Decision Maker: Central Sydney Planning Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Determined
Moved by the Chair (the Lord Mayor), seconded by Councillor Scully –
It is resolved that:
(A)
the
Central Sydney Planning Committee note the matters raised in submissions to the
public exhibition of Planning Proposal: Central Sydney 2020, Draft Development
Control Plan: Central Sydney, Draft Central Sydney Development Contributions
Plan 2020 and draft amendments to the Competitive Design Policy as shown at
Attachment A to the subject report;
(B)
the
Central Sydney Planning Committee note the recommendation to the
Transport, Heritage and Planning Committee on 7 December 2020, that Council
request the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces amend Clause 25K of
the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 to allow for a
contributions levy of up to three per cent to apply to new development;
(C)
the
Central Sydney Planning Committee approve the Planning Proposal: Central Sydney
2020 as shown at Attachment B to the subject report, to be made as a local
environmental plan under s3.36 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act
1979 subject to Clause 25K of the Environmental
Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 being amended as requested in clause (B), with the following amendment
(additions shown in bold italics):
(i)
the
residential and serviced apartment use bonus in the accommodation floor space
provisions are reduced by 50 per cent after one year of, and 100 per cent after
two years from the making of the local environmental plan, except for the City
Core (Area 1) which is to be reduced by 100 per cent on the making of the local
environmental plan;
(D)
the
Central Sydney Planning Committee note the recommendation to Council’s
Transport, Heritage and Planning Committee on 7 December 2020 that Council
approve the Draft Development Control Plan: Central Sydney, shown at Attachment
D to the subject report, noting that it will come into effect on the date of
publication of the subject local environmental plan, in accordance with Clause
21 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000;
(E)
the
Central Sydney Planning Committee note the recommendation to Council’s
Transport, Heritage and Planning Committee on 7 December 2020 that Council approve the Draft Central Sydney Development
Contributions Plan 2020 at Attachment E to the subject report, noting it will
commence only following the amendment of Clause 25K of the Environmental
Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 and the making of the amendment to the
local environmental plan;
(F)
the
Central Sydney Planning Committee note the recommendation to Council’s
Transport, Heritage and Planning Committee on 7 December 2020 that Council
approve the draft amendments to the Competitive Design Policy, as shown at
Attachment F to the subject report, noting that it will come into
effect on the date of publication of the subject local environmental plan;
(G)
the
Central Sydney Planning Committee note the Guideline for Site
Specific Planning Proposals in Central Sydney, as shown at Attachment G to the
subject report, will be used guide the preparation of planning proposals in
Central Sydney;
(H)
the
Central Sydney Planning Committee note the recommendation to Council’s
Transport, Heritage and Planning Committee on 7 December 2020 that Council approve the draft Central Sydney Planning Strategy as
shown at Attachment C to the subject report;
(I)
authority
be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to make minor amendments to the
Planning Proposal: Central Sydney 2020, Draft Development Control Plan: Central
Sydney, Draft Central Sydney Development Contributions Plan 2020, draft
amendments to the Competitive Design Policy and draft Guideline for Site
Specific Planning Proposals in Central Sydney, including to correct drafting
errors; and
(J)
the Central
Sydney Planning Committee request that Council investigate:
(i)
the
inclusion of additional non-residential uses in the uses that may be eligible
for accommodation floor space including Public Administration building, Indoor
recreation facilities, Registered clubs, Place of public worship and Local
distribution premises;
(ii)
additional
floor space for employment uses in Tower Cluster Areas; and
(iii)
incentives
for the retention of existing buildings in development for the purposes of
reducing waste and embodied energy; and
(K)
the Central
Sydney Planning Committee request that Council carry out workshops with
industry stakeholders on the Guideline for Site Specific Planning Proposals in
Central Sydney, and Schedule 11 of the Development Control Plan.
Carried unanimously.
S064204
Speakers
Ms Jane Fitzgerald (Property Council of Australia), Ms Alison Brown (Stockland) and Mr Justin Chenevier (Norton Rose Fulbright), addressed the meeting of the Central Sydney Planning Committee on Item 4.
Report author: Eileen Leather
Publication date: 10/12/2020
Date of decision: 10/12/2020
Decided at meeting: 10/12/2020 - Central Sydney Planning Committee
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