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Statement from the Chairperson
and Chief Executive Officer
We have great
pleasure in
presenting the
Annual Report
for the Sydney
Metropolitan
Development
Authority (SMDA)
for 2011/2012.
In the past 12 months, the SMDA has
undertaken work to deliver opportunities
to drive housing and employment in
the Redfern-Waterloo and Granville/
Auto Alley precincts. We have done
this in close consultation with our key
partners including local government
authorities in these key areas.
The Redfern-Waterloo Authority
(RWA), which focused on the urban
renewal of the Redfern Waterloo
area beginning in 2005, concluded
operations on 1 January 2012. The
SMDA assumed the RWA’s urban
renewal and planning functions and
has continued with the successful
work undertaken by the RWA.
This has included planning for and
facilitating appropriate growth of the area
through further studies including the Built
Environment Plan Stage 2 (BEP 2) which
proposes planning controls including
land use, height and floor space controls
to support the renewal of Housing
NSW sites in Redfern and Waterloo.
It has also involved undertaking a
wider Urban Renewal Study of this
precinct. These studies will address
such issues as the built form, traffic
and transport, open space, community
safety and social inclusion for the area.
The SMDA also began the review
of the Affordable Housing and
Developer Contributions Plan as part
of the preparation of the Redfern
Waterloo Urban Renewal Study.
Targeted consultation in relation to
the Redfern-Waterloo Affordable
Housing Strategy was undertaken
during 2011/2012 resulting in six
submissions being received for review.
An important part of this affordable
housing strategy is the delivery of a
minimum of 61 affordable housing
dwellings at North Eveleigh under
the Commonwealth Government’s
Housing Affordability Fund. This project
commenced in 2011/2012 and is on
track to deliver these dwellings by 2014.
The SMDA has been working in
partnership with the Parramatta City
Council and Holroyd City Council in the
preparation of a Draft Urban Renewal
Study to investigate possible future
redevelopment and renewal concepts for
the Auto Alley area within the Granville
Precinct. Auto Alley was identified by the
SMDA as an important sub-precinct for
urban renewal in this part of Sydney.
Community and landowner input into
the preparation of the Draft Urban
Renewal Strategy were sought
and public information displays
of preliminary concepts exhibited
between 16 May and 6 June 2012.
This included joint information sessions
with the two local government
authorities to gain community
feedback on these proposals.
The SMDA considers that social
inclusion principles are key
considerations in all of these urban
renewal projects. To this end,
much work has been done during
the financial year to research and
develop draft Social Inclusion Policy
Guidelines to extend these practices
into new urban renewal precincts.
In June 2012, the NSW Government
announced the creation of a new
organisation - UrbanGrowth NSW.
This new organisation will integrate
the SMDA with Landcom to drive the
Government’s approach to housing
delivery in NSW. The establishment
of UrbanGrowth NSW represents an
opportunity to continue the work of the
SMDA in a new organisation that will
have greater capability and responsibility.
The SMDA will continue to remain
focused on preparing the plans and
studies required under the State
Environmental Planning Policy (Urban
Renewal) 2010 (Urban Renewal
SEPP) to revitalise the Redfern-
Waterloo and Auto Alley precincts
until UrbanGrowth NSW has been
established by the NSW Government.
This work and its outcomes will
ultimately become part of UrbanGrowth
NSW’s role and responsibilities.
In conclusion, we would like to take the
opportunity to thank the communities
of Redfern Waterloo, Parramatta and
Holroyd for their support of the SMDA
and to express our appreciation to the
members of the SMDA Board for their
guidance and to the SMDA staff and
consultants for their professionalism
and commitment to the Authority.
Dr Col Gellatly AO
Chairman
Roy Wakelin-King AM
Chief Executive Officer
2011-12 ANNUAL REPORT
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