The latest news from REDWatch
REDWatch is a community group which covers the Sydney suburbs of Redfern Eveleigh Darlington and Waterloo. These suburbs make up what the NSW Government generally refers to as Redfern - Waterloo. The area has been subject to various NSW Government interventions since the early 2000s and had its own Government Minister from 2004 to 2011. Interventions have included removing planning responsibilities from City of Sydney Council and having place specific interventions on human services, infrastructure and employment. This history is captured on this website. Currently the focus is on UrbanGrowth Central to Eveleigh and the proposed redevelopment of the Waterloo Public Housing Estate. Below is the latest news from REDWatch about our area and its issues.
Streets and Open Spaces - October 2011
The Engagement focus for October 2011 is on Streets Parks & Open Space. Here are the flyers and information associated with this months focus.
Waterloo March 2012 Community Design Workshop Report - HNSW Masterplan
This report from the 28 March 2012 Community Design Workshops on Waterloo. It will be used as part of the HNSW Preliminary Masterplan for the redevelopment of the Waterloo public housing estate. The Preliminary Masterplan has received a funding extension until the end of 2012 and is waiting for the finalisation of the BEP2 planning controls before the Preliminary Master Plan will be finalised. This file is a large 6.7MB PDF.
Redfern March 2012 Community Design Workshop Report - HNSW Masterplan
This report from the 28 March 2012 Community Design Workshops on Redfern. It will be used as part of the HNSW Preliminary Masterplan for the redevelopment of the Redfern public housing estate. The Preliminary Masterplan has received a funding extension until the end of 2012 and is waiting for the finalisation of the BEP2 planning controls before the Preliminary Master Plan will be finalised. This file is a large 8.2MB PDF.
Waterloo Community Design Workshop - 28 March 9.30am or 6pm
Mar 28, 2012 from 09:30 AM to 06:00 PM
— Souths on Chalmers (265 Chalmers Street, Redfern)
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Waterloo Community Design workshop Souths on Chalmers (265 Chalmers Street, Redfern) Design workshop with the urban planners to contribute your ideas for the future of Redfern. Wed 28 March Day session 9:30– 3 pm or Eve session 6pm– 8:30pm. Lunch or supper provided Day session – English; Russian; Cantonese; Mandarin. Evening session – English only
Redfern Community Design workshop - 21 March 9.30am or 6pm
Mar 21, 2012 from 09:30 AM to 06:00 PM
— Souths on Chalmers (265 Chalmers Street, Redfern)
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Redfern Community Design workshop Souths on Chalmers (265 Chalmers Street, Redfern) Design workshop with the urban planners to contribute your ideas for the future of Redfern. Wed 21 March Day session 9:30– 3 pm or Eve session 6pm– 8:30pm. Lunch or supper provided Day session – English; Russian; Cantonese; Mandarin. Evening session – English only
Waterloo Walk and Talk Workshop on ideas for the community design workshops - 13 March 2012
Mar 13, 2012 from 09:00 AM to 02:00 PM
— Front of the Matavai building
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Waterloo walk and talk workshop Meet at the Front of the Matavai building. Guided walk through Waterloo to talk about ideas for the community design workshops. Refreshment provided English, Russian, Cantonese & Mandarin at the following times Chinese speakers 9.30 am; Russian speakers 10:30 am; English speakers 2 pm
Redfern Walk and Talk Workshop on ideas for the community design workshops - 6 March
Mar 06, 2012 from 09:00 AM to 02:00 PM
— Our Place, Poet’s Corner
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Redfern Walk and Talk Workshop Meet at Our Place, Poet’s Corner Guided walk through Redfern to talk about ideas for the community design workshops. Refreshment provided - English, Russian, Cantonese & Mandarin see times - Mandarin speakers 9.30 am; Russian speakers 10:30 am; Cantonese Speakers 1pm; English speakers 2 pm
The Councillor's Guide to Urban Design - CABE UK
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) gave independent advice to help people create better buildings and spaces from 1999 to 2011. Housing NSW has suggested this publication - The Councillor's Guide to Urban Design as a useful resource in thinking about what makes might make good Urban Design in Redfern and Waterloo. The Guide covers 01 WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL PLACE? - The seven qualities that successful streets, spaces, villages, towns and cities tend to have in common 02 ASPECTS OF FORM The inter-related elements which work together to define buildings, groups of buildings and spaces 03 RAISING STANDARDS How local authorities get the best out of development and a 04 THE PLANNING TOOLKIT Outlines the tools currently available to planning authorities which, used effectively, can deliver quality as well as case studies. Other CABE documents can be found at http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110118095356/http://www.cabe.org.uk/home
Waterloo Nov 2011 Community Design Workshop Report - HNSW Masterplan
The report from the November 2011 Community Design Workshops will be used as one of the inputs to the March 2012 design workshops. Here you can download that report. The ideas generated by the workshops will be used to formulate and refine concepts resulting in preferred concepts which will identify the proposed location for new shops and facilities, new and upgraded streets, paths and open spaces, and new residential buildings. The refined concepts will form the basis of the structure plan within the Preliminary Masterplan and will be presented to the community in March 2012. This report has a summary map of the common ideas that gives some indication of where HNSW say participants want facilities to go. This file is a large 8MB PDF.
Housing NSW Masterplan takes Shape
Housing NSW have released the reports from their planning workshops in November as the basis for the next round of discussions. The separate reports for Redfern and Waterloo include details of what came out of the workshop and a summary at the end of the “Ideas for Improvement”. This summary and the accompany map shows what Housing NSW believe the community wants where. Below we have extracted the summary findings of each report top make them easily accessible. The links to the full reports are at the foot of this article.
Redfern Nov 2011 Community Design Workshop Report - HNSW Masterplan
The report from the November 2011 Community Design Workshops will be used as one of the inputs to the March 2012 design workshops. Here you can download that report. The ideas generated by the workshops will be used to formulate and refine concepts resulting in preferred concepts which will identify the proposed location for new shops and facilities, new and upgraded streets, paths and open spaces, and new residential buildings. The refined concepts will form the basis of the structure plan within the Preliminary Masterplan and will be presented to the community in March 2012. This report has a summary map of the common ideas that gives some indication of where HNSW say participants want facilities to go. This file is a large 7MB PDF.
What makes a great neighbourhood?
Mark Sheppard, the lead designer for the Redfern Waterloo Masterplan project, suggests that residents think about what makes a great neighbourhood and the different ways this could be achieved — see the table below.
Community Design Workshop - March 2012
The Engagement focus for March 2012 is on a Community Design Workshop. Here are the flyers and information associated with this months focus.
Waterloo Nov 2011 Community Design Workshop Report - HNSW Masterplan
In November 2011, a series of Community Design workshops were held to provide local residents and other stakeholders with an opportunity to contribute to the plan for the renewal of the Waterloo estate. This report outlines the process and outcomes of the Waterloo workshops. The ideas generated by the workshops will now be used to formulate and refine concepts to deliver the best outcomes. This will result in preferred concepts which will identify the proposed location for new shops and facilities, new and upgraded streets, paths and open spaces, and new residential buildings. The refined concepts will form the basis of the structure plan within the Preliminary Masterplan and will be presented to the community in March 2012. This will form part of a second series of community design workshops intended to develop more detail around the concepts. This report has a summary map of the common ideas that gives some indication of where HNSW say participants want facilities to go. This file is a large 8MB PDF.
Redfern Nov 2011 Community Design Workshop Report - HNSW Masterplan
In November 2011, a series of Community Design workshops were held to provide local residents and other stakeholders with an opportunity to contribute to the plan for the renewal of Redfern estate. This report outlines the process and outcomes of the Redfern workshops. The ideas generated by the workshops will now be used to formulate and refine concepts to deliver the best outcomes. This will result in preferred concepts which will identify the proposed location for new shops and facilities, new and upgraded streets, paths and open spaces, and new residential buildings. The refined concepts will form the basis of the structure plan within the Preliminary Masterplan and will be presented to the community in March 2012. This will form part of a second series of community design workshops intended to develop more detail around the concepts. This report has a summary map of the common ideas that gives some indication of where HNSW say participants want facilities to go. This file is a large 7MB PDF.
HNSW Redfern Waterloo Update - Dec 2011
This Update was distributed to participants of a Thank you forum on 14 December. It reports on the November 2011 HNSW Masterplan Design Workshops and should be distributed before Christmas. File is 682KB PDF.
HNSW Masterplanning Workshop for Waterloo - 24 Nov 6.00pm
Nov 24, 2011 from 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM
— Redfern Town Hall, 73 Pitt Street, Redfern
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Each workshop will be a hands-on planning process, in which residents, planners, stakeholders, landowners and others will collaborate on ideas for the Preliminary Masterplan. HNSW Workshops will be held on Wednesday 23 November 2011 about Redfern and on Thursday 24 November 2011 about Waterloo. For each suburb there will be a choice of two workshop times - from 9.30-3.30 or 6.00-8.30. All sessions will be held at Redfern Town Hall. Ring HNSW on 9268 3443 for more details.
HNSW Masterplanning Workshop for Waterloo - 24 Nov 9.30am
Nov 24, 2011 from 09:30 AM to 03:30 PM
— Redfern Town Hall, 73 Pitt Street, Redfern
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Each workshop will be a hands-on planning process, in which residents, planners, stakeholders, landowners and others will collaborate on ideas for the Preliminary Masterplan. HNSW Workshops will be held on Wednesday 23 November 2011 about Redfern and on Thursday 24 November 2011 about Waterloo. For each suburb there will be a choice of two workshop times - from 9.30-3.30 or 6.00-8.30. All sessions will be held at Redfern Town Hall. Ring HNSW on 9268 3443 for more details.
What Waterloo Residents Want - Dianne Whitworth
This is the Waterloo presentation of what residents want out of the Waterloo Preliminary Masterplan. The Waterloo presentation featured Dianne Whitworth. Presentation is 214 KB PDF.
RWA BEP2 Parks Open Spaces and Public Domain
As part of the HNSW Community Design Workshop for the Redfern and Waterloo Preliminary Masterplan HNSW provided a copy of the RWA BEP2 Figure 8 covering Parks Open Spaces and Public Domain to encourage discussion. This file is a 1.1 MB JPG file.
What Redfern Residents Want - Brian Parker
This is the Redfern presentation of what residents want out of the Redfern Preliminary Masterplan. The Redfern presentation featured Brian Parker. Presentation is 209 KB PDF.
RWA BEP2 Activity Nodes
As part of the HNSW Community Design Workshop for the Redfern and Waterloo Preliminary Masterplan HNSW provided a copy of the RWA BEP2 Figure 6 to encourage discussion. This file is a 1 MB JPG file.
Design Brief Summary for the Nov Community Design Workshop
Design Brief Summary presented by the Master Planners at the Community Design Workshops for the Redfern and Waterloo Preliminary Masterplan in November 2011. This presentation dealt with: Key Challenges – problems that have been identified by the community and which the Master Plan will address; Key Opportunities – different ways in which the challenges can be tackled and Key Neighbourhood Ingredients – the important parts of a community. This document is 873 KB PDF.
Background Sheet for November Community design Workshops
In this background sheet HNSW Community Design Workshop for the Redfern and Waterloo Preliminary Masterplan provide the opportunity for residents and other stakeholders to work together with urban designers on some of the key aspects of the urban design. This is the background sheet from the November 2011 Community Design Workshops. File is 100 KB PDF.
HNSW Masterplanning Workshop for Redfern - 23 Nov 6.00pm
Nov 23, 2011 from 06:00 PM to 08:30 PM
— Redfern Town Hall, 73 Pitt Street, Redfern
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Each workshop will be a hands-on planning process, in which residents, planners, stakeholders, landowners and others will collaborate on ideas for the Preliminary Masterplan. HNSW Workshops will be held on Wednesday 23 November 2011 about Redfern and on Thursday 24 November 2011 about Waterloo. For each suburb there will be a choice of two workshop times - from 9.30-3.30 or 6.00-8.30. All sessions will be held at Redfern Town Hall. Ring HNSW on 9268 3443 for more details.
HNSW Masterplanning Workshop for Redfern - 23 Nov 9.30am
Nov 23, 2011 from 09:30 AM to 03:30 PM
— Redfern Town Hall, 73 Pitt Street, Redfern
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Each workshop will be a hands-on planning process, in which residents, planners, stakeholders, landowners and others will collaborate on ideas for the Preliminary Masterplan. HNSW Workshops will be held on Wednesday 23 November 2011 about Redfern and on Thursday 24 November 2011 about Waterloo. For each suburb there will be a choice of two workshop times - from 9.30-3.30 or 6.00-8.30. All sessions will be held at Redfern Town Hall. Ring HNSW on 9268 3443 for more details.
Community Design Workshop - November 2011
The Engagement focus for September 2011 will be a Community Design Workshop. Here are the flyers and information associated with this months focus.
HNSW Preliminary Masterplan - Updates for residents - Community Facilities - 17 Sept 2011
This month the Redfern Waterloo Preliminary Master Plan Project is focusing on connections in and around the neighbourhoods reports an Update from Housing NSW on 17 September 2011. Here REDWatch has combined information from two HNSW Updates on this months topic as well as details of this months bus tour and workshops on the topic of Connections and Local Facilities.
Connections and Local Facilities - HNSW Masterplan focus for Sept 2011
This is the flyer for the September 2011 Connections and Local Facilities sessions of the Housing NSW Master Plan involving a bus trip on Sept 21 2011 and workshops repeated on 24 on 28 & 29 September 2011. File is 941 KB PDF.
Connections, Shops & Community Services - Sept 2011
The Engagement focus for September 2011 is on Connections, Shops and Community Services. Here are the flyers and information associated with this months focus.
Building Design Workshop - Sat 10 March 9.30
Mar 10, 2012 from 09:30 AM to 12:00 PM
— Redfern Oval community room
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Learn about modern building design so you can bring your ideas to the community design workshops. Light refreshments provided. English
HNSW Bus Trip to Learn About Modern Building Design - 21 Feb 9am
Feb 21, 2012 from 09:00 AM to 02:30 PM
— Meet at Redfern Town Hall
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Languages available English, Russian, Cantonese & Mandarin. Lunch provided.
Building Design - February & March 2012
The Engagement focus for February 2012 is on Building Design. Here are the flyers and information associated with this months focus.
Waterloo Masterplan Common Ideas Nov 2011
Map produced by HNSW to show how the common ideas may be reflected in a plan for Waterloo
HNSW Request for Feedback on Community Engagement - May 2012
HNSW are looking for feedback on what people thought of their Preliminary Masterplan engagement program in 2011-12. HNSW say your input will assist them to continue to improve their engagement for future phases of our work in Redfern and Waterloo. File is 78Kb PDF
HNSW Preliminary Master Plan / HAF Community Engagement Plan
Housing NSW released version 7 of their Engagement Plan (updated 5 October 2011) in response to REDWatch's request to publicly release the final Engagement Strategy. REDWatch was consulted on Drafts v4 on 10 May and made "Comments on Proposed HAF Master Plan Community Engagement" which you can read at www.redwatch.org.au/issues/public-housing/redevelopment/consult. REDWatch was also supplied v5 on 22 June which did not pick up on many of the issues REDWatch had raised. REDWatch was asked not to release the earlier versions and this version is the first public version. Housing NSW have advised that they reported to the Federal Govt's Housing Affordability Fund, who are funding the Preliminary Master Plan, on their Community Building and engagement framework in May 2011. This file is 74KB PDF.
HNSW Community Engagement Schedule 2011 at 1 Sept 2011
This is the Community Engagement Schedule provided to REDWatch by Housing NSW on 1 September 2011. Events will appear in the REDWatch Calendar. File is 27 Kb PDF.
Community Engagement
HNSW have chosen a Master Planning topic each month to engage the community. Here are the materials for SEP 2011 - Connections, Shops & Community Services; OCT 2011 - Streets Parks & Open Space; NOV 2011 - Community Design Workshop; JAN 2012 - Building Design; and MAR 2012 - Enquiry by Design (Note Changes have been made in October and November)
Preliminary Master Plan not to be made Public
Housing NSW have declined a REDWatch request that the Preliminary Masterplan be made public for community consultation before it is reported to the Federal Government by advising that "the preliminary masterplanning is an internal working document exploring options for Housing and Property Group’s major sites and is in a constant state of development". Housing NSW has also declined REDWatch's request to publicly release the HNSW Preliminary Masterplan progress reports to the Federal Government. Below you can see what REDWatch requested and why and how HNSW have responded. REDWatch wrote to HNSW when it became apparent HNSW had made no provision in their consultation to publicly exhibit their Preliminary Masterplan.
HNSW Preliminary Master Plan
The Preliminary Master Plan is funded by a 2009 Federal Government Affordable Housing Fund Grant and is to be completed by June 2012. While it falls within the Draft BEP2 framework it is not the comprehensive Master Plan referred to within the BEP2. More work will need to be funded to both take the Preliminary Master Plan to a full Master Plan for the area covered in the project and to cover off all the areas in BEP2. REDWatch is posting these documents so they are publicly available electronically in the absence of Housing NSW being able to post them on their own website.
PCYC
With the involvement in November 2005 of the PCYC with the Rabbitohs in a proposal for Redfern Oval there has been much confusion regarding the situation of the PCYC in the Elizabeth Street Redevelopment in the absence of an amended Master Plan.
Elizabeth Street, Redfern Redevelopment Q&As
This Q&A sheet was originally put out and dated September 2003. The text below was taken from a PDF file dated 18 January 2005 which still showed the September 2003 date.
ELIZABETH ST, REDFERN REDEVELOPMENT - FACT SHEET - September 2003
Urban renewal - BUILDING SAFER AND STRONGER COMMUNITIES - “a greater mix of public and private housing will help lessen the stigma sometimes associated with living on estates”
Elizabeth St Masterplan
This is a copy of the current / initial Master Plan. The Master plan has not been changed following the Department of Housings email to residents in May 2005 that they would put the project up for expressions of interest with the previously excluded PCYC included.
Elizabeth St Masterplan 3D
This is a 3D version of the current / initial Master Plan. The Master plan has not been changed following the Department of Housings email to residents in May 2005 that they would put the project up for expressions of interest with the previously excluded PCYC included.
DoH Letter to Tenents 20 May 2003
This letter was sent to Public housing tenants in May 2003 regarding the potential development of the Departments Elizabeth Street Redfern.
DoH Letter to Tenants 20 May 2005
This letter was sent to Public Housing Tenants advising the Departments decision to include the PCYC for Expressions Of Interest in the development. The letter advises that depending on the outcome of the new advertisements and Councils requirements a new Master Plan may be necessary.
Overall View from Walker - Philip Streets
This diagram was released by the DoH on 9 January 2008 when the Minister announced that work would commence on the redevelopment of Walker and Elizabeth Street DoH properties. PDF 2MB.
Aerial view from Walker - Philip Corner
This diagram was released by the DoH on 9 January 2008 when the Minister announced that work would commence on the redevelopment of Walker and Elizabeth Street DoH properties. PDF 3.9MB.
Redfern’s $28 Million Housing Redevelopment Underway
Minister for Housing, Matt Brown announced on 9 January 2008 that the demolition of old public housing buildings in Redfern is underway to make way for better, greener homes for those in need reports this media release from Matt Brown NSW Minister for Housing .
Artists Impression 2
This is the second artist's impression which shows Morehead Street East Elevation and Walker Street West Elevation (GIF 166Kb).
Artists Impression 1
This is the first artist's impression of the development bounded by Morehead and Walker streets (GIF 115Kb).
Redevelopment as per the Approved Masterplan
This is a copy of the "After" shot from the DoH masterplan for the site. It is currently on the DoH website to show how the project will look upon completion (GIF 178Kb).
Area covered by Redevelopment
This map shows the area covered by the Department of housing re-development bordered by Elizabeth St, Phillip Street, Morehead street and Kettle Street (GIF 106Kb).
City of Sydney Urban Design Study and Elizabeth Street Public Housing
During 2006 the City of Sydney undertook an Urban Design Study of Waterloo and Redfern which included the area of the Elizabeth Street Public Housing redevelopment.
NSW GOVERNMENT GIVES GO-AHEAD FOR REDFERN REDEVELOPMENT
On Friday 27 April, 2007 Minister for Housing Matt Brown issued a media release announcing that the redevelopment of the Elizabeth Street, Redfern public housing site would proceed as part of State Plan Priority E6: strengthening our social housing sector. The Text of the Media Statement and the fact sheet is provided below.
Walker Street Redfern First DoH Development
The article below by Pam Walker appeared in the Southern Courier Newspaper in 30th July 2002 and was the first residents of Walker and Elizabeth Street Redfern knew that their neighbourhood was planned to be the first of the DoH's privately financed redevelopments.
Elizabeth & Walker Streets Redfern Redevelopment
The plan for this redevelopment was announced in July 2002 as part of the DoH's decision to use privately funded redevelopment (see article in Redevelopment tab). In September 2003 the NSW Department of Housing wrote to residents formally informing them of what was planned in the development. The DoH could not get interest in the development as initially proposed and in May 2005 advised residents that they would try to gain interest by including the PCYC site in the development. Here we are collecting information about the Elizabeth Street development.
Waterloo DoH - George Street in the Urban Design Study
This is the extract covering the main Waterloo DoH estate generally boundered by Cope, Phillip, Pitt and McEvoy Streets. PDF 1.9 MB.
DoH Redevelopment Opportunity Example
The City of Sydney Urban Design Study takes the towers on Phillip Street Waterloo as an example of how the site could be redeveloped to provide higher density and eventually remove the towers. It proposes reopening George Street and turning current public open space into more housing and private open space for tenants. File is 837 Kb PDF.
Redfern DoH - Kettle Street in the Urban Design Study
This is the extract covering the Redfern DoH properties generally boundered by Elizabeth, Phillip, Young and Cooper Streets. PDF 1.7 MB.
Heritage Map from Waterloo & Redfern Urban Design Study
This is the Heritage map from the Waterloo & Redfern Urban Design Study. It show some of the issues facing DoH if it wished to consolidation its land holdings in the "Elizabeth Street" Urban Design Study area. PDF 360 Kb.
Actual Current Heighs and the proposed Height Controls from the Urban Design Study
The Urban Design Study showed the current Height controls for the area, as well as the actual Heights and made proposals about the Heights that should be in new City of Sydney controls. We have shown here the maps that show the actual Heights that currently exisit as well as what has been proposed by the City of Sydney. As some DoH land exceeds current council heigh controls there seeemed little point in including the current height zoning. In broad terms the City of Sydney proposed controls are to decrease height but increase land coverage. Map is PDF 863 KB.
Actual Current Floor Space Ratio's and those proposed by the Urban Design Study
The Urban Design Study showed the current Floor Space Ratio (FSR) controls for the area, as well as the actual FSR's and made proposals about the FSR's that should be in new City of Sydney controls. We have shown here the maps that show the actual FSR's that exisit as well as what has been proposed by the City of Sydney. As some DoH land exceeds current council controls there seeemed little point in including the current zoning. In broad outline FSR controls are proposed to go from 1.5:1 to a range of 1.75:1 to 3.5:1. Map is PDF 879 KB.
Waterloo Mixed DoH - Elizabeth Street in the Urban Design Study
This is the extract covering the DoH properties in Waterloo that are largely unconsolidated in the area generally boundered by Pitt, Phillip, Morehead and McEvoy Streets. This area has a number of heritage features which are shown on the heritage map. PDF 1.8 MB.
DoH Properties in Waterloo & Redfern Urban Design Area
This map was produced at the end of the consultation process as a result of requests from the community. The map shows the location of Department of Housing properties in Waterloo & Redfern Urban Design Area. PDF 278Kb.
Council Draft LEP Land Use Zoning Map for HNSW areas in Redfern & Waterloo
This Land Use Zoning Map for the HNSW Planning Master Plan area has been extracted from the Draft Local Environment Plan (LEP) that City of Sydney put to the Department of Planning for Approval and Exhibition in September 2010. This map is provided for easy comparison of the council's proposed controls with the alternative controls produced by the Redfern Waterloo Authority BEP2 and Housing NSW's Master Planning for the Redfern & Waterloo public housing estates. This map is based on the area used by HNSW in its consultations for the Master Plan. File is PDF 263Kb
Council Draft LEP Heritage Map proposed for HNSW areas in Redfern & Waterloo
This Heritage map for the HNSW Planning Master Plan area has been extracted from the Draft Local Environment Plan (LEP) that City of Sydney put to the Department of Planning for Approval and Exhibition in September 2010. This map is provided for easy comparison of the council's proposed controls with the alternative controls produced by the Redfern Waterloo Authority BEP2 and Housing NSW's Master Planning for the Redfern & Waterloo public housing estates. This map is based on the area used by HNSW in its consultations for the Master Plan. File is PDF 259Kb
Council Draft LEP Height Controls for HNSW areas of Redfern & Waterloo
This Height map for the HNSW Planning Master Plan area has been extracted from the Draft Local Environment Plan (LEP) that City of Sydney put to the Department of Planning for Approval and Exhibition in September 2010. This map is provided for easy comparison of the council's proposed controls with the alternative controls produced by the Redfern Waterloo Authority BEP2 and Housing NSW's Master Planning for the Redfern & Waterloo public housing estates. This map is based on the area used by HNSW in its consultations for the Master Plan. File is PDF 289Kb
Council Draft LEP Floor Space Ratio (FSR) for HNSW areas of Redfern & Waterloo
This FSR map for the HNSW Planning Master Plan area has been extracted from the Draft Local Environment Plan (LEP) that City of Sydney put to the Department of Planning for Approval and Exhibition in September 2010. This map is provided for easy comparison of the council's proposed controls with the alternative controls produced by the Redfern Waterloo Authority BEP2 and Housing NSW's Master Planning for the Redfern & Waterloo public housing estates. This map is based on the area used by HNSW in its consultations for the Master Plan. File is PDF 292Kb.
City of Sydney Council Submission on Draft BEP2
The City of Sydney Submission tested various aspects of the Draft BEP2 and made a number of recommendations for changes to the plan. The council also proposed lower densities for the Redfern public housing estate and increased density in Waterloo arround a proposed new railway station.
Building Type in Waterloo & Redfern Urban Design Study Area
This map shows building type in the Waterloo & Redfern Urban Design Study Area and hence helps to identify the range of buildings held by the Department of Housing in the Waterloo & Redfern area. PDF 379 Kb.
NSW LAHC sites within City of Sydney LGA
This is a map from May 2021 showing Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) properties in the City of Sydney. LAHC own the land on which public and some social housing is located. The map is produced from the City of Sydney property records. Earlier in 2021 the NSW made available the locations of publicly owned lands but it excluded all property owned by state own corporations such as LAHC. For those in Redfern and Waterloo this map can be compared with a similar Council map from 2006 of DoH Properties in Waterloo & Redfern Urban Design Area (http://www.redwatch.org.au/issues/public-housing/redevelopment/cosuds/dohmap/download). A comparison shows LAHC properties in Redfern and Waterloo that have been sold by LAHC between 2006 and 2021.
Council Draft LEP Consultation with RWA & HNSW
In preparing the Draft CoS LEP covering the public housing estate areas of Redfern and Waterloo the Council was required to have Consultation with Government departments, adjoining councils and other bodies under section 62 of EP&A Act. This report which was Appendix J in the documents that went to Council on 6 September 2010 says “After additional consultation with Housing NSW it has been clarified and accepted that Waterloo Redfern Urban Design Study has offered reasonable and appropriate LEP recommendations. Redfern Waterloo Authority Built Environment Plan – Stage 2, as advised by the Authority, will not be dissimilar to Council’s recommendations and strategy for this area.”(page 15 – also see p23) This raises the question of why didn’t the RWA & HNSW just accept the CoS draft controls or negotiate any small variations rather than go through a separate BEP2 process? The meeting referred to was in May 2008 there may have been changes made since this statement was made. This is a link to the report covering CoS consultations - just search the the 482 KB PDF for Redfern or Waterloo.
City of Sydney Draft LEP
The City of Sydney has prepared a Draft Local Environment Plan (LEP) which covers all of the Local Government Area not removed from its Contol by the NSW Government - this currently includes the Public Housing areas that are to be the focus of the RWA's proposed BEP2 planning controls. The Council having passed the draft LEP sends it to the Department of Planning for their approval before being placed on public exhibition. It is considered likely that the public housing estates will be removed from the control of the council and from the draft LEP so that the RWA can exhibit their proposed planning conrols for the area. Below are links to the Councils LEP Draft controls when they went to Council Committee on 6 September 2010.
City of Sydney and Public Housing
During 2006 the City of Sydney undertook an Urban Design Study of Redfern Waterloo. This study included land owned by the then NSW Department of Housing. The study found that some areas of Public Housing were of quite low density and that there were opportunities to increase density on Housing New South Wales (HNSW) lands and decrease heights. Here we have bought together the key aspects of this study as it relates to public housing. We have also some maps from the CoS Draft LEP in September 2010 which show what CoS proposed as their controls for the HNSW area prior to RWA BEP2 and HNSW's Preliminary Master Plan. While the Draft BEP2 proposed an increase of 35% in density over the Council study, the Council submission on BEP2 actually proposed increased density in Waterloo if a new railway station on the Airport line could be constructed.
REDWatch Information Required and Received for Consultation on Public Housing
This link is to a list of reports, information and activity that is been sort by REDWatch. This is information and reference material relevant to community discussion about BEP2 & the Housing NSW Affordability Fund Preliminary Master Plan. As documents are supplied we will indicate this on the list with a link to the information. As the need for new information or action is required it too will be added to the list. Over time it is hoped that this document will move from being a list of what is predominantly required to a list of where the information can be found. In cases where research is ongoing, such as baseline studies, the information should be released as it becomes available so the community can make use of the information in the consultations rather than the information being kept from the community until a final report is available.
Preliminary Master Plan Engagement Documents
Documents connected to the Monthly Engagement programme for the Preliminary master Plan can be found here
Re-development of public housing estates - How can public housing tenants be informed and consulted?
The following guide for public tenants in dealing with redevelopment on public housing estates has been produced by Shelter NSW in JUne 2010.