Changes requested for Centrelink site development
Central Coast Council has received a request for an amendment to a development approval for a five-storey "shop top" residential development on the "Centrelink site" in Ettalong.
The development, with six commercial units and 52 residential units at 237-245 Ocean View Rd, was approved in February 2018 and since then has had three 4.55(1A) amendments approved.
If this one is approved, it will be the fourth.
The application for the amendment was prepared by Planning Lab on behalf of Abrotat Pty Ltd.
Proposed amendments are described as "minor".
Some of them reflect changing times and attitudes since this building was designed, such as an electric vehicle charging station now being proposed in the basement and solar panels on the roof.
The pool design is also being amended with "refined pool levels and internal stair to suit latest pool design".
There seems to be an intention to use less glass on the balconies with the application listing one of the changes as a "redesign of the balustrade of balconies on the front elevation and some of the balconies at the rear to include a combination of a solid and glass component".
The exterior colour scheme would also be changed with "refined finishes and material palette".
"The improved design of the building's elevation in combination with the revised palette of materials, finishes and colours achieve design excellence," the application claims.
The application also refers to current progress in construction stating that "shoring and excavation for the new building are complete and the basement structure is well under construction".
SOURCE:
DA Tracker, 20 Mar 2022
DA49986, Central Coast Council