suburb · 1 meetings
Merrylands West
Mentions
- Site of the approved apartment/amendment application at 9 Sherwood Road.
- Supports new boarding house housing supply in Merrylands, with conditions intended to manage neighbourhood impacts.
- Adds more apartments and affordable housing in Merrylands West, with changes to building scale and parking.
- Shows the panel is willing to vary standards where it considers the planning grounds adequate.
- These decisions affect the mix of housing types and density in local centres.
- More medium-density housing may proceed in Merrylands and Merrylands West if conditions are met.
Decisions
70 Burnett Street, Merrylands — approved
The panel supported Clause 4.6 variations for setbacks and building separation and approved Development Application 2025/0778 for a three-storey boarding house with 20 rooms and at-grade parking as a deferred commencement consent, subject to conditions.
Supports new boarding house housing supply in Merrylands, with conditions intended to manage neighbourhood impacts.
9 Sherwood Road, Merrylands West — approved
The panel supported Clause 4.6 variations for building height, landscaping and floor-to-ceiling height, and approved Development Application 2025/0688 to expand an existing mixed-use development to 117 apartments, including affordable housing, with retail reconfiguration and parking changes.
Adds more apartments and affordable housing in Merrylands West, with changes to building scale and parking.
Topics
Clause 4.6 variations for housing developments
The panel supported multiple variations to planning standards for setbacks, building separation, height, landscaping and ceiling height on the two approved Merrylands and Merrylands West applications.
Shows the panel is willing to vary standards where it considers the planning grounds adequate.
Affordable and co-living housing proposals
The meeting considered housing proposals including a boarding house in Merrylands and an apartment expansion in Merrylands West with affordable housing components; the Pendle Hill proposal included co-living units and childcare.
These decisions affect the mix of housing types and density in local centres.
Meetings