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1.3 Key Changes and Refinements
Strategic Work Completed
While the Plan relates to the entire Strategic Centre, it is anticipated that many areas will either remain unchanged or will continue to develop under the current planning controls which apply. These include:
• Low and medium density housing areas that are not contemplated for change or uplift due to their recent age, high quality of housing stock and distance from the Rouse Hill Metro Station.
• Areas recently developed as these areas are new and the outcome that exists is considered to be contextually appropriate and should remain for the foreseeable future.
• Land that is able to develop under the existing planning controls and where the outcome that can be achieved under the current controls is considered to be contextually appropriate.
This Precinct Plan does not anticipate any additional uplift in these areas, beyond that already envisaged and available under the existing controls.
Note: A full list of implementation actions is provided in Section 6 of this Precinct Plan.
Metro Station
Metro Line (Above Ground)
Rouse Hill Strategic Centre
Strategic Work Completed
Landowner-Initiated and Market Driven Change
A number of sites have been identified for future market driven change. These sites are generally large consolidated sites in single ownership. It is considered that the market is best placed to determine the appropriate timing for amendments to the planning controls in these instances (having regard to development demand, life-cycle of existing assets and feasibility) and put forward development outcomes and infrastructure solutions consistent with the strategic framework and Council’s vision articulated within the Plan.
Prematurely increasing development potential on these sites before feasible redevelopment can occur would artificially increase land values without actually unlocking any viable redevelopment opportunities. Changes to the planning framework would be driven by landowner-initiated planning proposals, along with associated amendments to the Development Control Plan, Public Domain Plan and appropriate infrastructure contribution mechanisms. It is not anticipated that each of these areas will be subject to redevelopment in the short term or at the same time. They have been grouped into two categories, being ‘short to medium term’ and ‘longer term’ market driven change.
• Short-Medium Term: It is expected that planning proposals for short-medium term sites would eventuate over the next 5 to 10 years, as market-driven solutions and redevelopment opportunities for these sites are likely to be logical, orderly and feasible within this period.
• Longer Term: Market driven solutions and planning proposals for longer term sites are unlikely to eventuate within this same period and are expected to occur beyond a 10-year horizon (10-20 years). These sites are either substantially more complex, require amalgamation of fragmented areas or are unlikely to be feasible (at an appropriate density and scale outcome) within this initial 10-year horizon.
Note: A full list of implementation actions is provided in Section 6 of this Precinct Plan.
Metro Station
Metro Line (Above Ground)
Rouse Hill Strategic Centre
Market Driven Short to Medium Term Change
Market Driven Longer Term Change
Strategic Work Completed
