Chippendale East safe, or has the battle only just started?

The City Council has hired consultants to undertake a series of urban studies on the suburbs across the City. They are in the process of holding Community forums to discuss their findings. Last month the consultants met with Chippendale residents from the local residents group to discuss the report before the community forum reports Trevor Davies in the Have you heard? Column of the South Sydney Herald of October 2007.

The residents were shown preliminary plans. These plans showed a major part of Chippendale a Heritage Conservation Area with all heritage requirements “revoked” for the purposes of introducing an “Urban Renewal Area,” allowing 5 to 8 storey developments. Chippendale residents, who were at the meeting said, “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.” The Chippendale residents were apparently advised that the study was the consequence of miscommunication between Council and its consultants. As a result of their meeting the document presented to the Chippendale community forum had none of the controversial measures that had been seen by the Chippendale residents.

However not every one was happy with the change of direction by the consultants. Some property owners along Regent Street from Cleveland Street were hoping that the current height restrictions in that part of Chippendale would be lifted. We’ll have a full report next month.

Source: South Sydney Herald October 2007

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