Sydney council to hire anti-development ‘advocate’ despite low building rates | michaelkoziol
Waverley Council will hire a $100,000-a-year community planning advocate to help residents fight development proposals, despite an internal report finding the Waverley local government area had one of the lowest building rates in Sydney.
High-rise apartment buildings are the main cause of residents’ anger about overdevelopment in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.“Overdevelopment is rife within the Waverley LGA,” she told a council meeting on Tuesday. “These developers are transforming our beautiful suburbs into boring concrete blocks with very little charm and character, and often in contravention of our planning instruments and vision.”
“It appears that the numbers of dwelling completions do not necessarily correlate directly with the community sentiment in Waverley regarding feelings of ‘overdevelopment’,” said the report, which was presented to councillors on Tuesday.
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