102 New Canterbury Road Petersham NSW 2049

To carry out demolition of 2 retail premises and retention of the 3rd retail premises and construction of a 5 storey mixed use development comprising 3 retail tenancies on the ground floor and a 34 room boarding house on the upper floors

External link Read more information

We found this application for you on the planning authority's website ago. The date it was received by them was not recorded.

(Source: Inner West Council (Marrickville), reference DA201500307)

2 Comments

Create an account or sign in to have your say by adding your own comment.

  1. Lisa Skerl commented

    To the Marrickville Council

    Re: Major Concern for DA201500307

    The above DA reference is to occur in an area of Petersham that is considered a Heritage Zone. These areas must not see demolishing of buildings from the Late Victorian era, Federation or Inter War periods. The heritage trail from Newtown , Enmore through to Petersham and other areas of the Inner West needs to be preserved. Petersham needs to appreciate it's heritage unlike the events occurring in other LEPs with Rockdale , Burwood, Parramatta and Ashfield as examples of negligence in conserving Heritage zones.
    The two retail shops should be refurbished and altered only if to re-beautify the present building and to return them to their previous charm and glory not demolished. Newtown and Enmore are examples of residential and commercial areas that are thriving due to their ability to maintain older style shop fronts alluring people to shop due to the old charm.
    The height of the DA of a five storey building needs also to be reviewed and reduced to 3-4 storeys to maintain the local height of on New Canterbury Rd and in keeping with the look of Late Victorian buildings to both sides of the premise.

    Regards
    Miss Skerl

  2. Scott MacArthur, Vice-President, Marrickville Heritage Society commented

    The Marrickville Heritage Society does not support this development and calls on Council to reject it.

    As is acknowledged in the Heritage Impact Statement, ‘The principal issue is the visual relationship between the existing facades and the new building behind.’ The building is dramatically overscaled for this heritage precinct, and this is accentuated by the fact that the existing heritage facades on the site are predominantly only a single storey high. The fenestration makes no attempt to reflect the character of the precinct, which is characterised by rendered facades and regular small scale fenestration on the upper floors.

    The treatment of the blind end walls is another particular concern. These appear to be unadorned face brick, and would be highly intrusive and uncharacteristic of the area.

    The building exceeds the height limits imposed by Marrickville LEP 2011, which only exacerbates the lack of concern exhibited by the proponent for the character and amenity of this heritage precinct.

    The Society calls on Council to reject this application.

Have your say on this application

You're too late! The period for officially commenting on this application finished over 8 years ago. If you chose to comment now, your comment will still be displayed here and be sent to the planning authority but it will not be officially considered by the planning authority.

Your comment and details will be sent to Inner West Council (Marrickville). Your name and comment will be posted publicly above.

Create an account or sign in to make a comment

This week

Find PlanningAlerts useful?

This independent project is part of the digital library from the local charity, the OpenAustralia Foundation. PlanningAlerts is powered by small donations from the people who use it to stay informed about changes to their local area. If you find it useful, chip in to support PlanningAlerts.

Back PlanningAlerts