The Committee recommended approval of two development
applications which will provide modified units for the elderly and disabled,
and townhouses for families, on the block bounded by Walker, Morehead, Phillip
and Kettle Streets.
The architect designed schemes includes 66 units in four
buildings on the corners of the site and 40 townhouses along Walker and
Morehead Streets. Councillors congratulated the Department on its
environmentally sustainable design, including water collection for re-use and
energy efficiency.
To fund the construction, the Department will sell adjacent
land, bound by Elizabeth, Phillip,
Walker and Kettle Streets for private residential development. The ageing three
storey blocks on both sites are becoming derelict and the Department says it
can no longer maintain them.
The Department’s Deputy Director General has assured me that
residents living on the redevelopment site will be supported to move to a
Department of Housing property in their area of choice during construction,
with moving costs covered by the Department, and that they will have the
opportunity to return to the new development when is complete.
I have also asked the Department to ensure that residents
have the social and physical support they need to move, including help packing
and unpacking for physically disabled or elderly tenants.
The Councils Officers report can be found at: www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Council/MeetingsAndCommittees/2007/Committees/151007/planning.asp
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Documents include:
This committee meeting also considered the South Sydney Leagues Club Application:
12. Development Application: 261-265 Chalmers Street Redfern –
South Sydney Leagues Club | PDF 703Kb