Plans for new supermarket, unit development at Lancaster St fruit market site, Blacktown

Plans for a five-storey, top-shop living development, with a supermarket and 12 shops, have been submitted to the Blacktown Council.

Newton Road proposal. Picture: Supplied.

Plans to build a new supermarket and five-storey unit development at a fruit market site near Blacktown have been submitted to Blacktown Council.

Plans to build a new supermarket and five-storey unit development at a fruit market site near Blacktown have been submitted to Blacktown Council.

The proposal seeks to transform the corner block at Newton Rd and Lancaster St through a top-shop development consisting of 74 units and street-level retail spaces.

Plans for a top-shop living development, including a supermarket and a dozen shops, have been proposed for the site of the Lancaster St Fruit Market in Blacktown. Picture: DFP Planning

Two detached homes and the Lancaster Street Fresh Fruit Market would be demolished to make way for the development, which would sit next to Blacktown West Public School.

According to a proposal from DFP Planning, the site would include two to four storeys of residential units above a supermarket and 12 groundfloor shops.

The proposed development includes 74 units. Picture: DFP Planning.

An application made to the council seeks to almost double the maximum building height at the site from 10 metres (three storeys) to 18 metres (five storeys).

“The five storeys consist of ground-level retail with shopfronts [facing] the streets and four storeys of residential apartments above,” planning proposal documents show.

The site of the current Lancaster Street Fruit Market. Picture: DFP Planning.

“The proposal tapers down to four storeys then three storeys adjacent to the school.”

Plans include basement car parking for up to 234 vehicles and a loading dock for retailers.

Aerial photograph of the proposed development, on the corner of Newton Rd and Lancaster St in Blacktown. Picture: DFP Planning

Public submissions close March 15. Details: Blacktown City Council website.