2019-10-28 Special Meeting Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 4 - RAL18-0023 - Master Plan Stage 2

CHOOSING FUTURES: Shire Business Centre Master Plan - Stage 2                                                                       14


3.2        URBAN DESIGN
3.2.1 Design Workshop

           A principle purpose of MP2 is to present a refined layout plan for the Shire Business Centre. To facilitate the
           preparation of such a plan, Council held a day long workshop on 5 September 2002. A range of participants were
           present at the workshop including -

                      Councillors
                      Council staff
                      Representatives of property owners and Stockwell (a company proposing to develop part of the Shire
                      Business Centre)
                      Consultant architects/urban designers
                      Consultant traffic engineers
                      Local architects
                       Key outcomes of the workshop were-

                      A preferred master plan of layout for the various land use elements
                      Identification of preferred locations for a civic precinct and an inter-regional transit facility
                      Some preferred urban design themes
                      Refinement of open space strategies
                      Identification of access issues
                      Improved pedestrian focus
                      More utility to the internal loop road
                      Better integration of future development and use of the two properties that comprise the Shire Business
                      Centre site
                      Resolution of a connection to the adjoining industrial area
                       The workshop has been followed by further discussion between the architects and traffic engineers to
                       determine whether preferred access arrangements could be resolved. While complete agreement was not
                       reached, access was largely resolved in principle with Council being called upon to determine the
                       placement of the two roundabouts in Walter Hay Drive and the additional access from Eenie Creek Road,
                       which offer access into the site.

3.3        RETAIL DEVELOPMENT
           Section 19.3.1.2 of the Strategic Plan nominates retail development outcomes for the site of

                      Retail shops of the order of 15,000m2 of floorspace with a discount department store to be in the first stage

                                 Homemaker and showrooms of the order of 10,000m2

                       Council engaged Urban Economics in 1999/2000 to conduct independent investigations on the economic
                       impacts of a development proposal by. Conclusions from those investigations were-
                                 An 18,300m2 sub-regional shopping center has market support for an opening by 2004.
                                 The impact of the sub-regional center can be contained within manageable levels provided the
                                 future expansion of the retail network is contained. It is expected the sub-regional center will create
                                 an impact upon the retail network [that] falls just short of being significant. During 2004 it can be
                                 expected there will be some closures and relocations to the Shire Business Centre. It is expected
                                 that all existing retail nodes will continue to perform at their designated function in the retail
                                 network.

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