Update
A decision on whether the Cooks Cove project should advance to the next level in the planning process has been delayed.
Bayside Planning Panel, at its meeting on Tuesday night, deferred a decision for up to five days to consider the range of matters presented by the proponent and opponents of the Arncliffe project.
The panel has to decide whether to refer the planning proposal for a Gateway determination review by the Department of Panning and Environment.
A total of 5364 homes in a variety of building types, from three-storey townhouses to 25-storey towers, are proposed for the Cooks Cove northern precinct.
A raft of documents submitted in the application include more details and artist’s impressions of features of the proposed development.
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A total of 5364 homes in a variety of building types, from three-storey townhouses to 25-storey towers, are proposed for the Cooks Cove northern precinct.
Plans for the site also include commercial and retail space, short stay accommodation, sports facilities and provision for a new school for up to 600 students.
Images showing the visual impact of the new buildings are included in a planning proposal by John Boyd Properties subsidiary Cook Cove Inlet to rezone the site so the previously intended hi-tech business park can be replaced by high-rise development.
The planning proposal fleshes out the 2016 masterplan for 5000 homes in the northern precinct, with Kogarah Golf Club to move south to the area that includes Barton Park.
Bayside Planning Panel is due to discuss on Tuesday whether to refer the planning proposal for a Gateway determination review by the Department of Panning and Environment.
Gateway determination would allow formal public exhibition and more detailed assessment.
Council planning staff recommended referral with conditions.
A visual impact assessment in the planning proposal considered 12 views from key locations, looking towards the site.
The consultant, who carried out the assessment, said several views were expected to have a moderate to high impact, with the highest visual impacts to be from closest to the site, with direct views towards it.
The assessment found the scale of the proposal would generally dominate the view and would obscure or substantially reduce views to the water such as the Cook River and Botany Bay.
Despite the impact on views currently available to the community, the proposal would not be the only high-rise development in the area and so most views to the Cooks River would generally not be affected, the consultant said.
The plans also include:
- About 140 dwellings would be affordable housing.
- A shuttle bus would be provided to Sydenham station and a connection to the International Airport station, with agencies to confirm.
- The provision of 53,000 square metres floor space for commercial and retail uses was expected to generate about $11.3 billion of direct and indirect economic output.
- Eight sports fields in Barton Park and Riverine Park fields would be replaced by four fields, including a 750 seat football stadium, all synthetic grass. Further analysis and information was needed to determine whether this would be sufficient to cater for existing and new users.
