The Directors of Holmes Dyer were involved in the master planning of Wilton Junction, a 50,000 person 15,000 worker new town south west of Sydney.
The Directors were responsible for:
- Preparation of master plans, town centre concepts, district recreation space concepts and key location designs;
- Input into the retail and employment strategies;
- Establishment of a centres’ hierarchy;
- Input into the transport network formulation;
- Review of native vegetation, bushfire risk, riparian lands and interfaces with existing development; and
- Undertaking of a visual analysis.
Our stakeholder engagement role included:
- The co-ordination of multiple landowners;
- The running of workshops with Council staff and elected representatives, State Government and community groups;
- Conducting of a design charrette;
- Participation in the public consultation process, including open days, information displays and feedback mechanisms;
- Preparation of display boards for public consultation;
- Preparation of materials for a dedicated information website; and
- Presentations to public meetings.
We were also involved in the preparation of a visual analysis, an open space study, which specifically addresses standards for passive and active recreational and open space, and an education facility needs and location assessment (for public and private schools). The Master Plan addresses a range of important issues, including the undulating topography, extensive areas of native vegetation, bushfire management, infrastructure delivery, a comprehensive transport network requirement both internal and external to the site, noise attenuation to road and rail facilities, and the consequence of subsidence from coal mining. The plan formed the major technical component of the Planning Proposal seeking the rezoning of the site.
