Introduction
A Social Impact Assessment (SIA) is being prepared to inform the preparation of a State Significant Development Application (SSDA) for the Wahroonga Estate Central Masterplan and Stage 1 development.

By completing this survey, your insights about the proposed development and how it may impact you and your community, positively or negatively, will help to identify mitigation or enhancement measures that respond to issues raised. Positive or negative impacts may be concerning:
  • how you live, work and interact with others
  • how your community looks and functions
  • how you access services and facilities
  • how you express your beliefs, customs and values
  • your health and wellbeing (physical and mental)
  • your work, or capacity to sustain yourself through employment
  • your ability to have a say in decisions that affect your life.
About Wahroonga Estate
The Wahroonga Estate is approximately 62ha and is anchored by The San, the largest private hospital in NSW and the largest single employer in the local area. Capital Corporation and Adventist Property Service are embarking on a new journey to transform the central part of the Wahroonga Estate, the Central Precinct.
Project Overview
Capital Corporation is seeking approval via the State Significant Development Application (SSD-111445995) pathway, to be lodged with the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI).

The proposal comprises three components:
  • Concept for the Central Master Plan including new hospital facilities, retail and commercial, mixed use and residential buildings for approximately 500 apartments.
  • Subdivision and construction of Stage 1, including approximately 200 apartments.
  • A concurrent Planning Proposal seeks to update the current planning controls to allow the heights and uses proposed in the Concept Plan.
Approval is sought for the physical commencement of Stage 1 of the Central Master Plan only. For all other subsequent stages, the proposal seek for the approval of the building envelopes only. These development will be subject to a separate approval in accordance with the approved Concept Plan.

At completion, the Wahroonga Estate Central Precinct will comprise:
  • 500 residential apartments, including 10% affordable and key housing;
  • 70,000sqm of retained and new hospital floor space and healthcare and medical consulting facilities, supporting the ongoing operation, modernisation and expansion of Sydney Adventist Hospital;
  • 5,000sqm new cafe, restaurant and local convenience shop and services to support residents, workers, students, patients and visitors;
  • 1.5ha of new and upgraded publicly accessible open space with a central park, forming the heart of the precinct with landscaped recreation areas, pedestrian connections and community gathering spaces.
  • 31.4ha of adjoining bushland to be retained and managed and 22% retained and proposed tree canopy across the precinct.
  • free and direct shuttle bus service and new cycleways connecting to future cycling network
  • Private communal amenities for future residents including recreation facilities and landscaped outdoor areas;
  • Upgrades to internal roads, pedestrian and cycle networks, perimeter road for fire truck access, road infrastructure upgrade to Comenarra Parkway, and associated servicing and infrastructure works.

Question Title

Wahroonga Estate Central Precinct Concept Plan

Wahroonga Estate Central Precinct Concept Plan

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