3000 homes pitched for Bonnyrigg in $760m development
A $760m redevelopment of a Western Sydney suburb is underway, but an application has been put forward to have its height limits doubled to make room for 20 per cent more homes.
A development taking up one-third of Bonnyrigg could have its height limits doubled to make room for another 500 homes, pushing the total number of new houses, townhouses and apartments to 3000.
The Bonnyrigg Housing Estate proposal, a long-term plan to redevelop 81-hectares of the Western Sydney suburb over 18 stages, has been changed to make room for taller apartments, more businesses and community spaces.
The proposal is currently on public exhibition and covers the last 10 stages of the project. It affects the parts of Bonnyrigg bounded by Cabramatta Road, Bonnyrigg Avenue, Edensor Road and Elizabeth Drive.
The changes include increasing the number of homes from 2500 to 3000, doubling the height limits of apartments near the town centre from three- to six-storeys, and lifting commercial space from 2000 to 3000 square-metres.
Other changes aim to ease the coming population growth. Increases have been made to the amount of open space from 12.1 to 13 hectares, tree canopies have increased from 14 to 25 per cent, and a 4km string of pedestrian and cycle paths have been introduced.
Development is already underway with mostly single- and double-storey houses being built to date. About 364 have been completed, while another 346 have either been approved for development or are under construction.
The NSW Government project can trace its origins to 2004, which is when consultation with Fairfield City Council first began. Out of the 930 properties on the 81-hectares of land, 833 of them were allocated as public, community or Aboriginal housing. The remaining 97 were privately owned.
The redevelopment will shift the balance from public to private housing. According to the 2019 modified concept plan of the “Bonnyrigg Communities Plus Project,” 30 per cent will remain public housing and 70 per cent will be privately owned.
The NSW Government is taking feedback on the modified plan until September 4. A submission can be made at the bottom of this page.
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