SLA Submision on NE Early Works
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REDWatch Supports Rally to keep The Block in Aboriginal Hands
“We
have been advised that the NSW Cabinet has signed off on a final Redfern
Waterloo Built Environment Plan which will determine what can be built on The
Block,” Mr Turnbull said.
“The
Plan has been passed to the Department of Planning to draft up the SEPP
(Planning Law) for the area and it was supposed to be released by mid July but
we understand it has been delayed”.
“In the
draft Plan the RWA proposed halving the quantity of housing that would be
allowed to be built on the Block and introduced a planning incentive for
commercial development of the area,” Mr Turnbull
explained.
“The
controls however for both commercial and residential development proposed for
the Block were below what the RWA proposed for Government owned land in the
area.
We expect the government to push ahead with this attack on the block when the Plan comes out in the next couple of weeks. If they relent then the protest can be the biggest celebration in the area for many years,” Mr Turnbull said.
