21FZoning controls for Zone No 11 (a)—the Green Square Town Centre Zone

21F Zoning controls for Zone No 11 (a)—the Green Square Town Centre Zone

21F Zoning controls for Zone No 11 (a)—the Green Square Town Centre Zone

(1) What are the objectives of the zone? The objectives of Zone No 11 (a) are—

(a) to establish the Green Square Town Centre as the major commercial, retailing, cultural and entertainment centre for Green Square, and

(b) to allow for a mix of land uses that will—

(i) ensure that there is an appropriate balance between residential, retail, commercial and other land uses within the Green Square Town Centre, and

(ii) encourage the provision of a range of services and facilities to help meet the needs of the population and users of the Green Square Town Centre, and

(iii) generate employment in the Green Square Town Centre, and

(c) to facilitate the development of buildings and works that are of a scale, character and design quality consistent with the other objectives of the zone, and

(d) to encourage development that is compatible with the surrounding heritage conservation areas and heritage items, and

(e) to ensure that the public domain of the Green Square Town Centre is fronted by high-quality buildings having a scale and alignment that both define, and contribute positively to the amenity of, the public spaces (including parks, plazas and streets) they adjoin, and

(f) to protect the amenity of parks and community places by protecting access to sunlight, providing shelter from the rain and minimising wind speeds, and

(g) to provide active frontages to streets and other identified public spaces (including parks and plazas), and

(h) to promote the vitality of the public domain by encouraging the location of active retail, food and beverage and entertainment uses, and of community and cultural facilities, at ground level (particularly at the edges of public plazas), and

(i) to accommodate and integrate the management of stormwater (including floodwater) into the function and design of buildings in the Green Square Town Centre.

Zone No 11 (a) is intended to accommodate a vibrant residential, commercial, retail and cultural heart of Green Square. The scale and character of the Green Square Town Centre is supported by Zone No 11 (b), which promotes high-level public amenity through a circulation grid for vehicles and pedestrians, and a network of open spaces for active and passive recreation.