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%8%#54)6% 35--!29 7ODEN S ESSENTIAL STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS ARE THE SURROUNDING ARTERIAL ROAD NETWORK FRINGING THE CORE LARGE AREAS OF SURFACE PARKING RETAIL ACTIVITY IN THE 0LAZA THE CAMPUS STYLE OFFICE PRECINCT BACKING ON TO THE PEDESTRIAN SPINE AND THE SPORT AND RECREATION AREA ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF ,AUNCESTON 3TREET 4HIS STRONG PATTERN OF SINGLE PURPOSE LANDUSES INHIBITS THE EXTENT TO WHICH 7ODEN EXPRESSES AN INTEGRATED AND LIVELY URBAN QUALITY THAT COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED OF A TOWN CENTRE SERVICING A POPULATION OF ALMOST PEOPLE 2ESEARCH CARRIED OUT AS PART OF THIS MASTER PLANNING PROCESS REVEALED THAT THE COMMUNITY S CONCERNS ABOUT 7ODEN TODAY ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE RAISED IN *UST AS THEN PEOPLE TODAY REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISOLATION OF DIFFERENT SECTORS THE LACK OF ACTIVITY OUTSIDE NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS THE SEA OF CARS SURROUNDING THE CORE A LACK OF CONVENIENTLY LOCATED PARKING THE SENSE OF A @CONCRETE JUNGLE AND THE GENERAL ABSENCE OF A CIVIC ROLE THAT A TOWN CENTRE WOULD NORMALLY PLAY IN THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY 4HE RESTAURANT STRIP ALONG #ORINNA 3TREET WHERE THE 0LAZA OPENS OUTWARDS TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC REALM IS A NEW URBAN DESIGN ELEMENT 4HIS HAS BEGUN TO BREAK DOWN THE INACTIVE SPACES THAT HAVE CHARACTERISED 7ODEN S DESIGN 4HIS NEW FEATURE IS WIDELY REGARDED AS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO 7ODEN S CHARACTER 4RAFFIC CONGESTION AND DIFFICULTY WITH ACCESS TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES WERE CONSISTENTLY RAISED AS MATTERS OF CONCERN THAT HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH IN THIS 0LAN /THER RECOMMENDATIONS IMPROVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS TO MOVE MORE FREELY TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THE TOWN CENTRE CORE &EDERAL 'OVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS IN 7ODEN S FUTURE -UCH OF THE M OFFICE STOCK IS YEARS OLD AND DESIGNED TO A DIFFERENT SET OF REQUIREMENTS TO MODERN OFFICES 'OVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE WORKERS AND THE 0LAN RECOGNISES THAT THE FUTURE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE OFFICE SPACE WITH LARGE OPEN FLOOR AREAS AND FIVE STAR ENERGY RATING WILL BE IMPORTANT IN PRESERVING 7ODEN S SHARE OF THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT MARKET 4HE 0LAN PROVIDES A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET THE OFFICE NEEDS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS )N ORDER TO REALISE THE FULL URBAN DESIGN POTENTIAL OF THIS NEXT GENERATION OF BUILDINGS THE COOPERATION OF TENANTS AND BUILDING OWNERS IS REQUIRED TO FOSTER THE INTRODUCTION OF MORE ACTIVE STREET FRONTAGES THAT WILL HELP BREAK DOWN THE SEGREGATED LANDUSE PATTERN 4HE STRUCTURAL CAUSE OF PERCEIVED PERSONAL SAFETY PROBLEMS AND SENSE OF ISOLATION CAN ONLY BE IMPROVED BY GREATER ACTIVITY ALONG THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE LAND USES 4HIS SOLUTION INVOLVES RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN CORE ACTIVE STREET FRONTAGES @HUMAN SCALE ARCHITECTURE AT GROUND LEVEL THAT INCLUDES AWNINGS AND COLONNADES MORE COMPACT PARKING ARRANGEMENTS AND BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORT

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4HE POPULATION OF 7ODEN AND 7ESTON #REEK IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN FAIRLY STABLE OVER THE NEXT YEARS AT ABOUT 4HE PROPORTION OF THIS POPULATION OVER AGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO ABOUT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS AGE GROUP BY ALMOST TO AROUND #ONSULTATION ABOUT THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THIS INCREASING PROPORTION OF OLDER PEOPLE IDENTIFIED THEIR GREATEST NEED TO BE IMPROVED AMENITY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISED SCOOTERS &EATURES CONTRIBUTING TO ADDRESSING THIS NEED INCLUDE PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY QUALITY AND MAINTENANCE OF PAVING LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING AND IMPROVED ACCESS TO ALL FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY SIGHT AND OTHER DISABILITIES 4HE %NTERTAINMENT !CCOMMODATION AND ,EISURE PRECINCT ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF ,AUNCESTON 3TREET PROVIDES FACILITIES THAT ARE LARGELY MANAGED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR 4HE 0LAN PROPOSES TO EXTEND THE RANGE OF PERMISSIBLE USES IN THE AREA TO ALLOW SOME RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL OFFICE DEVELOPMENT AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND ABOVE 4HESE ADDITIONAL USES SHOULD HELP PROVIDE THE NECESSARY COMMERCIAL BALANCE TO ENCOURAGE REFURBISHMENT OF SIGNIFICANT FACILITIES SUCH AS THE SWIMMING POOL AND ICE SKATING RINK )N THE MEDIUM TERM AT LEAST THE 0LAN PROPOSES THAT 0HILLIP /VAL BE RETAINED AS A SPORTING VENUE AND MANAGED IF NECESSARY BY THE 4ERRITORY 4HIS WILL ALLOW TIME TO FULLY EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT A MAJOR NEW USER TO THE FACILITY WHILST AT THE SAME TIME ALLOWING BROADER COMMUNITY USE OF FACILITIES SUCH AS MEETING ROOMS AND THE CREATION OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS FRONTING ,AUNCESTON 3TREET 2EDUCING RELIANCE ON CAR COMMUTING AND INCREASING BUS PATRONAGE IS A KEY OBJECTIVE 4HIS IS ACHIEVED BY NEW BUS STATIONS THAT PROVIDE PATRONS WITH COMFORTABLE AND SECURE FACILITIES 4HE 0LAN HAS DEVELOPED A DESIGN CONCEPT THAT INTEGRATES A NEW BUS STATION WITH FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE CORE 4HE COST OF PROVIDING SUCH SIGNIFICANT NEW INFRASTRUCTURE IS OFFSET BY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT ARISE FROM RELOCATION OF THE EXISTING POLICE STATION AND REDUCTION IN SIZE OF THE CURRENT INTERCHANGE PLATFORM REQUIREMENTS (OWEVER MORE WORK STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH !#4)/. AND THE RETAIL OFFICE AND COMMUNITY SECTORS TO ENSURE THAT SOUND PRINCIPLES UNDERPIN FUTURE CHANGES TO THE EXISTING BUS ARRANGEMENTS 4HE 0LAN RECOGNISES THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD ON THE WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES CURRENTLY PROVIDED WITHIN THE 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA )NITIATIVES INCLUDE RENAMING THE AREA AS THE 0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT THE CREATION OF A NEW ENTRANCE BY EXTENDING 0ARRAMATTA 3TREET TO !THLLON $RIVE AND RELEASING THE OLD DEPOT SITES FOR REDEVELOPMENT -IXED USE RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES ARE PROVIDED BY PERMITTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL AND ABOVE IN THE CENTRAL CORE 3UCH CHANGES IN LAND USE WILL BE SUBJECT TO PREPARATION OF 3ECTION -ASTER 0LANS THAT RECOGNISE THE INTENTIONS OF ALL AFFECTED BUSINESS OPERATORS AND LESSEES 4HE -ASTER 0LAN IS A TIMELY MECHANISM FOR BRINGING BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE 'OVERNMENT TOGETHER TO BETTER REALISE THE EXPECTATIONS OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN IMPLEMENTING THE GROWTH OF AN

INNOVATIVE SAFE AND COLLABORATIVE LIVING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT THAT VALUES THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL HERITAGE OF 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE

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0!24 ! "ACKGROUND DEFINES THE STUDY AREA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH BROAD PLANNING OBJECTIVES FOR THE !#4 )T EXPLORES THE HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT OF 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE ADDRESSES ISSUES RAISED BY THE COMMUNITY ANALYSES EXISTING URBAN STRUCTURE AND CULTURAL FEATURES AND ESTABLISHES OBJECTIVES TO ACHIEVE A DESIRED FUTURE CHARACTER

0!24 " 4HE -ASTER 0LAN ENCAPSULATES THE OBJECTIVES ESTABLISHED IN 0ART ! AND EXPRESSES THE DESIRED FUTURE CHARACTER OF 7ODEN IN AN 5RBAN 3TRUCTURE 0LAN 4HE SECTION THEN DESCRIBES A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO IMPLEMENTING THE FUTURE VISION FOR 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE OVER THE NEXT n YEARS

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4HE IMPORTANCE OF THE -ASTER 0LAN 4HE BASIC STRUCTURE FOR 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE WAS ESTABLISHED YEARS AGO AND REMAINS LARGELY UNCHANGED IN ITS BASIC CONCEPT (OWEVER EXPANSION OF THE 7ODEN 0LAZA CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OFFICE ACCOMMODATION SALE OF SITES BY THE &EDERAL 'OVERNMENT REDESIGN OF #ALLAM 3TREET TO ALIGN WITH !THLLON $RIVE AND PROPOSALS FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING ARE ALL REAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES THAT INCREMENTALLY ALTER 7ODEN S CHARACTER 4HE PURPOSE OF THIS -ASTER 0LAN IS TO REVIEW MANY OF THE PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE MADE IN THE S AND S AND CONSIDER FUTURE GROWTH OF 7ODEN IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY PLANNING OBJECTIVES 4HESE OBJECTIVES INCLUDE MORE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HIGHER QUALITY URBAN DESIGN CHANGING OFFICE ACCOMMODATION NEEDS OF MAJOR EMPLOYERS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES AND THE NEED FOR GREATER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN DEVELOPING 7ODEN S PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL OUTCOMES &URTHER THE -ASTER 0LAN PROCESS IS NOT ABOUT DEVELOPING A SCHEDULE OF 'OVERNMENT FUNDED CAPITAL WORKS 2ATHER IT IS ABOUT CREATING A FRAMEWORK FOR CHANGE THAT ASSISTS THE 'OVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP TO ADAPT QUICKLY TO CHANGING COMMERCIAL SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REALITIES 7ITHOUT THIS OVERVIEW INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS OFTEN FAIL TO MATERIALISE DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY OF DEALING WITH ALL THE ISSUES IN THE ABSENCE OF AN OVERALL CONTEXT -ASTER 0LANS SIT WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF THE 4ERRITORY 0LAN THAT ALLOWS FOR SPECIAL PLANS AND CODES TO BE ADOPTED BY THE 0LANNING !UTHORITY !S SUCH THE -ASTER 0LAN WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THE !#4 0LANNING AND ,AND !UTHORITY IS ASSESSING DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

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&)'52% 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE '%/&& #/-&/24 0(/4/'2!0(9 )NCREMENTAL CHANGES SINCE ARE EVIDENT !REAS OF SURFACE PARKING HAVE BEEN COMPRESSED INTO STRUCTURES AS DEMAND FOR BUILDING SITES INCREASED /THER CHANGES ARE CONSTANTLY IN THE PIPELINE AND A MASTER PLAN NEEDS TO SET THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF CHANGE

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2ESPONSE AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESS 4HE 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE -ASTER 0LAN IS NOT SOLELY A PRODUCT OF !#40,! AND THE CONSULTANT TEAM )T IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN !#4 'OVERNMENT AGENCIES REPRESENTATIVES OF PEAK COMMUNITY GROUPS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC !CHIEVING THIS COLLABORATION INVOLVED A NUMBER OF STEPS THAT ARE SUMMARISED IN &IGURE THE #OLLABORATIVE 0LANNING 0ROCESS 4HE PROCESS OF COLLABORATION DOES NOT STOP WITH THE RELEASE OF THIS PLAN 3EVERAL STATUTORY PLANNING PROCESSES THAT WILL FLOW ON FROM THIS POINT INVOLVE PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND IN SOME CASES REVIEW BY THE ,EGISLATIVE !SSEMBLY S 0LANNING AND %NVIRONMENT #OMMITTEE 4HESE PROCESSES INCLUDE 4ERRITORY 0LAN 6ARIATIONS AND SEVERAL INTEGRATED PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS THAT DEAL WITH SIGNIFICANT GROUPS OF PROJECTS SUCH AS THE BUS INTERCHANGE AND ASSOCIATED RETAIL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT 4HE -ASTER 0LAN WILL STILL EVOLVE OVER THE COMING YEARS IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER DESIRES POLICY CHANGES POLITICAL DECISIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPERATIVES AND ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS

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-ETROPOLITAN CONTEXT 7ODEN WAS #ANBERRA S FIRST NEW TOWN DESIGNED IN THE S TO DISPERSE EMPLOYMENT AND RETAIL ACTIVITY AWAY FROM THE CENTRAL AREA 7ODEN IS PHYSICALLY SEPARATED FROM BUT CONVENIENTLY RELATED TO CENTRAL #ANBERRA AND 4UGGERANONG AS DEMONSTRATED IN &IGURE 7ODEN WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AS A DISCRETE UNIT OF SUBURBS BUT DEVELOPMENT OF THE EIGHT SUBURBS OF 7ESTON #REEK INCREASED THE POPULATION TO A LEVEL WHERE A LARGER TOWN CENTRE WITH A BROADER RANGE OF FACILITIES COULD BE SUSTAINED 7ODEN S TOWN CENTRE ROLE WAS REVIEWED IN THE .ATIONAL #APITAL $EVELOPMENT #OMMISSION S -ETROPOLITAN 0OLICY 0LAN 4HE -ETROPOLITAN 0LAN RECONFIRMED THE HIERARCHY OF COMMERCIAL CENTRES AND INCLUDED CLEAR STATEMENTS ABOUT RESTRICTING 7ODEN S METROPOLITAN ROLE 4HE -ETROPOLITAN 0LAN STATED AN EMPLOYMENT LEVEL OF n IN THE 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE

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!N EFFECTIVE STRATEGIC PLAN TAKES A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE AND COMBINES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WITH SPATIAL OBJECTIVES 4HE !#4 'OVERNMENT HAS RESPONDED TO THE /%#$ S RECOMMENDATION TO PREPARE A 3TRATEGIC 0LAN THAT INCLUDES AS ONE ELEMENT 4HE #ANBERRA 3PATIAL 0LAN 4HE #ANBERRA 3PATIAL 0LAN THAT WAS RELEASED IN -ARCH PROPOSES A PREFERRED DIRECTION WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE AND PROVIDE FOR THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF #ANBERRA AS A CONTAINED CITY 3OME OF THE PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING THE PREFERRED DIRECTION OF 4HE #ANBERRA 3PATIAL 0LAN THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE BROAD DIRECTION OF THE 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE -ASTER 0LAN INCLUDE Q

)NTENSIFICATION OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE EXISTING URBAN AREA OCCURS PREDOMINANTLY WITHIN #ENTRAL #ANBERRA AND AROUND TOWN CENTRES INCREASING THE POPULATION IN THESE AREAS AND THE HOUSING CHOICE FOR PEOPLE WISHING TO LIVE CLOSE TO PLACES OF WORK EDUCATION COMMUNITY SERVICES AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

%XISTING CENTRES INCLUDING #IVIC WILL BE THE FOCUS OF EMPLOYMENT GROWTH WITH EXISTING EMPLOYMENT CORRIDORS BEING REINFORCED BY CLUSTERING AT NODES ALONG THE CORRIDORS

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4HE PRINCIPLES UNDERPINNING THE 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE -ASTER 0LAN ARE ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE PREFERRED DIRECTION OF THE 4HE #ANBERRA 3PATIAL 0LAN

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4OWN #ENTRE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY 4HE LAND USE PHILOSOPHY UNDERPINNING THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLANS FOR 7ODEN CLEARLY DIVIDES THE TOWN INTO ZONES 4HE ARTERIAL ROAD NETWORK FRINGING THE TOWN THE RING OF CAR PARKS RETAIL ACTIVITY IN THE 0LAZA THE CAMPUS STYLE OFFICE PRECINCT BACKING ON TO THE PEDESTRIAN SPINE AND THE SPORT AND RECREATION AREA ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF ,AUNCESTON 3TREET REMAIN THE TOWN S ESSENTIAL STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AS ILLUSTRATED IN &IGURE

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3EGREGATION EXTENDED TO SEPARATING PEDESTRIANS FROM VEHICLES EITHER HORIZONTALLY THROUGH THE CENTRAL PEDESTRIAN SPINE OR VERTICALLY WITH ELEVATED WALKWAYS ABOVE THE STREETS !LTHOUGH IDEALISTIC IN ITS AIM TO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS FROM A PERCEIVED DANGER POSED BY MOTOR VEHICLES THE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT THE DESIGN OF STREETS FAVOURS VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS MUST FOLLOW ROUTES THAT HAVE POOR SURVEILLANCE AND ARE OFTEN DESERTED OUTSIDE NORMAL OFFICE HOURS

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)NTRODUCTION 7ODEN LIKE MOST TOWNS IS IN A CONTINUAL STATE OF EVOLUTION )TS FORM AND FUNCTION TODAY MAY BE QUITE DIFFERENT IN TEN YEARS TIME AS MAY BE THE BUILDINGS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT ITS FUNCTIONS ! NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WILL REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL REFURBISHMENT SOME MAY BE CONVERTED TO RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USES AND SOME MAY BE DEMOLISHED AND REDEVELOPED .EW DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WILL EMERGE AND NEW USES WILL REQUIRE DIFFERENT ACCOMMODATION TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE #URRENTLY THE GENERAL URBAN STRUCTURE OF AN INTEGRATED CAMPUS STYLE DESIGN LACKS THE LEGIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY OF MORE TRADITIONAL STREET BASED TOWNS 4HE COMMUNITY HAS HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF ITS CONCERNS AND THE ACTIONS OF BUILDING OWNERS MAJOR TENANTS AND GOVERNMENT NEED TO RESPOND IN WAYS THAT HELP 7ODEN EVOLVE AS A MORE VIBRANT WALKABLE AND LIVABLE TOWN

3TATUTORY PLANNING POLICIES $EVELOPMENT IN 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE IS MAINLY GOVERNED BY 4ERRITORY 0LAN POLICIES ALTHOUGH THE .ATIONAL #APITAL 0LAN HAS SOME RELEVANCE

4HE .ATIONAL #APITAL 0LAN .#0 CONFIRMS 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE AS A MAJOR EMPLOYMENT LOCATION )N ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF 0ART OF THE .#0 $EVELOPMENT #ONTROL 0LANS WILL ACT AS A STATUTORY FRAMEWORK AGAINST WHICH ANY DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR FORMER .ATIONAL ,AND WILL BE ASSESSED

4HE 4ERRITORY 0LAN COMMERCIAL POLICIES FOR ALL TOWN CENTRES INCLUDING 7ODEN ARE CONTAINED AT 0ART " OF THE 4ERRITORY 0LAN 4HE OBJECTIVES OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE #OMMERCIAL @" ,AND 5SE 0OLICIES ARE TO Q

0ROVIDE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE DISTRICT POPULATION FOR SHOPPING COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL FACILITIES ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION

0ROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT WHILST FACILITATING THE DECENTRALISATION OF EMPLOYMENT FROM THE #ENTRAL .ATIONAL !REA

%NCOURAGE A MIX OF LAND USES INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL USES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO AN ACTIVE AND DIVERSE CHARACTER

0ROVIDE AN URBAN STRUCTURE WHICH IS SIMPLE LEGIBLE AND FLEXIBLE

-AINTAIN AND ENHANCE ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITY AND ENCOURAGE A STANDARD OF URBAN DESIGN CONSISTENT WITH THE FUNCTION OF THE CENTRE

%NCOURAGE ACTIVITIES PARTICULARLY AT STREET LEVEL WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND SOCIAL INTERACTION

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

4!",% !GE PROJECTIONS OF 7ODEN 6ALLEY POPULATION !GE YEARS

*UNE

4/4!,

-EDIAN AGE

4OTAL OVER AGE

/VER AS 7ODEN POP

3OURCE !#4 'OVERNMENT DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS n #HIEF -INISTER S $EPARTMENT

4!",% $ISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION RESIDENT WORKERS AND EMPLOYMENT BY DISTRICT

OF 0OPULATION

"ELCONNEN

'UNGAHLIN

.ORTH #ANBERRA

3OUTH #ANBERRA

4UGGERANONG

7ODEN 7ESTON #K

/THER !#4

OF 2ESIDENT 7ORKERS

3OURCE !"3 AND #ENSUS %RRORS DUE TO ROUNDING

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

OF TOTAL !#4 %MPLOYMENT

4HE CURRENT .ATIONAL #APITAL 0LAN .#0 SETS OUT THE BROAD LAND USE STRUCTURE FOR THE !#4 INCLUDING 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE 4HE .#0 AT THE BROAD LEVEL AND THE 4ERRITORY 0LAN AT THE DETAILED LAND USE PLANNING LEVEL REINFORCE THE PRINCIPLES OF URBAN STRUCTURE ESTABLISHED IN EARLIER PLANS PRIOR TO SELF GOVERNMENT 4HE 4ERRITORY 0LAN S 4OWN #ENTRE 0OLICIES ALSO CONTAIN GENERAL CONTROLS AND !REA 3PECIFIC 0OLICIES APPLYING TO EACH PRECINCT 4HE CONTROLS MAINLY CONCERN THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO MAJOR PEDESTRIAN AREAS AND ROUTES THE NEED FOR CONSISTENCY IN DESIGN AND BUILDING MATERIALS AND COLOURS AND THE NEED TO ASSESS WIND IMPACTS %XISTING 4ERRITORY 0LAN CONTROLS ARE SUMMARISED IN !PPENDIX "

0OPULATION 4HE DISTRICT OF 7ODEN 7ESTON #REEK HAD A TOTAL POPULATION OF ABOUT IN *UNE /F THIS ABOUT WAS IN THE AGE GROUP WAS n AND WAS IN THE AGE GROUP 4HE DISTRICT POPULATION PEAKED IN AT ABOUT )T NEVER REACHED THE LEVEL OF WHICH WAS ANTICIPATED DURING S PLANNING 4EN YEAR POPULATION PROJECTIONS FOR 7ODEN 6ALLEY NOT INCLUDING 7ESTON #REEK TO *UNE ARE INCLUDED AS 4ABLE 4ABLE SHOWS THAT BETWEEN AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THE 7ODEN POPULATION OVER NEARLY DOUBLED FROM TO AND IS FORECAST TO RISE TO BY )N TERMS OF ACTUAL NUMBERS IN THIS AGE CATEGORY THERE WERE PEOPLE OVER IN AND A FORECAST IN AN INCREASE OF OR 4HE STAGE AT WHICH THE AGED POPULATION REACHES A PLATEAU WILL DEPEND ON THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE INTO AND OUT OF THE AREA AND THE AGE PROFILE OF PEOPLE WHO MOVE INTO THE RE DEVELOPED AND NEW DWELLINGS 'ENERALLY THE POPULATIONS OF 7ESTON #REEK AND 7ODEN 6ALLEY HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY STABLE 4HAT LEADS THE EXISTING FORECASTS TO POINT TO BOTH THESE AREAS HAVING AGING POPULATIONS 4HE MEDIAN AGE OF THE 7ODEN 6ALLEY POPULATION IN *UNE WAS YEARS AND YEARS IN 7ESTON #REEK "OTH WERE ABOVE THE !#4 MEDIAN AGE OF YEARS 4HE DISTRICT HAD ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE LABOUR FORCE IN *UNE )N THERE WERE SCHOOLS INCLUDING NON GOVERNMENT IN THE DISTRICT WITH A TOTAL OF STUDENTS IN NON GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS 4HE POSITION OF 7ODEN AND 7ESTON #REEK IN THE CONTEXT OF #ANBERRA WIDE POPULATION IS SUMMARISED IN 4ABLE

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

%MPLOYMENT !BOUT PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED IN THE 4OWN #ENTRE IN 4HE 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE EMPLOYMENT STUDY IN THROUGH A SURVEY OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOUND THE TOTAL EMPLOYMENT LEVEL HAD GROWN TO A INCREASE FROM EMPLOYMENT LEVEL !CCORDING TO THE #ENSUS JOURNEY TO WORK RAW DATA THERE WERE PEOPLE WORKING IN 0HILLIP !S SHOWN IN 4ABLE TRAVELLED FROM 4UGGERANONG FROM 7ODEN AND FROM 7ESTON !FTER ADJUSTING THE CENSUS DATA THE EMPLOYMENT LEVEL WAS ESTIMATED AT AROUND IN !CCORDING TO THE CENSUS DATA ABOUT OF 0HILLIP EMPLOYMENT WORKED IN THE 7ODEN #ORE AND THE REST IN THE 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA 3ERVICE 4RADES !REA 4HE %MPLOYMENT 3TUDY INDICATED A SIMILAR PROPORTION FOR 0HILLIP 3INCE THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING Q

$ISCOVERY (OUSE

%XPANSION OF 7ODEN 0LAZA

0ITCH AND 0UTT COURSE

.EW RETAIL CLUSTER ON THE CORNER OF (INDMARSH $RIVE AND "OTANY 3TREET

.EW RESTAURANTS IN THE NORTHERN ENTERTAINMENT PRECINCT

.EW MOTEL ON THE CORNER OF -ELROSE $RIVE AND ,AUNCESTON 3TREET

4!",% 7ORK TRIPS INTO 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE AND "ELCONNEN

7ODEN

7ESTON

4UGGERANONG 'UNGAHLIN

3OURCE !"3 #ENSUS !"3 !"3

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

.#ANBERRA 3#ANBERRA /THER 2EGION

4!",% 3UMMARY OF MAJOR EMPLOYERS IN 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE %MPLOYER

!PPROXIMATE NUMBER OF STAFF

$EPARTMENT OF (EALTH AND !GEING

7ODEN 0LAZA

0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT -IXED 3ERVICES !REA

)NTELLECTUAL 0ROPERTY !USTRALIA

&AMILY AND #OMMUNITY 3ERVICES

!BORIGINAL AND 4ORRES 3TRAIGHT )SLANDER #OMMISSION

$EPARTMENT OF 6ETERANS !FFAIRS

#ENTRELINK

#LUBS ENTERTAINMENT

%DUCATION

/THER

4OTAL

3OURCE 0!,- TELEPHONE SURVEY n !UGUST

)N $ECEMBER THE TOTAL !#4 RESIDENT EMPLOYMENT WAS ACCORDING TO THE !"3 FIGURES "Y INCLUDING THE REGIONAL FLOWS THE TOTAL !#4 EMPLOYMENT WOULD RISE TO ABOUT -AJOR EMPLOYERS IN 7ODEN ARE SUMMARISED IN 4ABLE )N 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA THE DOMINANT EMPLOYING INDUSTRY IS 2ETAIL 4RADE INCLUDING THE SALE OF CARS FOLLOWED BY 0ROPERTY AND "USINESS 3ERVICES 7HOLESALE 4RADE AND 4RANSPORT AND 3TORAGE

2ETAIL 3TAGE OF THE 7ODEN 0LAZA M WAS COMPLETED IN AND INCLUDED A MAJOR DEPARTMENT STORE MINI DEPARTMENT STORE SUPERMARKET AND SPECIALITY SHOPS 4HE ,OVETT -,# 4OWER OPENED IN "Y ANOTHER SHOPS OPENED AND THE DEPARTMENT STORE WAS EXTENDED 4HE RESULTS FOR 0HILLIP OF THE COMMERCIAL FLOOR SPACE AUDIT UNDERTAKEN BY THE !#4 'OVERNMENT IN *UNE ARE SHOWN IN 4ABLES AND

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

4!",% #OMMERCIAL SPACE INVENTORY *UNE 7ODEN CORE $ESCRIPTION

.O OF PREMISES

&LOOR !REA M

$EPARTMENT AND 6ARIETY

&OOD 3UPERMARKET

&OOD /THER

#LOTHES 3HOES

!PPLIANCE (ARDWARE

/THER 2ETAIL

6ACANT

&INANCE )NSURANCE

2EST #AFES

(EALTH 7ELFARE %DUCATION

"USINESS 0ROPERTY 4RAVEL

4EXTILE &URNITURE

/THER 3ERVICES /FFICES 4OTAL 7ODEN CORE

3OURCE 0!,- SURVEY

4!",% #OMMERCIAL SPACE INVENTORY *UNE n 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES $ESCRIPTION

.O OF PREMISES

&LOOR !REA M

#LOTHES 3HOES

4EXTILE &URNITURE

!PPLIANCE (ARDWARE

/THER 2ETAIL

6ACANT

6ACANT ST ,EVEL

&INANCE )NSURANCE

2EST #AFES

(EALTH 7ELFARE %DUCATION

"USINESS 0ROPERTY 4RAVEL

/THER 3ERVICES

0ETROL 3TATIONS

&OOD 3UPERMARKET &OOD /THER

-OTOR /THER /FFICES /THER MANUFACTURING ETC 4OTAL 3OURCE 0!,- SURVEY

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

4HE AUDIT IDENTIFIED A TOTAL RETAIL FLOOR SPACE WITHIN 7ODEN CORE OF M ! LARGE PROPORTION OF FLOOR SPACE IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE 7ODEN 0LAZA APPROXIMATELY M AND THE CENTRE OPERATES IN A REGIONAL CAPACITY PROVIDING CONVENIENCE AND COMPARISON SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SURROUNDING CATCHMENT OF ALMOST PEOPLE 4HE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF 7ODEN 0LAZA IS DEFINED BY THE TENANCY PROFILE WITH APPROXIMATELY OF FLOOR SPACE IN NON FOOD RETAILING OFFERING DEPARTMENT AND VARIETY SHOPPING AND SPECIALTY STORES #OLES AND 7OOLWORTHS COMPLEMENT THE NON FOOD OFFER WITH M $AVID *ONES DEPARTMENT STORE IS THE MAJOR TENANT AND MAJOR ANCHOR FOR THE CENTRE TAKING UP ABOUT M /F THE SPECIALTY STORES WITHIN THE CENTRE OVER ARE NATIONAL BRAND TENANCIES ! VIBRANT RESTAURANT PRECINCT ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE 0LAZA COMPLEMENTS THE MAJOR RETAILING FUNCTION IN THE TOWN CORE 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA PROVIDES A PERIPHERAL SALES FUNCTION SUPPLYING A GREATER CATCHMENT THAN THE 7ODEN 0LAZA WITH BULKY HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND SERVICES AND MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR PARTS SALES /F A TOTAL OF M IS TAKEN BY MOTOR TRADES /F THE REMAINING M THERE WERE VACANCIES AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL REPRESENTING M 4WENTY TWO OTHER SITES WERE VACANT WITH A TOTAL AREA OF M 4HE -IXED 3ERVICES !REA DRAWS ITS CUSTOMERS FROM A #ANBERRA WIDE CATCHMENT AS SHOWN IN 4ABLE

4!",% ,OCATION OF CUSTOMERS TO 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA ,OCATION OF #USTOMERS

0OSTCODES

#URTIN 'ARRAN (UGHES

#HIFLEY 0HILLIP

&ARRER )SAACS 0EARCE -AWSON 4ORRENS

7ESTON #REEK

3OUTH #ANBERRA

.ORTH #ANBERRA

"ELCONNEN

'UNGAHLIN

2EMAINDER

4OTAL

4UGGERANONG

1UEANBEYAN

3OURCE !USTRALIAN -ARKETING AND 2ESEARCH 3ERVICES %RROR DUE TO ROUNDING

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

#OMMERCIAL 4HE 3IRIUS "UILDING WAS THE FIRST OFFICE IN 7ODEN THAT WAS OCCUPIED BY THE $EPARTMENT OF 7ORKS IN 4ODAY 7ODEN CONTAINS MORE THAN M OF OFFICE SPACE AS SHOWN IN 4ABLE 4HE VACANCY RATE OF IS VERY LOW SUGGESTING DIFFICULTIES MAJOR TENANTS ARE EXPERIENCING IN SATISFYING THEIR OFFICE NEEDS .OTE THAT THE VACANCY RATE DOES NOT INCLUDE 3CARBOROUGH (OUSE THAT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND SIGNIFICANT REFURBISHMENT HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEGUN

4!",% 4OTAL AVAILABLE OFFICE SPACE IN 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE #ORE 0ERIOD

4OTAL STOCK M

6ACANT M

6ACANCY &ACTOR

*ANUARY

*ULY

*ANUARY

*ULY

*ANUARY

*ULY

*ANUARY

*ULY

!N APPROXIMATE BREAKDOWN OF OFFICE SPACE BY INDIVIDUAL BUILDING IS SHOWN IN 4ABLE 7ITH THE EXCEPTION $ISCOVERY (OUSE THE MAJORITY OF OFFICE SPACE IN 7ODEN IS APPROACHING YEARS OF AGE 4HE NEEDS OF MAJOR TENANTS HAVE CHANGED OVER THIS TIME WITH THE ADVENT OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REPORTING DESIRE FOR LARGER FLOOR PLATES TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY LOCATION OF LARGE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WITHIN A DISCRETE BUILDING COMPLEX WITH A SINGLE CONTROLLED ACCESS POINT AND THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT OWNED OFFICES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR 4HE LATTER POINT IN PARTICULAR GIVES DEPARTMENTS FREEDOM TO NEGOTIATE IN THE OPEN MARKET FOR THE MOST ACCEPTABLE OFFICE ACCOMMODATION ARRANGEMENTS )N THIS REGARD APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES MUST BE IDENTIFIED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN 7ODEN S GOVERNMENT AGENCY EMPLOYMENT BASE

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

4!",% 3UMMARY OF OFFICE STOCK IN 7ODEN "UILDING NAME

!PPROX .ETT ,ETABLE !REA M

$ISCOVERY (OUSE

3TOREYS /N SITE PARKING

9EAR BUILT

-AJOR TENANT AS OF *ULY

)0 !USTRALIA

!LEXANDER "UILDING

( ! #ARE

!LEXANDER "UILDING

( ! #ARE

!LBERMALE "UILDING

( ! #ARE

!LBERMALE "UILDING

( ! #ARE

&ISHBURN (OUSE

( ! #ARE

3IRIUS "UILDING

)0 !USTRALIA

#ALLAM /FFICES

!#4 'OV

!43)# 6!

3IR +EITH #AMPBELL #ENTRE

#ENTRELINK

#OSMOPOLITAN "UILDING

#ENTRELINK

"OWES 0LACE

#ENTRELINK

"ONNER (OUSE

( ! #ARE

#OMMONWEALTH "ANK "UILDING

#OMMONWEALTH "ANK

#HURCHES #ENTRE

#ENTRELINK

0ENRHYN (OUSE

( ! #ARE

*ULIANA (OUSE

&!#3

"ORROWDALE (OUSE

0OST OFFICE

3CARBOROUGH (OUSE

6ACANT

#ORINNA #HAMBERS

0RIVATE

')/ (OUSE

0RIVATE

&RANCIS #HAMBERS

0RIVATE

'ADAL #HAMBERS

0RIVATE

.O #ORINNA 3TREET

0RIVATE

,OVETT 4OWER

3OURCE 0!,- SURVEY *UNE

0ROPOSAL TO ENLARGE FLOORPLANS TO CREATE A BUILDING OF APPROXIMATELY M

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

&)'52% %XISTING TRAFFIC VOLUMES 6EHICLES PER HOUR AFTERNOON PEAK HOUR

TREET #ALLAM 3

MARS H $ R IVE

(IND

,AUN CESTON VE $RI

-ELROSE $RIVE

M 9A

!THLLON $RIVE

TREET END 3 4OWNS

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

2OAD NETWORK

42!&&)# 6/,5-%3

&IGURE SHOWS THE CURRENT AFTERNOON PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES ON THE MAJOR ROADS IN THE STUDY AREA 4HE TRAFFIC VOLUMES HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM $EPARTMENT OF 5RBAN 3ERVICES DATA AND PREVIOUS TRAFFIC ANALYSES FOR VARIOUS PROPOSALS WITHIN 7ODEN 2/!$ #!0!#)49 4HE TOTAL VEHICLE NUMBERS FOR THE ROADS SPREAD ACROSS OR LANES DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF ROAD CAN BE COMPARED WITH THE 3COTT 7ILSON .AIRN TRAFFIC MODEL FOR #ANBERRA THAT CODES ROAD TYPES WITH THE FOLLOWING CAPACITIES 2OAD TYPE

#APACITY VEHICLES HOUR LANE

#"$ STREET

,OCAL STREET

#OLLECTOR ROAD

!RTERIAL ROAD

0ARKWAY

4HE CAPACITY OF A ROAD IS REACHED WHEN TRAFFIC OPERATIONS BECOME IRREGULAR WITH STOP START MOVEMENTS SLOW SPEEDS AND MANY STOPS 4HESE CONDITIONS CAN APPEAR QUITE QUICKLY WITH ONLY MINOR INCREASES IN TRAFFIC VOLUMES 7HEN A ROAD IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE A VOLUME TO CAPACITY RATIO OF ABOUT IT WILL EXHIBIT MANY OF THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH UNDER CAPACITY ,ANE CAPACITY IS ONE VARIABLE BUT ANOTHER IS INTERSECTION CAPACITY WITHIN THE SYSTEM 0UT SIMPLISTICALLY ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC CAN CARRY APPROXIMATELY VEHICLES AN HOUR )F THAT LANE IS HELD UP AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR OF THE TIME THEN THE VOLUME OF THE TRAFFIC MOVING CONTINUOUSLY ALONG THE LANE IS REDUCED BY (OWEVER INCREASING THE LANES APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION ALLOWS GREATER STORAGE OF VEHICLES AND RESTORES SOME OF THE ORIGINAL CAPACITY &OR ALL THE APPARENT CAPACITY IN 7ODEN S OVERALL ROAD NETWORK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CLEARLY IDENTIFIED POINTS OF CONGESTION THAT LARGELY RELATE TO ACCESS TO THE RETAIL AREA CAR PARKS 4HESE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS INCLUDE Q

3HORT QUEUING DISTANCES IN "ALL 3TREET BETWEEN (INDMARSH $RIVE AND #ORINNA 3TREET RESULTING IN TRAFFIC BACKING UP INTO (INDMARSH $RIVE

(IGH TURNOVER IN RETAIL CAR PARK RESULTING IN HIGHER THAN EXPECTED VEHICLE MOVEMENTS AT THE BASEMENT ROUND ABOUT

"IAS TOWARDS NORTHBOUND ARRIVALS AND SOUTH BOUND DEPARTURES FROM RETAIL CAR PARKS ON #ALLAM 3TREET RESULTING IN QUEUING ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS FROM (INDMARSH $RIVE INTO #ALLAM 3TREET

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

&%!452%3 /& -!*/2 2/!$3

-AJOR ROADS IN 7ODEN GENERALLY FAIL TO PROVIDE A QUALITY INTERFACE WITH LAND USE BECAUSE OF THE ROADS PHYSICAL FORM THE PROMOTION OF HIGH SPEED TRAVEL AND THE LACK OF ACTIVITY AND FRONTAGE TO THE ROADS ,IMITED ACCESS TO ARTERIAL ROADS OFTEN HAS THE EFFECT OF FUNNELLING TRAFFIC TO RELATIVELY FEW LOCATIONS CREATING TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT INTERSECTIONS #HARACTERISTICS OF MAJOR ROADS ARE SUMMARISED AS -%,2/3% $2)6% -ELROSE $RIVE FORMS THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE STUDY AREA )T OPERATES AS AN ARTERIAL ROAD AND IS CHARACTERISED BY Q

'ENERALLY LANES WITH LANE WIDTHS GREATER THAN DESIRABLE TO CREATE A TOWN CENTRE TRAFFIC SPEED ENVIRONMENT

KPH SPEED LIMIT NORTH OF (INDMARSH $RIVE AND KPH BETWEEN (INDMARSH AND !THLLON $RIVES

(IGH CAPACITY ROUTE WITH MID BLOCK CAPACITY EXCEEDING INTERSECTION CAPACITY

.O KERBSIDE PARKING

.O ON ROAD CYCLING FACILITIES

,ONG PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PATHS AT BOTH CONTROLLED AND UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS 3AFE MID BLOCK PEDESTRIAN CROSSING IS ONLY POSSIBLE FOR FIT AND MOBILE PEOPLE

$ETAILING OF TURNING LANES ENCOURAGES HIGH SPEED TURNS OFF THE MAIN ROAD INTO ADJACENT STREETS AND DRIVEWAYS WHICH IN TURN DEGRADES THE AMENITY OF ADJOINING AREAS

4HERE IS NO ACTIVITY ALONG FOOTPATHS TO CREATE SURVEILLANCE AND SECURITY AND THE LEVEL OF PEDESTRIAN USE OF THE AREA IS LOW

&)'52% -ELROSE $RIVE CROSS SECTIONS

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

,!5.#%34/. 342%%4 ,AUNCESTON 3TREET OPERATES AS A COLLECTOR ROAD THAT DIVIDES THE SPORTS PRECINCT TO THE NORTH AND THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE TO THE SOUTH )TS CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE Q

3IX LANE CROSS SECTION WITH APPROPRIATE LANE WIDTHS

KPH SPEED LIMIT

.O KERBSIDE PARKING

.O ON ROAD CYCLING FACILITIES

,ONG PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PATHS

(IGH TRAFFIC CAPACITY WITH MID BLOCK CAPACITY EXCEEDING INTERSECTION CAPACITY "OTH MID BLOCK AND INTERSECTION CAPACITIES EXCEED CURRENT OR FUTURE DEMANDS &)'52% ,AUNCESTON 3TREET CROSS SECTION

#!,,!- 342%%4 #ALLAM 3TREET OPERATES AS AN ARTERIAL ROAD AND IS A NORTH SOUTH LINK ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE )TS CURRENT CONFIGURATION INCLUDES Q

LANE CROSS SECTION WITH APPROPRIATE WIDTH TRAVEL LANES

KPH SPEED LIMIT

.O KERBSIDE PARKING

.O ON ROAD CYCLING FACILITIES

,ONG PEDESTRIAN CROSSING DISTANCES

(IGH TRAFFIC CAPACITY WITH MID BLOCK CAPACITY EXCEEDING INTERSECTION CAPACITY BUT BOTH MID BLOCK CAPACITY AND INTERSECTION CAPACITY EXCEED CURRENT OR LIKELY FUTURE DEMANDS

4HERE IS NO ACTIVITY ALONG FOOTPATHS TO CREATE SURVEILLANCE AND SECURITY AND LEVEL OF PEDESTRIAN USE OF THE AREA IS LOW &)'52% #ALLAM 3TREET CROSS SECTION

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

().$-!23( $2)6% (INDMARSH $RIVE IS AN ARTERIAL ROAD THAT DIVIDES 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE AND 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA )TS CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE Q

'ENERALLY SIX LANES WITH LANE WIDTHS GREATER THAN DESIRABLE FOR CREATING A TRAFFIC SPEED ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO 4OWN #ENTRE ACTIVITY

(IGH CAPACITY ROUTE WITH MID BLOCK CAPACITY EXCEEDING INTERSECTION CAPACITY

.O KERBSIDE PARKING

.O ON ROAD CYCLING FACILITIES

,ONG PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PATHS AT BOTH CONTROLLED AND UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS WITH SAFE MID BLOCK PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ONLY POSSIBLE FOR FIT AND AGILE PEOPLE AT MOST TIMES OF THE DAY

$ETAILING OF TURNING LANES ENCOURAGES HIGH SPEED TURNS OFF THE MAIN ROAD INTO ADJACENT STREETS AND DRIVEWAYS WHICH IN TURN DEGRADES THE AMENITY OF ADJOINING AREAS

4/7.3(%.$ 342%%4 4OWNSHEND 3TREET IS A COLLECTOR ROAD THAT FORMS THE MAIN ROAD THROUGH 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA )TS CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE Q

4WO LANE CROSS SECTION APPROPRIATE WIDTH TRAVEL LANES

3OME KERBSIDE PARKING

.O ON ROAD CYCLING FACILITIES

-EDIANS ASSIST PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PATHS

&OOTPATH WELL FRONTED IN ALL AREAS ALTHOUGH SOME LENGTHY GAPS AND ACCESS DIFFICULTIES

!4(,,/. $2)6% !THLLON $RIVE IS AN ARTERIAL ROAD THAT FORMS THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF #ALLAM 3TREET )TS CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE

LANE CROSS SECTION WITH APPROPRIATE WIDTH TRAVEL LANES

KPH SPEED LIMIT

.O KERBSIDE PARKING BUT NO REAL REASON TO PARK

.O ON ROAD CYCLING FACILITIES

#REEK AND TRUNK CYCLEWAY CORRIDOR ON THE EASTERN SIDE

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

)NTERCHANGE AND BUS OPERATIONS

02/6)3)/. &/2 "53%3

7ODEN IS THE MAJOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT HUB WITHIN #ANBERRA BEING EFFECTIVELY AT THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTRE AND ON MANY OF THE MAJOR TRAVEL ROUTES 7ODEN IS SERVICED BY BOTH TRUNK AND LOCAL BUS SERVICES )N ADDITION TO THE !#4)/. SERVICES OTHER BUS COMPANIES PROVIDE SCHOOL AND CHARTER SERVICES /N A TYPICAL WEEKDAY THERE ARE SCHEDULED BUS MOVEMENTS THROUGH THE 7ODEN "US )NTERCHANGE 4HIS INCLUDES THROUGH RUNNING SERVICES TERMINATING SERVICES AND ORIGINATING SERVICES 4HE ACTUAL NUMBER OF BUSES RUNNING THROUGH 7ODEN ON A WEEKDAY IS THEREFORE TO MAKE A TOTAL OF 4HE BUS INTERCHANGE ACCOMMODATES UP TO BUSES IN THE MORNING PEAK HOUR WITH ROUTES EITHER PASSING THROUGH OR TERMINATING AT 7ODEN "US ROUTES INTO 7ODEN ARE DESCRIBED IN 4ABLE WHILE BUS ROUTES OUT OF 7ODEN ARE DESCRIBED IN 4ABLE !LL BUS ROUTES OPERATING THROUGH 7ODEN USE THE INTERCHANGE /THER STOPS INCLUDE ,AUNCESTON 3TREET AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE OFFICE PRECINCT 0HILLIP 3WIMMING 0OOL #ORINNA 3TREET AT THE WESTERN ENTRANCE TO THE 0LAZA (INDMARSH $RIVE !THLLON $RIVE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA AND 4OWNSHEND 3TREET IN THE CENTRE OF THE -IXED 3ERVICES !REA 4HE NUMBER OF BUSES AT EACH OF THE STOPS IN AND AROUND 7ODEN IS SUMMARISED IN &IGURE AND 4!",% $ISTRIBUTION OF BUS SERVICES AROUND 7ODEN 3TOP

4OTAL

7ODEN SERVICES

,AUNCESTON 3TREET

#ORINNA 3TREET

0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA

4HROUGH RUNNING

7ODEN INTERCHANGE

4ERMINATING ORIGINATING

.OTE 0HILLIP INCLUDES STOPS IN 4OWNSHEND 3TREET -ELROSE AND (INDMARSH $RIVES

&IGURE SHOWS THE HOURLY BREAKDOWN FOR BUS MOVEMENTS THROUGH 7ODEN 4HE GRAPH SHOWS TWO DISTINCT PEAKS A MORNING PEAK FROM AM TO AM AND AN AFTERNOON PEAK FROM PM TO PM 4HE MORNING PEAK IS TYPICALLY HIGHER BECAUSE DURING THE MORNING PEAK BOTH JOURNEY TO WORK AND JOURNEY TO SCHOOL OVERLAP (OWEVER DURING THE AFTERNOON PEAK THESE USES OCCUR AT DIFFERENT TIMES /NE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MOVEMENTS OCCUR IN THE MORNING PEAK AND THESE SERVICES ARE DESCRIBED AS Q

4RUNK n .ORTHBOUND

4RUNK n 3OUTHBOUND

4ERMINATING

7ESTBOUND

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

4!",% "US ROUTES INTO 7ODEN 2OUTE

/RIGIN

0EARCE 3OUTHLANDS -AWSON

9ES

0EARCE 4ORRENS 3OUTHLANDS -AWSON

9ES

)SAACS &ARRER -AWSON CLOCKWISE LOOP

,OOP

.ORTH

-AWSON &ARRER )SAACS COUNTER CLOCKWISE

,OOP

.ORTH

7ESTON "LACKWOOD 4CE #OOLEMAN #OURT

9ES

3OUTH

#OOLEMAN #RT 3TIRLING #HAPMAN 7ESTON

9ES

3OUTH

7ARAMANGA 2IVETT #OOLEMAN #OURT

9ES

3OUTH

"ARTON 0ARKES 2USSELL #AMPBELL 0ARK

$EVONPORT 3T $UFFY #OOLEMAN #OURT

#ORINNA 3TREET

0HILLIP -3!

4ERMINATING

!PPROACH DIRECTION

,OOP

3OUTH

9ES

,OOP

3OUTH

9ES

2USSELL

3OUTH

9ES

.ORTH

#URTIN &ORREST 2USSELL #ITY 'IRALANG

9ES

.ORTH

9ARRALUMLA 0ARKES #ITY 'IRALANG

9ES

.ORTH

#URTIN 9ARRALUMLA #ITY 'IRALANG

9ES

.ORTH

(OSPITAL 5NI 0ARLIAMENT (OUSE #ITY "ELCONNEN

9ES

3OUTH

#URTIN #ITY

9ES

.ORTH

.ARRABUNDAH +INGSTON #ITY $ICKSON

9ES

.ORTH

"ELCONNEN

9ES

.ORTH

+AMBAH 4UGGERANONG

9ES

3OUTH

+AMBAH /XLEY 4UGGERANONG

9ES

#ITY

3OUTH

%AST +AMBAH 4UGGERANONG

9ES

3OUTH

"ARTON 0ARKES 2USSELL #AMPBELL 0ARK

9ES

4UGGERANONG

.ORTH

7ANNIASSA -ONASH 4UGGERANONG

9ES

3OUTH

7ANNIASSA -ONASH 4UGGERANONG

9ES

4O #ITY

3OUTH

7ANNIASSA -ONASH 4UGGERANONG

9ES

3OUTH

&ADDEN )SABELLA 0LAINS 4UGGERANONG

9ES

3OUTH

'OWRIE #HISHOLM 2ICHARDSON 4UGGERANONG

9ES

3OUTH

&ADDEN #HISHOLM 2ICHARDSON 4UGGERANONG

9ES

3OUTH

(UGHES -ANUKA 2AIL 3TATION &YSHWICK

,OOP

.ORTH

#ANBERRA (OSPITAL $EAKIN -ANUKA

9ES

.ORTH

!'3/ &YSHWICK

9ES

.ORTH

4UGGERANONG

#ITY

3OUTH

#ITY

4UGGERANONG

.ORTH

#ITY "ELCONNEN &LOREY ,ATHAM +IPPAX

9ES

.ORTH

#ITY "ELCONNEN (AWKER (IGGINS +IPPAX

9ES

.ORTH

#OOLEMAN #OURT 3TIRLING #HAPMAN 7ESTON

9ES

#ITY

3OUTH

#ITY

9ES

7ESTON

.ORTH

7EST +AMBAH 4UGGERANONG

9ES

#ITY

3OUTH

#ITY

9ES

4UGGERANONG

.ORTH

#ITY

9ES

4UGGERANONG

.ORTH

+AMBAH /XLEY 4UGGERANONG

9ES

#ITY

3OUTH

%AST +AMBAH 4UGGERANONG

9ES

#ITY

3OUTH

#ITY

9ES

4UGGERANONG

.ORTH

&ADDEN 'OWRIE -ONASH

#ITY

3OUTH

"ARTON 0ARKES 2USSELL #ITY

9ES

7ESTON

.ORTH

3TIRLING $UFFY (OLDER 7ESTON

9ES

#ITY

3OUTH

7ESTON "LACKWOOD 4CE #OOLEMAN #OURT

9ES

#ITY

3OUTH

7ARAMANGA 2IVETT #OOLEMAN #OURT

9ES

#ITY

3OUTH

"ARTON 0ARKES 2USSELL #ITY

9ES

#ITY

3OUTH

"ARTON 0ARKES 2USSELL #ITY

9ES

4UGGERANONG

.ORTH

&ADDEN 'OWRIE )SABELLA 0LAINS 4UGGERANONG

9ES

#ITY

3OUTH

&ADDEN #HISHOLM 2ICHARDSON 4UGGERANONG

#ITY

3OUTH

"ARTON 0ARKES 2USSELL #ITY

4UGGERANONG

.ORTH

4UGGERANONG 4HEODORE

9ES

"ELCONNEN

3OUTH

"ELCONNEN -C+ELLAR %VATT

9ES

4UGGERANONG

.ORTH

4UGGERANONG "ANKS

9ES

"ELCONNEN

3OUTH

"ELCONNEN 0AGE 3CULLIN #HARNWOOD

9ES

4UGGERANONG

.ORTH

4UGGERANONG "ANKS

9ES

"ELCONNEN

3OUTH

TO "ELCONNEN &LYNN &RASER

9ES

4UGGERANONG

.ORTH

4UGGERANONG TO $OWNARD 3T 4HEODORE

9ES

"ELCONNEN

3OUTH

"ELCONNEN -ELBA 3PENCE 9ES !#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

9ES

4UGGERANONG

.ORTH

.IL

4OTAL +%9

7EEKDAY ,AUNCESTON SERVICES 3TREET

0 0EAK SERVICE ONLY "OLD TYPE 4HROUGH RUNNING ROUTE 0HILLIP 34! ^ )NCLUDES STOPS IN 4OWNSHEND 3TREET -ELROSE AND (INDMARSH $RIVES

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

4!",% "US ROUTES DEPARTING 7ODEN .OTE THAT THROUGH RUNNING SERVICES ARE INCLUDED IN 4ABLE AND HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED A SECOND TIME IN THIS TABLE

2OUTE /RIGIN

7EEKDAY

,AUNCESTON 3TREET

#ORINNA 3TREET

0HILLIP -3!

$EPART DIRECTION

0EARCE 3OUTHLANDS -AWSON

9ES

3OUTH

0EARCE 4ORRENS 3OUTHLANDS -AWSON

9ES

3OUTH

)SAACS &ARRER -AWSON CLOCKWISE LOOP

.ORTH

-AWSON &ARRER )SAACS COUNTER CLOCKWISE

.ORTH

7ESTON "LACKWOOD 4CE #OOLEMAN #OURT

9ES

3OUTH

#OOLEMAN #RT 3TIRLING #HAPMAN 7ESTON

9ES

3OUTH

7ARAMANGA 2IVETT #OOLEMAN #OURT

9ES

3OUTH

$EVONPORT 3T $UFFY #OOLEMAN #OURT

9ES

.ORTH

#URTIN &ORREST 2USSELL #ITY 'IRALANG

9ES

.ORTH

9ARRALUMLA 0ARKES #ITY 'IRALANG

9ES

.ORTH

#URTIN 9ARRALUMLA #ITY 'IRALANG

9ES

.ORTH

(OSPITAL 5NI 0ARLIAMENT (OUSE #ITY "ELC

3OUTH

#URTIN #ITY

9ES

.ORTH

.ARRABUNDAH +INGSTON #ITY $ICKSON

.ORTH

"ELCONNEN

9ES

.ORTH

+AMBAH 4UGGERANONG

9ES

3OUTH

%AST +AMBAH 4UGGERANONG

9ES

3OUTH

7ANNIASSA -ONASH 4UGGERANONG

9ES

3OUTH

7ANNIASSA -ONASH 4UGGERANONG

9ES

3OUTH

&ADDEN )SABELLA 0LAINS 4UGGERANONG

9ES

3OUTH

'OWRIE #HISHOLM 2ICHARDSON 4UGG

3OUTH

&ADDEN #HISHOLM 2ICHARDSON 4UGG

3OUTH

(UGHES -ANUKA 2AIL 3TATION &YSHWICK

.ORTH

#ANBERRA (OSPITAL $EAKIN -ANUKA

.ORTH

!'3/ &YSHWICK

.ORTH

#ITY "ELCONNEN &LOREY ,ATHAM +IPPAX

9ES

.ORTH

#ITY "ELCONNEN (AWKER (IGGINS +IPPAX

9ES

.ORTH

4OTAL

&)'52% (OURLY BREAKDOWN OF BUS MOVEMENTS THROUGH 7ODEN

.O OF -OVEMENTS

(OUR OF $AY 7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

&)'52% "US ROUTES THROUGH 7ODEN

MINU

TE W A

M O R A M IN UT E W AL K

A M OR

"53 34/0 !.$ ).4%2#(!.'% -!.!'%-%.4

"US ROUTES EACH HAVE A SEPARATE SLOT FOR SET DOWN AND COLLECTION OF PASSENGERS WITHIN THE INTERCHANGE 7ITH THE NEW WESTERN ENTRANCE TO THE 0LAZA THE EXISTING INTERCHANGE IS CONSIDERED BY SOME USERS TO BE LESS CENTRAL ALTHOUGH MAJOR PASSENGER GENERATORS REMAIN WITHIN A M OR MINUTE WALK OF THE INTERCHANGE 4HE APPARENT DISTANCE TO DESTINATIONS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE )NTERCHANGE IS INCREASED BY THE M LEVEL CHANGE BETWEEN THE PLATFORMS AND THE 4OWN 3QUARE AND THE CONVOLUTED RESOLUTION OF THIS CONNECTION 4HE TREATMENT OF THIS LEVEL CHANGE WITH AN ESCALATOR AND IMPROVED SIGNAGE WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO THE 0LAZA DIRECTING PEOPLE TO THE )NTERCHANGE WOULD IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY TO THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT NODE !T THE SAME TIME INCREASED BUS STOP CAPACITY ON THE WESTERN SIDE WOULD ALLOW ADDITIONAL OUTGOING SERVICES SUCH AS 7ANNIASSA &ADDEN AND 'OWRIE ROUTES TO RUN THROUGH #ORINNA 3TREET

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

02/&),% /& "53 53%23

7ODEN IS #ANBERRA S BUSIEST BUS INTERCHANGE ! WEEKDAY COMMUTER SURVEY UNDERTAKEN BY $ATACOL ON 4HURSDAY /CTOBER RECORDED PASSENGERS ALIGHTING PASSENGERS BOARDING AND PASSENGERS PASSING THROUGH THE INTERCHANGE WITHOUT CHANGING BUSES 3OME OF PASSENGERS ARRIVING AT THE INTERCHANGE BY BUS LEFT ON ANOTHER BUS 4HE SURVEY WAS UNDERTAKEN ON A PUBLIC SERVICE AND PENSION PAY DAY AND IN THE FIRST WEEK OF THE UNIVERSITY MID SEMESTER BREAK 3URVEY DATA SHOWED THAT PASSENGER NUMBERS DECREASED RAPIDLY AFTER PM SUGGESTING THAT EVENING LEISURE PURSUITS WERE ACCESSED VIA OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORT 4HERE WERE A GROUP OF PASSENGERS TOO WHO PUNCTUATED THEIR JOURNEY BETWEEN POINT OF ORIGIN AND DESTINATION WITH A @STOP OVER AT 7ODEN TO MAKE USE OF THE FACILITIES 4HE MOST FREQUENTLY REPORTED PURPOSE FOR TRAVELLING BY BUS WAS TO ATTEND WORK .OT SURPRISING THE MAJORITY OF THIS ACTIVITY OCCURRED BETWEEN AM AM AND PM PM 0EOPLE ATTENDING SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY COMPRISED THE NEXT LARGEST GROUP OF PASSENGERS 3TUDENT PASSENGERS WERE REPRESENTED THROUGH ALL PEAK FLOW PERIODS %IGHT OF INTERCHANGING PASSENGERS INTENDED TO SHOP AT 7ODEN COMPARED WITH OF ALL OTHER PASSENGERS WHO NOMINATED SHOPPING AS THE REASON FOR THEIR JOURNEY !BOUT OF PASSENGERS CONDUCTED PERSONAL BUSINESS AT 7ODEN 2ECREATION WAS THE PURPOSE OF JOURNEY FOR OF PASSENGERS &)'52% 0URPOSE OF BUS TRIPS THROUGH 7ODEN 7/2+ 3#(//, /2 5.)6%23)49 3(/00).' 0%23/.!, "53).%33 2%#2%!4)/.

&)'52% !GE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL PASSENGERS /& !,, 0!33%.'%23

5NDER

&EMALE /& !,, 0!33%.'%23 !,, $!9

-ALE /& !,, 0!33%.'%23 !,, $!9

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

4OGETHER YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER YEARS AND OLDER PEOPLE OVER YEARS COMPRISED AROUND OF ALL PASSENGERS /VERALL YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER YEARS FORMED THE LARGEST GROUP OF PASSENGERS AT 7ODEN BUS INTERCHANGE WITH FEMALES COMPRISING NEARLY 4HIS COHORT WAS REPRESENTED AT THE 7ODEN BUS INTERCHANGE AT ALL PEAK FLOW PERIODS %IGHTY EIGHT OF YOUNG PEOPLE SURVEYED THOUGHT THAT THE 7ODEN SHOPPING CENTRE WAS YOUTH FRIENDLY 4HEY PARTICULARLY LIKE THE SHOPS ONE QUARTER OF YOUNG PEOPLE SHOP DAILY )SSUES AROUND SAFETY AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR WERE THE PREDOMINANT NEGATIVE RESPONSES 4HEY THOUGHT THAT MORE YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES WOULD REDUCE THE PROBLEMS AS WOULD COMMUNITY AND INDIGENOUS WORKERS AN INDIGENOUS OUTREACH WORKER AND A GREATER POLICE PRESENCE 0ASSENGERS AGED n YEARS TENDED TO ADOPT A TYPICAL EMPLOYMENT PATTERN OF LEAVING FOR WORK IN THE MORNING AND RETURNING IN THE EVENING 4HE PEAK PERIOD FOR SHOPPING AND CONDUCTING PERSONAL BUSINESS WAS BETWEEN AM AND PM "ETWEEN AM AND PM WOMEN AGED USED BUSES TIMES MORE THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS ! SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE OVER YEARS IN THE LABOUR FORCE TRAVEL TO WORK BY BUS -ANY PEOPLE IN THIS DEMOGRAPHIC UNDERTAKE COMPLEX JOURNEYS INVOLVING MORE THAN ONE PURPOSE &OR EXAMPLE THE JOURNEY TO WORK MAY INCLUDE DETOURS TO DROP OFF AND PICK UP CHILDREN AT CHILDCARE OR MAY ALSO INCLUDE A TRIP TO THE SUPERMARKET )T WAS FELT THAT SERVICES SUCH AS A CHILD CARE CENTRE AND CONVENIENCE SHOPPING SIMILAR TO SEVEN ELEVEN DRY CLEANERS NEWSAGENCY HEALTHY TAKEAWAY MEALS OR LATE NIGHT PHARMACY ADJACENT TO THE INTERCHANGE WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IN THE WORKFORCE TO USE BUSES )NSTALLATION OF AN !4- WAS SUGGESTED 4HOSE AGED BETWEEN AND YEARS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE BUS INTERCHANGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY 4WICE AS MANY WOMEN THAN MEN IN THIS AGE GROUP USED BUSES BETWEEN AM AND PM WITH THE REVERSE APPLYING BETWEEN PM PM 0ASSENGERS OVER YEARS WERE MOST LIKELY TO USE THE 7ODEN BUS INTERCHANGE BETWEEN AM AND PM OF WHOM WERE FEMALE 0EOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OFTEN FACE ECONOMIC AS WELL AS PHYSICAL BARRIERS TO ACCESSING TRANSPORT AND PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY LIFE &OR MANY PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS THE ONLY CONVEYANCE OPTION

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

0ARKING #!20!2+).' #!0!#)49 !.$ $%-!.$ 4HE TWO MAJOR PARKING DEMANDS IN 7ODEN ARE FOR LONG STAY WORKFORCE PARKING AND THE SHORT STAY UNDER THREE HOURS VISITOR AND CUSTOMER PARKING /THER DEMANDS INCLUDE LONG STAY PARK AND RIDE AND SERVICE VEHICLE DROP OFF AND PICK UPS 4HE SPLIT BETWEEN THE PRIVATE CAR AND OTHER TRANSPORT MODES WILL DETERMINE DEMAND FOR LONG STAY PARKING "ASED ON !"3 DATA OF WORKERS TRAVEL TO 7ODEN CORE BY CAR EITHER AS DRIVER OR PASSENGER

4!",% 4RAVEL TO WORK MODE CHOICE CAR DRIVER PASSENGER %MPLOYMENT ,OCATION $ESTINATION

#AR USE

#IVIC

7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE #ORE

"ELCONNEN 4OWN #ENTRE #ORE

4UGGERANONG 4OWN #ENTRE

"ELCONNEN 4OWN #ENTRE SERVICE 4RADES

$ICKSON

0ARKES

"ARTON

7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE 3ERVICE TRADES

.ORTHBOURNE !VE

&YSHWICK 3OURCE !"3 AMD #ENSUS

#AR PARK LOCATIONS ARE SHOWN IN &IGURE #AR PARKING SURVEYS WERE UNDERTAKEN FROM 4HURSDAY $ECEMBER TO 3ATURDAY $ECEMBER AND THE RESULTS ARE PROVIDED IN 4ABLE !DDITIONAL SITES NOT INCLUDED IN 4ABLE BUT WHICH WERE SURVEYED AT AM 4HURSDAY .OVEMBER ARE SUMMARISED BELOW

4!",% A #AR PARKING SURVEY 4HURSDAY .OVEMBER

$ESCRIPTION

3PACE

#ARS

/CC

0HILLIP /VAL

(ELLENIC #LUB

#ONST

0ENRYHN (OUSE ,EVEL

'RENVILLE #OURT 7EST

'RENVILLE #OURT %AST

#OLBEE #OURT 7EST

#OLBEE #OURT %AST

4OTAL SITES

$ESCRIPTION

3PACE

#ARS

/CC

0ROSPECT #OURT 7EST

0ROSPECT #OURT %AST

$UNDAS #OURT 7EST

$UNDAS #OURT %AST

"ELLONA #OURT 7EST

0ARRAMATTA 3TREET "ELLONA #OURT %AST

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

4!",% #ARPARKING SURVEY ^ 4HURSDAY $ECEMBER TO 3ATURDAY $ECEMBER

!REA

3QUASH #OURTS

&OOTBALL 0ARK

#HILDCARE #ENTRE

9AMBA 3PORTS #LUB

3LOVENIAN !USTRALIAN !SSOC

"ASKETBALL 3TADIUM

)NVENTORY

4(523$!9 TH

&2)$!9 TH

3!452$!9 TH

3POERING 3T

-ETERED

0AY

)RVING 3T

0ATENTS "UILDING #AR PARK

4RADESMAN 5NION #LUB

$!3 GARAGE 3OUTH OF 7ORGAN

&URZER 3T SURFACE PARKING

3ENIOR #ITIZENS #LUB

3ERVICE ,ANE AREAS AND

&URZER 3T

%DISON 0ARK

7ORGAN 3T

7ODEN ,IBRARY

(EALTH #ENTRE +ELTIE 3T

0AY

,OADING

2ESERVED

3URFACE SOUTH OF BASEMENT

7ANG (OUSE 7EST #ORINNA

(INDMARSH #ORINNA

#ALLAM 3T EAST

-ULTI $ECK 3OUTH OF .EPTUNE

-ULTI $ECK .ORTH OF .EPTUNE

0LAZA 5NDERGROUND #AR PARK

"OWES 3T SURFACE PARKING

#ORINNA 3T

3PACES

,OADING

"RADLEY 3T

#ALLAM 3T OPPOSITE -ATILDA

#ALLAM /FFICES

#ANBERRA #OLLEGE

%ASTY 3TREET #HILDCARE

%ASTY 3TREET SOUTH

#LINTS (INDMARSH "OTANY 3T

0AULgS #ENTRE (INDMARSH $R

3HOPS WEST OF 0AULgS #ENTRE

#AR 9ARDS $IVINE #OURT

"OTANY 3T WEST 4OWNSHEND

!LTREE #RT SHORT STAY PARKING

!LTREE #RT LONG STAY

3ERVICE 2OAD ON

$IVINE #RT

"OTANY

3OUTHERN #ROSS #LUB

.2-! (OUSE

3TAFF

/FF STREET CAR PARK #ORNER

0UBLIC

#ORINNA 3T AND "ALL 3T

$ISABLED

/6%2!,,

4OTAL

5SAGE

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

&)'52% %XISTING PARKING LOCATIONS

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

4HE CARPARKING SURVEY RESULTS SHOW THAT THE MAXIMUM DEMAND OCCURRED AT &RIDAY LUNCHTIME WITH UTILISATION 4ABLE SHOWS THE VARIATION IN TOTAL PARKING DEMAND THROUGH OUT THE SURVEY PERIOD WITHIN MAJOR PARKING PRECINCTS 4HESE RESULTS ARE GRAPHED IN &IGURES n 4HE GROUPING OF RESULTS SHOW THAT SHORT TERM PARKING ASSOCIATED WITH RETAIL USES TYPICALLY PEAK AROUND THE LUNCHTIME PERIOD WITH A USAGE IN THE ORDER OF !S IS EXPECTED SHORT STAY PARKING DEMAND DURING THE EARLY MORNING AND MID AFTERNOON PERIODS IS GENERALLY LESS THAN 0EAK LONG STAY PARKING DEMAND VARIES FROM ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE TO ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE 4HIS IS EXPLAINED BY THE LONGER WALKING DISTANCE TO OFFICES FROM THE CARPARKING ON THE EASTERN SIDE PARTICULARLY THE MORE REMOTE CAR PARKS EAST OF 9ARRALUMLA #REEK 4!",% 6ARIATION IN PARKING UTILISATION THROUGH PRECINCTS

:ONE

)NVENTORY

/6%2!,,

4OTAL

5SAGE

#LINTS +&# 0HILLIP

4OTAL

5SAGE

3PORTS 0RECINCT

4OTAL

5SAGE

,ONG 4ERM 0ARKING WEST

4OTAL

OF 4HE 4OWN #ENTRE

5SAGE

3HORT 3TAY 0ARKING

4OTAL

AROUND 4OWN #ENTRE

5SAGE

,ONG 4ERM 0ARKING EAST

4OTAL

OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE

5SAGE

0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT

4OTAL

5SAGE

3HORT 3TAY 0ARKING "ETWEEN

4OTAL

4OWN #ENTRE AND 0HILIP

5SAGE

4(523$!9 TH

&2)$!9 TH

3!452$!9 TH

&)'52% 4OTAL PARKING UTILISATION ./ /& 0!2+).' 30!#%3

Q Q

O AM

4(523$!9 TH

AM PM 4)-% /& $!9

&2)$!9 TH

).6%.4/29

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

PM 3!452$!9 TH

&)'52% 0ARKING UTILISATION ^ #LINTS +&# 0HILLIP ./ /& 0!2+).' 30!#%3

.OTE n UTILISATION FROM LUNCHTIME ONWARDS

Q V

Q O

4)-% /& $!9 AM

4(523$!9 TH

&2)$!9 TH

PM 3!452$!9 TH

).6%.4/29

&)'52% 0ARKING UTILISATION NORTHERN SPORTS PRECINCT .OTE AMPLE CAPACITY THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY PERIOD

./ /& 0!2+).' 30!#%3

V Q

4)-% /& $!9 AM

4(523$!9 TH

&2)$!9 TH

PM 3!452$!9 TH

).6%.4/29

&)'52% 0ARKING UTILISATION LONG TERM WEST OF OFFICES .OTE HIGH UTILISATION FROM WEEKDAYS BUT AMPLE OVERFLOW PARKING FOR RETAIL AND SPORTING EVENTS ON WEEKENDS

Q V

./ /& 0!2+).' 30!#%3

Q V

O O

4)-% /& $!9 AM

AM 4(523$!9 TH

&2)$!9 TH

PM 3!452$!9 TH

).6%.4/29

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

&)'52% 0ARKING UTILISATION TOTAL SHORT STAY .OTE THAT PEAK USAGE OF THE SHORT STAY SPACES OCCURS AT LUNCHTIME

./ /& 0!2+).' 30!#%3

Q V

V Q

4)-% /& $!9 AM

4(523$!9 TH

&2)$!9 TH

PM 3!452$!9 TH

).6%.4/29

&)'52% 0ARKING UTILISATION LONG TERM EAST OF OFFICES .OTE THAT IN EXCESS OF SPACES AVAILABLE AT PEAK TIMES ALTHOUGH THIS SURPLUS HAS BEEN REDUCED BY OF SPACES ASSOCIATED WITH #ALLAM 3TREET REALIGNMENT THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE SURVEYS 4HE POLICE STATION WILL DISPLACE A FURTHER OF SPACES WHICH CAN STILL BE TAKEN UP ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF 9ARRALUMLA #REEK AND ELSEWHERE

./ /& 0!2+).' 30!#%3

V V

4)-% /& $!9 AM

O AM

4(523$!9 TH

&2)$!9 TH

PM 3!452$!9 TH

).6%.4/29

&)'52% ,ONG STAY PARKING 0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT .OTE CAPACITY IS AVAILABLE ALTHOUGH #ALLAM 3TREET REALIGNMENT HAS DISPLACED SOME PARKING TO 0HILLIP

./ /& 0!2+).' 30!#%3

4)-% /& $!9 AM

V Q

AM 4(523$!9 TH

&2)$!9 TH

).6%.4/29

!#4 0,!..).' !.$ ,!.$ !54(/2)49

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"ICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS ! TRUNK CYCLE PEDESTRIAN PATH THAT CONNECTS 4UGGERANONG TO "ELCONNEN VIA 3CRIVENER $AM RUNS ALONG 9ARRALUMLA #REEK 4HREE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ARE PROVIDED FROM THIS TRUNK ROUTE OVER 9ARRALUMLA #REEK TO FEED INTO THE 4OWN #ENTRE FROM THE EASTERN SIDE 0EDESTRIAN CROSSING OF #ALLAM 3TREET IS PROVIDED AT SIGNAL CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS ! PRIMARY PATH FROM THE HOSPITAL HAS RECENTLY BEEN UPGRADED WITH LIGHTING AND RUNS THROUGH 7ODEN %AST RESIDENTIAL AREA TO .EPTUNE 3TREET 4HE $OWNER TO 7ODEN ON ROAD CYCLING PROJECT HAS RECENTLY BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND PROVIDES IMPROVED ACCESS AND SAFETY FOR CYCLING ALONG 9ARRA 'LEN &ROM THE WEST A NUMBER OF PATHS FEED INTO THE -ELROSE $RIVE UNDERPASS THAT THEN REQUIRES CROSSING #ORINNA 3TREET TO CONNECT TO THE EAST WEST TRANSEPT OF THE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK !S PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED THE CYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH SYSTEM HAS GENERALLY NOT BEEN INTEGRATED WITH STREET FRONTAGE ACTIVITY ALONG #ALLAM 3TREET OR (INDMARSH AND -ELROSE $RIVES %LSEWHERE THE STANDARD OF LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING IS VARIABLE 4HE PUBLICY ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FROM #ALLAM /FFICES TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF 9ARRALUMLA #REEK IS A SECURITY ISSUE FOR THE MAJOR TENANT OF THE BUILDING AND ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS FOR ACCESS MAY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED

%LEMENTS OF HERITAGE INTEREST 4HE NAME 7ODEN WAS GIVEN TO THE ACRES OF LAND BOUGHT BY $R *AMES -URRAY IN $R -URRAY WAS A CLASSICAL SCHOLAR AND IT IS THOUGHT HE NAMED HIS PROPERTY 7ODEN AFTER THE .ORSE 'OD OF 7AR WHO WAS ALSO THE 0ATRON OF ,EARNING 6ERY LITTLE OF THE PRE %UROPEAN AND EARLY SETTLER HISTORY REMAINS IN 7ODEN TODAY &OR EXAMPLE THE 3OUTHERN #ROSS 9AMBA #LUB NOW OCCUPIES THE SITE OF THE %DDISON HOME AN EARLY FARMING FAMILY IN 7ODEN WHO ARE COMMEMORATED THROUGH THE DISTRICT PARK THAT BEARS THEIR NAME 4HE SUBURB NAME 0HILLIP IS GIVEN AFTER #APTAIN !RTHUR 0HILLIP FIRST 'OVERNOR OF .37 AND LEADER OF THE EXPEDITION TO ESTABLISH A SETTLEMENT AT "OTANY "AY 3IX OF THE ELEVEN SHIPS IN THE &IRST &LEET ARE COMMEMORATED THROUGH THE NAMING OF BUILDINGS IN 7ODEN NAMELY Q

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4HE SIMPLE PLANNING CONCEPT OF A CRUCIFORM SHAPE WITH THE NORTH ARM FOR OFFICES SOUTH ARM FOR RETAIL MALL AND CROSS ARMS FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES IS CONSIDERED IMPORTANT IN ILLUSTRATING PLANNING PHILOSOPHIES ADOPTED AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF #ANBERRA S DEVELOPMENT 4HE ARCHITECTURE IS GENERALLY NOT REGARDED AS SIGNIFICANT ALTHOUGH THE (ERITAGE #OUNCIL HAS RECENTLY ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION OF #ALLAM 3TREET /FFICES *OHN !NDREWS /THER BUILDINGS THAT WARRANT FURTHER HERITAGE INVESTIGATION INCLUDE Q

7ODEN ,IBRARY AND (EALTH #ENTRE !NCHER -ORTLOCK AND 7OOLLEY A FINELY DETAILED COMPLEX OF CREAM CONCRETE BLOCK AND EXPOSED CONCRETE COLUMNS AND BEAMS 4HE BUILDINGS HAVE GENEROUS PUBLIC SPACES EXCELLENT NATURAL LIGHT AND A RELATIVELY TIMELESS @3CANDINAVIAN STYLE

$ISCOVERY (OUSE 7OODS "AGOT A FRESH AND INNOVATIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE OFFICE COMPLEX THAT SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATES INNOVATIVE FORM USE OF COLOUR AND MATERIALS

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#ONSERVE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 'UARDIAN (OUSE 2ECORD THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 'UARDIAN (OUSE SHOULD ITS CONSERVATION BE DEEMED BY THE !PPROVAL !UTHORITY NOT TO BE PRUDENT AND FEASIBLE

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3PACES OF MERIT ARE THE .ORTH 7ALK AND 4OWN 3QUARE AND THE COMPLEX OF PARKS TO THE EAST INCLUDING Q

7ODEN 4OWN 0ARK

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!RTICLES OF PUBLIC ART OF MERIT ARE Q

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-OSAIC TILE ARTWORK IN THE FOYER OF THE #OMMONWEALTH "ANK "UILDING

4HE ARCHITECTURE OF THE NORTHERN ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR AND 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA IS OF NO OUTSTANDING MERIT ALTHOUGH SEVERAL BUILDINGS ARE REASONABLY WELL RESOLVED AND DETAILED

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#OMMUNITY FACILITIES 7ODEN FULFILS A DISTRICT ROLE WITH THE PROVISION OF A RANGE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES THAT INCLUDE Q

(EALTH CENTRE

,IBRARY

7ODEN #OMMUNITY 3ERVICE AND 7ODEN 9OUTH #ENTRE

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+EY SERVICES ARE LOCATED IN THE #OMMUNITY &ACILITIES LAND USE PRECINCT ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE #ORINNA 3TREET AND -ELROSE $RIVE INTERSECTION 4HIS PRECINCT ALSO CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER OF PRIVATE SECTOR HEALTH PROVIDERS INCLUDING PHYSIOTHERAPISTS MEDICAL SPECIALISTS AND COUNSELLORS )SSUES OF CONCERN TO BOTH SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CUSTOMERS INCLUDE Q

)NADEQUATE CAR PARKING ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE TOWN THAT IS CLOSE TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES )N PARTICULAR THERE ARE TOO FEW DISABLED AND SHORT TERM CAR PARKS

7ODEN #OMMUNITY 3ERVICE OFFICE AND CHILDCARE CENTRE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF 7ODEN HAS BEEN WALLED OFF FROM #ORINNA 3TREET BY A NARROW OFFICE BUILDING AND COMMUNITY DEMAND FOR SERVICES HAS OUTGROWN FACILITIES

0ART OF THE COMMUNITY MEETING SPACE AT 7ODEN ,IBRARY WAS RECENTLY TAKEN OVER BY THE !#4 (ERITAGE ,IBRARY REDUCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LARGE LOW COST MEETING ROOMS

0ROVISION OF FACILITIES NEEDS TO RESPOND TO THE CHANGING POPULATION PROFILE )N PARTICULAR PARKING SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO BE EASILY NEGOTIATED BY OLDER DRIVERS PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS NEED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PEOPLE WITH SIGHT AND MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS AND FACILITIES MAY NEED TO EXPAND TO MEET GROWING DEMAND

4HE LIBRARY HAS SOME FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS INCLUDING THE ABSENCE OF A LOADING DOCK

%XTERNAL COURTYARDS HAVE POOR AMENITY ON WINDY DAYS BECAUSE OF DOWN FORCE EFFECTS CREATED BY THE STOREY OFFICE TOWER

#ORINNA 3TREET HAS BECOME BUSIER SINCE THE 0LAZA EXTENSIONS MAKING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN COMMUNITY FACILITIES MORE DIFFICULT

#OMMUNITY SPACE NEEDS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC ASPIRATIONS FOR ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

3TRENGTHS OF THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDE Q

#ONVENIENCE CREATED BY THE COLOCATION OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY AND PRIVATE SECTOR FACILITIES

0UBLIC OWNERSHIP OF BUILDINGS THAT PERFORM CIVIC FUNCTIONS AND CREATE POINTS OF REFERENCE IN THE TOWN

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&)'52% %XISTING COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED PRIVATE SECTOR SERVICES

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#OMMUNITY &ACILITIES 3PINE

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0ARKS AND PUBLIC PLACES 4HE 5RBAN /PEN 3PACE LAND USE POLICY THAT INCLUDES THE HECTARE 7ODEN #EMETERY COVERS ABOUT HECTARES OR OF THE TOTAL STUDY AREA OF HECTARES /THER NATURAL FEATURES AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES LIKE 9ARRALUMLA #REEK AND THE PITCH AND PUTT GOLF ADD SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE GREEN SPACE AND TO THE SENSE OF OPENNESS %QUALLY IMPORTANT AS THE URBAN OPEN SPACE ARE THE PUBLIC AREAS IN AND AROUND BUILDINGS THAT LINK THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE 4OWN #ENTRE #OMMUNITY CONSULTATION IDENTIFIES A LEVEL OF DISSATISFACTION WITH ALL ELEMENTS OF THE PUBLIC REALM 4HIS DISSATISFACTION IS SUMMARISED AS Q

$IFFICULT TO ACCESS %DDISON 0ARK BECAUSE OF PEDESTRIAN BARRIERS INCLUDING ^ THE CONFIGURATION OF ROADS ^ THE STORMWATER DRAIN 9ARRALUMLA #REEK

4HE SMALL CAR PARK

,ACK OF CLEAR CONNECTIONS TO ITS PERIPHERAL LOCATION

#ONCERNS ABOUT PERSONAL SAFETY WHICH ARE RELATED TO ^ LOW LEVEL OF LIGHTING AND VANDALISM OF THE EXISTING LIGHTS ^ LACK OF AN EFFECTIVE PEDESTRIAN LINK BETWEEN THE BUS INTERCHANGE AND THE PARK ^ LACK OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE CEMETERY THOUGH THE PARK ^ THE ISOLATED LOCATION AND THE FACT THAT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS LACK ACTIVITY ^ INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE ^ A PERCEPTION OF ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR CREATED BY GRAFFITI VANDALISM AND POOR SURVEILLANCE

!RABANOO 0ARK HAS NO SURVEILLANCE AND IS PERCEIVED AS AN UNSAFE PLACE TO VISIT )T IS ALSO PERCEIVED AS HAVING POOR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND IS NOT LINKED TO %DDISON 0ARK 4HE 4OWN 3QUARE IS PERCEIVED AS A LARGE VACANT AND CURRENTLY UNDER UTILISED SPACE WITH LITTLE ACTIVITY AFTER BUSINESS HOURS )T WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING COLD AND WINDY AND AN INHOSPITABLE AND UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE TO SIT 4HE SQUARE IS NOT IDENTIFIED AS THE CENTRAL OR FOCAL POINT OF 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE BUT RATHER AS A PLACE WHERE THE SHOPS END AND OFFICES START 4HE RECENT REDEVELOPMENT HAS RESULTED IN MORE PEOPLE USING THE SQUARE BUT IT IS INCREASINGLY SEEN AS A WALKWAY BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CENTRE RATHER THAN AS A DESTINATION 4HE INITIAL DESIGN FOR 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE INTENDED THE 4OWN 3QUARE TO OPEN ONTO A FORECOURT EXTENDING TO #ALLAM 3TREET ,OCATED AROUND THIS FORECOURT AND DEFINING A STRONG EAST WEST LINK TO THE EASTERN PARKLANDS WAS A MIX OF PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS INCLUDING HOTELS #ONSTRUCTION OF THE BUS INTERCHANGE TERMINATED THE 4OWN 3QUARE AT THE EDGE OF THE 0LAZA AND ALIENATED THE LINK TO THE PARKLANDS %VEN THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE INTERCHANGE AND THE ELEVATED 4OWN 3QUARE ARE POORLY RESOLVED RESULTING IN CLUTTERED AND POORLY DEFINED RAMPS AND STAIRS WHERE SURVEILLANCE AND PERCEPTION OF PERSONAL SAFETY IS UNSATISFACTORY

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

3PORT AND RECREATION FACILITIES 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE CATERS FOR A RANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE NEEDS 4HERE ARE FIVE MAJOR LICENSED CLUBS Q

(ELLENIC #LUB

3LOVENIAN !USTRALIAN #LUB

#ANBERRA 3OUTHERN #ROSS #LUB

#ANBERRA 4RADESMENS 5NION #LUB

9AMBA 3PORTS #LUB A BRANCH OF THE 3OUTHERN #ROSS #LUB

4HE CLUBS PROVIDE FACILITIES SUCH AS BARS DINING AREAS PERFORMANCE AUDITORIUMS AND MEETING AREAS AND ARE SIGNIFICANT LANDMARKS IN THE 4OWN #ENTRE 2ESTAURANTS CAFES TEN PIN BOWLING AND CINEMA COMPLEX ARE CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE 4OWN #ENTRE CORE 4HE 0HILLIP 3WIMMING 0OOL AND )CE #ENTRE 0HILLIP /VAL 7ODEN 9-#! SQUASH COURTS 9AMBA 3PORTS #LUB BOWLING GREENS AND GYMNASIUM BASKETBALL CENTRE 0ITCH @N 0UTT COURSE AND AN EMERGING RESTAURANT AND CAFÏ PRECINCT ARE LOCATED IN THE PRECINCT TO THE NORTH OF THE COMMERCIAL CORE 4HE 7ODEN 0ARK ATHLETICS FIELD 0HILLIP DISTRICT ENCLOSED OVAL AND 0HILIP DISTRICT PLAYING FIELDS ARE LOCATED ON THE NORTH EASTERN SIDE OF THE 4OWN CORE 4HE RANGE OF RECREATION ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE 4OWN #ENTRE IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN THE !#4 4HE STYLE OF SOME DEVELOPMENTS AND THEIR LOCATION WITHIN THE TOWN LACKS AN OVERALL COHESIVENESS AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT BETWEEN FACILITIES IS NOT ALWAYS CLEARLY DEFINED )N ADDITION THE SWIMMING CENTRE ICE SKATING RINK AND SQUASH COURTS ARE SHOWING THEIR AGE AND FROM TIME TO TIME SUFFER FROM CHANGES IN PEOPLE S SPORTING PREFERENCES ! GREATER MIX OF USES IN THE AREA THAT RETAINS ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES AT GROUND LEVEL BUT PERMITS OTHER ACTIVITIES AT FIRST FLOOR LEVELS AND ABOVE WILL HELP ATTRACT REINVESTMENT IN THE NORTHERN ENTERTAINMENT PRECINCT

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4OWN CENTRE LIVING 4HE ORIGINAL PLANNING FOR AND CONSTRUCTION IN 7ODEN EXCLUDED RESIDENTIAL FROM THE TOWN CORE 7ALKING DISTANCE TO A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT CHANGING HOUSING NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND GOOD OUTLOOKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITY CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF QUALITY APARTMENTS WITHIN AND AROUND 7ODEN S CORE )N ADDITION TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING IN MIXED USE INNER CORE DEVELOPMENTS RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF 9ARRALUMLA #REEK AND WEST OF -ELROSE $RIVE IN VACANT LAND IN ,YONS 3ECTIONS PROVIDE THE SETTINGS FOR NEW HOUSING CHOICES IN AND AROUND 7ODEN 4OWN CENTRE ACCOMMODATION IS AN INCREASINGLY POPULAR HOUSING CHOICE IN #ANBERRA )T NOT ONLY SATISFIES A MARKET NEED BUT ALSO REDUCES CAR USE AND INCREASES ACTIVITY TO HELP ENLIVEN THE TOWN AND CENSUS TRIP TO WORK DATA SHOWS THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN AND AROUND TOWN CENTRES ARE LESS LIKELY TO USE THEIR CAR TO TRAVEL TO WORK AND THIS ANALYSIS IS INCLUDED AS 4ABLE 4!",% -ODE CHOICE BY ORIGIN FROM SELECTED SUBURBS 2ESIDENTIAL ,OCATION

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0UBLIC SAFETY ! SAFETY AUDIT CARRIED OUT AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS INVOLVED A TOTAL OF GROUPS MADE UP OF YOUNG PEOPLE OFFICE WORKERS AND OLDER PEOPLE )N GENERAL THE AUDIT RECORDED THAT PEOPLE FELT REASONABLY COMFORTABLE IN MOST PARTS OF 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE AT MOST TIMES DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS !T NIGHT HOWEVER A NUMBER OF AREAS SUCH AS THE BUS INTERCHANGE THE NORTHERN ENTERTAINMENT AREA AND THE 4OWN 0ARK WERE PERCEIVED AS BEING UNSAFE 4HE FOLLOWING RESPONSES TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITHIN THE 4OWN #ENTRE WERE RECORDED

"53 ).4%2#(!.'% 4HE MAJORITY OF PARTICIPANTS FELT REASONABLY SAFE IN THE INTERCHANGE DURING THE DAY BUT FELT UNSAFE AT NIGHT DUE MAINLY TO Q

&EELINGS OF ISOLATION

0LACES FOR PEOPLE TO HIDE n STAIRWELLS ALCOVES BENEATH RAMPS AND BEHIND COLUMNS

,ACK OF VISIBILITY TO ACTIVE PUBLIC AREAS AND TO THE POLICE STATION

)NFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF SOME PEOPLE

/CCASIONAL THREATENING BEHAVIOUR BY SOME PEOPLE AT THE INTERCHANGE

"USES DRIVING THROUGH AT EXCESSIVE SPEEDS

'RAFFITI AND GENERAL SIGNS OF NEGLECT

4/7. 315!2% 4HE MAJORITY OF PARTICIPANTS FELT REASONABLY SAFE DURING THE DAY BUT FELT UNSAFE AT NIGHT BECAUSE Q

4HE !4-S ARE ISOLATED AND PEOPLE CAN BE FOLLOWED THROUGH LARGE VACANT SPACES

4HE AREA IS DANGEROUSLY WINDY AT TIMES

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4OO MUCH TRAFFIC FOR THE NARROW STREET

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0EDESTRIAN CROSSING LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO THE CORNER

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!LCOVES AROUND THE LIBRARY AND HEALTH CENTRE

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#!20!2+3 0ARTICIPANTS FELT THE MAJORITY OF CARPARKS WERE SAFE DURING THE DAY BUT UNSAFE AT NIGHT #ONCERNS ABOUT CARPARKS RELATE TO Q

)NSUFFICIENT LIGHTING

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0EOPLE LOITERING AND PERCEPTION OF THREATENING BEHAVIOUR

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&ACTORS THAT ARE DRIVING CHANGE IN 7ODEN 4HE IMPETUS FOR THE 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE -ASTER 0LAN COMES FROM FACTORS THAT INCLUDE Q

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4HE COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED TO IMPROVE THE CENTRE S ACCESS SAFETY AMENITY CONVENIENCE SAFETY AND VIBRANCY

! NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS ARE IN THE PIPELINE AND NEED TO BE INTEGRATED TO MAXIMISE THE OVERALL BENEFITS TO THE 4OWN #ENTRE 4HESE INCLUDE ^ A NEW POLICE STATION AND THE AVAILABILITY FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING POLICE STATION SITE ^ PRESSURE TO IMPROVE THE BUS INTERCHANGE ^ M OF OFFICE SPACE PROPOSED FOR 'UARDIAN (OUSE AND THE ADJOINING SITE 3ECTION "LOCKS ^ REFURBISHMENT AND EXTENSION OF 3CARBOROUGH (OUSE TO M TO REMOVE A VACANCY THAT HAS EXISTED FOR YEARS ^ NEW DEVELOPMENT ON 3ECTION "LOCK THE FORMER $!3 GARAGE ^ REALIGNMENT OF #ALLAM 3TREET TO !THLLON $RIVE EXPANSION OF THE 3OUTHERN #ROSS #LUB AND THE PROPOSAL FOR A RESIDENTIAL TOWER ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE #LUB

$ECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE USE OF VACANT AND UNDERUTILISED LAND IN THE TOWN CENTRE NEED TO BE TAKEN IN THE CONTEXT OF A LONG TERM PLANNING STRATEGY

! NUMBER OF BUILDINGS ARE NOW REACHING AN AGE AND CONDITION WHERE REDEVELOPMENT MAY BE A VIABLE OPTION 4HE CHOICE BETWEEN REDEVELOPMENT CONVERSION TO OTHER USES AND REFURBISHMENT WILL DEPEND ON NEW PLANNING POLICY WITH REGARD TO DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY PERMITTED LAND USE AS WELL AS THE NEEDS OF THE MARKET

/FFICE TENANCY RELIES ON SIX &EDERAL 'OVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ! DECISION BY ONE OR MORE DEPARTMENT TO CONSOLIDATE HEADQUARTERS OUTSIDE 7ODEN WOULD GENERATE RELATIVELY HIGH VACANCY RATES WITHIN THE EXISTING OFFICE SUPPLY 7HAT WOULD BE THE FUTURE USE OF THESE BUILDINGS IF THAT OCCURRED

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'ROWTH OPTIONS FOR 7ODEN 4HE FOLLOWING THREE GROWTH SCENARIOS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED

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4HIS SCENARIO CONSIDERS THAT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS JOBS RELOCATE TO OTHER CENTRES IN #ANBERRA !T THE SAME TIME 7ODEN CAPTURES ABOUT OF THE NEW EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS THAT ARE GENERALLY CREATED IN #ANBERRA EACH YEAR IE POSITIONS A YEAR /VER YEARS THIS REBUILDS EMPLOYMENT IN 7ODEN TO ITS CURRENT LEVEL OF 2ESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS BASED ON NEW DWELLINGS A YEAR FROM 'ROWTH IN THE RETAIL SECTOR OCCURS WITH INCREASED EXPENDITURE BY THE CATCHMENT S POPULATION AND THE LOCAL WORKFORCE

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5LTIMATE TRAFFIC VOLUMES HAVE BEEN CALCULATED ON A HIGHER LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT THAN THAT DESCRIBED UNDER THE HIGH GROWTH SCENARIO "OTH INTERSECTION AND MID BLOCK CAPACITY CAN DEAL WITH ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LOWER CAR USE ASSOCIATED WITH MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS MODAL SHIFT FROM CAR TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT WALKING AND CYCLING AND PEAK SPREADING THAT OCCURS WHEN CONGESTION REACHES LEVELS THAT WILL DISCOURAGE PRIVATE CARS FROM MAKING DISCRETIONARY TRIPS AT PEAK PERIODS

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0ARKING STRUCTURES ARE GENERALLY ASSUMED TO BE NEEDED WITHIN THE OVERALL SITES FOR EACH POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS PROVIDING REPLACEMENT PARKING FOR THOSE SPACES DISPLACED BY THE NEW DEVELOPMENT 7HERE THE SITE AREA IS LIMITED ONE OR TWO FLOORS CAN BE PROVIDED FOR PARKING AND STRATEGIES IMPLEMENTED TO CONTRUCT AND MANAGE PUBLIC PARKING STRUCTURES FOR SHARED USE

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5NDER THE HIGH GROWTH SCENARIO AN ADDITIONAL M OF OFFICE PLUS RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS COULD BE BUILT OVER THE NEXT YEARS 4HE GROWTH DOES NOT ENTAIL SUBSTANTIAL RESTRUCTURING OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE AND PROVIDED ATTENTION IS PAID TO STREET LEVEL AWNING PROTECTION STREET LEVEL ACTIVITY OVERSHADOWING BETWEEN AND PM IN MID WINTER WIND TUNNEL EFFECTS AND UPGRADING PAVING RAMPS LIGHTING LANDSCAPE AND STREET FURNITURE PEDESTRIAN AMENITY WILL BE PRESERVED AND ENHANCED BY INCREASED ACTIVITY AND SENSE OF SECURITY

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5NDER THE HIGH GROWTH SCENARIO AND GIVEN THE GENERAL AGING OF THE 7ODEN POPULATION SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO COMMUNITY CLUBS AND HEALTH SERVICES IS LIKELY 'ROWTH IN THESE AREAS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED AND COULD INCLUDE UPGRADING AND ENCLOSING THE SWIMMING POOL PROVIDING ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEETING SPACE AND IDENTIFYING A SITE FOR AN ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTRE

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!CTEW!', AND PRE DESIGN STUDIES FOR 7ODEN %AST CONFIRM THAT CAPACITY EXISTS TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE WITHOUT THE NEED FOR EXPENSIVE AUGMENTATION OF THE EXISTING SEWERAGE SYSTEM

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!CTEW!', HAS CONFIRMED THERE ARE NO MAJOR ISSUES WITH WATER SUPPLY ! COMBINATION OF AND DIAMETER WATER MAINS MEET WATER SUPPLY AND FIRE FIGHTING DEMANDS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IN THE AREA 3ERVICING INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS TO THE AREA AROUND 9ARRALUMLA #REEK WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SMALL LENGTHS OF PIPEWORK 4HE SUPPLY ZONE IS 7ODEN )NTERMEDIATE APPROX M !($ %XISTING PRESSURE IN THE AREA IS HIGH M AND NO LOW FLOW PRESSURE ISSUES ARE EXPECTED

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!CTEW!', HAS CONFIRMED THAT CAPACITY EXISTS TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE WITHOUT THE NEED FOR EXPENSIVE AUGMENTATION OF THE EXISTING ELECTRICITY RETICULATION

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)NTRODUCTION 4HE ILLUSTRATIVE CONCEPT FOR 7ODEN PRESENTED IN THIS PART OF THE 0LAN IS APPROACHED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A NUMBER OF MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WILL INFLUENCE KEY OBJECTIVES OF Q

!CTIVATING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN LINKING FUNCTIONAL AREAS

0ROVIDING ATTRACTIVE AND FUNCTIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPTIONS

-ATCHING CAPABILITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE WITH PROPOSED NEW DEVELOPMENTS

$EVELOPING CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES IN LINE WITH CHANGING NEEDS

+EY PROJECTS WILL PROVIDE THE IMPETUS TO GENERATE STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN 7ODEN 3OME OF THESE PROJECTS SUCH AS RELOCATION OF THE 0OLICE 3TATION WILL BE ENTIRELY FUNDED BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR /THER PROJECTS SUCH AS POSSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BUS INTERCHANGE WILL RELY ON THE PACKAGING OF LAND RELEASES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEW PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE RETAIL COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL SECTORS 0ROJECTS MAY TAKE CONSIDERABLE TIME AND WILL BE DEPENDENT ON OTHER STEPS SUCH AS Q

-AJOR TENANTS RESOLVING FUTURE OFFICE ACCOMMODATION NEEDS

!CQUISITION OF LAND

0REPARATION NEGOTIATION AND LODGEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS INCLUDING PUBLIC EXHIBITION PERIODS

0REPARATION NEGOTIATION AND LODGEMENT OF 0RELIMINARY !SSESSMENTS AND OTHER MANDATORY PLANNING REQUIREMENTS

4HE OVERALL ILLUSTRATIVE CONCEPT FOR 7ODEN OVER THE NEXT YEARS IS INCLUDED AS &IGURE B B B AND 4HE DETAIL OF MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO KEY ELEMENTS OF THE 0LAN ARE THEN DESCRIBED IN SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS 4HE ILLUSTRATIVE CONCEPTS SHOW A RANGE OF LIKELY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES 4HE ACTUAL LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT n YEARS WILL NOT TAKE UP ALL POSSIBLE OPTIONS 3OME DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO SATISFY MARKET DEMAND WHILE OTHER POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WILL NOT OCCUR /THER PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FORESEEN AS PART OF THIS MASTER PLANNING PROCESS WILL INVARIABLY ARISE OVER THE PERIOD OF THE 0LAN 4HE -ASTER 0LAN MUST THEREFORE BE SUFFICIENTLY FLEXIBLE TO ACCOMMODATE UNFORESEEN DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE BROAD STRUCTURE THAT ACHIEVES THE BUILT FORM ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES OF THE 0LAN

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&)'52% A .ORTHERN SECTION OF 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE IN 3EPTEMBER '%/&& #/-&/24 0(/4/'2!0(9 4HE PERIPHERY OF THE #ENTRE HAS A LACK OF STRUCTURE AND POOR URBAN FORM

&)'52% B &UTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES GIVE ACCENT TO PROMINENT ENTRANCES AND STREET EDGES TO CREATE A MORE CONSOLIDATED URBAN FORM

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&)'52% A 3OUTHERN SECTION OF 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE IN *ANUARY '%/&& #/-&/24 0(/4/'2!0(9 4HE DEPOT AND MIXED USE BUILDINGS ARE APPROACHING YEARS OLD AND MAY NO LONGER MEET FUTURE NEEDS ,ANDSCAPE GENERALLY LACKS COHESIVENESS AND MATURITY THAT WILL HELP PRODUCE AN OVERALL CHARACTER

&)'52% B &UTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE IN *ANUARY &OUR STORY MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FRONTING THE LANDSCAPED COURTS INTRODUCE A NEW QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT AND A BROADER RANGE OF ACTIVITY TO 0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT -OTOR TRADE REMAINS THE ECONOMIC AND PHYSICAL ANCHOR AROUND THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PERIMETER

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.EW CAR PARK STRUCTURE

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3HORT STAY COMMUNITY FACILITIES CAR PARK

2EDEVELOPED EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING

.EW ROAD CONNECTION TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION

2EALIGNED MAJOR ENTRY ROAD

.EW COMMERCIAL MIXED USE BUILDING

.EW BUS STATION

.EW RETAIL DEVELOPMENT

.EW POLICE STATION .EW POCKET PARK .EW ENTRANCE TO 0LAZA AND ACTIVE EDGES TO 4OWN 3QUARE 0OSSIBLE NEW COMMUNITY FACILITY .EW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS .EW RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE .EW MARKER BUILDING TO DEFINE ENTRANCE TO 7ODEN &EATURE OF LOCAL REGIONAL HERITAGE VALUE 5PGRADED AND ENCLOSE SWIMMING POOL AND ICE RINK #OMMERCIAL MOTEL SERVICED APARTMENTS TO COMPLEMENT THE SPORTING PRECINCT 5PGRADED 0HILLIP /VAL WITH COMMERCIAL FRONTAGES TO SURROUNDING STREETS !GED PERSONS RESIDENTIAL 'YMNASIUM AND FITNESS CLUB #LUB )NDOOR SPORTS HALL ,AWN BOWLS )NTER TOWN PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROUTE .ATURAL ECOLOGICAL FEATURES ALONG 9ARRALUMLA #REEK $ISTRICT PARK

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%XTEND !LTREE #OURT TO (INDMARSH $RIVE TO CREATE A LEFT IN AND LEFT OUT INTERSECTION

-AXIMUM FOUR STOREY DEVELOPMENT PERMITTED WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL 'ROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL WITH THREE STOREYS OF RESIDENTIAL ABOVE

4ALLER CORNER ELEMENT 'ROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE WITH THREE LEVELS OF RESIDENTIAL ABOVE ,OFT PERMITTED ON TOP LEVEL OF RESIDENTIAL

#OLBEE #OURT EXTENDED TO !THLLON $RIVE

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3USTAINABILITY 3USTAINABILITY IS ABOUT PROVIDING FOR PEOPLE PROTECTING OUR PLACE AND CREATING PROSPERITY NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE )T IS AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO SIMULTANEOUSLY MEETING OUR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC GOALS Q

#REATE A COMPACT AND @WALKABLE TOWN THAT COMBINES THE RETAIL COMMERCIAL AND COMMUNITY PRESENCE WITH A WIDE RANGE OF DWELLING TYPES FOCUSSED ON AN EFFECTIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM

2EDESIGN THE CURRENT BUS INTERCHANGE AS A MORE PEOPLE FRIENDLY FACILITY AND OPERATE A WIDER RANGE OF BUS SERVICES TO BOTH SIDES OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE

)NTRODUCE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE CORE OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS INCLUDING VACANT LAND IN ,YONS 3ECTIONS AND GREENFIELDS DEVELOPMENT IN 7ODEN %AST

0ROVIDE MIXED USES AT STREET LEVEL TO CREATE MORE ACTIVE AND SAFE STREETS

0ROVIDE THE NECESSARY RANGE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO SUPPORT A HEALTHY AND SECURE POPULATION

%XPRESS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER FOR THE TOWN

#ONTRIBUTE TO A SENSE OF CIVIC PRIDE STRENGTH AND COHESION

5PGRADE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENTS WITH LEGIBLE CONNECTIONS AND WELL DESIGNED PAVING LIGHTING RAMPS SIGNAGE AND STREET FURNITURE

4HESE BROAD STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THE EXISTING SEGMENTED LAND USE PATTERN WILL BE EXAMINED LATER IN THE 0LAN AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MORE SUSTAINABLE PLANNING OBJECTIVES /THER PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES INCLUDE Q

.ATURALISING SECTIONS OF 9ARRALUMLA #REEK WITH OFF LINE PONDS

7ATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN INCLUDING RAINWATER USE

3OLAR ORIENTATION AND PROVISION OF SUNLIGHT TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPEN SPACE

7ASTE MINIMISATION AND REDUCTION IN #/ EMISSIONS

&)'52% 3TRUCTURAL CHANGES ! MORE MIXED USE AND @WALKABLE TOWN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MORE SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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)NVESTIGATE UPSTREAM RETENTION WORK TO RE INSTATE PARTS OF 9ARRALUMLA #REEK AS A MORE INFORMAL WATERCOURSE THAT WILL ENRICH THE CHARACTER OF 7ODEN

7HERE PRACTICABLE AND SUBJECT TO ENGINEERING CONSTRAINTS USE OFF LINE PONDING POOLS AND RIFLES MACROPHYTES AND SHALLOW ZONES TO CREATE A MORE NATURAL CREEK SYSTEM

#REATE A LINEAR PARK TO THE SOUTH OF THE 4OWN 0ARK DEFINED BY A CREEK EDGE ROAD WITH NEW RESIDENCES PROVIDING SURVEILLANCE

&)'52% 0OSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 9ARRALUMLA #REEK ADJACENT TO THE 4OWN 0ARK

&)'52% / #ONNOR WETLANDS /PPORTUNITIES FOR OFF LINE PONDING ON 9ARRALUMLA #REEK WILL BE INVESTIGATED

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.EW DEVELOPMENTS SHOULD ADOPT WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN MEASURES THAT MAY INCLUDE Q

7ATER HARVESTING STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS TO REDUCE DEMAND ON POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES AND LOWER STORMWATER DISCHARGE

7ATER RETENTION SYSTEMS INCLUDING DOMESTIC RAINWATER TANKS INTO A SECOND CLASS WATER SERVICE SUCH AS TOILETS OR IRRIGATION

2ESTRICTING THE AMOUNT OF HARD PAVED AREA AND USE POROUS PAVEMENTS TO REDUCE RUNOFF AND INCREASE INFILTRATION ON SITE

%XPLORING OPTIONS TO CARRY OUT RETENTION OR DETENTION WORKS OFF SITE UPGRADING 9ARRALUMLA #REEK WITH OFF LINE PONDS FOR EXAMPLE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ON SITE CONTROL

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$UAL FLUSH SPLIT CISTERN

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7ATER SAVER CYCLE ON DISHWASHER AND WASHING MACHINE

)NSULATED HOT WATER PIPES AND SHORT RUNS TO OUTLETS

,OCALLY COLLECTED WATER FOR TOILET FLUSHING AND IRRIGATION

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0ROVIDE ADEQUATE SUNLIGHT TO ADJOINING BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND AMELIORATE THE WIND EFFECTS FROM TALL BUILDINGS Q

/N SITES ADJACENT TO MAIN PEDESTRIAN AREAS OF THE PEDESTRIAN SPINE 4OWN 3QUARE AND PROPOSED OPEN SPACES NEW BUILDINGS SHALL BE LIMITED IN HEIGHT TO ENSURE THAT ^ -AIN PEDESTRIAN AREAS REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY SUNLIT PARTICULARLY BETWEEN NOON AND PM IN MID WINTER ^ !N ATTRACTIVE ENVIRONMENT IS MAINTAINED IN THESE AREAS

)MPLEMENT CORRECTIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE THE UNDESIRABLE IMPACTS OF LOW LEVEL AIRFLOW ON THE 4OWN 3QUARE AND OTHER PUBLIC SPACES 4HIS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ^ 0ROVIDING A METRE WIDE CANOPY STRUCTURE EXTENDING FROM THE 0OST /FFICE TO THE SOUTH EASTERN CORNER OF THE 0LAZA TO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS FROM THE DOWNDRAFTS GENERATED BY ,OVETT 4OWER 3OLID PARAPETS WITH LOCAL PERFORATIONS AND SEPARATE RECTANGULAR FORM RAILINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STRUCTURE WILL HELP PROTECT PEDESTRIANS FROM ANY LOCAL WIND BUFFETING ^ 4REAT THE FACADE OF ,OVETT 4OWER TO DEFLECT AND SLOW DOWN DESCENDING AIR MOVEMENTS

&)'52% %XISTING AIR MOVEMENTS AND REMEDIATION MEASURES IN THE 4OWN 3QUARE

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&AVOUR ADAPTIVE REUSE OVER DEMOLITION

7HERE DEMOLITION IS REQUIRED SALVAGE MATERIALS TO MAXIMISE RECYCLING

0ROVIDE SPACE FOR CONTAINMENT OF ALL WASTE AND RECYCLABLES WITHIN LEASED BOUNDARIES AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE COLLECTION VEHICLE ACCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE $EVELOPMENT #ONTROL

#ODE FOR "EST 0RACTICE 7ASTE -ANAGEMENT IN THE !#4 Q

!VOID STORAGE OF WASTE CONTAINERS ON UNLEASED LAND SUCH AS VERGES AND LANEWAYS

&UTURE BUILT FORM AND CHARACTER !SSIST IN ACHIEVING A BUILT FORM THAT IS PRIMARILY @MEDIUM RISE BUT WHICH ALLOWS TALLER MARKER BUILDINGS AT DISCRETE LOCATIONS TO DEFINE THE ENTRANCES TO 7ODEN AND TO REINFORCE THE CHARACTER OF 7ODEN AS A COMPACT URBAN CENTRE /00/245.)4)%3 Q

%NSURE THAT THE PUBLIC REALM IS NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY OVERSHADOWING AND WIND SHEAR RESULTING FROM INAPPROPRIATELY LOCATED BUILDING MASS

$EVELOP BUILDINGS GENERALLY TO HEIGHTS INDICATED IN &IGURE AND

5SE BUILDING MASSING TO CREATE MARKER BUILDINGS AT MAJOR ARRIVAL POINTS THAT EXPRESS THE COMPACT URBAN FORM THAT DIFFERENTIATES 7ODEN FROM OTHER TOWN CENTRES

3ITE TALLER BUILDINGS IN A WAY THAT AVOIDS OVERSHADOWING OTHER HABITABLE BUILDINGS

'ENERALLY PODIUM LEVELS OF BUILDINGS WILL BE BUILT TO THE PROPERTY LINE

0ROVIDE AWNINGS AND COLONNADES TO CREATE STREET LEVEL PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION

%NSURE THAT BUILDINGS ARE APPROPRIATELY ARTICULATED WITH A BASE MIDDLE AND TOP

)N RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS DIRECT OVERLOOKING OF INTERNAL LIVING AREAS TO OTHER DWELLINGS AND OFFICES IS TO BE MINIMISED BY BUILDING LAYOUT LOCATION DESIGN OF WINDOWS AND BALCONIES SCREENING DEVICES AND LANDSCAPING

#ORNER SITES AT STREET JUNCTIONS HAVE AN IMPORTANT STREETSCAPE FUNCTION AND CAN BE ENHANCED BY EXTRA HEIGHT #ORNER SITES OFFER MAXIMUM VIEWS CROSS VENTILATION AND SUNLIGHT TO RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

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#ONNECTIONS AND MOVEMENT 0ROVIDE GREATER CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AND OPEN SPACE AREAS AND THE CORE AND ENCOURAGE A GREATER LEVEL OF PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SEPARATED LAND USES /00/245.)4)%3 Q

)MPROVE EAST WEST CONNECTIONS ACROSS #ALLAM 3TREET TO THE 2EGIONAL /PEN 3PACE 3YSTEM TO CATER FOR PEDESTRIANS CYCLISTS AND MOTOR VEHICLES

)MPROVE CONNECTIONS ACROSS -ELROSE $RIVE TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO THE WEST

)MPROVE CONNECTIONS ACROSS ,AUNCESTON 3TREET TO THE RECREATION AREAS TO THE NORTH

)MPROVE CONNECTIONS ACROSS (INDMARSH $RIVE TO THE 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA TO THE SOUTH

)MPROVE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS ACROSS #ORINNA 3TREET PARTICULARLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND HEALTH RELATED SERVICES BY REDUCING TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY

0ROVIDE NODES FOR SECURE BICYCLE PARKING AND INCLUDE CYCLE PARKING AND SHOWERS IN ALL NEW BUILDINGS

2EFOCUS SEPARATED PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT TO STREET VERGES WHERE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SURVEILLANCE CAN BE ACHIEVED &ACILITATE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT WITH WIDE CROSSINGS AT NECKED VEHICULAR ROADWAYS

#IRCULATE BUSES AND TAXIS MORE WIDELY AROUND 7ODEN AND DROP PASSENGERS CLOSER TO THEIR DESTINATIONS

5PGRADE ACCESS FOR MOBILITY IMPAIRED THROUGHOUT THE #ENTRE WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO GRADES FOOTPATH LEVEL CHANGES KERB CROSSOVERS PAVEMENT SURFACES BUILDING ENTRIES AND BUILDING DESIGN

!SSUMING NO SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL MODE CHANGE AND ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES ARE AS IDENTIFIED IN &IGURES AND THE MODIFIED ROAD NETWORK CONTINUES TO OPERATE WITHIN ACCEPTABLE SERVICE LEVELS 4HIS IS ILLUSTRATED IN &IGURE

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0RESERVE THE PRINCIPAL TRANSPORT ROLE OF -ELROSE $RIVE IN THE !#4 ROAD NETWORK

"ETWEEN ,AUNCESTON 3TREET TO (INDMARSH $RIVE CONSIDER REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT ON -ELROSE $RIVE FROM TO KPH

#ONSIDER PROVIDING PARALLEL PARKING AND CYCLE LANES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF -ELROSE $RIVE /VERALL ROAD NETWORK EFFICIENCY IS CURRENTLY CONTROLLED BY INTERSECTION CAPACITY AND THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT REDUCE TRAFFIC CAPACITY TO A SIGNIFICANT EXTENT

)MPORTANT PARKING FOR THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES IS PROVIDED TOGETHER WITH MUCH NEEDED ADDITIONAL PARKING ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE

,AND USE ALONG THE ROAD WILL FURTHER ALTER WITH REDEVELOPMENT OF VACANT LAND IN ,YONS 3ECTIONS AND THE ADDRESS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT TO -ELROSE $RIVE FURTHER VALIDATES A REORIENTATION OF -ELROSE $RIVE AS AN URBAN ROAD

&UTURE SIGNALISATION OF THE #ORINNA 3TREET INTERSECTION PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL DESIGNATED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

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4HE CURRENT FOUR LANE CONFIGURATION BETWEEN &URZER 3TREET AND -ELROSE $RIVE IS PROPOSED TO BE RETAINED

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4YPICALLY ONE LANE ON EACH CARRIAGEWAY IS USED AS A TURNING LANE AND THE GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PROVIDES TWO LANES FOR TRAVEL THROUGH EACH INTERSECTION IN EACH DIRECTION

4HE RETENTION OF TWO THROUGH LANES IN EACH DIRECTION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ^ FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE WILL INCLUDE MORE PARKING ON THE EASTERN SIDE WITH #ALLAM 3TREET THE PRINCIPAL ACCESS ROUTE ^ FLEXIBILITY IN BUS OPERATIONS INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR A BUS ONLY OR OTHER HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE ALONG #ALLAM 3TREET IS RETAINED

4RAFFIC SIGNALS SPACED AT AVERAGE INTERVALS OF M FACILITATE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ACROSS THE ROAD

!CHIEVE MORE EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO AND EGRESS FROM THE RETAIL CAR PARKS TO REDUCE EXCESSIVE QUEING FROM THE SOUTH

4HE )NTER TOWN 0UBLIC 4RANSPORT 2OUTE IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE RESERVATION AND PROVIDES EASY PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO FUTURE BUS STATION LOCATIONS

4HE RELEASE OF LAND FOR APARTMENT LIVING ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF 9ARRALUMLA #REEK AND FRONTING A NEW EDGE STREET HELPS DEFINE THE ENTRANCE TO 7ODEN

'ENEROUSLY PLANT THE REALIGNED #ALLAM 3TREET WITH LARGE GROWING TREES THAT ARE OF APPROPRIATE SCALE FOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STREET

.ATURALISE 9ARRALUMLA #REEK

$EVELOP A BUILT EDGE OF GENERALLY SIX TO EIGHT STOREYS

&)'52% 3TREET EDGE BUILDINGS TO DEFINE THE STREET "UILDING SCALE RESPONDS TO THE WIDTH OF THE STREET TO SPATIALLY DEFINE A PLACE 2ELOCATION OF THE BUS INTERCHANGE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A SIGNIFICANT NEW BUILDING WITH A FRONTAGE TO #ALLAM 3TREET

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)MPROVE THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTION ALONG "OWES AND "RADLEY 3TREETS TO CREATE A MORE ACTIVE COUNTER BALANCE TO #ORINNA 3TREET AND CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE LIVELY AND SAFE HOUR CENTRE Q

"UILD UPON THE ENERGY CREATED BY THE CINEMA DISTRICT THROUGH A MIX OF USES INCLUDING ACTIVE RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL

2EMODEL THE BUS INTERCHANGE AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES

#REATE NEW BUILDINGS AND PUBLIC SPACE TO CONNECT TO THE 4OWN 3QUARE

0ROVIDE ON STREET PARKING AND TAXI RANKS TO CREATE AN ACTIVE MULTIPLE USE PRECINCT

!CTIVATE THE STREET WITH CAFES RESTAURANTS AND LIFESTYLE RETAIL

&)'52% "OWES 3TREET EXISTING )NACTIVE STREET FRONTAGES A VEHICLE ORIENTATED STREET SYSTEM DOMINATED BY THE FUNCTIONAL LAYOUT OF THE BUS INTERCHANGE AND LITTLE PEDESTRIAN AMENITY HAS NOT CREATED A POSITIVE PLACE WITHIN THE 4OWN #ENTRE

&)'52% "OWES 3TREET FUTURE POTENTIAL 7IDE FOOTPATHS WITH PEDESTRIAN SHELTER IN THE FORM OF POSTED VERANDAHS AND AWNINGS STREET TREES PROVIDING SHADE FREQUENT BUS STOPS AND A MIX OF ENTERTAINMENT RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL USES CAN FORM THE BASIS OF A NEW NORTH SOUTH SPINE

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%XTEND .EPTUNE 3TREET TO THE EAST ACROSS 9ARRALUMLA #REEK AND PROVIDE RETAIL COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY ALONG THE STREET TO CREATE A MAJOR VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE CONNECTION BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE EAST AND THE 4OWN #ENTRE Q

0ROVIDE FOR ON ROAD CYCLING KERBSIDE PARKING AND PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE LIGHTING ALONG THE NEW SECTION OF ROAD

0ROVIDE PEDESTRIAN CYCLE PATHS ON BOTH SIDES OF 9ARRALUMLA #REEK BRIDGE

)MPROVE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT THE SIGNALISED INTERSECTION WITH #ALLAM 3TREET WITH WIDENED PRAM RAMPS TACTILE PAVING AND LIGHTING

0ROVIDE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT THE INTERSECTION WITH THE PROPOSED NEW EDGE STREET

2ETAIN AND ENHANCE STREET LEVEL ACTIVITY ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF "ONNER (OUSE

0ROVIDE AN ADDRESS TO THE NEW POLICE STATION ALONG WITH VISITOR PARKING

!T GROUND LEVEL PROVIDE GARDEN APARTMENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL ADDRESS TO THE STREET

0ROVIDE REASONABLE PRIORITY TO CYCLISTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF .EPTUNE 3TREET WITH THE NORTH SOUTH TRUNK CYCLEWAY THAT RUNS PARALLEL WITH 9ARRALUMLA #REEK

&)'52% .EPTUNE 3TREET EXTENSION PROVIDES A MAJOR EAST WEST CONNECTION

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2ELIEVE PEAK TIME CONGESTION BY CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONAL ROADS FROM THE INNER CORE AREAS TO THE SURROUNDING ARTERIAL ROAD SYSTEM 2EFER TO THE PLAN BELOW FOR MODIFICATIONS TO 7ODEN S ROAD NETWORK

&)'52% /VERALL CHANGES TO THE ROAD NETWORK

2EALIGN TO THE NORTH THE CONNECTION BETWEEN &URZER AND #ORINNA 3TREETS

#ONSTRUCT A NEW ROAD PARALLEL TO "RADLEY 3TREET TO CREATE A NEW POCKET PARK

%XTEND "RADLEY 3TREET THROUGH TO "OWES 3TREET SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION OF THE WESTERN EDGE OF "OWES 3TREET

#ONSTRUCT A NEW ROAD BETWEEN -ELROSE $RIVE AND #ORINNA 3TREET OPPOSITE THE #ORINNA 3TREET ROUND ABOUT

#ONSTRUCT A NEW ROAD BETWEEN "OWES AND "RADLEY 3TREETS PARALLEL TO #ALLAM 3TREET "RADLEY 3TREET MODIFICATIONS

#ONSTRUCT A NEW EAST WEST ROAD BETWEEN #ALLAM AND "RADLEY 3TREETS TO THE SOUTH OF .EPTUNE 3TREET %XTEND "ALL 3TREET TO GIVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE BASEMENT CAR PARK NORTH OF #ORINNA 3TREET

%XTEND !LTREE #OURT TO (INDMARSH $RIVE

%XTEND #OLBEE #OURT TO !THLLON $RIVE

%XTEND 0ARRAMATTA 3TREET TO !THLLON $RIVE

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!CTIVATING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN -ORE CONNECTIVE STREETS AND IMPROVED PUBLIC AMENITY WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVATING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN Q

7IDE FOOTPATHS SIDEWALK CAFES STREET FRONTAGE RETAIL AND ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES CAN CREATE A SAFER MORE ATTRACTIVE MORE ACTIVE AND MORE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE CENTRE

5NDERTAKE PUBLIC DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE 4OWN 3QUARE AND THE .ORTH 7ALK AND ENSURE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES AN ACTIVE FRONTAGE TO THESE IMPORTANT PLACES

)MPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE BUS INTERCHANGE WITH THE ADJACENT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACE

7HERE PRACTICABLE NATURALISE THE CREEK CORRIDOR TO PROVIDE NEW PARKLAND FOR THE TOWN WHICH IS OVERLOOKED BY PASSING VEHICLES AND NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

%NHANCE THE 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA THROUGH IMPROVED LANDSCAPING AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED AROUND THE COURTS AND ALONG 4OWNSHEND 3TREET

/RGANISE MARKET DAYS AND OTHER EVENTS TO DRAW PEOPLE INTO THE KEY SPACES OF THE 4OWN

&)'52% !CTIVATING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN n 4OWN 3QUARE AND .ORTH 7ALK 5NDER THE GUIDANCE OF A @0LACE -ANAGER COORDINATING ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THE 4OWN 3QUARE AND .ORTH 7ALK ARE REVITALISED ! WEEKLY MARKET DAY DRAWS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER

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4HE NEW POLICE STATION #REATE A SIGNIFICANT NEW PUBLIC BUILDING IN 7ODEN THAT GIVES A GREATER SENSE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND SECURITY AND STRENGTHENS TOWNSCAPE OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE CORE Q

4HE PROPOSED NEW POLICE STATION PROVIDES A PROMINENT FRONTAGE TO AN METRE LENGTH OF THE EASTERN SIDE OF #ALLAM 3TREET SOUTH OF THE 9OUTH #ENTRE

! STRONG PUBLIC ADDRESS DIRECTLY OFF #ALLAM 3TREET WITH AMPLE SHORT STAY PUBLIC PARKING IN THE VICINITY OF THE POLICE STATION

0ROVIDE A STRONG CORNER ELEMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF #ALLAM 3TREET AND THE FUTURE ALIGNMENT OF .EPTUNE 3TREET THAT WILL EXTEND ACROSS 9ARRALUMLA #REEK TO CONNECT PROPOSED NEW RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO THE TOWN

#REATE OPPORTUNITIES TO REDEVELOP THE EXISTING POLICE STATION SITE TO FRONT #ALLAM 3TREET AND SERVE AS THE IMPETUS TO SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFY AND IMPROVE THE BUS STATION

&)'52% #ONCEPT DESIGN FOR THE NEW POLICE STATION TO BE LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE 9OUTH #ENTRE

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0UBLIC TRANSPORT -ODIFY OR REPLACE THE EXISTING INTERCHANGE IN A WAY THAT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES IMPROVEMENTS IN PASSENGER AMENITY BUS OPERATIONS AND FLEXIBILITY TO ADAPT TO FUTURE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND URBAN DESIGN OPPORTUNITIES

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4HE 'OVERNMENT S POLICY TO ENCOURAGE GREATER USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF ITS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT PLAN WILL BE ENHANCED BY PROVIDING SAFE AND COMFORTABLE CUSTOMER FACILITIES THAT ARE INTEGRATED WITH OTHER RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES 4HE MODERNISATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT CUSTOMER FACILITIES IN 7ODEN WILL Q

-AKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT USAGE A MORE ATTRACTIVE CHOICE AND THEREBY CONTRIBUTE TO ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

!MELIORATE LIABILITY ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE FROM PERSISTING WITH THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS THAT LACK THE RIGHT LAND USE MIX TO OVERCOME FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS

)MPROVE ACCESS AND SAFETY CONSISTENT WITH THE !#4 S !CTION 0LAN FOR !CCESSIBLE 0UBLIC

4RANSPORT

)MPROVE THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF 7ODEN AND SERVE AS THE IMPETUS FOR THE REVITALISATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE AREA TO ENHANCE 7ODEN AS AN @URBAN VILLAGE AND SUPPORT THE 'OVERNMENT S SPATIAL PLANNING AGENDA

%NCOURAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT THROUGH A @PARTNERSHIP APPROACH WITH MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS

!TTRIBUTE A HIGHER LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEANING MAINTENANCE AND SECURITY OF A CORE @LOUNGE AREA TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ACHIEVE A LEVEL OF PRESENTATION SIMILAR TO THAT WITHIN THE COMMON AREAS OF 7ODEN 0LAZA

#REATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP A BUILT EDGE TO #ALLAM 3TREET OPPOSITE 7ODEN 4OWN 0ARK IN THE FORM OF A SIGNIFICANT RESIDENTIAL OR OFFICE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT

!SSIST TO CREATE A NEW COMMUNITY FACILITY THAT COULD COMPRISE 7ODEN #OMMUNITY 3ERVICE CHILD CARE CENTRE !#4 'OVERNMENT SHOPFRONT MEETING ROOMS AN UNLICENSED COMMUNITY CLUB AND POSSIBLY A COMMUNITY ARTS FACILITY

%NHANCE THE PEDESTRIAN EAST WEST CONNECTION BY PROVIDING A LEGIBLE ACTIVE AND WELL LIT PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE LINK FROM THE 4OWN 3QUARE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF #ALLAM 3TREET TO THE 4OWN 0ARK AND NEW POLICE STATION TO THE EAST

)MPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE -IXED 3ERVICES !REA BY RELOCATING LONGER STAY BUS LAY OVER FROM THE CORE OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE TO THE EXISTING BUS DEPOT AT THE SOUTHERN END OF 0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT

)MPROVE SERVICES TO THE NORTHERN OFFICE PRECINCT BY CREATING A NEW STOP AT THE NORTHERN END OF "OWES 3TREET ADJACENT TO 0ENRHYN (OUSE FOR LOCAL 7ODEN AND 7ESTON #REEK 3ERVICES

#ONSIDER INCREASING BUS STOP CAPACITY ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL OUTGOING SERVICES SUCH AS 7ANNIASSA &ADDEN AND 'OWRIE ROUTES TO RUN THROUGH #ORINNA 3TREET

0ROTECT )NTERTOWN 0UBLIC 4RANSPORT CORRIDORS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE TRANSPORT MODES

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4HE PREFERRED INTERCHANGE CONCEPT IS ILLUSTRATED IN &IGURES AND 4HE OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPOSED SOLUTION ARE &IVE GROUPS OF STOPS AS FOLLOWS Q

4HREE X LOCAL SET DOWN

4HREE X INTER TOWN NORTHBOUND

4WO X INTER TOWN SOUTHBOUND

4WO X LOCAL NORTHBOUND PICKUP

4WO X LOCAL SOUTHBOUND PICKUP

4OTAL OF BUS BAYS AS OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT OF ARE REQUIRED &LEXIBILITY TO INCREASE BAY LENGTH TO ACCOMODATE FRONT MOUNTED BIKE RACKS NEEDS TO BE RETAINED 4WO OVERFLOW BAYS FOR SCHOOL BUSES TOUR BUSES AND 1UEANBEYAN SERVICES ARE ALSO PROVIDED ! SUMMARY OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PROPOSED BUS SOLUTION IS PROVIDED IN 4ABLE 4ABLE SHOWS THAT SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY EXISTS TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF SERVICES AND ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE OF THE 3USTAINABLE 4RANSPORT 0LAN OF INCREASING PUBLIC TRANSPORT COMMUTER TRIPS FROM TO 7HERE RELATIVELY HIGH UTILISATION OF SOME RANKS IS ACHIEVED IN THE BUSIEST FIVE MINUTE PERIODS OF THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON PEAKS MINOR TIMETABLE CHANGES CAN EVEN OUT THE ALLOCATION OF PLATFORM SPACE AS DEMAND FOR SERVICES INCREASES OVER TIME

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2ANK ,OCAL SET DOWN

2ANK .ORTHBOUND TRUNK

2ANK 3OUTHBOUND TRUNK

2ANK ,OCAL PICK UP

,AYOVER

3CHOOL ROUTES

4OTAL BUSES DEPARTING 6EHICLE MINUTES AT STATION

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&)'52% 0REFERRED BUS SOLUTION n PLAN

&)'52% 0REFERRED BUS SOLUTION n ARTIST S IMPRESSION

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!SSUMING TARGET MODE SPLIT AND HIGH GROWTH SCENARIO THE PROJECTED MAXIMUM FIVE MINUTE PASSENGER FLOWS IN THE INTERCHANGE ARE SHOWN IN &IGURE 4HE GREEN LINES REPRESENT FLOWS FROM BUSES TO THE TOWN CENTRE WHILE THE RED LINES REPRESENT FLOWS BETWEEN BUSES SUCH AS FROM LOCAL SET DOWN TO TRUNK PICK UP 4HESE FLOWS CAN BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH &RUIN S PEDESTRIAN LEVELS OF SERVICE TO DETERMINE MINIMUM SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR CIRCULATION

&)'52% 0ROJECTED MAXIMUM PEDESTRIAN FLOWS OVER A FIVE MINUTE PERIOD

,OCAL PICK UP

)NTERTOWN PICK UP DROP OFF

,OCAL DROP OFF

&OR THE PROJECTED PASSENGER FLOWS IN &IGURE A MINIMUM CLEAR SPACE OF TO M IS REQUIRED AT ,EVEL OF 3ERVICE # 4HIS CLEAR SPACE IS IN ADDITION TO AN ASSUMED CM CLEARANCE FROM KERBS AND ADJACENT STRUCTURES !S A GENERAL RULE A MINIMUM FOOTPATH WIDTH OF M HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ADDITION TO ON STREET AND LOUNGE WAITING AREAS 4HESE MOVEMENT CORRIDORS SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM THE WEATHER AS SUGGESTED IN &IGURE )N CONSIDERING PEDESTRIAN SPACE REQUIREMENTS PASSENGER WAITING TIMES ARE USUALLY SHORTER AND WAITING SPACE REQUIREMENTS ARE PROPORTIONALLY LOWER WHEN BUS FREQUENCIES ARE HIGHEST IN COMMUTER PEAK PERIODS (OWEVER INTERRUPTIONS TO SERVICES AT PEAK TIMES CAN LEAD TO RAPID INCREASES IN PASSENGER NUMBERS ON THE PLATFORMS AND THE PROPOSED SOLUTION HAS THE ABILITY TO COPE WITH THESE EVENTS BY INCORPORATING ON STREET AND OFF STREET CIRCULATION AREAS

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5NDER NORMAL INTERCHANGE OPERATIONS WAITING PASSENGER ACCUMULATIONS ARE GENERALLY HIGHER IN OFF PEAK TIMES OR IN THE SHOULDERS OF THE PEAKS WHEN PASSENGER NUMBERS ARE INCREASING BUT BUS FREQUENCIES ARE NOT AT THEIR HIGHEST !REAS FOR WAITING PASSENGERS ARE BASED ON &RUIN S LEVELS OF SERVICE AS APPLIED IN RAILWAY STATION AND BUS INTERCHANGE DESIGN !REAS FOR WAITING PASSENGERS ARE ASSUMED TO BE M PER PASSENGER STANDING 7AITING AREAS HAVE BEEN DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN PASSENGERS WITH SHORTER WAITING TIMES SUCH AS TRUNK SERVICES DURING THE PEAKS WHERE PEOPLE MAY PREFER TO WAIT ON STREET NEAR THE TRUNK OR LOCAL BUS PICK UP AREAS AND THOSE WITH LONGER WAITS WHO MAY PREFER THE OFF STREET LOUNGE -INIMUM PEAK WAITING AREA SPACE REQUIREMENTS Q

4RUNK BUS PICK UP AREAS n PEOPLE M

,OCAL BUS PICK UP AREAS n PEOPLE M

4OTAL PEAK REQUIREMENT n APPROX M

-INIMUM NON PEAK DAYTIME WAITING AREAS SHALL CATER FOR PEOPLE AND INVOLVE A SPACE REQUIREMENT OF M -INIMUM NIGHT TIME WAITING AREAS SHALL CATER FOR PEOPLE AND INVOLVE A SPACE REQUIREMENT OF ABOUT M

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4HE KERB RAMP GRADIENT SHOULD BE IN OR MORE 4HE !USTRALIAN STANDARD FOR KERB RAMP GRADIENTS OF BETWEEN IN n IN IS CONSIDERED INADEQUATE #URRENT KERB RAMPS AT 7ODEN INTERCHANGE ARE TOO STEEP FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS

!DEQUATE COMFORTABLE SEATING WITH ARMRESTS SHALL BE PROVIDED

#LOCKS TIMETABLES AND PUBLIC TELEPHONES SHALL BE AT EYE LEVEL FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS OR THOSE WHO ARE STANDING 3IMILARLY STAFFED !#4)/. INFORMATION BOOTHS SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS AND THOSE STANDING

0EOPLE WHO ARE VISION IMPAIRED SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ALL RELEVANT BUS INFORMATION IN AUDIBLE AND "RAILLE FORMATS

!CCESSIBLE RESTROOMS WITH ADEQUATE SPACE TO TURN AROUND IN COMFORT n NOT JUST THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 2ESTROOMS SHOULD REMAIN UNLOCKED

/UTDOOR BUS SHELTERS AT THE INTERCHANGE SHOULD BE FULLY ACCESSIBLE WITH ADEQUATE SPACE TO TURN AROUND 4HE CURRENT SHELTERS AT 7ODEN HAVE A SINGLE ENTRY POINT AND INADEQUATE SPACE WITHIN FOR A PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR TO TURN AROUND

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0EOPLE WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT CANNOT HEAR WHAT IS BEING SAID OVER PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS AT BUS STATIONS AND REQUIRE VISUAL INFORMATION

'ETTING INFORMATION AT BUS STATIONS CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HEARING IMPAIRED BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY ARE SET UP &OR EXAMPLE AT 7ODEN CUSTOMER SERVICE STAFF ARE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL TO CUSTOMERS 4HIS MAKES LIP READING DIFFICULT ! HEARING LOOP COULD ASSIST

0EOPLE WITH A VISUAL IMPAIRMENT CANNOT SEE BUS NUMBERS AND IDENTIFY BUSES BY THE TIMES AT WHICH THEY ARRIVE 4HE PROPOSED BUS INTERCHANGE WILL HAVE MULTIPLE BUSES USING THE SAME BUS STOP MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY BUSES "USES WITH AUDIBLE IDENTIFICATION OF BUS NUMBERS WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE WHO ARE VISION IMPAIRED TO DISTINGUISH THE CORRECT BUS

4ACTILE SURFACING SHOULD BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE INTERCHANGE AND LOUNGE #URRENTLY BUSES DO NOT ALWAYS STOP WITH THE BUS DOOR PARALLEL TO THE TACTILE PAD

4HERE SHOULD NOT BE MULTIPLE TYPES OF FLOOR SURFACES AT THE STATION THAT COULD BE CONFUSED WITH TACTILE SURFACING

#LEAR DISPLAY OF BUS STOP NUMBERS IS REQUIRED

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3OCIAL PLANNING FOR THE 7ODEN BUS INTERCHANGE SHOULD ACCOMMODATE CHANGES IN #ANBERRA S DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE FOR THE NEXT TO YEARS !LTHOUGH THE CURRENT PROFILE OF PASSENGERS USING 7ODEN BUS INTERCHANGE REFLECTS A YOUNG AGE STRUCTURE DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS INDICATE SLOW POPULATION GROWTH AND INCREASING NUMBERS OF MIDDLE AGED AND OLDER PEOPLE #ANBERRA S POPULATION IS PROJECTED TO GROW BY TO OVER THE NEXT YEARS )N THAT PERIOD THE POPULATION AGED OVER YEARS IS PROJECTED TO GROW BY WITH OF THIS BEING PEOPLE AGED YEARS AND OVER 'IVEN THE CURRENT PURPOSE OF JOURNEY FOR MOST PASSENGERS THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE PLANNING OF THE 7ODEN BUS STATION INCLUDE Q

4HE PRIME WORKING AGE POPULATION OF PEOPLE AGED TO YEARS IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY OVER THE NEXT YEARS OF WHICH WILL BE PEOPLE IN THE TO AGE GROUP "Y THE PROPORTION OF THE #ANBERRA POPULATION IN THE WORKFORCE WILL FALL FROM THE CURRENT TO

4HE NUMBER OF SCHOOL AGED YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN AND YEARS IS PROJECTED TO DECREASE FROM IN TO ABOUT IN 4HIS AGE GROUP REPRESENTED OF THE TOTAL #ANBERRA POPULATION IN BUT WILL REPRESENT ONLY OF THE POPULATION IN 4HE PROPORTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED LESS THAN YEARS IN THE #ANBERRA POPULATION WILL DECREASE FROM IN TO IN %VEN TWICE CURRENT FERTILITY LEVELS WOULD NOT PREVENT A DOUBLING OF THE POPULATION AGED YEARS AND OVER

$EMOGRAPHICS !#4 *UNE !USTRALIAN #APITAL 4ERRITORY 0OPULATION 0ROJECTIONS n AND BEYOND #HIEF -INISTER S $EPARTMENT !#4 'OVERNMENT PAGES

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(OWEVER #ANBERRA WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A HIGHER PROPORTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND OFTEN STAY TO WORK IN THE EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE BASED LABOUR MARKET

4HE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY IS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT PERCENT OF THE POPULATION NATIONALLY AND IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE TO PER CENT BY 4HE RATE OF DISABILITY INCREASES WITH AGE FROM PER CENT FOR CHILDREN AGED LESS THAN FIVE YEARS TO PER CENT FOR THOSE AGED OVER YEARS )T IS ANTICIPATED THAT FUTURE LEVELS OF DISABILITY IN THE #ANBERRA COMMUNITY WILL BE LESS THAN THE NATIONAL FIGURE BUT IT REMAINS A GUIDE

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4HE PROPOSED BUS STATION SOLUTION MINIMISES SHORT TERM LAYOVER AND ELIMINATES LONG TERM LAYOVER FROM THE CORE OF THE TOWN CENTRE 4HIS IS ACHIEVED BY Q

#ONSTRUCTING A NEW NORTH SOUTH ROAD BETWEEN "OWES AND "RADLEY 3TREETS TO PROVIDE BOTH SHORT TERM BUS LAYOVER UP TO MINUTES AND PRIVATE VEHICLE ACCESS TO PROPOSED NEW BUILDINGS

4AKE UP LOCAL SERVICE @FLOAT BY CIRCULATING LOCAL BUSES FROM THE MAIN STATION TO A NEW STOP AT THE NORTHERN END OF "OWES 3TREET ADJACENT TO 0ENRHYN (OUSE 4HIS EXTENSION TO LOCAL SERVICES ALLOWS BUSES TO LAYOVER FOR ONE OR TWO MINUTES OUTSIDE OF THE BUS STATION PRECINCT AND TIME THEIR RETURN TO MEET THE SCHEDULED DEPARTURE TIME OF THEIR NEXT SERVICE

2ELOCATE LONGER STAY BUS LAY OVER FROM THE CORE OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE TO THE SOUTHERN END OF 0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT ADJACENT TO THE FORMER BUS DEPOT 4HIS ARRANGEMENT THAT IS ILLUSTRATED IN &IGURE ALSO SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVES PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE -IXED 3ERVICES !REA AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OVERNIGHT GARAGING OF BUSES TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF 7ODEN AND 7ESTON #REEK LOCAL SERVICES

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2ELOCATE THE MAIN TAXI RANK TO BETTER SERVICE CUSTOMERS USING THE NEW PUBLIC TRANSPORT STATION Q

2ELOCATE THE MAIN TAXI RANK TO THE WESTERN KERB OF THE NORTHERN SECTION OF "RADLEY 3TREET 4HE BENEFITS OF THIS LOCATION ARE ^ #APACITY IS PROVIDED FOR CABS THAT ALL HAVE LINE OF SIGHT TO THE HEAD OF THE QUEUE ^ 4HE ARRANGEMENT PROVIDES A LAYOVER OPPORTUNITY FOR TAXI DRIVERS WITH TOILETS AND EATING FACILITIES LOCATED IN THE 0LAZA ^ #INEMA PATRONS ARE BETTER SERVED ^ 3URVEILLANCE FROM THE RANK OVER THE NORTHERN END OF "RADLEY 3TREET AND ACROSS THE REDESIGNED BUS STATION GENERATES ACTIVITY AND IMPROVED SECURITY IN THE LINK FROM THE CINEMAS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT ^ /THER PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN AND AROUND THE NORTH EASTERN CORNER OF THE 0LAZA WILL MAKE THE NEW RANK MORE ACCESSIBLE TO BOTH SIDES OF THE 0LAZA

2ETAIN THE #ORINNA 3TREET SECONDARY RANK SOUTH OF "REWER 3TREET THAT SERVES THE PLAZA EXTREMELY WELL #ONSIDER HOW THE RANK CAN BE EXTENDED TO MORE CONVENIENTLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY CENTRE AND SENIOR CITIZEN CENTRE

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4HE OPTION FOR A FUTURE PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROUTE THAT COULD BE LIGHT RAIL MODIFIED BUS VEHICLES AND FACILITIES OR SOME OTHER FORM WILL BE PRESERVED WITHIN THE #ALLAM 3TREET !THLLON $RIVE 9ARRALUMLA #REEK RESERVATION AND PROVIDE UNIMPEDED PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE EXISTING OR FUTURE BUS STATION Q

,IGHT RAIL TYPICALLY REQUIRES A CORRIDOR WIDTH OF ABOUT EIGHT METRES FOR A DOUBLE TRACK INCREASING AT STOPS AND WHERE PROVISION FOR INTERCHANGE IS BEING MADE 4HIS CORRIDOR CAN BE INCORPORATED IN THE EXISTING M ROAD RESERVATION OF #ALLAM 3TREET

#ONTINUITY OF THE ROUTE ALONG THE !THLLON $RIVE CORRIDOR TO THE SOUTH AND ALONG THE 9ARRALUMLA #REEK CORRIDOR TO THE NORTH IS PRESERVED

! RANGE OF TRAVEL MODES NEED TO BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN THE CONCEPT OF THE INTER TOWN TRANSPORT ROUTE 4HE FOLLOWING SPATIAL HIERARCHY IS LIKELY TO BE APPLIED ^ &IXED ROUTE FEEDER BUSES ^ /THER FIXED ROUTE BUSES ^ 4AXI AND FLEXIBLE ROUTE PRIVATE BUS DROP OFF ^ 0RIVATE VEHICLE DROP OFF ^ "ICYCLE PARKING ^ 7ALKING ^ 0RIVATE VEHICLE PARKING

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&)'52% @'IVING SOMETHING TO THE STREET 5PGRADING REPLACING EXISTING BUILDINGS WITHIN THE EXISTING CAMPUS STYLE OFFICE STRUCTURE PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE STREET ACTIVITY WITHIN SMALLER SCALE OFFICE BUILDINGS (IGHER GRADE OFFICE ACCOMMODATION CAN STILL BE ACHIEVED

&)'52% -ONOLITHIC SINGLE USE BUILDING ! SINGLE M OFFICE BUILDING MAY SUIT THE NEEDS OF A MAJOR TENANT BUT WOULD RESULT IN A MAJOR RESTRUCTURING OF THE COMMERCIAL CORE !CHIEVING A FINE GRAINED ATTRACTIVE STREET ALSO NEEDS MORE HAPPENING AT STREET LEVEL IN ORDER TO EXTEND TIMES OF ACTIVITY

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/FFICE ACCOMMODATION 0ROVIDE SITES FOR NEW OFFICES AND PERMIT REDEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING BUILDINGS TO ACHIEVE THE NEEDS OF MAJOR GOVERNMENT TENANTS Q

!CKNOWLEDGE THREE PENDING PROPOSALS FOR ABOUT M OFFICE SPACE COMPRISING ^ 'UARDIAN (OUSE REDEVELOPMENT ^ 2EFURBISHMENT AND EXTENSION OF 3CARBOROUGH (OUSE ^ /FFICE BLOCK ON THE OLD $!3 GARAGE ON THE CORNER OF &URZER AND 7ORGAN 3TREETS

7HERE POSSIBLE ENCOURAGE THE REFURBISHMENT REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING 'RADE # OFFICE SPACE TO 'RADE ! AND " STANDARD WITHIN THE EXISTING OFFICE CAMPUS STRUCTURE

!VOID DISPERSING THE OFFICE CORE AND DIMINISHING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COLOCATION WITH EXISTING AND PROPOSED PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPTIONS

)NCLUDE A MIX OF RETAIL AND ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES AT GROUND LEVEL TO CREATE THE ATTRACTIVE STREET SETTING THAT IS A PREREQUISITE FOR 'RADE ! OFFICE SPACE

)MPLEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEDICATED UNDERCOVER PARKING BOTH ON AND OFF SITE TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF MAJOR TENANTS

)DENTIFY OFFICE REFURBISHMENT AND ROLLING OFFICE REPLACEMENTS THAT INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ^ "ONNER (OUSE ^ *ULIANNA (OUSE ^ 3IRIUS "UILDING ^ !LEXANDER AND !LBERMARLE "UILDINGS ^ "OWES 3TREET 3IR +EITH #AMPBELL "UILDING ^ 3CARBOROUGH (OUSE

!CHIEVE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE EXISTING BUS INTERCHANGE AND REDUNDANT 0OLICE 3TATION

2ECOGNISE THE EFFICIENCIES THAT OCCUR FOR LARGE ANCHOR TENANTS SUCH AS THE $EPARTMENT OF (EALTH AND !GED #ARE IN HAVING A CENTRAL RECEPTION AREA THAT SERVES THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT RATHER THAN REPLICATING RECEPTION SERVICES AT A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS 4HIS MAY BE ACHIEVABLE WITHIN THE EXISTING CAMPUS STRUCTURE BY BETTER LINKING SEPARATE BUILDINGS

#ONSIDER THE RELEASE OF "LOCK 3ECTION SURFACE CAR PARK BOUNDED BY "OWES -ATILDA AND #ALLAM 3TREETS FOR A SUBSTANTIAL NEW OFFICE DEVELOPMENT ONLY IF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION NEEDS CANNOT BE MET THROUGH OTHER OPTIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE

%NCOURAGE ADAPTATION OF EXISTING OFFICES TO RESIDENTIAL IF LONG TERM VACANCY OF OLDER STYLE OFFICES BECOMES A CONCERN

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%XPANSION OF RETAILING 7ODEN S POSITION IN THE RETAIL HIERARCHY WILL BE SUPPORTED TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RETAIL EXPANSION IN BOTH THE CORE AND THE -IXED 3ERVICES !REA 4HE SCALE OF RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BALANCED TO ENHANCE THE AREA AS A WHOLE AND NOT TRAP EXPENDITURE INSIDE THE 0LAZA Q

#REATE A SIGNIFICANT NEW ENTRANCE ON THE NORTH EASTERN SIDE OF THE 0LAZA TO GENERATE ACTIVITY IN THIS PART OF "RADLEY 3TREET 3HOPS AND CAFES TO ADDRESS THE STREET AND CONNECT THE 4OWN 3QUARE TO THE LOWER LEVEL OF "RADLEY 3TREET

)NCLUDE RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES IN MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS IN AND AROUND THE CORE 4HIS 0LAN ASSUMES A TOTAL LENGTH OF SHOP FRONT OF M WITH AN AVERAGE RETAIL DEPTH OF M 4HIS PROVIDES M RETAIL SPACE OUTSIDE THE 0LAZA TO HELP ADD ENERGY AND INTEREST TO THE STREETS

6ARY THE 4ERRITORY 0LAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH &IGURE TO FACILITATE RETAIL ACTIVITY OUTSIDE THE 0LAZA PARTICULARLY AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL WITH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY ABOVE

0ROMOTE THE -IXED 3ERVICES !REA AS A RETAIL PRECINCT INCLUDING BULKY GOODS AND SECONDARY RETAIL CLUSTERS

!LLOW APPROXIMATELY M RETAILING TO INTEGRATE WITH THE PROPOSED NEW BUS STATION

&)'52%

.EW CONNECTIONS TO THE 0LAZA AND 4OWN 3QUARE

)NDICATIVE EXPANSION OF RETAILING ON THE 0LAZAgS NORTH EASTERN CORNER CAN BETTER INTEGRATE PEDESTRAIN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN "RADLEY 3TREET AND THE ELEVATED 4OWN 3QUARE

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0ROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE RETAIL CORE 0RECINCT gAg TO ENCOURAGE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE THE 0LAZA

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B "USINESS AREA

C -IXED SERVICES

D #AR PARKING

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#AR PARKING 0ROVIDE A LEVEL OF PARKING THAT MAINTAINS 7ODEN S COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL CHARACTER WHILST RESPONDING TO MODAL CHANGES AND THE DESIRE TO BETTER INTEGRATE PARKING WITH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

0!2+).' $%-!.$ 2%4!), $%6%,/0-%.43 4YPICALLY RETAIL PARKING DEMAND IS IN THE ORDER OF FOUR TO SIX PARKING SPACES PER M OF FLOOR AREA 'IVEN THAT 7ODEN IS WELL SERVICED BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT A RATE OF FOUR PARKING SPACES PER M IS APPROPRIATE 3URVEYS INDICATE THAT DURING PEAK RETAIL PERIODS SHORT STAY PARKING IS CLOSE TO CAPACITY AND ANY RETAIL EXPANSION WILL REQUIRE BOTH THE REPLACEMENT OF ANY DISPLACED PARKING THAT MIGHT RESULT FROM DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN EXISTING CAR PARKS PLUS ADDITIONAL SPACES AT THE MINIMUM RATE OF FOUR PER M OF NEW RETAIL FLOORSPACE 4ABLE INDICATES THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF THE PROPOSED RETAIL EXPANSION

4!",% 3PACES REQUIRED FOR FUTURE RETAIL EXPANSION ,OCATION

%XISTING &LOOR !REA M 0ARKING 3PACES TO BE 2EPLACED

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#/--%2#)!, /&&)#% $%6%,/0-%.43 !DDITIONAL OFFICE DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE PARKING AT A RATE OF ONE SPACE PER M FOR THE INNER CORE AND SPACES IN THE OUTER CORE .EW OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS WILL PROVIDE PARKING IN BASEMENTS AND IN ADJOINING STRUCTURES DEVELOPED JOINTLY WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS

2%3)$%.4)!, $%6%,/0-%.43 2ESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE FOR RESIDENT AND SOME VISITOR PARKING ON SITE /VERFLOW VISITOR AND RESIDENT PARKING CAN BE MET ON THE STREET

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! 342!4%')# !002/!#( 4/ 0!2+).' 02/6)3)/. !.$ -!.!'%-%.4 ! STRATEGIC APPROACH TO PARKING HAS Q

)DENTIFIED LOCATIONS FOR STRUCTURED AND UNDERGROUND PARKING AS SHOWN IN &IGURE

0ROVIDED A FINANCING FRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE PROVISION OF STRUCTURED PARKING THAT CAN CAPTURE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH MAXIMISING CHANGE OF USE CHARGES

-AXIMISED PARKING EFFICIENCY BY ^ 3HARING PARKING WITH DIFFERENT USES THAT REQUIRE PARKING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY ^ %FFECTIVE USE OF EXISTING PAVEMENT FOR ON STREET PARKING WHERE THIS IS APPROPRIATE ^ 0ROMOTING THE EFFICIENCIES OF SHARED PUBLIC PARKING THAT CAN BE UTILISED FOR A LONGER TIME FRAME BOTH DURING THE WEEK AND ON WEEKENDS AND CAN ENCOURAGE PRACTICES SUCH AS @4HREE FOR &REE AND @0ARK AND 2IDE

2EINFORCE THAT PUBLIC PARKING IS FOR GENERAL PUBLIC USE AND THAT IT CANNOT BE SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED TO MEET VISITOR AND RESIDENT PARKING NEEDS

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/PPORTUNITIES TO OPTIMISE PARKING IN 7ODEN INCLUDE Q

!LLOWING DEVELOPMENTS THAT GENERATE MORE MIXED USE THUS CREATING GREATER SHARING OF PARKING SPACES BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT USES

0ROVIDING FUTURE CAR PARKING AT GRADE OR IN STRUCTURES

7RAPPING STRUCTURED PARKING BY OTHER USES INCLUDING RETAIL COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL 4HESE USES PROVIDE AN ACTIVE BUILDING FRONTAGE TO THE STREET RATHER THAN A BLANK WALL

%STABLISHING ADDITIONAL LONG STAY PARKING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF 0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT ON "LOCK 3ECTION "ELLONA #OURT

!LLOCATING SPACES AT THE SOUTHERN END OF -ELROSE $RIVE CAR PARK TO SHORT STAY PARKING )N THE LONGER TERM POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH A MAJOR REFURBISHMENT OF THE LIBRARY RELOCATE THE SOUTHERN END OF &URZER 3TREET AWAY FROM THE LIBRARY TO CREATE A DEDICATED SHORT STAY CAR PARK TO SERVICE THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES PRECINCT AND REMOVE THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO CROSS THE ROAD TO VISIT THE ,IBRARY AND (EALTH #ENTRE

&IGURE SHOWS LOCATIONS WHERE FUTURE STRUCTURED CAR PARKING COULD BE PROVIDED &ACTORS CONSIDERED WHEN LOCATING STRUCTURED CAR PARKS INCLUDE Q

0ROXIMITY TO LAND USE

)NTERNAL ROAD CAPACITY

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&)'52% &UTURE SITES FOR STRUCTURED CARPARKING

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0OSSIBLE &UTURE 3TRUCTURED #ARPARKS

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-%,2/3% $2)6% 0ARALLEL PARKING AND CYCLE LANES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF -ELROSE $RIVE ARE POSSIBLE SUBJECT TO A REDUCTION IN THE SPEED LIMIT FROM TO KPH AND A REORIENTATION TO ACTIVITY TO ADDRESS THE ROAD 4HIS DOESN T REDUCE ROADWAY CAPACITY TO ANY SIGNIFICANT EXTENT BECAUSE THE INTERSECTIONS CONTROL CAPACITY (OWEVER IT PROVIDES IMPORTANT PARKING FOR THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES AREA &URTHER THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION CAN BECOME ACTIVATED AND CONSEQUENTLY SAFER !BOUT ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PARKING SPACES CAN BE CREATED IN -ELROSE $RIVE THROUGH THIS STRATEGY &)'52% -ELROSE $RIVE PARALLEL PARKING AND CYCLE LANES

2EMODEL LEFT TURN SLIP LANE

0ROVIDE PARALLEL PARKING AND BIKE LANE

2EMODEL LEFT TURN SLIP LANE

0ROVIDE PARALLEL PARKING AND BIKE LANE

!DDITIONAL CAR PARKING

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,!5.#%34/. 342%%4 +ERB SIDE PARKING IS POSSIBLE FOR ,AUNCESTON 3TREET AS ILLUSTRATED IN &IGURE 4HE ADDITION OF ON STREET PARKING IN ,AUNCESTON 3TREET PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES &)'52% ,AUNCESTON 3TREET PARALLEL PARKING AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSING POINTS

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4HE (ELLENIC #LUB IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE REPLACEMENT PARKING AS PART OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THE (ELLENIC #LUB SITE 4HIS PARKING WOULD IDEALLY BE LOCATED IN A STRUCTURE THAT CAN BECOME AN INTRA BLOCK ELEMENT OF A FUTURE PERIMETER BLOCK DEVELOPMENT !N OUTWARD FACING COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND OR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE BLOCK BOUNDED BY -ATILDA 3TREET #ALLAM 3TREET AND "OWES 3TREET IS PROPOSED

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&52:%2 342%%4 )N ORDER TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF OFFICE WORKERS COMMUNITY PRECINCT SPORTING PRECINCT AND OVERFLOW RETAIL DEMAND A COMBINED PUBLIC CAR PARK OFFICE DEVELOPMENT AND MIXED USE COMMERCIAL FRONTAGE TO &URZER 3TREET AS ILLUSTRATED IN &IGURE IS PROPOSED FOR BLOCK SECTION .EW COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WILL PROVIDED ON SITE PARKING AT A RATE OF ONE SPACE PER M WITH ADDITIONAL DEMAND SATISFIED IN A CENTRAL STRUCTURE THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE UP TO CARS IN THREE SUSPENDED DECKS

&)'52% )NTEGRATED MIXED USE AND PUBLIC CAR PARK DEVELOPMENT

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

0ROVIDING FOR PEDESTRIANS 4HERE IS A GROWING WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT AIMED AT IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEDESTRIANS SO THAT MORE JOURNEYS CAN BE SAFELY AND ENJOYABLY TAKEN ON FOOT 7ALKING IS THE GLUE THAT BINDS THE URBAN FABRIC TOGETHER !LMOST EVERYONE WALKS 0EOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND WALKING LIMITATIONS REQUIRE THE SAME FACILITIES AS PEDESTRIANS n GOOD FOOTPATHS GOOD ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND URBAN SPACES EASY ACCESS TO BUILDINGS AND ACTIVITY CENTRES ETC 4HE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM 4OLLEY APPLY TO THE CONSIDERATION OF ALL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE 0ERSONAL SAFETY #RIME n OR THE PERCEPTION OF CRIME IS A MAJOR DETERRENT TO WALKING ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN AND OLDER PEOPLE 4HE COMMUNITY SAFETY AUDIT CARRIED OUT AS PART OF THE -ASTER 0LAN PROCESS SHOULD BE USED TO MAKE PLACES SAFER FOR ALL USERS 2OAD SAFETY 2ATHER THAN RESTRICT THE MOVEMENT OF PEDESTRIANS A @ROAD DANGER REDUCTION APPROACH IS PROMOTED WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL USERS (EALTH ISSUES )NCREASING OBESITY AND RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS CALL FOR URBAN ENVIRONMENTS THAT ENCOURAGE ACTIVITY 4HE !USTRALIAN (EART &OUNDATION 3%0! 3USTAINABLE %NVIRONMENTS FOR 0HYSICAL !CTIVITY 'UIDELINES ARE REFERENCED AS A MODEL 3OCIAL EXCLUSION 4HIS OCCURS WHEN ACCESS PROBLEMS ARE BUILT INTO OUR URBAN DESIGN 4HE SOLUTION INVOLVES A MIX OF LAND USE PLANNING AND CAPACITY FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS WHAT THEY NEED PREFERABLY AT LOW COST IN SAFE ENVIRONMENTS AND ON FOOT 7ALKING ADDS VALUE TO OUR ENVIRONMENT 0LACES THAT PROVIDE GOOD WALKING ENVIRONMENTS ARE ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO WALKING CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES LIVEABILITY THE ENVIRONMENT AND EFFICIENT LAND USE PATTERNS 7ALKING AND THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM !LL PUBLIC TRANSPORT JOURNEYS BEGIN AND END WITH A WALK TRIP SOME ARE SHORT AND SOME ARE LONG 4HE LOCATION OF STOPS THE QUALITY OF WAITING SPACES AND SAFETY OF PASSENGERS AT THEIR STOPS ARE IMPORTANT 0UBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES RELY ON A SUPPORTIVE WALKING ENVIRONMENT 7ALKING TO WORK 4HE EXTENT OF WALKING TO WORK CAN BE INCREASED THROUGH CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS @WALK IN TO WORK OUT AND 4RAVEL3-!24 $ESIGN FOR DISABILITY /VER OF THE POPULATION HAS SOME FORM OF DISABILITY AND GOOD DESIGN THAT ASSISTS PEDESTRIANS CAN GO A LONG WAY TO SATISFYING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH DISABILITIES 7HEN SPECIAL NEEDS ARE MET SUCH AS PROVIDING FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED THE GENERAL POPULATION BENEFITS AS WELL %NGINEERING STANDARDS 2EMEMBER THE # S CHECKLIST TO ESTABLISH THAT WALKING ROUTES ARE CONNECTED COMFORTABLE CONVENIENT CONVIVIAL AND CONSPICUOUS

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#YCLE NETWORKS $EVELOP WELL LIT AND SIGNPOSTED CYCLE ROUTES TO CATER FOR BOTH COMMUTER AND RECREATIONAL CYCLISTS /. 342%%4 #9#,).' ,!.%3 3TREET DESIGN AND LANE ALLOCATION PROPOSALS ADD ON STREET CYCLING LANES TO -ELROSE $RIVE AND ,AUNCESTON 3TREET ! MAJOR CAPITAL WORKS PROJECT WAS INCLUDED IN TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT AN ON ROAD CYCLE ROUTE FROM $OWNER TO 7ODEN ,).+).' -%,2/3% $2)6% 0!2+).' 4/ #/--5.)49 &!#),)4)%3 ! LIT FOOTPATH IS PROPOSED BETWEEN 7ODEN #OMMUNITY 3ERVICES TO THE SOUTH AND THE ')/ BUILDING TO THE NORTH TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO PARK ON -ELROSE $RIVE AND HAVE SAFE AND CONVENIENT ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ON BOTH SIDES OF #ORINNA 3TREET #/..%#4)/.3 !#2/33 -%,2/3% $2)6% !DDITIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT THE INTERSECTION OF #ORINNA 3TREET WILL ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OPPORTUNITIES 2EDUCED SPEED LIMIT FROM TO KPH AND PARALLEL PARKING ALONG THE KERBS TO REDUCE THE WALKING DISTANCE TO THE MEDIAN WILL GIVE MID BLOCK CROSSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO MUST DO SO #/..%#4)/.3 !#2/33 9!22!,5-,! #2%%+ 4HE EXTENSION OF .EPTUNE 3TREET TO THE EAST TO LINK NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THE TOWN WILL PROVIDE A WELL LIT PEDESTRIAN CYCLE AND VEHICLE CORRIDOR 4HIS ACTIVE AND MULTI USE CORRIDOR SHOULD OVERCOME MANY OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT CURRENTLY INHIBIT PEOPLE S USE OF THE EASTERN PARKLANDS AND PEDESTRIAN LINKAGES TO #ANBERRA (OSPITAL #)4 AND 7ODEN %AST HOUSING 4HE NEW ROAD WILL ALSO INTERSECT THE EXISTING .ORTH 3OUTH CYCLEPATH AND APPROPRIATE PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED ).4%'2!4%$ 42!), 3934%- 7)4(). .%7 (/53).' !2%!3 0ROVIDE SLOW SPEED ROADS THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS )NCLUDE SHADE TREES AND FOOTPATHS IN THE VERGES #/2)..! 342%%4 4/ "/4!.9 342%%4 #REATE AN ACTIVE AND WELL LIT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE 3OUTHERN #ROSS #LUB AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE RETAIL AREA AND THE 0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT -!73/. !.$ 37).'%2 (),, #/..%#4)/.3 4/ 0(),,)0 "53).%33 $)342)#4 0ROVIDE CONNECTIONS ACROSS 9ARRALUMLA #REEK TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE ACCESS BETWEEN 0OWER 3TREET AND THE EXTENSION OF 0ARRAMATTA 3TREET TO !THLLON $RIVE

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)-02/6% !##%33 "%47%%. 4(% "53 ).4%2#(!.'% !.$ 4(% 4/7. 315!2% )MPROVE STAIRS AND RAMPS AND INVESTIGATE MECHANICAL TRAVELATORS TO TAKE UP THE M LEVEL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PAVEMENT OF "RADLEY 3TREET AND THE LEVEL OF THE 4OWN 3QUARE AND REDUCE THE APPARENT DISTANCE BETWEEN THE WESTERN AND EASTERN SIDES OF THE 0LAZA

-/6%-%.4 !#2/33 4(% ./24(%2. 0!24 /& #/2)..! 342%%4 #ONSIDER RAISED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF #ORINNA 3TREET

&)'52% )MPROVED ON ROAD CYCLING AND PEDESTRIAN ROAD CROSSINGS

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!CCESS TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES 4HE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES GOES BEYOND THE CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES )T ENCOMPASSES THE ELEMENTS REQUIRED TO BUILD STRONGER SOCIAL NETWORKS INTERACTION AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Q

)MPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO THE EXISTING COMMUNITY FACILITIES PRECINCT ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CORE BY INCREASING THE BUS SERVICES ON THE WESTERN SIDE AND BY IMPROVING THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO THE PROPOSED INTERCHANGE

3UPPORT ADJACENT PRIVATE SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF #ORINNA 3TREET WITH CONVENIENT PARKING AND GOOD ACCESSIBILITY

)MPROVE THE SUPPLY OF SHORT STAY PARKING IN THE VICINITY OF THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES BY ^ )N THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE ALLOCATE SPACES AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE -ELROSE CAR PARK FOR SHORT STAY PARKING ^ )N THE LONGER TERM POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH A MAJOR REFURBISHMENT OF THE LIBRARY OR NEW OFFICE DEVELOPMENT RELOCATE THE SOUTHERN END OF &URZER 3TREET AWAY FROM THE LIBRARY TO CREATE A DEDICATED SHORT STAY CAR PARK PRIMARILY FOR USE BY LIBRARY AND HEALTH CENTRE VISITORS

0ROVIDE SAFER PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BOTH SIDES OF #ORINNA 3TREET INCORPORATING CONSTRICTIONS IN THE CARRIAGEWAYS RAISED CROSSING POINTS AND POSSIBLY A PEDESTRIAN CANOPY

#REATE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE MORE MEETING AND FUNCTION SPACE THAT IS AFFORDABLE TO COMMUNITY GROUPS

)DENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR A FUTURE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE

0ROVIDE A BETTER SENSE OF ADDRESS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANDING 7ODEN #OMMUNITY 3ERVICES AND THE 3ENIOR #ITIZENS #LUB

)DENTIFY SITES FOR POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES THAT INCLUDE ^ $EVELOPMENT SITES ADJACENT TO A MODIFIED BUS INTERCHANGE ^ %ASTERN EDGE OF !RABANOO 0ARK WITH FRONTAGE TO %ASTY 3TREET

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&)'52% "ETTER PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES "OTH SIDES OF #ORINNA 3TREET CAN BE BETTER CONNECTED FOR PEDESTRIANS POSSIBLY WITH A CANOPY THAT EXTENDS THE PEDESTRIAN TRANSEPT TO THE WEST

&)'52% )MPROVED PARKING FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES

2EALIGN &URZER 3TREET

%XISTING &URZER 3TREET ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE ,IBRARY HELPS ISOLATE THE COMMUNITY FROM CONVENIENT PARKING

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3HORT STAY PARKING AREA WITH MORE CONVENIENT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES

.EW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT 4OWN CENTRE LIVING SHALL OFFER A RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES SUITABLE FOR FAMILIES RETIREES AND YOUNG PEOPLE Q

4RUE TOWN CENTRE LIVING MEANS HOUSING PEOPLE IN THE CORE OF BOTH THE 4OWN #ENTRE AND THE -IXED 3ERVICES !REA 4HIS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED THROUGH THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OR REDEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING COMMERCIAL SITES IF VACANCIES IN THE OFFICE SECTOR INCREASE

4HE CORNER SITE CREATED BY THE REALIGNMENT OF #ALLAM 3TREET OFFERS VIEWS TO THE NORTH AND PROVIDES A GOOD MIXED USE APARTMENT LIVING OPPORTUNITY

4HE EXTENSION OF .EPTUNE 3TREET TO THE EAST ACROSS 9ARRALUMLA #REEK OPENS UP AN EDGE STREET FOR APARTMENT LIVING 'ROUND FLOOR APARTMENTS SHOULD INCLUDE PRIVATE COURTYARDS THAT MAY SUIT SOME SECTIONS OF THE MARKET

! MINIMUM OF DWELLINGS SHOULD ACHIEVE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADAPTABLE HOUSING AND INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOME OFFICES 4HE PERCENTAGE OF ADAPTABLE HOUSING AND THE LEVEL OF ADAPTABILITY IS LIKELY TO INCREASE WITH TIME

)NCLUDE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ENHANCE ACTIVITY AT STREET LEVEL

)NCLUDE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN THE -IXED 3ERVICES !REA WHERE IN SOME RESIDENTIAL WILL BE PERMITTED AT FIRST FLOOR LEVELS AND ABOVE SUBJECT TO APPROVED 3ECTION -ASTER 0LANS

2ESIDENTIAL DESIGN NEEDS TO ACCOMMODATE A RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES INCLUDING GROUND FLOOR COURTYARD DWELLINGS AND ONE TWO AND THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS

,OWER SCALE ATTACHED AND SEMI ATTACHED TOWNHOUSES SHOULD BE INCORPORATED WITH APARTMENTS AS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT MOVES FURTHER EAST TOWARDS EXISTING HOUSING IN 0HILLIP

!FFORDABLE HOUSING SHALL BE PROVIDED IN LINE WITH GOVERNMENT POLICIES APPLYING AT THE TIME )NITIATIVES CURRENTLY INCLUDE ^ !SSIST IN IMPROVING AFFORDABILITY WITH INITIATIVES TARGETED TO DEVELOPING AND EXPANDING SOCIAL HOUSING ^ %NCOURAGE FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR ^ 0ROMOTE EXPANSION OF PRIVATE RENTAL HOUSING TARGETED FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND FAMILIES ^ 3UPPORT HOME OWNERSHIP ^ )NCREASE COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY AWARENESS

&)'52% %ASTERN RESIDENTIAL PRECINCT !N EDGE STREET TO 9ARRALUMLA #REEK AND A STRONG ROAD NETWORK ESTABLISHES THE RESIDENTIAL PATTERN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF #ALLAM 3TREET

&)'52% 2ESIDENTIAL MIXED USE HOUSING MODELS

3(/0 4/0 !0!24-%.4 0(),,)0 -)8%$ 3%26)#%3 !2%! /PPORTUNITIES EXIST WITHIN THE 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA FOR RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS OR SHOP TOP HOUSING ABOVE RETAIL OR COMMERCIAL USES PARTICULARLY UP TO THREE STOREYS AROUND THE COURTS AND ALONG 4OWNSHEND 3TREET $EMAND IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME BUT BUILDING FORMS SHOULD CONTAIN SUFFICIENT FLEXIBILITY FOR LATER CHANGE OF USE AS THE AREA MATURES )T IS IMPORTANT THAT BUILDINGS ARE BROKEN INTO MODULES OF M IN ORDER TO CREATE A VERTICAL RHYTHM OF FACADES AND AVOID LONG UNBROKEN FRONTAGES -INIMUM GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL FLOOR CEILING HEIGHT SHALL BE M

'!2$%. !0!24-%.4 9!22!,5-,! #2%%+ 4HREE TO EIGHT STOREY GARDEN APARTMENTS ALONG 9ARRALUMLA #REEK WILL PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL LIVING OPPORTUNITIES CLOSE TO THE 4OWN #ENTRE 4HE BUILDING IS SETBACK APPROXIMATELY M FROM THE FRONT BOUNDARY PROVIDING AN ENTRANCE GARDEN WHILST UPPER LEVELS CONNECT TO OUTDOOR TERRACES CREATING AN OPEN FACADE WITH GOOD DAYLIGHT 4HE MODULATION OF THE BUILDING SHOULD BE ARTICULATED WITHIN THE FACADE SO THAT THE BUILDING READS AS A COMBINATION OF INDIVIDUAL DWELLINGS

4/7. !0!24-%.4 #/2% !2%! &OUR TO TEN STOREYS IN HEIGHT WITH UPPER LEVELS STEPPED BACK TO MAINTAIN A @HUMAN SCALE STREETSCAPE APARTMENT BUILDINGS WITHIN THE 4OWN #ENTRE SHOULD ADOPT AN APPROPRIATE URBAN FORM /PPORTUNITIES SHOULD EXIST FOR RETAIL AND PROFESSIONAL UNITS AT THE STREET LEVEL WITH SEPARATE ENTRANCES OFF THE STREET TO THE RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS ABOVE !GAIN IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE BUILDINGS ARE BROKEN INTO MODULES OF M IN ORDER TO CREATE A VERTICAL RHYTHM OF FACADES AND AVOID LONG MONOTONOUS STREETSCAPES

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&)'52% 9ARRALUMLA #REEK RESIDENTIAL )NDICATIVE ROAD LAYOUT AND BUILDING FORM FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF 9ARRALUMLA #REEK

&ORAMLISE TOWN PARK AS EASTERN GATEWAY %NHANCE CONNECTION TO 7ODEN #EMETRY

.EW BRIDGE ACROSS 9ARRALUMLA #REEK TO BE DESIGNED AS A DISTINCTIVE ENTRY FEATURE 2ESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS DEFINING NEW PARKLAND

2EINSTATE CREEK CREATING A LINEAR SWALE PARK

#REEK DRIVE PROVIDE ACTIVE EDGE TO PARKLAND

&)'52% !DAPTATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS /LDER STYLE OFFICE BLOCKS GENERALLY HAVE LEASES THAT EXPIRE AROUND )F REFURBISHMENT AS OFFICE SPACE IS NOT VIABLE EXISTING BUILDINGS MAY BE ADAPTABLE FOR RESIDENTIAL USE OR FOR RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

0ARKS PLACES AND SPACES 7ODEN S STREETS PEDESTRIAN AREAS 4OWN 3QUARE AND PARKS ARE TO BE LINKED THROUGH A NETWORK OF STREET TREE PLANTING LIGHTING STREET FURNITURE AND WHERE POSSIBLE EXTENDED ACTIVITY AT STREET LEVEL Q

#ONTINUE THE UPGRADING OF PAVING LIGHTING FURNITURE AND SIGNAGE THAT HAS OCCURRED ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF #ORINNA 3TREET INSIDE THE 4OWN 3QUARE AND ALONG THE VERGE OF ,AUNCESTON AND &URZER 3TREETS

0ROVIDE ROAD ACCESS ACROSS 9ARRALUMLA #REEK TO CREATE A LEGIBLE EAST WEST CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE EASTERN PARKLANDS 4HE TREATMENT OF THE VERGE OF THE NEW ROAD SHOULD CLEARLY EXPRESS THE MULTIPLE USE FUNCTION AND MAKE ADEQUATE PROVISION FOR PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE USE AS WELL AS VEHICLE USE

#ONNECT THE 4OWN 3QUARE TO THE LOWER STREET LEVEL WITH MORE GENEROUS RAMPS STAIRS AND POSSIBLY TRAVELATORS TO CREATE A SAFE LEGIBLE AND INVITING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CORE AND THE EASTERN EDGE

5PGRADE STREET TREE PLANTING WITH MORE EMPHASIS ON NATIVE SPECIES

0ROVIDE A CANOPIED STAGE AREA IN %DDISON 0ARK TO SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR CEREMONIAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS

2EDUCE TRAFFIC IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF #ORINNA 3TREET TO CREATE A MORE IMPORTANT CIVIC SPACE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE

&)'52% &INGERS OF LANDSCAPE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN ! NETWORK OF PUBLIC LANDSCAPE THAT USE STREETS PATHS AND PUBLIC SQUARES TO CREATE CONTINUOUS GREEN CORRIDORS

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'ATEWAYS #REATE LANDMARKS AT ENTRANCES TO 7ODEN THAT ASSIST ORIENTATION PROMOTE ACTIVITY AND PROVIDE A SENSE OF ARRIVAL Q

$EVELOP BOTH SIDES OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE REALIGNED #ALLAM 3TREET WITH (INDMARSH $RIVE #OMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST GENERALLY OF STOREYS WITH A TOWER ELEMENT NO HIGHER THAN 3CARBOROUGH (OUSE AND RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS OF GENERALLY n STOREYS ON THE EASTERN SIDE

$EVELOP THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE -ELROSE (INDMARSH $RIVE INTERSECTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF GENERALLY n STOREYS BUT WITH A DISCRETE TOWER ELEMENT THAT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE HEIGHT OF 3CARBOROUGH (OUSE

%XTEND 0ARRAMATTA 3TREET TO !THLLON $RIVE AND PROMOTE THE SALE OF TERRITORY OWNED LAND FOR SIGNIFICANT NEW ANCHOR DEVELOPMENTS IN 0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT

5PGRADE THE SWIMMING POOL AND ICE SKATING RINK TO CREATE A MORE PROMINENT LANDMARK BUILDING ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE ,AUNCESTON 3TREET AND -ELROSE $RIVE INTERSECTION

#ONSIDER OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS FLANKING THE INTERSECTION OF #ORINNA 3TREET WITH -ELROSE $RIVE

)DENTIFY SITES FOR PUBLIC ART AS PART OF AN OVERALL PUBLIC ART STRATEGY

&)'52% 'ATEWAYS AND LANDMARKS #ORNER SITES PROVIDE GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR gLANDMARKg DEVELOPMENTS THAT HELP SERVE AS REFERENCE POINTS TO USERS OF THE TOWN

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3AFETY AND SECURITY )MPLEMENT STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO INTEGRATE THE 4OWN #ENTRE FUNCTIONS AND REMOVE THE PERCEPTION THAT SOME AREAS ARE UNSAFE Q

)NTRODUCE RESIDENTIAL USES TO THE CORE TO PROVIDE A HOUR PRESENCE

0ROVIDE A MIX OF GROUND FLOOR ACTIVITIES IN EXISTING AND NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND A GREATER NUMBER OF ENTRANCES TO THE STREET AND TO THE PEDESTRIAN SPINE

$EFINE SAFE ROUTES TO LINK THE TOWN TO THE SURROUNDING CATCHMENT AND INCLUDE MAJOR FACILITIES LIKE #ANBERRA (OSPITAL #ANBERRA )NSTITUTE OF 4ECHNOLOGY %DDISON 0ARK AND 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA

)MPROVE LIGHTING TO ALL PUBLIC AREAS

2EORIENT TAXI RANKS AND CAR PARK ACCESS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE TO IMPROVE OUT OF HOURS SURVEILLANCE OVER THE BUS INTERCHANGE

2EDESIGN THE BUS INTERCHANGE TO MORE CLOSELY INTEGRATE WITH SURROUNDING LAND USES

2EMOVE SHRUB PLANTING AROUND CAR PARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC SPACES THAT BENEFIT FROM A GREATER LEVEL OF SURVEILLANCE

2EVIEW GENERAL PUBLIC ACCESS TO OFFICE BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE BRIDGE ACROSS 9ARRALUMLA #REEK TO #ALLAM /FFICES

&)'52% !CTIVITY SUPPORTS SAFETY -IXED USES LIGHTING AND MULTIPLE ENTRANCES ARE ALL ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS TO CREATING SAFER PUBLIC SPACES .OTE HOW THE REFURBISHED #ORINNA 3TREET RESEMBLES THE S MODEL OF +INGSTON S 'REEN 3QUARE

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0HILLIP /VAL AND NORTHERN ENTERTAINMENT ACCOMMODATION AND LEISURE PRECINCT #REATE A PLANNING FRAMEWORK THAT HELPS PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE RANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT ACCOMMODATION AND LEISURE FACILITIES THAT ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF 7ODEN S SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE Q

6ARY THE 4ERRITORY 0LAN FOR THE ENTIRE ENTERTAINMENT ACCOMMODATION AND LEISURE AND RESTRICTED ACCESS OPEN SPACE PRECINCT TO PERMIT OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT UPPER FLOOR LEVELS ONLY 4HIS WILL ACHIEVE THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES FOR THE AREA BY RETAINING ACTIVITIES AT GROUND LEVEL BUT PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE TO UPGRADE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THE SWIMMING POOL ICE SKATING RINK 0HILLIP /VAL RESTAURANTS AND SQUASH COURTS

0ROVIDE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ON THE PERIMETER OF 0HILLIP /VAL TO RETAIN A FULL SIZE !USTRALIAN 2ULES PLAYING SURFACE WITH A LARGE SEATING CAPACITY COMPLEMENTED BY APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY WITH A STREET FRONTAGE TO ,AUNCESTON 3TREET !NY DEVELOPMENT ON 0HILLIP /VAL SHALL ONLY OCCUR FOLLOWING PREPARATION OF AN AGREED MASTER PLAN FOR THE SITE

5TILISE EXISTING FACILITIES AT 0HILLIP /VAL FOR BROAD COMMUNITY USE IF THE CURRENT LEASE IS SURRENDERED AND THE 4ERRITORY ASSUMES MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVAL AND ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS

!LLOW PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO ENCLOSE AND UPGRADE THE SWIMMING POOL INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE SKATING AREA AND INCREASE SPECTATOR CAPACITY )NCORPORATE FIRST FLOOR OFFICE SPACE TO IMPROVE VIABILITY OF THE FACILITY

2ETAIN PUBLIC PARKING CAPACITY TO SUPPORT THE SWIMMING POOL AND ICE SKATING AREA SQUASH COURTS 0HILLIP /VAL AND CLUBS AND RESTAURANTS

)MPROVE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE PRECINCT THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL CORE WITH ADDITIONAL CROSSING POINTS ON ,AUNCESTON 3TREET AND BETTER PEDESTRIAN AMENITY ALONG "OWES AND "RADLEY 3TREETS

)MPROVE ACCESS WITH ON STREET PARKING AND BUS STOPS ON ,AUNCESTON 3TREET

&)'52% %NCOURAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT %NCLOSING THE POOL WILL EXTEND A FIVE MONTH SWIMMING SEASON TO A YEAR ROUND ACTIVITY

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

&)'52%

%NHANCEMENTS TO THE NORTHERN ENTERTAINMENT ACCOMMODATION AND LEISURE LAND USE AREA

RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL GYM AGED PERSONS RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY USES

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SWIMMING SKATING COMMERCIAL RETAIL RESIDENTIAL

WATER RECREATION RESIDENTIAL RETAIL COMMERCIAL

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#ONNECTIONS TO THE 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA -AXIMISE THE COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL OF CHANGING LAND USES IN THE 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA THROUGH IMPROVED CONNECTIONS AND FRONTAGES TO ARTERIAL ROADS Q

)MPROVE EXPOSURE AND ACCESS TO THE VEHICLES A DAY THAT USE !THLLON $RIVE THROUGH THE RECENTLY COMPLETED EXTENSION OF 0ARRAMATTA 3TREET TO A NEW INTERSECTION WITH !THLLON $RIVE

#ONTRIBUTE TO THE #ALLAM 3TREET !THLLON $RIVE BOULEVARD BY REFOCUSSING REDUNDANT DEPOT SITES ONTO #OLBEE #OURT TO CONNECT WITH !THLLON $RIVE

%XTEND !LTREE #OURT TO CONNECT WITH (INDMARSH $RIVE

)MPROVE PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE CONNECTIONS ACROSS (INDMARSH $RIVE AND ACROSS "OTANY 3TREET )MPROVE THE PEDESTRIAN AMENITY ALONG 4OWNSHEND 3TREET AND PROVIDE SEATING AND SHELTERS AT #OLBEE #OURT BUS STOPS

$EVELOP PUBLIC PARKING ALONG 0ARRAMATTA 3TREET AND ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF "ELLONA #OURT TO PROMOTE NORTH SOUTH PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT ALONG 4OWNSHEND 3TREET TO THE 7ODEN

&)'52% )MPROVED CONNECTIVITY %XTEND 0ARRAMATTA 3TREET TO !THLLON $RIVE AND CREATE A NEW EASTERN GATEWAY TO THE 0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

&)'52% #ONNECTIONS AND FUTURE LAND USE

.EW ROAD

2ESIDENTIAL MIXED USE ZONE 5PGRADED URBAN OPEN SPACE

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0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA LAND USES %NCOURAGE THE REJUVENATION OF THE 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA BY PERMITTING NEW LAND USES THAT SUPPORT GREATER ACTIVITY SAFETY AND CIVIC AMENITY Q

!LLOW FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF SITES TO PERMIT RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AT FIRST FLOOR LEVELS AND ABOVE 2ESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO $UNDAS 0ROSPECT 'RENVILLE #OLBEE AND !LTREE #OURTS IIN THE AREA DEFINED IN &IGURE 7ITHIN THESE SECTIONS REMOVE PLOT RATIO CONTROL AND GENERALLY LIMIT HEIGHT TO THREE STOREYS WITH A MAXIMUM FOUR STOREYS PLUS LOFT ON CORNERS WITH 4OWNSEND 3TREET !LL RESIDENTIAL PROPOSALS SHALL BE PRECEDED BY PREPARATION OF A 3ECTION -ASTER 0LAN THAT ESTABLISHES THE INTENTIONS OF LESSEES AND BUSINESS OPERATORS AND ENSURES COMPATIBILITY OF RESIDENTIAL USE WITH OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE 3ECTION

0ROVIDE GATEWAY SIGNAGE AT ENTRANCES FROM (INDMARSH -ELROSE AND !THLLON $RIVES THAT BRANDS THE AREA AS A VIBRANT BUSINESS DISTRICT TO PASSING TRAFFIC

0ROMOTE NEW BUSINESS CLUSTERS THAT INCLUDE PERIPHERAL RETAILING AND BULKY GOODS

#OMPLETE AN ACCESS AUDIT AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO ALL PARTS OF 0HILLIP TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

7ITH CHANGING LAND USES PROGRESSIVELY UPGRADE THE QUALITY OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ADJOINING LESSEES 2ETAIN EXISTING AREAS OF 5RBAN /PEN 3PACE

0ROMOTE NORTH SOUTH PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT FROM PARKING AREAS IN THE SOUTH THROUGH TO MORE INTENSIVE PEOPLE ORIENTED ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH

)N ACCORDANCE WITH MARKET RESEARCH FINDINGS !-23 *ULY FACILITATE REBRANDING THE AREA AS THE 0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT

&)'52% )LLUSTRATIVE SECTION ^ -IXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COURTS

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

(ERITAGE 2ECOGNISE AND PROMOTE 7ODEN S HERITAGE TO HELP CREATE A MORE ENDURING SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND RETAIN IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS WITH PAST GENERATIONS Q

0ERMANENTLY MARK SITES OF THE ORIGINAL SOLDIER SETTLERS WITH INTERPRETIVE PLAQUES /NE SUCH SITE COULD BE THE FORMER %DDISON HOME NOW OCCUPIED BY THE 9AMBA #LUB )NSPIRE VISITORS TO THE CLUB TO EXPLORE 7ODEN AND VISIT OTHER SITES

)NVESTIGATE THE HERITAGE VALUES OF SITES AND PRECINCTS WHERE INITIAL HERITAGE VALUES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED )NVESTIGATION OF HERITAGE VALUES WILL BE CONDUCTED THROUGH AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PLACES AGAINST PROVISIONS OF THE ,AND 0LANNING AND %NVIRONMENT !CT )NITIAL SITES FOR INVESTIGATION ARE ^ 7ODEN #EMETERY ^ #ALLAM 3TREET /FFICES *OHN !NDREWS NOMINATION ACCEPTED BY (ERITAGE #OUNCIL ^ 7ODEN ,IBRARY AND (EALTH #ENTRE !NCHER -ORTLOCK AND 7OOLLEY ^ $ISCOVERY (OUSE 7OODS "AGOT ^ 7ODEN 4OWN 3QUARE AND PEDESTRIAN SPINE ^ -ARGEL (INDER S ALUMINIUM SCULPTURE ^ ,OLLIPOP LANDMARK ^ 7ODEN 4OWN 0ARK !RABANOO 0ARK AND %DDISON 0ARK ^ SIGNIFICANT MOSAIC TILE ARTWORK IN THE FOYER OF THE #OMMONWEALTH "ANK "UILDING

7HERE SITES OF HERITAGE VALUE ARE IDENTIFIED BUILD ON THE IDENTIFIED CHARACTER TO HELP CREATE A MORE ENDURING SENSE OF PLACE &OR EXAMPLE GREATER ACTIVITY FRONTING THE PEDESTRIAN SPINE FOCUSING COMMUNITY FACILITIES AROUND THE 4OWN 3QUARE AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO THE EASTERN PARKLANDS

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&)'52% !CKNOWLEDGE 7ODEN S HERITAGE ,OCATION OF HOUSES AND PADDOCKS UP TO THE S OVERLAIN WITH THE S ROAD LAYOUT $OUGLAS

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

'ENERAL STRATEGIES #OMPLEMENT THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF ACTIVE SHARED STREETS WITH AN ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THE PUBLIC PLACES THAT CREATES A CONSISTENT CHARACTER AND QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE TOWN

&)'52% 3TRUCTURAL CHANGES ACCOMPANIED BY QUALITY PUBLIC DOMAIN DETAILS &IVE METRE WIDE FOOTPATHS BOULEVARD PLANTING INCLUDING THE MEDIAN PARALLEL PARKING AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW STREET EDGE BUILDINGS PROVIDE A SENSE OF ENCLOSURE THAT WILL ASSIST IN CIVILISING TRAFFIC ALONG THE STREET AND CREATING A PLACE WHERE PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS FEEL COMFORTABLE

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#REATE FEATURES OF INTEREST THAT HELP ENRICH THE CHARACTER HERITAGE AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN 7ODEN Q

2EQUIRE ALL MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PUBLIC REALM THROUGH THE INSTALLATION OF APPROPRIATE ARTWORKS

)N CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMUNITY CULTURAL PLANNING GROUP ARTS!#4 AND A PUBLIC ART COORDINATOR DEVELOP A PUBLIC ART STRATEGY THAT SETS PRIORITIES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC ART

)NCLUDE @7ODEN MOTIFS AND BRANDING IN THE DESIGN OF COMMON STREET FURNITURE ELEMENTS LIKE PAVING SEATS BOLLARDS BINS AND SIGNAGE

0OSSIBLE THEMES FOR ARTWORK INCLUDE ^ !BORIGINAL CONNECTIONS ^ NOMENCLATURE BASED ON THE &IRST &LEET ^ %UROPEAN SETTLEMENT AND THE PASTORAL ERA FROM S TO S ^ CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE %DDISON FAMILY TO !USTRALIA ^ THE .ORDIC CONNECTION n 7ODEN THE .ORDIC 0ATRON OF ,EARNING ^ 7ODEN AS THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTRE OF THE .ATIONAL #APITAL ^ 7ODEN @.EW 4OWN

0OSSIBLE SITES FOR PUBLIC ART INCLUDE THE NEW BUS INTERCHANGE NEW OFFICES FOR MAJOR TENANTS AND PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT

&)'52% 3ENSE OF PLACE $ESIGNED IN AND INSTALLED IN -ARGEL (INDER S ALUMINIUM SCULPTURE IS AN IMPORTANT SYMBOL OF 7ODEN

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

,!.$3#!0% $%3)'.

%NHANCE 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE AS A @GREEN TOWN WITH IMPROVED AND WELL MAINTAINED STREET AND PARKLAND PLANTINGS AND COORDINATED STREET FURNITURE ELEMENTS Q

0REPARE A 0UBLIC $OMAIN -ANUAL FOR 7ODEN 4OWN #ENTRE THAT ESTABLISHES AN APPROPRIATE SET OF STANDARD DETAILS THAT INFORM DEVELOPMENTS BY BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS AND ACHIEVES CONSISTENT OUTCOMES

-AINTAIN AND ENHANCE STREET TREE PLANTINGS TO ACHIEVE STRONG AVENUE EFFECTS

)NCORPORATE A HIGHER PROPORTION OF NATIVE TREES WHERE OVERSHADOWING AND SPACE CONSTRAINTS ARE NOT CRITICAL ISSUES

)DENTIFY THE 0HILLIP "USINESS $ISTRICT AS AN AREA NEEDING @PRECINCT MANAGEMENT AND TARGETED LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS 0AVING PLANTING LIGHTING AND STREET FURNITURE SHOULD BE INSTALLED IN A MANNER THAT COMPLEMENTS EXISTING AND CHANGING LAND USES

)NCORPORATE EXITING PLANTINGS INTO DESIGNS AND RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY STRUCTURE PLANTINGS SUCH AS THE NATIVE TREE BUFFER ALONG -ELROSE $RIVE

&)'52% 3TREET TREE PLANTINGS 4REES IMPROVE THE MICRO CLIMATE FOR PEDESTRIAN AND GIVE CHARACTER TO A PLACE

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!##%33 MEANS THE PROVISION OF A BARRIER FREE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL INCLUDING THOSE WITH DISABILITIES !$!04!"),)49 IS THE MEANS OF DESIGNING A BUILDING THAT ENABLES EASY ADAPTATION TO MAKE IT FULLY COMPLY WITH ACCESS STANDARDS 4HIS IS ALSO SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS @HOUSING FOR LIFE 0ROPOSALS WILL NEED TO ADDRESS ACCESS STANDARDS AS DESCRIBED IN THE "UILDING #ODE OF !USTRALIA AND REFERENCED STANDARDS #OMMON PROBLEMS TO BE ADDRESSED INCLUDE "!22)%2

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2OUTES WITH GRADIENTS TOO STEEP #ROSS FALLS WHICH ARE GREATER THAN 3TEEP AND LONG GRADIENTS INADEQUATE OR NO LANDINGS LACK OF APPROPRIATE HANDRAILS AND LACK OF APPROPRIATE TACTILE GROUND SURFACE INDICATORS

5SE OF NON INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SIGNS Q ,ACK OF TACTILE SURFACE AND "RAILLE /PEN RISERS AND LACK OF CONTRAST ON NOSINGS ,ACK OF HANDRAILS OR HANDRAILS ON ONE SIDE OF STAIRS ONLY Q (ANDRAILS NOT EXTENDING BEYOND THE BOTTOM AND TOP OF STAIRS Q ,ACK OF APPROPRIATE TACTILE GROUND SURFACE INDICATORS Q

3TEPS IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL FROM THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY OR THE CAR PARK TO A BUILDING OR ENTRY INTO A BUILDING Q ! STEP IS A RISE GREATER THAN MM PROVIDING A TRIP HAZARD

4OILETS

)NADEQUATE CIRCULATION SPACE WITHIN TOILETS

&)'52% $ESIGN FOR ACCESSIBILITY 4ACTILE GROUND SURFACE INDICATORS 4'3) CONTRASTING NOSINGS AND HANDRAILS HELP ACHIEVE A MORE ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC REALM

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2%6)4!,)3!4)/. ).#%.4)6%3 0ROVIDE GENERAL AND TARGETED ASSISTANCE TO RESPOND TO CONTEMPORARY PRESSURES IMPACTING ON THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SECTOR Q

2EMOVE DELAYS DUPLICATED COSTS AND UNCERTAINTY BY FOLLOWING UP THE -ASTER 0LAN WITH NECESSARY 0RELIMINARY !SSESSMENTS AND 4ERRITORY 0LAN 6ARIATIONS

%NCOURAGE THE CONSOLIDATION OF LEASES TO ASSIST IN THE STRUCTURAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THE 4OWN #ENTRE

-AINTAIN THE PUBLIC PARKING SUPPLY TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS TO SUPPLY ALL GENERATED PARKING

)F OFFICE SPACE VACANCY RATES EXCEED OF AVAILABLE FLOORSPACE CONSIDER PARTIAL OR FULL CHANGE OF USE CHARGE REMISSIONS FOR LEASE VARIATIONS CONSOLIDATIONS AND SUB DIVISIONS

)F OFFICE SPACE VACANCY RATES EXCEED CONSIDER OTHER FINANCIAL INCENTIVES THAT MAY INCLUDE ^ 7AIVER OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FEES ^ /NCE ONLY WAIVER OF STAMP DUTY FOR THE SALE OR SUB LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS CREATED THROUGH COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT OR ADAPTIVE RE USE 4HE WAIVER IS FOR THE FULL VALUE OF STAMP DUTY UP TO REDUCING TO ZERO FOR UNITS VALUED AT MORE THAN ^ !DDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS WHERE THE CONSOLIDATION OF LEASES ENABLES REDEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR

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6ARY THE 4ERRITORY 0LAN FOR THE ENTIRE ENTERTAINMENT ACCOMMODATION AND LEISURE AND RESTRICTED ACCESS OPEN SPACE PRECINCT IN 0HILLIP TO PERMIT OFFICES AND RESIDENTIAL AT UPPER FLOOR LEVELS ONLY 4HIS WILL ACHIEVE THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES FOR THE AREA BY RETAINING ACTIVITIES AT GROUND LEVEL BUT PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE TO UPGRADE EXPENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THE SWIMMING POOL ICE SKATING RINK 0HILLIP /VAL AND SQUASH COURTS BY PERMITTING A COMPONENT OF HIGHER ORDER DEVELOPMENT

2EMOVE THE PLOT RATIO IN THE 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA AND REPLACE WITH PERFORMANCE BASED ASSESSMENT THAT WILL NEED TO SATISFY URBAN DESIGN ON SITE PARKING AND AMENITY CONSIDERATIONS

#ONTROL BUILDING HEIGHT TO ENSURE THE MAIN PEDESTRIAN SPINE 4OWN 3QUARE AND OTHER PUBLIC SPACES REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY SUNLIT PARTICULARLY BETWEEN NOON AND PM IN MID WINTER

0ERMIT GENERALLY STOREY WITH A MAXIMUM STOREY WITH LOFT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PARTS OF 0HILLIP -IXED 3ERVICES !REA SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF A 3ECTION -ASTER 0LAN

0ERMIT MAXIMUM STOREY DEVELOPMENT ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE " RESIDENTIAL AREA ALONG 9ARRALUMLA #REEK

0ERMIT GROUND LEVEL RETAIL ACTIVITY OUTSIDE THE RETAIL CORE TO HELP ACTIVATE AREAS

#HANGE "LOCKS AND 3ECTION FROM 4OWN #ENTRE 0RECINCT D TO PRECINCT B

%XTEND 0RECINCTS A AND B AS PER THE FOLLOWING PLAN &IGURE

2ELEASE OF 4ERRITORY OWNED LAND 4HE 4ERRITORY HAS CONTROL OVER A NUMBER OF BLOCKS THAT ARE CENTRAL TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIES OUTLINED IN THIS PLAN 4HE RELEASE OF 4ERRITORY LAND WILL HELP ACHIEVE THE ORDERLY IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN AS WELL AS RESPOND TO MARKET INQUIRIES FOR CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES !S A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE ANY DEVELOPMENT ON EXISTING CAR PARKS WILL REQUIRE THE PROVISION OF DISPLACED CAR PARK SPACES AS WELL AS PROVISION OF CAR PARKING GENERATED BY THE PROPOSAL ! SCHEDULE OF AVAILABLE LAND AND AN INDICATION ABOUT TIMING OF THE RELEASE OF THE LAND IS INCLUDED AS !PPENDIX !

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%ASTERN RETAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT PRECINCT

%ASTERN RESIDENTIAL PRECINCT

.ORTHERN ENTERTAINMENT ACCOMMODATION AND LEISURE PRECINCT

3OUTHERN -IXED 3ERVICES !REA

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TO PROVIDE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE DISTRICT POPULATION FOR SHOPPING COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL FACILITIES ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION

TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT WHILST FACILITATING THE DECENTRALISATION OF EMPLOYMENT FROM THE #ENTRAL .ATIONAL !REA

TO ENCOURAGE A MIX OF LAND USES INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL USES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO AN ACTIVE AND DIVERSE CHARACTER

TO PROVIDE AN URBAN STRUCTURE WHICH IS SIMPLE LEGIBLE AND FLEXIBLE

TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITY AND ENCOURAGE A STANDARD OF URBAN DESIGN CONSISTENT WITH THE FUNCTION OF THE CENTRE

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9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

"ULKY GOODS RETAILING "USINESS AGENCY #AR 0ARK #HILD CARE CENTRE #IVIC ADMINISTRATION #LUB #OMMUNICATIONS FACILITY #OMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTRE #OMMUNITY THEATRE #ORRECTION FACILITY #RAFT WORKSHOP #ULTURAL FACILITY $RINK ESTABLISHMENT %DUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT %MERGENCY SERVICES FACILITY &INANCIAL ESTABLISHMENT &REIGHT TRANSPORT FACILITY &UNERAL PARLOUR (EALTH FACILITY (OSPITAL (OTEL )NDOOR ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY )NDOOR RECREATION FACILITY )NDUSTRIAL TRADES ,IGHT INDUSTRY -OTEL -UNICIPAL DEPOT /FFICE /UTDOOR RECREATION FACILITY 0ARKLAND 0EDESTRIAN PLAZA 0LACE OF ASSEMBLY 0LACE OF WORSHIP 0LANT EQUIPMENT HIRE 0RODUCE MARKET 0UBLIC AGENCY 0UBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITY 2ECYCLABLE MATERIALS COLLECTION 2ELIGIOUS ASSOCIATED USE 2%3)$%.4)!, 53% 2ESTAURANT 2ETAIL PLANT NURSERY 3ERVICE STATION 3HOP 3TORE 4OURIST FACILITY 4RANSPORT DEPOT 6EHICLE SALES 6ETERINARY HOSPITAL 7AREHOUSE

#AR PARKING D 9A 9 9 9

9A 9A

9A 9A 9

9A 9A 9A

9A 9A

9 9A 9A 9A 9A 9A 9 A 9 A

9 0URPOSES FOR WHICH LAND MAY BE USED -AY BE SUBJECT TO MANDATORY PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT UNDER THE ,AND !CT SEE !PPENDIX )) A /NLY PERMITTED WHERE ASSOCIATED WITH A CAR PARKING STRUCTURE 3UBJECT TO ,AND 5SE 2ESTRICTION SEE CLAUSE .OTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SCHEDULE LAND MAY BE USED FOR TEMPORARY USES MINOR USES AND USES ANCILLARY TO THE PRINCIPAL USE OF THE LAND PROVIDED THERE IS NO CONFLICT WITH THE OBJECTIVES IN

$%0,%4)/. /& #/--5.)49 !.$ 2%#2%!4)/. 53%3 0ROPOSALS WHICH WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF DEPLETING THE RANGE OF COMMUNITY OR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CENTRE MAY BE SUBJECT TO MANDATORY PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH 0ART )6 OF THE ,AND !CT SEE !PPENDIX )) -!). 0%$%342)!. !2%!3 !.$ 2/54%3 Q

-AIN PEDESTRIAN AREAS AND ROUTES SHALL BE RETAINED UNLESS IT CAN BE SHOWN THAT AS PART OF ANY CHANGE THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND CIRCULATION SYSTEM IS ADEQUATELY MAINTAINED

4HE IMPACT OF ANY INCREASED OVERSHADOWING OF THE MAIN PEDESTRIAN AREAS AND ROUTES MAY BE CONSIDERED IN ASSESSING DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS

2ETAIL USES DISPLAY WINDOWS SHOP FRONTS AND BUSINESS AGENCIES CLUBS DRINK ESTABLISHMENTS FINANCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS HOTELS INDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES PUBLIC AGENCIES RESTAURANTS SHOPS COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTRES AND SIMILAR USES SHALL BE ENCOURAGED ALONG BUILDING FRONTAGES TO MAIN PEDESTRIAN AREAS AND MAIN PEDESTRIAN ROUTES

$%3)'. #/.3)34%.#9 "UILDINGS AND OTHER PHYSICAL ELEMENTS SHALL REFLECT THE DESIGN THEMES OF THE CENTRE "5),$).' #/,/523 !.$ -!4%2)!,3 "UILDING COLOURS AND MATERIALS SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PARTICULAR TOWN CENTRE ,ARGE AREAS OF HIGHLY REFLECTIVE GLASS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED 7).$ 4%34).' !SSESSMENT OF WIND EFFECTS SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR BUILDINGS HIGHER THAN M TO DETERMINE IF WIND TESTING IS NEEDED 7IND TESTING SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR ALL BUILDINGS HIGHER THAN M 2//&4/0 0,!.4 2OOFTOP PLANT INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE AN INTEGRATED PART OF THE BUILDING DESIGN SHALL GENERALLY BE SET BACK FROM THE BUILDING FACADE AND SHALL BE SCREENED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FROM PUBLIC VIEW 5.$%2'2/5.$).' /& %,%#42)#)49 ,).%3 !LL NEW PERMANENT OR LONG TERM ELECTRICITY SUPPLY LINES SHALL BE UNDERGROUND

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02%#).#4 g!g 2%4!), #/2% /"*%#4)6%3 Q

TO MAKE PROVISION FOR A RANGE OF RETAIL AND SERVICE OUTLETS ACCESSIBLE TO CONSUMERS

TO MAKE PROVISION FOR AN EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTION OF RETAIL FUNCTIONS

TO PROMOTE EVENING AND WEEKEND ACTIVITY

TO ENCOURAGE THE PROVISION OF AN ATTRACTIVE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT

TO PROVIDE SAFE ACCESS TO SHOPS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND FOR CONSUMERS BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TRANSPORT

#/.42/,3 Q

,AND 5SE 2ESTRICTIONS

3ERVICE STATIONS

2ETAIL SALES EXCLUDING THE SALE HIRE OR DISPLAY OF AUTOMOTIVE GOODS MAXIMUM GROSS FLOOR AREA SHALL NOT EXCEED M

02%#).#4 g"g "53).%33 !2%! /"*%#4)6%3 Q

TO MAKE PROVISION FOR OFFICES AND BUSINESS SERVICES WITHIN PLANNED COMMERCIAL CENTRES

TO MAKE PROVISION FOR A WIDE RANGE OF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION SIZES AND LOCATION IN THE TOWN CENTRES

TO MAKE PROVISION FOR A RANGE OF BUSINESS AND PERSONAL SERVICES WITHIN EACH CENTRE

TO ENABLE #OMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO EFFICIENTLY CONSOLIDATE IN TOWN CENTRES

TO PROVIDE CONVENIENT SERVICES FOR THE LOCAL WORKFORCE

#/.42/,3 Q

,AND 5SE 2ESTRICTION

3HOPS SHALL BE LIMITED TO A SCALE APPROPRIATE TO PROVIDING CONVENIENT SHOPPING AND PERSONAL SERVICES FOR THE LOCAL WORKFORCE AND RESIDENTS

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

02%#).#4 g#g -)8%$ 3%26)#%3 !2%! /"*%#4)6%3 Q

TO MAKE PROVISION FOR A RANGE OF CONVENIENTLY LOCATED SERVICE AND RELATIVELY LOW RENT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

TO ACCOMMODATE RETAIL RELATED USES REQUIRING LARGE FLOOR AREAS

TO PROVIDE FOR A WIDER RANGE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE -IXED 3ERVICES PRECINCT PROVIDED THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT UNDERMINE THE FUNCTION OF THE RETAIL CORES AND BUSINESS AREAS OF THE TOWN CENTRES AND THE VIABILITY OF THE COMMERCIAL HIERARCHY

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"UILDING (EIGHT

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0LOT 2ATIO

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)NTERNAL -ALLS

)NTERNAL RETAIL ARCADES OR RETAIL MALLS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED

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4HE MAXIMUM GROSS FLOOR AREA OF A SUPERMARKET OR SHOP SELLING FOOD OTHER THAN PRODUCE MARKETS IS M PER LEASE

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2ETAIL SALES EXCLUDING THE SALE HIRE OR DISPLAY OF AUTOMOTIVE GOODS MAXIMUM GROSS FLOOR AREA SHALL NOT EXCEED M

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TO ENSURE THERE IS SUFFICIENT OFF ROAD PARKING TO SERVE EACH CENTRE

TO PROVIDE COMMON CAR PARKING AREAS WHERE IT IS NOT FEASIBLE OR APPROPRIATE TO REQUIRE THE FULL PROVISION FOR CAR PARKING WITHIN A LEASE

TO PROVIDE COMMON CAR PARKING AREAS ON THE PERIPHERY OF CENTRES TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND SAFETY WITHIN CENTRES

TO ENSURE THAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARKING STRUCTURES ARE PROVIDED WHILST ALLOWING FOR COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT

#/.42/,3 Q

$EVELOPMENT IN #AR 0ARKING !REAS

$EVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD DISPLACE EXISTING CAR PARKING AREAS SHALL ONLY BE PERMITTED WHERE IT CAN BE DEMONSTRATED THAT OVERALL PROVISION TO CAR PARKING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CENTRE AS A WHOLE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 4ERRITORYgS 0ARKING AND !CCESS 'UIDELINES

,AND 5SE 2ESTRICTIONS

,AND USES IDENTIFIED IN SCHEDULE AS ASSOCIATED WITH A CAR PARKING STRUCTURE MAY BE PERMITTED ONLY WHEN THE ABOVE OBJECTIVES CAN STILL BE MET

3%26)#% 34!4)/.

2ETAIL SALES EXCLUDING THE SALE HIRE OR DISPLAY OF AUTOMOTIVE GOODS -AXIMUM GROSS FLOOR AREA SHALL NOT EXCEED M

7/$%. 4/7. #%.42% ^ MASTER PLAN

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