City Heart Plan
UPDATE - Consultation on the Clarence City Heart Concepts Report is now closed and consultation report is published.
The Concepts report provides ideas for strategic sites within the City Heart area including the parklands, council owned car parks and the civic and employment hub. We have received feedback from the community and stakeholders which is now being considered in the drafting of the plan. An engagement report can be found here to read the consolidated feedback we received on all aspects of the draft plan.
The Analysis and Key Directions report was released in December 2022. It proposed design principlesContinue reading
UPDATE - Consultation on the Clarence City Heart Concepts Report is now closed and consultation report is published.
The Concepts report provides ideas for strategic sites within the City Heart area including the parklands, council owned car parks and the civic and employment hub. We have received feedback from the community and stakeholders which is now being considered in the drafting of the plan. An engagement report can be found here to read the consolidated feedback we received on all aspects of the draft plan.
The Analysis and Key Directions report was released in December 2022. It proposed design principles, key directions and strategic opportunities, and is the evidence base for the concepts.
Next steps for the City Heart project:
- Development of the Preliminary City Heart Plan (in consideration of the feedback received from the community to the Concepts Report)
- Final consultation: Preliminary City Heart Plan will occur in June-July
- Final Draft City Heart Plan developed and presented to the Council for adoption in August 2023
PROJECT BACKGROUND
The City of Clarence is growing, and as we grow, it’s important to plan for a successful and inclusive future together.
The City Heart Plan will help shape change in and around our principal activity centre. This will be a long-term shared vision and framework, developed with community involvement. It will consider future needs for community infrastructure, housing, open space, access and movement, commercial development and activities.
The Plan is being developed by a multi-disciplinary team led by MGS Architects, in consultation with stakeholders and the Clarence community. It aims to ensure that developments are coordinated and that decision making contributes to a more liveable, accessible, inclusive, healthy, and thriving future.
If you live, work, play, learn or shop in Clarence’s activity hub, we invite your ongoing involvement to ensure your voice is part of the plan. There will be several opportunities to get involved and share thoughts and ideas.
The project area includes Rosny Park CBD and surrounding places including Kangaroo Bay, Sheoak Point, Rosny Farm, Bellerive Village, Charles Hand Park, Kangaroo Bay Rivulet and Rosny Parkland.
Have Your Say
Some of the key ways the community had their say:
- Reading the Clarence City Heart Concepts report and providing feedback via the survey.
- Attending the Future Forum 2. Read 'what was said' here and watch the highlights here.
- Attending our webinar. The recording is in the video folder and gives an overview of the Key Concepts.
- The current engagement period was open for seven weeks from March 17 to May 8 2023 and is now closed. Thank you to everyone who shared their feedback and ideas.
- The latest consultation report is now available in the document library. Read what we heard here.
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CLOSED: This survey has concluded.
Thank you for taking part in this survey to provide your thoughts on the key concepts developed for the City Heart Plan. Please read the Clarence City Heart Concepts report (in the documents folder or click here) as this survey is designed to directly ask your thoughts on elements of the report. We will start with overall impressions of the precincts and then give opportunities to comment on individual concepts.
The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete, depending on your answers.
We will ask some structured questions and provide opportunities to share your reasons. Lastly, we will ask a few general questions about you.
We are looking for frank and honest answers. We assure you that your responses will be kept strictly confidential and data will be reported in an aggregated form that will not identify you.
Document Library
- City Heart Concepts Report (March 2023) (106 MB) (pdf)
- City heart consultation report - key concepts feedback (10.3 MB) (pdf)
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City Heart Key Directions Package (December 2022)
- City Heart Analysis and Key Findings Report - March 2023 - MGS (21.8 MB) (pdf)
- City Heart Economic Analysis DRAFT - SGS.pdf (1.62 MB) (pdf)
- City Heart Planning Overview Report - IreneInc.pdf (1.91 MB) (pdf)
- City Heart - Future Forum 1 - What was said.pdf (5.87 MB) (pdf)
- City Heart Consultation report - 2022.pptx (19.5 MB) (pptx)
- City Heart - A Guide for our Conversation - engagement strategy (3.73 MB) (pdf)
- City Heart Project Outline - July 2022 (6.79 MB) (pdf)
- 2020 previous stage
- City Heart Plan - Future Forum 2 - What was said report (2.6 MB) (pdf)
- City Heart webinar - questions and answers .pdf (167 KB) (pdf)
Project stages
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00 City Heart vision and ideas survey (earlier stage 2020)
City Heart Plan has finished this stageThis consultation was undertaken in 2020
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01 Initiation and briefing: Sep 2022
City Heart Plan has finished this stageMGS Architects engaged to develop the Clarence City Heart Plan
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02 Engagement, analysis and key directions: Oct-Dec 2022
City Heart Plan has finished this stage- Key ideas survey
- Future Forum workshop #1
- Key Directions Report issued Dec 2022
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03 Develop concepts: Jan-Mar 2023
City Heart Plan has finished this stage -
04 Engagement and review: Mar-May 2023
City Heart Plan is currently at this stageHave your say on the City Heart concepts.
- Survey
- Webinar Q+A
- Future Forum #2
- Pop ups
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05 Priorities and implementation: Jun-Feb 2024
this is an upcoming stage for City Heart PlanFinalising the plan. Developing the implementation action plan, costings and identifying priorities. Time for this stage has been extended and the final consultation will be in early 2024.
Key Engagement Dates
Videos
- Take a look at our Future Forum, what was taked about and who was there
- Welcome to our City Heart Conversations series! We’ve interviewed our expert consultants about the different subjects explored in the City Heart Analysis and Key Directions Report. We hope this gives everyone a way to find out a bit more about the project, even if you don’t feel like reading a big report over summer. Here is Sharnie Read, proud palawa woman and cultural heritage advisor, talking about the opportunities for the City Heart project to bring Aboriginal knowledge and stories into the precinct.
- How many cities can you think of with more than 18 hectares of green parkland in the centre? In today’s City Heart Conversation we introduce John Hepper from Inspiring Place and we talk about the incredible green assets we have in the City Heart including the Rosny Parklands and Kangaroo Rivulet, and the importance of making better connections between the ‘green and grey’ parts of the city heart.
- Today we have another City Heart Conversation to share! Have you wondered about how Clarence is growing and what that might mean for housing, jobs and the role our City Heart in the future? Tune in to hear Ellen Witte and David Leydon of SGS Economics and Planning discussing these topics, with some ideas for how we can plan for a more inclusive, vibrant, and sustainable future that benefits everyone.
- Did you know that 40% of Rosny Park is currently given over to surface-level car parking? In today’s City Heart conversation we meet Knowles Tivendale, a passionate urban transport planner who tells us that while parking is important, the way we organise it could be better. Listen in to our chat about transport and parking, and why we should think about access context of ‘making a great place’.
- MGS discussed the Key Concepts and answered questions on the night to help increase understanding of the concepts. Attendees were encouraged to fill out the Key Concept Survey to provide their feedback.
Who's listening
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Project Manager City Heart
SBEmail sbendeich@ccc.tas.gov.au