Decision details

It is resolved that:

(A)      Council note Planning Proposal - Waterloo Estate (South), shown at Attachment A to the subject report, will create substantial infrastructure demand without an appropriate commitment for delivery having been made by Land and Housing Corporation;

(B)      the Lord Mayor be requested to write to the NSW Premier, the NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces and the NSW Minister for Housing, requesting a commitment on behalf of the NSW Government to provide the necessary infrastructure to support the City’s revised planning proposal for the Waterloo Estate (South) with an acceptable parkland valuation if dedicated to Council and no offset exceeding the contributions otherwise payable;

(C)      the Chief Executive Officer be requested to write to the Secretary of the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment to request the repeal the Redfern Waterloo Authority Plan 2006 as a matter of urgency;

(D)      Council approve Planning Proposal - Waterloo Estate (South) to be sent the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces with a request for gateway determination, once the NSW Government has made an appropriate offer for the delivery of the necessary infrastructure;

(E)      authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to make any minor variations to Planning Proposal - Waterloo Estate (South), in accordance with the gateway determination;

(F)       Council approve Planning Proposal - Waterloo Estate (South) for public authority consultation and public exhibition in accordance with any conditions imposed under the gateway determination for a period not less than 60 days, with the public exhibition not commencing until appropriate commitment from the NSW Government to provide the necessary infrastructure has been made;

(G)      Council note where a gateway determination requires significant changes to Planning Proposal - Waterloo Estate (South), the Planning Proposal will be first reported to Council for their consideration prior to public exhibition;

(H)      Council seek authority from the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces to exercise the delegation of all the functions under section 3.36 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to make the local environmental plan and to put into effect Planning Proposal - Waterloo Estate (South);

(I)        Council approve the draft Design Guide - Waterloo Estate (South) shown at Attachment C to the subject report for public authority consultation and public exhibition concurrent with the Planning Proposal;

(J)       Council approve the draft Design Guide - Waterloo Estate (South) shown at Attachment C to the subject report as a draft development control plan, that amends Sydney Development Control Plan 2012, for public authority consultation and for public exhibition concurrent with the Planning Proposal;

(K)      Council approve the draft Sydney Development Control Plan - Waterloo Estate (South), shown at Attachment D to the subject report, for public authority consultation and public exhibition concurrent with the Planning Proposal;

(L)       authority be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer to make any minor variations to the draft Design Guide - Waterloo Estate (South), shown at Attachment C to the subject report, and Sydney Development Control Plan - Waterloo Estate (South), shown at Attachment D to the subject report, to correct any drafting errors or inconsistencies, or to ensure consistency with the Planning Proposal following the gateway determination.

Carried unanimously.

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