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 “After additional consultation with Housing NSW it has been clarified and accepted that Waterloo Redfern Urban Design Study has offered reasonable and appropriate LEP recommendations. Redfern Waterloo Authority Built Environment Plan – Stage 2, as advised by the Authority, will not be dissimilar to Council’s recommendations and strategy for this area.”(page 15 – also see p23) This raises the question of why didn’t the RWA & HNSW just accept the CoS draft controls or negotiate any small variations rather than go through a separate BEP2 process? The meeting referred to was in May 2008 there may have been changes made since this statement was made. This is a link to the report covering CoS consultations – just search the the 482 KB PDF for Redfern or Waterloo.
Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
