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At its July 2013 meeting REDWatch held a roundtable discussion on the important and topical issue of NIMBYs. This is a PDF of the PowerPoint REDWatch used for that discussion. We have attributed where quotes come from you can follow up areas that may be of interest. File is 78KB PDF. Download: NIMBY.pdf »

This is the Better Planning Network’s Submission on the White Paper: A New Planning System for NSW and Associated Planning Bills. File is 825 KB PDF. Download: BPN Submission White Paper and Planning Bills .pdf »

In February 2012, the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) released a report “Anti Corruption Safeguards and the NSW Planning System” (the Report) that identified six corruption prevention safeguards that would reduce the frequency of corruption if integrated into the NSW planning system. These safeguards, together with comments on where the Bills fall short, are … Read more

One of the main changes in the prosed NSW New Planning System is to remove the current Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) from the Planning Act. In NSW ESD is referenced in 60 other Acts. It is proposed to replace ESD with “Sustainable Development” without the current principles that define ESD in the Act. The Department … Read more

This is a report on the Key Issues Discussed at the Better Planning Network Community Forum on the Planning White Paper in the NSW Parliament Theatrette on 20 May 2013. File is 332 KB PDF. Download: BPN COMMUNITY FORUM 20 05 13 KEY ISSUE RAISED- updated.pdf »

The Metropolitan Strategy for Sydney contains detailed directions for subregional planning. This advice guides each subregion in helping to achieve the desired outcomes for Sydney to 2031 under the New Planning System. Attached is what the Metroi Strategy proposes for the 17 councils of the Central Subregions including the inner city suburbs like Redfern and … Read more

These maps show some of the priorities in the Draft Metro Strategy 2031 that impact on the Inner City. These maps are taken from Section 3 – Balanced Growth and show pages 19, 20, 21, 23 & 24. File is 6.4 MB PDF. Download: Inner_City_Growth.pdf »