PART ONE - Fishers Ghost

4. Housing Sydney’s PopulationSydney’s population is projected to grow to six (6) million by 2036 (an increase of 1.7million persons), and the average household size is predicted to fall from 2.6 to 2.5persons per dwelling. Approximately 770,000 additional dwellings will be required by2036. The North West and South West Growth Centres have been identified toprovide a significant proportion of the additional housing requirement that will begenerated through population growth. However, there will also be the need toincrease residential densities around existing centres with good access to services,jobs and public transport. The new Metropolitan Plan aims to locate 70-80% of allnew housing within walking distance of centres. It also aims to ensure that a mix ofwell-designed housing types is provided (including housing suitable for an ageingpopulation and providing disability-friendly housing) and to improve the availability ofaffordable housing.A total of 155,000 new dwellings is the target that has been set for the South WestSubregion (which includes 83,000 new dwellings in urban release areas). The currenttarget for the Campbelltown Local Government Area is 24,653 new dwellings with19,953 new dwellings to be provided as ‘infill’ in existing areas and 4,700 newdwellings to be provided in urban release areas. Revised dwelling targets for eachLGA within the Subregion have not been provided to date. However, the new LEP forthe Campbelltown LGA will need to set the framework to accommodate the futuredwelling targets required to be met at the local level.The NSW Government states that the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority(SMDA), the Urban Renewal State Environmental Planning Policy, Part 3A of theEnvironmental Planning and Assessment Act (for residential projects over $100million), the Affordable Rental Housing SEPP and the Exempt and ComplyingDevelopment Codes, will also be utilised to meet Sydney’s housing requirements.5. Growing Sydney’s EconomySydney will require an additional 760,000 jobs by 2036 to support the anticipatedpopulation growth. The aim is to have half of these jobs located in Western Sydney tosupport the expected population growth, by facilitating growth in strategic centres anddeveloping greenfield employment lands. The new Metropolitan Plan sets a target of141,000 additional jobs for the South West Subregion, and 25,000 additional jobs forCampbelltown-Macarthur in the period between 2006 and 2036 (down from the targetof 26,000 new jobs in the draft SW Strategy).The Department of Planning estimates that by 2036 Sydney is likely to need: 10,000,000m 2 of additional commercial floor space; 5,000,000m 2 of additional retail floor space, and 8,500 hectares of employment lands.The new Metropolitan Plan aims to ensure that economic growth occurs in a way thatresults in more jobs being provided closer to homes, near transport, education andresearch and development facilities, and in centres, by setting new employmentcapacity targets for each subregion. It also discusses the establishment of anEmployment Lands Task Force to promote the orderly development of EmploymentLands, and the need to improve freight movements and promote clustering of freightand industry.