Draft Plans can be viewed by clicking on this link: 144 WICKS ROAD DRAFT PLANS
To get in touch and ask questions, provide comments and feedback: Phone 9531 2555 during business hours or email admin@planningingenuity.com.au.
STATE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION
144 Wicks Road, Macquarie Park: SSD-48853239
Introduction
Planning Ingenuity are town planning consultants for the owner of 144 Wicks Road, Macquarie Park. We are preparing a development application for this property. We would like to share information with you about the development proposal and ask you whether you have any comments, questions or other information which may assist us prepare the application.
This page contains some information about the proposed development. Ways to access more detailed information and how to contact us are explained below.
The Site
144 Wicks Road is shown outlined dashed yellow in Figure 1. It is the location of the former Peter Board High School and has previously been approved for the construction and operation of a large format hardware store.
The Proposed Development
We are in the early stages of the project design for a Customer Fulfilment Centre and a new access road extending from Wicks Road.
The Customer Fulfilment Centre will operate as a warehouse. The premises will receive supermarket products from warehouses for packaging and distribution to customers. Orders will be packed at the warehouse and then delivered by vans to the pre-nominated destination (typically homes and businesses). There will also be a small number of direct-to-boot pick up bays.
Draft Plans can be viewed via this link: 144 WICKS ROAD DRAFT PLANS
The details of building design, landscaping, fencing, acoustics and lighting are in progress. These details will take into consideration measures needed to protect the amenity of neighbours, retain some existing trees and create a building design which fits well with the streetscape.
The cost of the development has been estimated to exceed $100 million. This makes the proposal “State Significant Development” and the application will be assessed and determined by the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure under the delegation of the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces. City of Ryde Council will provide comment to the assessment process.
The following specialist studies and plans are being prepared to contribute to the overall development application:
- Environmental Impact Statement
- Architectural Plans and Urban Design Analysis
- Arborists Report and Ecology Impact Assessment
- Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment Report
- Geotechnical Assessment
- Contamination Assessment
- Flooding Impact Assessment
- Stormwater, Groundwater and Water Cycle Management Plan
- Investigation of Utilities Demand and Capacity (Water, Sewer, electricity and telecommunications)
- Civil Engineering Plans
- Traffic and Transport Impact Assessment
- Air Quality Assessment
- Noise and Vibration Assessment
- Economic Impact Assessment
- Social Impact Assessment
- Visual Impact Assessment
- Risk Management Assessment
- Waste and Recycling Management Plans for construction and operation
- Environmental Sustainability Assessment
- Engagement Outcomes Report
Further information sharing about the proposal is planned with the local community in the coming months. You can register to be kept informed of project updates by providing your contact details (see below).
The Draft Plans
Draft Plans can be viewed by clicking on this link: 144 WICKS ROAD DRAFT PLANS
All other documents and studies are in preparation by subject experts and are being coordinated by Planning Ingenuity staff.
Contact Us
Sharing information with you and receiving feedback is important to our understanding and management of the potential project impacts and to identify any concerns, insights and matters specific to this project.
We aim to do this by supplying information regarding the project as it progresses and providing you with opportunities to comment and ask questions.
Planning Ingenuity staff Sophie Perry and Troy Loveday are available to answer questions about the project. To get in touch with Sophie or Troy phone (02) 9531 2555 during business hours or email admin@planningingenuity.com.au.
Any feedback or comments you wish to provide on the project should be provided in writing via email to admin@planningingenuity.com.au, or by mail addressed to the following:
Planning Ingenuity
PO Box 715
Miranda NSW 1490
Attention: Sophie Perry & Troy Loveday
Feedback and comments must be provided by 31 October 2024.
Subject to your permission, issues raised will be recorded in the Engagement Outcomes Report along with the actions taken to consider and respond to those issues. The Engagement Outcomes Report will be a publicly accessible document exhibited by the NSW Department of Housing, Planning, and Infrastructure after the application is lodged. However, if you wish for your responses and comments to remain anonymous, please indicate this within your response or when speaking with Sophie or Troy.
Ultimately as the project progresses you will receive further correspondence including public exhibition notices from the NSW Department of Housing, Planning, and Infrastructure after the application is lodged.
Thank you for your time and consideration.