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.
Your questions and concerns answered
The Following Questions and Answers were circulated at the Sydney Local Health District Community Meeting on 29 January 2013 at the Redfern Health Centre.
Redfern Harm Minimisation Program - Management Plan at 29 January 2013
This is was the "Redfern Harm Minimisation Program - Management Plan Automatic Syringe Dispensing Machine January 2013" Working Document circulated at the Sydney Local Health District Community Meeting on 29 January 2013 at the Redfern Health Centre. It sets out a draft Management Plan for the Automatic Syringe Dispensing Machine. This document is a draft and is likely to have changed but is is put here by REDWatch so a document distributed at the meeting is more widely available to the community. File is 715KB PDF.
Key Actions to Reduce the rate of HIV and Hepatitus C Infections
The Following Summary of Key Actions were circulated at the Sydney Local Health District Community Meeting on 29 January 2013 at the Redfern Health Centre.
Sydney Area Health Redfern Health Centre Meeting
Jan 29, 2013 from 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM
— Redfern Health Centre Redfern Street Redfern
—
The next meeting to discuss Harm Minimisation and the proposed Needle dispensing Machine at the Redfern Health Centre will be held on 29 January 2012. Below you will find the text of a letter to attendees from the last meeting from Dr Teresa Anderson Chief Executive Sydney Local Area Health District.
Draft SSWSHS Redfern Harm Minimisation Program Management Plan
This is the "Draft Redfern Harm Minimisation Program Management Plan" circulated by Sydney and South West Sydney Local Health District to a community meeting for a community meeting on 18 December 2012 at Redfern Health Centre. The Management Plan sets out what is proposed and how it is proposed to be managemend for community input. The file is 105KB PDF.
Protecting the Health of the Community - Dr Roger Garsia
This is the presentation "Protecting the Health of the Community : The contribution of sterile needles and syringes to the prevention of harm to drug injectors". This presentation was made by Dr Roger Garsia Director HIV Clinical Services SLHD and Chair NSW Ministry Advisory Committee on HIV /AIDS and STI to a community meeting on 30 October at Redfern Health Centre. This presentation sets out the sucessof harm minimisation around the world and why they are important in an area like Redfern Waterloo. It also with why an automated dispensing machine is required. The file is 1.5MB PDF.
HIV & Hepatitus C Issues in Redfern Waterloo - Dr Paul Haber
This is an extract of a presentation made by Dr Paul Haber, Medical Director, Drug Health Services on behalf of Sydney and South West Sydney Local Health District to a community meeting on 30 October at Redfern Health Centre. Dr Haber states that the level of Hepatitus C is 10% higher in Redfern/Waterloo on average than either the national or state figures. His presentation also shows that Redfern/Waterloo has almost twice the HIV prevalance of NSW and more than twice the national prevalence. Dr Haber states that people living in Redfern/Waterloo accounted for 30% of all treatment/interventions provided by DHS within Sydney LHD. The file is 486KB PDF.
Redfern Health Centre After Hours Needle Dispensing Machine
The Development Approval for the building of the Redfern Health Centre included approval for a Needle Dispensing Machine. In 2011-12 when Sydney and South West Sydney Local Health District started to talk about introducing the machine there was strong concern expressed by local businesses and neighbours about the proposal and the earlier approval. In late 2012 and early 2013 Area Health undertook some public meetings to discuss the issues with those interested below you will find material from Area Health setting out the case for such a facility at the Redfern Street front of the Health Centre.
Former Local Court House & Police Station
The former court house is to remain at its existing building height and the old police station can be replaced with a maximum 3 to 6 storey building. The FSR for the whole site is 1.3:1 and the site is to be zoned as Business Zone – Local Centre. The combined site is to be a Community Health Centre.
North Eveleigh - Land Use Map - Draft
These are the Land Uses proposed by the RWA Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan (Stage One) February 2006 for this site. File is 764 Kb PDF.
4.2 North Eveleigh - Draft
Land use and Design Concepts proposed in RWA Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan February 2006
4.2 - North Eveleigh - Final
Land use and Design Concepts proposed in Final RWA Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan August 2006.
North Eveleigh - Height and Floor Space Ratio Map - Draft
These are the Height and Floor Space Ratios proposed by the RWA Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan (Stage One) February 2006 for this site. File is 817 Kb PDF.
North Eveleigh - Land Use Map Final
These are the Land Uses proposed by the Final RWA Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan (Stage One) August 2006 for this site. File is 430 Kb PDF.
North Eveleigh - Height and Floor Space Ratio Map Final
These are the Height and Floor Space Ratios proposed by the RWA Final Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan (Stage One) August 2006 for this site. File is 525 Kb PDF.
RWA Draft Built Environment Plan - North Eveleigh
This section contains the Land Use and Design Concepts for this RWA Strategic Site provided in the RWA Final Redfern Waterloo Built Environment Plan (Stage One) in August 2006 and the Draft of February 2006.
Save Leamington Avenue Web Site
The Save Leamington Avenue Group established their own website on 26 July 2010. You can find out the latest about the group and the campaign to Save Leamington Avenue from saveleamingtonavenue.org. As the decisions Transport NSW will make about the "Relief Line" will impact on Redfern, Eveleigh and Darlington we will still update this section of the website with information relevant to our area.
Save Leamington Avenue Community Group Aims
The public meeting on 5 July 2010 voted to establish a community group called "Friends of The Pines Estate Conservation Area (Known as 'Save Leamington Avenue'". The Meeting agreed to incorporate and adopted the aims below.
RailCorp Letter Re Moving Substations and Ivery's Lane Retaining Wall
On 9 May 2011 Railcorp wrote to residents backing on to Ivery's Lane regarding their plan to move substations on North Eveleigh in line with the North Eveleigh Concept Plan and to renew the retaining wall along Ivery's Lane. This is a copy of letter sent to some owners along Ivery's Lane asking for their comment. RailCorp is both the proponent and the consent authority for this proposal.
TV News Coverage of Leamington Ave
Below are links if available to TV News Stories about the Save Leamington Avenue Campaign,
Transport NSW Presentation - 5 July 2010 at Save Leamington Ave Meeting
This is the a PDF of the Power Point presentation made by Transport NSW on 5 July 2010 about the rationale for the Western Express Rail Project which is threatening houses in Leamington Ave Newtown. PDF 592KB.
Save Leamington Avenue Petition - July 2010
Download this petition to help the Save Leamington Avenue Campaign.
Draft Letter for Save Leamington Avenue Campaign
The text below has been provided for those looking for information to write to politicians to help Save Leamington Avenue. You can copy relevant text from this web page, add your own comments and send your letter or email to the addresses at the foot of this page.
Save Leamington Ave Booklet - 5 July 2010
This is the booklet produced by residents and supporters of Leamington Avenue for the community meeting on 5th July 2010. The booklet provides details of what is known about the possible impact of the City Relief line on Leamington Ave as of the community meeting. File is PDF 1MB.
Pines Estate Heritage Conservation Area Listing
This is the listing on the Heritage Branch website showing the details of the Pines Estate Heritage Conservation Area which covers Leamington Ave Newtown.
North Eveleigh & Leamington Ave Exclusion Zone
This map was produced by residants to show how the zone preserved for North Eveleigh meshes with the map showing the possibile impact of the corridor on Leamington Ave. The map was produced for the public meeting on 5 July 2010. File is 1.2 MB.
Compulsory Acquisition Process
This document on Compulsory Acquisition was prepared by the Environmental Defenders Office Ltd and handed out at the Save Leamington Avenue meeting on 5 July 2010. PDF 212KB.
Metropolitan Rail Expansion Program 2005 Showing Leamington Ave Impact
Map 3 of the "Metropolitan Rail Expansion Program: Metro Pitt and Metro West indicative protection corridors in October 2005" shows where future rail infrastructure may be placed in relation to Redfern Waterloo. A SEPP was introduced in February 2006 to preserve two possible future underground routes within the City of Sydney from being effected by possible future development over the proposed routes. PDF 408Kb.
Rail tunnel plan threatens historic homes
JUST two months after the NSW government spared the heritage suburbs of Pyrmont and Rozelle by dumping the CBD Metro, another historic precinct is under threat from another controversial transport plan reports Andrew West in the Sydney Morning Herald of 4 June 2010.
Leamington Avenue Resumption Warning Leaflet - June 2010
The unsigned leaflet below was distributed to residents in Leamington Avenue in early June 2010. It warned residents of State Government Plans which may lead to the resumption of land in Leamington Avenue at MacDonaldtown adjoining North Eveleigh. The text of the leaflet is below as is a copy of the map from a study in 2002 for RailCorp showing impacted properties. On June 4 Andrew West in the SMH ran a story "Rail tunnel plan threatens historic homes" on the issue.
Christie Report Comments on "City Releif Rail Stub"
The Independent Public Inquiry Long-Term Public Transport Plan for Sydney Final Report pages 205-206 of 26 May 2010 made comments on the NSW Governments proposed Western Express & City Releif line. This extract is below - the full report can be found at www.transportpublicinquiry.com.au
Railway Uses at North Eveleigh
Some of North Eveleigh is being retained by RailCorp for the City Relief Line which also impacts on private property to the west of the North Eveleigh site. Here you can find material about proposed rail uses on North Eveleigh and the City Relief line. You will also find information about the Save Leamington Avenue Campaign from June 2010. Items have been added with most recent at the bottom.
The North Eveleigh Propositional Issue #1
This is the first Propositional that outlines the proposal and provides a response sheet on which you can make your comments on what you think should happen at North Eveleigh. File is PDF 786
People's Planning - The North Eveleigh Propositional - 2011
In February 2011 a peoples planning project was started using North Eveleigh as a case study. The North Eveleigh Propositional aims to upend the typical process of city-making. The Propositional does not aim to find one perfect design, rather it seeks an accumulation of ideas, polished or rough, wild or pragmatic, heart-warming or spine-chilling, a permanently evolving catalogue of potential North Eveleighs. Here REDWatch has collected some of the Propositional ideas. You can see more at www.propositional.net
Map of Preliminary Proposed Development for North Eveleigh
The maps that appears in the Preliminary Concept Plan have been reduced in size to make the document size electronically manageable. As a result the detail on the maps is blurred and the Colour in the Legend and the map do not match. We have pointed these problems out to the RWA and they have supplied us with a higher resolution version of the maps on pages 20 and 21 of their submission (NOTE PDF File is 4.7MB). Please note that the Preliminary Concept Plan is indicative of what the RWA were planning in January 2008 and their final Concept Plan which has to address the items raised in the Director Generals Requirements may differ from what is set out in this Preliminary Concept Plan.
North Eveleigh Concept Plan - Preliminary Environmental Assessment
This is the PDF of the "North Eveleigh Concept Plan Part 3A Major Project Application Preliminary Environmental Assessment Submitted to the department of Planning Prepared by the Redfern Waterloo Authority January 2008". The document includes the "Preliminary Heritage Assessment North Eveleigh Concept Plan for Redfern Waterloo Authority by Weir + Phillips December 2007" and a Statement of Site Suitability from WSP Environmental of November 2007. File is 3.4 MB PDF Text.
Major Project Application - MP 08_0015
A Major Project Application was lodged by the RWA in January 2008 with the Department of Planning for the Redevelopment for residential, commercial, retail and cultural uses of North Eveleigh. On March 13 2008 the Minister for Planning declared the proposal to be a major project under Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 and authorised a Concept Plan to be submitted. The Director-General’s Requirements were issued on 17th March 2008 and project was added to the public register on 7th April 2008. On May 1 2008 the Concept Plan went on Public Exhibition until June 12 2008. On 7th October 2008 the Department of Planning posted the RWA's response to the exhibition comments and the resulting proposed modifications in their Preferred project report. The Preferred Project report will now be assessed by the Department who will make a determination on the project. The details of the DoP listing and link to documents on 7th October is below:
North Eveleigh Concept Plan DGRs (with OCR text overlay)
This is the copy of the Director General's requirements for RWA's North Eveleigh Concept Plan Application. We have overlayed text from OCR (Optical Character recognition). OCR can be inaccurate so please check any text copied against the scanned document to ensure there are no OCR errors in the text you are selecting. By creating an OCR version the text in the DGRs can be found by search engines such as Google which is not possible with a scanned version as is placed on the Department of Planning's website. File is 863KB PDF.
North Eveleigh Concept Plan Community Comments
This section of the site has been set up to allow community feedback on the RWA Concept Plan for North Eveleigh in May 2008. Posts will be monitored and REDWatch reserves the right to edit or remove any posts which are inappropriate, off topic or which may defame - Please think before you type! We have set this up so you can post without being registered on the site but we would still like you to put your name and your street name to posts. Do this at the end of the post and keep the name field blank. If you type in the name field the site will try and match you up with a registered user.
Affordable Housing and the RWA North Eveleigh Concept Plan May 2008
This document is a compilation of references on the RWA’s North Eveleigh Concept Plan referring to Affordable Housing. The list has been prepared by searching all documents for the term “affordable” in relation to housing. It includes the documents on exhibition as well as the Minister’s media statement, the RWA newsletter and the RWA evidence on affordable housing to the Inquiry into Indigenous Disadvantage. It is intended as an easy reference document for those with an interest in Affordable housing who do not have time to go through all the RWA documents associated with the North Eveleigh Concept Plan. It should be noted that the RWA Affordable Housing Contributions Plan 2006 avoided all questions about how affordable housing would be delivered by saying these would be handled in the Redfern-Waterloo Affordable Housing Program. No such programme has gone on exhibition or been released by the RWA and yet they are now making announcements which should be based on such a document. The following extracts were compiled by Geoff Turnbull for REDWatch 17 May 2008.
REDWatch Letter Regarding Sydney University & North Eveleigh
The letter below was sent on 24 May 2010 by REDWatch individually to local politicians urging "the state government and Sydney University enter into negotiations to overcome whatever non-financial obstacles exist to the sale of the North Eveleigh site to the University." The letter was sent to Kristina Keneally, Carmel Tebbutt, Ferity Firth, Tanya Plibersek and Clover Moore.
RailCorp Tender Map for Demolition of Boilermakers Shop, Carriage Shop Extension and Stores Buildings at North Eveleigh
On 6 April 2009 Railcorp advertised for tenders for the "Demolition of Carriage Shop Extension and Stores Buildings (1-4) Including removal of Hazardous Materials at Eveleigh Rail Yards RFT ID 09/08027". On their tenders page it is advised that " RailCorp requires an experienced demolition Contractor for the Hazardous Materials removal and Demolition of Carriage Shop Extension and Stores Buildings (1-4) at North Eveleigh Rail Yards. Work involves the demolition and removal of the former Carriage Shop and Stores Buildings (1-4) to slab level and removal of all hazardous materials from the Site (including asbestos containing materials)." This map shows the work proposed by RailCorp. The RWA has advised that a DA will be put on exhibition to obtain approval for the works proposed by the tender. File is MS Word 943kb.
North Eveleigh Major Project - Minister's Instrument of Approval
This is the Minister's Instrument of Approval (PDF 1.3 MB) of 16 December 2008 for the RWA's North Eveleigh Major Project 08_015. To faciliate searching we have made an OCR overlay please check any text against the underlying scan of the Minister's approval for accuracy. Also see the Department of Plannings Director General's Report of November 2008.
North Eveleigh Major Project - Director General's Report
This is the Department of Plannings Director General's Report (PDF 622.3 KB) of November 2008 on the Departments assessment of the RWA's North Eveleigh Major Project 08_015. Also see the Minister's Instrument of Approval 1.027 MB – 16 December 2008.
Bruce Lay request for Independent Hearing and Assessment Panel
The following letter was put together by three residents involved in the walk around of the North Eveleigh site with Minister Sartor. This letter was sent by Bruce Lay to Minister Keneally in reaction to problems in the RWA's Prefered Project Report. The letter requests the Minister to establish an Independent Hearing and Assessment Panel to investigate the issues.
RWA North Eveleigh Concept Plan Preferred Project Report - Sept 2008
This is the RWA North Eveleigh Concept Plan Preferred Project Report (without Appendices). The full set of documents for the Preferred Project can be downloaded from www.planning.nsw.gov.au/asp/08_0015.asp . This document is 608 KB PDF.
RWA’s North Eveleigh Site Heritage Interpretation Strategy
The RWA’s North Eveleigh Concept Plan Preferred Project Report of September 2008 includes a Heritage Interpretation which the Executive Summary describes in the following terms: “In addition to the existing requirements for heritage protection, the Statement of Commitments has been amended to require proponents to develop Interpretation Strategies in accordance with the Interpretation Strategy Guidelines specifically developed for the site. This will ensure an integrated heritage interpretation which best reflects the site’s history.” The full text of the Heritage Interpretation Strategy is provided below.
Golden Grove St access case - Stapleton Transport
This is a copy of the advice from Stapleton Transport and Planning Pty Ltd to Bruce Lay that supports the western entry to the North Eveleigh site being at Golden Grove Street. This report follows Minister Sartor's indication at the walk around that he would consider workable proposals for entry from Golden Grove street or Forbes Street to the site. File is PDF 69KB.
Bruce and Sarah Lay Letter to Kristina Keneally
This is a copy of a letter written by Bruce & Sarah Lay in Wilson Street Darlington to Minister Kristina Keneally about two of the issues raised in the walk around of North Eveleigh with Minister Sartor. A letter in similar form has also been sent to Carmel Tebbitt. The views in the letters are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of REDWatch and we provide it here to encourage discussion and debate on the issues. File is PDF 73 KB.
RWA Letter to Editor on North Eveleigh & ATP Blacksmith - August 4th 2008
This letter was submitted by Robert Domm to the Sydney Morning Herald in response to the SMH's "Battle Stations for North Eveleigh" on August 2 and Brian Dunnett's letter "Ditching Eveleigh agreement robs the future by discounting the past". In the letter the RWA seeks to address "some of inaccurate commentary about rail heritage that is currently occurring".
Battle Stations for North Eveleigh
This article by Sunanda Creagh in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 2, 2008 deals with the range of issues surrounding the redevelopment of North Eveleigh.
REDWatch North Eveleigh Concept Plan Submission - Traffic
REDWatch's submission on the RWA's North Eveleigh Concept Plan in June 2008 was made in two parts. This is the Traffic Impact Statement Submission.
REDWatch North Eveleigh Concept Plan Submission - General
REDWatch's submission on the RWA's North Eveleigh Concept Plan in June 2008 was made in two parts. This is the General Submission excluding traffic issues.
NCOSS Submission on North Eveleigh
This is NCOSS's submission on the North Eveleigh Concept Plan with reference to Affordable Housing. File is 73 KB PDF
Friends of Eveleigh Submission on North Eveleigh Concept Plan
This is the text of the Friends of Eveleigh Submission on the North Eveleigh Concept Plan.
City Of Sydney Submission on North Eveleigh
This is the City Of Sydney Submission on North Eveleigh. This document is a scan copy with an Optical Character Recognition overlay. This is done to fasciliate searching of the document. If you plan to copy sections of the text from this document please check the text against the scan to ensure there are no recognition errors. File is 1 MB PDF.
City Of Sydney Submission on North Eveleigh - Attachment
This is the Attachment table to the City Of Sydney Submission on North Eveleigh. This document is a scan copy with an Optical Character Recognition overlay. This is done to facilitate searching of the document. If you plan to copy sections of the text from this document please check the text against the scan to ensure there are no recognition errors. File is 3 MB PDF.
City Of Sydney Submission on North Eveleigh
This is the text of the City Of Sydney Submission on North Eveleigh. This document has been made using Optical Character Recognition to make the City Councils submission more available.
BikeSydney Submission regarding The North Eveleigh Concept Plan
This submission provides comment from BikeSydney on the North Eveleigh Concept Plan.
Submission on North Eveleigh from Bruce Lay
This submission has been prepared from a resident’s perspective and from a professional planning perspective. Bruce is a planner and a heritage consultant.
Anne Harrison Submission on North Eveleigh Concept Plan
This is a copy of the submission by Anne Harrison on the RWA's north Eveleigh Concept Plan.
Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater! - Submission on Heritage concerns by Brian Dunnett
This is submission deals with some of the railway heritage aspects of the RWAs North Eveleigh Concept Plan. It has been put together by Brian Dunnett who is an ex worker at Eveleigh. Brian has a M.A. in Leisure and Tourism Research and has been involved with the Trains Of Treasure Exhibition Committee. (File is PDF 761 KB)
Macdonaldtown Resident Leaflet on RWA North Eveleigh Concept Plan
This is the leaflet being distributed by some Macdonaldtown residents about the North Eveleigh Concept Plan on exhibition until 12 June 2008. File is 40Kb PDF.
National Trust of Australia (NSW) Statement on North Eveleigh
The following Statement was issued by The National Trust of Australia (NSW) concerning the RWA's North Eveleigh Concept Plan for the REDWatch submission writing BBQ on Saturday 31st May 2008.
RWA North Eveleigh Concept Plan Environment Assessment - Low Resolution
This is the RWA North Eveleigh concept Plan without Appendices. A High resolution version and the Appendices can be downloaded from www.redfernwaterloo.com.au. This document is 4.2 MB PDF.
RWA North Eveleigh Concept Plan Exhibition Documents - May 2008
The RWA Concept Plan for North Eveleigh has a number of components. It is not our Intention to put all documents on the REDWatch website. The documents should remain on the RWA or Department of Planning's Websites after exhibition for reference. REDWatch has downloaded these documents should they be required in the future.
RWA BEP 1 Traffic Study
This is a copy of the September 2006 "Preliminary Traffic and Transport Strategy for Draft Built Environment Plan (Stage 1)". In meeting with Parsons Brinckerhoff and the RWA to clarify traffic issues in the "Traffic and Transport Impact Assessment North Eveleigh Development" residents were advised that many of the issues raised had been dealt with in the BEP 1. The RWA subsequently made available a printed copy of the report which we have scanned and added an OCR overlay. A text PDF version of the report has been requested and if made available we will replace the scanned file with the original PDF. As this is an OCR version any text extracted from the report must be checked for errors against the underlying scanned copy before use. The BEP report contains figures for some of the key intersections and queue lengths which have not been included in the final report. Please note however that these are only indicative as the final report is based on later projections. REDWatch has requested that the traffic intersection movements for all intersections as well as the queue lengths from the new study be made available with the RWA promised Q&As not yet released. (File is OCR on Scan PDF 3.9 MB)
North Eveleigh Major Project Application by RWA 2008
In January 2008 the Redfern Waterloo Authority submitted their Major Project Application for the Redevelopment for residential, commercial, retail and cultural uses of North Eveleigh. On March 13 2008 the Minister for Planning declared the proposal to be a major project under Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
REDWatch Submission on the Redfern North Eveleigh Strategic Vision
This is the text of the REDWatch submission of 26 April 2021 on the Transport for NSW (TfNSW) Redfern North Eveleigh Strategic Vision.
Redfern North Eveleigh Strategic Vision on Exhibition until 23 April 2021
Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has released its Strategic Vision (PDF, 12.05 MB) to guide the renewal and redevelopment of the Redfern North Eveleigh Precinct. Exhibition has been extended until April 23 2021.
Redfern North Eveleigh Outcomes Report of the Place Design Forum held August 2020
DPIE in collaboration with TfNSW, hosted a Place Design Forum in August 2020 to hear views from key stakeholders and community to inform preparation of a vision and any new or updated planning controls for the Redfern North Eveleigh precinct. The presentations and results are captured in the Outcomes Report of the Place Design Forum.
TfNSW North Eveleigh Strategic Vision
This is a copy of the North Eveleigh Strategic Vision released by Transport for NSW on 1 March 2021 for consultation until 26 March 2021.
Redfern North Eveleigh Place Design Forum Info Pack for 26-27 August 2020
This is the Information Pack for participants in the Redfern North Eveleigh Place Design Forum to be held on 26-27 August 2020. The information kit provides an overview of both the site and the program for the forum.
2020 Redfern North Eveleigh Precinct
This is a map of the area covered by the TRansport for NSW and Department of Planning and Environment Redfern North Eveleigh Precinct notified in August 2020.
Redfern North Eveleigh Place Design Forum - 26-27 August 2020
2020 Planning for Redfern North Eveleigh will kick off with a Place Design Forum - 26-27 August 2020 that REDWatch has been asked to attend akong with other community. business, education and government stakeholders. REDWatch has been involved in discussions about the redevelopment of North Eveleigh since 2004. You can find the history of this precinct up a level on this website. Below is the initial information about the Place Design Forum.
RNE Place Design and Strategic Vision 2020-21
During August 2020 Transport for NSW undertook a Place Design Forum for Redfern North Eveleigh. This informed a Strategic Vision that was exhibited in April 2021 and informed the State Significant Applications. This section of the REDWatch website covers these activities.
Transport for NSW Planning for North Eveleigh Precinct
With the demise of Urban Growth Development Corporation planning for the North Eveleigh site has moved to TRansport for NSW in conjunction with The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE). DPIE say they are taking "a new approach to precinct planning which centres the planning system around people, places, public spaces and the environment. While the planning process for the Redfern North Eveleigh precinct will be led by the NSW Government due to its strategic importance, a key element of the new approach is close collaboration with local councils, stakeholders and the local community." Here we are gathering information about this planning process that publically started in August 2020.
North Eveleigh could be New Enterprise Zone :Green Paper - Exhibition until 14 Sept 2012
The NSW Government released on 14 July its Green paper on the new Planning System, it is on exhibition until 14 September. The plan proposes greater up front community involvement in where development goes with less community input once these decisions have been made. Included in green paper are new Zonings including an Enterprise Zone with "very little, if any, development controls providing they do not result in any significant adverse environmental impacts". The Green Paper uses North Eveleigh as an example of where an Enterprise Zone could be established. REDWatch is concerned as the Department of Planning has previously recognised that traffic impacts from this site have a significant impact on the surrounding area. More details on the New Enterprise Zone is provided below.
Planning Across all of the North Eveleigh site
Currently disused railway land between Wilson St and the railway line with the old Carriage Workshop renovated as a Contemporary Performing Arts facility in the middle of the site. This site has had many studies done across the entire site and this section contains that material. Within this site there are sub precincts for The Paint Shop, Carriageworks and the Clothing Store Precincts and where planning relates specifically to these precincts we have included this work under the different precincts. There are also issues relating specifically to the Chief Mechanical Engineers building and to the proposed connection across the rail line at Carriageworks that we have also given their own sections on the website.