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That the Georges River Local Planning
Panel acknowledged the important role and function that the RSL provides to
the community and recommends to Council that the Planning Proposal not
progress to the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment for a
Gateway Determination, for the reasons summarised below:
1. The
Planning Proposal lacks strategic merit at this time:
i. It
does not have regard to the cumulative impact of the increases to planning
controls, especially in terms of infrastructure, traffic and development
feasibility in the Mortdale Local Centre.
ii. Proceeding
with the planning proposal would result in an ad hoc planning approach, as
Council’s place-based master planning process of the Mortdale Local
Centre will not be finalised as a draft before mid-2021.
iii. It
seeks a B4 Mixed Use zoning which competes with the two designated B4 Mixed
Use centres in Georges River and is not consistent with the classification
nominated by the South District Plan and Council’s endorsed Commercial
Centres Strategy – Part 1.
2. The
Planning Proposal lacks site specific merit as:
i. The
proposed development controls that seek to increase the maximum building
height from no height and 12m to 45m (equivalent to twelve storeys) and
increase density from 1.5:1 and 1.0:1 to 3.5:1 are out of context and would
result in significant adverse impacts on the adjoining residential
properties, including overshadowing and visual impacts
ii. It
will set a precedent for other B2 Local Centres to request a B4-Mixed Use
zoning, leading to inconsistency with the hierarchy set out in the Commercial
Centres Strategy Part 1.
iii. The
proposal does not provide adequate consideration of buildings treatment at
the street edge, traffic and parking issues
iv. The
proposed development demonstrates a poor response to the context of the
subject site and its locality due to the proposed built form and scale.
v. The
excessive bulk and scale of the proposed development is not justified on this
site
vi. The
proposed development remains significantly out of context with any existing
or approved development within and adjoining the Mortdale Local Centre.
3. The
Planning Proposal provides a VPA offer which fails to address the
infrastructure requirements needed to support the proposed changes in land
use. A VPA offer would need to fully consider the physical, social and
monetary requirements of any proposed developments.
4. That
Council write to the applicant to advise of Council’s decision.
5. That
Council advise the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment of its
decision.
The Panel encourages the RSL Club to work with Council to
refine their redevelopment plans and strategy for the site having regard to
the master planning process underway for the Mortdale Centre.
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