12Strategies for achieving aims of this plan

12 Strategies for achieving aims of this plan

12 Strategies for achieving aims of this plan

The strategies for achieving the aims of this plan are—

(a) development of the City of Sydney as a vibrant, culturally diverse, multi-use city centre, and

(b) continued growth of a permanent residential population in Central Sydney and the provision of a full range of housing including affordable housing, and

(c) provision of appropriate development potential, and

(d) provision of visitor and tourist accommodation, and

(e) enhancement of Central Sydney as Australia’s pre-eminent retail centre, and

(f) protection and enhancement of the amenity of residents, workers and visitors, and

(g) protection and enhancement of the quality and amenity of the public domain—the parks, places, streets and lanes, and

(h) protection of the intricate urban fabric, and

(i) protection of Special Areas in Central Sydney, and

(j) conservation of heritage items and areas, and

(k) achievement of a high quality of urban form and design in buildings and in the relationship of buildings to neighbouring development and the public domain, and

(l) development of the City of Sydney with regard to the principles of ecologically sustainable development, and

(m) protection and enhancement of the natural environment, including the City of Sydney’s parks and Sydney Harbour, and

(n) maximisation of use of public transport, walking and cycling for trips to, from and within the City of Sydney, and

(o) provision of a high quality pedestrian environment, which is accessible to all its residents, workers and visitors, and

(p) efficient and orderly management of all phases of the development process, including the construction phase, and

(q) protection and enhancement of views and vistas to the harbour, parkland and buildings and places of historic and aesthetic significance, and