sydney-city-centre-review-of-environmental-factors

Principles and objectives
Maintain the permeability
within the area and intricacy of
the urban fabric
Reinforce the area’s distinct
topography
Maintain and enhance vistas
to Darling Harbour and along
Valentine Street to Christ
Church Street Lawrence
Facilitate Douglass Street,
Douglass Lane, Eager Street
and Eager Lane’s activation.
Consistency with permissibility and other
objectives/principles
By setting priorities on the roads in the southern
precinct, this would indirectly support access to
Douglass Street, Douglass Lane, Eager Street
and Eager Lane.
Macquarie Street Special Character Area
Work sites: F1(A-C), F2(A)
Recognise Macquarie Street
as one of Sydney’s preeminent
public spaces flanked
by heritage items of State and
national significance
Protect and extend mid-winter
lunchtime sun access to Hyde
Park, the Royal Botanical
Gardens and the Domain
Improve and enhance the
public domain and pedestrian
amenity
Maintain and reinforce
Macquarie Street’s urban
character and scale
Emphasise Macquarie Street
as the eastern built edge
Maintain and enhance views
to the harbour and Sydney
Opera House
The proposal flanks several heritage-listed
items within Macquarie Street
During construction there would be temporary
amenity impacts along Macquarie Street (work
site: F1 and F2) (refer to section
6.4.3).However the impacts would be shortterm
and localised to the proposal footprint
Once operational, there would be a perceived
intensification of the road within the available
street space through removing the kerb and
introducing additional parking restrictions.
These effects would be local to work site F1:
Macquarie Street. Despite this, the impact on
the overall heritage value of the area is
assessed as negligible or minor adverse
depending on the proposed signage changes
(refer to section 6.3.4)
There are no anticipated impacts on the area’s
urban character, scale or on the built forms or
views within and outside the area.
Conserve and enhance the
heritage significance of the
area
Protect significant heritage
items within the area.
Pitt Street Mall Special Character Area (including King Street)
Work sites: NW2(J-K), R2(I)
Recognise Pitt Street Mall as a
key element of the city
centre’s retail core
Retain and improve Pitt Street
Mall’s urban character and
sense of linear enclosure
There would be no improvement to the Pitt
Street Mall intersection along Market Street
(work site: R2) with kerbside allocation
revisions made either side of the intersection
Whilst the tighter parking restrictions (refer to
Appendix F) could be considered to have some
impact on promoting the area as the retail core,
Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 153
Review of Environmental Factors