Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
The Redfern Eveleigh Darlington Waterloo (REDW) area is very diverse as are the issues faced by the area. To help people navigate throught the information on the site we will over time try to bring th
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) gave independent advice to help people create better buildings and spaces from 1999 to 2011. Housing NSW has suggested this publication – The Councillor’s Guide to Urban Design as a useful resource in thinking about what makes might make good Urban Design in Redfern and Waterloo. … Read more
The report from the November 2011 Community Design Workshops will be used as one of the inputs to the March 2012 design workshops. Here you can download that report. The ideas generated by the workshops will be used to formulate and refine concepts resulting in preferred concepts which will identify the proposed location for new … Read more
The report from the November 2011 Community Design Workshops will be used as one of the inputs to the March 2012 design workshops. Here you can download that report. The ideas generated by the workshops will be used to formulate and refine concepts resulting in preferred concepts which will identify the proposed location for new … Read more
Housing NSW’s benchmark survey for Redfern & Waterloo showed high levels of dissatisfaction in public tenants dealings with Housing NSW – only half were happy with their dealings in the previous year. This is a state wide issue. On November 22 Housing NSW presented the “Customer Service Benchmarking Read More…
As part of the HNSW Community Design Workshop for the Redfern and Waterloo Preliminary Masterplan HNSW provided a copy of the RWA BEP2 Figure 8 covering Parks Open Spaces and Public Domain to encourage discussion. This file is a 1.1 MB JPG file. http://www.redfernwaterloo.nsw.gov.au/other/bep2/fig_8_parks_open_space_public_domain_01.jpg
As part of the HNSW Community Design Workshop for the Redfern and Waterloo Preliminary Masterplan HNSW provided a copy of the RWA BEP2 Figure 6 to encourage discussion. This file is a 1 MB JPG file. http://www.redfernwaterloo.nsw.gov.au/other/bep2/fig_6_activity_nodes_01.jpg
This month the Redfern Waterloo Preliminary Master Plan Project is focusing on connections in and around the neighbourhoods reports an Update from Housing NSW on 17 September 2011. Here REDWatch has combined information from two HNSW Updates on this months topic as well as details of this months bus Read More…
This link is to a list of reports, information and activity that is been sort by REDWatch. This is information and reference material relevant to community discussion about BEP2 & the Housing NSW Affordability Fund Preliminary Master Plan. As documents are supplied we will indicate this on the list with a link to the information. … Read more
The City of Sydney Submission tested various aspects of the Draft BEP2 and made a number of recommendations for changes to the plan. The council also proposed lower densities for the Redfern public housing estate and increased density in Waterloo arround a proposed new railway station. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/bep2/110331cos
Documents connected to the Monthly Engagement programme for the Preliminary master Plan can be found here http://www.redwatch.org.au/issues/public-housing/redevelopment/hnsw/engage
This is a copy of the Redfern Waterloo baseline survey (promoted as the Redfern Waterloo Community Survey) which was undertaken by Sweeney Research, a market research company, on behalf of Housing NSW about how tenants felt about their community and what was important to them. The rationale of the survey was to establish base line … Read more
Sydney University Director of Campus Infrastructure and Services, Colin Rockliff, issued the following update on Sydney University revising their plans for the Abercrombie Street campus on 7 July 2011. The next meeting to discuss these plans between the University and Residents is 9am 19th July at t Read More…
Below is a list of references for relevant theoretical and empirical papers relating to de-concentration and social mix prepared by Housing NSW. A link to a second document containing links to material available online is at the foot of this page. This list has been prepared by HNSW and supplied as a result of requests … Read more
REDWatch, as well as a number of other stakeholders from Redfern and Waterloo, have requested research material on the topic of social mix. Below is a preliminary overview of some of the material available, with a focus on material that is available for download free of charge. It is proposed that more extensive work be … Read more
The information about the RWA’s Built Environment Plan Phase 2 (BEP2) is found on the RWA section of this site. The section you are currently in contains information from Housing NSW, City of Sydney and other sources about Public Housing Issues including the redevelopment of public housing. For RWA BEP2 Information follow this link. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/bep2
The information about the RWA’s Built Environment Plan Phase 2 (BEP2) is found on the RWA section of this site. The section you are currently in contains information from Housing NSW, City of Sydney and other sources about Public Housing Issues including the redevelopment of public housing. For Information specifically about RWA BEP2 follow this … Read more
This is the map used for the Redfern Waterloo Built Environment Plan Stage 2 (BEP2) Update in November 2009. Note that the area shown is not the same as subsequently used by HNSW for their Master Plan area. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statements/2009/091121doh/image
The Redfern Waterloo Authority and Housing NSW issued the Update below in November 2009. It was handed around at the Redfern Neighbourhood Advisory Board information day on Saturday November 21st 2009. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statements/2009/091121doh
In preparing the Draft CoS LEP covering the public housing estate areas of Redfern and Waterloo the Council was required to have Consultation with Government departments, adjoining councils and other bodies under section 62 of EP&A Act. This report which was Appendix J in the documents that went to Council on 6 September 2010 says … Read more
The letter below was sent on 24 May 2010 by REDWatch individually to local politicians urging “the state government and Sydney University enter into negotiations to overcome whatever non-financial obstacles exist to the sale of the North Eveleigh site to the University.” The letter was sent to Kristina Keneally, Carmel Tebbutt, Ferity Firth, Tanya Plibersek … Read more