Bays & Foreshores
HOT TOPIC: Give us back Glebe Island Bridge – Meeting on 3 December 2020
Posted on 5th November 2020
On 3rd December 2020 it will be 25 years since the Glebe Island Bridge closed. Invitation to be part of action to lobby for the it to be restored and reopened for pedestrians and cyclists.
HOT TOPIC: Momentum is growing for the restoration of Glebe Island Bridge and The Glebe Society plans to give it a good push
Posted on 4th November 2020
Proposals to restore the Glebe Island Bridge for use as a walkway and cycle path are mounting. The latest is from the McKell Institute, which has proposed an active transport path linking the Opera House and Paramatta along the harbour foreshores and southern bank of the Parramatta River.
Public Spaces Ideas Competition
Posted on 21st October 2020
Glebe Society member, Asa Wahlquist has entered the Idea for a public walk around the foreshores of Blackwattle and Rozelle Bays into the Public Space Ideas competition.
Painted River Project – Updated
Posted on 11th October 2020
The year six students at Forest Lodge have a tradition of leaving a gift for the students who follow them. The plan this year is for a mural featuring Johnstons Creek
Environment Subcommittee Annual Report 2019-2020
Posted on 16th October 2020
The proposed new Sydney Fish Market building has been the main focus of the Environment Subcommittee for the past year. Activities have included attending stakeholder meetings about the proposed plan and lobbying politicians.
Bays & Foreshores Subcommittee Annual Report 2019-2020
Posted on 16th October 2020
The past year has been both intensive and possibly the most significant in the 12 years of my engagement with the redevelopment of the Bays Precinct. The central agenda has been the acceleration of planning for the redevelopment of the Blackwattle Bay foreshores as part of the NSW Government’s larger agenda for the redevelopment of the Western Harbour Precinct including the Pyrmont Peninsula.
Wentworth Park and the Pyrmont Peninsula Place Strategy
Posted on 3rd September 2020
On 31 July 2020 the NSW Government issued its 96-page draft Pyrmont Peninsula Place Strategy. The Planning Strategy is intended to guide the transformation of the Pyrmont Peninsula over the years to 2041
How the Blackwattle Bay Precinct and Fish Market Developments intend to deal with increased traffic and transport needs
Posted on 3rd September 2020
Infrastructure NSW has released the Traffic and Transport Strategy proposed for the new Fish Market and Blackwattle Bay Developments. This article summarises what is proposed and what it might mean for Glebe/Forest Lodge
Glebe Island Bridge – Demolition by Neglect
Posted on 4th June 2020
The old Glebe Island Bridge sits at the entrance to Blackwattle Bay, permanently open and looking neglected, with grass growing through the cracks, peeling paint and rotting wood – ignored in the Blackwattle Bay Revitalisation Plan. The Glebe Island Bridge was built in 1903 and is regarded as a twin to Pyrmont Bridge which has […]
Revisiting the Fish Market Relocation
Posted on 14th March 2019
This may be a useful moment to consider the state of things with the Bays Precinct, including the new Fish Market site and how effectively the public interest is being protected in relation to critical matters such as housing, transport, open space and other social infrastructure needs.
New Sydney Fish Market: Smart Building, Challenged Site
Posted on 3rd December 2018
The design for the new Sydney Fish Market is now on display and Urban Growth NSW is holding public information sessions to boast about its attractive features.
Wentworth Park – a ‘growth centre’?
Posted on 3rd December 2018
Concern has been expressed on the Glebe Society’s Facebook page about the inclusion of Wentworth Park in Urban Growth’s ‘The Bays Growth Area’.
Submission opposing aspects of the DA for the Glebe Island concrete facility
Posted on 30th May 2018
The Glebe Society accepts that Glebe Island appears to be the most appropriate site for the needed supply of concrete to the CBD and Bays area. However, the planned concentration of industrial related activities on Glebe Island will create major problems for the amenity of the many current and planned nearby residents.
Is There a Bays Precinct Strategy Anymore?
Posted on 3rd April 2018
The sudden death of UrbanGrowth as a strategic player following its brave (and apparently justified) refusal to accept any of the developer proposals for the White Bay power station site has returned the Bays Precinct to uncoordinated development lacking visible strategic coherence.
Keep Blackwattle Bay a Safe Place for Passive Boating
Posted on 3rd October 2017
Glebe Society member (and Environment subcommittee convenor) Åsa Wahlquist has written to the NSW Minister for Planning, Anthony Roberts, about NSW Roads and Maritime Services’ (RMS) plans for the Sydney Heritage Fleet facility at Bank St, Pyrmont.
Bays and Foreshores Subcommittee Annual Report 2016-17
Posted on 7th September 2017
Bays Precinct Urban Renewal Project; Sydney Fishmarket; Relocation of Occasional Cruises to Bank St; Industrial Operations to Glebe Island; Masterplan for the Bays Market District; and Google departs White Bay.
Letter to the Minister for Planning and Environment on the Bank St Site
Posted on 27th August 2017
The Glebe Society is pleased to provide its objections to the request for modification of the current development approvals at the Bank St site to allow a change of use to a harbor cruise business and for associated on land changes.
UrbanGrowth Consultation on Bays
Posted on 29th July 2017
UrbanGrowth NSW will be seeking feedback on draft principles that will inform the creation of a masterplan for the Bays Market District, including a rejuvenated Sydney Fish Market.
Design Team Appointed for Fish Markets Redevelopment
Posted on 29th June 2017
The Premier’s announcement that a Danish architectural firm, 3XN (with Australian partners) has been selected from a short list of six contenders to design the new Sydney Fish Markets is important and potentially positive news.
Sydney Fishmarket
Posted on 24th February 2017
While it is a great asset to have on our doorstep, there are numerous problems with the proposed move to the head of the Bay.
Bays Precinct Community Consultation Award
Posted on 28th October 2016
The Glebe Society’s Bays & Foreshores Convenor, Dr Lesley Lynch, responds to the news that UrbanGrowth NSW has won multiple awards for their community consultation on the Bays Precinct development.
Bays & Foreshores Subcommittee Annual Report 2015-2016
Posted on 7th September 2016
The Bays Precinct Urban Renewal Project is now in its third year and continues as a major focus for the Glebe Society.
The community’s and councils’ efforts to block significant aspects of the proposed on-land and on-water variations to the SSYM dragged into 2016
White Bay Power Station
Posted on 5th July 2016
However on 9 June UrbanGrowth announced none of the proposals received for the renewal of the highly significant White Bay Power Station complied sufficiently with the Government’s evaluation criteria and that as a result, UrbanGrowth would itself become the master developer for the site.
Bays Precinct Developments
Posted on 5th July 2016
I think UrbanGrowth has given up on the community process. However, I am still on a wait and see.
Sydney Superyacht Marina – Over-development Will Go Ahead
Posted on 5th July 2016
On 15 June the NSW Planning Assessment Commission (PAC) released its determination on the contentious modifications sought by the Superyacht Marina in Rozelle Bay. Over the last year the Glebe Society and other community members had opposed the central elements of this proposal as inappropriate over-development of the site and contrary to public interest.
The PAC determination supported the SSYM proposals
Status of ‘Priority Destinations’
Posted on 8th March 2016
Preparatory work on the Pyrmont to Blackwattle Bay Waterfront Promenade is well underway. There is considerable activity in relation to the Bays Market District. A equest for proposals for the repurposing of the huge landmark and heritage classified White Bay Power Station was put out in October 2015. The heritage Glebe Island Bridge is at last included as a formal project within the Bays Precinct.
The Bays Precinct Urban Renewal Project
Posted on 8th March 2016
UrbanGrowth NSW has produced its third public information glossy – The Bays Precinct Sydney Transformation Plan which provides some new information, although still mainly at the level of options or high level plans. This version identifies seven key action areas and it is of significance that these now incorporate Wentworth Park (long rumoured) and ‘working towards repurposing Glebe Island Bridge’(previously invisible) into the Bays Precinct project.
Bays & Foreshores Report to the Glebe Society AGM 2015
Posted on 25th September 2015
The community campaign to defend the public interest in the State Government’s huge Bays Precinct Urban Renewal Project was the major ongoing Bays and Foreshores issue this year. We have continued to work with other residents’ groups and both the City of Sydney and Leichhardt councils to influence this important project.
UrbanGrowth’s Bays Precinct Consultation – Should We Be Worried?
Posted on 2nd June 2015
UrbanGrowth NSW held a marathon consultation – the Sydneysiders Summit and related forums – over five days (14-18 May) on the ‘transformation’ of the Bays Precinct.
Glebe Society objections re Superyacht Marina
Posted on 17th June 2015
Glebe Society Objects to SYM Over-Development Proposal. The Glebe Society has lodged its objection to the proposed modification to the Superyacht Marina in Rozelle Bay. The modifications constitute a major increase in the scale of both water-based and on-land development, as well as much more intensive activities. If approved, the previously identified negative impacts- especially […]
