1. Alice Springs Town Centre Built Form Guidelines

2. Topics for discussion  Background – Why are these Guidelines necessary?  Where do the Guidelines apply?  What are the key areas of concern?  How are the Guidelines structured?

3. 2009 Urban Design Audit Highlighted the Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities, and Threats In the Alice Springs Town Centre

4. Weaknesses

5. Poor Relationships with Streets

6. Poor Quality Footpaths

7. Too Much Poor Quality Fencing

8. Predominance of Surface Parking

9. Poor Street Tree Choice

10. Poor Street Furniture

11. Poor Public Amenities No Drinking Fountains Not enough Public Seating

12. No Active Building Frontages

13. Active Frontages Good Frontage Mediocre Frontage Poor Frontage

14. Street Trees

15. Quality Paving

16. Climate Protection for Pedestrians

17. Public Seating

18. Views and Vistas

19. Poor Fencing & Glazing Parking in poor relationship to the Street

20. The Need for Design Guidance

21. The Key Areas of Concern  The quality of streets  How buildings relate to streets  Improving surveillance and reducing fencing  Local character  Parking  Environmentally Sustainable Design  Weather protection  Building setbacks and Height

22. How the Guidelines are Structured  Grouped into Elements  Town Centre  Streets  Buildings  Shopfronts  Landscape  Fencing  Signs  Materials  Parking  Safety  Privacy and Noise  Environmentally Sustainable Design

23. Elements  Elements are Structured into:  Objectives (Overall goals)  Requirements (Aspects which must be addressed)  Guidance (Ways the Objectives could be met)