from the service and commercial aspects of other parts of the Masterplan area. The Community facilities proposed as part of this Masterplan include 3 new regional facilities as follows: Art Gallery between Briggs Road, and Murrajong Road Theatre and Dance facilities between Briggs Road, Carol Avenue and Murrajong Road Youth Centre adjoining the existing Springwood Community Centre (corner of Tina Avenue and Vanessa Boulevard)

35 - Springwood community heart looking southwards

36 - Community Facilities plan

37 - Community Facilities plan detail

Existing Springwood Community Centre New Youth Community facility Existing Bowls Club New Town Square, Theatre and Art Gallery Existing Springwood Central Primary

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GREATER SPRINGWOOD MASTERPLAN

preserve

Preserve and protect

Springwood has a rich and diverse natural history which is evident in today’s environmental structure for the centre including: the Slacks Creek Linear Park and its tributaries Springwood Park the suburban context which provides an urban forest surrounding the centre The proposed population increase of approximately 10,000 people would require additional parkland to be provided within easy access to the new residential community being proposed in the study area. Council’s Park Strategy (2005) determines the rate at which open space is provided for the current and future population (per head of population). The Area Standard for Local Recreation Parks relevant to the Springwood Centre is 0.8 hectares for 1000 people with 95% of the population living within a 500m radius. The Area Standard for District Recreation Parks is one hectare per 1000 people and 95% of the population within 1.5km radius. As a result of the proposed increase in population, there will be a shortfall of approximately eight hectares of Local Park and twelve hectares of District Recreational Park. Ideally the provision of new park would build upon Council’s existing park assets both in the form of additional land and better facilities. New park should also be centrally located and easily accessed by the local population via walking, cycling and public transport. New parkland has therefore been identified contiguous with Springwood Park.

The extension of Springwood Park along Briggs Road will reinforce the importance of the public realm within the Greater Springwood Masterplan Area. The park extension reflects the surrounding community focus as it is located adjacent to the Regional Cultural Facility and proposed Civic Park. Combined, they will create a dynamic community node that will act as a significant precinct entrance. The complimentary uses of the Springwood Park extention and proposed Civic Park will provide for outdoor event opportunities, pedestrian links to the major commercial precinct and intensified residential areas will also be improved. The proposed Park acquisition in this location includes four residential sites fronting Cinderella Drive, and a number of residential sites fronting Briggs Road, east of Carol Avenue and including sites between Briggs Road and Murrajong Road, providing 22 900 sqm of new park. Two town squares are also proposed on Cinderella Boulevard (5987 sqm) and Carol Ave/ Springwood Boulevard (3008 sqm), although these parks will be more urban in their function. The Masterplan includes a recommendation to Council to include a waterway theme in their mapping layers. For the Greater Springwood Masterplan area, setbacks to Slacks Creek will be 50 metres from the centreline of the creek, for tributaries, the setback will be 25 metres from the centre line. No new development will be supported within these setback areas, and developments will be required to provide an acceptable vegetated interface which respects the environmental values of the waterway network.

In the most urban areas of the Masterplan (Precinct 9B and 9C), new water sensitive urban design (WSUD) areas have been identified within the road reserve to slow flows and collect debris as water moves towards the Pacific Motorway where new stormwater quality intervention devices are to be installed for water flowing towards Clacks Creek. The WSUD will provide an infrastructure function as well as provide an improvement to the general amenity of streets intersecting with the Eastern Service Road. A number of sites remain to be acquired by Council in order to secure the Slacks Creek Linear Park as a connected network. These acquisitions will enable Council to provide a range of service improvements including waterway continuity and regional ecological connectivity, sewer services augmentation and upgrade and regional cycling pathways. In total, 13 sites will need to be acquired by Council to connect Slacks Creek. Approximately, 67,500 sqm of land is identified in the Masterplan, most of which will be part of the new waterways initiatives.

38 - Existing and New Parks plan

Bill Kohlmann Park Lowe Oval Cinderella Boulevard Town Square Springwood Park extension (1) Springwood Park (existing) Springwood Park extension (2) Springwood Boulevard Town Square Tallowood/Morland Park waterway link Cronulla Park (greyhound track)

Slacks Creek Lineal Park connectivity (new park acquisitions)

GREATER SPRINGWOOD MASTERPLAN

deliver

Delivering the vision

39 - Civil Infrastructure plan

This Masterplan is driven by the logistics around Council leadership in providing investments which give the market confidence in the future of Springwood. Whilst relatively inglorious in themselves, the new roads, sewers, water reticulation and stormwater management measures are important elements in structuring the centre for the future. Alongside the Queensland Government’s major investments in the Pacific Motorway and the South East Busway Extension, Logan City Council will undertake significant investments in its’ services for the centre over the 20 year period. This Masterplan anticipates that:

The Slacks Creek Linear Park Rehabilitation will be initiated in the first five years so as to facilitate the community’s appreciation of the asset and the planning for the augmentation of the sewer, water supply and cycling infrastructure corridors. All streets associated with the priority precincts of this Masterplan , that is, Precincts 7, 8, 9B and 9C will be scheduled for upgrades to all services including street lighting, boulevarding, road function (traffic, cycle facilities, and transit facilities), water sensitive urban design, water supply, sewer, broadband infrastructure and energy supply within 10 years. Provision of community facilities including the Springwood Boulevard Town Square, the Youth Centre on Vanessa Boulevard and the acquisition of sites for the proposed Springwood Art Gallery and Theatre will also occur within 10 years. The Cinderella Boulevard Town Square is expected to occur in accordance with redevelopment plans for the major retail site between Vanessa Boulevard and Fitzgerald Avenue. Acquisition of land for the proposed Springwood Boulevard between Carol Avenue and Watland Street occurs within 10 years, with the implementation of the Boulevard expected to occur by 2026. New Parks infrastructure for the proposed Springwood Park extension will be acquired by 2013, with implementation to occur by 2016.

Civil services refit throughout Springwood core area Major Services Crossing - Energex Fibre-Optic Slacks Creek Service Corridor Augmentation Gas Alignment Creek Corridor Improvement Stormwater Managerment

40 - Indicative Infrastructure Projects Parks Town Square - Cinderella Drive Town Square - Briggs Road Park embellishment New Park (Springwood Park) Subtotal Community facilities Regional Community facility 1(Art Gallery) Regional Community facility 2 (Theatre) Regional Community facility 3 ( outh centre) Subtotal Transport Interblock links (excludes retail sites) Road Intersection upgrades Footpath Eco-gutter Cycleway New bus facilities Boulevard treatments Centres Design Manual (key projects) New trees Subtotal

Land - $/ sqm

Embellishment

Total cost

5987 3008 25853 22900

800 800 800

1000 1000 450 650

10,776,600.00 5,414,400.00 11,633,850.00 33,205,000.00 $61,029,850.00

20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00

2,155,320.00 1,082,880.00 2,326,770.00 6,641,000.00 $12,205,970.00

3536 3536 1276

600 600 600

2500 2500 2500

10,961,600.00 10,961,600.00 3,955,600.00 $25,878,800.00

20.00 20.00 20.00

2,192,320.00 2,192,320.00 791,120.00 $5,175,760.00

5785 6589

600 600 Assumed within cost/ intersection 0 0 600 0 0 600

0 1500

3,471,000.00 13,836,900.00

20.00 20.00

694,200.00 2,767,380.00

300000 250 350 600 0 300 1500 2500

1,500,000.00 300,000.00 926,100.00 3,268,800.00 0.00 33,900,000.00 2,520,000.00 2,505,000.00 $62,227,800.00

20.00 20.00 80.00 20.00

300,000.00 60,000.00 740,880.00 653,760.00

65.00 50.00 20.00

22,035,000.00 1,260,000.00 501,000.00 $29,012,220.00

$20,000,000.00 $10,000,000.00

60.00% 15.00%

$12,000,000.00 $1,500,000.00

$500,000.00

100.00%

$500,000.00

$97,998,250.00

10%

$19,599,650.00

Attributable to development in Springwood Local Plan $267,634,700.00 area

$79,993,600.00

5 1200 2646 2724 0 113000 1200 1002

Council services 6HZHU DQG ZDWHU UHÂżW RI FRUH Slacks Creek service corridor augmentation Energy and Telecommunications Design integration costs Waterways Slacks Creek connectivity & rehabilitation

67585

800

650

Total ICP Duration of cost (years) Cost per year

Springwood Masterplan apportionment

Size

Total

$13,381,725.00

Springwood

Total cost

20 $3,999,680.00

Note: Unit Costs in this table are not a cost estimate. The costs are provided to indicate the comparative investiment required in each infrastructure system. No land valuations were undertaken, and land cost/sqm are indicative only.

GREATER SPRINGWOOD MASTERPLAN

action plan

In order to progress this Masterplan it will be necessary to undertake the following key actions:

confirm indicative infrastructure costings and key projects to be included in the Masterplan obtain Council approval for the adoption of the Masterplan prepare planning scheme amendments for inclusion in the Logan Planning Scheme undertake statutory consultation as part of a planning scheme amendment process prepare short and medium term Council budget requirements in accordance with section 17. appoint Masterplan project director (champion) to liaise with the development industry and community appoint Masterplan task force and advisory group to facilitate the implementation of the plan Initiate key short term actions in 2010-2011 budget cycle Direct consultation with affected property owners Intersection analysis for locations identified in section 12 for “Road investment’. Assessment of parking supply via an ongoing monitoring program Concept design for Cinderella Boulevard

The timetable on the opposite page provides an indicative Implementation Plan.

Slacks Creek Lineal Park Rehabilitation Stage 3 (Moss Street to Paradise Road)

Slacks Creek Lineal Park Rehabilitation Stage 2 (Moss Street interface)

Installation of broadband services coordinated with infrastructure refit of Springwood Core

Logan Road to Moss Street (clean-up and vegetation rehabilitation)

Slacks Creek Lineal Park Rehabilitation Stage 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Community building project

Liaise with Telecommunications providers regarding coordinated rollout of broadband in Springwood core

Identify Springwood Task Force Champion and Advisory Committee

2010

Construct bus road link and bus priority facilities to Kingston Road/ Allgas Street and Allgas Street to Park Road, and Park Road/ Kingston Road bus priority facilities as required

Upgrades to key intersections Stage 3: Springwood Boulevard/ Watland Street

Construct Springwood Boulevard

Post 2019

Construct Springwood Theatre and Art Gallery

Construct Springwood Boulevard Town Square

2018

Construct Springwood Park extension and embellishments

2017

Upgrades to key intersections Stage 2: Springwood Road/ Rochedale Road, Springwood Road/ Cinderella Drive

Commence construction on Springwood Boulevard Town Square

Public consultation for Springwood Theatre and Art Gallery

Slacks Creek Service Corridor Augmentation Construction

2016

Springwood Core refit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Water reticulation, stormwater services, road pavement and pedestrian realm upgrade (Priority streets are Eastern Service Road, Springwood Road, Murrajong Road)

Slacks Creek Service Corridor Augmentation Design

Public consultation of Springwood Park Concept Design

2014

Acquire land for road refit of Springwood Core

Acquire land for Springwood Boulevard Town Square

Acquire land for Springwood Theatre and Art Gallery

Design and construct Cinderella Boulevard

Initiate land acquisition for Springwood Park extension

2012

Upgrades to key intersection Stage 1: Construct bus priority concept design for Fitzgerald Avenue/ Logan Road

Acquire land for Slacks Creek connectivity and Cycle network

Acquire land and construct new Community Youth Centre

Continue land acquisition for Cinderella Boulevard (road widenings)

2011

Upgrades to key intersection Stage 1: Prepare bus priority concept design for Fitzgerald Avenue/ Logan Road

Initiate land acquisition for Cinderella Boulevard (road widenings)

Masterplan adopted in planning scheme

41 - Implementation Plan

Acknowledgements This Masterplan has been developed by GHD. Within the GHD team for the project, Buckley Vann Town Planning and Deicke Richards Architects were involved in the early stages to provide a transition from previous work undertaken for Logan City Council and as a peer review of the final Masterplan. Urban Economics provided the economic context for the development of the Masterplan. Godwin Wood Consulting provided the transport planning input to the Masterplan throughout all phases of its development.

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