Plans lodged with coordinator-general for a $15m seven-storey apartment complex in West Lakes

PLANS for a $15.3 million seven-storey apartment complex in West Lakes are being assessed by the state coordinator-general

Artist impression of CNS Investments $15 million plan for 147 Brebner Drive, West Lakes.

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PLANS for a $15.3 million seven-storey apartment complex in West Lakes are being assessed by the state coordinator-general.

Local firm CNS Investments is proposing to build 45 apartments, ranging from one to three bedrooms, across seven levels on Brebner Drive.

The plan is for a mixed-use complex of a restaurant, commercial tenancies and homes to be built on what is currently 1590 sq m of vacant land opposite Westfield West Lakes.

The plans for the waterfront development have been sent to the Coordinator-General, Jim Hallion, to be assessed before being formally lodged with the state’s main planning authority, the State Commission Assessment Panel.

Charles Sturt Council chief executive Paul Sutton said the application was on hold following the council’s feedback on the proposal.

“(The council) is not supportive of the proposed development for a number of reasons, including: exceeding maximum building height for the site, the bulky single form of the proposed building, impact on access to sunlight, unsuitable waste management provisions, overlooking and overshadowing impacts, and lack of carparking inclusion within the boundaries of the site,” Mr Sutton said. CNS Investments’ desire to develop the site – which has been vacant since 2010 – has been a drawn-out process.

It first lodged plans for a seven-storey apartment and office complex with the council back in 2015 but the application was refused.

Project manager Carumag Corporation was approached for comment.