Block plan for Stride Mental Health building, Kingswood

A retail and unit complex will be built on the site of an old mental health centre in Kingswood. See the plans in full.

A $7.3 million eight-storey retail and residential complex has been approved for a Great Western Highway site that used to be the home to Stride NDIS Support Kingswood.

The modified application, lodged by Kg Kingswood Pty Ltd on December 18, 2020, was approved on January 7 which included more units and parking spaces than the original approved plans.

The existing building will be demolished to make way for the new block which will boast a ground floor commercial space and 40 units spread over seven levels.

Eight units will be dedicated affordable housing.

The red brick building, that once was home to the Stride NDIS Support centre, will be replaced by an 8 storey retail and residential complex.

Aerial view of the development site shows its two frontages on the Great Western Highway and Wainwright Lane, respectively.

There will be three basement parking levels to accommodate 31 cars, 12 bikes and 2 motorbikes.

There will also be landscaping for a communal rooftop terrace and there will be shops at ground floor.

An artist impression of the $7.3 million 8 storey retail and residential complex that has been approved for 252 Great Western Highway, Kingswood.

The new complex sits in prime location, within walking distance of Red Cross Anniversary Park, about 300m from Kingswood railway station and near to Nepean public and private hospitals.

The new development is around 300m from Kingswood railway station. Source: Google maps.

The complex is also close to Nepean hospital. Picture: Jonathan Ng

According to the development application, the modified development will have “positive” social and economic impacts as it will provide “housing diversity” in the area.

Environmentally, the application claims the development “has evolved with the growth of the adjoining precinct and is responsive to broader developments in the region” like the Western Sydney Airport and metro.