The Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) has placed on public exhibition a proposal to rezone the Explorer Street South Eveleigh public housing. The Explorer Street is off Henderson Road, near Newton, Alexandria. There are currently 46 public housing townhouse on the site, along with South Sydney Rotary Park.

The planned re-zoning means the existing public housing units will be demolished and be replaced by 400 homes to be built on the site, with a mix of 30% social housing (120), 20% affordable housing (80) and 50% private dwellings.

Exhibition has been extended from 17 November to 1 December. Community feedback submissions are closed 1 December 2023

Where to submit feedback. Close date 1 December 2023.
https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/draftplans/exhibition/explorer-street-rezoning-proposal

How to Respond to the proposal:
The following is a template with some considerations you may want to use in the response to the re-zoing application:

Further information:

REDWATCH http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Explorer/231016redwes

FRIENDS OF ERSKINEVILLE: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/oppose-the-demolition-of-explorer-st-public-housing