WSUD Strategy

5 Sports Zone
Within the Western Sydney Parklands Bungarribee Precinct a number of areas have been
nominated as particular activity centres. These areas are detailed in the Structural Plan and
illustrated in Figure 2-2. This section identifies water management issues and
opportunities for the Sports Zone.
opportunity to reduce development impacts with pervious materials selected for areas less
frequently used. Limiting the increase in impervious surface area associated with the development of
the precinct will reduce pollutant transport to Eastern Creek and modification to the hydrology.
5.1 Description of Sports Zone
The Sports Zone is bounded by Eastern Road and the M7 motorway, and is in close
proximity to the Rooty Hill Train Station to the north-west and to the Doonside Residential
Parcel to the east via pedestrian access over Eastern Creek. The sports complex will
include outdoor netball courts and soccer fields as well as a possible indoor sport,
cultural/recreation facility to accommodate indoor sports and cultural activities. A large
area is provided for spectator car parking, with smaller car parking areas distributed
throughout the precinct for access to other proposed facilities. Recreational facilities such
as BBQs, toilets, picnic shelters, food stands and commercial opportunities are also
envisaged.
The existing four soccer fields and amenities building adjacent to Eastern Road will be
retained, with five more fields proposed.
The interface between the Sports Zone and the Parklands presents both opportunities and
challenges for water management. The proposed landscape design will acknowledge the
unique Parklands setting through the selection of vegetation and landscaping surrounding
the courts and playing fields.
The WSUD Strategy for the Sports Zone seeks to address water management within the
precinct, as well as protection of the biodiversity corridor and riparian area for Eastern
Creek adjacent to the Sports Precinct.
Figure 5-1 Proposed Sports Precinct, with soccer fields, netball courts, potential indoor sport,
cultural/recreational facility and car parks
The main elements of the Sports Zone are:
• 9 soccer fields, total area 6.5 ha (9 fields each 105 x 68m)
• Netball courts, surface area 2.2 ha (48 courts each 30.5m x 15.25m)
• Indoor facility, approximately 1 ha roof areas
• Carparks, roads and paving areas, approximately 10 ha
• Landscaped areas (including areas within the carparks) approximately 6.3 ha
• Adjacent vegetation areas, retained and enhanced – to the Parklands boundary
The estimated impervious area due to roads, car parks, roofs, paved areas and courts is
14.2 ha or approximately 50% of the Sports precinct. Stormwater runoff from these
surfaces is to be directed to bioretention landscape features within carparks and adjacent
to other paved areas, for treatment and reuse. Harvesting the treated stormwater will assist
in meeting the demand for water to irrigate the playing fields.
Opportunities to reduce the impervious nature of car parking areas, should be considered
as the detail design for this precinct is developed. Car park design presents a significant
5.2 WSUD objectives
The WSUD objectives for the Sports Zone within the Western Sydney Parklands (Bungarribee Precinct)
are:
• Improve stormwater quality. Pollutant load reductions of 80% of the average annual load of
total suspended solids, and 45% of the average annual load of total phosphorus and total
nitrogen.
• Minimise potable mains water use. Alternative water supply options to provide at least 70%
of irrigation demand.
• Integrate water management opportunities with the urban design, the parkland interface
and natural landforms.
• Protect Eastern Creek and the Parklands biodiversity corridor. Maintain the predevelopment
flows to the natural terrestrial system and control flows from the developed catchment into
the waterways.
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