PART ONE - Fishers Ghost

The new Plan continues the “city of cities” approach introduced by the 2005Metropolitan Strategy. The “city of cities” approach describes Sydney as a larger citycomprised of five (5) smaller cities being:The Sydney CBD and North Sydney, which comprise the “global city”;Parramatta, which is the second Sydney CBD;Liverpool and Penrith, which are recognised as the regional cities of WesternSydney –Liverpool as the Regional City of the South West; andPenrith as the Regional City of the West.The five (5) cities are supported by Major Centres and Specialised Centres within atransport and economic network. Smaller local centres are spread throughout thenetwork, providing a focus for concentrations of housing, commercial activity andlocal services at different scales.The Regional Centre role of Liverpool is strengthened under the new MetropolitanPlan, with an employment target of 31,000 jobs by 2036, a significant increase on the16,000 jobs available in 2006. The development of a Regional City TransportStrategy for the Liverpool Town Centre is also proposed.Campbelltown-Macarthur and Blacktown, among other centres, are recognised asMajor Centres. However, these two centres are identified as having the greatestpotential to become future Regional Cities, subject to their employment growth andthe broader regional service role of their CBDs. Leppington within the South WestGrowth Centre, will also be developed as a Major Centre.The new Metropolitan Plan states that Campbelltown-Macarthur’s role as a MajorCentre will be reinforced by more intensive office, retail, entertainment, cultural,public administration and services development in the commercial core. An overallemployment target of 25,000 jobs by 2036, is set for Campbelltown-Macarthur,almost doubling the 14,000 jobs that existed in 2006, but 1,000 less than the targetset for the area under the draft SW Strategy. The new Metropolitan Strategy alsoencourages the integration of the Campbelltown-Macarthur Centre withCampbelltown Hospital, the University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown TAFE andimproved connectivity between Queen Street and the Macarthur precinct. Thesegoals for the centre will need to be incorporated into the new Comprehensive LocalEnvironmental Plan (LEP) for the Campbelltown Local Government Area (LGA).2. Growing and Renewing CentresCentres provide a focus for activity and public transport. The new Metropolitan Planplaces a strong focus on the ongoing growth and renewal of Sydney’s network ofstrategic and local centres.A major objective of the new Metropolitan Plan is to concentrate a greater range ofactivities in close proximity to each other in both existing and new centres that arewell served by public transport. It aims to locate commercial and retail activities incentres and 70-80% of new housing within walking distance of existing and plannedcentres. When this process is applied to existing centres, it is referred to as “urbanrenewal”.