Uniting is seeking to unlock the full potential of a consolidated 8,400 sqm site in Yagoona to make way for an 18-storey seniors housing tower.
The existing ageing retirement village and low-density houses on Church Road would be replaced by 218 independent living units, a 90-bed aged care facility and an activated ground floor.
The seven-lot site totals about 8,400 sqm and sits 140 metres from Yagoona railway station.
Under the Canterbury-Bankstown LEP, the site is currently capped at 25 metres in height with a 2:1 FSR. The rezoning would lift those controls to 65 metres and 3.75:1 – a near-tripling of the permissible height.
The indicative concept by Jackson Teece shows three towers – 8, 14 and 18-storeys – sitting above a 4-storey podium. Ground-floor activation includes a café, gym, chapel, salon, cinema and communal spaces including a swimming pool and courtyard.
The rezoning also requires an amendment to Schedule 1 of the LEP to allow commercial premises and indoor recreation facilities – the café and gym – as additional permitted uses, as neither is permissible on the R4-zoned land.
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