Waterloo Estate Master Plan outline released

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The exclusive release was made on 23
January’s Channel 7 news (it was possible to see it at the 26 minute mark only for a week after it aired).

Information on the proposal has
been added to www.communitiesplus.com.au/major-sites/waterloo.
This is the link for the Waterloo
Preferred Masterplan brochure and a Waterloo Newsletter – January 2019 will be delivered to
those impacted by the development. The revised proposal follows the exhibition
of three options and the release of the Options Testing Consultation Report Key Findings which
helps to explain some of the aspects of the final proposal.

The Channel 7 news also
contained a shot of the 3D model of the preferred proposal which you can see here.

3D model of Waterloo Estate Preferred Master plan

At the REDWatch meeting at the
Factory Community Centre at 6pm on Thursday 7th February, LAHC will
present on its proposed master plan.

While there will be no formal
exhibition process before the documentation is submitted to the Department of
Planning, REDWatch encourages people to make their comments known to LAHC so it
has the option of making adjustments before it submits.

It is difficult in such a short
time and with limited information to assess the proposal and its implications.
It is pleasing after the Metro proposal to see that FACS is saying that the
affordable housing will be in perpetuity, but disappointing that only 5%
affordable housing has been proposed. REDWatch has been pushing for 5% general
affordable housing and an additional 5% for Aboriginal affordable housing.

It is encouraging that the
proposal is towards the lower end of the Estate options presented last year.
The proposal is for 6,800 units with 60% of all new buildings being 7 storeys
or lower. This will still leave the combined Metro and Waterloo Estate sites
with a massive 7500 units. Depending on how LAHC and UGDC do their uplift figures
the combined site look like they are in line with the 5,000 to 5,533 uplift
figures modelled for the combined SSP precincts in the Population and
Demographics Study attached to the Metro SSP study.

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