Parramatta Road Urban Renewal
UrbanGrowth NSW
PO Box 237
PARRAMATTA NSW 2124
Submission: Draft Parramatta Road Urban Transformation Strategy
I write to strongly object to your proposals to over-develop our local community. The Draft Parramatta Road Urban Transformation Strategy seeks to increase the amount of housing from 736 homes to 6,014 in the three Inner West precincts of Taverners Hill, Leichhardt and Camperdown. This will produce close to a tenfold increase in population from 1,515 to almost 11,000.
This is an unnecessary and overwhelming imposition on the local community. It will make public transport less accessible, overwhelm local services and destroy what is special about our community.
The Inner West is already exceeding new housing requirements. Leichhardt Council, as an example, has a target set by the government’s Sydney Metropolitan Plan to deliver 2,400 new homes between 2005 and 2036. The Leichhardt Council area will have almost 1,800 new dwellings by the end of this year, already meeting its 2030 target which is 15 years ahead of schedule! The 2036 target will be easily met without imposing more than 5,500 new dwellings.
The draft strategy says more about the influence of the powerful developer lobby pushing for new development sites than proper strategic planning for a more liveable city.
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May he and his government live in interesting times
Has anyone thought about this? I’m no expert, but someone must know a Town Planner, or be able to form a group to advise the Government!
This reminds me of the laws that are being brought in these days – and then adjusted ad hoc. Once we had people who could draft laws, but then we changed to “plain language”. It’s a bit harder to “adjust” masses of buildings – so let’s get it right first go, please!