82 Floss Street, Hurlstone Park NSW

Demolition of existing structures and the construction of an in-fill affordable housing development containing six (6) two storey townhouses, with basement car parking and associated Strata subdivision

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(Source: Canterbury-Bankstown Council (Canterbury), reference DA-497/2015)

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  1. Nat B commented

    Please please please do not approve this development.

    It is criminal to demolish a beautiful period federation house to build these townhouses, there is no requirement for this type of housing in Hurlstone Park. These townhouse do not fit with the feel of the rest of the housing in the suburb.

  2. Michele van der Sander commented

    So now the Dept of Planning has highlighted this area of HP for single dwellings, is the council now going to approve medium density developments in this area so they can can pre-empt the changes and get their slice of the development pie before the state government steps in with its plans for 'value capture'??

  3. Charmaine Silver commented

    Hurlstone Park is one of the few remaining suburbs in the inner west that has retained its character and charm. This is due to the abundance of beautiful heritage houses in wide, leafy streets, low traffic and peace and quiet. This suburb will be ruined once townhouses start being built- just look at Earlwood. And tearing down a lovely heritage house to build ugly
    townhouses is appalling. Please reconsider- once it's gone, it's gone forever.

  4. Martin K commented

    This development is completely unsuitable for this area and, as previously stated, very disappointing that it is considered appropriate to demolish a federation style home to make way for these townhouses. This corner block is surrounded by single storey houses of a similar style/era to the current structure and any development should be more in keeping with its surroundings. Whilst this property has been (quite wrongfully) "moved" into the Canterbury precinct according to the NSW Planning and Environment Urban Renewal project, it is quite definitely still in Hurlstone Park and any development should be more in keeping with the vision defined for the Hurlstone Park precinct given that it falls well within the 400m radius from Hurlstone Park station.
    Further, I don't believe the site is suitable for 6 dwellings - especially considering that 4 of the 6 townhouses will only have a "garden" area of 9 sqm each. Perhaps consideration should be given to reducing the number of dwellings allowed on this site.

  5. Sebastian westbrook commented

    We would strongly object to the demolishing of a period federation style house to be replaced by a 2 storey development with 6 x townhouses. This development adjacent to the surrounding federation houses is totally out of keeping with Hurlstone Park.

  6. Ruth Brian commented

    I strongly object to the demolition of this beautiful federation house and any disruption to trees within this garden. Surely there is a heritage listing on this house. This house is on the route of Canterbury council Hurlstone Park heritage walk brochure that Canterbury Council produced.

  7. Nicholas Buckland commented

    How can a beautiful heritage house be destroyed to make way for crammed in six townhouses? This is wilful destruction of the suburbs' original charm and character. Very sad.

  8. Sarah Maniscalco commented

    As a resident of the suburb, I am saddened to see this is a possibility. Not what I expected to see moving to this area. I would hope the street scape was valued by the council, like the residents.

  9. Dr A P and Ms C A Reilly commented

    As a long-term resident of Hurlstone Park (since 1995), we strongly object to the demolition of the single storey, Federation residence at 82 Floss Street to make way for 6 townhouses.

    While we believe that, with very good design, contemporary architecture can complement traditional housing stock - and significantly prefer good, contemporary design to "faux heritage." (Note: It is not possible to assess the merits of the proposed design from the documentation available online.)

    However, the proposed development is not consistent with the streetscape and would result in a loss of amenity in the street - which was Council's reason for rejecting our application for a contemporary, architect-designed fence/privacy screen that was higher than the stipulated maximum. Council must take a consistent approach in assessing development applications - and, regardless of style, there are no similar developments in Dunstaffenage Street or surrounding streets west of Dunstaffenage Street. The small number of "low rise" developments that are nearby are either set back (most are not visible from the street), on much bigger blocks and/or are old, Art Deco walk ups (like the apartments in Floss Street between Dunstaffenage and Melford Streets).

    More importantly, allowing 6 townhouses to be packed into a 575 square metre block will represent a significant loss of amenity for its immediate neighbours and create a concerning precedent. It is also inconsistent with Planning NSW's "vision" for the "built form" as set out in its proposal for that area of Hurlstone Park - which is to retain the character of these streets as part of "single dwelling areas."

    We ask Council to refuse the Development Application.

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