Burwood Local Planning Panel Meeting - 20 Aug 2026 6:00 PM

Topics

• Burwood panel approves roof changes after unauthorised framing found at Tahlee Street home
  A development consent modification has been approved to resolve unauthorised roof framing and waterproofing problems while construction is under way.
  The decision affects an active building project in a heritage conservation area and illustrates how construction problems are addressed through amended consent conditions.
• Burwood indoor recreation facility wins approval to sell alcohol
  The Local Planning Panel approved ancillary liquor sales at Suite 2.01, 1-17 Elsie Street, removing the existing consent restriction on alcohol.
  The decision changes the facility’s permitted business operations and may prompt interest from nearby residents about amenity and operating conditions.
• Heritage-listed Victorian Villas in Burwood cleared for rear addition and pool
  Works including a single-storey rear addition, internal alterations, pool and landscaping were approved at heritage item I43 on Clifton Avenue.
  The approval permits significant changes to a heritage-listed dwelling while testing how new residential additions fit within the Wallace and Brady Streets Heritage Conservation Area.

Decisions

• Modification approved at 5 Tahlee Street
  Modification of Development Consent DA.2024.65 was approved under section 4.55(2) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. The changes address unauthorised, non-compliant roof framing and constructability and waterproofing constraints affecting the rear addition. Approval is subject to Council’s draft conditions of consent.
  Allows construction to proceed with amended roof works while requiring compliance with Council’s conditions. The site is in a heritage conservation area.
• Ancillary alcohol sales approved at 1-17 Elsie Street
  Modification of Development Consent DA.2024.55 was approved under section 4.55(1A) to allow the ancillary sale and supply of liquor at Suite 2.01, associated with an approved indoor recreation facility. The existing condition prohibiting alcohol sales will be removed, subject to draft conditions of consent.
  Nearby residents and users of the facility may be affected by the change in permitted operations. The Panel found the ancillary alcohol service would not unreasonably compromise nearby amenity.
• Heritage dwelling alterations approved at 10 Clifton Avenue
  Development Application DA.2026.40 was approved for alterations and additions to a heritage-listed dwelling, including a single-storey rear addition, interior alterations, a swimming pool and associated landscaping. Approval is subject to Council’s draft conditions of consent.
  The project will alter heritage item I43, the Victorian Villas, and affect the character of the Wallace and Brady Streets Heritage Conservation Area. The Panel found the amended design appropriate to surrounding buildings and the conservation area.

Discussion

• Development consent compliance and roof construction
  The Panel approved changes to an in-progress development after non-compliant, unauthorised roof framing was identified and constructability and waterproofing issues arose with the approved rear-addition roof design.
  Residents may be interested in how the amended works will be controlled through development consent conditions and heritage-area planning objectives.
• Ancillary liquor sales at an indoor recreation facility
  The Panel approved the sale and supply of alcohol as an ancillary activity at Suite 2.01, 1-17 Elsie Street, subject to conditions.
  The decision changes the facility’s permitted operations and may be relevant to nearby residents concerned about amenity.
• Alterations to heritage-listed Victorian Villas
  The Panel approved a rear addition, internal alterations, pool and landscaping at 10 Clifton Avenue, a site containing heritage item I43.
  The approval permits substantial residential works while requiring the project to respond to heritage controls and the surrounding conservation area.

Impacts

• Construction and roof works at 5 Tahlee Street can continue under amended consent conditions.
• An indoor recreation facility at 1-17 Elsie Street may sell and supply alcohol on an ancillary basis.
• The heritage-listed dwelling at 10 Clifton Avenue may undergo approved additions, internal works, pool construction and landscaping.
• The Panel stated that the approved developments would not unreasonably compromise adjoining or nearby properties’ amenity.

Places

• 5 Tahlee Street, Burwood NSW 2134 (development site)
  Site of approved modification DA.2024.65 involving roof framing and the rear addition.
• 1-17 Elsie Street, Burwood NSW 2134 (mixed-use development site)
  Location of Suite 2.01 and the approved indoor recreation facility permitted to provide ancillary alcohol sales.
• 10 Clifton Avenue, Burwood (heritage residential site)
  Site of approved DA.2026.40 for alterations, a rear addition, pool and landscaping.
• Wallace and Brady Streets Heritage Conservation Area (heritage conservation area)
  Heritage context considered in the assessment of works at 10 Clifton Avenue.
• Burwood (suburb)
  All three approved applications are located in Burwood.

Next

• Implement the approved modifications and developments in accordance with Council’s draft conditions of consent.
  Following determination and issue of the relevant amended consents or development consent.
• Continue construction and compliance oversight for the amended roof works at 5 Tahlee Street.
  During the current construction period.

Extract

This is of the Minutes of the Burwood Local Planning Panel Meeting of Burwood Council held on 20 August 2026 BURWOOD LOCAL PLANNING PANEL MEETING MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BURWOOD LOCAL PLANNING PANEL held at the CONFERENCE ROOM, 2 CONDER STREET BURWOOD on Thursday 20 August 2026 commencing at 6:00 PM. Attendance Kevin Hoffman, Chair Judith Clark, Expert Linda Kelly, Expert Brian James, Community Representative Jai Reid, Manager City Development Julian Sciarrone, Coordinator City Development Alastair Sim, Senior Assessment Planner Hannah Lawes, Development Assessment Planner Zachary Moore, Development Advisory Planner Nazir Hammoud, Strategic Planner Opening of meeting The meeting opene...