New vision for Ingleside includes 3400 new homes, a new school and electric car recharging points
IT’S the sleepy backwater on the northern beaches where residents can’t even get a water supply. But, now there are plans to develop it into a 3400 home “environmentally conscious” suburb.
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PLANS to turn rural Ingleside into a futuristic suburb complete with electric car recharging points and LED street lighting were unveiled today.
The proposals include building up to 3400 new homes, a school, a town centre, neighbourhood centre, as well as upgrades to Mona Vale Rd, Powder Works Rd and Chiltern Rd. If it gets the go-ahead it would be a “lighthouse development”, setting the standard in NSW for green living.
“Ingleside will showcase a high standard of sustainability, including planning and design measures to conserve biodiversity, water and energy,” Planning Minister Rob Stokes said.
The draft plan proposes around one third of the area for conservation, a third for a new neighbourhood and the other third retained for a rural setting.
It will also mean some of the current residents without town water and sewerage connections will be able to link up with the new development.
However, they will also have to pay for it and the bill for each property will probably run into thousands of dollars.
Julie Hansor, 58, who has lived in her Beronia Rd property for 20 years was pleased to hear the about plans to develop Ingleside.
But she was shocked to hear she would have to pay to connect to water and sewerage, but did not want to comment.
Planning Minister Rob Stokes said, like anyone that puts in a DA, they would have to contribute to the cost of connecting, but it would be a tiny amount compared to the increased value of their property once the land was released.
He said the new homes would help alleviate the housing shortage and that they would look to make five to 10 per cent of their homes affordable for people in industries like firefighting and teaching.
He also said it would help boost jobs in Mona Vale.
“There are big opportunities for employment here,” said Mr Stokes.
He added that bus services would be improved to get new residents to main employment hubs such as Macquarie Park, Pymble and Gordon.
Romilly Madew, from Green Building Council Australia, said the plans were a huge step forward in sustainable urban planning.
“Residents of the northern beaches will gain a community that will be great for both people and the planet,” she said.
Plans are now available for public consultation and people can give their views on them until February 28.
To view go to planning.nsw.gov.au/ingleside.
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