In 2007/08 Council commissioned a study of local land strategies to identify opportunities to meet the State Government employment targets for the region, and describe the potential for economic growth to complement population growth.
The Study assesses both the ‘supply side’ of the region’s employment lands and the ‘demand side’ needed to meet the State Government target of 13,500 new jobs in the Ku-ring-gai and Hornsby Local Government areas by 2031.
The Hornsby town centre is expected to accommodate 3,000 of the new jobs.
The primary recommendations of the study are:
- reinforce Hornsby Town Centre’s role
as the major town centre - strengthen the role of Epping as a Town
Centre - strengthen the local service role of
villages, small villages and neighbourhood centres - protect and promote existing strategic
industrial and employment centres.
The study concludes that there is sufficient existing capacity within Council’s employment lands to meet employment targets without the need to rezone additional lands.
Although a supply shortfall is identified in respect of a small number of centres, overall the ‘supply demand’ analysis undertaken in the study identifies a surplus supply of floor space to meet future demand, at the subregion and individual Local Government level.
It is intended that local area planning initiatives be investigated by Council to identify appropriate responses to the supply shortfalls identified in the study.
It is anticipated that the Ku-ring-gai Hornsby Subregional Employment Study will be placed on public exhibition by the end of the year.
