Read RDA Illawarra’s submission to Wollongong City Council on the Wollongong Industrial Lands Review here.
RDA Illawarra recommends the management and development of industrial lands is managed through a collaborative and collegiate ‘Master Planning’ approach coordinated by one agency and makes the following submissions:
- Create a Master Plan for Port lands and surrounding industrial lands
- Promote ‘Highest and Best’ use of existing and developing industrial land
- Advocate for better direct road and rail access from Illawarra to Western Sydney
- Encourage larger lot size development for freight and logistics as well as manufacturing
- Normalise planning controls with LGAs in the Six Cities region
- Increase amenity and flexibility in industrial land use
- Collaborate with other agencies to accelerate delivery of basic services (water, sewerage, power) as well as public transport and high-speed internet to industrial land
- Protect industrial lands, freight corridors and buffer zones from residential encroachment
- Develop plans with other agencies to improve road access to current and emerging industrial land.