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Barangaroo Review 2011

The NSW Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and Minister Assisting the Premier on Infrastructure NSW, Brad Hazzard MP, has established an independent review into the Barangaroo development’s compliance with relevant planning processes.

The review will be jointly chaired by experienced strategic design experts, Meredith Sussex AM and Shelley Penn. Submissions were accepted up until 20 June 2011.

For further information and to view the submissions visit the website at www.nsw.gov.au/barangarooreview

The City's Submission is available for download.

 

Barangaroo Concept Plan (Mod 4) 2010

The development of Barangaroo, formerly known as East Darling Harbour and located north-west of the city centre on the harbour edge between King Street Wharf and Walsh Bay, is a NSW Government project.

The 22 hectare site will be divided into public parkland (Headland Park), low-rise residential, commercial and civic buildings (Barangaroo Central) and a high-rise retail, corporate and housing precinct (Barangaroo South).

A proposal by Lend Lease to amend the approved concept plan for the part of the site called Barangaroo South is now being considered by the State Government.

The plan features public waterfront areas, shops, a department store, supermarkets, waterfront restaurants, possibly a museum and a library, an international hotel, between 775 and 800 apartments and commercial space for financial headquarters. The latest proposal for the Barangaroo South precinct includes a high-rise hotel built in the harbour and excavation works to create new foreshore with a public promenade along its edge from the location of the proposed hotel pier to Barangaroo Central.

While seeing the enormous potential the redevelopment of Barangaroo offers global Sydney, the City of Sydney has significant concerns about the project and is calling for changes. These include:

  • The relocation of the proposed hotel away from the Harbour
  • No further increase in gross floor area
  • Building designs that will increase winter sunshine in public spaces and reduce wind impacts
  • Environmentally-sustainable design commitments embedded and strengthened in the Concept Plan
  • Improved open space, wider streets and better public access
  • At least 10 per cent of the residential component to be affordable housing
  • Building heights to be adjusted to reduce negative impacts
  • A design excellence process.

 

Read the City's Concept Plan (Mod 4) Submission

You can read a summary of the City's submission to the Department of Planning on the proposed changes to the approved Concept Plan.

The City’s submission is also available for download

Barangaroo Model.

Also come and visit the City of Sydney’s scale model of Lend Lease’s Barangaroo proposal at Town Hall House.

While the exact building forms have not yet been determined, the model shows the maximum building envelope heights, their location and overall dimensions.

Read factsheets on the City's submission.

More Information

Barangaroo South (Lend Lease)

Website: www.barangaroosouth.com.au

Barangaroo Delivery Authority

Website: www.barangaroo.com

Department of Planning

Website: http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au
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Downloads

Please note: Some of the following files are large and make take some time to download depending on your connection to the Internet.

Submission

Submission

Factsheets

Download meeting presentations

 

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Last Updated: Friday 1 July, 2011

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