3 - Special Precincts
Woodville Rd. Mixed Use Zone 10
All development within the Mixed Use (10) zone along Woodville Road is required to be consistent with the Desired Future Character as described below. The design standards have been identified in order to promote development that achieves the outcomes described in the desired future character described below.
Desired Future Character
The Zone 10 Woodville Road corridor will be characterised by development that acknowledges the role of Woodville Road as an arterial gateway into the city of Parramatta. Future development will act as a buffer between the noise and traffic movement of Woodville Road and lower scale residential development to the rear. In providing this, however, new development will strike a balance between defining the corridor and achieving a transition to the residential areas to the rear. At this interface, levels of amenity and enjoyment of adjoining land are not to be significantly disrupted.
The visual quality of the corridor will be improved with increased emphasis on landscaping that softens the harsh Woodville Road environment, contributes to the greening of the Woodville Road streetscape and adds to the amenity of the development proposed. A landscaped setting will be achieved by the provision of plantings within all setback areas.
The corridor will provide for a mix of uses that are compatible with the residential nature of adjoining areas. New development that occurs here will acknowledge that adjoining land may not be redeveloped for some time and will be designed to minimise impacts on the amenity of such adjoining land/development. The width of façades will be limited to provide a balance in the presentation of built form and landscaping in the streetscape and avoid wide unbroken building façades.
New development will incorporate high levels of internal solar access, acoustic amenity and privacy.
Future development will provide for a safe and comfortable environment for pedestrians. Vehicular access, loading and unloading areas are to be carefully designed, sited and managed to ensure high levels of safety. Where possible, carparking areas should be directly accessed via roads other than Woodville Road.
Design Standards
Land Uses
- S.1the ground floor of development along Woodville Road within the Mixed Use (10) zone, is not required to contain non-residential uses
- S.2any developments proposing to contain non-residential land uses are encouraged to locate on corner sites. Developments proposing to contain non-residential land uses on mid-block sites are not considered appropriate due to the impacts on vehicular traffic using Woodville Road and the difficulty in providing customer car parking. Any applications for such developments on mid-block sites are to indicate how these issues are to be addressed to the satisfaction of Council.
Minimum site frontage
- S.1the minimum site frontage is 25m in order to encourage the consolidation of smaller allotments and to minimise the number of vehicle access points to Woodville Road
Maximum building dimension
- S.1the maximum dimension of any part of a building facing a public road is 25m
Floor Space Ratio
- S.1the maximum floor space ratio is 0.8:1. On constrained sites, the floor space ratio may need to be reduced in order to achieve compliance with the setback controls
Height
- S.1the maximum height of buildings is 3 storeys and a maximum wall height of 10.5m
Roof Bulk
- S.1attics are inappropriate for proposed buildings along Woodville Road. Attics add considerable bulk and scale to the roof of buildings when placed within the context of the size and configuration of buildings permitted under these controls and are discouraged
Setbacks
- S.1the setback to Woodville Road is 9m. 50% of the ground floor of the building frontage may encroach to a nil setback only where that part of the building relates to a non-residential use
- S.2On corner sites, the setback to the secondary road is 6m
- S.3The side setback is 6m
- S.4The rear setback is 10m. The second floor is to be stepped back to fit underneath a plane projected at a 45° angle from the top of the first floor
The setback controls are demonstrated in figure 5.1 and figure 5.2.
Separation Between Buildings
- S.1Where there are multiple buildings proposed, the minimum separation distance between buildings is 12m
Deep Soil
- S.140% of the site is to be retained as deep soil zone
Landscaping
- S.1all landscaping plans submitted to Council are to indicate suitable proposed plantings to the satisfaction of Council. Such landscaping is to be of suitable species and designed so as to contribute to the development of a landscaped, boulevard setting for Woodville Road
Car Parking
- S.1Car parking is to be in the form of basement car parking
Vehicular and Pedestrian Access
- S.1any development that has frontage to a local road in addition to Woodville Road, is to gain vehicular access from the local road only
- S.2Entry driveways to Woodville Road are only to be provided where there are three (3) lanes on Woodville Road for a distance of 60m on the approach to the driveway entrance. Where there are less than three (3) lanes, a deceleration lane should be provided for a distance of 60m on the approach to the entrance driveway. This may necessitate negotiation with adjoining property owners to achieve the full 60m length for the deceleration lane. Note: Where development incorporates a deceleration lane, the developer will be required to dedicate the required area of land to Council and will be responsible for reinstating the footpath and utilities such as light poles and electricity infrastructure.
- S.3Where development incorporates a deceleration lane, the required front setback will be considered on merit, dependent upon the prevailing setbacks in the locality and the setback required to contribute towards the provision of a boulevard, landscaped setting
- S.4The development is to incorporate appropriate provision for pedestrian access along the Woodville Road frontage
- S.5Pedestrian access to any commercial/retail component of the building is to be from Woodville Road
- S.6The development is not to compromise pedestrian access to and from public transport facilities such as bus stops
Waste Management
- S.1all garbage from the site is to be collected by private contractors utilising bulk bins with a minimum size of 660 litres. Details are to be submitted with the Waste Management Plan including details of how waste products including paper, aluminium cans, bottles etc. will be recycled
