Housing Strategy Update

Hornsby Shire's community drop in session in Roselea Community Centre today was excellent value, with very useful displays explaining more about the Housing Strategy, and a team of Strategic Town Planning officers from the Shire available to answer questions.
One question I have had is, who gets to use the underground carparks under each 5-storey construct, and the answer is, it will be up to each developer, within guidelines.
The basic expectation is that the residents and office/shop staff will have access keys, but the developer will have to provide ground level car parking for visitors to the commercial premises in the block. In other words, commuters coming to use the railway won't be able to sneak in, and shoppers won't have to struggle down steep entry ramps into little underground spaces.
Of course the devil is in the detail, which will only be clear when each development application is submitted for consideration, and in the finally approved development. But at least we now know the intention.
As for fears that early development could take out the large car park over and around the Module, the response is that the developer of the Module will have to show a viable plan to keep the village serviced while areas are under development and not available for the public to use.