Developing the Riverstone Scheduled Lands
Landcom is assisting landowners to create a new residential community in the Vineyard-Riverstone Scheduled Lands.
The Scheduled Lands area has recently been rezoned to allow residential housing. There are however a number of challenges that landowners face in the Scheduled Lands before they can build on their land:
- The area is mainly un-serviced, without infrastructure such as water, sewer, underground electricity and urban roads that are needed for the new community
- The land ownership in the Scheduled Lands is very fragmented, making the co-ordination of urban infrastructure difficult. Orderly development of the area is unlikely to occur unless a large number of landowners work together.
- Many of the existing lots are too narrow to accommodate standard homes
Landcom has been working with landowners to find a way to overcome these problems. We have developed a model which will help landowners with the co-ordination, funding and delivery of services to their land. The model provides landowners with the option to pay for their share of infrastructure costs with part of their land as an alternative to an upfront payment.
This website provides information about the work we have been doing. If you are an owner of land in the Scheduled Lands zoned Low density residential, we would like to hear from you.
If you have any questions or would like additional information please call the Riverstone Scheduled Lands information line on 1800 238 321 or e-mail the Riverstone Team at riverstone@landcom.nsw.gov.au
Latest News Scheduled Lands now rezoned! On 14 May 2010 the Minister of Planning, The Hon Tony Kelly announced the rezoning of the Alex Avenue and Riverstone precincts. The new zonings see much of area changed from the previous rural zoning to allow residential development. The rezoning is an important first step towards landowners being able to develop their land in the Scheduled Lands. Landcom is currently working with the detailed information contained in the finalised rezoning, talking to major infrastructure providers(Sydney Water, Integral Energy), Council and the Department of Planning with a view to updating our development model. We will be meeting with Landowners with land zoned Low density R2 in the recent rezoning later this year to discuss how we can help them develop their land. Information on the meetings will be sent to landowners via mail and made available on this website. For information on what the rezoning means for you, contact the Growth Centres Infoline 1300 730 550 between 9.00am to 5.00pm or email community@planning.nsw.gov.au.Section 94's to be reviewed An important component of furthering Landcom’s work at Riverstone will be the finalization of Blacktown City Council’s Section 94 plan. Section 94 contributions are payable to Council’s across NSW for things like new parks, drainage basins, intersections and libraries which are necessary to serve the new residents. After Blacktown City Council adopts the Section 94 plan it must be reviewed by the Department of Planning to be final. We anticipate this may take between 2 and 6 months. The commercial terms of development for landowners and Landcom can only be calculated after the Section 94 process has been completed. We will continue to keep you updated on the project as new information comes to hand. Rezoning ignites sales interest |
