Georges River mayor Nick Katris would not divulge whether there had been any changes to the master plan since July 2021,saying that it was “touching on confidential information”.
David Martin and Deborah Mackie from the Save Mortdale Village group are campaigning for the council to revise its original draft and limit building heights to 12 metres to stop their suburb from being overdeveloped.
The available draft proposes building heights of 22 metres (six storeys) along the city spine while increasing some residential heights to 13 metres,and extending low and medium density further into residential zones.
“Mortdale is a village,and we don’t want it wrecked,and we don’t want it ruined,” Mackie said. “We do not want another Hurstville on our doorstep. That’s why people came here. They want this little life where you know all of your shopkeepers,and we want to keep it like this.”
The available draft plan outlines changes that it says will “allow additional jobs and housing in the areas within 400 metres of Mortdale station”.
Katris said that the council would be taking the community’s opinion into “serious consideration”.