Regional planning panel inspects Sporties site

The Joint Regional Planning Panel has held a site inspection and briefing at the Woy Woy Sporties on Thursday, January 25.

The briefing considered DA53119/2017 which proposed to build seniors housing and independent living units, a new club, retail tenancies and a basement car park on the site of the registered club at the corner of Brick Wharf Rd and North Burge Rd in Woy Woy.

Panel members who attended the meeting were Mr Jason Perica (chair), Mr Michael Leavey, Ms Abigail Goldberg and Central Coast councillors Kyle MacGregor (Wyong Labor) and Chris Burke (Wyong Liberal).

The site inspection and briefing, which took less than one hour, was also attended by Council assessment staff Ms Ailsa Prendergast, Mr Robert Eyre and Ms Antonia Stuart.

According to the Panel's record of the briefing, key issues discussed were height and character, site characteristics and surrounds, permissibility and zoning, consistency issues, parking and the need for an updated traffic assessment and issues raised in submissions.

A tentative panel meeting date to consider the development application is to be confirmed.

SOURCE:

Meeting record, 25 Jan 2018

Jason Perica, CCJRPP