The Sydney suburbs that have avoided change still make a lot of noise

By Jacob Saulwick
Updated November 24 2016 - 12:08am, first published 12:00am
The shape of development across Sydney remains uneven.  Photo: Michel Bunn
The shape of development across Sydney remains uneven. Photo: Michel Bunn
Lucy Turnbull, the chief commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission and former lord mayor of Sydney. Photo: Jesse Marlow
Lucy Turnbull, the chief commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission and former lord mayor of Sydney. Photo: Jesse Marlow

The release this week of district plans by the Greater Sydney Commission potentially foreshadows a new era in Sydney planning, which may mean a new look and feel for the city's neighbourhoods and for how we move between them. There is that possibility. But it is also apparent that, for all the power of the documents, the district plans at this stage largely imply the status quo.

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