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1.1 Vision for the Rouse Hill Strategic Centre
This Precinct Plan sets the framework for Rouse Hill to grow into a thriving regional destination and mixed use Strategic Centre, with employment opportunities to match the needs of local highly skilled residents. The vision for the Centre builds on previous strategic work by Council and the NSW Government as well as technical investigations focused on the Shire’s centres that provide insight into their unique features, role and function in the region. It advances the planning into finer grain, site specific detail to inform potential changes to planning controls and the infrastructure framework, which can occur as the market demands, with the support of appropriate infrastructure.
By 2041, Rouse Hill Strategic Centre will be a prime destination for knowledge intensive businesses focused on health, education, science, technology, finance and advanced manufacturing. Business will enjoy the proximity and ease of access to complementary services and facilities at nearby strategic centre of Castle Hill and Norwest and the economic competitiveness offered by enhanced connections to Sydney CBD, Greater Parramatta and the Western Sydney Airport. Rouse Hill will be a key part of a linked network of Strategic Centres and prominent office markets that spans across the Sydney Region and will offer a range of employment opportunities suited to the highly skilled workforce that lives in The Hills Shire and rapidly developing North West Growth Area.
Over the next 20 years the Rouse Hill Strategic Centre will grow into a location valued by workers, residents and visitors for its vibrancy and amenity. Capitalising on the opportunity to master plan large undeveloped parcels of land near the Metro Station and T-way Interchange, Rouse Hill will become a walkable centre with high quality well designed buildings at its core. In addition to hosting a new public hospital and health hub, the Strategic Centre will provide appealing and safe places to shop, dine, socialise, live and enjoy cultural and leisure experiences, all within the walking catchment of high frequency mass public transport.
Lifestyle will be enhanced by well-planned, convenient walking and cycling tracks. These will connect employment areas and the Metro Station, and convenient access to the Caddies Creek Corridor, new public plazas and open space in the heart of the Precinct. Rouse Hill will have a distinct local character and sense of place founded on the rich local history and Garden Shire identity and strengthened by enhancing and protecting areas of the public domain and building on the successful design principles and character already evident within the Centre.
Purpose
This Precinct Plan serves as a tool to:
Address the principles and actions identified for Strategic Centres within the Greater Sydney Region Plan and Central City District Plan and strengthen each of the Strategic Centres.
Engage and discuss with the community and stakeholders about how the Strategic Centre will grow and evolve into the future.
Establish a clear vision and parameters to guide medium to longer term growth for key strategic locations.
Create a structure for urban development that is place based, resolves competing issues and gives certainty and confidence to Council, the local community, developers and businesses.
Inform changes to planning controls to facilitate implementation of planned outcomes in the short term.
Identify the need for any new or additional infrastructure to support the anticipated growth and inform associated discussions with the NSW Government.
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