Penrith: Proposed high-rise apartments hit a small snare
Penrith Council has made an initial decision on a 46-storey block of apartments on High St.
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A high-rise development near Westfield Penrith has been rejected by Penrith Council.
The $110 million, 46-storey development was originally lodged with council in November last year and would have featured 318 residential apartments alongside ground-floor shops and parking.
The application was rejected under clause 51 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 legislation, however a council spokesman said the developers could reapply in the future.
“The received application did not comprise the required documentation, therefore it was rejected,” he said.
“A rejection differs from a determination as it is not a decision on the application and has the effect of the application having not been made.
“The proponent can lodge a new development application for the same or a modified proposal in the future.”
Clause 51 of the EP & A Regulation 2000 states that a development application may be rejected if “the application is illegible or unclear as to the development consent sought” or “does not contain any information, or is not accompanied by any document”.
A spokesman from Urban Property Group, the developers of the rejected application, described the setback as “no big issue”.
“We lodged electronically, and there were just a couple of documents missing,” the spokesman said.
“We’re meeting up with council in the next couple of weeks to talk about it.”
The rejection comes just two months after a similar high-rise development, Penway Place, was approved.
Penway Place, located on the corner of Union Rd and Mulgoa Rd, was given approval in November, and will begin construction later this year.