A row of properties in Chapel Street, Rockdale will be demolished to make way for an 11-storey building with 184 apartments, under a $14.4 million development application submitted to Bayside Council.
The 2,142 square-metre site is located on the edge of the Rockdale Town Centre, 300-metres from Rockdale Railway Station.
If approved, it will be built next to a new public space called Chapel Square which is currently being developed along the Chapel Street Precinct.
The proposed development site is made up of properties from 15 to 23 Chapel Street and includes a two-storey block of flats, a 1970s four-storey block of flats, and several single-storey dwellings.
The proposed building would be 40-metres high. There will be four levels of basement parking for 155 cars.
The building would have an undulating facade to maximise the number of north-facing apartments and enhance their solar access.
"The proposal corresponds to the town centre context which is characterised by high density residential flat builds and mixed use buildings," according to the Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE).
"The proposal consolidates 12 properties to "enable their orderly and economic redevelopment in accordance with the Rockdale Town Centre Masterplan."
"We understand the council is generally supportive of the proposal.
"Our assessment concludes that the proposed development is consistent with the desired future form and character of the site."
The SEE concludes the proposal is of an appropriate scale and mass, will have no unacceptable amenity impacts, is in the public interest and is worthy of approval.
"The benefits provided by the proposed development outweigh any potential impacts and is considred to be in the public interest," the SEE said.
