Penrith RSL's blockbuster redevelopment

Penrith RSL’s blockbuster redevelopment

Written by

Charbel Abousleiman

Urban Planning Lawyer & Buyers Agent

03/28/2023

Just last week, Penrith City Council approved a major alterations and additions development application to Penrith RSL Club at 137 – 147 Lethbridge Street in Penrith.

The redevelopment will see a two-storey extension, featuring a 500-seat mixed-use auditorium for concerts and exhibitions and a function centre.

Above the function centre will be a 470-seat pub-in-club restaurant with an adjoining terrace that offers up alfresco style dining.

In addition, the remaining floor space will be used to reconfigure existing indoor and outdoor gaming facilities to allow for extra spacing between gaming machines. The Club’s interior will receive a much-needed facelift, with the walls, floors and ceilings set to undergo a modern renovation.

Zoned B4 Mixed Use, the proposal is defined as a ‘registered club’ and ‘commercial premises’, both of which are permissible land uses under the Penrith Local Environmental Plan.

Sitting on 13,500sqm of land, the site is well-located in Penrith City Centre being only 500 metres from Penrith Station.

Aerial image of the 13,500 square metre B4 zoned site

New works

A summary of the new works is noted below.

Ground Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

Roof level

· 1 x commercial space at the western extent of
Tindale Street frontage

· 2 x commercial spaces in the modified foyer

· 3 x commercial spaces at Tindale Street frontage

· New plan room, fire stair, grease arrestor and
reconfiguration of vehicle entry

· Extension of
club building over vehicle entry

· New function
room, kitchen area, bar, food and beverage area

· New terrace
area at Tindale Street and Lethbridge Street frontages of new club building
space

· Reconfigured
indoor and alfresco gaming in existing club area

· New roof
opening with operable louvres to alfresco gaming below

· Metal deck roof
to new club building space

· New metal deck
to infill void in existing club space

· New awning
structure over entry

With the RSL Club not satisfying the definitions of ‘commercial office use’ and ‘retail use’, a different contributions rate per square metre to the rate provided for in the local contributions plan was adopted for this development. That is, Penrith City Council imposed a contribution of $612,590, which is based on 3406 square metres of additional floor space. This works out to be $179/square metre in local infrastructure contributions.

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