Amended plans to turn the Corrimal Coke Works into a housing development will go before Wollongong City Council next week after developers were told to cut the number of proposed homes.
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The Illawarra Coke Company and Legacy Property originally wanted to build 736 dwellings, mostly in apartment blocks, at the Railway Street site when they submitted their first draft planning proposal request in October 2017.
A final masterplan and draft planning proposal submitted to the council last year proposed the construction of 760 dwellings, again mostly in apartment buildings, but councillors told the developers to cut the number of homes to a maximum of 550, contained in a variety of housing types.
The developers have now submitted new plans to build 585 dwellings, 35 of which would be affordable housing.
These plans include 15 apartment blocks, one for affordable rental housing and all of which would be four storeys in height.
They also propose to build 55 townhouses and a two-storey commercial building.
The developers are seeking a reduction in a buffer between the housing and a grey-headed flying fox colony from 100 metres to 62 metres, to reduce building height and housing density in response to the council's resolution last October.
Under the plans, 19 townhouses would fall within 100 metres of the colony.
Council staff recommend that a revised draft planning proposal be prepared and submitted to the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment for approval to exhibit.
The Planning Minister will ultimately determine if the development goes ahead.
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