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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dear REDWatch members, supporters and agencies,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc199255533"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">REDWatch Meeting on Homes NSW and the Consortium – 5<sup>th</sup> June</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc199255534"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Waterloo Connect May Newsletter</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc199255535"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Where do we start the Conversation with the Consortium?</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc2"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc199255536"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The approved Planning Proposal</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc2"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc199255537"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Stage 1 (concept) development application</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc2"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc199255538"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Application and Scoping Report for Development Application</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc2"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc199255539"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Studies will include a Social Impact Assessment</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc199255540"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Community lead Health Impact Assessment (HIA)</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc199255541"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Healthy Higher Density Living for Families with Children</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc199255542"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Bridge Housing Redfern Place – 600-660 Elizabeth Street Response to Submissions</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc199255543"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Draft Heritage Strategy for NSW – Until 13 July 2025</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc199255544"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) on the way</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Please note – this email contains hyperlinks. This means that if you see a blue underlined word or phrase that you can click
on it and go directly to a document or to get more information.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
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<a name="_Toc199255533"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">REDWatch Meeting on Homes NSW and the Consortium – 5<sup>th</sup> June</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">When the announcement of Homes NSW reaching agreement with The Stockland consortium was made back in early April, REDWatch issued an invitation
to Homes NSW and the Consortium to present their plans to a REDWatch meeting on June 5<sup>th</sup>. So, to hear what they plan for Waterloo South, come along at 6pm on Thursday 5<sup>th</sup> June 2025 to Counterpoint’s The Factory Community Centre, 67 Raglan
Street, Waterloo or join us on line at by Zoom <a href="http://tinyurl.com/RedwatchMeetingZoom">
http://tinyurl.com/RedwatchMeetingZoom</a>. You can promote this meeting with this <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/eventnotice/250605redwp">flyer</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Consortium is made up of
<a href="https://www.listcorp.com/asx/sgp/stockland/news/waterloo-renewal-project-3176260.html">
Stockland</a>, <a href="https://www.linkwentworth.org.au/media-releases/nsw-government-confirms-stockland-consortium-as-delivery-partner-for-waterloo-renewal-project/">
Link Wentworth Housing</a>, <a href="https://citywesthousing.com.au/renewal-of-the-waterloo-south-estate/">
City West Housing</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-coe-949723143_on-6-august-2024-i-sat-down-at-a-board-table-activity-7316030912880594944-c4SW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAA0OtUYBpxp_z1nS6OcOEaohVt7X5qEXkeU">
Birribee Housing</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In preparation for the meeting REDWatch has collected questions from our members, tenants and agencies that they would like answered now that
the community can talk with the consortium. These questions have been supplied to Homes NSW and the Consortium and you can see the questions on the REDWatch website as
<a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo/lahc22-23/250523redw">Initial Questions for Homes NSW Portfolio and Consortium Partners – Waterloo South Redevelopment May 2025</a>. We have also provided background below on the next steps in the redevelopment
and on some of the issues of concern.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc199255534"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Waterloo Connect May Newsletter</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Homes NSW has distributed its May newsletter, which will be on the newsletters tab of the
<a href="https://www.dpie.nsw.gov.au/land-and-housing-corporation/greater-sydney/waterloo">
Land and Housing Waterloo web page</a> or email <a href="mailto:WaterlooConnect@homes.nsw.gov.au">
WaterlooConnect@homes.nsw.gov.au</a>. The Newsletter primarily focuses on the relocations that are underway.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">What should planners, architects and development professionals learn from Redfern-Waterloo?</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
In early May REDWatch spokesperson Geoff Turnbull was asked to give a 5-minute input into the Australian Architecture Conference 2025 from a Redfern-Waterloo perspective. Below is his advice, which applies to the Consortium as they come into the area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">I am not an Architect; by training I am a Sociologist. For the last 20 years, as spokesperson for community group REDWatch, I have facilitated
community voices around the redevelopment of Redfern Waterloo in NSW with architects, planners, consultants, developers and a conga line of bureaucrats tasked with fixing our area.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">When we got our own Minister and Authority in 2004 the government owned one third of Redfern Waterloo. It took planning control over Redfern’s
Aboriginal heartland on The Block that was not government land, as well as the State Heritage Listed Eveleigh Railway Workshops, and other surplus government land. Also in its sights was most of our areas 4,311 public housing units and houses.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Here are a few things we have learnt from shaping public opinion that might help architects.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Understand the context and what has gone before</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Before you turn up in a community do your homework on the community. REDWatch website holds a lot of this information for our area and is valued
as a result. Look at reports from community centres, subscribe to email lists from local organisations. If there have been prior studies on the area then read them and read the submissions to understand people’s concerns, don’t rely on the sanitised “Response
to Submissions” reports, people seldom find what they said there.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Aboriginal context is important in our area, as is their call for the delivery of practical outcomes like Aboriginal Affordable Housing.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Help Build Capacity to Participate</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Building capacity is key to what we do and it is a two-way street. The community needs help to understand what is being proposed in planning
speak and also what it can influence. The proponent and its consultants need help to understand the local context and to talk with the community.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">We provide and support community-controlled sandpits to hear from proponents and allow people to articulate their concerns back to proponents.
We bring in your own experts, like Peter Phibbs for workshops on Planning for Non-Planners, so tenants know more about planning and can better formulate their questions and submissions. It also helps them when they take their concerns to the media.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Think of the community as your client and be informed by them</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For public housing redevelopments in particular, you have existing communities that need to be involved not just vacant industrial or green-field
sites. People like the current tenants will be in your new buildings. Those communities have a lot of experience, local knowledge and expertise that you can draw upon. They also have aspirations for their community which you can help deliver.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Understand that social impacts matter and must be addressed</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Public housing tenants want safe places where they can have peace and security in a housing of last resort system under strain. How does what
you do as an architect deliver safety when it also depends on what happens with building and tenant management and the level of human service supports available to people with complex mental health, drug and alcohol, trauma and other complex issues?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Transparency matters</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Treat all the players equally so everyone knows what is happening and is on an equal footing. REDWatch puts out the same information on our
website and email lists to the Minister, the industry and to the community. For new developments the first public meeting we request is when the application for study requirements is submitted.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Know the players and stakeholders</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Redevelopment is complex with lots of moving parts, and lots of places of intersection of interests for possible cooperation and influence
not just in formal submissions. You need to get behind the project Comms team and build relations with key players even if that is on a Chatham House rules basis. You need to identify all the government, community and institutional stakeholders in the area
and make sure they know what is happening.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Build Alliances of influence</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">We are not just about building capacity and trusting in submissions, we are there to build alliances and influence the process.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For example, as our sites are controlled by state government, we work closely with both Councillors and City of Sydney staff to keep them informed
about what we know but also drawing on their expertise and their ability to lobby for what we want to see from Council, the state government and bureaucracy.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">We have helped establish a Waterloo Human Services Collaborative of government and NGOs to work on the current people supports. This also helps
put pressure on the redevelopment to take Health and Social impacts more seriously than they have in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">We have an alliance of state and local NGOs that have a stake in what is happening. We work also with researchers, journalists and academic
and a wide range of other organisations.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Hopefully this brief overview gives you some ideas as to how architects can also shape and lead public opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Source: Geoff Turnbull’s contribution to Australian Architecture Conference 2025 panel on “<a href="https://conference.architecture.com.au/speaker/building-perspectives-how-architects-lead-public-opinion/" target="_blank">Shaping
Perspectives: How Architects Lead Public Opinion</a>”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc199255535"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Where do we start the Conversation with the Consortium?</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">At the last Waterloo Redevelopment Group there was discussion about how we needed to go back and remind people where we are in the planning process
given the 2.5 years gap since the planning proposal was approved. So below, in the lead up to the Consortium meeting, we thought this was a good opportunity for a bit of a Waterloo planning refresher.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc199255536"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">The approved Planning Proposal</span></a><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The starting point for the Consortium is the Approved Planning proposal which sets the Planning Controls that the Consortium need to address in
its plan. You can see the outcome of that in summary form at <a href="https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/plans-for-your-area/priority-growth-areas-and-precincts/waterloo-south">
Waterloo South - Priority growth areas and precincts page</a> and with more detailed requirements
<a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/ppr/finalisation/waterloo-estate-south">
in the final package of the Waterloo (South) Planning Page site</a>. The most recent documents are:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Plan+Finalisation+Report.pdf" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Plan
Finalisation Report</a> – Departments final report that contains all below)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Final+Design+Guide+-+Waterloo+Estate+(South).pdf" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Final
Design Guide – Waterloo Estate (South)</a> – The detailed design guide<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Attachment+Maps+-+Final+Maps.pdf" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Attachment
Maps – Final Maps</a> – The statutory maps<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Attachment+A+-+Final+planning+proposal+-+Waterloo+Estate+(South).PDF" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Attachment
A – Final planning proposal – Waterloo Estate (South)</a> – The final proposal<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Attachment+C+-+Gateway+Determination+-+Waterloo+Estate+(South).PDF" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Attachment
C – Gateway determination – Waterloo Estate (South)</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Attachment+C1-+Alteration+of+Gateway+determination+(28+January+2022).PDF" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Attachment
C1 – Alteration of Gateway determination (28 January 2022)</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Attachment+C2+-+Alteration+of+Gateway+determination+(7+July+2022).PDF" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Attachment
C2 – Alteration of Gateway determination (7 July 2022)</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Attachment+D+-+Submissions+report+(Keylan)+-+Waterloo.PDF" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Attachment
D – Submissions report (Keylan) – Waterloo</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Attachment+E+-+PPA+response+to+LAHC+submission-+Waterloo+south.PDF" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Attachment
E – PPA response to LAHC submission – Waterloo south</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Attachment+F+-+PPA+Response+to+Council+submission+-+Waterloo+south.PDF" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Attachment
F – PPA response to Council submission – Waterloo south</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Attachment+G+-+Schedule+of+post-exhibition+amendments.PDF" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Attachment
G – Schedule of post-exhibition amendments</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Attachment+H+-+Gateway+Determination+Report.PDF" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Attachment
H – Gateway Determination Report</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Attachment+I+-++Overshadowing+analysis+(Hassell)+-+Waterloo+Estate+(South).PDF" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Attachment
I – Overshadowing analysis (Hassell) – Waterloo Estate (South)</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://shared-drupal-s3fs.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/master-test/fapub_pdf/Keelie+Drupal+Documents/Attachment+J+-+Revised+addendum+to+urban+design+(Hassell)+-+Waterloo+Estate+(South).PDF" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Attachment
J – Revised addendum to urban design (Hassell) – Waterloo Estate (South)</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The first four of these are the most important and for non-planners start with the Final planning proposal and the Final Design Guide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc199255537"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Stage 1 (concept) development application</span></a><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Planning Proposal references a
<a name="_Hlk199170452">Stage 1 (concept) development application </a>as being the first Development Application (DA). That is not a DA for the first area to be developed, but rather a concept DA for the entire site. The consortium could submit a DA for the
first area to be redeveloped at the same time as the Stage 1 (concept) DA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Design Guide sets out what the concept DA needs to cover:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">4.2.
<a name="_Hlk198828229">Stage 1 development application</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:17.0pt;text-indent:-17.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(1) A Stage 1 (concept) development application is required for land that is owned or managed by the Land and Housing Corporation
within Waterloo Estate (South) as of 1 January 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:17.0pt;text-indent:-17.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(2) A Stage 1 (concept) development application is to:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(a) be informed by a detailed survey;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(b) subdivide existing landholdings to establish:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:39.7pt;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">i. streets, through-site links and parks, in accordance with Figure 4: Land dedication and easements; and<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:39.7pt;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">ii. street blocks and building lots, in accordance with Figure 3: Street blocks and building lots;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(c) identify how the floor area is to be distributed across street blocks and building lots, including any floor space allocated
for social housing, affordable housing, community facilities, childcare facilities, health care facilities and other non-residential uses. This allocation is to be generally in accordance with Table 1: Indicative floor area distribution on LAHC owned land,
by street block, which provides an indicative allocation of floor space available under Sydney LEP 2012 across Waterloo Estate (South);<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(d) resolve any flooding and contamination issues on the site, identifying any necessary flood and stormwater management
works and remediation works and required contamination works to ensure flood and contamination risks are appropriately managed for new development, adjacent sites within the Estate, and in adjoining localities;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(e) provide an indicative staging plan and delivery sequence for development and the provision of public space, local infrastructure,
flood and stormwater management works and remediation works;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(f) provide an updated Design Excellence Strategy if needed, that is, if the proposed pattern of subdivision, staging or
built form distribution does not follow that provided by this Design Guide;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(g) provide a Preliminary Public Art Strategy to coordinate public art across the precinct;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(h) include a landscape plan that:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:39.7pt;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">i. allocates the total quantum of deep soil required for each street block amongst the building lots;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:39.7pt;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">ii. identifies significant trees that are required to be conserved and those that are proposed to be removed;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0cm;text-indent:-11.35pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">(i) address any other matters, including wind and acoustic matters, required to be resolved in a Stage 1 development application
by this Design Guide, by Sydney DCP 2012 or Sydney LEP 2012.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc199255538"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Application and Scoping Report for Development Application</span></a><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The first step to obtaining a DA is for the developer to make an application, including a scoping report, to the Department of Planning for the
Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs). That application must:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">include a simple but accurate description of the project<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">identify the relevant strategic and statutory context<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">summarise the findings of any early community engagement and describe the engagement that will be carried out during the
preparation of the EIS<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">identify matters that require further assessment in the EIS and how they will be assessed<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The department will publish the scoping report online and seek advice from key government agencies, including relevant councils, during the preparation
of the SEARs. When issued the SEARs are also made public so people know what the developer has been asked to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The community normally becomes aware of the detail of the scoping report either because of early community engagement mentioned above or when
the SEARs application is made public by the Department of Planning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc199255539"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Studies will include a Social Impact Assessment</span></a><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Due to changes in the Department of Planning study requirements, this project will require the first
<a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/assessment/policies-and-guidelines/social-impact-assessment">
Social Impact Assessment</a> to be undertaken for the Waterloo redevelopment. You can see more about Social Impact Assessments in
<a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo/lahc22-23/240214az/view">Look before you leap: A community guide to social impact assessment by Alison Ziller PhD February 2024</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc199255540"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Community lead Health Impact Assessment (HIA)</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Preparations are underway for a community lead Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Waterloo. Part of the HIA will involve tenants being trained
in doing a health impact assessment by people from the University of NSW, and supported in working on collecting information from the community. The model is like the Peer Navigators who have been active in Waterloo talking to people about health issues. If
any tenant is interested in being involved, please contact Elle at Counterpoint’s Factory ASAP or email her on
<a href="mailto:info@counterpointcs.org.au">info@counterpointcs.org.au</a> to discuss the possibility. This project involves Counterpoint Community Services, Groundswell NGOs, the Waterloo Redevelopment Group and the UNSW Health Equity Research and Development
Unit (HERDU). REDWatch is a member of Groundswell and attends Waterloo Redevelopment Group meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">REDWatch has also been involved in getting the 2019 HIA, Healthy Waterloo, in the public domain. Following feedback from Homes NSW and discussions
with Sydney Local Health District and HERDU, the 2019 study will be made public by HERDU soon. The dated recommendations that were negotiated back in 2019 have been deleted, but the rest of the document and its literature review and data will now be in the
public domain. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc199255541"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Healthy Higher Density Living for Families with Children</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">There have been several studies recently that highlight the problems families with children have in finding suitable family unit accommodation.
Part of this is about there not being enough three-bedroom apartments, but it is also about the non-bedroom apartment size, amenities provided by developments and how they fit into the surrounding community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In partnership with City of Parramatta, the Centre for Population Health’s Health Promotion Team in Western Sydney Local Health District has
<a href="https://www.wslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/population-health/programs-services/places/shaping-healthy-places-spaces/healthy-housing/healthy-housing">
been exploring the health impacts of living in high density housing</a>, with a focus on families with young children. Their research has lead to the production of a
<a href="https://www.wslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/14402/240826%20Final%20HHD%20Guide.pdf.aspx">
Healthy Higher Density Living for Families with Children: An Advocacy, Planning and Design Guide</a>. This guide is being picked up by councils and it would be good to explore how the guide might also be applied to Waterloo to deliver more family friendly homes
into the mix. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">One drawback for the Waterloo redevelopment might be that the guide suggests the need for more larger units. This might create a problem for Homes
NSW and Stockland who will have calculated the number of units they can deliver based on the Planning Proposal which may not have factored in as many three-bedroom units and larger family units as proposed in the guide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Even so, if the redevelopment is to deliver a successful high-density precinct, then there needs to be a mix of people and units including housing
that works for families with children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc199255542"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Bridge Housing Redfern Place – 600-660 Elizabeth Street Response to Submissions</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">At the end of April the Department of Planning released the Bridge Housing
<a href="https://majorprojects.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/prweb/PRRestService/mp/01/getContent?AttachRef=EXH-77435706%2120250501T033038.882%20GMT">
Response to Submissions Report</a> for its Redfern Place redevelopment including the PCYC. The report identifies what Bridge heard from the submissions and how it has responded to the submissions. Several changes have been made because of the submissions. It
is now up to the Department of Planning to determine if it is happy with the changes or if more is required before it issues its determination and approval. You can see all the appendices to the response on the
<a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/600-660-elizabeth-street-redfern-mixed-use">
projects planning portal page</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc199255543"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Draft Heritage Strategy for NSW – Until 13 July 2025</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">With the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops, state and local heritage items and Heritage Conservation Areas in the REDWatch area, some in our network
are likely to be interested in the <a href="https://hdp-au-prod-app-nsw-haveyoursay-files.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/4617/4726/2532/draft-nsw-heritage-strategy-250159.pdf">
draft Heritage Strategy for NSW</a> which is on exhibition until Sunday 13 July 2025. You can find out more, take a survey, make suggestions or a submission at
<a href="http://www.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/nsw-heritage-strategy">www.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/nsw-heritage-strategy</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">When input was sought on the draft, The National Trust did a lot of work with the sector around the issues that needed to be addressed. It is
early in the exhibition and we have not yet seen anything setting out concerns from heritage groups, but watch that space for any concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc199255544"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) on the way</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The rebranding of Business Improvement Districts as
<a href="https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/current-projects/community-improvement-districts-new-south-wales">
Community Improvement Districts under Transport for NSW</a> have raised concerns with community groups and councils for different reasons in the lead up to legislation. But CIDs are now on the way with the passing and assent of the
<a href="https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/bills/Pages/bill-details.aspx?pk=18718">
Community Improvement Districts Bill 2025</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Transport for NSW is now developing the Regulations that operationalise key provisions of the Act and will undertake further stakeholder engagement
on these Regulations to seek input. If you have any questions, contact <a href="mailto:communityimprovementdistricts@transport.nsw.gov.au" target="_blank">
communityimprovementdistricts@transport.nsw.gov.au</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Wendy Bacon wrote a 2-part article for City Hub on the issues around Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and Community Improvement Districts
(CIDs) in Sydney, which explain some of the concerns. You can Wendy’s article here: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://cityhub.com.au/councillors-concerned-about-funding-waterfront-company-with-star-casino-links/">Part One</a> -
Councillors concerned about funding Waterfront company with Star casino links<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://cityhub.com.au/no-community-vote-in-community-improvement-districts/">Part Two</a> - No community vote
in Community Improvement Districts.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">REDWatch has not been able to look at what changes may have been made in the final legislation in response to earlier community and Council concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:spokesperson@redwatch.org.au"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">spokesperson@redwatch.org.au</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
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