According to the Mediate Today Report on the RWA’s BEP2, the vast majority
of respondents (37 per cent) simply answered “OK” to this statement of fact.
Another 18 per cent said they liked 4-12 storeys, and 17 per cent made no
comment. In the analysis, what is potentially just people’s agreement with the
statement of fact in the question is reported as showing overwhelming support
for the RWA 4-12 storey proposal.
More worryingly, the report says that this question established a
set of categories for analysing the responses “based on RWA and Housing NSW’s need
to understand stakeholders’ specific height preferences”. If this was the aim
surely it only needed to be a multiple-choice answer. Height is only one part
of the equation. The question omitted anything about density. As all the
examples in Question 4 propose the same number of units, taller buildings would
result in more open space!
Source: October 2011 South
Sydney Herald http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/