Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
On 15 December 2015 the NSW Government anounced that a station on its proposed Metro railway line would be built at Waterloo. The Metro anouncement was accompanied by the anouncement that the Waterloo
The summary below is an outline of what we know about the process at a particular point of time. We have included links so people can access the documents referred to. Read More…
For the week 19 to 23 June 2017 LAHC & Urban Growth have confirmed the following visits Read More…
For the week 12 to 16 June 2017 LAHC & Urban Growth have confirmed the following visits Read More…
For the week 5 to 9 June 2017 LAHC & Urban Growth have confirmed the following visits Read More…
Below are some points about the study process that have been provided by LAHC and UrbanGrowth that may help put the site visits into context. Read More…
A Social Sustainability Assessment is one of the key studies for the Waterloo Estate under the Waterloo State Significant Precinct Study requirements. Here we have bought together information about the study requirements and about GHD the consultancy doing the work. In 2012 GHD did some scoping work Read More…
NSW Planning and Environment have posted details of the studies required for the Waterloo State Significant Precinct, Land and Housing Corporation has posted a summary of these requirements and information about how and by whom the studies will be undertaken. In addition there have been two sessions Read More…
LAHC has provided details of consultants working on master plan studies that will on Waterloo Estate during the week 29 May to 2 June 2017. These are provided below. Read More…
According to the Precinct Declaration The Department of Planning and Environment has established a Project Review Panel for the Nominated State Significant Precinct – Waterloo. It also provides some information alongside the initial announcement that gives us information about the City of Sydney Cou Read More…
On 26 May 2017 NSW Planning and Environment posted the Study Requirements for the Waterloo State Significant Precinct. Please note that there are two different sets of study requirements in this document and they are not identical – one covers the Waterloo Estate (pages 8-32) and the other covers the Metro quarter (pages 35-55). A … Read more
Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) have advised that there will be master plan consultants on Waterloo Estate on Friday 25 and 26 May 2017. Read More…
Land and Housing Corporation advised that a quick Traffic Study was being undertaken on Tuesday 23 May 2017. The traffic study will be measuring current traffic levels – vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle of the greater Waterloo area. Read More…
Following the State Significant Precinct declaration for Waterloo on 18 May 2017 additional information was placed on both the NSW Planning and Environment’s website and on the Communities Plus website. REDWatch provided the following initial unpacking of the declaration announcement to members, sup Read More…
Waterloo has been nominated by the NSW Government as a new State Significant Precinct which formally kicks off the master planning of the site. Residents have been advised by staff involved in the master planning that the master planning will commence with a month of capacity building with consultat Read More…
Kira Osborne and Thomas Chailloux recently started work to independently resource tenants and the broader community during planning for the Waterloo redevelopment reports Geoff Turnbull in the April 2017 edition of the South Sydney Herald. Read More…
On 2nd March 2017 REDWatch held a session on Health Impacts and redevelopment – what do we need to know? The input to this session was provided by Elizabeth Harris, an Associate Professor in the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity at the University of NSW and Director of the Health Equity Rese Read More…
Discussions are still underway about what studies will be be undertaken in the Waterloo Master Plan which is scheduled to start in 2017. Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) have said the Master Plan will determine where on the estate redevelopment will take place. These delays mean LAHC will not kno Read More…
The Winter edition of ISV looked in considerable detail at the NSW Government’s Communities Plus mechanism for delivering the Government’s Future Directions for Social Housing in NSW. The issue looks at the Waterloo announcement and what can be learnt from earlier public housing redevelopments. The issue also contains articles, many by experts in their field, … Read more
On 15 June 2016 City of Sydney Council held a public meeting entitled “Packed In – bad planning vs smart growth. The future of the Central to Eveleigh precinct”. At the forum they launched a “Back to the drawing board” post card campaign urging its residents to send the cards or other messages to Pl Read More…
The leaflet below was distributed in early February 2016 at Summer on the Green. Read More…