Planning Proposal and site specific DCP for Lindfield Village Hub site

No longer on display. Expired on 27 August 2021, 05:00 PM

Council is seeking comment from the community on the following documents:

Planning Proposal for 1 Woodford Lane, 2-12 Bent Street, 1B Beaconsfield Parade, 19 Drovers Way, Drovers Way Road Reserve and Woodford Lane Lindfield.
Site Specific Development Control Plan to support the amendments proposed by the Planning Proposal.

This Planning Proposal explains the intended effect of, and justification for, the proposed amendment to Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan (KLEP) 2015 to amend the planning controls that apply to the land at 1 Woodford Lane, 2-12 Bent Street, 1B Beaconsfield Parade, 19 Drovers Way, Drovers Way Road Reserve and Woodford Lane Lindfield. The site is also known as the Lindfield Village Hub.

This Planning Proposal has been prepared in accordance with Section 3.33 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment (EP&A) Act 1979 and the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment’s (DPI&E’s) guides, 'A Guide to Preparing Local Environment Plans' (December 2018) and 'A Guide to Preparing Planning Proposals' (December 2018).

On 20 August 2019, Council resolved to prepare and submit the Planning Proposal.

The Planning Proposal seeks to amend KLEP 2015 with respect to the maximum height and floor space ratio (FSR) provisions at the site. The proposed amendments follow a previous amendment to KLEP (LC) 2012 published in March 2017. That previous amendment (Amendment No.6 to KLEP (LC) 2012) initiated changes to the zoning, height and floor space ratio (FSR) provisions for the site.

The Planning Proposal has been prepared with attention to the Council resolution of 20 August 2019, which amongst other matters, resolved that the height control for the site be no higher than the highest building in Lindfield being 23 - 41 Lindfield Avenue (known as the Aqualand building). As such the Planning Proposal seeks to set the maximum building heights for the site reflective of the highest building at 23-41 Lindfield Avenue.

The Planning Proposal maintains and seeks to improve upon the offering of public infrastructure that will be delivered at the site by Council. While maintaining the community facilities identified in the previous plans for the Hub (ie. a library, child care centre, multipurpose community building, public car park, commuter carpark and public plaza and park), this Planning Proposal seeks to reconfigure the public open space land as a more usable space, to be delivered as part of the Lindfield Village Hub.

The Planning Proposal seeks to make the following amendments to the Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan 2015:

Increase the maximum height limit from 26.5m to 29.5m, 31.5m, and 37m respectively.
Increase the FSR from 1.3:1 to 2.31:1, including a maximum residential component of 1.35:1.
Achieve the following floor space outcomes:
- Maximum total floor space across the site of 25,600m².
- Residential floor space in the order of 14,460m².
- Minimum retail/commercial floor space of 5,000m².
- Minimum community floor space of 3,000m² (inclusive of a proposed child care centre).
Allow for residential floor space above the maximum of 1.35:1 only if that additional floor space is in the form of affordable housing and the total maximum floor space for the site is not exceeded.
To allow development for the purpose of residential flat buildings across the whole of the site.

Site Specific DCP controls have been prepared to support the amendments sought by the Planning Proposal and provide greater assurance of development outcomes on the site.

The Planning Proposal and Site Specific DCP will be on public exhibition from 29 July 2021 to 27 August 2021.

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