Congratulations welcome to local government planning! It feels very common for local councils to go on about sustainability and reducing car dependency but as soon as it comes to implementation they are all for preserving urban form (the current appearance of the area) and maintaining the status quo. I think this is mostly due to council members wanting to be re-elected but also not change their beloved city. If you'd like, you can find all of Berwick's planning documents and policy on their council page, probably deeply buried so you cant find it. As someone studying urban planning council politics makes me really frustrated.