Campelltown Townhouse Site Tipped into Midrise Play

A 12-townhouse development in south-west Sydney would be demolished to make way for a seven-storey apartment project under the state’s low and midrise housing reforms.

Proposed for 22 Moore Street, Campbelltown are 71 apartments across a 2981sq m site, including affordable housing equal to 15 per cent of gross floor area for 15 years.

Planning documents said the project would use the NSW low and midrise housing rules and affordable housing bonus to lift the site’s height limit from 17.5m to 22.75m and floor space ratio from 1.5:1 to 1.95:1, delivering 5811.6sq m of gross floor area.

A clause 4.6 request then seeks to push the building to 24.57m at its highest point.

Variation documents said the breach ranges from 550mm to 1.82m and is confined to the lift overrun and corridor to rooftop communal open space, not the apartments.

It also said the extra height is driven by the site’s slope and the need to access rooftop communal space, rather than additional apartment floor space.

Apartment mix would comprise 28 one-bedroom homes, 36 two-bedroom homes, one two-bedroom-plus-study home and six three-bedroom homes.

Plans also show 1194sq m of communal open space, 279.1sq m of deep soil landscaping and shared outdoor areas including a community lawn, barbecue area and outdoor gym.

Solar and ventilation schedules said 55 apartments would receive more than two hours of winter sun and 43 would achieve natural cross-ventilation.

Ground and basement plans split parking across two levels, with 56 residential spaces and 14 visitor spaces accessed from the western end of the Moore Street frontage. Bicycle parking totals 14 spaces.

▲ The Moore Street site has a 12-townhouse complex that would go under the redevelopment proposal.

Traffic consultants said the project would generate a net increase of about 8.8 vehicle trips an hour in the weekday morning peak and 6.3 in the weekday afternoon peak once the site’s existing 12 homes are accounted for.

Planning documents said Moore Street sits in an LMR outer area about 515m walking distance from a nominated town centre and 393m from a qualifying bus stop, placing the former townhouse complex inside a planning framework now permitting residential flat buildings on well-located R3-zoned land.

Planning documents said a 12-lot strata subdivision was approved in October 2023, although the site remains on its existing title.