Waterloo State
Significant Precinct (SSP) Studies
NSW Planning and
Environment posted details of the studies required for the Waterloo State
Significant Precinct on Friday 26 May 2017.
It is important to
note that while the document posted is titled ‘Study Requirements’, there are
two different sets of studies in the document and they are not identical – one
set covers the Waterloo Estate (pages 8-32) and the set other covers the Metro
quarter (pages 35-55).
An additional
Social Sustainability Assessment is required for the Estate but not for the
Metro Quarter. While the rest of the studies have the same name there are
requirements added or removed from each study. For example, identifying the
infrastructure needs for health facilities and primary health care services is
a part of the study requirements for the Metro Quarter, but not in the Waterloo
Estate requirements.
The Applicants for
the Waterloo Estate are NSW Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) and UrbanGrowth
NSW (UG). The Applicant for the Waterloo Metro Quarter is UrbanGrowth NSW. This
is the link to download the official Study
Requirements Nominated State Significant Precinct – Waterloo May 2017.
Land and Housing Corporation information on consultants and their studies
On 29 May 2017 LAHC
posted summaries of the SSP study requirements as well as details of which consultants
would undertake studies to meet the SSP study requirements – a list showing the
consultant studies and how they relate to the SSP study requirements are also
provided. Below we have provided direct links to the documents, which you can
find at the foot of the page at www.communitiesplus.com.au/major-sites/waterloo.
- Waterloo Requirements Table – This table provides a list of
the Study Requirements and the studies that will be undertaken for the Waterloo
precinct
- Waterloo Summary of Studies – This document provides a
summary of each of the studies that will be undertaken to meet the
Study set by the Minister for Planning - Waterloo Study Requirements Summary – This is a
summary of the Study Requirements. - Waterloo Consultants Table – This table provides a
list of the studies that will be under taken to meet the Requirements and
the technical consultants that will carry out the studies according to the
Study Requirements. - Feedback Form – FACS is asking for
feedback on the summary of studies. If you think there is something missing
this is your opportunity to say so.
Land and Housing
Corporation’s (LAHC) Communities Plus also issued a newsletter on 26 May 2017
advising the community of the announcement and the proposed consultation – you
can download it from Community
Plus Waterloo Newsletter May 2017.
Combined SSP study requirements
At a meeting of
organisations with UrbanGrowth and LAHC on Friday 2 June 2017, we were advised
that the consultant studies and the LAHC summaries are based on the combined
requirements and not just those for the Waterloo Estate. The final report on
the SSP will have a table that shows how the SSP requirements for both Waterloo
Estate and Waterloo Metro Quarter have been met by the broader consultant’s
studies.
Given the
differences between the SSP study requirements, REDWatch initially highlighted
a copy of the original study requirements so people can see the key differences. You can
download this from the REDWatch website at Study
Requirements Nominated State Significant Precinct – Waterloo May 2017 –
Differences highlighted.
REDWatch has now
produced a combined version of the SSP precinct requirements – REDWatch’s
Combined Waterloo SSP Study Requirements. This document shows common text
in black, Waterloo Estate specific text in green and Waterloo Metro Quarter
text in red. As time permits, we will also add links to documents mentioned in
the SSP requirements.
Please note that
REDWatch has produced these documents to assist readers identify the
differences between the two sets of requirements and to have a combined
document. These should be taken as a guide only. While we have taken care in this
comparison, we cannot guarantee that all differences have been identified or
that there have not been errors in the manual part of the preparation. Readers
should rely on their own comparisons. If you identify any errors, please email
details to mail@redwatch.org.au.
Information about Consultants coming onto Waterloo Estate
LAHC have been
advising Waterloo Redevelopment Group members (agencies, NAB reps and interested others) about consultants coming on to the estate. In future,
they will issue an email on Friday with the coming week’s consultant activity
on the estate. Community groups have raised concerns that the summary
information on consultant studies do not contain sufficient information for the
community to understand how this consultant activity relates to the process
that is being used by the consultants. For example a 24 hour traffic study
raised questions about how this fitted in to a robust traffic study and similar
concerns were raised about public space use only being assessed between 9am and
5pm. LAHC and UG have undertaken to provide more detail on the study scopes but
this may take a while.
City of Sydney Involvement in SSP
On 1 June City of Sydney
Council made a Presentation
on Waterloo Study Requirements to REDWatch The presentation dealt with the requested
topic of density well done by saying that Council’s requirements, including a
set of principles from the Lord Mayor, were included in the study requirements
and that Council would have an active role in monitoring the process. You can
see some more information on REDWatch website on Council’s Role
in the Waterloo SSP and the Project Review Panel.
Non – SSP Studies
All of the above
flows from the official planning requirements for rezoning Waterloo Estate and
Waterloo Metro Quarter. It does not cover the non-built environment aspects of particular concern to REDWatch.
The LAHC summaries refer to an additional study outside the requirements on Place Making which they refer to as Study
28. In the meeting with LAHC and UG LAHC also referred to a process to put together
a Human Services Plan. LAHC also
said that at the broader Communities Plus level they are putting together a study on Social Mix. We have asked for
further information on these studies and for the opportunity to make input on
them.
Feedback requested on Studies
With the release of
the study requirements LAHC and UG are seeking community feedback about the
study requirements – a Feedback Form has been provided on the Communities Plus website. REDWatch
encourages community members and those with expertise in any of the study areas
to look at the requirements and to raise any issues that should be added to
ensure that all aspects of concern are covered in the studies. Feedback on
studies should include suggestions for issues which need to be looked at by LAHC
in addition to the built environment studies.
Prepared by REDWatch 4 June 2017