Kangaroo Point Neighbourhood Plan allows developments 20 storeys tall
The population and skyline of a prime inner-Brisbane suburb are set to grow following the approval of a new neighbourhood plan that will allow 20-storey residential towers to be built, but the move comes with a clear caveat.
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PRESERVING views to a Brisbane landmark is a cornerstone aim of a new inner city neighbourhood plan that also allows 20-storey tall towers.
Brisbane City Council’s LNP majority voted to send the Kangaroo Point Neighbourhood Plan to the State Government for final approval after the process to redesign it began more than two years ago.
Cr Jonathan Sri (The Gabba), Independent Cr Nicole Johnston (Tennyson) and Labor councillors voted against the neighbourhood plan.
A major outcome listed in the plan’s purpose is that the Story Bridge, an “important city landmark”, “visually dominates” the area and is highly visible to and from nearby public vantage points.
Another states that development should not exceed building heights in the plan “unless there is overwhelming community need” for it, and only if those Story Bridge views are preserved.
The proposed bridge from Kangaroo Point to CBD also features prominently as does the need for development to provide “safe and convenient” public access to the Brisbane River.
The Kangaroo Point Neighbourhood Plan is made up of five precincts: Main Street, Thornton Street, Dockside, Shafston and Mowbray Park.
Cr Jonathan Sri (The Gabba), the local councillor, said there was not enough public transport, green space or community infrastructure to keep up with the increased height and density in the new plan, and criticised the lack of mechanisms to encourage affordable housing.
He said there was no new green space in the plan, and not enough to meet the council’s own standards of service.
“We’ve got thousands and thousands of residents living in small high density apartments without enough green space or public facilities,” he said.
Labor leader Jared Cassidy said it was another case of the council not listening to residents.
City Planning chair Matt Bourke said the standards required residents to have 9.1 hectares of green space within 750m walking distance and Kangaroo Point residents had 15.82 hectares.
He said that was without the proposed Kangaroo Point to CBD bridge, which could also in future connect residents to the City Botanic Gardens.
Cr Bourke said the neighbourhood plan had rezoned land under the Story Bridge from high density residential to community purposes to encourage community markets, sporting activities and dining and recreational facilities.
He also insisted that of the main issues raised by residents, the only one not solved was exactly where to put a dog off leash area.
“We know how much residents love this area and we want to see it protected, enhanced and cherished into the future,” he said.
Kangaroo Point Peninsula Neighbourhood Plan Precincts:
Main Street Precinct
-Predominantly residential, with some commercial community and recreational uses
-“Subordinate” to the Story Bridge and preserves views to and from the Story Bridge and Bradfield Highway deck
-Promotes revitalisation of Main St as a high street and inner city destination
-In the mixed use zone, is set back from the street to promote subtropical planting and shaded outdoor spaces
-Development incorporating a rooftop bar in the mix use zone between Wharf St and Holman St
Thornton Street Precinct
-Mix of residential and community facility uses that support precinct’s established residential community and significant health services
-Preserves views to and from the Story Bridge and Bradfield highway deck
-Provides well-spaced towers, designed to maintain openness of street vista with adequate spacing between buildings to allow for light penetration, air circulation and privacy
-Complements heritage and landscape of the precinct, and presents human-scale frontage to the street
-Provides publicly accessible pedestrian connections to join Main St, Amesbury St and Pixley St
Dockside Precinct
-Mix of residential, retail, recreation and publicly accessible open space areas
-Non-residential development enhances the public realm, activates street scapes and public walkways
-Development maintains sight lines between buildings to the Brisbane River and between Goodwin St and Cairns St, and reinforces the tower in landscaped plaza development form
-Maintains function of existing open space and recreation areas and public walkways and retains the dock as an iconic feature
Shafston Precinct
-Accommodates predominantly multiple dwelling uses
-Provides well-spaced towers, designed to maintain openness of street vista with adequate spacing between buildings to allow for light penetration, air circulation and privacy
Mowbray Park Precinct
-Predominately multiple dwelling uses
-Provides well-spaced towers, designed to maintain openness of street vista with adequate spacing between buildings to allow for light penetration, air circulation and privacy
-Development on a site fronting Park Ave has an increased setback from the street boundary to establish a landscape buffer between buildings and Mowbray Park
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