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NEW WEST PENRITH PROGRESSION A plan for action
PENRITH is
the NEW WEST
It’s a place, As an officially recognised Regional Penrith Progression provided a
an attitude and City Centre, Penrith connects plan to transform the Penrith City
an opportunity… the North West and South West Centre and deliver jobs for the
to step up and Growth Centres. It’s already a future. Penrith Progression is the
answer the call to vital hub for regional business, bridge from today to that desirable
grow and change. health, education, employment city of the future. This document is
and logistics. By 2031 Penrith will a summary of Penrith Progression
have a population of 260,000 with - A Plan for Action, delivered in
an economic catchment of over 1 February 2015.
million people, and the Western
We want you to Come and build
Sydney Airport on our doorstep.
Penrith with us.
NEW WEST Penrith Progression - A plan for action • 2
CONTENTS
Penrith Progression Vision ........................................................................................... 4
Community Ideas to transform Penrith City Centre.................................................. 6
5 City Centre Outcomes . ..............................................................................................8
Opportunity Precincts . .................................................................................................11
Opportunity Precinct Actions ..................................................................................... 12
City Shaping Elements ................................................................................................ 15
Delivery Framework......................................................................................................19
JULY 2016 • 3
PENRITH
PROGRESSION
Vision
The Action Plan is a Penrith Progression – Plan for Action COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
blueprint for delivering has the potential to bring more than Our community said they want us to be bolder,
a City Centre that is 10,000 jobs and 5,000 dwellings to speak out for our identity, our people and
economically thriving, to the City Centre. Through our future. They want to see our approach
and a unique and investment, development and being more qualitative, active, vibrant, inclusive,
wonderful place to live. business growth it will help meet colourful and extroverted.
the 2031 target of 45,000+ new local
jobs across Penrith New West.
QUANTITATIVE QUALITATIVE
Penrith Progression recognises
the untapped potential of the City PASSIVE ACTIVE
Centre with more than 40% of land
SUBDUED VIBRANT
owned by Council, state and federal
government which can stimulate EXCLUSIVE INCLUSIVE
private sector investment.
NEUTRAL COLOURFUL
INTROVERTED EXTROVERTED
CURRENT
FUTURE
NEW WEST Penrith Progression - A plan for action • 4
550+
EVENT PARTICIPANTS
Over 550 people attended the
project launch, workshops, focus
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
groups and forums.
500
More than 640 individuals and 160
organisations said ‘We want progress’
when they registered to be part of ONLINE FORUM VIEWS
Penrith Progression. The online forum was viewed
500+ times, with 39 people
644
REGISTRANTS
responding to existing ideas and
bringing fresh ones.
More than 640 individuals and
160 organisations registered
to be part of the Penrith
Progression collaboration.
6
KEY EVENTS If the centre of the city
Over 8 months a series of is not transformed there
workshops, focus groups is little hope to generate
and forums explored ideas, any form of sustainable
opportunities and potential economic development.
catalyst projects to transform Professor Ed Blakely
the City Centre.
JULY 2016 • 5
COMMUNITY IDEAS
to transform Penrith City Centre
PUT PENRITH ON CREATE A GREEN FOSTER MAKE PEDESTRIAN
THE MAP CITY INVESTMENT AND AND CYCLE
INNOVATION FRIENDLY
Events & festivals Innovative buildings
STREETS
Share our story, Roof top gardens Jobs of the future
Pedestrian priority zones
how far we’ve come
Renewable energy Help start-up businesses
Bike hire
Collaboration not
competition Shade & greenery Leverage our strength in
Improved public transport
health and medicine
Build on ‘Adventure Capital’
Less cars in the city centre
Digital economy
& NBN advantage Connect to hospital, river,
station, university, Thornton
Business & learning hubs
Connected north & south
Capitalise on airport
with green linkages
NEW WEST Penrith Progression - A plan for action • 6
CREATE A A 24 HOUR CITY MORE DENSITY CONNECT TO
CITY HEART AND DIVERSITY OUR RIVER
Vibrant, lively & safe 24/7
A central park - to meet, Compact residential, Cultural & entertainment
relax, hold events, share Extended hours for dining, commercial/retail opportunities
experiences entertainment, roof-top bars
Smart mixed use design Accessible & family friendly
Community & Night-time economy
cultural events Cafés, restaurants, bars Restaurants, cafés,
Laneway culture markets, outdoor cinema
Activate arcades More housing types & jazz evenings
Business and development Create a green corridor
opportunities of parks for mixed use
Boutique shops, virtual Tourism opportunities
shopping wall of river link
JULY 2016 • 7
5 City Centre
OUTCOMES
Outcomes are tangible
goals achieved through
our active commitment.
They keep us heading in
the right direction.
ECONOMY GREEN SPACES
Innovation, education and a thriving digital economy Our River City is located on the edge of the World
creates new local jobs, new investment and new Heritage listed Blue Mountains National Park.
opportunities. By nurturing local talent and creating Penrith has a bounty of natural beauty, fresh air and
local jobs, our entertainment, leisure and retail open spaces making it a destination of choice to live,
sectors will flourish. work, play and invest.
Penrith is a We enjoy
place of limitless an open city
opportunities lifestyle
NEW WEST Penrith Progression - A plan for action • 8
SOCIAL & CULTURAL BUILT FORM TRANSPORT
A place like no other, Penrith is our people, our We are the New West. As we grow, our City Centre The transport and parking network are simple
stories, our lifestyle, and our unique places. Our becomes more compact, and smarter in its design to use and moves people around smoothly. The
diversity and differences unite us, and we are always and use of space. accessibility of our City Centre attracts people and
open to new ideas, new people and new cultural businesses and our streets are pedestrian friendly
expression. and bustling.
We live Our city thrives Our city easily
a vibrant on smart growth connects people
colourful life and places
JULY 2016 • 9
THORNTON 1,100
DWELLINGS
GREEN BRIDGE
5 $25M
3
4
1
2
6
NEW WEST Penrith Progression - A plan for action • 10Opportunity
PRECINCTS
Penrith has developed six
Opportunity Precincts…
zones of activity 1 CENTRAL PARK VILLAGE 3 COMMERCE + EDUCATION 5 COMMUNITY,
to achieve our City A contemporary public space – the A vibrant, high activity precinct, CULTURAL + CIVIC
Centre vision. City Park – surrounded by a mix with dense laneways that A precinct that is both family-friendly
of housing and specialist retail enhance pedestrian linkages and and accessible, with community
opportunities. ground floor activity. activities such as galleries, museums
and water play areas, commercial and
visitor accommodation and residential
uses. It will link the City Centre to the
2 LIVING WELL PRECINCT 4 HEALTH LINK
Nepean River.
A walkable, contemporary village An active employment hub and a key
with a ‘neighbourhood’ feel for baby connection to the Multi-User Depot
boomers looking for a different (MUD) site at Thornton in North
housing option in a City Centre Penrith, which has the potential to 6 JUSTICE
location, with ready access to social provide health and wellness services. To bring a formality to the eastern
and recreational opportunities. boundary of the City Centre and
house a range of government
services, including courts and police.
JULY 2016 • 11Opportunity
PRECINCT ACTIONS
Short-term activity is being focused on the Central Park Village and Living Well Precincts.
CENTRAL PARK VILLAGE LIVING WELL PRECINCT COMMERCE + EDUCATION
2015-2019 Actions: 2015-2019 Actions: 2015-2019 Actions:
• Design and deliver Stage 1 of the City Park, • Deliver living options for 55+ years, aged care • Work with education providers to develop
including an activation plan. facilities and seniors living developments. a strategy for the TAFE site that maximises
• Work with providers of apartment buildings • Seek interest to construct a commercial or mixed opportunities for additional education facilities, a
and mixed use development to deliver housing use building that integrates the Community smart work / business hub, serviced apartments,
density in the precinct. Services Hub. restaurants and commercial activities.
• Establish a meeting place in the City Centre, • Develop a structure plan for the precinct that • Seek interest for construction of a commercial
which could be co-located with a cross-cultural encourages aged care, seniors living and building on the former Q Theatre site.
community centre, a community gallery or library. community services, and upgrades Judges Park. • Increase the number of international students
attending Western Sydney University and TAFE
and engage them in the City Centre.
NEW WEST Penrith Progression - A plan for action • 12HEALTH LINK COMMUNITY, CULTURE + CIVIC JUSTICE
2015-2019 Actions: 2015-2019 Actions: 2015-2019 Actions:
• Advocate for the North Penrith Multi-User Depot • Finalise a structure plan for the iconic Carpenter’s • Advocate for district courts to be relocated to
(MUD) site to be made available for development. site that delivers a magnetic meeting and Penrith.
• Deliver opportunities, and work with providers, destination place.
for a significant health-related employment- • Advocate for cultural economy and infrastructure
generating development on the MUD site, such funding for Western Sydney’s Regional Cities.
as a private hospital or health facility.
• Develop an international health hub, focusing on
delivering health services overseas.
JULY 2016 • 13NEW WEST Penrith Progression - A plan for action • 14
CITY SHAPING
Elements
City shaping elements CREATIVE ECONOMY ACTIVE CITY
exist throughout Culture plays a key role in stimulating long term Vibrant cities are active 24/7 with food,
the City Centre. economic and social growth. Creative arts stimulate entertainment and activities and attract
These themes must community participation and contribute to both young people and empty-nesters.
be addressed to enhancing our culture.
2015-2019 Actions:
maintain an integrated
2015-2019 Actions: Develop an Evening Economy Strategy.
approach to growth •
and development. • Explore approaches to attract and retain the • Develop a City Centre Activation and
City’s ‘dream demographic’. Recreation Strategy.
• Work with education partners to provide for areas • Identify the next site for another City-shaping
of future skills need. living village.
• Develop a business case for a university presence • Engage with the state government to identify
and pursue establishment of a university / satellite co-investment proposals for cultural infrastructure.
university campus.
• Explore innovative economic models for
new business and diversification models for
existing business, through the City Centre’s
NBN opportunities.
• Advocate to increase the level of funding for
cultural arts venues and programs.
JULY 2016 • 15SMART GROWTH & GREEN BRIDGES, BOULEVARDS RIVER ACTIVATION
BUILDINGS & GATEWAYS The Nepean River, Tench Reserve, Tench Avenue,
Smart growth means a compact, bicycle-friendly, Two bridges for vehicles and pedestrians currently the Penrith Weir, Regatta Park, the Penrith Regional
comfortable and walkable urban centre. Smart growth connect our city across the river. The new Nepean Gallery and The Lewers Bequest are all important
should also centre around being green – green River Green Bridge, a bridge for pedestrians and elements of our city. With cafés, restaurants and
buildings increase health and happiness for workers cyclists, starts construction in 2016. sporting and recreation areas, river activation can
and residents. include performance, art and design, play, events
Boulevards are ‘complete streets’ that provide
and festivals, and sports and recreation.
2015-2019 Actions: access for all transport options.
• Review incentives clauses in the LEP to support 2015-2019 Actions:
Enhancing ‘gateways’, such as the Nepean River, will
increased heights in appropriate City Centre • Connect and activate the Great River Walk, and the
bring a sense of arrival, define the City Centre and
locations, based on community benefit outcomes. pathway along High Street, into the City Centre.
reflect our culture and identity.
• Review planning controls for the signature sites to
encourage quality sustainable development of a 2015-2019 Actions: GREEN GRID
mature Regional City scale. • Create a welcoming, safe and cool gateway A green grid provides a network of green pathways
• Review the Floor Space Ratio (FSR) to achieve at Penrith Railway Station with landscaping, that connect both small and large green spaces
better urban design outcomes and scale of pedestrian shelter and sustainable lighting. throughout the city. Adding to our existing green
development for the City Centre. spaces of Memory Park, the Mondo and the Triangle
Park, the proposed City Park will become a new
heart for our City Centre and provide spaces for
rest, reflection, eating, events and a Cross- Cultural
Community Centre.
NEW WEST Penrith Progression - A plan for action • 16CITY TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE CITY ECONOMY
With most commuters travelling into Parramatta Revitalising the City Centre requires robust The key in this project is to determine which are
and Sydney each day for work, we will continue infrastructure systems including roads, pathways, the appropriate sub-sectors and uses that could be
to advocate for fast and frequent train services. car parking, stormwater channels and drainage encouraged to establish in the City Centre, but also
Developing a walkable City Centre in the future will pipes. support growth in the whole city.
require transit options that move people around the
2015-2019 Actions: 2015-2019 Actions:
City Centre and support our new living precincts.
• Work with TAFE to establish a corridor for a • Prepare an investment prospectus about the City
2015-2019 Actions: new road through the western end of the site, for overseas markets.
• Plan new roads and pathways to improve connecting Belmore and Henry Streets. • Advocate for funding for the Western Sydney
legibility and permeability, and strengthen the • Undertake stormwater overland flow works in Stadium at Penrith.
pedestrian network. Judges Park and other areas in the City Centre. • Prepare an Airport Economic Development
• Manage and prioritise central parking to balance Strategy which capitalises jobs for Penrith.
the needs of shoppers, workers, and commuters.
• Provide real-time parking space signage and way-
finding.
• Provide and manage car parking through a supply
and demand model, and implement a locational
pricing structure to manage demand.
• Review parking requirements for residential, retail
and commercial developments and recognise
shared use for different times and activities.
JULY 2016 • 17NEW WEST Penrith Progression - A plan for action • 18
Delivery
FRAMEWORK
The Delivery Framework GOVERNANCE FUNDING • Public domain improvements to
looks at city-shaping The governance framework in Penrith Ensuring the achievement of Action attract private sector investment
elements to guide City Council will foster leadership Plan goals may require a move and improve our lifestyle.
decision-making and and collaboration, ensuring planning from traditional delivery models to • Programs to encourage community
identify key projects, guidance, development facilitation, something more commercial, and engagement, activation and
catalyst projects infrastructure planning, project may require consideration of alternate cultural expression.
as priorities for delivery and place management financing options. • Important infrastructure investment
investment and also functions are coordinated. and projects needed to keep our
high-level guidance PERFORMANCE growing City Centre functioning.
Council will continue to work
on timeframes, • Advocacy for essential state
collaboratively with the community, The priority projects over the next 20
responsibilities government infrastructure and
business and the state government years include:
and actions. services.
to fulfil our City Centre’s potential.
• Specific land uses and activities
Council also recently appointed a • Studies to investigate new
in the 6 Opportunity Precincts,
Property Development Advisory initiatives and prepare for the
with the Central Park Village and
Panel. Members bring extensive delivery of projects.
Living Well Precincts being the first
public and private sector experience
priorities.
to the table and are helping to
transform the City Centre and deliver
jobs for the future.
JULY 2016 • 19WE WANT TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT
INVESTING IN THE
NEW WEST
CRAIG BUTLER
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
Phone +612 4732 7716
Mobile +61 409 772 178
Email Craig.Butler@penrith.city
KYLIE POWELL
ECONOMIC INITIATIVES MANAGER
Phone +612 4732 7580
Mobile +61 466 365 812
Invest in
Email Kylie.Powell@penrith.city
Come and build Penrith with us.
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