Master Plan 2002

The current Sydney Olympic Park Master Plan 2002 encourages a broad range of commercial, residential, recreational, leisure and public uses that utilise the available facilities and infrastructure and add to the unique qualities of the Park for visitors, workers and residents. Cultural, educational and environmentally orientated uses are also envisaged.

View and download the Sydney Olympic Park Master Plan 2002.

Land use strategies underpinning the Master Plan 2002 include:

• development of a mixed use Town Centre close to the railway station with commercial, convenience retail and recreation uses
• target daily workforce population of 20,000 people
• flexibility in land use to enable strategic and innovative use opportunities to be realised
• development of up to 1,300 residential units along Australia Avenue to be complemented in the long term with additional dwellings, serviced apartments and possibly another hotel. A residential population of 3,000 is targeted initially
• additional recreation and entertainment/leisure and cultural facilities
• encouragement of opportunities to expand and enhance existing venues and precincts.

Master Plan 2002 Potential

Sydney Olympic Park's diversity and flexibility of built form and public spaces provides significant potential to attract a range of complementary uses and activities. 

Low-medium rise offices is encouraged at Sydney Olympic Park, as are opportunities to increase the residential population.

Local convenience retailing is envisaged including themed facilities to add activity and vitality. A nucleus of retail uses is proposed within the Town Centre spread over a number of sites. Restaurants, food outlets, cafes and convenience retailing are encouraged.  

The urban core of Sydney Olympic Park is a large area with significant development potential. The following gross floor area estimates have been used to test implications for built form under the master plan:

Development Framework

The development framework envisaged by this Master Plan includes:

• six storey commercial development around Olympic Park Station
• a landmark 30 storey residential or hotel tower to align with the Railway Station
• three 20 storey residential towers on Australia Avenue
• Olympic Boulevard and in the Southern Events Precinct generally
• one to two storey lightweight pavilion style development in The Overflow and Jacaranda Square
• three storey development within the Showground precinct.

Urban design and landscaping principles adopted in the Master Plan emphasise the creation of an active centre around the Railway Station. Maintaining the legacy of the Sydney 2000 Games, design excellence is an expected outcome of all Sydney Olympic Park projects.

There are in excess of 20 potential development sites located throughout Sydney Olympic Park including eight major sites in and around the Town Centre.

The early development of sites in the Town Centre is a major priority for Sydney Olympic Park.

Where appropriate opportunities arise, development on sites in the Southern Events Precinct and Brickpit Precinct will be encouraged concurrently with those in the Town Centre.

Generally land is offered on the basis of freehold tenure for residential sites and leasehold for commercial sites, subject to the merits of the proposed development on each site and the priorities of the Authority at the time.

A Unique Environment

The built and natural environment of Sydney Olympic Park represents an international benchmark of Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD). The development of the urban core and surrounding parklands showcases energy and water conservation, waste minimisation, pollution avoidance and the protection of the unique natural environment.

The key ESD strategies are:

• the use of low environmental impact construction methods
• minimum resource use
• limited emissions to the soil, land, water and air
• enhancement of the site's unique ecosystem
• use of life cycle assessment for all development
• maximising the use of renewable cogenerative energy systems where appropriate
• interior and exterior environments that maximise the use of natural daylight, air quality, occupant control, thermal and acoustic comfort
• design for flexibility over time and recycling of end use material.