‘Petition to Ku-ring-gai Council to oppose development outside revised TOD

The issue

A State Significant Development (SSD) has been lodged to build 438 apartments in 5 9-storey towers on the site of the old Dalcross Hospital in Stanhope Road Killara, bordering on Wenona Avenue and Springdale Road. 

This will have a massive impact on all of Killara. 

The site is surrounded by over 20 heritage-listed properties and is part of one of the most significant heritage conservation areas in Ku-ring-gai. A development of this magnitude is incompatible with the existing homes, streets and infrastructure, especially traffic flow and essential services. The tree canopy, biodiversity, heritage and liveability of Killara will be destroyed forever. 

We urge the Mayor and Councillors to strongly oppose this SSD.

This is a matter of urgency as the Council and State Department of Planning attempt to come to an agreement on the adoption of the revised TOD policy. The revised TOD came about after months of work and community consultation and deliberately moved high rise away from HCAs and to the town centres. If this development is not stopped it will negate all the previous work Council has undertaken to prevent indiscriminate development in the area.