Built Environment Plan Phase 2 - Public Housing Estates
On 27 January the RWA released the Draft of Phase 2 of their Built Environment Plan (BEP2). Below you will find details of the plan which was only on exhibition until 28 February 2011. REDWatch has collected a range of background materials about the issues associated with the redevelopment of public housing - these can be found via the Public Housing tab at the top of the page or by the link at the foot of this page. The RWA Draft BEP2 is being finalised by the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority as aprt of a wider precinct study.
On 27 January 2011 when the RWA placed its Built Environment Plan Phase 2 (BEP2) on exhibition they produced a Newsletter regarding the exhibition which was distributed in the Redfern and Waterloo areas. This is the electronic version of that newsletter. It is 1 MB PDF.
On 27 January 2011 when the RWA placed its Built Environment Plan Phase 2 (BEP2) on exhibition they produced a Newsletter regarding the exhibition which was distributed in the Redfern and Waterloo areas. This newsletter has many illustrations and is best red in the pdf. This text version is designed only to make the text of the newsletter easily available.
Below is a list of places where the Draft BEP2 Plan can be viewed if you are unable to view the document electronically.
This "Housing NSW Residents Redfern, Waterloo and Eveleigh - Important Information on your neighbourhood" booklet was issued following the BEP2 being placed on public exhibition. The booklet seeks to put the BEP2 into the wider HNSW Masterplanning process. The booklet contains no information however about the proposed BEP2 controls. File is 1.5MB PDF.
The City of Sydney engaged consultants HBO+EMTB to undertake an Urban Design Study for Redfern and Waterloo in 2006. This study formed the basis of the controls City of Sydney placed in their proposed LEP which was submitted to the Department of Planning for exhibition approval in 2010. When the council was given approval to exhibit their LEP the department of Planning instructed them to remove the area covered by the RWA's BEP2. The RWA BEP2 study accepted the Councils controls in the Conservation area but proposed increased controls for the concentrated public housing area. Here REDWatch has compares the floor space recommendations of both studies (provided in the BEP2 Report) and shows how the 35% increase in floor space proposed by the RWA BEP2 is made up.
This is the flyer for the 3 February 2011 REDWatch Meeting. It contains a very brief overview of what is in BEP2. File is 66Kb PDF.
This table shows the likely location of Infill & new units in the redevelopment proposed under BEP2. REDWatch has used the RWA supplied estimate of 85 square meters per unit to analyze the floor space controls. The table shows that the controls would allow for 7108 units of 85sm with some of this space being taken up by commercial. Using the BEP2 information it is possible to calculate the number of 85sm units on each redeveloped block and what is required in infill developments on the high-rise blocks. A greater infill could be achieved as indicated in Appendix A however to achieve this the existing average floor space will need to be lower than the 85sm average used by the RWA. File is 78KB PDF.
Open Space is an important issue in Redfern and Waterloo and the Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan Stage 2 (BEP2) does not set a target for open space per person as has been happen in other developments such as Green Square. Below is the text of a leaflet on this issue prepared by REDWatch for the Community Consultation.
Open Space is an important issue in Redfern and Waterloo and the Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan Stage 2 (BEP2) does not set a target for open space per person as has been happen in other developments such as Green Square. This is a PDF version of the leaflet (PDF 68Kb).
REDWatch has released its initial comments on BEP2 on 15 February 2011. The document below provides an overview of BEP2 and raises issues of concern to REDWatch that should be raised in submissions which close on 28 February 2011. PDF 182 KB.
Attached is The Factory Community Centre submission on the Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan Stage 2. The file is 58 KB PDF.
The Precinct is one of eleven precincts on Housing NSW’s Waterloo Estate. It comprises some 206 households of the total of 2502 households on the estate. The estate covers the area bounded by Cope, Philip, Morehead, and Mc Evoy streets. Their BEP2 submission is below.
Attached is the Shelter NSW submission on the Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan Stage 2. The file is 52 KB PDF.
Attached is the Council of Social Service of NSW (NCOSS) submission on the Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan Stage 2. The file is 234 KB PDF.
This is a copy of the Submission from Bruce and Sarah Lay of Heritage Solutions on BEP2. File is 76 KB PDF.
This is the submission from Mehreen Faruqi, the Greens candidate for Heffron in 2011 on BEP2. File is 72 KB PDF.
This is the full PDF version of the REDWatch Submission on BEP2 including Appendices. File is 642 Kb PDF.
Attached is the Redfern Legal Centre submission on the Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan Stage 2. The file is 263 KB PDF.
Attached is the South Sydney Community Aid submission on the Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan Stage 2. The file is 176 KB PDF.
A barbeque to thank social housing residents for their input during the draft BEP 2 exhibition period will be held on Monday, 21 March at Poet’s Corner Redfern