The sky's the limit: Developers and councils transforming Sydney into Manhattan

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Developers across Sydney are lodging plans for towers up to five times higher than building heights permitted under local planning rules, while councils are relaxing height restrictions.

and may not solve the city's lack of affordable housing.

Lane Cove Council on the north shore has been confronted with a number of proposals to significantly increase building heights. Another developer is also seeking to amend local planning rules in Lane Cove West to increase height limits from 18 metres to 87 metres. "In some cases this can amount to $100 million of benefits to the council in new parks, roads and community facilities that otherwise they would not be able to afford," he said."Some tall buildings probably aren't great places to bring up small children because they restrict the exploring opportunities for children and often have limited opportunities for exercise," he said.

The tallest building in North Sydney is 149 metres, while the Metro Grand at Chatswood Interchange is 143 metres high. A City of Parramatta spokesman said the maximum height control for Parramatta CBD is 200 metres for sites close to the train station. "Planning controls also allow for a 15 per cent bonus to be granted if a project demonstrates design excellence," he said.

 

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keepsydney1 Living in big complex could be a hellish nightmare like World Sq dispute on d cost of repairs between d comm shops n residents AirBnB Tenants going in n out babies n dogs noise garbo leaks & cracks Endless

Corruption . will they fall down to

Would you trust them?

. ... says the media organisation which hosts Australia’s biggest online realestate sales platform... I don’t blame you, though. What’s the point of having multiculturalism unless you can make a profit from it?

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