Warwick Farm: Vacant site could be rezoned to include 500 new dwellings
A site which serves as a gateway into a booming city in Sydney’s southwest could be rezoned to include 500 new dwellings under plans for a new community with retail and open space.
Liverpool
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A western Sydney council has given in-principle support for up to 500 dwellings on a gateway site into the city.
At its last meeting of 2019, Liverpool Council endorsed a planning proposal to rezone a vacant plot of land at 240 Governor Macquarie Drive, Warwick Farm, from business development to mixed use and high-density residential.
Instead of controls that would allow about 830 dwellings on the site, as initially put forward by applicant Warwick Farm Central, the council has given support for about 500 dwellings.
It has also agreed to a maximum building height of 50m or 15 storeys.
The developer’s planning proposal outlined a vision for buildings ranging from four to 15 storeys and 5000sq m of retail commercial space.
It includes ground-floor retail, including a supermarket, a plaza, communal open spaces and internal courtyards.
The land, which was previously eyed for a Masters Home Improvement centre before Woolworths exited the hardware retail market, is close to Warwick Farm train station and has an area of about 2.93ha.
Variations of the plans have been before the council and independent planning panels for a number of years as authorities consider the future of the wider Warwick Farm precinct.
Liverpool councillor Tony Hadchiti: “For a number of years council has been looking at renewing that (Warwick Farm) precinct.”
Fellow councillor Karress Rhodes said: “It is a gateway to Liverpool and it is a gateway that deserves a significant development and a development that makes Liverpool proud.”