By Ian Stephenson, Convenor, Planning Subcommittee, from Bulletin 8 of 2023, October
On 11 May, the Society made a submission concerning a development application (DA) for 181 St Johns Road. You can read the submission here: https://tinyurl.com/mtw6wmsz. On 15 September, City of Sydney Council refused the DA. The notice of determination is here: https://tinyurl.com/4h3xjb62.
The DA for 181 St Johns Road, which has been rejected by Council, sought to replace a beautiful free-standing mid-Victorian house (left) – a Contributory item in the Hereford-Forest Lodge Heritage Conservation Area – with a pair of conjoined three-storey houses (right) that would compromise the heritage significance of the Heritage Conservation Area.
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If the DA was approved for 118 St Johns Rd and demolition went ahead, it would be a heritage and architectural crime.
The proposed conjoined three-storey houses would be an eyesore and a huge backward step in the heritage of the Area.
Developments like this should be absolutely and fully discouraged. No developer should ever consider putting in a DA such as this.
Well done, everyone!