It is unusual for the leader of a community action group concerned about overdevelopment and the head of a developer lobby championing high-rise apartments to agree on a planning approach for Sydney’s growth. But, amazingly, the two of us, one the president of community group Save Our Suburbs and the other the chief executive of the Urban Taskforce, do agree on how Sydney can grow without destroying the suburbs.
Many councils are fighting the medium-density code, their main concern being that residents do not want widespread change to the character of their suburbs. The government has allowed 50 councils to postpone the adoption of the code, but that period of grace expires in just over three weeks, on July 1. That deadline will become a flashpoint.
But more housing must be encouraged on the fringes of Sydney and along corridors outside Greater Sydney. A very fast train connection between Sydney and Canberra would open up peripheral housing development options along its route, particularly around the Southern Highlands at Bowral and around Goulburn. In a similar manner, a very fast train along the east coast connecting Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle would open up even more desirable peripheral housing options.
Another area we agree on is that planning policies for land use on the periphery are far too restrictive and manipulate the market. In a number of large, prosperous American cities such as Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth there are no restrictive land use policies. We understand that developers can propose developments of the housing types people want in suitable locations, often on the periphery, and create neighbourhoods with amenities that attract buyers.
Nah, what we need is less people.
Why we need lower immigration in Australia!
No we don't what we need for aesthetic economic n environmental reasons is good mix of affordable housing more public green space community gardens n compulsory rain water collection n solar panels
WB: High Immigration & refugee intake puts upward pressure on our Housing Tell your local MP what you think, Remember they work for you. Stop all further immigration & refugee intake for now. Or is this what you want for Sydney?
You are kidding ! Go for a drive around Carlingford , get the train into town from Beecroft , check the Units, go drive the freeway to Homebush or Ryde, Meadowbank FFS. We need a HALT to migration & a halt in Unit Building NOT more !
NSWPlanning Urban_Taskforce Medium density housing with basement car parks. Demolition, excavation, concrete trucks have destroyed local roads never designed for this traffic. The water main has been damaged for good. Who will pay for it? Your Council rates! Reduce immigration
NSWPlanning Urban_Taskforce Sydney's growth is driven by immigration, 90K pa. That's about 40,000 dwellings or 100 apartment towers EVERY YEAR. The more immigrants, the longer the petrol lines in the coming military conflicts as China must secure its ever growing oil imports
More highrises? Yes, because more road congestion and a reduction in our standard of living is a good thing, said no one ever, except for greedy NSW property developers.
...rubbish; mandate statewide multi-story (max 3) on all plots and there is soooooo much low-density absorption possible; we don't need this bullshit of cramming people into Opal Toweresque pidgeon coops; we do not have a lack of space, we lack the power to use it!- get real...
Only if: A - for every x number of high rises there is a complimentary amount of green space B - There is design variation
medium density has a social impact we know more of our neighbors In high density towers lives r impersonal People could die without being discovered weeks later Look at high rise urban slums in Rome Sicily n council flats in UK They r full of misfits n crime
yeah ok !!!!!