St Marys. ADI site cleared for housing

Bulldozers have moved into the 230-hectare western portion of the former Commonwealth-owned Australian Defence Industries (ADI) site, at St Marys, clearing it for housing, despite last minute appeals from the Western Sydney Conservation Alliance asking the federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, to intervene and protect remnants of the Cumberland Plain Woodland

St Marys. Progress on ADI site at St Marys

The NSW Department of Planning has approved an amendment to a Sydney regional environmental plan (SREP) that will support the creation of up to 3000 jobs at the employment and residential precinct once completed on the 1545-hectare former ADI site, at St Marys. The amendment involves the consolidation of the employment zones into one precinct at the centre of the site and the establishment of better road access to this precinct, particularly from the nearby Dunheved Industrial Estate. Penrith City Council has a approved a blueprint for a residential development of 3420houses despite objections from two State Government departments.

St Marys. ADI draft on public exhibition

The Department of Planning has on public exhibition a draft amendment to the regional plan applying to the former ADI munitions site at St Marys. The amendment seeks to relocate the Western and Ropes Creek Precinct Employment Zones to consolidate with the Central Precinct Employment Zone, to review the range of permissible uses in the employment zones and to ensure better access and linkages from the Dunheved Industrial Estate to the Central Precinct Employment Lands. Submissions will be received up to November 17,