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Suburb: Auburn
Address: 93-105 Auburn Road (old Venture site)
Status: buildings demolished
Approved: DA227/03 (17/9/03): New plans for a mixed use
development containing a ground level supermarket/general store, 125
units plus 2 basement levels of carparking. 9 storeys at Auburn Rd, 8
storeys at Harrow Rd
Approved by: (this included a condition to include an additional
basement level of car parking...but this condition has now been removed)
Clrs Curtin, Cassidy and Murray (Labor), Clrs Lam and Hua (Unity), Clr
Tadros (Liberal), Crs Balendra and Saddick (Independents)
Voted against: Clr irene Simms (RAGAA)
Clrs Perry and Ghamraoui were absent from the meeting
Our concerns: Excessive height, totally out of character with
surrounding heritage buildings, significant exceedence of floor space
ratio, solar access to surrounding properties, 22 more units than
previous approval, yet less than 1/3 of the commercial component;
undersized balconies and insufficient communal area for residents
Suburb:
Auburn
Address:
93-105 Auburn Road (old Venture site)
Approved:
2001 Status: buildings
demolished *
Description:
two 8 storey towers ..one at Auburn Rd, 1 at
Harrow Rd (103 units)
*Woolworths
have withdrawn as the ‘anchor tenant’ for this development
Voted for: Cr Bala Balendra,
Mohamed Saddick (Independent), Michael Ghamraoui, Michael Tadros
(Liberal), Le Lam & Minh Hua (Unity)
Voted against:
Cr Irene
Simms (RAGAA), Chris Cassidy, Pat Curtin,
Robert Murray & Barbara Perry (Labor), Kim Appleby (independent)
Our concerns include: traffic
concerns, exceeds height limit; units in building opposite in
Harrow Rd will be provided roller shutters and need to close windows to keep
out noise from the development; height is more than council controls
allow…contrary to view of streetscape envisaged by strategic town planners
when council’s development guidelines were put together; much higher than
any other development in the vicinity and is on ‘high’ side of shopping
centre; is not sympathetic to historical Church next door or school
opposite; is 8 storeys at Harrow Rd, when houses opposite are limited to 3
storeys; traffic issues, 17 units have no solar access, many need to have
thicker glass because of noise from the site….height of this development is
the equivalent of 9.7 residential floors.
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Looking down Auburn Rd. Building site on far left of photo is owned by
same developer, and is being built as a 2 storey commercial development.
Chicken shop in between will be restricted in what they can do with their
site, as both neighbouring properties will have new developments on them. |
