This article is from the Australian Property Journal archive
The NSW Minns government has approved a request to rezone a site in the south Wollongong suburb of Warrawong.
Located at 43-65 Cowper Street, the Warrawong Plaza housing development was given the greenlight to increase the maximum building height from eight to approximately 22 storeys.
The new planning controls will allow for an additional 1,300 homes to be built, with 15% as affordable housing for at least 15 years. Plans call for up to 12 towers for the site.
The rezoning will also add a minimum of 6,500 sq m of publicly accessible open space, pedestrian links to Cowper Street and Northcliffe Drive, and a new bus interchange.
Warrawong Plaza will continue to operate on the site.
The development’s first homes could be built by 2028.
“The Warrawong Plaza and transport hub offers an ideal infill development opportunity to deliver more well-located homes and affordable housing in this changing suburb,” said Paul Scully, minister for planning and public spaces and member for Wollongong.
“This is an ideal location close to Kully Bay Park, Lake Illawarra and a short drive from Port Kembla’s Beach Pavilion.
“Adding new homes will benefit young people, families and key local workers while also offering existing shops with increased customers and the potential for new businesses in the Warrawong CBD.”
12 towers (page 13 under Concept Proposal): https://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/243806/Item-1-Submission-State-Assessed-Planning-Proposal-Cowper-Street-Warrawong.pdf
