What is BEP 2?
Draft BEP 2 is a proposed planning framework to continue the renewal of Housing NSW sites in the Redfern and Waterloo area, including South Eveleigh, over a 20-25 year timeframe. This renewal will provide better residential amenity, public spaces and a more sustainable mix of social, private and affordable housing within the sites to bring long-term benefits for the entire community.
Draft BEP 2 provides the planning controls which will enable Redfern and Waterloo to be redeveloped to provide approximately 7,000 social, affordable and private housing dwellings. The aim is to achieve a mix of 60% private and affordable housing dwellings and 40% social housing.
What benefits will BEP 2 have for the community?
Draft BEP 2 will support development that:
- Provides quality parks, public spaces and built form, integrated with neighbouring areas and the city;
- Provides a safe and sustainable mixed-income community with great urban amenity for all residents;
- Provides good quality homes with modern facilities, suited to the diverse needs of current and future social housing tenants;
- Provides required shops and community facilities for the benefit of the community;
- Maintains and builds on the strengths of the current strong and diverse community;
- Increases the number of new homes built in established urban areas close to public transport, contributing to government targets for additional and more affordable housing; and
- Retains social housing and increases affordable housing in the Local Government Area.
The BEP 2 Report
Click on the links below to access the sections of the report.
Plans
Information Session Displays
Please find below links to the Display Panels that are on exhibition at the RWA BEP 2 Information Sessions.
BEP 2 Newsletter
The BEP 2 newsletter features details on the planning framework, what the Draft BEP 2 development would look like, the future of social housing, the proposed dwelling mix, research and analysis and feedback details.
Read the BEP 2 Newsletter here.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Read the BEP 2 FAQs 1 here.
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Read the BEP 2 FAQs 2 here.
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BEP 2 CONSULTATION
Redfern-Waterloo Authority and Housing NSW have worked extensively to inform the community and key stakeholders about the draft BEP 2 and to encourage input.
Some members of the local community may not be aware of the activities undertaken to inform and consult with the community. The BEP 2 overview of activities is as follows:
Prior to draft BEP 2 exhibition
Over the last 18 months Housing NSW has conducted activities with Redfern and Waterloo social housing tenants aimed at building understanding and knowledge of planning and urban design issues, so that social housing residents would be better able to comment on BEP 2. This includes:
- A new bi-monthly newsletter to keep social housing residents up to date with renewal issues in the area;
- A stakeholder database to keep a core group of active residents and local agencies in the lopp on events and initiatives supporting renewal in the area;
- A series of site visits and workshops on Urban Design with bus trips out to new residential developments (including Bonnyrigg, Minto, Pyrmont, Victoria Park), so residents could see how planning controls and urban design principles operate in practice. Bi Lingual Community Educators (BCE) (or translators) were available for these sessions. Bruce Judd (University of NSW) provided the community with advice on urban design issues;
- A series of Community Forums featuring visiting experts in urban design or regeneration (Bliss Browne, Judy Cowans, Jim Diers, George Housakos) so the community could hear first hand what is happening internationally and what the issues and trends are. Reports on proceedings were provided on each of these Forums to our stakeholder list;
- Sponsoring tenants to attend Shelter’s ‘Estates in the Balance’ Conference to learn more about renewal;
- A number of ‘Meet the Designer’ sessions so the community could begin a conversation with some of the people contributing urban design ideas for Redfern and Waterloo, coordinated by former Government Architect Chris Johnstone; and
- A Community Learning and Research Forum (facilitated by Judy Stubbs) where the community identified a process and some key issues to understand the planning for renewal in Redfern and Waterloo.
Draft BEP 2 exhibition
Draft BEP 2 went on exhibition from 27 January to 28 February 2011, with a two week grace period for feedback submissions.
To inform the community of the public exhibition of draft BEP 2 and to assist with providing an understanding of key issues the RWA and Housing NSW provided:
- 4,500 feedback forms delivered to the Redfern and Waterloo social housing residents. This included a feedback form, covering letter with advice in Russian, Cantonese, Mandarin and other languages on how to have your say and a fact sheet to provide an overview of what the BEP 2 is about;
- Housing NSW and RWA holding information sessions daily at Redfern and Waterloo, including:
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Twenty-three sessions held on street corners and six drop in sessions in the Social Housing Community Rooms. These information sessions included Russian, Cantonese and Mandarin interpreters. The interpreters also undertook a "phone around" to social housing tenants who speak these languages prior to the events to advise them of the information sessions and encourage their attendance. |
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Four sessions specifically for the Aboriginal community held at The Block, outside the Purple Goanna Cafe, NCIE and at Wyanga, facilitated by the Aboriginal Housing Specialist from Housing NSW. |
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Seven information sessions at Redfern Town Hall held by RWA, including Saturdays and evenings during the exhibition period. These sessions included hard copies of the Plan, large information panels, experts in planning and HNSW representatives to discuss the Plan and answer any questions. In addition bi-lingual community educators (Russian, Cantonese and Mandarin interpreters) and an independent specialist consultation firm attended all sessions. The RWA’s architect and traffic advisors were in attendance at the Saturday sessions. |
- Advertisements in key newspapers (the Sydney Morning Herald (Page 2) & the Sydney Central Courier);
- The RWA BEP 2 Newsletter to every household and businesses in the RWA Operational Area (approximately 18,000 recipients);
- A Resident Information booklet for over 4000 Housing NSW residents, providing a context for BEP 2;
- Information on draft BEP 2 on RWA’s website, with electronic copies of the report also available on request;
- Fact sheets and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), together with supporting studies on the website;
- Updated FAQs in response to questions and queries received from the consultative processes on the website;
- A dedicated phone line with a professional town planner ready to answer queries;
- Email responses to specific questions from members of the public;
- Hard copy and electronic Feedback Forms to make providing a submission easier; and
- Specific briefings to key stakeholders groups, including REDWatch, to explain the detail on the BEP 2 project and to answer any queries.
Feedback
Feedback was recorded at the RWA information sessions, Housing NSW community sessions, via feedback forms (both online and print) and through written submissions.
Submissions were requested by Monday, 28 February 2011, but were accepted up until Friday, 11 March 2011.
During the non-statutory exhibition period from 27 January to 28 February 2011, over 100 people attended the public exhibition events,
around 800 people were involved in street corner discussions, 28 written submissions were received by the RWA and more than 500 feedback forms from social housing tenants.
These activities have captured the important feedback from a broad spectrum of stakeholders including residents, government and non-government organisations, local businesses and the wider community.
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT REPORT
Mediate Today, an independent specialist consultation firm, was engaged to review and collate all feedback received on BEP 2. The Stakeholder Engagement Report has been released by the RWA.
View the report here
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SubmissionS
Read below a selection of submissions received on draft BEP 2.
Submissions are only included with permission from the author.
Government organisations
Non-government organisations
Residents
The next steps Draft BEP 2 was the first stage of consultation for the redevelopment of social housing areas. There will be further opportunities to provide your feedback on the redevelopment through the Urban Renewal SEPP process and the Housing NSW Master Plan process. |
