Site Planning

3 - Site Planning

Site Planning

Culture and Public Art

Parramatta has a diverse community of cultural, linguistic and religious groups. Many sites have cultural significance relating to links with a particular social or cultural sub-group in the community or a link with the settlement and indigenous history of Parramatta. There is an opportunity to reflect these cultural links in the character and design of major development, including the provision of public art, to enrich the quality of the urban environment of Parramatta.

Objectives
  1. O.1To recognise and build on cultural identity and diversity in the design of development.
  2. O.2To promote development that is unique to the City and that reflects links to social or cultural sub-groups in the community or links with the settlement and indigenous history of Parramatta.
  3. O.3To promote the inclusion and integration of public artworks within development which are:
    • accessible to the public,
    • make a positive contribution to the urban environment and
    • add to the cultural development of the City.
Design Principles
  1. P.1Development on sites over 5,000 square metres in area is required to provide and implement an Arts and Cultural Plan as part of the overall development. The plan is to include the provision of high quality artwork within the development in a publicly accessible location.
  2. P.2Arts and Cultural Plans are to be prepared having regard to links between the development site and any particular social or cultural sub-groups in the community, the settlement and indigenous history of Parramatta, or other culturally significant elements. Development on such land should be designed in a manner that considers and reflects those links. Historical and cultural elements, including buildings and archaeological features are to be interpreted and integrated with artworks.
Further Information
  • Parramatta City Council Art & The Public Domain - Outline of Arts Plan Process