Liverpool council lodges submission for Bradfield City Centre Masterplan
A southwest Sydney council has raised alarm bells about the Western Sydney Airport’s city centre “competing” rather than “complementing” its vision to become Sydney’s third CBD.
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A southwest Sydney council has raised alarm bells about the Western Sydney Airport’s city centre “competing” rather than “complementing” its vision to become Sydney’s third CBD.
Liverpool Council has lodged initial submissions for the Bradfield City Centre Masterplan to the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, stressing the need for “government co-ordination in the design, delivery and maintenance” of the future Aerotropolis.
The latest plans for Bradfield city include a vision for 20,000 jobs and 10,000 homes in the city centre, as well as 80 towers up to 15 storeys high.
It will include 36 hectares of open space, waterways and playgrounds, and a two-hectare Central Park.
The plan also proposes 17.8km of “healthy active travel facilities” and has 40 per cent tree canopy cover to keep the city cool.
Council planners stated the Bradfield centre would “likely compete” with Liverpool’s own CBD which is “already planned for substantial urban renewal, residential and commercial growth”.
“The Liverpool City Centre currently has close to 100,000sq m of commercial floor space that is yet to be realised,” planners stated.
“It is requested that the Master Plan appropriately considers the hierarchy of existing strategic centres in Penrith and Liverpool and seeks to complement rather than compete.”
Planners also raised alarm bells that affordable housing was not confirmed in the housing strategy or the overall masterplan, and recommended for clear targets to be made.
Council planners also encouraged the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure to “take the lead as the key planning agency” to ensure the development was “in accordance with the planning framework”.
Planners further questioned the lack of transport connections linking Bradfield City Centre to the remainder of the Aerotropolis and further east towards Kemps Creek and Austral.
“It is unclear if the proposed road network accounts for potential connectivity to surrounding sites and major corridors such as Fifteenth Ave, Bringelly Road and The Northern Road,” planners said.
“While the major road corridors cannot be accessed directly, efforts should be made to explore how the site can connect to the major corridors by other means.”
Council planners further criticised plans to remove sites reserved for “education” and “special infrastructure” to ensure the “entirety of the site had a commercial centre-mixed use land use”.
Planners also recommended for land to be reserved for health facilities as the nearest Nepean and Liverpool hospitals are more than 25km away.
“We reiterate our recommendation to retain the school sites, recreation precinct and key social infrastructure in the Master Plan … so that future residents have access to essential services and amenities,” planners stated.
A Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) spokesman said submissions on the Bradfield City Master Plan are still being considered and will inform the final master plans.
A report addressing submissions will be published alongside the DPHI’s recommendation to the Minister of Planning and Public Spaces on whether to approve the masterplan.
“If it is approved, the Department expects that finalisation could occur by mid-2024,” the spokesman said.
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