CockburnCoast - Western Australian Planning Commission

CockburnCoast
• The central valley linear park should incorporate frequent
landscape attraction areas along the route between
Beeliar Park and Cockburn Road.
• The edges of the linear parks should have numerous
access points to the abutting residential developments.
• Integrated pedestrian systems with green spines, pockets
parks, secondary streets and laneways.
2.10.3 Robb Jetty precinct
The close proximity to the beach and the flat topography mean that
the Robb Jetty precinct will most likely have the strongest coastal
residential character. It contains elements of mixed use
development potential along significant road links including
Cockburn Road, but is otherwise predominantly set aside for
medium to high density residential development. The precinct also
contains supporting community facilities in the form of the twostorey
urban primary school, the area’s key active playing field, and
a small commercial/community development opportunity at the
Catherine Point foreshore activity node. A high amenity, coastal
character is proposed for the precinct to complement the adjacent
beach and foreshore, and the key areas of open space contained
within it.
Precinct character
• The street layout should have a strong east-west emphasis
to enable good connectivity to the freight rail crossing
points, to highlight the sense of connection to the beach
and to optimise ocean views from dwellings – all of which
help to foster the perception of a great seaside
community.
• The aesthetic character of the built form and public
domain should be strongly linked with beach lifestyle and
appropriate environmental/climatic design response.
• The mixed business development along the western and
southern edges of the Darkan precinct will be interfaced
with mixed use development that is compatible with
residential.
• Significant stands of trees and the heritage-listed Robb
Jetty chimney will be preserved in the active open space
area, and associated with the urban character two-storey
primary school.
• Mixed use development will frame the precinct along
Cockburn Road and Rollinson Road, providing diversity
and activation along these key movement corridors.
• Bridges providing strong pedestrian and cyclist links from
linear parks across freight rail to coastline.
Land use
• A mix of residential densities to support a variety of family
types and incomes.
• Employment and services in the mixed use developments
framing the precinct.
• Local retail services around the transit stop.
• School and oval co-located, to protect Robb Jetty chimney
and existing mature trees.
• Small scale commercial/community and passive activity
node at the Catherine Point Coastal node.
Built form
• Development within the Robb Jetty precinct adjacent to
the freight rail line will be required to be highly articulated
and punctuated with both public open space and local
access points. This is to ensure that view corridors to the
ocean are retained from deeper within the development
area, and avoid a 'solid wall' effect from the built form, as
viewed from the coastal foreshore.
• Residential buildings can adopt a variety of front setbacks
throughout the precinct. The fundamental built from
elements to dominate the streetscape should be
balconies, windows, high quality front yard landscaping
and minimal front fencing/walling.
• Mixed use buildings should be adaptable to allow for
changes in use over time.
• Building footprints should be maximised at the street edge
and the area of open space optimised by encouraging
parking behind buildings. Rooftop and basement parking,
and key decked parking stations should be considered, all
of which should be sleeved behind building frontages or
appropriately screened.
New street looking west - beach lifestyle
Public open space linkage looking west
district structure plan
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