Council calls for community feedback on draft growth plans
LOCAL REAL ESTATE NEWS
Kingscliff and Cabarita are among a number of areas being considered for future housing growth as part of Tweed Shire Council’s draft options paper for its Growth Management and Housing Strategy.
Council is now asking residents to have their say on the draft options paper, which considers how it will manage growth, housing and employment over the next 20 years.
It’s anticipated that Tweed’s population will grow by between 13,000 and 30,000 people by 2041, with an increase of more than 12,000 dwellings and 11,000 jobs needed to accommodate the growth.
Other areas slated for additional housing include Tweed Heads South, Tweed Heads West, Banora Point, Terranora, Hastings Point, Pottsville West, Murwillumbah, as well as rural areas of Tweed.
Tweed Shire Council Director of Planning and Regulation Denise Galle said community feedback had played a vital role in shaping the draft options paper to date.
“We need to plan for a future that is adaptive to growth and change while respecting the beautiful attributes of the Tweed,” Ms Galle said.
“This plan is about increasing the diversity of options to address future growth. Some of the possible changes include higher density living in some zones, change of land use, rural village expansion, review of greenfield sites and more housing diversity.
"Changes may be incremental over time and some may not even happen but we need to have options for sustainable growth that accommodates our future housing needs.
“Possible changes have been identified across the Tweed, including urban areas, greenfield sites and rural Tweed to provide opportunities for housing and employment across the Shire.
“Some options provide opportunities to use existing infrastructure, services and facilities, others consider options for greenfield development. The changes have been chosen because of their strategic merit and are consistent with the NSW Government’s housing reforms currently on exhibition.”
The draft options paper is the third stage in the preparation of Council’s Growth Management and Housing Strategy, which will help inform Council priorities in relation to housing and employment until 2041.
Council is holding a series of information sessions and inviting the community to have their say and make a submission by Friday 22 March.
For details of the draft options paper and information sessions (in-person and online) click here.
