Category Archives: Castle Vale Community

Window safety device requirements

To prevent children falling from windows, all strata buildings in NSW must be fitted with devices that enable their windows to be locked at 12.5cm when the devices are engaged. Owners corporations must have devices installed on all common property windows above the ground floor by 13 March 2018. The safety devices must be robust and childproof.

For more information please refer to this guide.

CHANNEL 9 COMMUNITY MEETING

                                    CHANNEL 9 COMMUNITY MEETING
 
 
 
WHEN:  NEXT TUESDAY, AUGUST 16TH FROM 7.45 TO 9.30PM
 
WHERE: WILLOUGHBY UNITING CHURCH HALL, CLANWILLIAM ST  WILLOUGHBY
 
WHY:  1.  TO HEAR ABOUT THE LATEST NEWS ON THE CHANNEL 9 REDEVELOPMENT SAGA AND HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
 
                 2.  TO PASS A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE NEW PROPOSED HEIGHT OF 12 STOREYS AND THE NEW PROPOSED DENSITY OF 510 
                      APARTMENTS IN FAVOUR OF MAINTAINING THE ALREADY AGREED-TO 8 STOREYS AND 400 APARTMENTS.
       
                 3.  TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MAKE A SUBMISSION TO THE DEP’T OF PLANNING ON THE LATEST PLANS.

Channel 9 Site Redevelopment – Amended Plan – Community Consultation

Greetings to all on our contact list,

Channel 9 site redevelopment – community consultation sessions 25th & 26th May

Following the sale of the Channel 9 property, the new owners have now lodged a modified Concept Plan with the NSW Department of Planning (DoP).  The Planning Act allows them to do this.

The modified plan greatly changes the Concept Plan that was signed off by Channel 9, Willoughby Council (WCC) and the Planning Assessment Commission (PAC) in January, 2015, after much involvement of the local community, Progress Associations and the Willoughby Area Action Group.

The Land & Environment Court finally approved a maximum of eight storeys height with 400 apartments and 500 sq. m of commercial space.  However, while there are positive design aspects to the modified Concept Plan, the new plan is for increased height up to 12 storeys, and 510 apartments.

An Environmental Statement for the modified Concept Plan has been submitted to the DoP who will call for submissions from the community and WCC.  http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/index.pl?action=view_job&job_id=7631
The developer’s Planning Consultant will run community consultation sessions to introduce and explain their modified Concept Plan:

Venue: Willoughby Uniting Church, 10 Clanwilliam St, Willoughby

Community information Session 1
Wednesday, 25th May, 5.30 – 8.00pm

Community information Session 2
Thursday, 26th May, 5.30 – 8.00pm

General enquiries: 1800 746 436, or email parksidewilloughby@jbaurban.com.au

It’s important that the community continues to be engaged in this development proposal and so we encourage all members of our community to attend one of these sessions.

Best regards,

Bob