Plans for a boarding house at 23 Ash St, Terrigal, have been rejected by the Local Planning Panel, aligning with Central Coast Council’s recommendation to refuse the development.
Key issues leading to refusal include: non-compliance with relevant planning and zoning controls; incompatibility with desired character of the area; vehicle, pedestrian and waste collection access to the site; and issues raised in submissions during the public exhibition period.
The proposal was referred to the Local Planning Panel because there were more than 10 individual submissions – a total of 64 across two public exhibition periods.
Design Cubicle Pty Ltd submitted plans on behalf of owner A. Sarkis to partially demolish the existing dwelling to carry out alterations and additions to construct a modern boarding house in a part two-storey, part three-storey design.
The boarding house would have 10 rooms, including a manager’s residence, and up to 12 lodgers in the other nine boarding rooms.
There would be eight single rooms and two doubles.
A communal room would be on the ground floor and communal open space area at the rear of the site.
There would be a Plan of Management for operation of the boarding house.
This was a wise decision for many more reasons. Terrigal thanks you for some common sense.