Planning & development

Ashbury residents are frustrated with the existing community consultation process in planning, which left them excluded from consultation around the Chubb and Tyres 4 U site planning proposals.

The Government has sold of $650 million worth of social housing in NSW over the past two years, including $5.93 million of assets flogged off in the Inner West.

The best cities in the world are safe AND fun. Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, and Darcy Byrne, former Mayor of Leichhardt, today welcomed NSW Labor's plan to save live music in Sydney. 

The proposed developments - known as the Victoria Road Precinct - go too far and asks too much of the surrounding community.

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, today raised concerns about the Greater Sydney Commission’s plans for the inner west.

The Commission released its draft plans for Sydney earlier today, indicating rapid increases in density across the South, West and Inner West of Sydney, with few details on community infrastructure including schools and open spaces.

The plans are open for community feedback until March 2017. 

The Baird Government's Biodiversity Bill shows that they do not care one iota about our environment. Baird's environmental vandalism will have lasting impacts on our state. 

The strategy relies on Westconnex taking cars off Parramatta Road but it’s only the Government that thinks Westconnex will work.

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, welcomed news that the Inner West Council has moved to support the transformation of the Sydenham Station Precinct into a creative hub.

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, today expressed fears that hundreds of extra cars will be pumped onto local streets when lanes of traffic close on Parramatta Road this Sunday.

The Government is pumping density all through the inner west but there's no sign of planning for the community infrastructure we need.