Parmal Ave, Padstow: Canterbury Bankstown Council approves high-density residential development
For the first time since rezoning an area, a southwest Sydney council has given the green light to a high-density housing development that will contain “affordable” units. Take a look at the plans.
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A southwest Sydney council has approved plans for a new $12.5m residential development, which is expected to deliver affordable housing units.
Canterbury-Bankstown Council has given Zed Architects the green light for a four-storey residential development comprising 35 apartments, including 10 in-fill affordable housing units, on Parmal Ave in Padstow.
Under the approved plans, structures across 20, 22, and 24 Parmal Ave will be demolished and the lots consolidated into one development site, spanning more than 2200sq m.
Once completed, the building will also feature a single-level basement with 39 parking spaces.
It is the first residential building to be approved on Parmal Ave since the area was rezoned to permit high-density development.
However, Zed Architects said the four-storey development had been designed to be “compatible with the desired future character of the area” while also being consistent with the objectives of high-density zoning.
“The design ensures that the proposed development is appropriate in terms of bulk and scale,” planning documents read.
The inclusion of in-fill affordable housing also allows the project to exceed council height restrictions of 13m by up to 30 per cent.
According to planning documents, the building is expected to be 14.4m tall and will be located just 500m from Padstow train station.
The project approval is part of a statewide push to rezone low density suburbs into higher housing density in order to tackle the housing shortage in NSW.
The planning changes announced late last year will allow new medium-density developments and residential subdivisions to be built on low-density land near train stations in Belmore, Lakemba, Punchbowl, Wiley Park and Canterbury.
The reforms also include new “accelerated precincts”, which allow high-density housing projects to be fast-tracked.
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