CE Report on the Draft Plan Consultation Volume 1

Section 6

North Eastern Suburbs & Hinterland

Specific Zoning Request

Sub. No.

Map No. Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation

Proposed rezoning of land at Griffith College from “ZO 18 Landscape Preservation Zone” to “ZO 13 Education”

This site is part of a larger landholding located on the corner of Wellington Road and Military Road. The southern half of the site has a “ZO 13 Education” zoning objective and the northern half of the site is zoned “ZO 18 Landscape Preservation Zone”. The site previously had a mix of trees, but now few trees remain. The site also contains built heritage elements, including Griffith College (former hospital and convent) which is a Protected Structure, and a freestanding shaft built c.1850 as a ventilation shaft for subterranean railway tunnel. This site is still considered to have landscape preservation value and there is an opportunity to replant trees on site. Objective 6.10 of the Draft Plan commits to undertake a new city-wide City Landscape Strategy during the lifetime of the Development Plan to ensure that the management of development will have regard for the value of the landscape, its character, distinctiveness and sensitivity. Recommendation: No change. Hyde Park house, gate lodge and gardens are predominantly zoned “ZO 18 Landscape Preservation Zones” with a small section in the northwest zoned as “ZO 1 Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods” which overlaps an Area of High Landscape Value designation. T he proposal is to reduce the area zoned “ZO 18 Landscape Preservation Zones” on and around the Hyde Park house. This would result in the development of what is a sensitive site and therefore conflict with the City’s Landscape Strategy for the area. Objective 6.10 of the Draft Plan commits to undertake a new city- wide City Landscape Strategy during the lifetime of the Development Plan to ensure that the management of development

Proposed rezoning of land at Hyde Park House from “ZO 18 Landscape Preservation Zone” to “ZO 1 Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods”.

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