Priority precincts named for the Sydenham to Bankstown urban renewal corridor

CANTERBURY, Campsie and Belmore will be nominated as priority precincts to secure funding as part of the Sydenham to Bankstown urban renewal corridor.

CANTERBURY Council will make a submission to the Planning Department outlining concerns over the Sydenham to Bankstown urban renewal corridor draft strategy.

The submission cites increased traffic, lack of affordable housing and funding for infrastructure as unresolved issues in the draft strategy.

Concerns over the scale of development potentially planned for Hurlstone Park are also flagged as the area is currently being investigated for listing as a Heritage Conservation Area.

The submission states the strategy failed to provide “adequate protection” of 34 heritage items in Hurlstone Park and Canterbury.

What Wiley Park railway station would look like as part of the urban renewal project. Picture: Supplied

It also outlines funding concerns, stating the project is “over-reliant” on developer contributions, which are capped at $20,000.

The Sydenham to Bankstown urban renewal project is expected to deliver 36,000 new dwellings along the rail corridor in the next 20 years.

A draft strategy was released in September and submissions closed February 7.

PRIORITY PRECINCTS

Canterbury, Campsie and Belmore will be nominated as priority precincts for State Government funding in Canterbury Council’s submission to the Sydenham to Bankstown urban renewal draft strategy.

An artist's impression of Campsie.

The government’s Priority Precinct Program is included in its 20-year strategy for the Sydney metropolitan area, A Plan for Growing Sydney.

The program’s aim is to boost housing supply in designated infill areas by revitalising local centres and services.

Each nominated precinct would receive $5 million for community infrastructure, on top of developer levies from Section 94 plans.

Canterbury, Campsie and Belmore are expected to develop first among the seven suburbs along the rail corridor that fall into the Canterbury LGA.