Save Rosny's Parks
In August last year, 64.4% of residents in an elector poll, voted no to Charles Hand Memorial Park being developed for a high-performance centre, yet council is still proposing a medium density housing development in the park in their latest version of the City Heart Plan.
At its last meeting of 2024, Council finally dusted off the Draft City Heart Plan which had stalled some 18 months earlier, and started a consultation period which ends Sunday 2 February, 2025.
The parklands continue to be at risk, and we once again need your help to protect them. The immediate concern is the proposal of affordable housing in Charles Hand Park in the Riawena/Bastick Corner of the Park (see item 9). The planning scheme prohibits residential use in open space zones. So, let's remind council of this fact.
Consultation is open until Sunday 2 February 2025. Please review our assessment of the Draft Plan and suggested submission responses.
Act now to protect our Parklands
The latest round of consultation is open until Sunday 2 February 2025. Feedback from previous consultations about the City Heart has been:
"The most common theme throughout all stages of community consultation was the need to retain public, green open spaces for the enjoyment of the community, now and in the future", Timmins Ray Consultancy, November 2020
"The key elements are reconfirmed as priorities by the community in line with what we heard in 2020", 89% valuing Open spaces and the environment, Clarence City Council, December 2022
And in May 2023 the Summary of the Stage 3 Consultations on the Concept Report again showed the Parklands as the highest priority "For yourself" as well as "For strongest community benefit".
We need your help to continue to protect our Rosny Parklands
Save Rosny Parks (SRP) team has prepared a draft submission for you to use, to easily provide your feedback before Sunday 2 February 2025.
It is important that you send in a submission in addition or instead of the survey. We have prepared this submission as the survey is designed for you to state your priorities with little chance to give feedback on the detail.