The State Government is again revisiting the strategic planning for Fishermans Bend. Following the introduction of interim, mandatory controls in 2016, new plans have today been unveiled.
Borrowing from the approach taken with the Central City Built Form review under Amendment C270, the Fishermans Bend draft Framework Plan proposes:
- A combination of floor area ratio (FAR) and discretionary buildings heights that apply to all sites. There isn’t clear guidance on how these elements will work together.
- Similar to the Central City, the FAR can be uplifted when including commercial uses above a defined ratio, delivering affordable housing to be transferred to a registered housing provider, and other public benefits linked to strategic priorities for the Precinct.
- Inclusion of minimum employment floor space which apply in core areas of all Precincts.
- Stricter overshadowing controls to open space, applying to Precinct and district parks between 11am and 2pm at the winter solstice and other parks at the spring equinox.
- Some variation in street wall heights allowed for lower buildings
- Retain the mandatory building setback requirements, but refined as below:
|
Building height |
Tower/ building separation (minimum mandatory) |
|
20+ storeys |
20 metres |
|
9 – 20 storeys |
20 metres for habitable uses
15 metres habitable to non-habitable
10 metres non-habitable to non-habitable
|
|
7- 8 storeys |
18 metres for habitable uses
12 metres habitable to non-habitable
6 metres non-habitable to non-habitable |
|
Up to 6 storeys |
12 metres for habitable uses
9 metres habitable to non-habitable
6 metres non-habitable to non-habitable |
