Prepared by Consultants engaged by the City, these plans
showed a major part of our local Heritage Conservation Areas
“revoked” for the purposes of introducing an “Urban Renewal
Area”, allowing 5 to 8 storey developments.
The news, highly controversial was at a complete discord
with longstanding promises from Council to enhance and protect our heritage
village, particularly in view of the Brewery site’s redevelopment.
For locals not familiar with the Brewery Site, a
“Masterplan” for the site’s redevelopment was approved earlier this
year. This more than doubles our local residential/working population (8,000 +
people) and includes multi high rise towers.
Fortunately follow up discussions over the last 2 days,
has confirmed Councils’ intent to protect our heritage areas, with the City
supporting planning controls that retain and enhance our village.
We are advised the “preliminary” Study shown
last week, was the consequence of miscommunication between Council and their
Consultants. Not wishing to pre-empt today’s Workshop, we believe it important
to alert you to this latest development.
We will continue to urge Council to ensure:
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The current bulk and scale in our village is
protected -
“Contributory” and “Neutral”
buildings are preserved and enhanced for the purposes of preserving our unique
heritage precincts, which includes a mixture of Victorian, Gothic, pre and post
war industrial architecture, considered by experts as unique in Sydney. - An updated Heritage Grading map is fast-tracked
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The City urgently allocate additional funding
(over and above the brewery site redevelopment) for the purposes of land
buybacks to increase critical and much needed open space shortage -
The City ensure all documents in relation to the
targets (residential and working population increases) set out by the
Department of Planning, including briefing papers are released to the community -
The current residential land use mix is
protected
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Chippendale Community Groups