Community consultation
Consultation has played an important part in developing detailed plans for the site. This process will continue to guide future stages of planning.
Frasers Property has worked and met with local residents, neighbours and stakeholders to better understand their interest in and concern for the site.
Frasers recognises the importance of continuing to work closely with those who have an interest in the site. We anticipate that the concept plan modification will be on public exhibition around mid 2008. There will be consultation with the community during the exhibition and ongoing engagement during the planning process. We will also consult on the details of the various project applications, within the parameters established by the approved concept plan.
Ongoing Consultation
Frasers Property is committed to consulting with the City of Sydney Council, the community and other interested stakeholders throughout the project. Community consultation will be a feature of each project application as it is placed on exhibition by the DoP.
In addition to the consultation process, our community relations officer, Graeme Soward, will work with local neighbours and residents to help reduce potential impacts of the work on the site.
Community Liaison
Since December 2007, Graeme Soward has been working as Frasers Property’s community relations officer. Graeme is the first point of contact for members of the immediate community prior to and throughout demolition. Graeme has a thorough working knowledge of large development projects and an understanding of the needs of residents, gained through extensive experience in community liaison on a range of similar projects.
Graeme’s primary role is to provide assistance and information on site activities for members of the community who live, work or study in the immediate vicinity of the site. This is roughly within 50 metres of Frasers Broadway, including the following streets: Abercrombie St (north of Queen St), Balfour St (north of Queen St), Dick St, Goold St, Kensington St, O’Connor St, Outram St, Queen St, Regent St and Wellington St.
Members of the community, who live in the area above, can contact Graeme by emailing community@frasersgreencliff.com or calling the freecall number 1800 282 909.
Other interested members of the community with queries about the redevelopment can continue to email broadway@elton.com.au or call Caline at Elton Consulting on (02) 9387 2600.
Previous Consultation
To access information on past consultation undertaken by Frasers Property to inform the future development of the site please follow the links below:
November 2007 Community Workshops
The second stage of Fraser’s community consultations for the Broadway site was held over a three day period in November – Thursday 15 to Saturday 17. The purpose of the consultation was to bring together the entire project team, including architects, sustainability academics, transport experts and urban designers for the first time.
Representatives from international architect firms Foster + Partners, Ateliers Jean Nouvel and landscape architect Jeppe Aagaard Andersen joined with Australian architects from Johnson Pilton Walker, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, Tzannes and landscape architect Turf Design over the three days to gain a better understanding of the key issues and significance of the Frasers Broadway site. Frasers has approached these firms to be involved in an intensive design excellence process over the coming year and is currently finalising the firms’ appointments.
The consultation provided an opportunity to get together for the first time and drill down on the important issues. The consultation activities incorporated:
| • | A tour of the immediate area with members of local Chippendale community groups – including the Friends of the Carlton and United Brewery site (FoCUS) – and immediate neighbours |
| • | A day-long agency workshop involving a range of NSW Departments, the City of Sydney and neighbouring educational institutions |
| • | An interactive workshop for members of the community to discuss key elements of the site with the project and design team. |
The purpose was to better understand the site, develop innovative ideas and to generate discussion around design options in the following areas:
| • | Traffic, access and mobility |
| • | Design and architecture |
| • | Public domain and neighbourhood including open space and heritage |
| • | Environmental and social sustainability. |
The comments will have a direct input in the preparation of the all-important project briefs for the architectural and design team – documents which form the foundation of the plans for the next stage of the development.
We’ve presented a broad cross-section of issues and responses here and will provide a full report of outcomes from the sessions on this website over the coming weeks.
At a question/answer session with members of the community, the project team heard the following key issues from the community:
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| • | Support of shared basements/ car spaces if these lead to reduction of surface traffic and create streets that are attractive and amenable public spaces. | |
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• | Members of the community strongly believed that the development should strive to achieve an exemplary green result that balances sustainability and development objectives. |
| Heritage | • | Members of the community were open
to discussion on the future of heritage at the Abercrombie and Broadway
precincts, to preserve the scale of Kensington street and reduce density
along the interface with Chippendale
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| • | Open to exploring innovative
integration of heritage and new buildings.
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| Public domain | • | Members of the community felt that
the development should respond to the grain and edginess of Chippendale
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| • | They felt that the development
should strive to integrate existing and new communities and ensure broad
public access to facilities / infrastructure and services on site. Some members of the community referred to their proposal for integrated active transport zones – the Parkway proposal
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| • | Importance of community gardens | |
| • | Streetscapes – they felt that the current concept plan creates a wall along Abercrombie St. | |
| Design and architecture
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• | Community members wanted to see a world class outcome in architecture and place-making |
| • | They had concerns about floor space ratios and impacts of
building bulk and scale
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| • | They emphasised the importance of
ensuring that the development and surrounding streets have access to sunlight
and that people are able to see the sky
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| • | They highlighted the importance of vistas
through and between buildings – the elements of surprise and discovery
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| • | The felt that diversity in ground
floor uses were critical to creating a sense of vibrancy and liveability.
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At the agency and Council workshop, government officers responded to the issues raised by the community, as follows:
| Issue | Responses from agency and Council officers | |
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| • | Aim to reduce car parking on site over time | |
| • | Review proposed street pattern including existing entry and exit points. | |
| Social sustainability | • | Need for social integration of existing and new residents |
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| Heritage | • | Strive for flexibility and innovation in the treatment of heritage buildings and items to ensure their ongoing relevance |
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| Public domain | • | Look at options to increase the quantum, quality and activation of the public domain |
| • | Public domain to be considered in relation to building design, uses at the ground plane and the needs of the people who will be using it | |
| • | Continue to work with City of Sydney to deliver the park, public roads and community facilities. |
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Community information sessions and site tours September 2007:
On 26th and 29th September 2007, we ran two successful community information sessions and a round of tours of the Frasers Broadway site. These events were attended by approximately 170 people from the immediate and surrounding areas – we were very pleased to see so many people come along. Many of you raised important questions about what Frasers is doing to minimise the impact of this development, particularly in the areas of:
| • | Environmental and social sustainability: particularly initiatives to minimise energy and water consumption and support social sustainability |
| • | Traffic and transport: managing traffic flow into, out of and around the site and surface traffic on site, minimising car usage and traffic generation and encourage walking and cycling |
| • | Parks and open space: particularly how the community can influence the design of these areas |
| • | Buildings: attendees had a number of specific ideas in relating to building design, density and usage |
| • | Site clearing and recycling: attendees wanted to know more about how Frasers intends to work cooperatively with the site's immediate neighbours during site clearing and recycling |
| • | Interface of the development to Chippendale: in particular the interface between Block nine and Kensington St and Block 11 and Wellington St |
| • | Proposed Kensington Lane arts precinct: attendees wanted us to examine this idea in more detail; it had broad appeal based on a combination of creating something special for the area, the introduction of night life and positive impact on the immediate area and surrounds |
| • | Ongoing consultation: consultation opportunities and mechanisms as planning and development of the site progresses. |
Frasers is currently working with the ideas you raised through the sessions to see how these issues can be addressed in our planning and design for the project. We are still in the early stages of planning and design and we have started to make headway on a number of initiatives. We will continue to refine our approach through consultation with the community and other stakeholders and examinations of what is feasible for the site.
To see the information that was available at the sessions, please click on the links below:
Overall project information
Detailed precinct information
These boards explain various locations on site and aspects of the concept plan for each of the site precincts.
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Documents
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Chippendale social context report [PDF 102KB] |
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Stage one consultation outcomes report: August-October 2007 [PDF 156KB] |
