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NELSON BAY RSL CLUB REZONING PROPOSALURBAN DESIGN ANALYSIS
November 2007
Nelson Bay RSL Site Urban Design AnalysisNovember 2007
1.0 Background and Introduction 3
2.0 Context 4 2.1 Sub Regional Context 4
2.2 Local Structure 5
2.3 Movement 5
2.4 Natural and Built Features 6
2.5 Visual Impact and Views 7
2.6 Landform and Open Space 8
2.7 Character / Identity / Pattern 9
2.8 Land Use 10
2.9 Landscape Character 11
3.0 The Site 12 3.1 Existing Development 12
3.2 Local Character 13
3.3 The Proposal / The Site 14
4.0 Urban Design Principles 15 4.1 Coastal Guidelines 15
4.2 Activation at Street Level 16
4.3 Street Character 17
4.4 Landscape Enhancements / Open Space Connections 17
4.5 Building Height 18
4.6 Building Envelopes 22
4.7 Appropriate Typology 22
4.8 Discreet Parking 23
5.0 UrbanDesignJustification 24 5.1 Coastal Policy 24
5.2 Context 24
5.3 Urban Structure 24
5.4 Connections 25
5.5 Detailing the Place 26
5.6 Appropriate Buildings 26
6.0 ConclusionsandPublicBenefit 27 6.1DirectBenefits 27
6.2 Impacts 27
6.3PublicBenefits 27
Appendix 1 Photos towards the site from the water
Contents
Nelson Bay RSL Site Urban Design AnalysisNovember 2007
page 3
1.0 Background and Introduction
1.0 Background and IntroductionThisreportsetsouttoprovideUrbanDesignJustificationforaproposedrezoningforpart of the subject site to permit its redevelopment for a range of uses including a 150 plus apartment room tourist hotel serviced apartments and a small amount of service andconvenienceretail.Thisreportalsoprovidesjustificationforredevelopmentofthe eastern half of the site for a medical centre and 60 bed private hospital and a range of self care retirement housing.
In order to justify the entire redevelopment, the site is described in terms of its context, its place in the local urban structure, its land use and its landscape character.
The site is then described in the context of the proposal and how the proposal might contribute to the site in terms of land use, street activation, street character, building heights etc.
TheproposalisthenjustifiedintermsofUrbanDesignPrinciplesestablishedinCoastal Guidelines of NSW (context, structure, connections, edges, street pattern, appropriatecoastalbuildingsandplacemaking)andthePublicBenefitsofasustainable approach to development are described.