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News Item REDWatch Waterloo South suggested submission points by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 23, 2022 10:25 AM
As part of the Submission writing workshop for Waterloo public housing tenants on 22 April 2022, REDWatch prepared some submission points dealing with issues identified during the exhibition period that tenants may want to include in addition to their own observations and comments. These points have been provided for consideration in peoples submissions.
News Item Make a Waterloo South Submission by 29 April 2022 by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 21, 2022 03:44 PM
Members of the Community are encouraged to make a submission on the Waterloo South Planning Proposal. In doing so it is important that they respond to what is actually on exhibition rather than to the lower density proposal indicated by the support material circulated as part of the exhibition.
File Council Submission on Waterloo South by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 21, 2022 03:42 PM
This is a copy of the submitted version of the City of Sydney Council Waterloo South submission. A simple summary can be found in the Council presentation to REDWatch on April 7. This is an important read for anyone making a submission as Council identified that the density (number of dwellings) being disclosed by the DPE Planning Proposal Authority was in fact the minimum likely to be delivered and that the 10% allowed for the design excellence increase is to be additional rather than capped within the stated floor space. The likely outcome is expected to be between 3300 and 3400 depending on unit size not the 3012 referred to in the exhibition material. The increase in the size of the development only became public at the beginning of April as a result of the Council analysis. The PPA continue to use the lower minimum dwelling numbers in their presentations. Council in their draft submission have said this increase in density has not been properly disclosed or tested and Council have questioned if the increase will fit within the planning envelopes exhibited. There is no assessment for example of the impact of the PPE proposal on streets, parks and courtyards. People making submission are encouraged to also read the Council submission rather than take the exhibited material at face value.
File Need for a Social Impact Assessment (SIA) for waterloo South by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 21, 2022 02:02 PM
This submission has been made by Alison Ziller to DPE regarding the Waterloo South Planning Proposal. Alison is a specialist in SIAs and teaches a specialist social impact assessment course as part of Macquarie’s planning degrees. Alison has made her submission available early to help those making submissions understand the importance and role of a SIA. In her submission Alison Ziller points out that Council check list required an ‘outline of likely impacts’ on relevant communities and ‘a plan to reduce negative impacts’ but that Council then accepted the Social Sustainability Report LAHC had already prepared even though it did not include this analysis. As a result issues which would normally central to a SIA were not undertaken and the potential negatiuve impacts were not assessed or proposals for mitigation advanced. Alison Ziller's submission requests the Planning Proposal Authority to undertake a SIA before determining the planning proposal.
File Council Presentation to REDWatch on Waterloo South Planning Proposal by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 21, 2022 01:52 PM
On Thursday 7 April 2022 Council staff presented their analysis of the Waterloo South planning proposal to a REDWatch meeting. The analysis compares the exhibited proposal to the Council's proposal prior to modification by the Department of Planning. One of the major take outs was that the exhibited proposal was 10% larger than the community has been lead to believe and that the changes to the proposal including the impact of the extra 10% had not been assessed or disclosed in the in the documents used to explain the planning proposal. The key elements of the Council submission are summarised in this presentation and are important reading for those making submissions about Waterloo South.
News Item Safety Considerations in Waterloo South Planning Proposal by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 21, 2022 11:52 AM
The following analysis has been provided by a safety consultant to help people to help people understand the safety and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) issues raised by the Waterloo South Planning Proposal. IMPORTANT UPDATE - DPE advised the Waterloo Redevelopment Group on 20 April 2022 that they were commissioning a CPTED study on the proposal as part of their assessment.
News Item REDWatch Update on Waterloo South Issues - 7 April 2022 by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 19, 2022 02:03 PM
This REDWatch Update was part of a REDWatch email circulated prior to the REDWatch meeting on 7 April 2022. It sets out REDWatch's concerns about the Waterloo Planning Proposal on exhibition at that date.
File Planning Proposal Authority Presentation on Waterloo South by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 19, 2022 01:56 PM
This presentation was made to the Waterloo Neighbourhood Advisory Board's Waterloo Redevelopment Group on 16 March 2022. This presentation was made by representatives from a section of the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) that is acting in Council's stead as the Planning Proposal Authority for the Waterloo South Planning Proposal. This presentation is indicative of the presentations shown in online community briefings as part of the Waterloo South exhibition in March and April 2022. It should be noted that it was not until the beginning of April that it became apparent that the figures in this presentation were a minimum and that the 10% increase in gross residential floor space for design excellence provision would likely add between 330 and 384 dwellings to the 3012 dwellings used in this presentation. Those doing submissions are encouraged to read the Council submissions to understand the implications of this increase.
News Item REDWatch on Council's Draft Waterloo South Submission by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 12, 2022 02:41 PM
REDWatch wrote to Councillors of the City of Sydney regarding the draft submission being considered by Council Committee on 4 April 2022. Prior to this being considered by the Council meeting of 11 April 2022, council officers responded to the issues raised. REDWatch responded again to Councillors on 11 April. As a result of this correspondence and discussions between Councillors, Council passed an improved Waterloo South motion moved by the Lord Mayor and seconded by Councillor Sylvie Ellsmore. Below is the text of the original email posted on 4 April, with council officer’s response (in italics) and REDWatch’s reply now inserted (bold italics) as well as the Council Resolution outcome. Hopefully this information will help inform people’s submissions on this project. We have broken the correspondence up by issues for ease of reference.
News Item Unpacking Housing Mix in the Waterloo South Planning Proposal by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 07, 2022 05:23 PM
The housing mix materials for the consultation (website, information boards and brochure) explain housing mix based on the number of units or front doors prior to any of the possible 10% floorspace increase from design excellence. The planning proposal itself provides figures by both housing units and the proportion of residential gross floor area prior to uplift. As the average unit sizes of public and affordable housing is smaller than the private housing the proportion of the floor space allocated to social and affordable housing are lower percentages. Here REDWatch unpacks the housing mix figures.
News Item REDWatch Guide to Waterloo South Study planning proposal documents by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 07, 2022 05:04 PM
The Waterloo South planning proposal documents are complex because they contain documents relating to the original LAHC proposal, Council’s proposal, the Gateway determination and then the subsequent additional studies produced by the Planning Proposal Authority that was not Council. They are also complex because the Planning Proposal does not contain all the necessary information in one place and finding the correct information is not straightforward. This document tries to provide guidance through these documents so the reader can find the information they are looking for as easily as possible.
Image Floor Space Ratios (FSRs) for Waterloo South Planning Proposal by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 07, 2022 04:00 PM
The main Planning Proposal document does not contain the proposed Floor space rations (FSRs) proposed. The FSR map can be found on page 135 of the Hassell Addendum to the urban design report or spread across two pages of the draft LEP Cadastre maps. We have extracted the FSR map from the Hassell Addendum to the urban design report to make it more easily accessible. Please note these are the FSR's before the 10% increase allowable if design excellence is achieved. The 10% bonus increases the number of dwellings over the base 3012 which is calculated before the 10% bonus if achieved.
Event REDWatch Meeting Today 7 April 6pm - The Mood: Thoughts, Issues and Possible Responses to the Waterloo South Planning Proposal. by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 07, 2022 03:31 PM
The meeting will hear an online update by Peter John Cantrell from the City of Sydney on Council’s recent analysis of the proposal, including that the proposal is bigger than disclosed by DPE (see later in this update). There will also be an update of community responses and the emerging issues. A panel will try to encourage discussion, answer questions and suggest areas for submissions to cover.
File Groundswell seeks expert input for Waterloo South by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 06, 2022 07:19 AM
The Groundswell agencies have written to academics and planning specialists asking them to support public housing tenants by making expert comment on the Waterloo Planning proposal. While public tenants bring their expertise from living and knowing a location, academics and specialists often know the finer detail that is import for planning authorities to consider. Both kinds of input are important for Waterloo. This letter has been sent out by the Groundswell agencies to their contacts and they are encouraging everyone to make a submission and share it if possible.
News Item Draft Council Submission: Waterloo South proposal is 10% bigger and this is not being disclosed by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 02, 2022 09:08 AM
The City of Sydney Council have produced a Draft submission on the Waterloo South Planning Proposal. The draft is on the Council website among papers to go to the Transport, Heritage, Environment and Planning Committee on Monday 4 April 2022. It would then be dealt with at the Central Sydney Planning Committee meeting on Thursday 7 April and the Council meeting on 11 April 2022.
News Item Updated Consultation on Waterloo South Planning Proposal by REDWatch, last updated: Apr 01, 2022 01:44 PM
Below are the consultation and capacity building details for the Waterloo South Planning Proposal. We will update this as more information comes to hand.
File Vigilanti Waterloo South Planning Proposal Presentation by REDWatch, last updated: Mar 28, 2022 04:18 PM
Eddie Ma and his team at Vigilanti has been working with public housing tenants sharing his Architectural expertise during the Waterloo South consultations. Eddie has reviewed the planning proposal documents published by DPIE and prepared a summary of his findings from the documents in simple English with graphics so the community has all the information they need to make their submission by Friday 29th April, and to have their say on the proposal. He has tried to provide some answers and context to the questions and concerns raised during the consultation process. In agreement with Eddie Ma, REDWatch is happy to make the presentation as accessible as possible through its website as a useful resource in understanding and responding to the proposal.
File Waterloo South Redevelopment: Unpacking the Planning Proposal by REDWatch, last updated: Mar 17, 2022 04:02 PM
This presentation was given on 17 March 2022 at Counterpoint Community Services as part of Waterloo (South) Planning Proposal Capacity Building. This session explains that the Planning Proposal is setting the rules for developers and LAHC to follow in preparing their detailed proposal and Development Applications. This presentation starts with the proposed planning controls rather than the simplified planning map of a possible outcome under the proposed planning controls.
File Waterloo Redevelopment - How did we get here? by REDWatch, last updated: Mar 14, 2022 06:32 PM
This is the PowerPoint presentation in PDF format from a presentation given by Geoffrey Turnbull from REDWatch on Wednesday 9 March 2022 for Counterpoint Community Services' Waterloo (South) Exhibition Planning Proposal Capacity Building. The recording of this presentation and the workshop outcomes will be placed on the Counterpoint Community Services website. The presentation looks at the history of plans to redevelop Waterloo public housing from the Redfern Waterloo Partnership Project in 2003 until the current exhibition.
Image Overshadowing Drawings for Waterloo (South) Planning Proposal by REDWatch, last updated: Mar 13, 2022 06:24 PM
The Overshadowing Drawings for the Waterloo (South) Planning Proposal are only found in the Appendix B of the Addendum to urban design report by Hassell. To enable easy access to these drawings that give information of the shadows at different times of the day mid winter and mid summer and at the Equinox, we have extracted them and placed them on the REDWatch website for download.
 
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