Pymble Business Park - Ku-ring-gai Council

5.1 URBAN PRECINCT (CONTINUED)
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Objectives
Controls
1 To create a vibrant
precinct capable of
attracting business
investment and quality
tenants.
2 To encourage the growth
of local businesses that
provide employment
and support the local
economy.
3 To promote development
that provides an excellent
working environment
alongside associated
services and facilities.
4 To ensure development
contributes to the urban
character, quality and
amenity of the business
precinct.
1 All development within the Pymble Business Park precinct, as
outlined in Figure 5.1-1, is to be designed to support and enhance
the planned future character of the precinct.
Planned Future Character
Pymble Business Park is a unique precinct within the Ku-ring-gai area. It
has historically housed a concentration of business uses with associated
ancillary facilities. It is a self contained precinct separated from residential
development by the Pacific Highway, Ryde Road and E2 Environmental
Conservation Lands. The exception to this is the established medium
density housing to its north.
Pymble Business Park will be encouraged to consolidate its urban fabric
and provide high quality buildings and an environment tocreate a green
business precinct.
The planned future character for Pymble Business Park is one of
commercial buildings that have good integration with the street character.
Due to its topography and location the precinct has several pockets of
differing character:
i) Bridge Street is to have buildings with entries and frontages that
contribute to the street activity through direct physical access
and visual surveillance from ground floors of the buildings. It is
to have a landscape character with well considered and planted
front setbacks.
ii) Development along the north of the Pacific Highway is to
create a continuous urban character with buildings to the street
boundary having a high ground floor visibility from adjacent
roadways.
iii) Development along the south of the Pacific Highway and to the
north of Bridge Street is to respect the Heritage Item and ensure
its continued prominence in that streetscape.
iv) West and Suakin Streets are to have buildings built to the
boundary with awnings and active frontages creating a
neighbourhood character with shops and services at street level.
v) Ryde Road is to have a landscaped character with large street
setbacks allowing quality planting, and a landmark building at the
corner of Ryde Road and Pacific Highway.
PYMBLE BUSINESS PARK
Draft Ku-ring-gai Pymble Business Park Development Control Plan 2012
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