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The City of Ryde is currently developing a City wide land use planning strategy.
The City of Ryde Local Strategy is being prepared in the context of recent planning reforms undertaken by the Department of Planning. The planning reforms include the release of the Metropolitan Strategy and the standard instrument local environmental plan (the LEP template).
Metropolitan Strategy
The Metropolitan Strategy is the NSW Government’s long term plan to maintain Sydney’s role in the global economy and to plan for growth and change. It is a series of ongoing decisions, actions, plans and projects which plans to the year 2031.
A key component of the Metropolitan Strategy is the document City of Cities - A Plan for Sydney’s Future.
The document has seven subject areas, or strategies:
- Economy and Employment
- Centres and Corridors
- Housing
- Transport
- Environment and Resources
- Parks and Public Places
- Governance and Implementation
For more information on the Metropolitan Strategy and the City of Cities plan, see the Department of Planning website.
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Inner North Draft Subregional Strategy
The Metropolitan Strategy divides Sydney into sub-regions. The City of Ryde is located within the Inner North Subregion together with Hunters Hill, Willoughby, Lane Cove, North Sydney and Mosman Councils.
The Department of Planning released the Inner North Draft Subregional Strategy in July 2007.
Key directions of the Draft Sub-regional Strategy include:
- strengthening the employment role of the global economic corridor from North Sydney to Macquarie Park
- improving housing choice and creating liveable and sustainable communities
- encouraging public transport use
- protecting and promoting the Subregion's harbour and bush land setting
- supporting the Subregion's knowledge assets such as Macquarie University
The Draft Subregional Strategy also set a dwelling target for the City of Ryde of 12,000 and an employment target of 21,000.
For more information on Inner North Subregional planning, see the Department of Planning website.
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City of Ryde Local Planning Strategy
The City of Ryde Local Planning Strategy will establish the planning direction for the City of Ryde up to the year 2031, and will provide a basis for the preparation of a new comprehensive local environmental plan.
The City of Ryde Local Strategy will plan for the years to 2031 in 2 stages:
- Stage 1 - 2010 to 2021
- Stage 2 - 2021 to 2031
The City of Ryde Local Strategy will:
- be consistent with the City of Ryde’s City Vision
- articulate a vision for land use planning in the whole of the City of Ryde
- provide a single mechanism that coordinates and focuses Council’s planning activities
- establish strategic priorities and provide for growth in population (and a corresponding growth in dwelling numbers) and employment
- provide for protection of the environment
- demonstrate Council’s commitment to sustainability, well designed places, and economic and social benefits
- recommend zoning and permissible land uses
- recommend local planning provisions for a comprehensive City of Ryde local environmental plan
- meet the State Government planning targets for the number of dwellings and employment opportunities
- recommend practical and achievable implementation actions
- incorporate appropriate monitoring mechanisms
- help to bring about ecologically sustainable development
- will implement the relevant objectives and actions of the Metropolitan Strategy and of the Inner-North Subregional Plan
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Comprehensive LEP
The City of Ryde Local Strategy will provide the basis from which to prepare a City wide comprehensive Local Environmental Plan (LEP). The preparation of this comprehensive LEP is a requirement of the Department of Planning.
Local Strategy
- Centres Strategy
- Housing Strategy
- Employment Lands Strategy
- Environment Strategy
- Open Space/Parks Strategy
- Transport Strategy
- Design Quality Strategy
- Cultural Assets Strategy
The City of Ryde Local Strategy will be developed from a series of background studies will be undertaken over 2 years:
- 2007/08
- Housing
- Parks
- Environment
- Transport
- 2008/09
- Centres and Corridors
- Employment
- Community and Culture
- Design Quality
The City of Ryde Local Strategy will also be developed from existing strategies including:
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