Have your say on Thirroul Plaza – again!
By Louise Wellington, of Save Thirroul Village The long-running Plaza redevelopment proposal has now found its way to the Land and Environment Court. And, you guessed it, there’s another exhibition involved! The Plaza DA will be heard in Court on...
By Louise Wellington, of Save Thirroul Village
The long-running Plaza redevelopment proposal has now found its way to the Land and Environment Court. And, you guessed it, there’s another exhibition involved!
The Plaza DA will be heard in Court on 25-28 July 2022. The developer has changed their plans again – the new plans will be exhibited from 30 March until 13 April.
These are the final plans to be considered by the Commissioner of the court for them to make a decision about the development, and so it’s important that, once again, the community has their say on these plans.
At the time of writing, the new plans have not been publicly available, and hence the changes aren’t clear. However, given that previous amendments of the various versions of this DA have been minimal, we can speculate that the new plans will have minimum impact on addressing the concerns thousands of community members have raised.
A quick recap on what’s wrong with this proposal: introduction of a new set of traffic lights at King Street at the expense of a significant amount of street parking along Lawrence Hargrave Drive and King St; the bulk and scale of the design is out of character with Thirroul; loss of views from the village to the escarpment; introduction of 77 units into the heart of the village puts evening activities such as live music at risk; uncertainty of the impact to downstream stormwater network in large rain events; small business at risk due to loss of parking access.
Save Thirroul Village will be providing more information about the latest plans out via its various communication channels. Visit www.savethirroulvillage.com.au
