Mixed Use & High Density Residential Projects

source: BVN

93-97 Macquarie Street, Sydney

  • Client: Macquarie Street Development Pty Ltd

  • Project Management: Census Advisory Pty Ltd

  • Architect: BVN Architects

  • LGA: City of Sydney Council

  • Value: $185m

  • Completed: 2023 - Ongoing

  • Consent Authority: City of Sydney Council, Central Sydney Planning Committee

  • Services: Design Competition Management, Detailed DA, S4.55 Modification to the Concept DA, RFI follow up process with Council and Planning Strategy.

TPS managed the design competition for the redevelopment of the Stamford on Macquarie Hotel in 2023. The brief asked competitors to design a high quality mixed-use commercial and residential development that connected public space and repurposed the adjacent heritage-listed Health Department building. Each design was well-considered, thoughtful, and embraced the heritage and context of Macquarie Street. BVN Architecture’s proposal was selected as the winning design by the Jury.

TPS also lodged a Detailed DA with the City of Sydney Council that will see BVN’s design reinvigorate the site in a manner sensitive to its heritage and historical importance, with non-residential uses within the state-listed Health Building, whilst also delivering 68 high-quality residential dwellings in the CBD. TPS has managed the post-lodgement coordination with Council, with the application expected to be considered by the Central Sydney Planning Committee in Q2 2025. 

source: DKO Architecture

357 Glebe Point Road, Glebe – Bidura

  • Client: Vision Land Development Pty Limited

  • Architect: DKO Architecture

  • LGA: City of Sydney Council

  • Completed: August 2023

  • Consent Authority: Land and Environment Court

  • Services: Preparation of the SEE, and LEC work.

Kate has been involved with the ‘Bidura Children’s Court’ site in Glebe for several years. The project involves the retention and conservation of State Heritage Listed ‘Bidura House Group’, and demolition of the former Remand Centre and Children’s Court for a new residential flat building of 68 dwellings. Kate worked with the development team to obtain Concept DA consent through the Land and Environment Court and also managed the Design Competition. The Detailed DA was submitted to Council in June 2021 and consent granted in August 2023.

source: Studio.SC

Former Balmain Leagues Club

  • Client: Rozelle Grand

  • Architect: Studio.SC

  • LGA: Inner West Council

  • Value: $150m

  • Completed: August 2023

  • Consent Authority: Sydney Eastern City Planning Panel

  • Services: S4.55(2) Modification DA, Lodgement, Site Specific DCP, Council Liaison, Post-Lodgement RFI’s.

TPS successfully assisted our client to obtain approval for a comprehensive modification to the former Balmain Leagues Club site.

The modification will enable the earlier 2020 development consent to operate functionally so that the development can move into the construction phase – including demolition of the dilapidated former leagues club building.

This development will act as a catalyst for the Rozelle community offering a new public plaza, local food and beverage, a supermarket, and a new club facility for West Tigers. It will also provide local office spaces, a community space for Council, and 147 high-quality residential units.

source: SJB

64 Hampden Court, Artarmon

  • Client: Ignazia Pty Ltd

  • Project Management: IB Property

  • Architect: SJB Architects

  • LGA: Willoughby City Council

  • Value: $8.65m

  • Completed: March 2025

  • Consent Authority: Willoughby Local Planning Panel

  • Services: Preparation of the SEE, Clause 4.6 Variation Request for Building Height, and acting as an expert at the WLPP.

TPS assisted with the approval for a new shoptop housing development in the Artarmon Local Centre, beautifully designed by SJB Architects. The development will deliver 18 new residential apartments and ground-floor commercial premises directly opposite Artarmon Train Station – providing much needed housing diversity close to transport and infrastructure. This development is one of the first that takes up the new local centre controls in the Willoughby LEP 2012, and will also provide a contribution to affordable housing, consistent with the LEP requirements. 

source: EMBECE Architects

165-173 Military Road, Neutral Bay

  • Client: Eastview Australia

  • Architect: EMBECE Architects

  • LGA: North Sydney Council

  • Value: $24.5m

  • Completed: October 2023

  • Consent Authority: Land and Environmental Court

  • Services: Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE), Clause 4.6 Variation Request for Building Height, S34 Land and Environmental Court.

TPS assisted with the approval of a high-quality, infill mixed-use development on Military Road, Neutral Bay. We worked with the design team, our client and Council to successfully obtain a Section 34 conciliation outcome through the NSW Land and Environment Court.

The final approval enables a 5-storey mixed use development providing 19 new apartments, communal roof space and 2 ground floor retail spaces.

The proposal demonstrates an excellent example of a responsive, well-designed building, providing residential uses in a highly accessible location, and retail uses that will contribute to the activation of the Neutral Bay village centre. The Planning Studio also prepared a Clause 4.6 Variation Request for building height, which highlighted that exceedance of height on this important corner site was in the public interest and “is compatible with future development as well as the scale, density and character of the area”.

source: BANG Architecture

15-17 O'Brien Street, Bondi Beach

  • Client: STM Realty

  • Architect: BANG Architecture + WMK

  • LGA: Waverley Council

  • Value: $8m

  • Completed: February 2023 - Ongoing

  • Consent Authority: Waverley Local Planning Panel

  • Services: Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE), Clause 4.6 Variation Request for Building Height, and liaising with Council / WLPP regarding post lodgement RFIs.

TPS worked closely with our client STM Realty to obtain development consent from the Waverley LPP on behalf for a shop top housing development containing ground-floor retail, café uses and 14 residential dwellings. The scheme was approved with a variation to the height control under Clause 4.6 and will provide high-quality new mixed use development in the heart of Bondi.

TPS is currently working with the client to prepare a 30% uplift DA that utilises the affordable housing provisions in the Housing SEPP 2021.

source: Turner Studio

137-151 Anzac Pde, Kensington

  • Client: Toga Development Group

  • Architect: Turner Studio

  • LGA: Randwick City Council

  • Value: $65m

  • Completed: May 2023

  • Consent Authority: Land and Environment Court + Randwick Council

  • Services: Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE), expert evidence at Land and Environment Court, S4.55(2) Modification DA

TPS assisted Toga to obtain approval for a high-quality mixed-use development with ground-floor commercial, 142 residential units and a roof terrace in the Kensington Town Centre. This included DA lodgement and expert evidence in the Land and Environment Court, and subsequent DAs with Council.

source: Architectural Images

291-293 Condamine Street, Manly Vale

  • Client: Eastview Australia

  • Architect: SARM Architects

  • LGA: Northern Beaches Council

  • Value: $5.1m

  • Completed: November 2022

  • Consent Authority: Northern Beaches Planning Panel

  • Services: Preparation of SEE, Clause 4.6 Variation Request for Building Height and S4.55 Modification DA.

TPS assisted with obtaining development consent from the Northern Beaches Local Planning Panel in late 2022 for the development of boutique ‘shop top housing’ in Manly Vale.

The proposal will redevelop the currently run-down site into ground-floor retail with 9 high-quality residential dwellings.

TPS successfully obtained a Clause 4.6 Variation Request to amend the maximum building height control for the development.