Woodward Place Master Plan
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Leisure Centre
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Includes the revitalisation and redevelopment of the Leisure Centre and adjoining aquatic facilities including a regional aquatic centre, district aquatic facility, water play facility or temporary and pop- up water play.
These facilities will promote inclusion and communal engagement for the entire Liverpool community and broader regions.
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- 50m olympic pool (external)
- 25m internal pool hall
- hydrotherapy pool
- cafe/kiosk
- health and fitness offices
- gymnasium
- dry fitness studios
- change- rooms
- plant and store
- Collocation with or strong relationship to regional sporting facilities desirable in accordance with NSW Office of Sport RegionalHub Model
- Collocation with or strong relationship to school facilities desirable
- tri-gen opportunities to be investigated
- Floorspace(internal): 7,600 sqm (based upon Green Square Aquatic Centre),
- Floorspace (external): 2750 sqm (based upon Green Square Aquatic Centre)
- Dimensions: Depth: 200mWidth: 150m Floor to Floor Height: TBC Height Considerations: TBC
- Indoor and outdoor aquatic facilities (i.e. main pool, programme pool, women’s pool, waterplay, hydro-therapy pool)
- Amenities (i.e. toilet/change room)
- Community facilities
- Cafe/retail
- Creche
- Fitness and wellness centre
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Woodward Park redevelopment will host a variety of community facilities including schools, childcare facilities, community hubs, rooms, halls and public parking requirements.
- k-12 School with 1,000-1,200students
- Auditorium/hall
- Childcare centre
- Community rooms
- Library
- Makers Space
- school to be collocated with sporting facilities
- collocation/joint use of sporting, hall library and open space facilities possible subject to design and agreement with NSW Department of Education
- Subject to investigation, negotiation and development with NSWDepartment of Education.
- Existing KU centre on site specialises in accommodatingAutistic Children and has relationships with the AutismAdvisory & Support Service andUNSW
- 10-11 sqm GFA per student average based upon HASSELL benchmarks
- 10 sqm external open space per student required (may utilise roof spaces subject to design) underEFSG however 2.4-4.0 sqm may be possible subject to adjacent public open space provisions
- Floorspace: 10,000 – 12,000 sqm GFA
- Dimensions: Depth: 110m (based upon Ultimo Pyrmont Public School Width: 100m (based upon Ultimo Pyrmont Public School)
- Floor to Floor Height: 3.2mm
- Height Considerations: maximum 3-4 storeys total
- Joint use agreement to be explored with NSW Department of Education
- Must be collocated with district park and sporting facilities
- not to be located within 40m (TBC) of a classified road
- safe student drop-off/pick-up at main school entry point off local street to
- facilitate accessible, secure access–good access to public transport
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Green Space
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Innovative and dynamic public open spaces will be created forging opportunities to provide for passive recreation space, a district park and local outdoor gathering facilities.
- Local play for very young–local children’s play
- older children’s activity space
- Youth recreation Space
- local recreation node
- trail and path based recreation
- dog excercise area
- BBQ facilties
- informal sports
- informal picnicking areas
- fitness equipment
- walking and cycling paths
- public art
- Collocated/incorporating proposed 24,000sqm public gathering space for civic events
- Local Government Research Project into Best Practice Open Space Provision for Higher Density Infill Development Project recommends20-35% of land area be provided as open space
- Consider incorporation of ‘brickmakers creek’ and flood affected lands
- Floorspace: 5.6-9.8 ha total “green space” / minimum consolidated area of 3ha to be provided incorporating “city life” anchor. Green space can be inclusive of designated sporting areas subject to access and design arrangements.
- Local open spaces of 0.2-0.4ha to be provided subject to needs assessment.
- Generally rectangular in shape (2:3 aspect ratio) preferred.
- Access
- Car parking
- Natural parklands
- Natural water
- Amenities (i.e. toilet/change room)
- Shade
- Picnic facilities for a range of group sizes
- Active uses
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Mixed use non-residential opportunities including commercial office, retail, Hotels, F&B and small scale private entertainment venues leveraging patronage of other catalyst projects.
- Office
- Retail, Food & Beverage
- Hotel
- Private entertainment venue
- extension of Liverpool city centre over the Hume Highway.
- Subject to market feasibility and projected take up rates;
- KPMG have identified a potential doubling of retail spend to 203+6with commensurate increase in retail space demand;
- KPMG have identified potential demand for A-Grade and C-Grade office Space;
- KPMG have identified a potential gradual growth of 4.7% per annum in visitation and hotel demand to2036; and
- Retail to generally be single storey and street based. General retail demand including for larger major or mini-major retailers to be assessed.
Spatial Requirements (Commercial)
- Floorspace:800-1,000sqm NLA per floor (a-grade) 1,000-1,200 GFA5,000-10,000 NLA per building (a-grade)
- Dimensions: Depth: 60m (max – inclusive of atrium)Width: 30m (max)
- Floor to Floor Height: 3.8m
- Height Considerations: subject to market considerations
Spatial Requirements (Retail)
- Floorspace: Furhter econmic analysis to determine and validate site and facilityr equirments
- Dimensions:Depth: 8-10m (single sided tenancy) 16-20m (double sided tenancy)Width: 6.6 m (min to achieve 50sqm tenancy) TBC
- Floor to Floor Height: 4.5m – 6.0m
Spatial Requirements (Hotel)
- Floorspace: 20-25sqm per key, 20-25 keys/floor, 150-200 keys total (TBC)
- Dimensions:Width: 18mLength: 40m
- Floor to Floor Height: 3.1m
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Opportunities including indoor events, large scale civic celebrations, regional and district exhibitions, conferences, performances and pop-up or temporary events.
- Convention and conferencing facilities
- Exhibition Facilities
- Banqueting facilities
- proximity to or integration with hotel facilities
- average gathering size of conventions is 400 pax
- Exhibition facilities typically work on 6,000 m2increments
- Consider flexible use of exhibition hall with
- Floorspace (exhibition hall): 6,000 sqm TBC
- Dimensions: Depth: 69 m (TBC) Width: 87m (TBC)Floorspace (concourse): 3,000 sqm TBCFloorspace (back of house) 3,000 sqm TBC
- exhibition hall to be sub-divisible into a minimum 2 or 3 sections
- concourse/pre-function may be shared with convention facilities
- Further economic analysis to determine and validate site and facility requirements
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A range of sporting facilities to supplement existing deficiencies within local schools and community including multi-use sporting parks, multi-use and co-located with sports fields, district sporting parks, local sports facilities and pop-up or temporary park opportunities.
- Based upon LCC Recreation, OpenSpace and Sports Strategy 2018-2028
- Competition Netball Courts(22 external or mixed internal/external TBC)
- Tennis Courts (note cluster withNetball Courts)
- 6 indoor basketball/netball courts (based upon Penrith ValleyRegional Sports Centre)
- Collocate with school to maximise utilisation and value of investment
- Collocate with aquatic facility perNSW Office of Sport Regional Hub and Node Model
- Collocate with Health and fitness facility per NSW Office of Sport Regional Hub and Node Model
- Female friendly environment required
- Netball and tennis are identified by GSC as a compatible ‘sports cluster’ with a field/court size of 0.8 hectares (97.4m x 61m)
- Could be incorporated into other private development and utilise roof spaces
- FIBA Guide to Basketball Facilities
Internal
- Floorspace: 4,680 sqm (based upon Penrith Valley Regional Sports Complex)
- Dimensions: Depth: 80m (based upon Penrith Valley Regional Sports Complex) Width: 91m (based upon Penrith Valley Regional Sports Complex)
- Floor to Ceiling Height: 9m (note 12m clearance for competition basketball)
- Height Considerations: assume 1200mm roof zone if no other uses are planned over facility.
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- Netball Court:30.5mx15.25m per court(3.05m clear space each side and end shared between courts)
- To be developed in accordance with NSW Office of Sport Regional SportsHub Model
- Further economic analysis to determine and validate site and facility requirements
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the Market Hall facility will provide decant space for existing fine-grain retailers in the city core likely to be displaced through renewal and market space for regional producers, larger whole salers connected with the Aerotopolis Agri-business Precinct and weekly community markets.
- Regional fresh food market hall
- Pop-up community markets
- Hawkers centre
- Lunch and Evening Dining
- Proximity to city centre and pedestrian bridge over Hume Hwy to maximise lunch time access; and
- External space for pop-up weekend community markets
- Primary produce trading based upon Sydney markets between 3am and 9am
- General public trading till 12pm for core market uses;
- Potential for hawker market and dining district to operate during lunch and evening times; and
- Direct access to Hoxton Park andHume Hwy desirable to minimise heavy vehicle movement within the site
- Floorspace: 8,500 (minimum internal area)
- Dimensions (permanent market):
- Depth: 130m (based upon Adelaide Central Market)
- Width: 65m (based upon Adelaide Central Market)
- Floor to Floor Height: TBC
- Loading
- Parking
- Access
- Further economic analysis to determine and validate site and facility requirements
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The Woodward development will enable celebration of civic events by the community as a whole including Metropolitan Celebrations: New years Event, Liverpool on a Roll, Way Out West Festival, Liverpool City Council Charity Ball, Eat Your Heart Out Liverpool, and other community celebrations.
- small to large scale gathering focused on central stage
- stall based event areas
- Incorporate into larger park offering to maximise utilisation outside of event days
- Potential for use as sporting fields outside of event days
- Potential for incorporation of stage into side of events/ exhibition anchor
- Weather protected stage with Audio/Visual capabilities
- 30,000pax maximum capacity
- Primary routes to transport options scaled to reduce crowding and facilitate pedestrian movement
- Terrorism/disaster and evacuation strategy to be development
- Minimum allowance of 1.8 m aggregate egress width per person
- Stage located to South of primary seating area to ensure visibility for patrons throughout day
- Site lines to/from stage
- Floorspace: 24,000 sqm (assuming maximum density of 0.8sqm per person)
- Dimensions (viewing area): Depth: 165mWidth: 230m
- *note geometry of viewing area based upon auditorium site lines in diagram above
- Dimensions (stage): Depth: 12mWidth: 36mFloor to Floor Height: XXm (stage only)
- Height Considerations: not applicable
- Loading
- Parking
- Access
- Further economic analysis to determine and validate site and facility requirements
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