An 85-year-old western Sydney bowling club has lost the final round in its two-year fight for a $50-million redevelopment it believes would have secured the club’s future.

The board of directors of The Hills District Bowling Club will tell its 4700 members this week that long-awaited plans to keep at least two playing greens, build a new clubhouse and add up to 196 apartments as well as 32 senior-living units in four buildings have been refused for a second time.

In a decision late this month, the Sydney Central City Planning Panel refused a rezoning review that would have allowed for the mixed-use development of up to 18 storeys.