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4.3
Purpose

Land Use Audit

The employment lands audit has been completed to provide an up to date record of land use in the Study area. Audit data is important to show not only how much land is being used and by which industry sectors, but also the way in which land is being used. Key audit outputs include: Land use by industry and zone Site coverage ratios Actual FSRs Existing capacity under existing planning controls Vacant land/ floorspace For example, by

The audit produces vital data inputs for future land demand forecasting. be derived. Audit Method

combining floorspace used by sector with employment forecasts, floorspace forecasts by sector can

Audits were completed using a method developed in association with the Department of Planning. Three levels of information are collected about each lot:
Data Collected Level 1. Level 2 Level 3 Zoning, size of lot, Building envelope, above-ground car parking Building size, condition Land-use activity (categories of land-use) Source of Data Cadastre with LEP overlay GIS base for on-ground verification (digitised building outlines using aerial photographs) On-ground field survey

The field work builds on the Level 1 and Level 2 data inputted via GIS. Each consultant in the field inputs data directly through the use of hand-held Palm Pilots. The audit has been completed for commercial centres, industrial/ business precincts, education precincts and health precincts. The audit results for occupied sites report the total floorspace implied by the lot size and digitised site coverage (from level 1 and 2 GIS analysis) and the reported number of floors, building podiums and usage from the audit (Level 3 analysis). As internal building inspections were not The completed, internal voids, circulation space, storage space, etc could not be determined.

reported figures are therefore gross floorspace figures and do not take into account building efficiency. For the analysis of supply demand gaps under existing controls, in later sections of this report, building efficiency has been taken into account and the gross current floorspace figures have been reduced accordingly.

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Broad Land Use Categories (BLCs) Data has been gathered at a fine grain 3 digit ANZSIC. For ease of analysis, these have also been translated to 1 digit ANZSIC.

T ab l e 19 . 1 D ig i t ANZ S IC C a teg or i es
1 Digit Code A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q ANZSIC 1 Digit Category Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Mining Manufacturing Electricity, Gas and Water Supply Construction Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants Transport and Storage Communication Services Finance and Insurance Property and Business Services Government Administration and Defence Education Health and Community Services Cultural and Recreational Services Personal and Other Services

However, these industry categories are not the most useful way to understand land use patterns as the categories cut across land use types and zones. For example, for the manufacturing industry category, parts of a manufacturing business may be in heavy industrial areas, other parts may be in light industrial areas and jobs in head office/ administrative functions in the same manufacturing firms may be in commercial areas (in offices). Different industries operate at different geographic scales and have different key drivers. Local

service industries automotive repairs, printing, domestic storage etc need to be relatively close to customers, and are responsive to (and changes with) population growth. On the other hand, large transport and warehouse distribution centres are more sensitive to state or nationwide population growth and shifts in freighting technologies and dependencies. for industrial or employment lands. Broad land use categories, initially developed with the Department of Planning in previous employment land planning investigations, have also been used. These are listed in Table 20. They have different locational and access needs. These issues have significant implications for forecasting the demand

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T ab l e 20 . B r o ad L and U s e C a teg or i es ( BLCs )


Land Use Category Freight and Logistics (FL) Description Warehousing and distribution activities. Includes buildings with a number of docking facilities; hard stand areas with trucks or goods awaiting distribution; and large storage facilities. Local light industrial and urban support (LL) Manufacturing Heavy (MH) Warehousing and distribution is a metro level issue with activities preferably locating close to air, sea and inter-modal inland ports, or with access to the motorway system. Car service and repair; joinery, construction and building supplies; and domestic storage. Wide range of businesses that service other business (components, maintenance and support) and Subregional populations. Needed at local (LGA) to Subregional level. Large scale production activity. Likely to be characterised by high noise emission; emission stacks; use of heavy machinery; and frequency of large trucks. Heavy manufacturing is in decline in Sydney, but will continue to cluster in some locations such as Wetherill Park, Campbelltown/ Ingleburn etc. There are strong arguments for collocation in terms of raw material delivery and to concentrate externalities (though impacts on surrounding uses are generally moderate). Manufacturing Light (ML) Urban Services (US) Office (O) Business / Office Parks (BP) Retail - Main Street (RM) Retail Big Box (RB) Retail Bulky Goods (RBG) Special Activities (S) Dispersed Activities (D) Residential (R) Accommodation (Short Term) (AST) Car park (CP) Stand-alone car parking stations Typically large, one-story buildings surrounded by car-parking, usually located out of centre and in high exposure (main road) locations. Tertiary level education, health, and community services. Typically require strategic locations and needed in each sub-region. Primary and secondary education, lower level health, social and community services, trades construction, other nomads. Residential Hotels and Motels (not including pubs), backpacker establishments. development. Clothing manufacturing, boat building and electrical equipment manufacturing Small scale production with lower noise and emission levels than heavy manufacturing. Concrete batching, waste recycling and transfer, construction and local and state government depots, sewerage, water supply, electricity construction yards. These typically have noise dust and traffic implications and need to be isolated or buffered from other land uses. Needed in each sub-region. Administration, clerical, business services, research. Office buildings that are independent (i.e., are not ancillary to another use on site) and likely to accommodate a significant number of administration staff (>10 people). Integrated warehouse, storage, R&D, back-room management and administration with up to 40% office component. Retailing services traditionally found in main street locations (e.g., supermarkets) and small cluster or strips of stores located next to a street or road. Large shopping complexes, including Westfield.

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