The development application (DA) for the first stage of the proposed Cooks Cove development has been withdrawn a year after it was lodged, to be replaced “in coming months” by amended plans.
Developer John Boyd Properties said the revised plans would include changes stemming from public and government feedback.
More than 500 formal submissions were made to Bayside Council.
The developer said detailed plans for the new Kogarah Golf Club clubhouse on a relocated golf course will be included in the replacement DA.
Cook Cove Inlet Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of John Boyd Properties, lodged the DA with Bayside Council on November 18 last year.
It was withdrawn quietly withdrawn on October 9 this year, and has just come to community groups opposing the plans.
A spokeswoman for John Boyd Properties said, “Following extensive consultation with the community, the decision has been made to withdraw the recent Cooks Cove Southern Precinct DA, and submit an amended DA, which incorporates the feedback from both the community and government agencies”.
“This enhanced DA will be submitted to Bayside Council in the coming months,” she said.
”The amended DA will also include the new Kogarah Golf Course clubhouse DA.
“By incorporating the clubhouse DA, all elements of the proposed new golf course will now be covered by one comprehensive development application.
“The amended DA will go on public exhibition shortly after it has been submitted to Bayside Council, which will afford the public, government agencies, and all interested parties the opportunity to consider the suggested design and environmental management improvements.”
The DA is for Kogarah Golf Club to build a new, 18-hole course on public land, which includes Barton Park and the St George stadium site, at a cost of about $100 million.
The proposed second stage would see the existing golf course developed for 5000 new apartments, a football stadium and other community facilities.
John Boyd Properties has represented the privately owned golf club since the initial master plan was released in 2004.
Opponents of the golf course relocation have been celebrating what they say is “a significant win”, with the federal Department of the Environment and Energy deciding a new assessment of protected species will be required.
The decision on October 25 reversed a previous finding a further assessment was not needed because the department had approved an earlier version of Cooks Cove.
It means the latest proposal,will need approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
The Save Barton Park group said the decision confirmed the department was aware the proposed development was likely to have a significant impact on the Green and Golden Bell Frog and other listed threatened species and communities.
