The plan to rezone our West Leichhardt neighbourhood still hangs in the balance…
WE NEED YOU to contact Inner West Councillors to urge them not to vote for rezoning our urban forest.
Go to TAKE ACTION to learn how you can help.
SAVE THE LUNGS OF LEICHHARDT URBAN FOREST
The Urgent Rezoning Threat
Council is about to vote on a planning proposal that would rezone Kegworth, Beeson, Hathern and Tebbutt Streets.
These streets are critical trellis streets that connect with and support the GreenWay from Parramatta Road to Marion Street.
Together this area contains the biggest and densest amount of large mature tree canopy in Leichhardt → It is the Lungs of Leichhardt
Once we lose this precious habitat, it’s gone for all future generations.
NO protection of any tree canopy
NO protection of native animal habitat UNDER SHEDS + HOMES
INCREASED TRAFFIC + POLLUTION + URBAN HEAT EFFECT
DEMOLISHING 60 FAMILY HOMES WITH BACKYARDS FOR SMALL APARTMENTS
This loss will be for very little benefit – there will be no affordable homes created while comparatively affordable family homes with backyards will be knocked down.
The Rezoning Proposal
Most of the homes in the area bounded by Tebbutt, Hathern, Beeson and Kegworth Streets are proposed for rezoning from R1 to R3 to facilitate demolishing 60 houses to make way for 19 blocks of flats
This is not one 3-4 storey apartment being built – this is supporting mass knock downs of blocks of existing homes and destroying an urban forest homing a diverse range of small birds and native wildlife
SAVE THE LUNGS OF LEICHHARDT
GET INVOLVED
Write to Councillors
Councillors will be voting in March on whether to rezone this area.
WE NEED YOUR HELP to let Councillors know the community is against this plan. Go to the Take Action page for more info on how you can write to Councillors.
Sign Our Petition
Help send a message to the Inner West Council and NSW State Government that the Lungs of Leichhardt urban forest should be protected and sign our petition
Volunteer with the Campaign
If you want to help the campaign, see our Get Involved Page
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LEARN MORE
The Issues
Our community working group has identified key issues in relation to the Rezoning Proposal.
the LUNGS OF LEICHHARDT
See What We Will Lose
Some photos of the Lungs of Leichhardt Urban Forest and some of its residents
