A Plan for Growing Sydney, released in December 2014, is the NSW Government’s plan for the future of the Sydney Metropolitan Area over the next 20 years. The Plan provides key directions and actions to guide Sydney’s productivity, environmental management, and liveability – including the delivery of housing, employment, infrastructure and open space.

 

urban-planning

 

URBAN RENEWAL CORRIDOR

Urban renewal is essential to meet the demand for new housing in Sydney over the next 20 years.

Urban renewal is the process of planning and delivering changes to infrastructure, streets, and the public domain to deliver the greatest community benefit.

The locations for urban renewal will be selected in or near the public transport network, so it’s easier for people to get to jobs and services and it takes pressure off our roads.

Increasing housing close to centres and stations makes it easier to walk or cycle to shops or services, and makes our neighbourhoods more community oriented.

New housing will be supported by social infrastructure – for example, parks and sporting facilities, schools, and medical services – to make the living environment more attractive.

Increasing the variety of housing also makes it easier for people to find a home that suits their lifestyle, household size and their budget.

The Government will:

  • continue to focus urban renewal activities to provide additional housing in the following corridors:
    • Parramatta Road corridor;
    • North West Rail Link corridor;
    • Anzac Parade corridor; and
    • Bankstown to Sydenham.
  • investigate the potential for future urban renewal in the following additional corridors:
    • Sutherland to Sydenham;
    • East Hills to Sydenham;
    • Hornsby to Strathfield via Epping;
    • Hornsby to North Sydney via Gordon; and
    • Kings Cross to Bondi Junction.

 

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CORRIDOR

The Global Economic Corridor extends from Port Botany and Sydney Airport, through Sydney CBD, Macquarie Park, Parramatta and Sydney Olympic Park.

It’s an area of concentrated employment and it generates over 41% of NSW Gross State Product.

Sydney’s knowledge jobs are heavily concentrated here including sectors such as communications, high-tech manufacturing and biotechnology.

By 2030, there will be demand for around 190,000 new stand-alone office jobs.

Many of these jobs will be situated along the Global Economic Corridor.

The Government will work in partnership with councils to:

  • devise commercial core zonings in targeted locations and update planning controls to increase density, including changing floor space ratio allowances and building height controls to facilitate the expansion of these markets; and
  • help remove barriers to growth and promote more efficient land use outcomes, firstly, in Parramatta, Macquarie Park and Norwest.

The Government will also:

  • use rigorous assessment methods to determine the value and capacity of infrastructure proposals;
  • prioritise infrastructure investment where it will unlock capacity for economic activity; and
  • prioritise infrastructure investment to Growth Centres and Priority Growth Areas so that infrastructure delivery keeps pace with population and economic growth.

 

WESTCONNEX

Westconnex will improve connections between agriculture industries in regional NSW and Sydney’s ports, making goods export more cost efficient.

The Government’s Pinch Point Program has been effective in targeting peak hour traffic hotspots and investigating ways to relieve traffic congestion. Removing “pinch points” will benefit the efficiency of the freight network and productivity.

The Government will investigate the feasibility of light rail along Parramatta Road for the length of the corridor.

 

ENTERPRISE CORRIDOR – Bankstown

Enterprise Corridors are areas designed to attract investment and stimulate employment-generating development, aligned with transport infrastructure.

The Government’s actions to create jobs across Western Sydney will leverage off the significant number of committed and proposed infrastructure projects across Western Sydney.

Planning for future economic activity in Western Sydney has considered the long term influence the airport will have as a catalyst for business activity.

Integrating new and existing employment precincts with transport infrastructure will attract business investment and activity.