38-apartment affordable housing project approved for Pegler Avenue, South Granville The Cumberland Local Planning Panel approved DA2026/0397 for a four-storey development at 57 - 61 Pegler Avenue, subject to conditions. People who made submissions are to be notified. Council: Cumberland Council Meeting: 11 Nov 2026 Recorded status: approved BRIEF The Cumberland Local Planning Panel unanimously approved DA2026/0397 for a four-storey, 38-apartment affordable-housing development at 57 - 61 Pegler Avenue, South Granville. The project includes demolition, tree removal and a basement car park, and is subject to conditions in Council’s assessment report. People who lodged submissions are to be notified. KEY FACTS - DA2026/0397 was approved for 57 - 61 Pegler Avenue, South Granville. - The proposal comprises demolition of existing structures, tree removal and a four-storey infill affordable-housing development with 38 apartments over a basement car park. - The approval is subject to conditions attached to Council’s assessment report. - People who lodged submissions are to be notified of the determination. - The minutes record four votes for and none against. ANALYSIS OF THE RECORD - The approval incorporates conditions from Council's assessment report, but those conditions are not set out in the supplied minutes. - The minutes record the development approval but do not establish a construction start, completion date, funding arrangement, ownership structure or operational details for the affordable housing. - The supplied record is titled minutes but does not explicitly identify its status as draft or confirmed. QUESTIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP REPORTING - What conditions apply to tree removal, construction impacts, parking and landscaping? - Is a construction timetable available for the Pegler Avenue project? - What affordability requirements, ownership arrangements or funding apply to the 38 apartments? RECORDED NEXT STEPS - People who lodged submissions are to be notified of the determination. - Any development must proceed subject to the conditions attached to Council's assessment report. SOURCE PASSAGES Development application 2026/0397 concerns demolition of existing structures, tree removal and a four-storey infill affordable-housing development comprising 38 apartments over a basement car park at 57–61 Pegler Avenue, South Granville. "That Development Application 2026/0397 for the demolition of existing structures, tree removal and construction of a four (4) storey in-fill affordable housing comprising 38 residential apartments over basement car park pursuant to State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021on land at 57 - 61 Pegler Avenue South Granville be approved subject to the conditions attached to Council's assessment report." (ITEM ELPP036/26, PANEL DECISION 1) People who lodged submissions are to be notified of the determination. "2. Persons whom have lodged a submission in respect to the application be notified of the determination of the application. REASONS FOR DECISION: 1. The Panel generally concurs with the Planning Officers report subject to the attached conditions within the report." (ITEM ELPP036/26, PANEL DECISION 2) The panel said it had considered written submissions and found the issues either addressed in the design or insufficient to warrant refusal. "Cumberland Local Planning Panel Meeting 11 November 2026 Page 3 2. The Panel has considered the matters raised in written submissions and has determined that these matters have either been adequately addressed in the design of the development or where not specifically addressed are not of such weight as to warrant refusal of the application." (ITEM ELPP036/26, REASONS FOR DECISION 2) The minutes record chairperson Michael Leavey, Garry Chapman, David Milliken and Yakub Comert voting for the decision, with no votes against: four votes for and none against. "3. Subject to the recommended conditions of consent, the proposal will not have any unreasonable impacts on the amenity of neighbouring properties or the locality. For: Michael Leavey (Chairperson), Garry Chapman, David Milliken and Yakub Comert. Against: Nil. ITEM ELPP037/26 - DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS, SECTION 2.20(8), ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT ACT 1979 PANEL DECISION: 1. That the Panel pursuant to Section 2.20(8) of the EPA Act, delegates to the Cumberland Council staff members for the time being occupying or acting in the office titled Director Environment and Planning, Executive Manager City Planning and Development, Coordinator Major Development Assessment, and Coordinator Fast Track Development Assessment subject to the conditions specified in Schedule A: (a) The determination of a development application or an application to modify a development consent for the demolition" (ITEM ELPP036/26 voting record, continuing at the start of P13) SOURCES https://cumberland.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/11/ELPP_11112026_MIN_3254.PDF https://minutesradar.com/news/cumberland-infocouncil-cumberland-local-planning-panel-11-nov-2026-11-nov-2026-minutes-38-apartment-affordable-housing-project-approved-for-a2302cd464/ Prepared from public council minutes using automated drafting and checks. No meeting attendance or interviews are implied. 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