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05/02/2024
University of Sydney made a request for rezoning of 2A and 2 – 8 Arundel Street and 6 – 12 Parramatta Road in Forest Lodge.
This rezoning was officially made on the 2nd of February.
The site is surplus to Sydney Uni’s requirements and without rezoning, the site would be limited to educational use. The purpose of the planning proposal is to allow non-university uses on the site by rezoning 2A – 8 Arundel Street and 6 – 12 Parramatta Road to R1 General Residential and 2 Arundel Street to MU1 Mixed-Use.
The rezoning to R1 (i.e. the terrace properties) is consistent with the surrounding areas residential use and character, as well as the existing development being a number of previously residential terrace houses. Rezoning of 2 Arundel Street (i.e. office building) to mixed-use is also consistent with the existing use of the building.
The proposal does not change the controls on the site, including the 12-metre height limit and mixed FSR controls of 1.25 – 1.5:1. The properties are located within the Hereford and Forest Lodge Heritage Conservation but are not identified as heritage items.
Sydney Uni sites now rezoned
Located in Forest Lodge, the area north of the site is predominately residential and development is characterised by typical Victorian one and two-storey terrace houses. The area south of the site is the University’s campus.
Strategically, the rezoning demonstrated minor strategic merit, predominately because the site is outside the City Fringe and the Eastern Creative Precinct and is not specifically identified for either housing or jobs growth.
However, the rezoning allows the properties to maintain their current uses as a mix of housing and office premises but without the requirement to be linked to an educational establishment. The rezoning to mixed-use will also be consistent with the existing University office use already existing on the site, as well as complement the office use of the 4-storey Margaret Telfer building opposite the site. Without appropriate rezoning, these properties cannot be accessed and used by the private sector residential or commercial market.
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