The link to the report from the
meeting papers is UrbanGrowth
NSW – Update on major urban renewal.
The paper refers to Council’s
submission on the last round of C2E consultations. You can download this
submission from Councils Sydney your say site Central to Eveleigh
section. This site also contains the council MOU with UrbanGrowth and other C2E
documents. Among recommendations in the submission Council is pushing UG C2E to
adopt a housing policy with diversity targets – including an average target of
21 to 24 per cent for affordable rental housing across all UrbanGrowth NSW’s
inner city projects.
The Council report also detailed
some issues it is taking up with the Government regarding the ATP sale.
UrbanGrowth are currently assessing offers to buy the ATP.
The Council report also mentions
the UG report on the May consultation Report: Community Workshop. May 2015 (1.78 MB) (pdf). This
report can be found with C2E presentations and reports on the UG Central to
Eveleigh consultation site under documents
in our online library.
The council report advises that
“UrbanGrowth NSW is continuing to develop the Draft Urban Transformation
Strategy and intend to publicly exhibit the Draft Strategy early in 2016. The
Draft Strategy is also expected to be accompanied by draft implementation plans
for community facilities, housing diversity, open space and heritage, culture
and arts.
The council report makes no
reference to the proposed Metro Line station at Waterloo or Sydney University.
Media reports indicate a decision on which station will be chosen is expected
later this year. Proposals to increase densities along the proposed Metro line
south west of Sydenham have recently gone on exhibition see – Frequent
trains and taller apartments in plan for Bankstown line
Urbangrowth have produced their
4th Living
Cities eNewsletter
This post has been adapted from
an update to REDWatch members.