I write in relation to the current exhibition of Mosman’s draft development control plan (DCP).
At a time when costs are escalating, and where all areas of Sydney need to increase housing approvals to accommodate a rapidly growing population, Urban Taskforce Australia is concerned about what appears to be a conscious effort to obstruct low and mid-rise housing through local planning controls.
We believe that the amendments in the draft DCP – “developed in response to the Low and Mid-Rise (LMR) housing provisions” – will make any development more difficult, if not impossible.
While the NSW State Government is seeking to add to housing stock – implementing planning reforms, creating pattern books to make simple designs easier to use, and introducing the low and medium-rise housing policies, to name a few – Council seems determined to undermine these efforts.
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