Vertical Integration: The Relationship Between Regional and District Plans When assessing the vertical integration of regional plans and district plans, both plans must correlate to promote consistency and uniformity in infrastructure development. As seen in Figure 1, regional plans must set out visions, objectives strategies and actions for the wider economic, social and environmental context whilst district plans must understand and respond to the objectives of the regional plan with planning priorities followed by actions relevant to planned precincts and growth areas of the speci c district. With this in mind, Greater Sydney Region Plan can be analysed in relation to the Central City District Plan where this section of the report will examine the ability of both plans to achieve the correlative outcomes set out in Figure 1, with a further investigation of the vertical integration of the three government tiers.
Figure 1: Structure and Relationship of Regional and District Plans (Greater Sydney Commission, 2018).
Figure 2: Roles of Planning Authorities in Greater Sydney (Greater Sydney Commission, 2018).
The GSRP sets out a 40-year vision to improve infrastructure on an economic, social and environmental basis, seeking to establish three cities within Greater Sydney with the idea of a “30minute city,” where residents will live within desired proximity to their work, education and essential services (Greater Sydney Commission, 2018). The GSRP conducts this vision on a regional level, balancing all districts into one plan to prioritise Greater Sydney’s Growth as one. On the other hand, the Central City District Plan sets out a 20-year plan that provides greater detail on the planning priorities pertaining to the local government areas of Blacktown, Cumberland, Parramatta and The Hills and outlines in greater detail on how the vision of the GSRP will be achieved. Mentioned in the vision statement of the GSRP was to “collaborate between all tiers of government” (Greater Sydney Commission, 2018), where the regional plan is set out as the framework plan to inform district plans and local government plans. The ‘Ten Directions’ component of the GSRP is a critical element of the GSRP, setting out the ambition for the region whilst also providing an essential framework to the plan. Under these
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