Over the weekend Council called for an Extraordinary Meeting this Thursday so that we can progress with an alternate TOD scenario that improves on the impacts of the default scenario currently in place.
Due to the timing of various commitments I haven’t yet had the chance to summarise the feedback and changes (as is my usual practice) but if you want to see a detailed map of what has changed, refer to
As for the rationale for each change, refer to
Please note that just because these are changes proposed by council staff, it doesn’t mean that I necessarily agree with each change. I’ve raised quite a few suggestions on behalf of residents that haven’t been incorporated, which goes to show that councillors don’t have influence over staff on operational matters. The staff are operationally independent and I think it’s strange when residents attack me for recommendations that I have no control over.
The weekend call for an Extraordinary Meeting has also thrown off a number of property developers who were expecting council to call the meeting at the end of the month. They have lobbied the state government for a time extension of the SSDs, and more detail is available in this paper released yesterday.
https://kuringgai.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/05/OMC_22052025_AGN_AT_SUP_EXTRA.PDF
For residents who have sent me emails in the last few days, I’ll get time to respond to them tomorrow.
