2021-02-25 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                         25 FEBRUARY 2021

Open Space Recreation Zone. The applicant has applied for this use as a Multiple Housing Type
3 Retirement and Special Needs (Seniors Living Community).
The application also proposes to construct a new club house, associated car park and a buggy/cart
store for the Cooroy Golf Club situated on land within the Open Space Recreation zone. The club
house will be in a different position to the existing club house and will result in modification and
relocation of several holes. A Material Change of Use application for Entertainment & Dining Type
2 (Recreation amusement fitness) has been made for this new cub house.
A sales showroom for the seniors living facility is proposed adjacent to the Myall Street front
boundary and is to be accessed off the proposed new driveway/internal road. A three bedroom
manager’s unit is also proposed at the eastern end of this new internal road.
The dwelling units comprise 3 different design options, each with 3 roof form options. The dwelling
options and associated bedrooms/bathroom/car parking details are as follows:




The communal facilities are to include a club house, summer house, residence workshop, tennis
court, bocce green, swimming pool, recreational open space areas, visitor parking areas and an
RV compound parking area.
It is proposed that the development be undertaken in stages generally as follows:
•   Stage 1 – Main entry road, sales showroom, managers residence, club house and resort
    recreational facilities, bocce green and 46 dwelling sites;
•   Stage 2 – 51 dwelling sites and emergency access to Myall Street / Nandroya Street
•   Stage 3 – 41 dwelling sites;
•   Stage 4 – 46 dwelling sites;
•   Stage 5 – 62 dwelling sites, and manager’s workshop and summer house.
With regards to the delivery of works to the golf course including the construction of the new golf
club house and facilities, the applicant has advised that the works will be delivered in conjunction
with Stage 1 of the GemLife development via an Infrastructure Agreement. To also secure the
delivery of the works GemLife have proposed a bond 1.07 times the value of the works
($9,375,000). Financial contributions are also proposed to be made to the Cooroy Golf course
club.
Access and egress to the seniors living community and new golf club house is proposed from Myall
Street, approximately 260 metres north of the existing roundabout, and the internal road network
would be privately owned. An emergency access point is proposed approximately 90 metres north
of the roundabout. A total of 32 visitor parking spaces are proposed for the seniors living
community and each dwelling contains a double garage.
A landscape buffer for the seniors living community, which is generally 10 metres wide though
narrowing to the southern extent of the site to approximately 2.0 metres, is proposed to Myall Street

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