Just weeks after a controversial boarding house site at Kirrawee was bought for a park, an application has been lodged for a similar but larger development around the corner.
A major difference in the two proposals is the earlier one was for a site zoned for low density housing, whereas the latest is in a high-density zone.
However, residents in the area are still likely to be strongly opposed due to the amount of new development in the area, led by the massive South Village.
In August, Sutherland Shire Council confirmed it had purchased 168 Oak Road, next to the train station, where a 50-room boarding house was proposed. The property will be turned into a park.
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The new development application (DA) is for a five-storey boarding house, to accommodate up to 129 lodgers, at 465-467 President Avenue, near the station car park.
The proposed development would include 72 boarding rooms (57 double and 15 single), communal room, manager's room, with basement parking for 19 cars and two GoGet car parking spaces.
A social impact evaluation statement said, "New generation boarding houses are attracting key workers and young professionals".
"Boarding rooms are generally occupied by young working singles and couples, often at the start of their careers, plus students and professionals, who due to the nature of their jobs or studies do not require a long-term lease and or do not wish to enter into a typical residential tenancy agreement," the statement said.
"Reasonable rents and accessible locations are typically the main housing priorities for people seeking this type of accommodation."
The DA said the proposal was permissible under SEPP (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009 as it was within a prescribed zone.
"The site is zoned R4 High Density Residential under Sutherland Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2015, with boarding house development permissible in the zone," the DA said.
"The proposal is considered to satisfy the zone objectives by replacing two outdated single-storey dwelling houses with high-quality affordable residential accommodation in a high-density context, with improved amenity, sustainability, and social outcome, in an area that is accessible to public transport, and without unreasonable external amenity outcomes with regard to privacy, overshadowing, or visual impact to the streetscape and neighbours, or traffic impacts.
"The proposal is considered responsive to the local context, and provides for a compatible built form in terms of height, bulk and scale with the surrounding character of the area undergoing transition to higher-density development."
The DA said the maximum height of 15.89 metres and floor space ratio were within the LEP requirements.
"The proposal has been carefully designed to provide for a high level of internal amenity as each room has kitchenette with private ensuite bathroom," the DA said.
"High-quality communal areas are also provided including a north facing communal room and outdoor common open space.
The DA said the proposed two GoGet car share parking was considered to be the equivalent of replacing 20 private cars by numerous Land and Environment Court judgments,.
Six trees would need to be removed, to be replaced by "new and more suitable plantings, including four native canopy trees capable of reaching a mature height of at least 8 metres".
