What is the Residential Development Strategy (RDS)?
The Residential Development Strategy (RDS) guides the development of North Sydney’s residential zoned land over the next 25 years. The strategy draws upon the State Government’s Metropolitan Strategy and prescribed dwelling targets, as well as statistical information on the area. The RDS illustrates that North Sydney Council’s new draft comprehensive LEP will: • Contain sufficient capacity to accommodate over 7,000 additional dwellings over the next 25 years, and therefore meet the State Government’s housing target of 5,500 additional dwellings by 2031; • Concentrate the bulk of new dwellings in Mixed Use centres in close proximity to retail, office, health, education, transport, leisure, entertainment facilities and community and personal services; • Deliver housing choice for a range of socio-economic groups throughout North Sydney to meet the needs of existing and future residents; and • Minimise the impact of new development on local character, amenity, environment and heritage. Th
