Edmondson Park South Development Control Plan 2012 - Landcom

Edmondson Park South DCP 2012 November 2012
8.0 Edmondson Park Town Centre
An indicative layout of the Edmondson Park Town Centre is shown at Figure 33. The Town Centre is the
major activity centre within the Edmondson Park release area. This section outlines the objectives and design
principles relating to the Edmondson Park Town Centre. Before most types of development can be
undertaken within this centre, more detailed planning and design controls will be required to be implemented
in the form of an amendment to this section of this Plan.
8.1 Design Principles
Objectives
1. To create a compact, vibrant, safe and prosperous town centre.
2. To ensure an appropriate supply, distribution and mix of land uses within the town centre.
3. To encourage higher density living around transport, open space and service nodes.
4. To ensure development within the town centre is compatible with an integrated access network that
encourages walking, cycling and public transport use.
5. To ensure that the detailed design of the town centre is coordinated, achieve a high quality urban design
outcome and the delivery of amenity.
Controls
1. The future design for the Edmondson Park Town Centre is to incorporate the design principles and key
requirements in Table 11.
Table 11 - Design principles and key requirements for the Edmondson Park Town Centre
Element
Function and
Land Use Mix
Design and
Layout
Built Form
Pedestrian
Amenity and
Public Domain
Parking and
Access
Design Guidelines and Key Requirements
1. Incorporate a range of retail, commercial, entertainment, recreation and community uses.
2. Create a compact retail core located on the southern side of the rail corridor.
3. Incorporate a minimum of 1,140 dwellings in a variety of housing forms including higher density housing and
mixed use development.
4. Concentrate small retail uses along and fronting key streets/plazas.
5. Co-locate uses and facilities to maximise the efficient use of space.
6. Active uses at ground floor are required, in the core of the Town Centre, in particular, fronting the main street,
open space and in close proximity to the train station.
7. Consider the needs of health and aged care providers, facilities for young people, civic and emergency services
within the Town Centre.
8. Provide uses that promote an active, 18 hours/7 days a week Town Centre.
9. Encourage accessibility and connectivity between the northern and southern portions of the Town Centre.
10. Optimal length of the main street is 350m.
11. The street layout is to emphasise sight lines to local landscape features, parks, places of key cultural
significance, civic buildings and public open space.
12. The street layout is to effectively incorporate and integrate with the design of the rail/bus interchange. Main
Street must be physically linked with the crossing point of the railway station.
13. A range of building heights (up to 6 storeys, 24m) with a transition to surrounding residential areas.
14. A range of higher density housing, including apartments, terraces, multi-unit housing and small lot housing.
15. High density residential development on the northern side of the rail corridor.
16. Where appropriate consider and incorporate a ‘landmark development’ site within the Town Centre that is within
300m from the railway station and that has the potential to be built to 30m height.
17. All large format retail premises and decked parking areas, visible from prominent public areas, are to be sleaved
with active uses. Blank walls visible from the public domain are to be limited.
18. High amenity pedestrian streetscapes are to be provided through the Town Centre (Figures 34-36).
19. Create a main street characterised by pedestrian-friendly local traffic.
20. Ensure effective pedestrian and cycle connection between the transit station and the main street is maximising
visibility/transparency of the station and minimising walking distances.
21. Reinforce the importance of ease of access and directness of major roadways to the Town Centre from
surrounding residential areas.
22. Bus traffic is to be routed along secondary streets to ensure high amenity levels on Main Street.
23. Any future application within the Town Centre must be supported by a detailed traffic and transport study,
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