Domestic scale architecture maintained except on Spit/Military corridor.
Traditional strip shopping centre appearance and vitality reinforced.
A maximum population of 30,000 in 2050 (presently 28,356).
A maximum 700 new dwellings provided over the next 40 years.
A diversity of housing choice to ensure a demographic mix including ‘ageing in place’.
Adoption of sustainable lifestyle and building options for new and existing buildings encouraged.
The special natural and man made qualities of foreshore and open space areas protected and enhanced.
Mosman’s heritage conserved.
Spit Junction recognised as having potential for imaginative commercial / retail / residential development to complement the traditional Military Road strip shopping precinct and the new village hub and commons.
With the new disabled access laws coming I hope the council has the muscle to insist that the ‘make over’ of Bridgepont shopping centre includes a lift.
The community of Mosman has put up with a dangerous escalator between ground and first floors for too long resulting in many accidents for both elderley and mothers and prams.
The owners need to recognise that Bridgepoint is a community meeting place and a focal point of Spit Junction, and the lift at the corner of Military Rd is not convenient for most users of the Centre.
The community will support the council Planning Team all the way on this.
Congrats Team, on the new development on the corner of Raglan and Military Rd I really ‘completes’ the corner. perfectly.
The maximum population as per the councillors’ vision represents a 5.8% increase over the next 40 years. However, over the same period Australia’s population is projected to grow from around 22 million people currently to 35.9 million people in 2050, representing an increase of 63% (treasury.gov.au/igr/igr2010/). Similarly, NSW’s population is expected to grow by 33% by 2036, and Sydney’s by around 40% over the same period. (Department of Planning - New South Wales State and Regional Population Projections, 2006-2036).
I love the relatively low density living of Mosman, and welcome the councillors’ aspiration to very low population growth.
However, is this realistic given the dramatic forecast growth of the country, state and city? Does the federal or state government have a mandate to override the local council’s stated policy with respect to either population or dwellings? Has the council engaged with either the state or federal administrations on these goals?
Finally, the is the local zoning, and heritage status of our neighborhoods expected to change over the next 40 years, and if so, how.
The maximum population as per the councillors’ vision represents a 5.8% increase over the next …
With the new disabled access laws coming I hope the council has the muscle to …
There are no comments on the quality and design excellence of any new/extensions to buildings …
Cameron Martin
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There are no comments on the quality and design excellence of any new/extensions to buildings or criteria on how sustainable council buildings are required to be. Encouraged is not good enough – minimum standards should be set down in the dcp/lep