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Strategic Studies & Reviews

 

Draft Development Control Plan Amendment for the Lachlan Precinct, Waterloo
Following a detailed urban design study, site-specific planning controls have been developed for the Lachlan Precinct, Waterloo.  These controls are proposed to be integrated into the current Green Square Development Control Plan. The draft amendment was on public exhibition during June/July 2010 and submissions are being reviewed.

Green Square Background Paper 2008
The City of Sydney is undertaking a review of the planning controls that apply to the Green Square Urban Renewal Area as part of the City Plan project.

Green Square and Southern Areas Retail Study 2008
This study will guide retail development in the southern areas of the City of Sydney and will inform the development controls in the new City Plan.

Green Square Built Form Review
Consultants ‘Architectus Sydney Ltd’ undertook the Green Square Built Form Review to assess how the current planning controls are performing in the Green Square Urban Renewal Area.

Green Square - West Kensington Floodplain Risk Management Study & Plan
In 2008 a comprehensive flood study was completed for the Green Square-West Kensington Catchment. The preparation of a Floodplain Risk Management Study and a Floodplain Risk Management Plan are currently underway.

Epsom Park precinct, Zetland
The City has identified this precinct as an area of likely change, and our study looks at stormwater management, roads and open spaces and development.

Zetland area traffic study
The Study assessed the effects on traffic and transport of the new development in Zetland and the forecast growth of the Green Square Urban Renewal area.

 

Green Square at a glance

 

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Planning Process

Planning for the renewal of Green Square began in 1995. Below is a summary of key stages in the planning:

  • Strategy for a Sustainable City of South Sydney 1995
  • Visions for Green Square: Urban Design Competition 1995
  • Green Square Structural Masterplan 1998
  • Draft Green Square Stage 1 LEP and Draft DCP publicly exhibited 1998
  • Green Square Stage 1 LEP gazetted, and DCP adopted by Council 1999
  • Green Square Town Centre masterplan area - deferred from Stage 1 LEP and DCP
  • Original Draft Green Square Town Centre Masterplan publicly exhibited 2000
  • Draft Green Square Stage 2 LEP and Draft DCP publicly exhibited 2001 and 2002
  • Green Square Stage 2 LEP gazetted, and DCP adopted by Council 2002
  • Draft Green Square Town Centre LEP, Masterplan and supporting studies publicly exhibited June/July 2003
  • Green Square Town Centre DCP and Green Square Town Centre Infrastructure Strategy approved by Council in April 2006
  • Green Square Town Centre LEP gazetted December 2006
  • Click here to read about more recent studies undertaken for Green Square
  • Click here to read about the new, draft planning controls for Green Square (excluding the Green Square Town Centre)
  • Click here to read about the new proposals for land within the Green Square Town Centre.

 

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