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Blacktown LGA

Parramatta LGA

Cumberland LGA Site Ryde LGA

Fairfield LGA

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Strathfield LGA

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The site is located within the Parramatta Local Government Area within New South Wales, Australia. Some of the neighbouring Local Government Areas includes Cumberland LGA to its South, The Hills Shire LGA to its North, Blacktown LGA to the North West. Ryde LGA and Canada Bay LGA are located to the East of the Site.

The site has a central location within Sydney and has a potential for being the central CBD of Sydney. The harbour CBD is just 30 minutes away by public transport, hence the site has quick access by a variety of transportation methods. The site consists of world heritage-listed items such as the Parramatta Park and the Old government House; state heritage listed items such as the Cumberland Hospital and significant aborginal listings.

The Westmead place strategy indicates various housing options to the south of the site, which is located in the Cumberland LGA. There are various ecological hotspots around the site. The site, owing to its central location and its proximity to other major cities like the Eastern Harbour CBD and the Western Parkland city, holds significant potential to be developed as the new CBD that provides for the growing population.

Historical data retrieved from City of Parramatta’s history and heritage.

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Fig. 1: Image showing western view of Toongabbie. Image source: City of Parramatta Fig. 2:Image showing the first female factory, c.1803. Image Source: City of Parramatta. Fig. 3: Second female factory, c.1818 Image Source: City of Parramatta.

Fig. 7:Image showing Westfields in 1975. Image source: City of Parramatta

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Fig. 4: Toongabbie railway station , c1885 Image source: City of Parramatta. Fig. 5: Image showing Parramatta town map. c.1904. Image source: City of Parramatta Fig. 6: Arial view of Northern gardens, Cumberland Hospital, c. 1943, Image source: City of Parramatta.

STATE LEVEL POLICIES

Greater Sydney is one of the global cities in Australia. With a current population of 4.7 million, it holds a major economic clout across all industries and commerce. It is also endowed with several natural features such as the natural Harbour, long coastal beaches, bushlands, the Blue Mountains. This Greater Sydney Regional Plan (GSRP) is built of a vision where people of Greater Sydney live within a 30-minute radius from their jobs, education, and health facilities. Formulated by the Greater Sydney Commission (GSC), the plan aims to transform the Greater Sydney region in the next 40 years into a metropolis of 3 cities, namely, the Western Parkland City, Central River City, and the Eastern Harbour City. The development is anchored around four major themes, namely, “Productivity”, “Liveability”, “Connectivity” and “Sustainability”. The implementation of the vision is to be carried out by collaborations between all tiers of the government and key stakeholders such as the community, business organizations, non-governmental organizations. The plans for the four broad themes are further segregated ten different directions that forms the basis for the formulation of district plans which further act as guides for the local government to adopt and implement the local strategic planning (Greater Sydney Commission, 2016). The Central City District Plan by the GSC is the bridging document between the GSRP and the local governing bodies, that sets out planning priorities and actions for improving the quality of life for its residents across the district. In giving effect to the directions set out under the GSRP, the Central District Plan broadly lists out its priorities and actions across four main themes, “Infrastructure & Collaboration”, “Liveability”, “Productivity” and “Sustainability”. It covers the local government areas of Blacktown, Cumberland, Parramatta and the Hills (Greater Sydney Commission, 2018) .

It is estimated that the Central City District will grow substantially in the next 20 years. Greater Parramatta & Olympic Peninsula has been identified as the metropolitan core of the district due to its central geographic location. With strong support from the Westmead Health & Education Precinct, technology, and urban services from Camelia, Rydalmere, Silverwater and Auburn, the economic strength is further enhanced by the introduction of the Parramatta Light Rail Network and the Sydney Metro West.

LOCAL LEVEL POLICIES

Future Transport 2056 sets the 40-year vision, directions and principles for customer mobility in NSW, guiding transport investment over the longer term. It presents a glimpse of the large economic and societal shifts we will see in the future and places the customer at the centre of everything we do, to ensure we harness rapid advances in technology and innovation to create and maintain a world-class, safe, efficient and reliable transport system. It outlines six state-wide principles to guide planning and investment. These are aimed at harnessing rapid change and developing new technologies and innovation to support a modern, innovative and resilient transport network. The principles are Customer focused, Successful places, A strong economy, Safety and performance, Accessible services and Sustainable.

The mobility, in both regional and outer metropolitan NSW and Greater Sydney, is customer focused, data enabled and dynamic, allowing the network and services to effectively respond to rapidly evolving customer needs and preferences. Customers’ end-to-end journey experience will be seamlessly integrated across different transport modes, including information, payment and transfers between modes. The Parramatta Local Strategic Planning Statement by the City of Parramatta Council provides a strategic direction for development across the Parramatta LGA in the next 20 years. This document envisions the Parramatta CBD as the core of economic development that will spur growth in the Greater Parramatta Region. In giving effect to the GSC’s “ A metropolis of 3 cities” and the “Central River District Plan”, the Parramatta LSPS contains priorities and actions that will help in achieving the vision and objectives of the above-mentioned documents. The LSPS is also strategically aligned with the objectives of the GPOP.

The priorities and the actions are to be implemented through four major themes, “Local Planning”, “Liveability”, Productivity” and “Sustainability”. Themes such as transport, housing, community infrastructure, local character, diversity in housing, culture and heritage are broadly covered under the first two themes while the third theme broadly covers the plans and priorities for economic growth across the LGA in areas such as the Silverwater Precinct, North Parramatta, along Victoria Road and the Rydalmere Precinct.

Foreword LOCAL LEVEL POLICIES

City of Parramatta has 165,296 jobs in 2016. According to this plan the target was to achieve more 20,000 jobs by 2021. The key industries highlighted are Health, Finance, Government Services, Education and Technology. The document also highlights the economic strengths, weaknesses, opportunity and threats of Parramatta. The purpose of the Economic Development Plan (EDP) is to grow the number of jobs in the City of Parramatta Local Government Area. Along with this, the EDP provides specific action plans to fulfil the objectives. The five major directions are ‘Urban transformation and Sustainability’, ‘Small businesses and employment’, ‘Marketing and Investment Attraction’, ‘Education and Training’, and ‘Visitor and Cultural Economy’. The EDP includes all the stakeholders and provides and implementation strategy across different phases of development of the given directions and actions. The Local Housing Strategy (City of Parramatta Council, 2020) is a strategic document that aims to ensure that the housing growth in Parramatta is in tandem with the future infrastructural developments prescribed under the overarching State and Regional Plans mentioned earlier in this Chapter. Therefore, the main objective of this Strategy is to make provisions for appropriate living options to develop in the right locations while adopting suitable construction methods to respect the existing character. This strategy utilises existing housing demographics and corresponding socio-economic trends to derive housing projections for the period between 20162036. Some of the key findings of the strategy is that there is a shortage of housing diversity, there are sufficient provisions for high density housing however, there is a need to address the ‘missing middle’ through medium density housing options.

THEME BASED LEVEL POLICIES

The Environmental Sustainability Strategy was formulated by the City of Parramatta Council to ensure that, along with the economic and social development of the city, the natural environment improves with it. It outlines key environmental sustainability directions and priorities. The strategy is an answer to preserve the existing natural systems facing an increase of over 60% in the population in the next 20 years. Based on the feedback form the community, the four major themes, “A City in Nature, Built for the Future, Connected & Resilient, Leading by Examples”. Each theme covers priorities as shown in Figure 8. It also outlines the existing framework that support the strategies and upcoming projects to enforce the successful implementation of the strategies. ‘Culture and Our City’ document by the City of Parramatta responds to the communities, cultures and new opportunities within the City of Parramatta. The document addresses the cultural direction for the City Of Parramatta, which include four strategic goals. The first goal emphasises the preservation of the City of Parramatta into a place of gathering. The second goal emphasises the importance of diversity within the community. The third goal emphasises the importance of imagination and ideas for the progress of the City of Parramatta. Finally, the document highlights the importance of design and its influence in transforming the City of Parramatta into a hub of creativity and knowledge. The document also highlights various ways by which progress and the benefits of the plan is measured.