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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I came to sign this to celebrate New Years Eve! I do not want any development along Parramatta Rd, please leave it as it is for better world class public transport.
Why instead of 8-12 levels in the precincts can we not have 4 or 5 levels along the Parramatta road keeping the historic facades as has been done where the Petersham Inn is located.This would retain the character and community feel of the areas
one option might be to have a design competitions for each site, independent of developers and then put it out for tender to have it built.
Having lived in the Leichhardt municipality for 40 years – part of my childhood and all of adulthood – I have witnessed the area blossom and flourish. But now, I see the place starting to drown in cement and concrete, lack of clean air, lack of OPEN GREEN spaces, road congestion and a whole lot of way-out stressed locals.
Be truly visionary – it is time to Stop. Breath. And rethink.
Use this time as an opportunity to do something creative and original in our neighbourhood? In the tradition of the Harbour, the Bridge and the Opera House?
Permanent local employment must be of the highest priority.
We are fortunate to have remnants of Commercial Zoning & it has been purchased in most cases at a lesser cost because it is commercial & thus it should remain for the specified land use, creating & suppling real jobs. Please do not let developers steal our jobs & degrade our kids future.