Potential Clothing Store and Park Charette Outcome

In October 2022 the Transport Asset Holding Entity (TAHE) and Transport for NSW held a Charette (Planning Workshop) with some local representatives and representatives from different parts of government. The Charette outcome is being used to inform developers of some of the possibilities for the park and the Clothing Store building during the Expressions of… Read More…

Green light for Waterloo South Rezoning – Media Release

This media release from Anthony Roberts (Minister for Planning, Minister for Homes) and Natasha Maclaren-Jones (Minister for Families and Communities, Minister for Disability Services) was issued on 11 November 2022 to announce the finalisation of the planning controls for Waterloo South. Read More…

Large Erecting Shop rezoning proposal Exhibition until 24 Nov 2022

The Department of Planning and Environment have a rezoning proposal for the Large Erecting Shop (LES) on exhibition now until 24 November. This exhibition is about changing the planning controls that apply to this site prior to what is proposed to be a State Significant Development Application (SSDA Read More…

Tenant-Only Subgroup letter to Minister about Waterloo (South) Exhibition

Waterloo Redevelopment Tenant-Only Subgroup of the Waterloo Neighbourhood Advisory Board has been vocal about their dissatisfaction with DPE’s response to submissions of Waterloo South and has requested that their concerns be formally submitted to the Minister. This is the letter sent at their request. Download: Tenants Letter – Waterloo South Redevelopment Response to Submissions.pdf »

Examining LAHC’s claims about the social objectives of estate renewal

As LAHC moves to implementing its decision to redevelop the Waterloo Estate, the social objectives claimed for the redevelopment and what is needed to deliver them becomes a focus. In this paper Dr Alistair Sisson, an academic in the field examines LAHC’s claims about the social objectives of estate Read More…

Shelter NSW submission on Paint Shop Proposal

This is the submission from Shelter NSW on the North Eveleigh Paint Shop Precinct Rezoning proposal. The submission proposes that there should be more social and affordable housing in the redevelopment and opposes the sell off of public lands. Download: 2508_Shelter NSW submission – TfNSW Redfern Paint Shop SSD rezoning proposal.pdf »

Michael Mobbs Submission on Paint Shop Precinct dealing with climate issues

Is climate pollution from the NSW government’s proposed development on 10 hectares of public land near Sydney’s CBD creating an ‘urban coal mine”? On 5 April 2022, United Nations scientists told us we have 30 months left to stop polluting Earth if we’re to prevent or reduce the collapsing climate. From this August, we have… Read More…