The Hunters Hill Trust

The Gladesville Development Control Plan 2008 seems light years away.  Back then we envisaged tree-lined pedestrian ways, and instead we are being offered a gated community in 4 giant towers sitting on a giant carpark.  Read more about what is proposed: Gladesville Shopping village and how it fails to comply. 

The major problems with what is proposed:

1. G R O S S  over-development of the site
2. Does not comply with minimum setbacks in SEPP 65
3. The DCP which sets the planning controls, is flawed and misleading
   
4. Adverse impact on the character and amenity of the surrounding residential and commercial areas
5. Exacerbates existing parking and traffic problems
6. Creates a poorly designed gated community physically separated from the rest of the area and fails to provide a safe and healthy environment for its occupants
7. Involves the demolition of a building of considerable heritage significance, which was on land previously owned by Council
8. The proposed redevelopment is a cheap and very ordinary proposition that is driven by commercial profit and pragmatism
9. Council, as a stakeholder in the proposal, has failed to properly represent the community by taking a leadership role in its development.

Tony Coote, Architect and HHT Vice President  has closely analysed the impact of what is proposed.  Read the Full report on Gladesville shopping village and explanation of its non-compliance with minimum setbacks  How the proposal fails to comply with SEPP 65.  

the COTTAGE (below left) BECOMES 5  S T O R E Y  CONCRETE WALL

If you want to comment on this massive development, here is a sample submission prepared by Gladesville Community that you could use/adapt.  You need to send to Council before November 15th.  More information is available at http://www.gladesvillecommunity.com/submissions.html

site plan: access between Cowell & Massey Sts

Information Meeting about Huge Development

7:00pm Wednesday 6 November at Council Chambers, 22 Alexandra Street, Hunters Hill. The meeting will be chaired by Architectus as Council would have conflict of interest.

More information: www.GladesvilleCommunity.com.

Details of the proposal are at:  http://www.huntershill.nsw.gov.au/Page/Page.aspx?Page_Id=981

Send your comments on this development by November 15.  

house owned by Council (us) to be demolished

ATTEND  Gladesville Precinct meeting

Find out what is proposed and the likely impact on Gladesville residents

at   G l a d e s v i l l e    R S L,

7:00pm-9:00pm Wednesday 9th October

Are concerned about the impact of the M A S S I V E  development that is proposed for the Coles site?  Come to the Gladesville Precinct meeting at Gladesville Library, 7:00pm-9:00pm Wednesday 9th October.  Details:

  Gladesville meeting

site plan: access between Cowell & Massey Sts

Gladesville residents and concerned locals are staggered at the likely impact of the enormous, proposed development at the Coles site:  traffic issues, loss of privacy and over-shadowing.

Hunters Hill Council has agreed to extend the period for submissions, and to convene another meeting to consider parking and traffic. Steve Kourepis agreed to list all issues raised at the meeting on Council’s website, and also to make all technical reports (e.g. the developer’s Traffic Plan) accessible from Council’s website.

http://www.huntershill.nsw.gov.au/Page/Page.aspx?Page_Id=981.  

Keep informed about the community response through:  www.gladesvillecommunity.com

Site consolidation and demolition of existing buildings

Most of the existing development that includes the Coles supermarket and associated shops is to be demolished together with the Council-owned car park, the Council-owned former community centre and the Betta Electrics building. It is proposed to incorporate some of the  existing car-parking structure into the new development.

Council sale of property

Council has negotiated to sell several parcels of Council land (including the outside car-park on Cowell St and the former community centre) to the developer.

PROPOSED NEW DEVELOPMENT

site plan: access between Cowell & Massey Sts

Supermarket shops and parking

The new development involves the construction of a podium building that covers the whole site.  This will be around 4 storeys high at the low end of the site at the corner of Flagstaff and Cowell Streets and will contain car parking, the supermarket and specialty shops. The podium will have planted open space for the unit residents as well as the forecourt and plaza giving entry to the supermarket from Cowell St and via the existing arcade to Victoria St.

Residential Towers

On top of the podium structure containing the supermarket, parking and shops, it is proposed to construct four 8-storey high towers containing mostly residential units (the exact mix of uses needs further investigation at this stage).

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Plans are available at Council to view this proposal, which is massive and includes the demolition of the weather board community centre on the corner of Cowell and Wagstaff Streets.

It proposes a podium level at the same level as the top of the outside carpark on Cowell Street.  Under the podium, which rises up to 4 storeys by the time it gets to the Wagstaff St corner, are car parking – commercial and residential, a shopping arcade and super market.  Above the podium are four eight-storey residential tower blocks.

It has not yet gone out for exhibition, but you can see what is being proposed at the designer’s website (note not architects)  http://www.byoungdesigngroup.com/#!services/cihc.

Chatswood on Victoria here we come!