Bays & Foreshores
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 Subcommittee Annual Report 2014-2015
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 […]
Flowerpots for Diversity
Posted on 28th March 2015
Enter the flower pot: the latest in habitat creation.
An Inner West Transport Solution?
Posted on 28th March 2015
The inner West faces worsening traffic congestion with redevelopment of the Bays Area and Plans for WestConnex to feed vehicles onto the Anzac Bridge and Victoria Rd.
Yet there is a simple, low-cost way to reduce congestion in our neighbourhood: re-open Glebe Island Bridge as a level, broad, safe pedestrian link between Rozelle and Pyrmont.
Glebe Island Bridge Web Site
Posted on 8th December 2014
The Glebe Society has established a website at https://glebeislandbridge.com to celebrate the potential of the heritage-listed Glebe Island Bridge in grid-locked inner Sydney. The bridge potentially offers pedestrians and cyclists a safe, level and picturesque alternative to the noisy and traffic-laden Anzac Bridge.
Terrific Summit! Now What??
Posted on 8th December 2014
It was a terrific Summit. Almost all the presentations from the overseas experts were both fascinating and highly relevant. UrbanGrowth had gathered an impressive array of experts from around the world with hands-on experience of very similar urban renewal projects and their analyses of what worked and what didn’t were sharply relevant to our context.
Opening of the Glebe Foreshore Walk “Missing Link”
Posted on 4th November 2014
The latest and the final section of the Glebe Foreshore Walk was officially opened on Saturday 25 October 2014 by Clover Moore.
Bays Precinct Panel
Posted on 30th October 2014
On 20 October the University of Sydney Planning Research Centre held a forum to discuss the plan for the Bays.
The Bays Precinct Peoples’ Campaign to Protect the Public Interest – Important Meetings
Posted on 27th October 2014
The Bays Precinct People’s Campaign Important Meetings On the 4th August 2014 over 200 community members met in Glebe Town Hall to consider proposals for a “People’s Campaign” to defend the public interest in the NSW Governments newly announced Bays Precinct Urban Renewal Project. The meeting unanimously endorsed the ‘Peoples Campaign’, a set of essential […]
Bays and Foreshores Annual Report
Posted on 23rd September 2014
Glebe Society activity relating to the Bays and Foreshores over the last 12 months has again been inextricably linked with wider developments as well as local activities.
Glebe Society Endorses “Community Charter for Good Planning in NSW”
Posted on 23rd September 2014
The Management Committee of the Glebe Society has endorsed the Charter and is asking all members and friends to do the same. The full Charter is available at http://thecommunitycharter.org/the-community-charter-2/, but we have reproduced the main principles here.
Report on Public Meeting on Bays Precinct Urban Renewal Project
Posted on 23rd August 2014
REPORT OF PUBLIC MEETING AND FOLLOW UP ACTION BAYS PRECINCTURBAN RENEWAL PROJECT PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST The community meeting held in Glebe Town hall on the 4th August to defend the public interest in the Bays Precinct Urban Renewal Project announced by Premier Baird and UrbanGrowth NSW was a stunner. We expected about 40 but […]
Letter to NSW Premier re Bays Precinct Urban Renewal & the Public Interest
Posted on 23rd August 2014
21/8/2014 The Hon. Mike Baird , MP Premier NSW Level 40 Governor Macquarie Tower 1 Farrer Place SYDNEY NSW 2000 Dear Premier BAYS PRECINCT URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM: PEOPLES CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC GOOD We are seeking an urgent meeting with you and the Minister for Planning on behalf of the communities surrounding the […]
Bays Precinct Public Meeting Resolutions
Posted on 23rd August 2014
BAYS PRECINCT URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST RESOLUTIONS FROM COMMUNITY MEETING The following preamble and resolutions were overwhelmingly endorsed by 200 plus members of the Bays Precinct communities at a public meeting held on the 4th August 2014 in Glebe Town Hall to protect the public interest in the planned urban renewal of […]
Premier’s Bays Precinct Development
Posted on 21st July 2014
The Premier’s announced bays precinct development will be an enormous opportunity IF it is based on sustainable development principles and community engagement. We are determined we will not permit another Barangaroo – with little consideration of community wishes, secret decision making and a development outcome which blatantly favoured private interests over that of the community. […]
Glebe Island Bridge Added to State Heritage Register
Posted on 28th November 2013
The State Minister for Heritage, The Hon Robyn Parker, has agreed to the Heritage Council’s recommendation that the 1903 Glebe Island Bridge be added to the State Heritage Register. This gives the bridge the highest level of heritage protection. The Glebe Society applauds the Minister’s decision.
Blackwattle Bay Development Proposal – Update
Posted on 5th November 2013
Last month, we flagged the challenge to the public interest in Blackwattle Bay arising from a likely unsolicited development proposal encompassing much of the Bays publicly owned foreshores –including the Fish Markets. Our understanding is that this proposal is now well advanced and has been discussed at various levels of Government – with Ministers and […]
Blackwattle Bay Wharves – Where is the Elias Group DA?
Posted on 5th November 2013
The Glebe Society understands that the Elias Group which runs All Occasion Cruises out of B1, B2 wharves adjoining the Fish Markets in Blackwattle Bay put in an amended DA proposal in relation to proposed developments at this site May 2013. We have not seen the DA so do not know what it proposes. The […]
The Challenge of Unsolicited Development Proposals
Posted on 30th September 2013
The foreshores of Blackwattle Bay are likely to see a major new development phase in the next few years. As much of these foreshores is publicly owned, the community rightly expects that it will have a strong voice in decisions as to future uses/development and that the public interest is protected. This, of course, is not a guaranteed outcome.
Extending the Glebe Foreshore Walk
Posted on 30th September 2013
The City of Sydney has developed a concept design to extend the Glebe foreshore walk to complete a missing link in the path around the Glebe Peninsula.
Bay Matters (September 2013 Update)
Posted on 30th September 2013
Update on the Fish Markets, Rozelle Bay Access, Exhibition Centre on Glebe Island and Implementation of the Bays Precenct Task Force Report
Bays Precinct task force report: worth the effort?
Posted on 26th May 2013
The long awaited Bays Precinct Taskforce Report1, and the Government’s response to it, was released in late March. The Report is a mixed bag. It makes some very significant findings and recommendations – although these are often loose and open to many interpretations.
Super Yacht Marina – Glebe Society’s submission Nov 2012
Posted on 27th November 2012
The Glebe Society has sent the following submission regards the proposed Super Yacht Marina. Click here to read the submission.
Bays Precinct Taskforce – Proposed Recommendations from Community Representative
Posted on 30th June 2012
Click here to read the report.
The Bays & Foreshores – the Issues
Posted on 21st May 2012
THE BAYS PRECINCT COMMUNITY CONSULTATIONS: Some preliminary thoughts from a community perspective. Over the next week we have a rare opportunity to have a say in the future of the Bays Precinct through the Government’s Bays Precinct Taskforce community consultations. This is a very special and strategic harbour site encompassing Blackwattle Bay, Rozelle Bay, White […]
Bays & Foreshores Community Consulation workshop in Glebe – 23rd May
Posted on 21st May 2012
The first round of the Government’s community consultations on the future of the Bays Precinct began last Wednesday in Balmain. The Government agencies and Sydney and Leichhardt Councils all presented their views for future uses. Professor Jane Marceau – the sole community representative – gave a feisty response, challenging the closed approach of the agencies and calling for serious dialogue with the community and an innovative (rather than more of the same) vision for this strategic harbour site. This consultation will be repeated in Glebe at St Scholastica’s on Wednesday night 23rd May at 6-9pm. The Glebe Society urges members to attend.
Preservation and Protection
Posted on 28th February 2012
Bruce Davis, 2012 Glebe has extensive foreshores stretching from the beginning of Pyrmont Bridge Road opposite Wentworth Park to the head of Rozelle Bay. The adjoining foreshores in Pyrmont and Rozelle are also important as they are highly visible from Glebe and link to the walk and cycleways that fringe Glebe’s shores. The preservation of […]
Glebe Society submission to SHFA on Bays Precinct report
Posted on 23rd June 2011
Click here to read the submission by the Society to the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) in response to its report on the future development of the Bays Precinct released by the then Minister for Planning, Tony Kelly, in February 2011.
