[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he thing to remember when it comes to plans for high rise towers in Campbelltown is that they won’t materialise for a long time after they’ve got the green light.
Despite some suggestions to the contrary, the wrecking balls won’t be in full swing tomorrow, next year or even in three years.
If the massive Campbelltown RSL three tower proposal gets the nod it could be five years before we see even one of those wrecking balls.
But at least it seems that the 10 storey height limit that currently applies to the central business district – from the Catholic Club to Wests Leagues at Leumeah – will now be observed in the breach.
There are a number of other proposal for towers in and around Queen Street which have been stuck in council red tape for years and which now may be finally allowed to go ahead.
That’s one of the reasons this RSL proposal is so important.
If full approval is gained and the wrecking balls finally arrive it will be the game changer Campbelltown has needed to get things moving.
The end result of the RSL plans, almost 300 apartments in the heart of the town, plenty of new commercial space as well as retail, much of it in Queen Street or around the corner in Cordeaux Street and Carberry Lane, will be a massive boost to our much loved main street.
It’s true that some people don’t like the idea of high rise apartment living, and that’s where you almost feel sorry for the planning bureaucrats who now decide the fate of such developments.
[social_quote duplicate=”no” align=”default”]If planners push too fast they cop it from the left, and if they go too slow they’re accused of inaction and inertia from the right.[/social_quote]
It’s not clear why the RSL plans lobbed into council at his time nor why suddenly the council is prepared to ignore its own building heights limits to support it.
What’s important is that this plan is considered from just one angle: what’s in it for the people of Campbelltown.
If the answer is “plenty’’ than the rest is easy.
Amen!
You cant have the bushland out the sides of ctown and no apartments.
People keep having kids that have to live somewhere.
I’m all for this new high rise ctown as long as it is marketed and mostly sold to people for the reason it is built.
To live near the station and catch the train to work (no need to own a car) or to work within walking distance of the apartment.
Which I cant wait to do!!!
High rise to a certain level is one thing, bloody great skyscrapers, no way!
It’s a fact of life move on
Build up rather than out, urban sprawl killing our nature, apartments good, make em sustainable, community garden rooftops, etc
Respect heritage though…