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Spit Junction Masterplan

• Welcome and introductions
• Project overview
• Workshop purpose and outline
• Technical presentation 1 – Preliminary Masterplan ideas
• Activity 1 – Small group discussion
• Break
• Technical presentation 2 – Preliminary Civic Centre ideas
• Activity 2 – Small group discussion
• General comments and questions
• Next steps

Agenda

Project Overview

• Revitalising Spit Junction – key project identified in MOSPLAN
• Council appointed a team led by JBA Planning to develop a draft Masterplan

which includes a separate proposal for redeveloping the Civic Centre

• Second round of consultation with the community.
• Must be realistic about what can be achieved
• Increased height and floor space will need to be considered

Consultation linked to planning process

• First round identified:
• Strong support for interconnecting laneways to provide secondary

pedestrian network

• Support for new defining buildings but mixed views about heights

ranging from 2-3 to 20+ - majority believe 4-6 or 8-10 is appropriate

• Quick wins are needed to offset longer term gains and show progress
• In principle support for new Civic Centre

Workshop purpose and outline

• Provide an update on the planning process
• Get feedback on key preliminary Masterplan and Civic Centre concepts

ideas to help refine draft plans

• Housekeeping
• Ground rules
• Questions?

Masterplan Area

Spit Junction Today

• Attractive place to live
• Good access to public transport
• Good local amenity
• Local retail and service centre
• Competition from other centres

(i.e. Neutral Bay)

• Affected by traffic volume and noise
• Relatively little recent development
• Generally low quality building stock
• Lacks vibrancy

MORE – Vibrancy, activity and spaces for people

More Vibrancy = More People

LESS – Run down buildings and poor connectivity

More Vibrancy = New Development

• New development will bring more people into Spit Junction
• More people will mean more shoppers and activity
• New development will deliver public benefits – on site or through funding
• Development needs to be economically viable or no change will occur
• Existing building heights need to be increased to facilitate growth
• More housing in Spit Junction will reduce pressure on Mosman suburbs

for additional housing

Constraints to Redevelopment

• Heritage
• Strata titling

Opportunity Sites

• Large land holdings or

significant public domain improvements

• 8-10 storeys
• 6 storeys on Toyota site

Vista St, Spit Junction

Landmark Site

• Visually prominent
• Underutilised
• Opportunity for landmark

building

• Improved public domain and

integration with bus bay

• Requires significant land

amalgamation

Bridgepoint Connection

• Provide public arcade between

Spit/Military Road and Bridgepoint Shopping Centre

• Wider pedestrian footpaths on

Hordern Place

• Requires significant site

amalgamation

Cinema site

• Large landholding
• Facilitates new bus bay
• Activate Clifford St Plaza and

Spit Road

• Ready to develop

Toyota site

• Large landholding
• Potential for significant mixed use

development

Contributory (Mixed Use) Sites

• Along main roads
• Suitable for mixed use

development

• 5-6 storeys

Neutral Bay

Residential (Infill) Sites

• Development potential for

residential

• 4-5 storeys

Building Heights

• Tallest buildings limited to
• pportunity sites
• Consistent streetscape

along main roads

• Minimise impact on

surrounding residential areas

Building Height - Increase

• Current 5 storey height limit
• +1 storey along Military and

Spit Roads

• +3-5 storeys on opportunity

sites

Clifford Street Plaza

• New bus bay along Spit Road
• Landscaped plaza with seating
• Outdoor dining
• Public art
• Maintain access to Civic Lane

Insert photos of plaza spaces Insert plan showing location of the plaza rather than close up of the plaza

Marrickville View from Clifford Street

Laneways

• Connect and improve

laneway network

• New development will

activate laneways

Before

Streetscape Improvements

• Awnings and active frontages
• New street trees
• Night lighting
• Widen and improve footpaths as part of

new development – Spit Road, Hordern Place, Civic Lane

Feedback on preliminary Masterplan ideas

• At each table…get feedback on:
• Increasing population in and around Spit Junction to protect amenity
• f quieter suburban areas
• Proposed heights and acceptance of heights in return for public

benefits/renewal

• Vision for opportunity sites
• Public domain improvements
• Quick wins

Table Feedback

Break

• Feasibility Study undertaken by Choi Ropiha Fighera Architects
• Large site under Council ownership
• Redevelopment can act as catalyst for revitalisation of Spit Junction
• Opportunity to improve ‘image’ of Spit Junction and provide better public

facilities

• Needs to be self funding

Civic Centre Ideas

Existing Community Facilities

Council Carpark Library Village Green M

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m a n S q u a r e

• Council chambers/admin
• Library
• Seniors centre
• Public parking
• Youth centre
• Meals on wheels
• Village Green
• Mosman Square
• Art Gallery

Civic Centre Concept

• New civic hub along

Military Road

• Council chambers/admin to

eastern portion of the site

• 8 storey residential building

along The Crescent

• Provide consolidated

basement public parking off The Crescent

• Reconfigure Mosman

Square to create Civic Place, alfresco dining area and Village Green

Mosman Square

Mosman Square Ideas

• Better definition/usability of space
• Activation from adjacent uses
• Civic Place at Military Road
• Village Green along The Crescent

Rouse Hill

Civic Place

Feedback from Civic Centre presentation

• At each table…get feedback on:
• Community hub with entry off Military Road/Mosman Square
• Moving ‘quieter’ uses away from the plaza – Civic Centre, Seniors Centre
• New art gallery and occasional child care provided on the site
• Larger plaza space along Military Road
• Relocation of Village Green
• Providing residential development on site to pay for the improved facilities
• Increasing public parking areas and providing as part of basement

General feedback

Next steps

• Consider community feedback
• Continue to work with:
• Business Session - Coffee Concepts Conversations
• Community Reference Group
• Ongoing consultation:
• Final Market Stall – Saturday 7July 2012
• Ongoing social media updates through:
• Webpage and online blogs
• Twitter
• Facebook

Thank you

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