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In the lead up to the REDWatch meeting with Council on “How should we plan for growth?” in April 2024, the REDWatch Update email provided the following background to the issues facing communities. As we have received good feedback on the the article we have reproduced it on our website. Read More…
The City of Sydney, at the request of resident groups, has supplied the following Summary of the key issues in the Council submission. Read More…
The December 2021 reshuffle of the NSW Perrottet Government has seen also a realignment of some parts of Government as well as changes in the responsible Ministers. Here we have collected information to make it easier for people to find which minister has responsibility for what. Read More…
The City of Sydney have placed on exhibition their proposed planning controls for the Botany Road Corridor until 13 December 2021.
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At the REDWatch briefing on the Botany Road Corridor a couple of questions were asked that Council said they would respond to after the meeting. These two questions and the answers are below concerning the impact on rates and strata compulsory sale. Read More…
This is the text of the media release from City of Sydney Council of 28 July 2021 regarding the Botany Road Precinct and the North Alexandria Precinct Planning Proposals. Read More…
On Monday 26 July 2021, Council unanimously accepted the planning proposal for the Botany Road Precinct. The proposal now goes to the Department of Planning Infrastructure and Environment (DPIE) for their assessment and approval to go on exhibition. Public exhibition is expected late 2021 or in 2022 Read More…
This is the July 2013 REDWatch submission on the Draft Metropolitan Strategy for Sydney to 2031. Read More…
This is the REDWatch submission to the Department of Planning and Infrastructure in June 2013 concerning the New Planning System for NSW White Paper and Draft Legislation. Read More…
REDWatch launched a Change.org petition on 3 June 2013 asking the Minister for Planning to “Please Exhibit Metro Strategy for Sydney under the New Planning System!”. The details of the Petition and the link to the online petition can be found below. The comments made by people signing the petition a Read More…
If you live on a major transport corridor and are close to the city your area will likely be targeted to absorb the extra homes and jobs for Sydney’s growth under the Draft Metropolitan Strategy for Sydney to 2031. The Metro Strategy is to be Sydney’s regional plan. All sub-regional and local plans Read More…
Planning and Development Application (DA) processes in NSW are changing with major implications for the inner city. The SSH asked REDWatch spokesperson Geoff Turnbull to explain some of the issues in the June 2013 issue of the Souyth Sydney Herald. Read More…
This is the text of Geoff Turnbull’s presentation to “A New Planning System For NSW: White Paper Panel Debate” organised by Sydney University Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning on 13 June 2013. Each panellist was asked to identify an opportunity and a challenge with the “New Planning Syste Read More…
This is the Better Planning Network (BPN) Key Issues and Submission Guide for the NSW Planning Review White Paper and Planning Bills. Read More…
For a volunteer-based community outfit, the Better Planning Network knows how to pull the big guns. Speaking at yesterday’s community forum was a broad array of politicians and planning luminaries of all persuasions. As Sydney state representative Alex Greenwich noted, “Any organisation that brings Read More…
In January 2013 the City consulted with you in relation to traffic changes that were proposed as part of the Abercrombie Street upgrade between the Lawson Street and Shepherd Street intersection in order to receive some feedback on the changes to improve safety and pedestrian amenity in the area. Fo Read More…
Here REDWatch has provided links to key documents necessary to understand the New Planning System for NSW White Paper and its implications for Redfern Waterloo. Read More…
Here REDWatch has provided links to key documents necessary to understand the Draft Metro Strategy and its implications for Redfern Waterloo. Read More…
This overview of the white paper (wp) was produced by the Better planning Network on 20 April 2013. Read More…
In this panel presentation by REDWatch Spokesperson Geoff Turnbull on “Citizens and city making: Who should be involved and how?” to a forum held by the Henry Halloran Trust at Sydney University on 18 April 2013, Geoff outlines, a couple of days afterr the release of the White Paper some of the cha Read More…