Ku-ring-gai Council on Sydney's north shore defends suing Minns Government over its plans to build high-density apartment blocks near train stations
Blocks can be 30 per cent higher if at least 15 percent of the block is set aside for affordable housing. Signs reading ‘Save our Sydney’ sit at the front of several homes in Kuringai, insisting ‘the government has no right to destroy our heritage’.He says he and his neighbours have been hounded by developers since the rezoning took effect in April.
In Gordon, the chair of the Eryldene Foundation Michael Waterhouse fears the state-heritage listed Eryldene Historic House and Gardens, which is now a public museum, could be overshadowed if units go up next door. “We haven’t had time to plan for appropriate outcomes. We are not saying no to housing, we would like to have more housing in the area but in order to make the housing work well for future residents, we need time to plan,” he said.Kuringai Council is hoping to come up with its own proposal that would shift the need for housing density to more developed parts of the precincts while avoiding Heritage Conservation Areas that currently fall within the Government’s program.
“And for example, one of the big ones is Canterbury-Bankstown Council. Now, over the next 10 years, they’re going to have a big uplift when it comes to housing in their community. Their request to us was we need a little bit more time so that we can exceed your housing target. Kuringai didn’t offer that at all.”
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