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After fighting new housing, this Sydney council just voted for more
A north shore council is paving the way for a high-rise housing boom after voting on a contentious rezoning plan it claims will protect heritage and save residential streets from “overdevelopment”.
- David Barwell
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The Sydney heritage home owners worried they’ll be swamped by apartments
David Tindale is among dozens of home owners for whom a heritage house in Ku-ring-gai – long considered a prized asset – has become a hindrance.
- Megan Gorrey
The great divide over this north shore council’s housing plan
There was only one item on the agenda at Ku-ring-gai Council’s extraordinary meeting on Monday, yet it was hours before councillors could debate it.
- Frances Howe
This Sydney council has fought TODs all the way. Now it has revealed its own plan
Ku-ring-gai’s plans have been revealed months after the council took the state government to court in an attempt to block more intensive development.
- Megan Gorrey
North shore council reaches secret deal over housing plan
Planning Minister Paul Scully accused the council of wasting ratepayers’ money to stop development in the middle of a housing crisis.
- Megan Gorrey
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45-storey apartments in Gordon? Ku-ring-gai Council has one big problem
Several of the sites slated for high-rise development by council staff to avoid developing other parts of the suburb are in fact heritage-listed themselves.
- Anthony Segaert
Ku-ring-gai Council: What your candidates said
Ku-ring-gai voters will choose 10 councillors across two wards.
Gordon house sells for $10.88m, nearly $2m more than reserve
More than 100 auctions were cancelled ahead of Saturday, and experts say Sydney’s auction market is weakening despite some stand-out results.
- Carmen Forward
‘Bad for the whole of NSW’: Inside the north shore’s NIMBY crusade
Ku-ring-gai Council is taking the state government to court to block its planning reforms. But even in NIMBY central, attitudes about housing policy are starting to shift.
- Michael Koziol
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