Glenorie Progress Association

The Progress of our district needs your support. Whether accommodating your family on your property, providing yourself Ŗõļñ ²ÑÑõļõĔč²Ć ˲ĴñŤĔŖ ļñİĔŁëñ İÕčļ²Ć Ĕİ ĭİĔŕõÑõčë êĔİ ĆĔŖÕİ income families or those in need, The Hills Shire Council proposal for increased secondary dwelling size needs your support.

Glenorie Progress Association has been supportive of The Hills Shire Council proposal to increase secondary dwelling size for several years now. From council:

Planning Proposal – Maximum Size Criteria for Secondary Dwellings in Rural Zones (6/2021/PLP)

If development for the purposes of a secondary dwelling is permitted under this Plan on land in a rural zone -

(a) ‹ñÕ ļĔļ²Ć ŤĔĔİ ²İÕ² Ĕê ļñÕ ÑŖÕĆĆõčëʞ ÕŗËĆŁÑõčë ²čŘ ²İÕ² ŁĴÕÑ for parking, must not exceed whichever of the following is the greater

(i) 110 square metres,

(ii) ɿɽ˫ Ĕê ļñÕ ļĔļ²Ć ŤĔĔİ ²İÕ² Ĕê ļñÕ ĭİõčËõĭ²Ć ÑŖÕĆĆõčë

Eê ŘĔŁ ĔŖč ² ĭİĔĭÕİļŘ õč ‹ñÕ AõĆĆĴ ƒñõİÕ ļñ²ļ ţļĴ ļñÕ ËİõļÕİõ²ʞ ŘĔŁ ËĔŁĆÑ ÊÕčÕţļ êİĔČ ÊÕõčë ²ÊĆÕ ļĔ ²ËËĔČČĔѲļÕ ê²ČõĆŘ Ĕİ ļÕč²čļĴ in a decent sized dwelling, as opposed to the current 60 sqm. The time to respond is short, so please, if you do support this initiative, respond now at: https://www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/Contact-Us/ Have-Your-Say/Planning-Proposal-Maximum-Size-Criteria-forSecondary-Dwellings-in-Rural-Zones-62021PLP or google “Hills Shire have your say”.

Submissions close: 5:00pm Friday, 4 June 2021

The GPA has strongly supported the increase in size for the following reasons: 1.

It allows parents who want their children to remain on their property to be accommodated for longer, or

Children who want to accommodate their parents on their property to do this adequately. This could apply to other family members.

Local residents can derive an income from their properties either long term or Air BNB style.

An additional dwelling per property has minimal impact on the amenity of our district and may preserve the rural nature by easing the push for further sub-division (if residents are Ĵ²ļõĴţÕÑ Ŗõļñ ļñÕ ŕ²ĆŁÕ ļñÕŘ ²İÕ ÑÕİõŕõčë êİĔČ ļñÕõİ ĭİĔĭÕİļõÕĴ they will be less likely to want to sub-divide).

You may have your own personal reasons to support this initiative, regardless please respond to the council planning proposal.

The GPA would like to thank Hills Councillors Robyn Preston, Dr Peter Gangemi and Brooke Collins for pushing this initiative to this point. 2. 3. 4.

Ray Whiteman Glenorie Heritage Fence Progress.

We have updated you for over a year on the Ray Whiteman Heritage Fence project. While materially the fence does not exist yet, it is close. Thank you to Gosford Quarries for offering a Ĵõëčõţ˲čļ ÑõĴËĔŁčļ Ĕč ļñÕ Č²ļÕİõ²ĆĴ êĔİ ļñÕ êÕčËÕʞ Ëõİ˲ ˇɾɽʞɽɽɽʣ Thank you to Karl Van Middeldyk of Aussie Stonemasons for coordinating with our President Di Di Coxon-Ellis on the build of the fence.

We look forward to imminent progress and thank all who have put a great effort in to date and of course to the generous contributors.