Woollhara Councillor Merrill Witt has tabled a Notice of Motion regarding the State Significant Developments Applications that will be debated at Woollhara Council meeting on Monday 26 May 2025.

Similarly to Ku-ring-gai Council, Woollahra Councils is experiencing a significant number of State Significant Developments Applications (SSDAs) currently in the process of being lodged with, or assessed by,
the NSW Department of Planning Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI).

SSDs are challenging for residents as most have no knowledge of the SSDs pathway for approval.

Residents need help from their Councils, who could:

• publish information about the SSDAs on the Council’s website with links to supporting documentation on the NSW Planning Portal
• provide links to any other Council reports and/or submissions that could be helpful for residents planning to make a submission.
• Write to the DPHI requesting that residents be notified of exhibition dates for SSDAs via mail and by notification in the local newspaper.

Key objectives of the 2018 overhaul of the EP&A Act 2017 were to enhance community participation, promote strategic planning and increase transparency in decision-making.

These provisions are now being undermined by what appears to be only one overriding objective – to deliver more housing as quickly as possible. As a consequence, not enough consideration is being given to community-informed Council strategic plans and planning controls. }Typically SSDAs are being lodged for proposals that widely exceed Council’s current planning standards, local development control plans and the objectives of local community-informed planning strategies.

In Ku-ring-gai, the following SSDs have been lodged since the beginning of the year:

TOD STATE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS on Major Projects Portal – January  2025 – May 2025

All currently at a stage of prepare EIS or exhibition (approximately 2700 apartments)

1. 3-9 Park Avenue Gordon (100 apartments) SSD-78775458, CPDM P/L (on exhibition 21 May 2025) HERE
   
   
   
2. 2-4 Woodside & Amp1-3 Reid Street Lindfield (89 apartments) SSD-79261463, CPDM P/L (on exhibition to 28 May 2025) HERE
   
   
   
3. 21-27 Roseville Avenue and 16-24 Oliver Road Roseville (259 apartments) SSD-78996460, Hyecorp P/L (on exhibition to 28 May 2025) HERE
   
   
   
4. 2-8 Highgate Road Lindfield (84 apartments) SSD-78493518, CPDM P/L (on exhibition to 28 May 2025) HERE
   
   
   
5. 27-29 Tryon Road Lindfield (76 apartments) SSD-78669234, Bridgestone Projects P/L  (on exhibition to 21 May 2025) HERE
   
   
   
6. 12-16 Bent Street Lindfield (115 apartments) SSD-78156462, Trustee for The Sundale Northland Development Unit Trust (on exhibition to 21 May 2025) HERE
   
   
   
7. 59-63 Trafalgar Avenue, 1A and 1B Valley Road Lindfield (237 apartments) SSD-79276958 (on exhibition to 3 June 2025) HERE
   
   
   
8. 2,4,6,8,10,12,14, &16 Pockley Avenue Roseville (?apartments) SSD-77825469, Aqualand (on public exhibition to 18 June 2025) HERE
   
   
   
9. 2-4 Larkin Street and 1-5 Pockley Avenue Roseville (? apartments) SSD-77829461, Aqualand (on exhibition to 18 June 2025) HERE
   
   
   
10. 17-21 Shirley Road Roseville (80 apartments) SSD-81943462, Lindfield Estate P/L HERE
    
    
    
11. 10,14, & 14a Stanhope Road Killara (135 apartments) SSD-81890707, CPDM P/L (on exhibition to 3 June 2025) HERE
    
    
    
12.  9-21 Beaconsfield Road Lindfield (400 apartments) SSD-81623209, Deicorp P/L HERE
    
    
    
13. 1-5 Nelson Road Lindfield (200 apartments) SSD-82899468, Castle Hill No 7 P/L HERE
    
    
    
14. 11-19 Middle Harbour Road Lindfield (210 apartments) SSD-82900461, Castle Hill No7 P/L HERE
    
    
    
15. 16-20 Middle Harbour Road Lindfield (100 apartments), SSD-83431958, Keylan HERE
    
    
    
16.  3a,3b,5a, 7 Burgoyne and 1&3 Pearson Avenue and 4 Burgoyne Lane Gordon (105 apartments) Willow Tree Planning (on exhibition until 12 June 2025) HERE
    
    
    
17.  24, 26, 28 Middle Harbour Road Lindfield (? apartments) SSD-82548708, Trustee for MHR Lindfield Trust HERE
    
    
    
18. 19-25 Balfour Road Lindfield (71 apartments) SSD-82709458, Balfour Group P/L HERE
    
    
    
19. 21,23 &25 McIntosh Street and 55 Werona Avenue Gordon (165 apartments) CPDM Pty Ltd (listed 5/5/25) HERE
    
    
    

Ku-ring-gai Council has received six (6) TOD SEPP SSD Development Applications (April – May 2025) to be determined by SNPP:

• 3 &3A Beaconsfield Road Lindfield DA0180/25   (88 apartments)
  
• 17,19 &21 Shirley Road Roseville DA0190/25   (56 apartments)
  
• 23 -25 Lorne Avenue Killara DA0157/25 (55 apartments)
  
• 7-9 & 11 Pockley Avenue DA0189/25  (42 apartments)
  
• 5-7 Middle Harbour Road DA0182/25  (61 apartments)
  
• 24-26 Russell Avenue Lindfield DA0219/25 (50 apartments)

TOTAL APARTMENTS: 2952