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STU

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VIL

LAW

OO

D

107

CH

AP

TER

6.0

STU

DY

AR

EA

6 V

ILLA

WO

OD

LOC

AL C

ON

TEX

T

Vill

awoo

d is

loca

ted

to th

e ea

st o

f the

LG

A a

nd s

its a

djac

ent t

o th

e m

unic

ipal

bou

ndar

y to

Ban

ksto

wn

LGA

.

Vill

awoo

d is

loca

ted

appr

oxim

atel

y 2k

m e

ast o

f Fai

rfie

ld a

nd it

is lo

cate

d ap

prox

imat

ely

10km

from

bot

h Pa

rram

atta

(to

the

nort

h) a

nd B

anks

tow

n (t

o th

e ea

st).

Cla

ssifi

ed a

s a

Vill

age

with

in t

he L

GA

cen

tres

hie

rarc

hy,

its c

atch

men

t is

600

m,

focu

sed

prim

arily

on

the

railw

ay l

ine

whi

ch r

uns

east

-wes

t th

roug

h th

e ce

ntre

. Th

e re

tail

area

sits

dire

ctly

sou

th a

butti

ng W

oodv

ille

Roa

d.

Vill

awoo

d ab

uts

the

sout

hern

en

d of

Fa

irfie

ld

East

/Lei

ghto

nfie

ld

indu

stri

al

area

. W

oodv

ille

Roa

d pr

ovid

es a

buf

fer

betw

een

resi

dent

ial a

nd in

dust

rial

land

use

s.

Vill

awoo

d cu

rren

tly h

as l

imite

d co

mm

unity

fac

ilitie

s an

d w

ould

req

uire

add

ition

al

inve

stm

ent i

n a

loca

l com

mun

ity fa

cilit

ies

prio

r to

enc

oura

ging

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent.

Ther

e ar

e cu

rren

tly a

ppro

xim

atel

y 35

0 dw

ellin

gs w

ithin

Vill

awoo

d w

hich

is s

igni

fican

tly

low

er t

han

the

met

ropo

litan

dw

ellin

g ta

rget

for

vill

ages

at

2,10

0 to

5,5

00 d

wel

lings

w

ithin

a 6

00m

rad

ius.

Thi

s is

pri

mar

ily a

s ha

lf th

e ca

tchm

ent s

its o

utsi

de th

e Fa

irfie

ld

LGA

and

is d

omin

ated

by

indu

stri

al u

ses.

KEY

CEN

TRE

CEN

TRES

AN

D C

OR

RID

OR

S

DIS

TRIC

T B

US

INES

S C

ENTR

E

LOC

AL

BU

SIN

ESS

CEN

TRE

SU

B R

EGIO

NA

L B

US

INES

S C

ENTR

E

108

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FIELD

RES

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STU

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6 V

ILLA

WO

OD

UR

BA

N S

TR

UC

TU

RE

Woo

dvill

e R

oad

and

the

railw

ay l

ine

defin

e th

e st

ruct

ure

of V

illaw

ood,

cre

atin

g fo

ur

dist

inct

pre

cinc

ts.

Giv

en t

he m

unic

ipal

bou

ndar

y al

ong

Woo

dvill

e R

oad,

onl

y th

e w

este

rn p

reci

ncts

are

in th

e Fa

irfie

ld L

GA

.

The

com

mer

cial

/ m

ixed

use

cen

tre

is f

ocus

ed a

roun

d V

illaw

ood

Pla

ce,

sout

h of

the

st

atio

n an

d ab

uttin

g W

oodv

ille

Roa

d. T

here

is li

mite

d co

nnec

tivity

bet

wee

n th

e ra

ilway

st

atio

n an

d th

e co

mm

erci

al c

entr

e.

The

area

s to

the

wes

t of c

omm

erci

al c

ore

are

curr

ently

low

den

sity

resi

dent

ial;

how

ever

th

e va

cant

lan

d ab

uttin

g th

e co

mm

erci

al c

ore

is s

ubje

ct t

o a

Dep

artm

ent

of H

ousi

ng

mas

ter

plan

whi

ch p

ropo

ses

to r

edev

elop

the

site

.

Nor

th o

f th

e ra

ilway

lin

e is

pre

dom

inan

tly l

ow d

ensi

ty r

esid

entia

l w

ith a

sm

all

area

of

indu

stri

al a

butti

ng W

oodv

ille

Roa

d. A

sch

ool i

s lo

cate

d w

ithin

the

nort

hern

res

iden

tial

area

.

The

low

den

sity

res

iden

tial a

reas

con

tinue

wes

t thr

ough

to th

e H

orsl

ey D

rive

, whi

ch is

ou

tsid

e th

e ca

tchm

ent o

f Vill

awoo

d, b

ut fo

rms

the

natu

ral w

este

rn b

ound

ary.

Ther

e is

lim

ited

prov

isio

n of

ope

n sp

ace

area

s w

ithin

the

catc

hmen

t, al

thou

gh a

reas

of

info

rmal

rec

reat

ion

spac

e ex

ist a

roun

d V

illaw

ood

Roa

d an

d V

illaw

ood

Pla

ce.

0m10

0m20

0m

KEY

FAIR

FIEL

D L

EP 1

994

ZON

ING

2(a)

Res

iden

tial A

2(a1

) R

esid

entia

l A1

2(b)

Res

iden

tial B

3(a)

Sub

-Reg

iona

l Bus

ines

s C

entr

e

3(b)

Dis

tric

t Bus

ines

s C

entre

3(c)

Loc

al B

usin

ess

Cen

tre

4(b)

Lig

ht In

dust

rial

5(a)

Spe

cial

Use

s

5(c)

Spe

cial

Use

s -

Sub

Art

eria

l Rou

tes

6(a)

Exi

stin

g/P

ropo

sed

Publ

ic R

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atio

n

6(b)

Pri

vate

Rec

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atio

n

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0m

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ILLA

WO

OD

MO

VEM

EN

T A

ND

AC

CES

S

Woo

dvill

e R

oad

prov

ides

the

prim

ary

acce

ss to

Vill

awoo

d an

d pr

ovid

es li

nkag

es to

the

sub-

regi

onal

are

a in

clud

ing

Parr

amat

ta.

Riv

er A

venu

e w

hich

run

s pa

ralle

l to

the

tra

in

line

in th

e no

rth

also

pro

vide

s ea

st-w

est l

inka

ges.

Vill

awoo

d is

ser

vice

d by

bot

h bu

s an

d ra

il. T

wo

trai

n lin

es u

se t

he s

tatio

n, p

rovi

ding

ac

cess

to

the

Syd

ney

CB

D,

Live

rpoo

l an

d Li

dcom

be.

The

trai

n lin

e is

pro

pose

d to

be

upgr

aded

to

incl

ude

the

Sou

ther

n S

ydne

y Fr

eigh

t Li

ne.

Peak

rai

l se

rvic

es r

un e

very

5-

10 m

inut

es a

nd o

ff pe

ak r

un e

very

15-

30 m

inut

es.

Bus

rout

es a

nd s

tops

are

con

cent

rate

d al

ong

Riv

er A

venu

e, a

ll as

pect

s of

the

catc

hmen

t ar

e w

ithin

wal

king

dis

tanc

e of

rou

tes

tow

ards

Liv

erpo

ol, B

anks

tow

n, a

nd F

airf

ield

.

Pede

stri

an a

men

ity w

ithin

the

cen

tre

is v

arie

d, w

ith a

hig

her

qual

ity p

ublic

dom

ain

in t

he c

omm

erci

al c

ore

com

pare

d to

sur

roun

ding

are

as.

The

railw

ay l

ine

does

lim

it no

rth-

sout

h pe

dest

rian

mov

emen

ts,

but

cros

sing

s ar

e pr

ovid

ed a

t th

e st

atio

n an

d at

W

oodv

ille

Roa

d. T

he a

men

ity, a

cces

sibi

lity

and

safe

ty o

f rai

lway

cro

ssin

gs is

an

issu

e.

Vill

awoo

d is

loca

ted

outs

ide

the

regi

onal

bik

e ne

twor

k.

KEY

Pede

stri

an c

onne

ctio

n

Bus

rou

te

Bus

sto

p

Art

eria

l rou

te

Col

lect

or r

oute

Rai

lway

sta

tion

MO

VEM

ENT

AN

D A

CC

ESS

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FIELD

RES

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Y 2

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DY

AR

EA

6 V

ILLA

WO

OD

EN

VIR

ON

MEN

TAL C

ON

STR

AIN

TS

The

topo

grap

hy o

f Vill

awoo

d is

rel

ativ

ely

flat w

ith h

igh

poin

ts lo

cate

d to

the

east

.

Vill

awoo

d is

loc

ated

out

side

sig

nific

ant

wat

erw

ays,

how

ever

the

re a

re s

ome

flood

ing

issu

es in

the

far

nort

h of

the

catc

hmen

t.

The

catc

hmen

t is

not i

mpa

cted

by

acid

sul

phat

e so

ils.

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ENV

IRO

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AIN

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200m

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area

of i

nflu

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Med

ium

Ris

k Fl

ood

Hig

h R

isk

Floo

d

Publ

ic o

pen

spac

e

111

CH

AP

TER

6.0

STU

DY

AR

EA

6 V

ILLA

WO

OD

PH

YS

ICA

L C

ON

STR

AIN

TS

The

railw

ay l

ine

and

Woo

dvill

e R

oad

area

are

the

mos

t si

gnifi

cant

con

stra

ints

to

Vill

awoo

d, c

reat

ing

phys

ical

, vis

ual a

nd n

oise

bar

rier

s.

The

railw

ay li

ne h

inde

rs n

orth

-sou

th a

cces

s an

d is

pro

pose

d to

be

upgr

aded

to in

clud

e th

e S

outh

Syd

ney

Frei

ght

Line

. U

pgra

ding

of

the

railw

ay l

ine

to e

nabl

e he

avy

good

s tr

affic

will

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

impa

cts

on n

oise

and

vib

ratio

n al

ong

the

rail

corr

idor

. Whe

re

the

rail

line

adjo

ins

resi

dent

ial a

reas

it is

pro

pose

d to

con

stru

ct a

n 8m

hig

h no

ise

wal

l al

ong

the

rail

line.

Thi

s w

all w

ill fu

rthe

r im

pede

vis

ual a

nd p

hysi

cal c

onne

ctiv

ity.

Land

alo

ng t

he r

ailw

ay l

ine

has

a lo

w q

ualit

y am

enity

and

the

re a

re p

oten

tial

safe

ty

issu

es a

roun

d th

e ra

ilway

sta

tion,

par

ticul

arly

at n

ight

.

Ther

e is

lim

ited

stra

ta d

evel

opm

ent a

ffect

ing

the

prec

inct

.

KEY

Mov

emen

t bar

rier

Noi

se a

nd v

ibra

tion

sour

ce

Exis

ting

stra

ta

PH

YSIC

AL

CO

NS

TRA

INTS

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0m

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FIELD

RES

IDEN

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Y 2

009

STU

DY

AR

EA

6 V

ILLA

WO

OD

SU

STA

INA

BIL

ITY

MATR

IX

VIL

LA

GE

Asp

irati

onal Ta

rget

Curr

ent

Sta

tus

Rec

omm

endati

ons

Dw

ellin

g Ta

rget

2,10

0-5,

500

dwel

lings

with

in

600m

rad

ius.

337

dwel

lings

in a

red

uced

ca

tchm

ent d

ue to

LG

A

boun

dary

.

Lim

ited

oppo

rtun

ity to

mee

t ta

rget

due

to L

GA

bou

ndar

y an

d in

dust

rial

use

s.

Hou

sing

Typ

esM

axim

um h

eigh

t 6 s

tore

ys.

Hig

h de

nsity

30%

M

ediu

m d

ensi

ty 4

0%Lo

w d

ensi

ty 3

0%.

Hig

h de

nsity

21%

Med

ium

den

sity

5%

Low

den

sity

74%

Pri

oriti

es d

evel

opm

ent o

f med

ium

de

nsity

dw

ellin

gs.

Affo

rdab

le H

ousi

ngA

fford

able

hou

sing

int

egra

ted

into

ne

w d

evel

opm

ents

. S

igni

fican

t am

ount

of D

oH

incl

udin

g fu

ture

pro

posa

l for

re

deve

lopm

ent a

djac

ent t

o co

mm

erci

al c

ore.

Ensu

re a

fford

able

hou

sing

in

tegr

ates

with

oth

er h

ousi

ng

stoc

k an

d pr

ovid

e m

ixed

inco

me

deve

lopm

ents

.

Empl

oym

ent a

nd

Cen

tres

Clu

ster

of s

hops

for

daily

sho

ppin

g w

ith 1

0-50

sho

ps:

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all s

uper

mar

ket

-Str

ip o

f sho

ps-L

imite

d se

rvic

es-L

imite

d m

edic

al s

ervi

ces

Con

tain

s 20

+ s

hops

incl

udin

g a

smal

l sup

erm

arke

t, ra

nge

of

smal

l dai

ly s

hops

.

Ensu

re in

tegr

atio

n of

exi

stin

g re

tail

area

with

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ousi

ng p

ropo

sal.

Upg

rade

pu

blic

dom

ain

and

enha

nce

pede

stri

an e

nviro

nmen

t.

Ser

vice

Infr

astr

uctu

reR

efer

all

cent

res

Cou

ncil

to li

aise

with

rel

evan

t au

thor

ities

to d

eter

min

e cu

rren

t ca

paci

ty.

Pro

visi

on o

f ser

vice

s to

be

revi

ewed

in-l

ine

with

incr

ease

s in

den

sity

Publ

ic T

rans

port

Bus

inte

rcha

nge

(mor

e th

an 1

bus

)14

hr

serv

ices

10 -

15

min

freq

uenc

y

Ser

vice

d by

rai

lway

sta

tion

and

buse

s. P

eak

rail

serv

ices

are

pr

ovid

ed e

very

5-1

0 m

inut

es

and

off p

eak

15-3

0min

s.

Impr

ove

the

amen

ity, a

cces

s an

d sa

fety

aro

und

railw

ay s

tatio

n an

d th

e fre

quen

cy o

f ser

vice

s.

Ope

n S

pace

and

R

ecre

atio

n1

loca

l par

k (1

-4ha

)3

neig

hbou

rhoo

d pa

rks

(0.2

5-2h

a)C

ycle

link

s to

oth

er c

entr

es a

nd k

ey

dest

inat

ions

Uni

vers

ally

ac

cess

ible

pe

dest

rian

fa

cilit

ies

thro

ugho

ut c

entr

e

No

loca

l par

ks a

nd

neig

hbou

rhoo

d pa

rks

are

poor

ly

dist

ribu

ted.

Pro

vide

add

ition

al o

pen

spac

e to

su

ppor

t new

dev

elop

men

ts a

nd

incr

ease

s in

den

sity

.

Nat

ural

Env

ironm

ent

Ref

er a

ll ce

ntre

sM

inim

al e

nviro

nmen

tal

cons

trai

nts.

Com

mun

ity F

acili

ties

1 lo

cal c

omm

unity

hea

lth c

entr

e1

pres

choo

l1

publ

ic p

rim

ary

scho

olC

hild

car

e fa

cilit

ies

Age

d ca

re fa

cilit

ies

Com

mun

ity

faci

litie

s lim

ited

to a

pub

lic p

rim

ary

scho

ol a

nd

seni

or c

itize

ns c

entr

e.

Pro

vide

a

com

mun

ity

hub

and

faci

litie

s lo

cate

d or

adj

acen

t to

co

mm

erci

al c

ore.

Urb

an D

esig

n an

d Pu

blic

Dom

ain

Act

ive

urba

n sp

ace

whi

ch fa

cilit

ates

fo

rmal

and

inf

orm

al m

eetin

g an

d ga

ther

ing

spac

es i.

e.pl

aza,

squ

are,

mal

l etc

Hig

h qu

ality

an

d sa

fe

publ

ic

dom

ain

Saf

ety

issu

es,

part

icul

arly

ar

ound

rai

lway

Nor

th

sout

h ac

cess

th

roug

h vi

llage

(th

roug

h ra

ilway

)

Pro

vide

a p

ublic

mee

ting

spac

e w

ithin

com

mer

cial

cor

e an

d im

prov

ed a

cces

s, a

men

ity a

nd

safe

ty a

roun

d ra

ilway

line

.

Sus

tain

able

Dev

elop

men

tA

ll ne

w h

ousi

ng to

be

adap

tabl

e an

d em

brac

e pr

inci

ples

of

sust

aina

ble

hous

ing

desi

gn

Old

er d

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key

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and

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sing

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ties

with

in th

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men

t

of th

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at V

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incl

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the

follo

win

g:

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ortu

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s:

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epar

tmen

t of H

ousi

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nd: T

he n

umer

ous

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pro

pert

ies

at V

illaw

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offe

r op

port

uniti

es fo

r

publ

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ecto

r m

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enew

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catio

n: T

he p

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m d

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nt fo

r fu

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elop

men

t.

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stra

ints

:

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onne

ctiv

ity:

Con

nect

ions

with

in V

illaw

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are

com

prom

ised

by

the

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ine

runn

ing

east

/

wes

t, an

d by

the

arte

rial

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dvill

e R

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re a

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ppor

tuni

ties

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n co

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tions

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e no

rth

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the

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1.

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artm

ent

of H

ousi

ng l

and

with

mas

ter

plan

for

hig

h de

nsity

res

iden

tial

tow

ers.

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is w

ill b

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velo

ped

in th

e sh

ort t

erm

.

2.

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nd h

igh

dens

ity a

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with

in w

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nce

of c

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al c

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railw

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in th

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m te

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vide

med

ium

den

sity

hou

sing

on

peri

pher

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wal

kabl

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tchm

ent i

n th

e sh

ort

term

.

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Opp

ortu

nity

to im

prov

e no

rth-

sout

h lin

kage

s ac

ross

rai

lway

line

. If s

tatio

n ac

cess

an

d lin

kage

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ovid

ed, c

ould

pro

vide

hig

h de

nsiti

es in

the

med

ium

term

.

5.

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endi

ng o

n in

crea

sed

acce

ss th

roug

h ra

ilway

sta

tion,

opp

ortu

nity

to in

crea

se to

m

ediu

m d

ensi

ty in

the

med

ium

term

.

6.

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t in

dust

rial

and

bul

ky g

oods

pre

cinc

t. N

eed

to m

anag

e in

terf

ace

amen

ity

issu

e.

7.

Exis

ting

scho

ol.

8.

Act

ivat

ion

and

publ

ic d

omai

n im

prov

emen

ts s

houl

d in

crea

se s

afet

y an

d se

curi

ty

in th

e pr

ecin

ct. U

pgra

des

are

requ

ired

in th

e sh

ort t

erm

.

UR

BA

N R

EN

EW

AL M

AS

TER

PLA

N

Vill

awoo

d is

a s

hort

to m

ediu

m te

rm p

rior

ity lo

catio

n fo

r th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

an

Urb

an

Ren

ewal

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ter

Pla

n (U

RM

P).

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UR

MP

sho

uld

esta

blis

h a

long

term

(20

yea

r)

plan

whi

ch w

ill e

nsur

e V

illaw

ood

mee

ts th

e re

quire

d le

vel o

f ser

vice

s an

d fa

cilit

ies

for

a vi

llage

. The

vis

ion

for

Vill

awoo

d sh

ould

be

base

d on

the

Str

uctu

re P

lann

ing

Pri

ncip

les

(abo

ve)

and

deve

lop

a de

taile

d ac

tion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n pl

an to

add

ress

th

e R

ecom

men

datio

ns in

the

Sus

tain

abili

ty M

atri

x.

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UR

MP

for

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awoo

d sh

ould

ens

ure

a su

itabl

e tr

ansi

tion

betw

een

the

low

er

dens

ity a

reas

and

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hou

sing

pro

posa

l for

Kam

ira

Ave

nue.

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houl

d al

so p

rior

itise

dev

elop

men

t of m

ediu

m d

ensi

ty h

ousi

ng a

nd a

ran

ge o

f com

mun

ity

faci

litie

s an

d op

en s

pace

to s

uppo

rt a

n in

crea

sed

popu

latio

n.

Det

ails

of t

he g

ener

al r

equi

rem

ents

of a

n U

rban

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ewal

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ter

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n ar

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