The development applications before Sutherland Shire Council
A $11m six-storey flat building in Engadine, a new fruit and veg store at the Brick Pit and extended hours at a local bunnings are among the development applications currently before Sutherland Shire Council.
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Development applications for new stores, new apartment blocks and new trading hours keep rolling in at Sutherland Shire Council despite the coronavirus pandemic gripping the state.
Developers have barely missed a beat despite COVID-19 shutting the nation in, sending off applications for everything from home renovations to major residential developments across the area.
Sutherland Shire Council has received an application for a six-storey flat building at 102 and 104 Caldarra Ave in Engadine, just outside the suburb’s town centre.
Publicly available details are currently scarce but a summary of the application indicates the two existing single-storey homes would be demolished and replaced with a residential flat building with six storeys and basement carparking worth $11,384,807.
The council is also considering an application for a new fruit and vegetable shop at South Village in Kirrawee.
The application for a refit worth $1.2m includes internal alterations and the use of the 02A shop space as a green grocer.
Meanwhile, despite increasing pressure on the retail sector’s ongoing operation in the face of tightened restrictions on public activities, Bunnings in Caringbah has applied to the council for extended trading hours in order to service its trade market.
The store on Taren Point Rd, which backs onto a residential strip of Willarong Rd, has applied to open the store each day at 6am instead of 6.30am.
“The original development application proposed opening at 6am on weekdays in order to properly service Bunnings trade customers who typically arrive at Bunnings stores at this time,” the applicant wrote.
“Notwithstanding, the council held some concerns in relation to this opening time due to perceived noise impacts to nearby residential properties, and as a result, (a condition) was imposed which limited opening on weekdays from 6.30am.”
However, the store argued their independent testing has since proved there is no difference in noise levels between 6am and 6.30am before the store opened, and between 6.30am and 7am once the store had opened.
“Since opening, the Bunnings store has struggled to service its trade market due to the 6.30am opening restriction, which is resulting in trade customer queuing in Koonya Circuit,” the applicant wrote.
“The store management conducted an audit of queuing on weekdays between November and December with queues of between five and 15 vehicles, and an average of eight vehicles, counted in Koonya Cct awaiting the opening of the trade yard at 6.30am.”
All three applications are now pending assessment by the council.