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Cottage Creek

The Cottage Creek Precinct is the main commercial centre of Honeysuckle. The precinct bustles with more than 2,500 workers in the Hunter Water Corporation head office, the Sparke Helmore building, the PricewaterhouseCoopers building and the HQo building (with NIB Health Funds and GHD) all located in Honeysuckle Drive. The Honeysuckle project has been a significant driver of the provision of new A-grade office space to the city, allowing firms to move into bigger, more modern workplaces which help them attract and retain staff.

Planned outcome/impact Achieved Outstanding
Opening up of the creek 50m wide open space corridor preserved in LEP Construction to be concurrent with private sector development or commercial sites
Storm water management Hunter Water installation of litter and sediment catchment traps Further works proposed as part of landscaping improvement plan
Provision of open space DCP includes Plans for Cottage Creek north and south In time with surrounding development this open space park and plaza will be developed
Realignment of the road Over half the work of realign the full 12km of Honeysuckle drive is complete Work remains to be done as part of “Wickham urban Village”
Removal of cargo facilities
  • Complete 2000
  • 24,000ms of hard stand developed at the Basin
Opportunity for cruise ships 40 naval and 18 cruise ship visits More permanent and use specific facilities are required
Development of a ferry wharf No action Proposed in 2009 Urban renewal strategy
Provision of office space 45,000m2 provided Sites available for approximately and additional 125,000m2 mixed commercial use
Provision of residential accommodation None in present development Limited residential as well as hotel accommodation proposed for future stages on the precinct
Preservation and treatment of historic
  • Fig tree
  • Fig tree protected and surrounding
  • park landscaped with interpretive information
 Park to be completed with subsequent developments
Provision of services
  • Contamination and mine subsidence issues managed
  • All services provide and augmented as necessary
Protection of heritage buildings Wickham Urban village heritage building protected
Creation of viable development lots Collaboration with RTA and NCC to organise land title to achieve viable commercial lots for redevelopment
Landscaping Progressively being completed Landscaping to parallel Development
Urban design framework Strong urban design guidelines and place and supported by NCC
Car parking Throsby wharf used to provide 300 temporary spaces