The St Lucia Campus Master Plan will replace the St Lucia Site Development Plan 2006, which currently guides how the campus and associated properties should be developed. When complete, this new master plan will provide the framework for managing the development of the facilities, infrastructure and other physical assets and green spaces required to support the University to meet its strategic goals. While there is a major focus on creating a world-leading environment to support learning and research, the Master Plan also recognises the campus needs to be well-planned and integrated within the wider city. Importantly, it recognises that the University should be a good neighbour in its local community.

The initial master planning process has been informed by a number of technical studies and reviews of relevance to Brisbane City Council and State Government planning policies and strategies, as well as the University’s own research and vision. It will be further refined in response to the feedback we receive from the community, stakeholders and government, and from further studies on issues such as transport and traffic.

DRAFT ST LUCIA CAMPUS MASTER PLAN

PROJECT UPDATE

PURPOSE OF THE MASTER PLAN

PROJECT NEWSLETTER - JULY 2015 | WHAT’S HAPPENING | STAYING IN TOUCH

In response to initial community and stakeholder feedback, The University of Queensland (UQ) is reviewing its early draft of the St Lucia Campus Master Plan. The University thanks the community and stakeholders for their contributions to the evolving master planning process and acknowledges their concerns.

A steering group chaired by Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj will be established to guide the ongoing master planning process and oversee broader UQ community engagement. The group will include external planning experts and will work with an experienced and skilled project team to oversee the continuing preparation, drafting and refinement of the draft St Lucia Campus Master Plan.

The master planning process continues to evolve, and the future program of activities is subject to change.

Review of St Lucia Site Development Plan 2006, commission and consideration of initial technical studies including transport, environment and infrastructure.

Draft Master Plan prepared by UQ as the basis for initial consultation.

Initial community consultation activities for the preliminary Draft St Lucia Campus Master Plan undertaken on campus and within the local community.

Steering group chaired by the Vice-Chancellor will be established to guide the ongoing Master Planning process and oversee broader UQ community engagement.

The findings from both the independent review of the Draft Master Plan and the initial community consultation are being considered.

A full review of the Draft Master Plan in consultation with the community will be undertaken.

The community infrastructure designation process will not proceed any further until the Master Plan is reviewed and approved by the UQ Senate.

Report on community consultation submitted to the University by external consultants.

Independent review of the Draft Master Plan is undertaken by external consultants. This includes a review of the master planning process as well as the content of the draft campus master plan.

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The University of Queensland is conscious of its significant role in the State and in the St Lucia neighbourhood. Our international students alone contribute more than $700 million to Queensland’s economy each year; we are among the largest employers in South East Queensland (with more than 6800 full time equivalent staff); and we pay more than $24 million a year in rates and water, electricity and gas charges.

The University is a long-standing integral and significant part of St Lucia. Many of our staff and students live locally, and our community contributes significantly to surrounding businesses. The Campus is Brisbane’s largest privately owned parklands open to the public. The University is pleased to provide and maintain this significant asset at its own cost of more than $10 million a year. We take delight in seeing the pleasure the public derives from the campus, including its gardens, walkways, bike paths, lighting and sports areas. Residents of St Lucia and further afield appreciate and make good use of our facilities, including our Olympic swimming pool complex, cinema, museums, cafes and restaurants.

THE UNIVERSITY

STAYING IN TOUCH

As this is an ongoing project, you can continue to provide feedback to The University of Queensland via the following channels:

www.uq.edu.au/about/st-lucia/masterplan/ masterplan@pf.uq.edu.au

Independent consultants Andrea Young Planning Consultants and Ferment Collaborate conducted a community engagement process for the early draft Master Plan between 7 April 2015 and 15 May 2015. This process involved a number of opportunities to engage with the project, including targeted interviews, physical displays, community information stalls, a project website, e-newsletter, online survey, written submissions and a telephone information line. The consultation process attracted 160 pro-forma and individual letters from the community and other stakeholders. This initial consultation process identified key issues including:

• Concern regarding the exacerbation of traffic congestiondriven by growth of the University;

• The need for early and meaningful engagement with theaffected communities; and

• Concern about the proposed expansion of the University’scurrent Community Infrastructure Designation (a statutoryplanning process).

The University has commissioned planning and design consultants to review the draft Master Plan. UQ is considering the consultants’ recommendations, which address both the master planning process and the content and direction of the draft Master Plan.

The project team has taken account of the concerns of the community and stakeholders and the recommendations of the consultants. This has led to a number of affirmations and changes, including:

• The University of Queensland will continue the masterplanning process, including ongoing engagement withthe community, the Brisbane City Council and otherstakeholders;

• The Master Plan will be ‘decoupled’ from the CommunityInfrastructure Designation (CID) application process.The CID process will not progress until there is greaterunderstanding of the Master Plan; and

• The review of the Master Plan will take on board feedbackprovided in ongoing consultation with and consideration ofthe community, government agencies and technical studies.

It is possible that further changes will be introduced as a result of the work of the steering group.

Professor Peter Høj Vice-Chancellor and President

KEY FINDINGS FROM THE CONSULTATION REPORT

INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF DRAFT ST LUCIA CAMPUS MASTER PLAN

RESPONDING TO THE COMMUNITY