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Tag Archives: Planning for people
“Killing us softly with your pong”
Graffiti on this hoarding in front of one of the many high rise apartment buildings that are being built along Victoria Road, Gladesville expresses some of the rage, disgust and grief that people are feeling about the rampant, unsympathetic over-development in our midst. Would you choose to live smack bang on this footpath, inhaling toxic […]
Affordable rental housing
The Hunters Hill Trust fully recognises the need for affordable rental housing in Sydney and we are not opposed to affordable housing being located in the Hunters Hill LGA where the zoning is appropriate. As well, we are not opposed to Boarding Houses being built in Hunters Hill. However a number of DAs for boarding […]
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another Master Plan for Gladesville?
The community has been increasingly angry and frustrated about the mish-mash of developments in Gladesville that threaten to create long term problems and reduce quality of life. Hunters Hill Council has decided to develop a new master plan for Gladesville. Whatever happened to the Gladesville Master Plan that was carefully worked out – with its […]
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Boarding house proposed for narrow site
Hunters Hill Council is currently reviewing a Development Application for the construction of a boarding house that would provide accommodation for 12 people and a manager on a narrow 450 square meter site at 2 Flagstaff Street, Gladesville. Each person will have accommodation ranging from 15-25 square meters in size. There will be parking for […]
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Hodgepodge: where is the master plan?
The Trust objects to 3 large developments proposed on Victoria Road to the west of the Gladesville Shopping Village (GSV) site. What we are seeing is a failure of strategic planning and the local community will bear the costs. The proposals would increase traffic coming and going through a collection of ramps across the western boundary […]
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threats posed by ‘State Significant Infrastructure’
HHT recently met with Anthony Roberts, Minister for Planning and Carolyn McNally, Secretary of NSW Planning and Environment to discuss concerns about unsympathetic development across Sydney, the draft Medium Density Housing Code as well as concerns about Gladesville Shopping Village and Windsor Bridge. Detailed correspondence has followed that meeting (see below). We now seek assurance […]
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‘Priority growth areas’: what about heritage & infrastructure?
The State Government has an ever increasing list of Priority Growth Areas, Priority Precincts and Urban Renewal Corridors now located all over Sydney. Local Council’s have no say over these areas. Why is there so little provision for social infrastructure in these mega-plans? For example, the Sydenham to Bankstown rail corridor will destroy entire suburbs […]
Rise and RISE of apartment blocks
More than a third (34%) of residents of Ryde / Hunters Hill ABS statistical area live in apartments, which is more than the average for Greater Sydney (28%) Source: 2016 ABS Census data. In 2016, more apartments were built in Australia than houses. Building industry deregulation presents serious concerns over quality, materials and fire compliance, […]
Appeal by Victoria Road developers: more hodge podge?