Edgeworth Renewal Corridor Project - Lake Macquarie City Council

• The larger scale of the “big box” shopping centre dominates the NeighbourhoodCentre. It does not address the street and exhibits poor urban design.4.4.2 Significant Sites – Neighbourhood Centre Commercial PrecinctThe buildings surrounding the intersection of Minmi Road and Main Road occupy highvisibility sites that could contribute to the development of a strong sense of place andidentity for the Centre.4.4.3 Neighbourhood Centre Precinct Commercial OpportunitiesThe Neighbourhood Centre lacks a sense of place; this could be delivered by a clear“entry” and the shopping centre addressing Main Road to a greater extent. The land usemix of the Neighbourhood Centre contains a very good range of services for a localcentre. The location of the school adjacent to the Centre, together with other communityfacilities, such as the library, provides an opportunity to build the Centre into a focal pointfor the community. The location of the Sports Complex to the south further reinforces theCentre as a community focal point.4.4.4 Neighbourhood Centre Industrial Precinct AttributesAdjacent and southeast of the Edgeworth Corridor Commercial Centre is a light industrialarea. This Precinct is characterised by large warehouse type buildings typical of amodern light industrial area that generally do not address the street and are set somedistance back from the road. Transport and freight logistics are the land uses thatdominate the Precinct, such as a bus depot, several courier depots, and an AustraliaPost Distribution Centre. The bus depot and truck depot occupy large sites with largeopen areas to permit vehicle manoeuvring.The light industrial area did not include many vacant properties at the time of the Studyand only one undeveloped site. However, it is not developed to its maximum capacity,and a number of more intensive unit style premises have been recently developed,demonstrating an emerging more intensive use of the land.Buildings are large and industrial in scale and do not address street with buildingssetback from the building property boundary.• Wide streets with no streetscape works, limited footpaths, cycleway or planting;• Buildings and access from rear or side entry, and• Access to Main Road via Callan Street (shared with the shopping centre) andThomas Street (shared with the adjacent residential area).4.4.5 Light Industrial Precinct OpportunitiesThe light industrial area would benefit from improved pedestrian and cycle connections tothe adjacent shopping centre and the community facilities of the Neighbourhood Centre.In order to achieve this, a number of missing links in the paved footpath system wouldneed to be constructed. The Transport Study will consider such links in more detail.The introduction of the State mandated standard zones in the Draft LMLEP 2013provides an opportunity to consider alternative zones to the Industrial IN2 Zone, which isthat closest equivalent to the existing Industrial 4(2) under LMLEP 2004. Alternativescould includeB7 Business Park Zone. The main differences between these two zonesare:• In the Draft LMLEP 2013, permissible uses in the B7 Zone include light industry,office premises, garden centres, and plant nurseries are permissible amongstother things. However, the following uses (this is not a conclusive list) would notbe permissible: transport depots, truck depots, freight transport facilities, depots,and vehicle body repair workshop. A number of current land uses fall within thelist of uses that are not permissible in the Draft LMLEP 2013, and this could beDraft Land Use Review – Edgeworth Renewal Corridor – Version 2 Page 38 of 85F2011/00577/06/08 – May 2013