REDWatch Final Submission on Waterloo Metro Quarter DAs

This is the final REDWatch submission for the December 2020 Waterloo Metro Quarter Over Station Development DAs. The issues raised in this submission came out of a submission workshop on November 24 2020 held by REDWatch and from input from the immediate community about their concerns. The submission covers all 5 DAs that were on … Read more

REDWatch Social Impact Assessment Guidelines Submission

REDWatch made a submission to the Department of Planning Industry and Environment on the draft guidelines for Social Impact Assessments (SIA) being required on all State Significant Development Applications and State Significant Infrastructure in November 2020. While the LAHC sites are currently with Council rather than DPIE we have argued in our submission that the … Read more

LAHC response to the Social Sustainability Study Report recommendations

The Waterloo South Social Sustainability Study contains a table with recommendations from the report and Land and Housing Corporation’s (LAHC) response to those recommendations. As this is a key indicator of what LAHC has committed to in delivering a socially sustainable development we have extracted the table and made it easily accessible. The full amended … Read more

LAHC Newsletter on Waterloo South Lodgement – 16 June 2020.

In their first newsletter since issuing the Preferred Plan in January 2019, this is how LAHC advised Waterloo public housing tenants of the details of their Waterloo South master plan. Tenant representatives and agencies had requested LAHC to provide a similar level to that which was released in January 2019 if they changed the plan. … Read more

Waterloo Preferred Masterplan – January 2019

This is the LAHC Preferred Masterplan of January 2019. It has been placed on the REDWatch website because it has been removed from the Land and Housing Corporation / Communities Plus website. LAHC have since altered their Preferred plan but this is the only preferred plan that was shown to local residents. Download: Waterloo+Masterplan_Brochure.pdf »

Have your say Waterloo integrated station development June 2020

This is the flyer for the pre-DA consultation for the Waterloo Metro and above station development. John Holland will deliver the metro station along with a joint venture between John Holland and Mirvac to deliver the Waterloo integrated station development, including the buildings above and next to the station. During June 2020 the joint venture … Read more

Waterloo Estate Planning Proposal Process

THis is a PDF of the presentation made by the City of Sydney to REDWatch on 5th March 2020 regarding the planning process that will apply to the Elizabeth Street Redfern Build to Rent and the Waterloo estate master plan proposal. PDF 5MB. Download: Waterloo Estate Planning process_Redwatch presentation.pdf »

City of Sydney Waterloo presentation – PDF of Slides

The City of Sydney have posted their 6 March 2019 presentation in a Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/s/nzovf155nq9zsye/181114_OLM_Waterloo.pptx – this file is in PowerPoint format and has two embedded videos and speaker notes producing a very large 294MB file that will be too big for many. REDWatch has produced a PDF of all the slides in the … Read more

Karen Freyer’s petition on returning planning contol of Waterloo to the City of Sydney

Following the City of Sydney presentation. Redfern resident Karen Freyer put together an on-line petition at https://www.change.org/p/the-hon-gladys-berejiklian-mp-the-hon-michael-daley-mp-planning-for-people-not-politics. As many people in Waterloo public housing do not have ready access to computers Karen has also produced a pdf copy that people can print off get signed and return the completed petition to her. Download: Waterloo Petition.pdf … Read more

Waterloo Options Testing Consultation Report less Exhibition Boards, Notices and Visioning Report

This is a copy of the Waterloo Options Testing Consultation Report with the last two Appendicies removed. The removed material covers the previously seen Exhibition Boards, Notices and earlier Visioning Report. This version of the report only deals with the new material from the options testing. Download: Pages from Pages from Waterloo+Options+Testing+Consultation+Report-minus-Visioning&Boards.pdf »

Waterloo Options – consultation kit for groups

This kit has been prepared for community groups and local service providers so they can conduct their own consultation / study session on the Waterloo options. The kit includes a cover sheet with links to supporting materials; A Group Discussion Guide for facilitators; An template for recording issues raised in the discussion and a summary … Read more

Waterloo Redevelopment Options Testing Survey Questions

To assist people prepare for the survey we have provided the questions so you can see them before you respond. Before you start the survey, please make sure you are able to readily view the three redevelopment options. For example, you may want to download the Options from the website and print a copy, or … Read more