Another high-rise for Mascot
MASCOT is set for another residential tower after revised plans were given the green light.
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MASCOT is set for another residential tower after revised plans were given the green light.
The 13-storey block in Church Ave will have 103 units along with 110 parking spaces.
The project dates back to 2013 when an application for the site was received by the former Botany council. The initial plans were for just 80 units with three basement levels for 138 vehicles.
The council approved the scheme in 2014 but little happened. Then, in November 2017 the owners and applicant, A & S & S Mohebbaty, went back to the council — now Bayside — with plans to increase the units from 80 to 103 and reduce the parking spaces from 138 to 110.
Other proposed changes included the increase in height of the building by 2.7m and a reduction in the amount the developer has to pay in Section 94 contributions — which goes towards public infrastructure.
Bayside Planning Panel refused the application because of the extra height, lack of privacy and loss of views for surrounding properties and told the applicant to make changes.
Last Wednesday the applicant returned to the panel and members said they were satisfied with the alterations which included moving plant equipment from the roof into the basement car park, installing privacy screens and reducing the height of the building on the west side.
Panel chairwoman Jan Murrell conceded the changes may not have gone as far as what some had desired but told the meeting “at the end of the day this is a balancing exercise and when I look at the height and the bulk I consider it achieves the objective.”
“The panel is satisfied the applicant has amended plans adequately to address view sharing and other matters raised and we grant approval,” she said.
The applicant also successfully argued it should pay $798,523 instead of $2.06 million, saying council officers had made an incorrect calculation.
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