Rezone 152 Old Illawarra Road, Barden Ridge

The planning proposal seeks to amend the existing Sutherland Shire Local Environmental Plan 2006 (SSLEP) by rezoning the subject site to Zone 9 - Local Centre to allow development of a shopping centre. The subject site has an area of 9,383m2 and is currently vacant. The adjoining residual site zoned for commercial use has an area of approx 2,400m2.The site is currently zoned Zone 10 - Neighbourhood Centre under SSLEP 2006 with maximum 2 storey height control. Under draft SSLEP 2013, the subject site is zoned as B1 - Neighbourhood Centre, with 1:1 FSR and maximum height of 9m. The relevant zoning objective of Zone 10 is to 'promote small-scale retail and business activities to serve the day to day needs of the surrounding local community' and shops are permissible under this zone.The relevant objective of the proposed Zone 9 - Local Centre is 'to identify appropriate land for the provision of a wide range of retail, business and professional activities' and shops are permissible under this zone.Generally, Zone 9 is translated to B2 - Local Centre under the draft SSLEP 2013 with 2:1 FSR and maximum height of 13m.The proposal suggests adopting the relevant objectives and permitted uses under Zone 9 and retaining the height and FSR controls of Zone 10 to respond to the local character of the area.