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“Already these so-called #greenfield developments — houses built on previously #BareLand, just as the name suggests — are changing the #terrain of #Australia’s #cities.

The new #developments are easy to spot from the street, or the air, thanks to the sea of grey roof tiles.

Where once #ResidentialDevelopment was concentrated around #economic centres, now it’s #bulging outwards to an extent that the connection to city-living is tenuous at best.”

The barely mentioned issue that needs to be addressed, #population and #planning.

#AusPol / #cities / #land / #LandUse <abc.net.au/news/2025-04-30/fed>

ABC News · Caught between a promise and paradise in Australia's housing borderlandsBy Maani Truu
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Don’t Move A Mussel - The Role Of Key Environmental Drivers And Management Scale In Assessing Spatial Variation In Dreissenid Spread Risk In The Missouri River Basin
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Douglas E. Welch

How 18th Century Spanish Conquistadors Built the Heart Los Angeles Around Crooked Streets via Laughing Squid [Shared] [Video]

Map historian Daniel Steiner, who previously explained how the first street grid in New York City started in Gravesend, Brooklyn, talked about how Spanish Conquistadors in the late 18th laid out the map for the city of Los Angeles.

In 1850, when California became part of the United States, most of the area began following a grid formation, except for the heart of the city, whose crooked streets are a reminder of the city’s Spanish roots.

welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/28

#map#history#city
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AJ Sadauskas

The state government is looking to add another 13,000 homes to Sydney Olympic Park: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-olympic-park-is-due-for-13-000-homes-it-could-get-even-more-20250424-p5ltvl.html #planning #urbanism #nswpol #auspol

Personally, unless there's a major event on (when it's hard to get a table), the Olympic Park precinct is quiet most of the time.

With the new metro and light rail lines to Parramatta opening soon, it's a good spot to put some new apartments.

And there's enough large open air carparks that could be redeveloped to do it.

"The Sydney Olympic Park Authority – a state government-owned body which falls under the Department of Planning – last year revealed its master plan for the underused Olympics precinct. The plan had promised, by 2050, to have the suburb of Sydney Olympic Park contain 13,000 homes across five distinct “neighbourhoods”."

"But the body is now considering plans to increase the number of homes on the site, according to multiple industry and government sources with knowledge of discussions.

"The extent of the increase is not yet confirmed but interested groups have been informed by the authority that the proposed 13,000 dwellings were not as ambitious as the state government was hoping for the site, which is as wide as the area between Central Station and Circular Quay."

Looks like there's also a fight brewing with Parramatta City Council, which wants to turn it into a "jobs hub":

"The masterplan also contradicts the local council’s own plan for the area by 2050. That plan, released last year, envisions Sydney Olympic Park as an employment hub that would match every 1.5 new residents with more than one new job.

"In a submission, City of Parramatta opposed the masterplan’s proposal to increase dwellings while decreasing jobs capacity."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Sydney Olympic Park is due for 13,000 homes. It could get even moreBy Anthony Segaert, Ellie Busby
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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1258530/wales-and Wales and Japan deepen ties at Tokyo showcase | Welsh Government #adviser #Ambe #april #cabinet #deep #economy #energy #evans #expo #government #investor #Japan #Japanese #news #planning #rebecca #secretary #showcase #Tokyo #TokyoNews #wales #welsh #東京 #東京都 Wales economic ties with Japan have been further strengthened at an investor showcase in Tokyo. The centrepiece of activities taking place as part of the Welsh Government’s Year of Wales a…

Wales and Japan deepen ties at Tokyo showcase | Welsh Government
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AJ Sadauskas

Insightful long-read about the urban renewal program that's transformed Parramatta into the main central business district for Western Sydney: https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/it-was-once-sydney-s-neglected-outpost-then-came-the-developers-20250411-p5lr3g.html #auspol #planning #urbanism #yimby

From an urban planning perspective, Parra is an interesting case study about retrofitting a new downtown area and high-rise business district in what was previously a suburban area.

"Until 2009, Parramatta had one tall office tower, housing the council. Today, there are dozens of office and residential high rises, the tallest of which stretches to 225 metres. The development has cemented its promise as Sydney’s second CBD: it follows only the Sydney CBD for office floor space.
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"Sydney’s original CBD was too far east to be reached each day by workers in the west, he argued. Presentations to government claimed that half a million people were passing Parramatta each day on the train as they travelled to Sydney for work. Soon more people are expected to live west of Parramatta than east of it.
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"Parramatta’s boom is far from finished. The council has approved developments for 30,000 new dwellings in the financial year to date, according to ABS data, making it by far the top approver of housing in the country.

"The second stage of the Parramatta Light Rail is yet to begin construction, and the Metro West project, connecting Sydney’s CBD to Westmead, is slated to open by 2032.

"Construction on the Powerhouse Parramatta, located on the former site of the historic Willow Grove, is expected to be completed this year, followed by the redeveloped Riverside Theatres in 2028. The Civic Link, a pedestrianised “green spine” connecting Parramatta Square to the Powerhouse, is also on the cards for Parramatta’s future."

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JuneSim63

"Those of us who try to defend wildlife are horribly familiar with bad laws. But we’ve never seen anything like this. The government’s planning & infrastructure bill is the worst assault on England’s ecosystems in living memory. It erases decades of environmental protections, including legislation we inherited from the EU, which even the Tories promised to uphold"
George Monbiot rightfully incandescent with rage.

#Nature #Environment #Biodiversity #Planning #UKPolitics

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetimeBy George Monbiot
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AJ Sadauskas

Looks like Sydney just got a shiny new protected bike path between Glebe and Ultimo.

From Bicycle Network:

"The separated, two-way route stretches for 650 metres along Mary Ann and Kelly streets – connecting riders coming from the lower-traffic streets of Glebe to the Goods Line path in Ultimo. From there, riders can easily make their way into Darling Harbour, Haymarket and other central areas.

"A new crossing for pedestrians and cyclists has been installed at Jones Street as part of the work, enhancing safety.

"The news will be of particular interest to students and teachers in the area, as the route offers a safer journey to campuses including the International Grammar School, TAFE NSW and the University of Technology, Sydney.

"The route is part of a wider City of Sydney project to deliver $25 million worth of new or upgraded bike infrastructure in the 2024/2025 financial year."

https://bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2025/04/22/glebe-ultimo-cycleway-opens

#bike #bicycle #cycling #planning #UrbanPlanning #urbanism

Bicycle Network · Glebe–Ultimo cycleway opensA new cycleway has opened between Glebe and Ultimo, offering a valuable east-west link for Sydney bike riders.
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AJ Sadauskas

There's a housing crisis. So redeveloping an old factory on Parramatta Rd, near the future Five Dock metro station, into apartments should be a no-brainer.

Unless you're Inner West Council: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/developers-want-to-build-1100-apartments-two-sydney-councils-are-alarmed-20250415-p5lryv.html #auspol #nswpol #planning #yimby #urbanism

"An inner Sydney council is fighting a mammoth $880 million proposal to build more than 1000 apartments beside Parramatta Road, arguing the towers would overshadow houses on the opposite side of the busy thoroughfare, despite the development sitting outside the council’s boundaries.

"The Inner West Council has objected to property giant Deicorp’s plan to build 1185 homes, including 219 affordable housing units, in six towers up to 31 storeys between Parramatta Road and Queens Road in Five Dock.
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"the Inner West Council is complaining that the suburb of Croydon, south of Parramatta Road, would be “significantly impacted” by the Kings Bay Village project, which includes units, offices, shops, a recreational facility and a public park between the future Five Dock and Burwood metro stations.
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"The council also said the estimated 2175 residents who would eventually live in the apartment complex would “significantly increase demand for public transportation services, potentially compromising the current service levels enjoyed by the existing population”."

The whole point of the Sydney Metro West, which is currently under construction, is to encourage more apartments within walking distance of the new train stations.

And if having a nearby Metro station is not enough, then the answer is to push for light rail along Parramatta Rd.

If more people have homes and catch public transport, that's a *good thing*.

And amenity to Croydon residents?! Parramatta Rd is a six lane stroad with many light industrial buildings, many abandoned, along its length.

I guarantee you that local amenity will improve.

Seriously.

The Northern Beaches and Ku-ring-gai Councils might be notorious for their NIMBYism, but Inner West is definitely up there too.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Developers want to build 1100 apartments. Two councils are alarmedBy Megan Gorrey
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AJ Sadauskas

In case you're confused about why there's such strident opposition against the Allan government's plan for more housing density around major activity centres in Melbourne:

"Of the 50 recently announced activity centres, 60 per cent are located in the richest 10 per cent of the state’s local government areas, such as the suburbs of Brighton, Camberwell, Hampton, Hawthorn, Kew Junction, Malvern, Prahran, Glen Huntly and Sandringham.

"Asanka Epa, a Melbourne organiser from pro-housing advocacy group YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard), analysed Victoria’s scheme and found the activity centres are slated for areas that middle-class people had been locked out of, particularly in the inner east.
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"Epa’s analysis showed the most socially segregated local government area, the City of Boroondara in the inner east, hosted seven of the proposed activity centres.

"Boroondara is among the councils to have slammed the state government’s activity centre plan, and has said it had been sidelined from decision-making processes and feared the changes would forever change the heritage and character of its suburbs."

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/how-building-more-apartments-could-make-these-rich-melbourne-suburbs-more-inclusive-20250421-p5lt56.html

No, the wealthy folks in Brighton, Toorak, and Camberwell don't want ordinary folks living in their neighbourhoods.

Imagine people on regular incomes using their trams, attending their local schools, and walking to their local shops and cafés! Perish the thought!

They want the poors to live in car-dependent outer suburbs out Melton and Berwick way!

#vicpol #auspol #planning #UrbanPlanning #Melbourne #urbanism

The Age · How building more apartments could make these rich Melbourne suburbs more inclusiveBy Daniella White
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