Visually-striking Ulladulla development gets go ahead after two-year limbo

A visually striking four-storey shop-top development in Ulladulla has been given the green light by the council after almost two years in limbo. Find out what’s in store.

A multi-million dollar four-storey shop-top development in the popular South Coast tourist town of Ulladulla has been given the green light by the Shoalhaven City Council after almost two years in limbo.

South Coast-based developer Ocean Point Assets first applied to the council to build the mixed-use building on the busy Princes Hwy in August 2020, with plans for two retail spaces, a restaurant, and six residential units with below-ground parking.

Spread over the building’s second and third floors, the units will be comprised of four two-bedroom and two three-bedroom dwellings, with an awning overhanging the retail spaces below providing a balcony-style terrace area for the second floor units.

A fourth-storey terrace and media room will service the apartments on the third floor.

The visually-striking project received unanimous approval from councillors after an amendment was moved at an ordinary session on June 27, having been referred to the local government body because of its height, which is 1.9m higher than the approved limit of 11-14m.

Designs for a new shop-top development at 127 Princes Hwy, Ulladulla.

Councillor Patricia White raised the amendment which seeks to shore up neighbouring residential and retail properties out of concern for water management on the site, owing to an underground spring located on the lot.

“You only have to go into the nearby Woolworths carpark and you’ll continually see water running down the wall,” she said.

“I don’t want anything coming into the adjoining properties, let alone the problem that may be also caused to council on our footpath outside of Woolworths if the water was to run down the highway if it came out of the springs during development.”

Cr White said aquifers spilling out of these hills in town had previously knocked over a whole brick wall that had been built for classrooms at the nearby school overnight.

“So, it is pretty powerful,” she said.

Spread over the building’s second and third floors, the units will be comprised of four two-bedroom and two three-bedroom dwellings

“You’ve got to see it to believe it.”

Located in the heart of Ulladulla, the project is nearby to the shopping centre and will involve the demolition of two businesses already on the site, including a tattoo parlour.

It comes as a slew of new retail developments are set to take place in Ulladulla in coming years, including the installation of new fast food shops – an Oporto and Zambreros - and a new Bunnings outlet store.