suburb · 3 meetings
Kensington
Mentions
- Location of DA/1198/2025 at 1 Roma Avenue
- Included in the motion on protecting residential and retail space along the Anzac Parade corridor.
- Bowral Street VPA and broader co-living planning settings
- Affects nearby residents in Kensington through privacy, landscaping, drainage, access and construction controls for a major residential development.
- Affects planning outcomes and local public domain delivery in Kensington.
- These changes affect drainage, runoff, access arrangements and the built form of the Kensington site.
Decisions
DA/1198/2025 approved - 1 Roma Avenue, Kensington
The panel supported the application for a part two and part three storey residential dwelling ancillary to the Sacred Heart Monastery, subject to amended conditions. Changes included stronger privacy screening, revised window treatment, no works on Council land without a formal civil works application, permeability and drainage-related changes, deletion of certain terrace/retaining wall works, clarification of room uses, and approval of landscape documentation by Council.
Affects nearby residents in Kensington through privacy, landscaping, drainage, access and construction controls for a major residential development.
Voluntary Planning Agreement for 6-10 Bowral Street, Kensington
Council agreed to enter into the VPA, authorised minor drafting changes, and received an update on delivery of public domain and open space works linked to the development.
Affects planning outcomes and local public domain delivery in Kensington.
Topics
Civil works, permeability and drainage amendments
The panel required no works on Council land without a formal civil works application, changed hardstand paving to deep soil or permeable paving, and required relocation of tanks and deletion of some terrace/retaining wall works to improve permeability.
These changes affect drainage, runoff, access arrangements and the built form of the Kensington site.
Development contributions applied to Kensington proposal
Condition 5 was amended to require a Section 7.12 levy based on a development cost of $6,834,826, with a levy of $68,348.25 payable before a construction certificate is issued.
Shows the development’s financial contribution to local infrastructure, which can support services in the area.
Meetings