Civic Trust Polling Residents on Housing Strategy

The Beecroft and Cheltenham Civic Trust (BCCT) is polling Beecroft residents about the Hornsby Shire's Housing Strategy, and the recent addition of Beecroft Village to the areas proposed for major 5-storey redevelopment. The Trust's February bulletin includes a sophisticated survey, that can also be completed on-line at the Trust's website, http://www.2119.org.au./
The BCCT reports that council officers estimate the Beecroft Village redevelopment would yield 244 new dwellings, which implies they expect to have some 20 of their 5-storey blocks built between Chapman Road and the firestation.
The Draft Hornsby Housing Strategy will be placed on public exhibition from 1 March for a minimum of two weeks - which seems an appallingly short time for a document of such enormous long term consequence. BCCT has asked Council to provide an exhibition in the Beecroft Shopping Centre, which seems fair given that Beecroft residents were told last year that the Village would not be included in the proposal.