Chatswood, which is seen as a strategic centre in Sydney’s wider Global Economic Corridor, is well-known for providing copious opportunities for greater employment, affordable housing, community facilities and public open spaces. A new metro station at Chatswood, coupled with the existing heavy rail station, will significantly increase accessibility to and from the precinct.

Currently, there is a high level of demand for open space, affordable housing and community facilities close to major transit hubs. This reinforces established patterns city wide, where the zoning of higher density development closer to major businesses and public transport hubs are the norm, in turn, reducing the impact on city infrastructure and reducing traffic loads on local road networks.

The subject site is located on the eastern end of the Chatswood precinct, forming a gateway position, defining the entrance to Chatswood, and connecting the retail centre and major boutique offers through the Chatswood rail and bus interchange to the Chatswood CBD. It is one of the few sites within the town centre that has both the quality and locality to transform the urban experience of the Chatswood CBD. The planning proposal seeks to increase the height control and floor space ratio, which will position the subject site to fully contribute in realising the Chatswood CBD Planning and Urban Design Strategy as well as the wider objectives of the GSC’s Metropolitan Strategy ‘A Plan for Growing Sydney’.

The improved public amenity provided by 282-284 Victoria Avenue will positively contribute to the desire for the provision of new homes and housing optionality, open space, and social infrastructure