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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Madeline Link

'Cut-and-paste' housing fix near stations could be detrimental: council

Lake Macquarie Labor Cr Adam Shultz (inset) wants Cockle Creek train station to be the first in a staged approach to the housing reforms. Picture by Max Mason-Hubers

LAKE Macquarie council has slammed the state government's transport-oriented housing reforms as an 'ill-considered', 'cut and paste' fix for the housing crisis.

The first, expected to come into effect in April, proposes to rezone all residential and employment land within 400m of Morisset, Booragul and Teralba train stations to allow six-storey apartment blocks to be built.

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