If you have not
yet made a submission please do so. This is a very important redevelopment
impacting the existing public housing community in Waterloo as well as a
proposal which will form the future shape of social housing in this part of the
inner city. Submissions do not need to be long and complex documents, they can
be just one point or observation typed into the planning portal submissions
gateway. The important thing is to say what you thing as either an individual
or as an organisation.
It is important
to understand that this proposal does not meet the NSW Governments Future
Directions policy of delivering 30% social housing from such redevelopments.
The current proposal only delivers 26.5% of the residential floor space as
social housing. Even on a dwellings comparison it only delivers 28.2%.
It is also
important to understand that the exhibition material understates the size of
the redevelopment. Against the advice of the Independent Advisory Group, the
proposal is 10% larger than the City of Sydney proposal. This is because the
compulsory design excellence process is in addition to the dwelling figures.
Depending on the makeup, using Council figures the proposal will deliver
between 3,300 and 3,400 dwellings on LAHC owned land rather than the 3012 used
during the exhibition.
Importantly how
the 10% increase impacts the exhibited proposal has not been assessed.
Important areas like sunlight access to parks, streets and courtyards have not
even been assessed in the exhibited proposal which rearranges parts of the
earlier Council proposal.
There is no
Social Impact Assessment as part of the proposal and the impact of the proposal
on existing and future social housing communities has not been assessed or
mitigation for any issues proposed as should happen in a planning proposal
under the department’s guidelines.
You can see the
REDWatch Waterloo South
suggested submission points on our website. You will also find a copy
of Counterpoints draft submission and an excellent submission from Alison
Ziller on the need for the PPA to undertake an independent Social Impact
Assessment along with other materials dealing with a range of issues.
To make an
online submission please complete the form and/or upload submission at https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/ppr/under-exhibition/waterloo-estate-south.
There has been a report of one person not being able to upload their
submission. If you run into this problem the email directions and the questions
you need to ask are on the REDWatch website at Make
a Waterloo South Submission by 29 April 2022
Source: REDWatch email 28 April 2022.