Burwood panel approves 19 Lindsay Street heritage house works despite unauthorised changes

Burwood's planning panel has approved alterations and additions at 19 Lindsay Street, a heritage-listed Victorian house, in a 3-1 vote. The consent covers a new basement, an extended ground floor and first floor, a swimming pool, stormwater works and landscaping.

The application, DA.2026.10, relates to heritage item No. 69 in Schedule 5 of the Burwood Local Environmental Plan 2012. The panel approved the works subject to conditions in council's assessment report.

In its reasons, the panel said significant works had already been carried out at the property without development consent. It highlighted condition 19, which requires a Building Information Certificate to deal with unauthorised works before any approved work can proceed, and urged council to enforce that condition strictly.

The panel said it was satisfied the proposal, with conditions, is consistent with the R2 Low Density Residential zone and keeps the residential use of the site. It also found the development would not unreasonably compromise nearby properties, pointing to setbacks, design responses and conditions addressing bulk, scale, privacy and overshadowing.

Ms Wellfare dissented. She raised concern that the proposal was inconsistent with the recommended management provisions in the heritage inventory sheet for the property.

The Lindsay Street approval was one of three planning matters decided in Burwood on the night. The others were a seven-lot subdivision at 23 Weldon Street and 2 Wyatt Street, and a modification to the Burwood Place basement and parking design at 42-60 Railway Parade and part Wynne Avenue.

For 19 Lindsay Street, the approval allows George Arida's application to proceed under council conditions at the Burwood site owned by Jonny Katrib. The panel's reasons leave the heritage item under close scrutiny while the unauthorised works are addressed.