Work due to start on eight housing units
Work is due to start on a $1.7 million residential flat building at 102 Broken Bay Rd, Ettalong, following the lodgement of a Construction Certificate.
Central Coast Council approved the development application in June 2016 for an eight-unit housing development.
According to a Statement of Environmental Effects lodged with the application: "The proponents, Krameus Pty Ltd, are expert in the architectural design, construction, and delivery of high-quality residential apartments, having executed multiple developments, particularly on the Woy Woy Peninsula over recent years."
All of those Peninsula developments have been "successful, well received by the marketplace and innovative as and when marketplace conditions required and/or accommodated, particularly with respect to the quality of finishes and inclusions."
The proximity of the development to the Ettalong foreshore also prompted the applicant to submit engineering and storm water management details.
"That report prepared by Halcrow and Associates aims to minimise the dependence on direction of stormwater to drainage infrastructure and optimise on-site absorption, all with the view to meet state-of-the-art industry standards and, in particular, to reduce the concentration of stormwater discharge from infrastructure which, as observed, contributes to localised erosion on the beachfront in locations such as that area at Ettalong adjacent to the recently installed "rip rap" infrastructure and, at the southern end of Trafalgar Ave, Umina Beach, where stormwater discharge is routinely discharged in storm events with consequential impacts on the beach environs.
The application concluded that the proposal had been designed in accordance with relevant statutory and policy controls; "was of such quality and contained such inclusions as to meet or exceed market expectations".
The land comprises two vacant lots of land which were the subject of previous development consent (Development Application No. 28492/2005).
New water services have been installed.
"Nearby and adjacent development includes primarily ageing housing stock including that immediately adjacent to the south - a two storey brick veneer home and to the north, single storey residential apartments," the statement said.
Surrounding development included a variety of housing styles and types including those which front The Esplanade and the beach reserve to the east on the opposite side of the reserve which abuts the rear boundary of the site, which was passive reserve comprising open lawn area and sparse tree canopy.
The northern-most part of Lemon Tree Reserve comprises netball courts and flood lighting.
The Ettalong Town Centre is visible from the site.
"It is the public reserve at the rear of the site which also provides convenient access for future owners and occupiers to the beach reserve and the Ettalong Town Centre," the statement said.
The eight single and two storey dwellings will each have integrated and accessible courtyard and/or balcony space and garages.
The configuration of units will be: two two-bedroom villas with single lock up garages; two three bedroom townhouses with single lock up garages; two three bedroom townhouses with double lock up garages; and two three bedroom townhouses with single lock up garages and carports.
"The housing variety adopted in this instance includes single level living with integrated vehicular access and recreational space plus townhouses consistent with marketplace expectations and demand for an increasing variety of housing by an increasingly sophisticated marketplace," the statement said.
"This application is one which provides for the optimum utility of land in a form consistent with its zone objectives and complementing the desired form of development as specifically encouraged in terms of the character statement."
According to the statement of environmental effects the development will have social and economic benefits including: that six dwellings will replace two that previously existed, providing greater housing opportunities and better utility of existing infrastructure in and about the desired locality of the beachside suburb of Ettalong Beach."
Website, 21 Dec 2016
Application tracker DA48245/2015, Central Coast Council