Decision haned down on $15m Roseville RSL Club redevelopment
A decision has been handed down on a two-year plan to redevelop the Roseville RSL Club with management saying the $15 million project will ensure the doors can remain open.
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A major redevelopment of the Roseville RSL Club has been given the green light after attracting a mixed response from residents and council planners.
The Department of Planning has supported a $15 million revamp of the Pacific Hwy club that will transform the single-storey venue into a seven storey development.
The project will include a new ground level club along with 33 units, basement carparking and a communal rooftop garden.
The approval comes after residents flagged concerns over height impacts, traffic congestion and overshadowing on the adjacent memorial park.
There were also concerns over plans to acquire a 157 sqm block of public land, owned by Ku-ring-gai Council next to the site, that plans stated was required to meet floor space ratio targets.
Plans by the club said the project would ensure the venue can remain trading after recording consecutive declines in membership numbers from 2012.
The Department of Planning supported the rezoning on conditions including a reduction in the height of the building from 28.5m to 26.5m.
In its decision, the department said the redevelopment of the site was justified, adding the State Government was “committed to reducing the time taken to complete rezoning reviews”.
The department has set a 12 month time frame for the final stages of the planning process to be completed including further community consultation.
The State Government will also take control of the local plan making authority due to the council “having an interest on the site”.
The club partly attributed the decline in membership numbers to difficulties attract younger crowds, noting 71% of current members were aged over 70.
“As a result of changes in market demographics, competing market offerings, limited facilities to attract a younger generation and the costs of maintaining the existing facilities, the redevelopment of the club is crucial in continuing operations,” it said.
A petition in favour of the project has been signed by more than 150 people with supporters saying it would revitalise the Roseville town centre.