Aboriginal Housing Company Limited has submitted Environmental Assessments (EAs) for the above proposed project application and associated modification to the approved concept plan. The applications involve the demolition of existing improvements on the land and construction of a residential, commercial, retail, community and cultural facilities, public Open space, landscaping and car parking development.
The EAs may be viewed on the Department's website (http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au). The EAs will also be on exhibition from Thursday 19 January 2012 until Wednesday 29 February 2012 during regular business hours, at:
If you wish to make a submission on the project, it must reach the Department by close of business on Wednesday 29 February 2012.
For further details on how to make a submission, please see below.
Persons lodging submissions are required to declare reportable political donations (including donations of $1000 or more) made in the previous two years. For more details, including a disclosure form, go to www.planning.nsw.gov.au/donations.
Under section 75H of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, the Director-General is required to provide copies of submissions received during the exhibition period, or a report of the issues raised in those submissions, to the Proponent and other interested public authorities. It is Departmental policy to also place a copy of your submission on the Departments website. If you do not want your name to be made available to the Proponent, these authorities, or on the Department's website, please clearly state this in your submission.
Your contact officer for this proposal, Jane Flanagan, can be contacted on Phone: (02) 9228 6431; Fax: (02) 9228 6455; Email: jane.flanagan@planning.nsw.gov.au. Please mark all correspondence regarding the proposal to Ms Flanagan's attention.
Yours sincerely
Alan Bright
A/Director Metropolitan and Regional Projects South
Department of Planning & Infrastructure 23-33 Bridge Street, Sydney NSW 2000 GPO Box 39, Sydney NSW 2001 Phone 02 9228 6111 Fax 02 9228 6455 Website planning.nsw.gov.au
Application No: MP06_0101 MOD 1 & MP11_0093
Location: Eveleigh, Vine, Louis, Caroline and Lawson Streets, Redfern
Proponent: Aboriginal Housing Company Limited
Council area: City of Sydney
1. Modification of the approved concept plan for a mixed use development of the site comprising: affordable and student housing units, commercial, retail, community and cultural facilities, public open space, landscaping and car parking, to permit:
- a higher total gross floor area (GFA);
- less retail/commercial community and cultural facilities GFA;
- more residential and public open space GFA and more car parking; and
- no community re-use of 1-11 Vine Street.
2. A Project Application for:
Demolition of existing improvements on the land and construction of the mixed use development in accordance with the concept plan, incorporating the proposed modifications.
A copy of the Environmental Assessments (EAs) may be viewed on the Department of Planning & Infrastructure's website (http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au). The EAs will also be on exhibition from Thursday 19 January 2012 until Wednesday 29 February 2012 during regular business hours at:
Submissions on the applications must reach the Department by close of business on Wednesday 29 February 2012. Your submission should include:
Your submission should be:
Persons lodging submissions are required to declare reportable political donations (including donations of $1000 or more) made in the previous two years. For more details, including a disclosure form, go to www. planning .nsw.gov.au/donations
Under section 75H of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, the Director-General is required to provide copies of submissions received during the exhibition period, or a report of the issues raised in those submissions, to the Proponent and other interested public authorities. it is Departmental policy to also place a copy of your submission on the Department's website. If you do not want your name to be made available to the Proponent, these authorities, or on the Department's website, please clearly state this in your submission.
Enquiries: 1300 305 695 or information@planning.nsw.gov.au
There are two exhibitions happening simultaneously so there are two EAs - Environmental Assessment _ Project Approval Application No 11_0093.pdf and Environmental Assessment Modification of Concept Plan Approval No 06_0101.pdf. All the supporting Appendices are the same for both exhibitions and can be found under Pemulwuy Mixed Use Development Concept Plan MP06_0101 MOD 1.
The Department's website also shows the documents submitted by the AHC on two occasions to obtain the Departments requirements for the exhibition (the Director General's Requirements (DGRs). The initial documents submitted are difficult to follow on the departments website as there is no indication of what is in each file. For a list of contents of each file in the 2010 application see REDWatch's Pemulwuy Project Modification Details Publicly Available.
The application documents also contains a copy of the approval to submit from landholders covered by the proposal including the City of Sydney Council, Aboriginal Medical Centre, Housing NSW, The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and previously the Department of Aboriginal Affairs NSW these can be found under Section 75W application form.pdf (952.9 KB).
All documents will be available at:
at 157-163 Cleveland Street Redfern was also expected in January 2012. It is not a part of the Pemulwuy Project but is a separate development proposed by Urbabest in the same precinct so keep an eye out also for this exhibition.
]]>Council officers currently are compiling a cross-disiplinary list of initiatives completed, underway or budgeted in each area as an initial frame for what is going on locally. Brochures that include these lists should be on the website mid-January.
The village plans themselves will come together over the coming four or five months with input/suggestions/vision from groups like REDWatch and others in the community about projects where communities would like support or facilitation, or ideas that form part of a longer term vision for the community, things that may have been missed etc.
The timing at this stage is that we will be compiling all the suggestions /proposals over January and February, community forums will be run in each area in March, and draft plans will go to Council around May (and be exhibited for community comment) .
You can find out about the new "Village Groups" and how to make a submission at www.2030inyourvillage.com.au. You can also make a submission by filling in this form.
One of the first studies done on the new boundaries was the Redfern Street Village Centre study (PDF 445Kb)
Council has circulated the flyer below to encourage community involvement. Please note that the wording used below was incorrect and there are as yet no finalised 'preliminary plans' these as explained above are expected in mid January.
The City of Sydney includes diverse villages and neighbourhoods, each known for their distinctive characteristics.
These villages and neighbourhoods are at the heart of our Sustainable Sydney 2030 plan. When developing the plan, we envisioned them as places where you can walk or ride a bike for most of the shops and services you need, take time out in a leafy park or enjoy a community event.
We invite you to be involved in planning the next stage of the future of your neighbourhood and village.
Our villages are as equally important for the culture and economy of our city as the CBD.
In 2005/2006, we developed Local Action Plans (LAP) in consultation with you to honour our City of Villages commitment. Most LAP projects are underway or complete, including new facilities, parks and street improvements.
We again consulted in 2007 to develop Sustainable Sydney 2030 – our long term vision to make Sydney environmentally, economically, socially
and culturally sustainable.
Many new residents and businesses have made Sydney their home since 2007. As the City develops new community-based projects we again invite
you to work with us.
We have prepared preliminary plans for discussion and comment.
They reflect our work so far and capture what we already know about your neighbourhood.
You can see them at www.2030inyourvillage.com.au and follow the prompts to have your say or send your feedback to City of Sydney Village Planning Team, Town Hall House, 456 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000.
Following your comment and feedback, we will prepare draft plans to discuss with you at a workshop in early 2012. After the workshops, we will
develop proposals for Council’s consideration and funding in future budgets.
Clover Moore MP Lord Mayor
Many of the 10 village groups the City of Sydney has identified share a major main street. Village groups will help Council manage how they work to provide services and fairly allocate funding. The Ten village Groups are:
The City’s land includes Eveleigh Lane, part of Caroline Lane and 91-99 Eveleigh Street and 119-121 Eveleigh Street.
The City proposes to transfer this land to the Aboriginal Housing Company, to help provide housing and other facilities for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, for $20.
The transfer of land for a nominal sum reflects the City of Sydney’s support of the project.
The transfer of land to the Aboriginal Housing Company proposal will be on public exhibition 1 August to 5 September 2011 and can be viewed at:
The proposal is also available online at: www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Council/OnExhibition
Submissions should be made in writing and lodged by 5pm on Friday 5 September 2011, marked Transfer of Land in Redfern to the Aboriginal Housing Company, Reference: S072236.007 and addressed to:
Chief Executive Officer
City of Sydney,
GPO Box 1591, Sydney 2001
Attn: Samantha Urquhart
For more information please contact Samantha Urquhart, City of Sydney on 9265 9333 or email surquart@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Yours sincerely
Michael Leyland
Director, City Property
]]>Over 200 black and white and colour carefully culled photographs, or perhaps they may even form ‘visual transcripts’ are being exhibited in the collection at the opening within a church setting, providing the exhibition with a sense of the sacred and surreal. Images are laid out on the church pews creating a sense of engagement, and are a metaphor for presenting people “where they sat”.
Attendees are encouraged to visually sift through images of interest. During the general exhibition period over 20 framed images will for sale.
]]>The RTA is exhibiting initial plans for the expansion of the M5. While much of the attention will focus on the duplication of the M5 tunnel to increase capacity the proposal also includes a new two lanes in each direction link to Campbell Road at Sydney Park. This potentially brings more traffic through Redfern Waterloo via Euston Road which it joins at traffic lights. In the proposal the RTA admit that “The RTA would also look at the management of traffic, and possible traffic calming, in the residential areas north of Campbell Road.”
The new surface road follows the proposed corridor for the F6 (Southern Freeway) and proposes single lane ramps to provide access from this new road to Qantas Drive/Airport Drive. It is also located so it can link with the proposed Marrickville tunnel which is to link from near the proposed new road to the M4 to allow movement from the M4 to Port Botany. If the Marrickville tunnel is built the new road will provide the link between it and the M5 connection to the Port. Without the Marrickville tunnel it potentially sends M4 traffic via Campbell Road to Edgeware Road. Currently traffic from the M5 towards Redfern goes via Airport Drive and O’Riordan Street. It is not clear how this traffic is expected to be channelled from the new arterial without creating a more attractive route to the western part of the city through Redfern Waterloo which increases traffic on Gibbons and Regent Streets.
Details of the M5 new surface link are on a special RTA website accessed by www.m5corridorexpansion.com.au. As part of the consultation process the RTA is inviting initial submissions to help identify emerging issues to help scope the environmental assessments. Submissions can be made via the contact page on the website or by email to m5expansion@rta.nsw.gov.au or post to RTA, M5 corridor expansion, PO Box 609, Pyrmont NSW 2009. Submissions are advertised to close on 19 February 2010. There was quite an outcry about the lack of notification and the consultation happening over the holiday season at the public meeting held by Kristine Keneally’s office on 14 December so this might be extended. People should also copy their submissions to their local member so your local MP is also aware of your concerns. This is especially so if the submission deals with the need for broader transport options other than the RTA’s proposal.
See also Minister's Media Statement here
Source - RWIU 18 December 2009
]]>The exhibition will consist of almost 7,000 competition entries from various photographers from Australia and New Zealand who competed in the recent Canon EOS Photo5 competition. All of these images will also be printed on Canon’s PIXMA printer range.
“This year we’re taking the World of EOS Photo5 competition and its impressive imagery even further by bringing it to life for people to experience in the real world,” said Chris Macleod, brand manager – EOS, Canon Australia.
“The exhibition will celebrate the creativity and passion of all Australian and New Zealand participants and, with a huge 7000 images on display; it should be a real spectacle.”
The Canon EOS Photo5 competition was designed to inspire photographers to express themselves creatively through photography. Participants received a box with four everyday objects and were challenged to capture these objects using a variety of photographic techniques.
To find out more about the entries that will be on display at the exhibition consumer are encouraged to visit the competition website
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The park on the corner of Abercrombie and Shepherd Streets is a well loved and heavily used pocket park in the heart of Darlington. The park provides local residents, families, university students and workers from nearby businesses with access to vital green space.
As part of the City’s ongoing commitment to renew important small parks across our Local Government Area, the project will provide quality open space for the whole community to enjoy.
A key element of the park is the existing playground. The City plans to replace the equipment with an exciting recreation facility for children up to 12 years old. The park also provides an important place for dog owners to currently exercise their pets off leash after 6.00pm.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
We are considering the following renewal options:
Park structure –
• improved access from Abercrombie Street
• large usable grass areas
• increased shade
• new trees.
Park facilities –
• bigger playground area with a broader range of equipment
• new trees and plants
• new park furniture.
PROJECT TIMELINE
Community consultation: November – December 2008
Report to Council:Early 2009
Finalise design documentation:Early 2009
Construction: Mid 2009
For wet weather information call 9265 9333.
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Please promote the Open day by printing off the Poster for ATP's Blacksmith Shop Open Day - 17th August 2008 (1MB PDF) and promoting it.
Apart from turning up to the Open Day you can support the retention of the ATP’s active heritage Blacksmith Shop by lobbying for its continuation of the Blacksmith shop. Details on who to lobby can be found at Persons to Lobby over Proposal to Remove Wrought Artworks from ATP. Background documents can be found on the web at www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/atp/blacksmith.
You can watch a 10 minute video about the Blacksmith Shop at www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHLvipjAbBUYou can see some of the work done by the Blacksmiths at www.wroughtartworks.com.au
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