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25/09/2023
In partnership with Western Sydney University, Mirvac’s Milperra master-planned community is in the final stages of planning, as the amended LEP is in the midst of being drafted by the State’s planning department.
Located at 2 and 2A Bullecourt Avenue in Milperra, Mirvac cut a property development agreement with Western Sydney University to redevelop its 190,000 square metre site by rezoning it to accommodate 430 mixed dwellings and a 8,200 square metre neighbourhood centre.
Infill development is predominately concentrated to one or two housing types, which are usually delivered in an ad-hoc fashion (i.e. dual occupancies and granny flats). This project will create its owncharacter with sensitive interfaces to existing residents. This will allow for integrated and a master-planned approach to providing housing without the impacts of ad-hoc infill development proposals interrupting local character.
The new estate has a strong emphasis on open space and landscape-led design, ensuring the creation of a high-quality master-planned neighbourhood where every element is designed cohesively within the new environment. The northeastern portion of the site contains over 20,000 square metres of Cumberland Plain Woodlands, which is considered to be an endangered ecological community. This part of the site will be rezoned to an environmental conservation area.
About 37,000 square metres in the southeastern corner of the campus site was transferred to the adjoining Mount St Joseph Catholic College.
Structure plan for the master-planned community
The outcome from the review of the strategic context, as well as the site-specific analysis and merit assessment, provides confidence that the site has the capacity and suitability to be supported for a rezoning.
Originally an agricultural holding, the Milperra College of Advanced Education occupied the site between 1975 and 1983, followed by the Macarthur Institute of Higher Education in 1989. In 1989, the Hawkesbury Agricultural College and the Nepean College of Advanced Education were amalgamated to form the University of Western Sydney.
Milperra Campus is one of 11 campus throughout Sydney. As of 2016, this campus accommodated about 8100 students but its closure was announced in 2017 to relocate to the Bankstown CBD campus in 2022.
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