Revised housing strategy on exhibition

Published on 16 October 2019

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The revised Urban & Fringe Housing Strategy will be placed on a public exhibition for an 8 week period following Tuesday night’s Council meeting.

The strategy identifies land available for an additional 3,500 dwellings over the next 18 years to accommodate the projected growth of Goulburn and Marulan. The region is expected to continue to grow at a rate of in between 1-2% through until 2036, when the population will reach around 37,000.

Mayor Bob Kirk said Council is pleased with the progress that has been made following the first draft of the strategy and public exhibition at the start of this year.

“Preparation of the strategy has been an immense task, but it is incredibly important that we get this right as it sets the foundation for our City and region’s growth over the next 18 years.

“To achieve the housing we will require for this growth the strategy looks at opportunities for urban residential land (700sqm blocks with water and sewer), larger lot residential land and also land that can be banked for future urban growth.”

In Goulburn, the strategy recommends that this serviced residential growth occur predominantly in two areas:

  • Marys Mount, which will remain critical to both our immediate and longer term growth. This area is already service by water, sewer and other infrastructure.
  • Run-O-Waters to the west of Goulburn CBD, which is unconstrained and can be serviced with minimal upgrades. Proposed minimum lot size here is 700sqm.

Large lot residential opportunities have also been identified in Run-O-Waters, Mt Gray, Mountain Ash, Gorman Road and Brisbane Grove areas. Furthermore Council will also continue to encourage infill housing within the area proximate (1km) to the CBD of Goulburn. We would like to see more compact and affordable housing in this precinct. We expect around 7% of the new dwellings will be built in this precinct.

In Marulan the opportunity for serviced residential housing is mainly to the north of the current CBD, and Council expect this area to be home to 96% of Marulan’s housing growth, with over 35 years’ worth of supply there.

The revised Urban & Fringe Housing Strategy will be placed on public exhibition from the 16th October until the 13th December. The period will include drop-in consultation sessions in both Marulan and Goulburn. 

 

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