The WSROC website has just been updated with the organisation's latest reports and submissions.
So far this year alone WSROC has prepared over 20 regional responses and submissions to a range of State and Federal inquiries and reviews. All of these are available for free from the WSROC website: http://www.wsroc.com.au/
15 September, 2008
Free Public Seminar: Making Urban Renewal Work
The Challenge Facing the Metropolitan Strategy
Mantra Hotel Parramatta, cnr Parkes St & Valentine Ave, Parramatta
5.00 for 5.30pm until 7.30pm, 1 October 2008
The State Government’s 2005 Metropolitan Strategy has the aim of delivering 640,000 dwellings to 2031 – around 23,500 per year from 2004. Sixty to seventy percent of the new dwellings are to be in established areas - in and around Sydney’s centres with the aim of increasing densities and activity in areas with good public transport access, while constraining growth into valuable urban fringe lands.
However, since the release of the Strategy, progress has been limited, with only 12,940 new dwellings approved during 2006 and 17,614 during 2007. In the established areas simply re-zoning land for higher density residential is unlikely to be sufficient. There are few ‘easy’ development sites available in the required locations. Development in most middle and outer parts of Sydney is typically unviable in current market conditions and existing physical and community infrastructure may be unable to cope with higher residential densities. And community opposition to ad hoc and poor quality development is a further barrier to renewal.
At this seminar, drawing on extensive research on this topic the City Futures Research Centre at UNSW and SGS Economics and Planning will:
· Explore techniques for identifying renewal potential in established areas;
· Analyse some of the market barriers to renewal; and
· Canvass the interventions required to enable the government to reach its housing targets.
The seminar will be of interest to Councils grappling with the challenge of revising planning controls to satisfy dwelling targets, to the development industry struggling to make conventional developments work and to state policy makers anxious to achieve the Metropolitan Strategy’s core objectives in relation to housing. The main event will be followed by drinks and finger food.
RSVP 24 September 2008: Verna.Gibbins@sgsep.com.au
This Seminar is sponsored by Landcom and WSROC
It has been organized jointly by SGS Economics and Planning and
The City Futures Research Centre at UNSW.
Mantra Hotel Parramatta, cnr Parkes St & Valentine Ave, Parramatta
5.00 for 5.30pm until 7.30pm, 1 October 2008
The State Government’s 2005 Metropolitan Strategy has the aim of delivering 640,000 dwellings to 2031 – around 23,500 per year from 2004. Sixty to seventy percent of the new dwellings are to be in established areas - in and around Sydney’s centres with the aim of increasing densities and activity in areas with good public transport access, while constraining growth into valuable urban fringe lands.
However, since the release of the Strategy, progress has been limited, with only 12,940 new dwellings approved during 2006 and 17,614 during 2007. In the established areas simply re-zoning land for higher density residential is unlikely to be sufficient. There are few ‘easy’ development sites available in the required locations. Development in most middle and outer parts of Sydney is typically unviable in current market conditions and existing physical and community infrastructure may be unable to cope with higher residential densities. And community opposition to ad hoc and poor quality development is a further barrier to renewal.
At this seminar, drawing on extensive research on this topic the City Futures Research Centre at UNSW and SGS Economics and Planning will:
· Explore techniques for identifying renewal potential in established areas;
· Analyse some of the market barriers to renewal; and
· Canvass the interventions required to enable the government to reach its housing targets.
The seminar will be of interest to Councils grappling with the challenge of revising planning controls to satisfy dwelling targets, to the development industry struggling to make conventional developments work and to state policy makers anxious to achieve the Metropolitan Strategy’s core objectives in relation to housing. The main event will be followed by drinks and finger food.
RSVP 24 September 2008: Verna.Gibbins@sgsep.com.au
This Seminar is sponsored by Landcom and WSROC
It has been organized jointly by SGS Economics and Planning and
The City Futures Research Centre at UNSW.
24 August, 2008
Western Sydney Regional Census Profile updated
The 'Residential development' section of the Western Sydney Regional Census Profile has been updated with 2006-07 Building approvals. 2007 Estimated Resident Population (ERP) data is also available.
The Working Population section is still to be expanded to include detailed method of travel to work data, and the migration section will be updated with age-specific data.
The Regional Profile includes results from the 2006, 2001, 1996, and 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing. It is designed to inform community groups, investors, business, students and the general public. To achieve this, the Profile is formatted to present the data in simple, clear tables and charts with concise factual commentary.
The Working Population section is still to be expanded to include detailed method of travel to work data, and the migration section will be updated with age-specific data.
The Regional Profile includes results from the 2006, 2001, 1996, and 1991 Censuses of Population and Housing. It is designed to inform community groups, investors, business, students and the general public. To achieve this, the Profile is formatted to present the data in simple, clear tables and charts with concise factual commentary.
WSROC urges "open mind" on Western Metro options
WSROC President Clr Tony Hay has reiterated WSROC's support for the feasibility study for the proposed Western Metro link but also urged the State and Federal Governments to "keep an open mind" and ensure that the study considers options for the metro to serve areas west of Parramatta.
Welcome to WSROC Matters!
This is the first post in a new blog about Western Sydney hosted by WSROC.
We hope to turn this blog into a new journal about the region, with WSROC's latest news as well as articles and stories about the councils and communities of Western Sydney and the issues that affect them.
This blog complements WSROC's website at http://www.wsroc.com.au/ - and over time we hope to add the ability for others to add content.
Please note that as we'll be reproducing and linking to content not hosted by WSROC, some of the comments you will see won't necessarily represent the views of WSROC or its member Councils, nor do we take no responsibility for the accuracy of these views.
We hope to turn this blog into a new journal about the region, with WSROC's latest news as well as articles and stories about the councils and communities of Western Sydney and the issues that affect them.
This blog complements WSROC's website at http://www.wsroc.com.au/ - and over time we hope to add the ability for others to add content.
Please note that as we'll be reproducing and linking to content not hosted by WSROC, some of the comments you will see won't necessarily represent the views of WSROC or its member Councils, nor do we take no responsibility for the accuracy of these views.
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