Penrit. Urban and rural balance

Peter McGhee, president, of the Penrith Valley Chamber of Commerce, said the future of Penrith lay in finding a balance between the metropolitan and rural areas. “In the next 10 years I would hope Penrith will maintain its rural character, but Penrith also needs to accommodate something like 25,000 new houses and 40,000 new jobs,” Mr McGhee said, in the Penrith Star. “The council is currently working on a plan that will see the rural characteristics are maintained. The key elements of that plan describe the land use including residential, rural and employment lands of different varieties and densities.”