Planning
Planning Report (March 2019)
Posted on 14th March 2019
Archbishop moves to Glebe, Bellevue Cafe, Opal Tower and Late-night trading
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.
Planning Report (November 2018)
Posted on 3rd December 2018
Sydney Fish Market, Public Participation, Metropolitan Remand Centre, Yelvertoft, Durham Court and Community Consultation
Planning Report (October 2018)
Posted on 2nd November 2018
Durham Court (417 Glebe Point Road), 225-279 Broadway and Bellevue
Planning Report (September 2018)
Posted on 30th September 2018
232 Glebe Point Rd, 16 Glebe Point Rd, 202 Glebe Point Rd and Bellevue
Planning Subcommittee Annual Report 2017-2018
Posted on 31st August 2018
This report is largely a look at the present and future in the light of the Better Planning Network seminar.
Planning Report (August 2018)
Posted on 6th August 2018
Naturalisation of Johnstons Creek, Harold Park, Affordable Housing, Better Planning Network Seminar, 13-15 Ross St and Glebe Point Rd Main Street Study (Stage 2)
Mystery Surrounds Empty Building
Posted on 5th July 2018
For more than a year the Glebe Society has been inquiring about the deserted building at 274 Glebe Point Rd.
Planning Report (July 2018)
Posted on 5th July 2018
Tramsheds Growers’ Market, Harold Park and Proposed Amendment to DCP 2012: Broadway between Glebe Point Rd and former Grace Bros
Planning Matters (June 2018)
Posted on 31st May 2018
Complying medium density development, National Trust Heritage Award and Harold Park Affordable Housing
Another Free Kick for Developers
Posted on 4th May 2018
The State Government has recently extended Complying Development to include medium-density housing – terraces, dual occupancy dwellings, or buildings containing up to three or four dwellings. The point about Complying Development is that it doesn’t have to meet the requirements of a normal development application.
Big Changes in Planning – Local Planning Panels
Posted on 3rd April 2018
In what is a monumental centralisation of the planning system in NSW, Planning NSW has made it mandatory from 1 March for all Sydney councils and Wollongong City Council to establish Local Planning Panels.
The Best Scenario for Bellevue’s Future? It’s a Tough One
Posted on 3rd April 2018
A development application is before Council for a restaurant and café in the heritage listed cottage, Bellevue, in Blackwattle Park at Glebe Point. There are pros and cons with this.
Planning Report (March 2018)
Posted on 12th March 2018
Bellevue (55A Leichhardt St), Former Waratah Hotel (92 Glebe Point Rd), Yelvertoft (75 Hereford St), Bidura (357 Glebe Point Rd) and Harold Park
Residents’ Concerns over Bellevue Cottage
Posted on 12th March 2018
The Society demanded that issues of parking, noise, hours of operation, and landscaping be addressed before approval was granted.
Letter to the City of Sydney on Bellevue DA – January 2018
Posted on 2nd February 2018
The Glebe Society welcomes a proposal that has a good chance of success, and thus ensuring the permanent occupation and conservation of Bellevue, and continuing amenity for the community, and in particular users of the popular Waterfront Walk. However, there are matters that need further clarification and additional issues that should be addressed.
Letter to the City of Sydney on Bellevue Lease – October 2017
Posted on 17th December 2017
The Society believes the time has come to relax those conditions to allow the venue to operate for longer hours, and also to take bookings. It may be possible to relax others as well, at least for a trial period.
Correspondence with the City of Sydney on Harold Park completion
Posted on 17th December 2017
The Glebe Society is aware of wide-spread concern expressed by local residents about the lack of progress in completion of Harold Park. We are seeking information from you about the timeframe for drainage remediation and the opening of the park.
Planning Report (November 2017)
Posted on 28th November 2017
Amended Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 2017 and response to the Grenfell Tower fire
147-9 Glebe Point Road (former Sushi Garden)
Posted on 7th November 2017
This is the only wooden building surviving in Glebe Point Road, and the only wooden shop in Glebe. There is a case for retaining elements of the late Victorian facade, such as the splayed doorway, iron columns and associated windows, and certainly for recording the building comprehensively and attaching an interpretative plaque
Three CBDs?
Posted on 7th November 2017
The Greater Sydney Commission has hit the headlines with its release of the draft Future Transport Strategy. The key promise is that with the division of Sydney into three hubs, the Western Parkland City based on Badgerys Creek Airport, the Central River City based on Parramatta, and the Eastern Harbour City based on the current CBD, by 2056, most people will enjoy a thirty minute commute.
Why Orphan School Creek is Important
Posted on 7th September 2017
Fifty years ago the bays’ foreshores, and all the watercourses that drained into them, were lined with industrial uses, most of them in terminal decline, and many already defunct and derelict. The biggest drain was the concreted Johnstons Creek. At the Children’s Hospital, Camperdown, it was joined by a tributary, Orphan School Creek.
Draft Planning Changes for 2-32 Junction Street, Forest Lodge
Posted on 7th September 2017
Proposed changes for this key development site are being exhibited for comment on the Sydney Your Say website until 4 September.
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.
Public Meeting on Record Reign Hall
Posted on 7th September 2017
About thirty residents turned out to hear about the proposal for a 68-place Childcare Centre to be located in this remarkable Late Victorian Church Hall, a Heritage Item and landmark that has served the Glebe community in many capacities over it long life.
Planning Subcommittee Annual Planning Report 2016-2017
Posted on 28th July 2017
Some of the most significant changes of 2017 have had no direct impact on Glebe, though they will certainly have flow-on effects. WestConnex will not go near Glebe, though its impact on some nearby suburbs is already obvious.
Planning Report (June 2017)
Posted on 29th June 2017
16 Creek Street Forest Lodge, 1 Ferry Road, new park for Harold Park and childcare at Record Reign Hall.
Bidura Site Re-development (Updated)
Posted on 27th June 2017
A new Development Application for the Vision Land’s planned development of the Bidura site has been lodged with the City of Sydney. Read the Glebe Society’s submission on the proposal.
What about the Park at Harold Park?
Posted on 1st May 2017
Locals will have noticed that turfing and tree planting in the open space at Harold Park, from the Tramsheds to Wigram Rd, was completed some months ago, and people are asking: ‘When will the park be opened?’
Bidura Meeting 22 March 2017
Posted on 1st April 2017
The President and Convenors of the Planning and Heritage Subcommittees met with Nigel Fox, Development Director of Visionland. This was the second meeting, and we would expect a development application to be lodged within a month or two.
