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The Voice of Penrith
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COUNCILLORS DELIVER STINGING RESPONSE TO RE-ZONING PROPOSAL
VINES PLAN “ILLOGICAL” EMILY CHATE
of land, State Government funding of infrastructure, deliverability of the major Distributor Road, drainage, feasibility and general servicing. “I’ve had a number of residents reach out to me that roads and other pieces of infrastructure are going directly through the middle of their properties leaving small sections of bits and pieces on either side which really does limit what those landowners are able to
do with those parcels of land in the future,” said South Ward Labor Councillor Hollie McLean. “I think the point … to really have a close look at alignment and fragmentation is going to be core to our response and what we will be looking for from the State Government reworking the proposal.” Continued on » p. 8
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nappropriate, not logical and not fit for purpose are just some of the ways that Penrith Councillors have described the State Government’s draft plan to re-zone Orchard Hills. Last month, the State Government released its Draft Re-zoning Proposal for Orchard Hills
Stage 1, which shows the plan to accommodate the predicted population growth associated with the future Orchard Hills Metro Station. A Penrith City Council report this week identified a number of issues with the draft proposal including the re-zoning of land within the prestigious The Vines Estate, land to be deferred from the re-zoning, the extent of proposed land acquisition, fragmentation