To All Inner West Councillors 

HERITAGE IS NOT A DIRTY WORD. 

KEEP DIRTY DEVELOPER HANDS OFF OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS 

We your constituents in the Inner West Council are appalled and disgusted with your plans for Fairer Future and now Fairer Future Stage 2.

The Labor Lead IWC is purposefully advocating for the destruction of Heritage neighbourhoods and homes for large scale and inappropriate development which will lead to the demolition of many homes currently protected in heritage conservation areas or listed as heritage items in the Inner West.

We are also angry that you have handed over Fairer Future Stage 1 and the Parramatta Road Rezoning to the State Government without considering your constituents and the impact on the character, amenity and liveability of our homes, streets and neighbourhoods.

Destroying our heritage homes, streets and neighbourhoods is not the solution.

·      We oppose delisting Heritage Protections in the Inner West for future development.

·      We reject large scale development that comes with overshadowing and privacy impacts on suburban amenity and streetscape. 

·      Any future development MUST consider heritage homes, streets and neighbourhoods and NOT destroy them.

Fairer Future Stage 1 and 2 will destroy the Inner West.

Fairer Future Stage  2 will result in development control changes in 15 Inner West suburbs, including Croydon, Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Rozelle, Lewisham, Petersham, Stanmore, Newtown, Marrickville and St Peters.

The Inner West community now has just six weeks to absorb around 978 pages of material, and comment on the plans, without the benefit of a briefing from staff or Councillors.

Fairer Future Stage 2 will remove more than 500 properties from Heritage Conservation Areas and 18 heritage items - the greatest heritage destruction event in the Inner West's history
 

There is very poor summary information to allow the community to understand what's on exhibition
 

There are multiple 20 plus storey towers planned around the Inner West LGA 
 

There are mass rezonings of current low density streets
 

Fairer Future Stage 2 is not accompanied by a funded infrastructure plan, despite Council analysis that this housing growth could increase public transport usage by 35% in the next 15 years
 

We call on you to halt Fairer Future Stage 2 and to stop the wholesale destruction of Heritage homes, buildings, streets and neighbourhoods in the Inner West.