Information Forums on the FIVE Scenarios
Ku-ring-gai Council is presenting information forums on five rezoning scenario proposals around Roseville, Lindfield, Killara and Gordon stations.
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Sydney needs Ku-ring-gai’s cool trees
Australia’s two largest capital cities have far too little tree canopy, which increases the cities’ heat island effects and leads to increased rates of obesity, depression, anxiety and heatstroke.
Councils sidelined
Property developers will be able to propose their own spot rezoning and planning controls for large developments, bypassing local councils
Suburban Skyscrapers
The Victorian government says Melbourne by 2050 will be home to nearly 8 million people and as part of a plan to future prove this city it wants to introduce
Portfolio 7 thanks FOKE
Sue Higginson, Chair of the Legislative Council's Portfolio Committee No. 7 – Planning and Environment, has announced the release of its report – 'Planning system and the impacts of climate
FOKE on Planning & Climate Change
FOKE's submission: Inquiry into Planning System & the Impacts of Climate Change on the Environment & Communities
Local Govt rejects new planning body
Delegates at the Local Government NSW Annual Conference have condemned a move by the State Government to establish a new planning body to bypass local government on large housing developments.
Minns wants Developers to bypass local government
NSW Premier Minns says developers will soon be able to bypass local government on large housing developments.
Ku-ring-gai Community Strategic Plan on Exhibition
Ku-ring-gai Council's Community Strategic Plan - the long-term vision of Ku-ring-gai - is on public exhibition until WED 11 December 2024
Let’s improve Councillors’ Conduct
The Office of Local Government (OLG) has prepared a Discussion Paper to seek the community's views by 29 November 2024
Close St Ives Shopping Village Roads?
Write to your Councilllors asking what the public benefit in closing and divesting the St Ives Shopping Village roads BEFORE 26 NOV 2024
Hawkesbury: urban densification, population growth & climate change pressure
Tell the NSW Government that the priority threat is their own planning policies. Deadline 24 November 2024
FOKE meets with Mayor 11.11.24
FOKE met with Mayor Cr Christine Kay (St Ives Ward) on Monday 11 November 2024.
Minns BRADFIELD Oration
Premier Chris Minns has announced that he will allow developers to bypass council approvals and to seek spot rezoning, in order to speed up approval and delivery times.
Residents tell FOKE . . .
At FOKE's Stall at Gordon Market on 10 November 2024 this is what residents said . . .
Alternative Scenario Maps
See the four alternative scenario maps. The 5th one will become available when it is placed on public exhibition.
Alternative scenarios to TOD soon to be on public exhibition
Click here to be notified of the commencement of the exhibition period
Why so much debate in CONFIDENTIAL?
Why so much confidential debate? Why did it take one hour & forty minutes?
Warning – 45 storeys could become 60
Under the current legislation a developer can get an uplift of 30% with a contribution of affordable housing.
Australia’s broken home ownership
How can we solve housing affordability by 'One size Fails All' housing policies?
Plans to squeeze 30,000 residents into Sydney Olympic Park
How will all this overdevelopment across Greater Sydney deliver a better city?
Wake-up Water Costs
A Sydney Morning Herald's editorial asks about the true water costs behind the NSW's Government housing densification reforms.
Water costs to skyrocket
The cost of water is forecast to skyrocket across Sydney, as a result of the NSW Governments to increase housing density from burgeoning population increases across Greater Sydney.
Where will TOD demolition go?
Has Greater Sydney the capacity to cope with the demolition that will result from the NSW Government's Transport Oriented Development (TOD)?
45-storey apartments in Gordon?
Read SMH article '45-storey apartments in Gordon? Ku-ring-gai Council has one big problem' by Anthony Sagaert 30 Oct 2024
EXTRAORDINARY meeting TONIGHT 7pm
Ku-ring-gai Council will proceed with the Extraordinary Meeting TONIGHT from 7pm - WEDNESDAY 30 October 2024. Please ATTEND.
No high school in Berala despite 10,000 new homes
Greater Sydney is being destroyed by a one size FAILS ALL undemocratic, developer driven planning agenda that will never deliver affordable housing and make the housing crisis worse.
Melbourne blindsided by TODs
Melbourne residents angry over Victorian Government's TOD announcements that will fast-track high rise in established suburbs
Housing is complex in Ku-ring-gai too
Housing is more complex than a simple nimby-yimby divide would suggest READ The Guardian article below: ‘Australian cities are desperate for the ‘missing middle’ of housing density, 29 October 2024,
Craig Reucassel, ABC Radio Sydney, interviews Paul Scully
Craig Reucassel interviews Paul Scully, NSW Planning Minister 29.10.24
45 Storeys for Gordon?
The Sydney Morning Herald published this article about alternative TOD options even before Ku-ring-gai’s elected representatives had a chance to inform residents about them. Read the full SMH article below.
FOKE requests that Extraordinary Meeting be rescheduled
FOKE urgently wrote to Ku-ring-gai Council requesting that the Extraordinary Meeting be rescheduled to ensure residents had an opportunity to comment on this critical planning matter. However, it will proceed
Land and Environment Court of NSW – TOD SEPP
At the Extraordinary Meeting of Council on Wed 30 October Ku-ring-ga Council will discuss their legal case against the TOD SEPP. Even though it will be discussed as Confidential Business
Lindfield Hub update
At the Extraordinary Meeting of Council on Wed 30 October Ku-ring-ga Council will discuss the Lindfield Hub Commuter Car Park Funding Deed. Even though it will be discussed as Confidential
NO! these Councillors DON’T SUPPORT the legal action
One Ku-ring-gai Councillor said she would NOT SUPPORT the legal action against the TOD in her FOKE Candidate Statement. The others did not supply answers to our Candidate Questions prior
YES! these Councillors SUPPORT the legal action
These Ku-ring-gai Councillors said they would SUPPORT the legal action against the TOD as stated in their FOKE Candidate Statements prior to their election.
Dr Elizabeth Farrelly’s tour of Ku-ring-gai’s TODs
When FOKE asked Dr Farrelly how she would reconcile TODs destroying Ku-ring-gai’s heritage she admitted “I don’t know”.
Why the legal action against the TOD is more important than ever
Read the NSW Productivity & Equality Commission's 'Review of Housing Supply Challenges and Policy Options for NSW '
NSW Planning public servant reveals her contempt for Ku-ring-gai
Read SMH article 'Lindfield proposal leads the race under state’s new housing reforms' by Michael Koziol and Anthony Segaert, 16 October 2024
FINAL TOD REPORT
Read FOKE's EVIDENCE published in the 'Development of the Transport Orientated Development Program FINA REPORT', 15 October 2024
NSW’s UNHEALTHY HOUSING FUTURE
How can we trust NSW Planning to deliver a liveable future when it is proposing planning changes that will lead to lower-quality, less sustainable housing, with no trees when we
“Every place is going to change”
It was confirmed that "Every place is going to change", whether communities liked it or not, at a recent planning industry forum
Population Growth is fueling the Housing Crisis
The housing disaster will extend for years if population growth continues to be ignored
Ku-ring-gai a place of high biodiversity
Ku-ring-gai is a place of high biodiversity. It is one of the few areas of Sydney that still retains its majestic carbon-rich urban forests, tree canopy, bushland valleys and stunning
NSW fails NSW’s biodiversity
Despite dire warnings from the NSW Biodiversity Outlook Report 2024, the Minns Government is determined to destroy Ku-ring-gai's environment
Hawkesbury: urban densification, population growth & climate change pressure
Tell the NSW Government that the priority threat is their own planning policies. Deadline 24 November 2024
Hawkesbury-Nepean Coastal Management Program
There will be an information session on the Hawkesbury-Nepean Coastal Management Program on Saturday 19th October 10am – 3pm Sustainable Futures Day, Cameron Park, 5 Eastern Rd, Turramurra
Revealed: criminals and unlicensed agents operating across Australia’s real estate sector
Convicted criminals and unlicensed agents are operating in the real estate sector across multiple states, a Guardian Australia investigation has found.
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