Changes to City of Sydney planning controls: Have your say

By Virginia Simpson-Young, Bulletin 2024/9 November

The City of Sydney Council is seeking feedback on proposed amendments to the Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 (SLEP) and the Sydney Development Control Plan 2012 (SDCP) that are being made to meet the requirements of the NSW Government’s Pyrmont Peninsula Place Strategy.¹

The SLEP and SDCP are planning control instruments under the NSW Government’s Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979; they control development within the Sydney local government area (LGA). The NSW Government’s Pyrmont Peninsula Place Strategy (December 2020) created some new planning controls for the Pyrmont-Ultimo area and the SLEP and SDCP must be amended to align these.

While the proposed planning changes will directly affect Pyrmont and Ultimo, the Glebe Society – particularly the Bays and Foreshores and Planning Subcommittees – has often pointed out that changes to planning controls affecting Pyrmont and Ultimo have implications for Glebe, particularly its waterways and parks. The Society has analysed and taken action on a succession of NSW government strategies and plans for the Pyrmont-Ultimo area – think: the Bays Precinct Urban Renewal Project, Bays West Place Strategy, Blackwattle Bay State Significant Precinct, the new Sydney Fish Market and the Glebe Island Bridge.

The documents that are the subject of the consultation are 

• Planning proposal to amend the Sydney Local Environment Plan 2012 (SLEP) 
• Proposed amendments to the Sydney Development Control Plan (SDCP)

More information about the consultation and submission instructions are on the City of Sydney website. The consultation closes at 5 pm on Wednesday 13 November.

1. The Glebe Society made a submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment on the Pyrmont Peninsula Place Strategy in September 2020.