Issues
Harold Park Affordable Housing
Posted on 7th September 2016
The last building to be constructed on the Harold Park site is now being advertised. However, this one is not being built by Mirvac, but by City West Community Housing. The affordable housing site is on the immediate left as you enter the site from Wigram Rd. It faces east, running along Ross St.
Transport and Traffic Subcommittee Annual Report 2015 – 2016
Posted on 29th July 2016
Transport and Traffic matters were again dominated this year by the WestConnex project.
The Glebe Society was also involved in opposing a series of changes proposed by IPART to the fares structure for NSW public transport, including a suggested increase of the daily fares for seniors from the current $2.50 a day maximum to $9 a day maximum.
Environment Subcommittee Annual Report 2015–16
Posted on 29th July 2016
Mangroves, local fruit and vegetable suppliers, community renewable energy, Johnstons Creek Parkland Masterplan and Council’s Draft Environmental Action plan, 2016–2021
Planning Subcommittee Annual Report 2015-2016
Posted on 29th July 2016
Bidura, Affordable Housing, Legislative Changes, Councillor Robyn Kemmis, Progress of Developments and the National Trust
Heritage Subcommittee Annual Report 2015-2016
Posted on 29th July 2016
Over the last twelve months the Heritage Subcommittee has sought to improve the protection of Glebe’s heritage through providing information, working to improve understanding and through advocacy. including Bidura, Bridges, Anzac Centennary, Rearviews in the Bulletin, Old Maps for the Website and Other Conservation and Maintenance Matters
Stop WestCONnex Glebe-Forest Lodge
Posted on 29th July 2016
A very successful public meeting was held in Glebe Town Hall on 20 June. A panel of experts focused on providing information. They covered governance, transport, geology, health and the City of Sydney’s opposition to WestConnex.
Glebe Island Bridge Can Link White Bay with the CBD
Posted on 29th July 2016
The Society is continuing to push for the protection and adaptive re-use of the Glebe Island Bridge:
Planning Report (August 2016)
Posted on 29th July 2016
The controversial Bidura development proposal, including any amendments and heritage recommendations, will now be determined by the Land and Environment Court. Council will hold a meeting with the objectors, and because there are quite a few, that meeting will be held in Glebe Town Hall on Monday 8 August at 6pm
Dogs Gone? Baird’s Promise: Wentworth Park to be a ‘Community Space’
Posted on 29th July 2016
Members of The Glebe Society will have differing views about whether greyhound racing should be banned, but I think we can all agree about what should happen when the dogs leave Wentworth Park. Since at least 1878, Wentworth Park has been dedicated in perpetuity as ‘a park or place for public recreation’
Leadlights
Posted on 5th July 2016
The Heritage Subcommittee has considered many different options for celebrating and focussing attention on this aspect of our Victorian and Federation houses.
We have decided that the Glebe Society website offers the best medium for showing off the glorious colours and designs of some of Glebe’s beautiful leadlights. We envisage including on the website a selection of pictures of leadlight styles, mentioning the street, but without identifying the specific house pictured.
Should the Remand Centre at Bidura Be Preserved?
Posted on 5th July 2016
On 15 June, the Glebe Society made a further submission in relation to the Stage 1 DA for Bidura. One matter that was not dealt with by our original submission was the possible retention and adaptive reuse of the Remand Centre.
Built Environment 2037
Posted on 5th July 2016
A very well attended public meeting unanimously passed a resolution calling on the State Government to immediately cease all work and all contract negotiations on WestConnex until the findings of the Australian National Audit Office which is now investigating the project are announced.
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
WestConnex the Hot Topic at Federal Candidates’ Debate
Posted on 1st July 2016
Candidates for the seat of Sydney at the federal election fielded questions about Westconnex, council mergers, affordable housing and indigenous affairs at a meeting arranged by the Glebe Society at the Glebe Town Hall on Saturday 25 June.
Public Meeting about WestConnex for Glebe-Forest Lodge
Posted on 17th June 2016
A meeting has been organised by COGG (Coalition of Glebe Groups) in order to provide information to residents about the potential impact on Glebe-Forest Lodge. Date: Monday 20th June, Time: 6:30-8:00pm Location: Glebe Town Hall
Glebe’s War Memorial
Posted on 12th June 2016
The City of Sydney’s restoration of the Glebe War Memorial in Foley Park was ‘highly commended’ in the recently announced National Trust’s 2016 annual Heritage Awards. The Glebe War Memorial restoration project involved the conservation of almost every element of the memorial. It was built in 1921 in honour of 174 local residents who did […]
RMS Tries Again
Posted on 12th June 2016
The Glebe Society lodged an objection to a proposal by Roads & Maritime (RMS) for the installation of a permanent electronic message sign on Parramatta Rd, near Derwent St.
Opposition to WestConnex Heats Up
Posted on 12th June 2016
WestConnex recently released its plans for the Glebe/Forest Lodge sections of the WestConnex project. These involve road tunnels running beneath our suburb, with spaghetti junction interchanges centered around the Rozelle goods yards and on Parramatta Road in Camperdown.
News from the Blue Wrens Subcommittee – May 2016
Posted on 12th June 2016
Simon Griffith, Professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the Department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University gave a talk at Benledi to 30 members of the Society
WestCONnex – Road Tunnels under Glebe – Public Meetings
Posted on 3rd May 2016
WestConnex recently released its plans for the Glebe section of the WestConnex project. This involves road tunnels running underneath our suburb and spaghetti junction interchanges centred around the Rozelle goods yards and on Parramatta Rd near Missenden Rd in Camperdown.
Finding Glebe Stuff on the Internet: Our Conservation Areas
Posted on 3rd May 2016
Virtually all of Glebe and Forest Lodge is covered by conservation areas. So what can we find online about conservation areas and what they mean for heritage conservation?
News from the Blue Wrens Subcommittee – April 2016
Posted on 3rd May 2016
On the morning of 5 March, a member of the Subcommittee (Judy Christie) saw two Superb Fairy Wrens near 153 St Johns Rd, Forest Lodge, in a dense, prickly conifer.
The Johnstons Creek Parklands – Disappearing Projects?
Posted on 29th March 2016
The Johnstons Creek Parkland Master Plan, includes:
– the Hill (currently inaccessible).
– the canal naturalisation.
– the large freshwater wetland – ‘a highly visible expression of the parklands’ signature character’.
– various upgrades to existing parks, including a fountain, a kayak and canoe launching pontoon and a new bridge close to the Bay.
A lovely vision for this critical area, which we need to ensure becomes reality.
The Past and Future Trams of Glebe
Posted on 29th March 2016
Steam trams ran from 1882 to Cook St, Glebe; with a small extension to Pendrill/Leichhardt Sts in 1896. Horse buses were more widespread, from Millers Point to Lyndhurst and to Forest Lodge. Electric trams ran from 1900.
Bidura Stage 1 DA
Posted on 29th March 2016
The old Bidura building, including the garden fronting Glebe Point Rd, is safe because it is a Heritage Item. The controversial part of the DA involves the proposed new building behind Bidura.
Size of Households
Posted on 29th March 2016
In the past, demographers assumed that flat or apartment dwellers would move from apartments to houses once they had children. The experience of Pyrmont/Ultimo, which has been redeveloped over the last few decades entirely with apartments, is that this assumption is incorrect. This is the main reason why there is such concern in Pyrmont/Ultimo about the lack of facilities, especially schools.
What’s Next at Harold Park?
Posted on 8th March 2016
With almost all of the Harold Park development due to be finished this year, a quick reminder of what will be involved may be useful.
News from the Blue Wrens Subcommittee – February 2016
Posted on 8th March 2016
The Glebe Bushcare Group has been removing litter and weeds from the wetlands area near Chapman Rd. In John Street Reserve, work has commenced as scheduled on the establishment of the biodiversity garden.
