Attachment 1-7 - City of Ryde

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ITEM 12 (continued) ATTACHMENT 7
The property opposite is presently used as a hotel and a planning proposal
has been submitted for the expansion of uses on the site to include a retail
outlet. Whilst a rezoning of the land is not supported, the expansion of uses on
the three properties to include a medical centre is considered reasonable in
that:
- Part of the land is presently being used with Council consent as a doctor’s
surgery
- Development of all three sites would result in a better traffic and parking
outcome in that access could be relocated further away from the
intersection of Epping and Herring Rds.
Recommended Action
1. Add to Schedule 1 Additional permitted uses
131 & 133 Herring Rd and 208 Epping Road – development for the purposes
of a medical centre is permitted with consent.
Issue 3 - 86 Blenheim Rd/12 – 14 Epping Rd
Request the rezoning of subject land from R2 to R4 with an increase in planning
controls from height 9.5m to 25m and FSR 0.5:1 to 2.8:1.
The site has an area of over 2000sqm and is occupied by dwelling houses. The land
abuts Blenheim Park
The site is located in proximity to North Ryde Station and the State Government land,
which are the subject of a re – development proposal by the TCA.
Response
The site is considered an island site being surrounded by parkland and located
on Epping Road.
It is recommended that the R2 zone associated planning controls are retained as:
- The site is not contextually associated with Macquarie Park Corridor.
- the surrounding area is zoned R2 and parkland (RE1)
- a high density residential development may have an adverse impact on
Blenheim Park.
- community concerns with the Part 3a development known as Allengrove, which
was recently refused by the Planning Assessment Commission.
Council’s strategic approach is that the increased housing densities be provided
for within our existing centres. Council is to note that CoR can meet the State
Government housing targets through its current planning frameworks.
No amendment to the DLEP is required.
Issue 4 - 142, 144 – 148, 203 – 213 and 215 Cox’s Rd N Ryde
The submission outlines that Council is considering two master plans for the
redevelopment of the Centre and surrounding Council land.
Both master plans involve significant variations to height and FSR proposed in DLEP
2011.
Attachment 7 - Council report 24 July 2012 - Draft Ryde LEP 2011 - Submissions