Moved by Councillor Thalis, seconded by the Chair
(the Lord Mayor) -
It is resolved that:
(A) Council
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) 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) Council
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 resolution (B), with the following amendment;
(i)
the residential and serviced apartment use bonus
in the accommodation floor space provisions are reduced by 50 per cent after 1
year of, and 100 per cent after 2 years from the making of the local
environmental plan, except for the City Core (Area 1) which is to be reduced by
100 percent on the making of the local environmental plan;
(D) 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 with the following
amendment;
(i)
Show 93-97 Macquarie Street, Sydney with a
maximum building height of 55 metres and street frontage height setbacks of 8
metres along Albert Street and 10 metres along Macquarie Street in Figure 5.9;
(E) 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) 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) Council
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) Council
approve the draft Central Sydney Planning Strategy as shown at Attachment C to
the subject report; and
(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;
(J) the
Chief Executive Officer be requested to 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
Chief Executive Officer be requested to 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.
The motion was carried on the following show of
hands –
Ayes
(8) The Chair (the Lord
Mayor), Councillors Kok, Miller, Phelps, Scott, Scully, Thalis and Vithoulkas
Noes
(2) Councillors Chung and
Forster.
Motion carried.
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