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22/07/2024
Forestry Corporation NSW have been issued gateway approval to partly rezone their forestry at 87 – 97 Castle Hill Road and 121 – 131 Oratava Avenue in West Pennant Hills.
Forestry engaged Mecone to rezone the land from RU3 Forestry to R2 Low Density Residential, as well as apply a minimum lot size of 700 sqm, consistent with surrounding land sizes.
The site is separated into two distinct sites – the northern site at 87 – 97 Castle Hill Road and the southern site at 121 – 131 Oratava Avenue. Both sites are circa 3,300 square metres each.
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Indicative subdivision plans have been prepared. For the northern site (i.e. Castle Hill Road), plans show two lots with total areas of 1,145 sqm and 2,177 sqm. For the southern site (i.e. Oratava Avenue), plans show two lots with total areas of 1,971 sqm and 1,763 sqm.
The rezoning is not the result of a strategic study or report. It is the result of Forestry Corporation identifying an opportunity to improve management of its assets and allocation of its resources and meet the housing needs of the community.
Forestry has identified the sites as financially burdensome and surplus to its needs. The vacant caretaker dwellings are in disrepair and the resources required for regenerating and managing the sites would impose a disproportionate financial burden on Forestry. Divesting the sites will enable Forestry to direct its resources in a more productive manner towards other critical areas of the forest.
Cherrybrook Metro is about 600 metres from the site. The surrounding locality is generally characterised by low density housing.
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