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COMMISSION APPROVES HIGH-RISE STUDENT ACCOMMODATION FOR “THE BLOCK”

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The Independent Planning Commission has approved the Pemulwuy Project proposal for a 24 storey student housing building along the railway line adjacent to the already approved Pemulwuy Project 62 Affordable Housing units on The Block in Redfern. The approval means that the Aboriginal Housing Company Read More…

City releases alternate plan for Waterloo Estate

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The City of Sydney today released an alternate proposal for the NSW Government’s redevelopment of the Waterloo Housing Estate, calling on the Government to scrap their current plan and hand planning control of the site back to the City of Sydney. The media release is below. Read More…

Redfern Station Accessability Upgrade

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On 27 February, the story of the upgrade was carried in the Sydney Morning Herald and the following information appeared on the Transport for NSW website. The anouncement came just before the NSW Government went into Caretaker mode so it is not expected more details will be officially available unti Read More…

Council’s public meeting on Waterloo – 6 March 6pm

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The City of Sydney has called a meeting at Alexandria Town Hall to share their response to the Waterloo Masterplans and to share an alternative proposal for the site being developed by Council’s expert planning staff. Beloiw is the text of letter distributed around Redfern and Waterloo about the me Read More…

A new centre for heritage transport at Chullora – Eveleigh Implications

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On 30 November 2018 Transport for NSW announced a new Heritage transport centre at Chullora. The media release below, along with the factsheet also below, made specific reference to the Large Erecting Shop (LES) at Eveleigh as being “adapted for new uses”. The ATP sale sale to Mirvac contained a pro Read More…

Mayoral Minute and Council Resolution of 11 Feb 2019 covering Waterloo Redevelopment

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At the City of Sydney Council Meeting on 11 February 2019, Lord Mayor Clover Moore moved a mayoral minute dealing with “The Devastating Impacts of State Planning on the City of Sydney”. This Minute made reference to the Waterloo Redevelopment and contained a recommendation that Council host a public Read More…

Clover Moore: Raise your concerns to protect Waterloo

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Clover Moore has written to her supporters asking them to make submissions about the Waterloo Metro exhibitions. Below we have provided the details supplied by Clover. We have also taken the issues Clover’s planners have raised in the form of a submission that you can copy and modify into the Planni Read More…

Estate Options Testing Consultation Report Released

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On 11 January LAHC released their Options Testing Consultation Report. This report documents for the SSP process the outcomes of the options testing phase of consultation for the Waterloo Redevelopment. It also incorporates an overview of the findings of the initial visioning phase of the consultati Read More…