Waterloo Estate and Metro Site Redevelopment – What we know at 20 June 2017

State Significant
Precinct (SSP)

Initial Waterloo
State Significant Precinct Declaration Details

Two Precincts Waterloo Estate & Waterloo Metro with
differences – 27 studies required over 3 sites

Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) has produced a summary – Waterloo Study Requirements Summary 

REDWatch has produced a Combined
Waterloo SSP Study Requirements

These “study requirements” are the issues the Dept of
Planning and Environment want addressed to set new planning controls. The first
step is to produce a Master Plan – this is what the community will be consulted
on.

The City of Sydney is very involved in the SSP process – Council’s Role in the Waterloo SSP and the
Project Review Panel
and City of
Sydney Presentation on Waterloo Study Requirements to REDWatch 1 June 2017

Consultants and
“Master Plan” studies

Urban Growth and LAHC have divided the SSP up over a number
of different consultants and studies

LAHC have produced some summaries – they show:

Note – Visual Impact is in the
summary but not on the front page of consultants

Non-SSP Studies

This is not just about Built Environment – it is about
people

The LAHC studies include work that is not in the SSP
requirements eg Place Making is mentioned.

We have also learnt there will be at least:

  • A Human Services Plan
  • A Communities Plus desktop study on the
    international experience of Social Mix

We have also asked for a Health Impact Assessment from Sydney
Local Health District (SLHD)

Looking at Human Services will be crucial for the outcome
and must run in parallel and feed in

LAHC is asking for feedback on the summary of studies. If you
think there is something missing this is your opportunity to say so – there is
even a Feedback Form on the Communities Plus Waterloo
website.

Consultants and
Consultation

Consultants – are working for UrbanGrowth who is working for
LAHC – UG does not disclose contracts

  • Consultants will not necessarily be talking to
    people but you can feed in your concerns through LAHC
  • Some consultants will need to talk to people or
    will sit at events and listen

Consultation – This is one study where the consultants (KJA)
want to talk to you but you will not find a summary of what they want to talk
to you about in the summary of studies. We are still waiting for this.

A general timeframe has been produced – LAHC Calendar of Events for the Master Plan – First
step is Visioning!

You have local knowledge
that consultants and LAHC do not know. You also have questions from living here
that they might not think off. Making your voice heard is the best way of
avoiding a bad outcome!

Links above from www.communitiesplus.com.au/major-sites/waterloo
and www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo

REDWatch 20 June 2017