40-place Granville childcare centre refused over heritage and excavation risks The Cumberland Local Planning Panel rejected the proposal for 9 Daniel Street after finding heritage impacts, basement construction safeguards and a proposed stormwater easement unresolved. Council: Cumberland Council Meeting: 14 Oct 2026 Recorded status: rejected BRIEF The Cumberland Local Planning Panel unanimously refused a proposed 40-place childcare centre at 9 Daniel Street, Granville. The panel said heritage impacts and safeguards for excavation beside heritage items at 7 and 11 Daniel Street remained unresolved, and did not support deferred commencement approval for a proposed stormwater easement without written in-principle agreement from affected owners. KEY FACTS - Development Application 2026/0064 for a 40-place, two-storey child care centre at 9 Daniel Street, Granville, was refused on 14 October 2026. - The project proposed adaptive reuse of an existing heritage-listed building, basement parking, demolition of rear structures, tree removal, landscaping and stormwater works. - The panel said heritage impacts remained unresolved and required amended drawings and information responding to a heritage peer review. - The panel sought further geotechnical and heritage input on excavation and basement construction near heritage items at 7 and 11 Daniel Street. - The panel rejected deferred commencement approval for a stormwater easement because written in-principle agreement from affected owners had not been provided. - The decision was recorded as unanimous, with four votes for and none against. ANALYSIS OF THE RECORD - The application was refused because the panel considered key information and safeguards needed to assess heritage, excavation and easement issues were not yet in place. - The proposal's basement construction created a specific unresolved issue because the panel sought evidence about possible impacts on adjoining heritage items at 7 and 11 Daniel Street. QUESTIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP REPORTING - Will the applicant submit amended drawings or a new development application, and when? - Have the owners of the property proposed to be burdened by the stormwater easement since provided written in-principle agreement? - What changes, if any, will be required to implement the heritage peer-review recommendations? RECORDED NEXT STEPS - If the applicant pursues the proposal, it would need to address the heritage peer-review recommendations through amended drawings and supporting information. - Further construction and geotechnical information, including work prepared with a heritage professional, would be needed to address excavation risks. - Written evidence of in-principle agreement from the owners of the property to be burdened would be needed before the proposed stormwater easement could support consent. SOURCE PASSAGES Development Application 2026/0064 for a proposed 40-place childcare centre at 9 Daniel Street, Granville, was refused. "Cumberland Local Planning Panel Meeting 14 October 2026 Page 10 ITEM ELPP032/26 - Error! No document variable supplied. PANEL DECISION: 1. Development Application 2026/0064 for the demolition of rear additions and outbuildings, tree removal, construction of a two storey centre-based child care facility over basement car parking at the rear of the site to accommodate 40 children, retention, repair, refurbishment and adaptive re-use of the existing heritage listed building to provide ancillary rooms for use by the child care facility, Illuminated business identification sign, front fence, associated landscaping and stormwater work at 9 Daniel Street" (Item ELPP032/26, panel decision) The panel found heritage impacts unresolved and required amended drawings and information addressing the heritage peer review recommendations. "Granville is refused for Reasons 1. and 2. in the Attachment to the Assessment Report, with addition of Reasons 2. and 3. below: 2. The works to resolve the impacts of the proposed work on the heritage item have not yet been resolved." (Additional reason for refusal 2) The panel said the construction methodology lacked sufficient detail and required further geotechnical work prepared with a heritage professional to assess impacts on heritage items at 7 and 11 Daniel Street. "3. The submitted construction methodology lacks sufficient detail, is not clearly informed by recommendations of site-specific geotechnical and structural engineering reports, and does not adequately demonstrate how adjoining heritage items will be protected from impacts associated with excavation and basement construction works close to the lot boundary." (Additional reason for refusal 3) The panel did not support deferred commencement approval for the proposed stormwater easement without written evidence of in-principle agreement from the owners of the property to be burdened. "This is not supported, as the Panel understands that unless written evidence has been provided that the owners of the property to be burdened by the easement have agreed in principle to the it, clause 6.4 of Cumberland LEP 2021 has not been satisfied, which is a necessary step in order to grant consent." (Reasons for decision 1) The refusal was unanimous, with four panel members recorded for and none against. "The written submissions and the presentation by the Applicant and her Architects were considered by the Panel. For: Heather Warton, Heather Irish, Dennis Loether and Michael Northey Against: Nil." (For and against) SOURCES https://cumberland.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/10/ELPP_14102026_MIN_3253.PDF https://minutesradar.com/news/cumberland-infocouncil-cumberland-local-planning-panel-14-oct-2026-14-oct-2026-minutes-40-place-granville-child-care-centre-refused-over-he-8538d06b58/ Prepared from public council minutes using automated drafting and checks. 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