In the News
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Items in the local newspapers relevant to the community issues:
Friends ask court to dump minister's plan (North Shore Times 3/9/10)
A KU-RING-GAI residents group has launched legal action against NSW Planning Minister Tony Kelly, claiming the Town Centres plan he approved was not lawful.
A spokesman for the minister said he would “defend the case vigorously”.
Vote could save row of 105-year-old homes (North Shore Times 1/7/10)
A ROW of 16 Edwardian cottages could be saved from demolition after Willoughby Council reversed a decision to allow medium density housing in Bowen St, Chatswood.
This week Willoughby councillors voted in favour of a rescission motion which would try to reinstate the eastern side of the street as a conservation zone.
Edwardian homes could be bulldozed (North Shore Times 29/6/10)
SIXTEEN of Chatswood’s oldest houses could be wiped off the map if Willoughby Council has its way.
A row of Edwardian cottages built in 1905 could be demolished if the eastern side of Bowen St is rezoned from residential 2(a) to residential R3, which would permit medium-density housing.
Soldiers and Sailors go into Battle (North Shore Times 25/6/10)
THE last remaining Federation homes in Artarmon could be bulldozed to make way for multi-storey units. Two precincts, known as The Soldiers and The Sailors, have been targeted for medium-density rezoning in Willoughby Council’s draft local environmental plan.
I am Not Moving (North Shore Times 25/6/10)
RUTH Stacey has lived in Kitchener Rd, Artarmon, for 43 years - and she doesn’t want to move. Mrs Stacey and her husband, Robert, bought a californian bungalow that was built in the early 1920s and settled in just before her first child was born.
Artarmon Progress Association statement (June 2010)
"The Artarmon Progress Association (APA) recognises that many of the changes proposed in the Draft Willoughby LEP 2009 have come about as a result of a number of state (and national) pressures". Their well-argued and detailed submission to council is here: http://www.artarmonprogress.org.au/News_Events/pdfs/APA_WLEP_Submission.pdf
In particular, they call on Willoughby City Council to review other options such as the rezoning of George Place in Artarmon, revisiting options in Chatswood CBD as well as the Channel 9 site.
Don't make us like Ku-ring-gai (North Shore Times 18/6/10)
NAREMBURN residents fear their suburb will “end up like Ku-ring-gai”, with high-rise built next to Federation homes. Gary Clarke, who has lived in Donnelly Rd in a 1928 house for more than eight years, said there was no infrastructure for a population increase.
Devastated, defeated and $100,000 down the drain (North Shore Times 18/6/10)
WAHROONGA residents who have spent five years and $100,000 fighting a large-scale development in Water St are devastated by the State Government’s approval of the project.
Plan riddled with broken promises (North Shore Times 28/5/10)
THE Ku-ring-gai Town Centres LEP is riddled with broken promises and fosters nothing but fear and confusion, says the National Trust of Australia (NSW). “I was trying to look for something positive in the plans and it’s just not there - it’s just a disaster,” National Trust spokesman Scott Woodcock said.
"This is how I’ll save Ku-ring-gai" (North Shore Times 28/5/10)
OPPOSITION Leader Barry O’Farrell has vowed to rip up the Ku-ring-gai town centres Local Environment Plan (LEP) if he is elected premier - by giving planning powers back to councils.
Willoughby makes curt $1 statement (North Shore Times 27/5/10)
ANY Willoughby councillor who is a delegate on the Joint Regional Planning Panel will be paid $1.
After a 10-minute debate at the last Willoughby Council meeting, councillors voted to set the nominal fee. It will be paid to elected members who represent the council as delegates on the controversial panel.
Planning Minister Tony Kelly’s press release announcing Ku-ring-gai town centres approval (North Shore Times 25/5/10)
The NSW Government has approved the Ku-ring-gai Town Centres Local Environmental Plan (LEP) that will deliver future growth close to existing infrastructure and services and revitalise the area’s key town centres. Planning Minister Tony Kelly said finalisation of the LEP followed extensive consultation by both the council and the State Government and would assist Council in meeting its Metropolitan Strategy dwelling targets.
Ku-ring-gai loses even more control (North Shore Times 12/5/10)
THE State Government has wrested even more control from Ku-ring-gai Council with the establishment of the Sydney West Regional Panel. The government has created five regional panels to oversee developments across NSW worth more than $10 million. Ku-ring-gai Council - along with Auburn, Bankstown, Fairfield, Liverpool and others - is governed by Sydney West.
