To facilitate this, we have prepared a draft amendment to the current Sub Base Platypus Management Plan as well as a detailed Planning Application. The Harbour Trust is the approval authority for these two matters in accordance with the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001.
The Harbour Trust has referred the proposal to the Commonwealth Minister for Environment, in accordance with the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
The Harbour Trust envisions Sub Base Platypus as a contemporary place for community recreation and work. We have consulted extensively with the community about the site’s renewal since 2006 with a view to transforming the former industrial complex into a public domain where historic spaces are revealed, reimagined and activated by cultural, recreational and commercial uses.
To date, renewal works have included the demolition of buildings with low heritage value, the restoration of others for adaptive reuse, the remediation of contamination, the creation public parkland and improved public access including car parking and a lift from the waterfront to the site’s upper levels.
The Harbour Trust is now focused on delivering the final stage of renewal works; namely, the creation of additional parkland and the adaptive reuse of the Torpedo Factory building.
See also: Sub Base Platypus Renewal Project
View an artist's impression of our proposal for the Torpedo Factory Renewal Project...
Artist impression: Proposal for the Torpedo Factory at Sub Base Platypus
Existing view of the Torpedo Factory
Artist impression: Proposal for the Torpedo Factory at Sub Base Platypus
Artist impression: Proposal for the Torpedo Factory at Sub Base Platypus
Artist impression: Proposal for the Torpedo Factory at Sub Base Platypus
Artist impression: Proposal for the Torpedo Factory at Sub Base Platypus
Artist impression: Proposal for the Torpedo Factory at Sub Base Platypus
Artist impression: Proposal for the Torpedo Factory at Sub Base Platypus
Artist impression: Proposal for the Torpedo Factory at Sub Base Platypus
Artist impression: Proposal for the Torpedo Factory at Sub Base Platypus
The Harbour Trust invited the public to have their say on the following consultation documents regarding the Renewal Project between 12 November and 5pm 11 December 2020:
During the four week public consultation period the community shared feedback by:
The Harbour Trust also hosted two drop-in information sessions at Sub Base Platypus in late November.
This public consultation followed engagement with the Harbour Trust’s Advisory Groups to inform the Project Direction and Planning Application. Community feedback on an earlier design concept for the Torpedo Factory also helped shape the Planning Application and draft amendment to the Platypus Management Plan 2016.
The Harbour Trust will consider feedback as part of the planning assessment process. If you provided feedback, you will be notified of the outcome when a determination is made in 2021.
A consultation summary, outlining the feedback provided and how it was addressed by the Harbour Trust, will also be made publicly available following the determination.
Learn more about Sub Base Platypus, including the site's history and our visitor experience...
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