Options released to deliver new housing through good planning
Published on 02 December 2024
Ku-ring-gai Council has today released four alternative housing scenarios for areas close to Roseville, Lindfield, Killara and Gordon stations, which all deliver the same level of housing proposed under the NSW Government’s Transport Oriented Development (TOD) policy.
The Council’s scenarios include innovative measures to better protect tree canopy and heritage areas and items. The scenarios also support measures to revitalise and strengthen Ku-ring-gai’s commercial centres.
Extensive community engagement will now be undertaken on the four scenarios, plus a further scenario which is based on the NSW Government’s existing TOD controls.
Council first resolved to prepare the alternate scenarios in May 2024 and voted to publicly exhibit the scenarios at an extraordinary Council meeting on 30 October 2024.
The scenarios are known as
- Scenario 1 – Existing NSW Government Controls Retained
- Scenario 2a – Safeguard and Intensify
- Scenario 2b – Minor Amendment to Existing NSW Government Controls
- Scenario 3a – Preserve and Intensify
- Scenario 3b – Preserve, Intensify and Expand
The scenarios include a range of options to manage housing growth, through varying controls for heritage, tree protection and building density and heights. They all cater for around 23,200 new homes in Ku-ring-gai required by the NSW government over the next 15 years.
Council is inviting community feedback at www.krg.nsw.gov.au/housingfeedback by 17 December 2024.
A comprehensive communication and engagement process is starting on 15 November to understand community sentiment on the scenarios.
This will include an online forum, drop-in sessions and public meetings to provide information and hear feedback. An online survey is also available.
Ku-ring-gai Mayor Christine Kay said she looked forward to hearing feedback on the scenarios.
“The release of the scenarios is a sign that Ku-ring-gai is willing to do its bit to support housing supply, but in a way which is responsive to our unique local area,” Mayor Kay said.
“It is also an opportunity for the local community and key stakeholders to be actively involved in planning decisions that directly affect them. This is how planning should take place”.
As part of Council’s scenarios, it’s proposed to avoid applying high density residential zonings in areas with a high concentration of heritage items.
A number of Council’s scenarios also seek to better protect the tree canopy.
The scenarios do this by either reducing apartment development in residential and sensitive environmental areas or by requiring development to be less dense and with at least 40% of the land area set aside for tree planting and growth.
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Media enquiries: media@krg.nsw.gov.au or 9424 0000.