HOW TO PLAN FOR REDFERN-WATERLOO
REDWatch
believes that an integrated planning framework is needed for the Redfern-Waterloo
Plan (RWP) as:
- the RWP has
a 10 year time frame - it will be
introduced in stages - without a
clear idea of what the RWP hopes to achieve overall – and how – it will be
difficult to make sure that all its stages work together to create the
future the community wants.
To
create this future, we need a broad range of interdependent issues addressed
over the 10 years, not just the parts that relate to government land or
government priorities.
To
help develop an integrated planning framework that can achieve this, REDWatch
has prepared:
- a set of
questions and answers about the RWP and the kind of integrated planning
framework we think it needs - draft
principles on community participation for all aspects of the RWP, including the development of an
integrated planning framework - a draft integrated
planning framework (we called it “The Plan in Outline”).
REDWatch
is forwarding this material to the RWA as an example of the type of approach
they could take in preparing the Redfern Waterloo Plan.
REDWatch
does not claim either that this is the only possible format for an integrated planning framework, or that the
content within it represents all views in Redfern and Waterloo.
REDWatch
does, however, urge the Minister and the RWA to tell the people of Redfern and Waterloo – as a matter of
urgency:
- how they
propose to develop an integrated planning framework for Redfern-Waterloo - how the
community will be able to participate in its development, and - when they expect
to start the framework and have it completed.
Geoffrey
Turnbull
On
behalf of REDWatch, May 31st
2005.
REDWatch,
c/- PO Box 1567,
Strawberry Hills NSW 2012
Ph
Wk: (02) 9318 0824 email: mail@redwatch.org.au
REDWatch is a residents
and friends group covering Redfern Eveleigh Darlington and Waterloo (the same area covered by the
Redfern Waterloo Authority). REDWatch monitors the activities of the RWA and
other government bodies and seeks to ensure community involvement in all
decisions made about the area.
REDWatch meets at 2pm on
the 4th Sunday of the month at the Redfern Community Centre.
This
material has been produced by REDWatch in collaboration with planners who have
volunteered their time to help REDWatch develop these frameworks. The material
in this document may be used with acknowledgement.
As
well as naming REDWatch, the acknowledgement referring to the Planning
Framework and the Questions and Answers should also reference Elizabeth Rice.
REDWatch
is grateful for the professional assistance and input provided by Elizabeth Rice, Patricia
Collins and many other professionals and locals wishing to
see good participatory planning processes used in Redfern Waterloo.
Our
special thanks goes to the members of the REDWatch Redfern Waterloo Plan
Working Group for their work in developing this document.