Member for Davidson, Jonathan O’Dea has presented a further petition to Parliament highlighting ongoing concern and opposition to inappropriate overdevelopment in Ku-ring-gai.
“This petition is even bigger than the first,” Mr O’Dea said. More than another 1,800 people have put pen to paper calling on the Government not to enact the draft Ku-ring-gai Local Environment Plan (Town Centres) as proposed.
“Here is an opportunity for the Government to demonstrate whether they are listening to the local community,” Mr O’Dea said. “The Government should be the servant of the people and act accordingly.
“The addition of 1,848 signatures brings the total number of residents and supporters who have signed this latest petition against the Government’s planning policy in Ku-ring-gai to 3,167,” he said.
“I acknowledge the work of the Friends of Ku-ring-gai Environment (FOKE) who have worked hard to co-ordinate this petition,” Mr O’Dea said.
FOKE Vice President, Kathy Cowley said, “The Town Centres Plan represents gross over-planning, exceeds Ministerial directions, the North Sub Region and Metro Strategy objectives and the Minister’s agreed target of 10,000 dwellings by over 40%. Professionals in the real estate and property industry are advising us the Ku-ring-gai Town Centre Plan is highly flawed, is not sustainable and will not produce good planning outcomes for Ku-ring-gai,” Mrs Cowley said.
Mr O’Dea again stressed the approach to, and impact of, Labor’s Planning Policy in Ku-ring-gai could be duplicated elsewhere in Sydney, overriding local communities.
“Also at stake is the aesthetic, environmental, architectural, historical and lifestyle features of Ku-ring-gai. On behalf of the community, I am again writing to the Minister, highlighting the latest petition and community calls to not approve the current draft Ku-ring-gai Local Environment Plan (Town Centres),” Mr O’Dea concluded.
Jonathan O'Dea receiving the latest petition from FOKE representatives, Kathy Cowley and Anne Carroll
