Harold Park plan one third park
Local News16 Jul 10 @ 04:58pm by staff
More than a third of the Harold Park Paceway site in Glebe could become park under draft planning controls soon to be considered by Sydney Council.
The plans include 3.9 hectares of park with a sports field, walking paths and a cycle link to Johnston’s Creek and the Glebe foreshore.
Sydey Council’s CEO Monica Barone said the overwhelming request from locals was for parkland.
During extensive consultation the community told us they wanted improved local village facilities, new open space, protection for the historic Tram Sheds and opportunities for the development to be sustainable. This is what we hope to deliver,” Ms Barone said.Ms Barone said plans would allow for the restoration of the historic tram sheds and would allocate 500 sqm of floor space for community uses within the sheds.
Some 1,200 dwellings would be housed on the land, with at least 50 affordable housing units. Maximum height would be eight storeys, no higher than the cliff-top 2-3 storey terrace houses in Glebe.
The Council believes the plan balances community requests while helping the council to meet residential and worker targets set by the State Government.
Access to the Jubilee Park light rail station will be improved, giving residents a valuable and sustainable transport optionThe draft planning controls will be considered at Central Sydney Planning Committee on July 22 and by Council on July 26.
Locals will then have another chance to voice an opinion on the plans.
NSW Harness Racing Club Chief Executive John Dumesny told Cumberland Courier Newspapers that his organisation which owns the site could not accept the increased demand for open space.
“For the past few months we have been advised by the Council that the Club would have to provide new open space areas as part of the rezoning, which we were happy to assist with,” he said, “however this amount of space seems excessive to the needs of the area.”
The plans have also failed to impress the Greens. City of Sydney Greens Councillor Chris Harris told the Courier he would not be voting for the plans.
“I thought 1,000 apartments was already excessive,” Cr Harris said.
“I applaud the council’s efforts to improve the amount of public space, but I wouldn’t be trading this off with an overdevelopment.”
Source- http://sydney-central.whereilive.com.au/news/story/harold-park-plan-one-third-park/
