UDIA shares the ambitions of the draft Hunter Regional Plan and believes the proposed approach has merit. However, the draft leaves too many important questions unanswered to give us confidence it can deliver the housing and employment land needed to support the Hunter’s growth through 2041.
UDIA would like to work closely and constructively with DPE to enable the successful finalisation and subsequent implementation of the Hunter Regional Plan 2041. Our submission outlines our recommendations to address these issues, broken down into three areas of focus:
- Setting measurable goals and refining Objectives
- Providing transparency, certainty and accountability in the process
- District planning and growth areas