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ACT PLANNING STRATEGY PLANNING FOR A COMPACT AND EFFICIENT CITYWORKSHOP ONE - 14 AUGUST 2018

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CONTENTSINTRODUCTION ................................................................................1

THIS WORKSHOP ...................................................................1

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT .............................................2

FACTS, TRENDS AND DISRUPTORS.............................3

POPULATION ...........................................................................3

HOUSING ..................................................................................4

JOBS ..........................................................................................5

URBAN FOOTPRINT ...............................................................8

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES.........................9

SCENARIOS AND CONSIDERATIONS ......................12

STRATEGIES AND DIRECTIONS......................................14

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ACT PLANNING STRATEGY PLANNING FOR A COMPACT AND EFFICIENT CITY 1

INTRODUCTION It's time to refresh the 2012 Planning Strategy for the ACT and set the direction for the Canberra and ACT we want in the future. A lot of the 2012 strategy remains relevant - but we need to refresh the strategy to take into account the changes our city is undergoing, notably light rail, ongoing urban renewal and a growing population.

A refreshed 2018 ACT Planning Strategy document will also incorporate the progress made on key Government priorities such as, achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the ACT by 2045, providing increased housing choice and affordability and delivering improved and integrated public transport and active travel.

We are growing, we value our environment, and we can’t continue expanding our footprint. We need to consider what the growth of Canberra will look like in the future. Where will it be? What will be needed to support it? How do we plan for it?

THIS WORKSHOPThis workshop will progress topics heard during the Speaker Series into practical planning ideas for Canberra’s future. It will focus on the characteristics of a ‘compact and efficient city’. Key questions we will focus on include:

→ Why do we need to be compact and efficient?

→ What would a compact Canberra look like?

→ Where could we have density and what will it look like?

→ What are the opportunities and challenges?

→ What would you like to see for future generations?

→ What actions and initiatives are needed to deliver a compact and efficient city?

CHARACTERISTICS OF A COMPACT CITY

→ Uses less land

→ Has shorter distances between uses/centres/hubs

→ Areas of high density

→ Shared resources

CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EFFICIENT CITY

→ Has integrated transport systems

→ Mix of uses

→ Maximises efficiency of resource use

→ Limited waste

→ Maximise services

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BACKGROUND AND CONTEXTBACKGROUND Canberra was designed as a city in a landscape, with open space and reserve areas separating the different districts. Each district was to a degree envisaged to be self-contained with a town centre for employment and shopping, with smaller commercial centres to service weekly and daily shopping needs. These smaller centres were typically associated with local schools that created local communities.

The city evolved during a time of increased car ownership, which saw even wider urban expansion to the north and south with low density development. The result was a dispersed settlement pattern and large urban footprint that presents challenges in achieving and servicing a compact and efficient city.

The ACT Government is strongly committed to building a more compact, sustainable and inclusive city, that is renowned for its liveability. The 2012 ACT Planning Strategy, Transport for Canberra and Climate Change Strategy all support this vision, and gave direction on how to achieve it. Since then, major changes have taken place to accommodate the growing city; the first stage of our light rail network is being constructed, urban renewal is transforming parts of our city and we have committed to a carbon neutral future. Further, the population is growing, technology is changing and so is the way we can live.

WHY IS IT GOOD TO BE COMPACT AND EFFICIENT?Continued urban expansion puts pressure on the city’s valued natural resources (bushland and grasslands), landscape setting, and the connectivity of its ecosystems. It creates demand for additional physical and social infrastructure such as roads, utilities and education and health services. A compact and efficient city increases the capacity of our existing residential areas and maximises the use of existing physical and social infrastructure.

Continuing to provide for choice and diversity in where and how people live means considering the long-term growth of the ACT, including for new suburbs on the edge of the city through greenfield areas. Maintaining a supply of greenfield housing in a variety of locations and price points contributes to the attractiveness of the ACT as a place to live. However, any further expansion of the city must be balanced against the need to protect key environmental values, and be in locations and forms that facilitate accessibility to existing employment, services and infrastructure.

Many areas identified in the 2012 ACT Planning Strategy have now been developed. The ACT Planning Strategy Refresh will take into account the changes our city and population is undergoing and how we will achieve a compact and efficient city.


FACTS, TRENDS AND DISRUPTORSUnderstanding the facts, trends and disruptors for the future of our city will inform how we plan for a compact and efficient city. The following facts, trends and disruptors will be further explored during the workshop.

POPULATION

Our current population is 416,000 PEOPLE

2.15% GROWTH IN 2017 (national average of 1.59%)

Our population is expected to reach 500,000 BY 2030

SINCE 2012, our population has INCREASED

BY 36,000 people

WE HAVE AN AGEING POPULATION. Canberra’s current median age is 35 and predicted to increase to 39 by 2045. More than 12% of our population is aged 65 or over, with

that figure expected to more than double by 2062.

Our population is expected to reach 589,000 BY 2041


HOUSINGThe ACT housing breakdown is as follows:

170,000 PRIVATE HOMES

These include:

65% LOW DENSITY DWELLINGScomprising

separate houses

18% MEDIUM DENSITY

DWELLINGSincluding semi-

detached, row, terrace and town houses and flats or units attached

to a house

17% HIGH DENSITY DWELLINGS

including flats, units and apartments in

one or more storey buildings.

Our housing options are becoming more diverse. Since 2011, 18,066 homes have been built in a mix of MEDIUM AND HIGH DENSITY.

Housing location influences:

→ How far we travel to access employment and services

→ The cost of that travel

→ How much carbon we produce

→ How much physical and social infrastructure we need to provide

→ How much congestion we experience

→ Where and how the city grows

HIGH POPULATION GROWTH HIGH DEMAND FOR NEW HOUSING PRESSURE ON SOCIAL

AND CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE.

TO MEET PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH AND HOUSING DEMAND WE WILL NEED TO DELIVER

53,000 DWELLINGS BY 2031 AND A FURTHER 47,000 BY 2041.

48% OF HOUSEHOLDS have 2 or fewer people, with a 31% increase in single person

household 2006–2016


JOBS

PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THE ACT

235,000

In 2016 the ACT workforce:

87% live in the ACT

12% live in NSW 1% live in VIC

90,000+ NEW JOBS CREATED 2011-2016

32% Public admin/safety 10% Health care and

social assistance 9% Professional/

scientific/technical services

9% Education and training

7% Retail 6% Accommodation/

food services 6% Construction

EMPLOYMENT SECTOR IN 2016

CANBERRA’S MAJOR EMPLOYMENT LOCATION IS CENTRALISING IN CANBERRA CITY.

THE ROLES OF OUR TOWN, GROUP AND LOCAL CENTRES ARE CHANGING, WITH ADDITIONAL

EMERGING LOCATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL ACTIVITY, AND EMPLOYMENT.

IN 2016, WE HAD MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF $107,640


Map 1: Top ten work locations

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2016 Employment Distribution

Employment in Town Centres

ABS 2016 Census data

Map 2: Employment Centres (as a percentage of total ACT and cross-border employment)

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URBAN FOOTPRINT

372,600M2 URBAN AREA 57% increase between 1991–2016

Canberra has the SECOND LOWEST DENSITY of the Australian capital

cities. Population density is 1062 people/km2 - almost half

of the density of Sydney at 2000 people/km2.

Between 2012-2017, 74% of urban renewal development was around

key town and group centres and along rapid public transit ways.

On average between 2011-2017, 63% of all residential building approvals in the ACT were in urban intensification areas –

achieving the 2012 Planning Strategy policy of 50%.

MOST NEW GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT IS NORTH AND WEST OF CITY GROWING DISTANCE BETWEEN

RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND CANBERRA’S MAJOR EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONS WE HAVE LIMITED LAND

SUPPLY.

EXPECTED THAT LAND SUPPLY IN GUNGAHLIN WILL BE EXHAUSTED BY 2021-22. *WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIGH DENSITY SITES IN THE TOWN CENTRE EXPECTED THAT LAND SUPPLY IN MOLONGLO WILL BE EXHAUSTED BY

2034-35 NEED TO CONSIDER FUTURE LOCATIONS FOR GREENFIELD HOUSING.

Area of PARKS AND RESERVES in the ACT 2,358 KM2


OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGESThe planned metropolitan structure of our city presents many opportunities and challenges for Canberra to become a more compact and efficient city.

OPPORTUNITIESCanberra’s planned structure also presents many opportunities to support a growing city. It provides opportunities to foster and build on our centres and main transport corridors while providing opportunities for Canberrans to have a range of lifestyle choices (Map 3).

CHALLENGESThe existing dispersed structure of our city presents a challenge for achieving sustainability and accessibility objectives that have become international drivers of development for this century. A zero emission future, creating sustainable communities and protecting the environment are both opportunities and challenges in planning for growth and efficient provision of services (transport, social, employment). The following maps indicate some of the opportunities and challenges we need to consider in planning for the future - and we can add to these in the workshop (Map 4).


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COMPACT AND EFFICIENT CITYOPPORTUNITIES

OUR CITY CENTRE, TOWN AND GROUP CENTRES PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITITES TO SUPPORT

FURTHER LIFESTYLE AND HOUSING OPTIONS

OUR EXISTING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDES A STRONG BASIS

TO SUPPORT GROWTH WITHIN OUR CITY

OUR TRANSPORT CORRIDORS CAN SUPPORT URBAN LIVING,

CONNECTING PEOPLE TO GREATER TRANSPORT

OPTIONS

OUR CITY STRUCTURE BASED ON DISTRICTS AND CENTRES CAN

SUPPORT URBAN RENEWAL

OUR PLANNED URBAN STRUCTURE OF ACTIVITY CENTRES PROVIDE AN

OPPORTUNITY FOR WORK, SHOPPING AND LIFESTYLE

CHOICES

THE ACT IS 70% RESERVES AND PARKS AND PROVIDES A

SIGNIFICANT NATURAL ASSET

Map 3: Opportunities


Map 4: Challenges

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COMPACT AND EFFICIENT CITYCHALLENGES

OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WILL NEED FURTHER

INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT URBAN RENEWAL

THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW

URBAN AREAS

MANAGING ACT/NSW CROSS BORDER PLANNING

EASTERN AREAS OF THE ACTARE UNSUITED TO RESIDENTIALUSE DUE TO THE AIRPORT AND

OTHER LAND USES

OUR RESIDENTIAL POPULATION IS DISPERSED

PROTECT OUR MOUNTAINS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND FLORA AND FAUNA WHILE FACTORING

IN WHERE WE CAN GROW

PROVIDING A VARIETY OF HOUSING IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS TO SUPPORT

GROWTH

SUPPORT EFFICIENT SUSTAINABLE AND EASY ACCESS BETWEEN WHERE PEOPLE LIVE

AND WORK


SCENARIOS AND CONSIDERATIONSIn the workshop, we will look at scenarios and considerations for accommodating the projected population and approximately 100,000 new homes between 2018 and 2041.

Scenarios that we could consider include:

→ Option 1 – 50/50 split (current ACT Planning Strategy goal (Map 5))

> Infill: 50,000 new homes

> Greenfield: 50,000 new homes

→ Option 2 – 60/40 split (current trend from 2012 to 2017)



→ Option 3 – 70/30 split (aspirational target).



Some considerations could include how the following is provided:

→ access to public transport (600–800 metre/7–10 minute walk)

→ proximity to hubs and services:

> City and Town Centre (1000 metre/ 15 minute walk).

> Group Centres (800 metre /10 minute walk)

→ public open space (400 metre/ 5 minute walk)

→ density and type of housing

→ environment impact and conservation


Map 5: 2012 ACT Planning Strategy

STRATEGIES AND DIRECTIONSIn the workshop we will explore key themes that will guide future planning of our city to 2045. These themes will focus on:

COMPACT AND EFFICIENT CITYA compact and efficient city for Canberra will continue to provide for diversity in where and how people live, while considering the long-term growth of the ACT. Our growing city will make the best use of existing land, infrastructure and assets to provide for a high quality of living. In so doing, it will improve accessibility and the connections between the spaces we use to live, work, study, shop and carry out other activities.

DIVERSE CANBERRACanberra will continue to grow with a diverse population, physical environment and a variety of services, housing and economic activity. This includes building our economy and sectors where we have competitive advantage—tertiary education, renewable energy, professional services, technology, health care and social assistance—while attracting new and innovative people and sectors through land-use planning that supports high levels of productivity, liveability and sustainability.

SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT TERRITORYA sustainable Canberra is a net zero carbon emissions city that is resilient to future climate change impacts, including through planning for adaptation in our city design and infrastructure. We minimise waste, promote efficient use of our resources, including land, and protect and maintain the health of our people, biodiversity, ecosystems and waterways. We are active and use sustainable transport options for travel to reduce carbon emissions.

LIVEABLE CANBERRACanberra will maximise the physical assets and structure of the city to create cohesive, liveable communities. Canberra will have quality built environment, public spaces and streetscapes to improve sustainability and connectivity.

ACCESSIBLE CANBERRAAn accessible Canberra is one that provides for people and places as a priority and that is easy to move around in a variety of modes. An accessible Canberra provides a range of services and facilities to support the needs of a growing community and to enhance social and physical connections. An accessible Canberra supports a socially fair society, which is central to a thriving community because it helps everyone have access to housing, jobs and strong social connections.

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