The highly sensitive plan to reopen the bay’s foreshore to the public for the first time in more than a century will now have a smaller footprint.
The NSW government has reduced the overall floor space by 15 per cent and cut 10 storeys from the tallest buildings in its planned Blackwattle Bay urban regeneration project after criticism from groups including the City of Sydney that it would be overdevelopment.
The revised proposal for the 12-building Blackwattle Bay redevelopment cuts the gross floor area by 15 per cent from the original plan.“We want this precinct to stand the test of time, which is why we’ve listened to feedback from the community and doubled the width of the boardwalk, created more open space and reduced building heights to create a more sustainable place,” Mr Stokes said.
The foreshore of Blackwattle Bay, which connects to Sydney Harbour under the Anzac Bridge, has not been open to the public for over a century and redevelopment of the area has long been a sensitive topic.reported that developer Dahua, which held a 25 per cent stake in the fish market, planned to push for a $3 billion development, and then Urban Growth NSW head David Pitchford was promoting residential towers up to 32 storeys in height.
The revised plans include a wider promenade, which will link waterfront walkways in Glebe and Pyrmont.The revision cuts the height of the tallest buildings to 141 metres from 156 metres, and the number of dwellings in the mixed-used precinct adjacent to the new market to 1200 from 1550 homes. There will be 21,259sq m of retail space and 107,572sq m of office space.
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