Housing Developments | Southern Suburbs

[Shuz]

$5.05 says that this article is just another chance for someone to blow his/her trumpet about "change", and come 30 years down the track, nothing will ever really have happened.

[Prince George]

Density and critical mass aren't just a question of height. I would say Norwood/Payneham/St Peters has reasonable density - almost double that of the City of Adelaide - but has practically nothing over two stories. It manages it by actually being dense - narrow streets, smaller dwellings, all packed together. If the plan is to build 150+ sq m apartments on multi-laned streets, then yes you probably need more than four levels. But if not, you can fit a heck of a lot of people into that space.

[PeFe]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/real-esta ... 6199462520

A 51-UNIT Morphett Vale development is the first of its kind in the southern suburbs, the developers say.
Windsong Park Estate, on Windsong Court, is being released for sale today and developer David Willmott, owner of Prime Building Company, said it was a "lifestyle" development.

"It's apartment-type living with one and two-bedroom apartments and three-bedroom townhouses and it has a central park with veggie patches," Mr Willmott said.

He said the price of land in Morphett Vale and a lack of new apartment developments spurred them on, with support from Onkaparinga Council. "We didn't realise the zoning had changed and we sat down and worked through it to come up with a new type of development," he said.

"We did our research and there's not a lot of new apartments or unit-type developments in Morphett Vale, there's not a lot available."

Prices will range from $180,000 for a one-bedroom apartment up to $295,000 for the three-bedroom townhouses and while it is not targeted at low-income earners, Mr Willmott said he thought the development would appeal to a wide range of buyers. "With the one-bedroom at $180,000, I don't think you can buy anything in Adelaide with that sort of money at the moment," he said.

"The one-bedders could be investors, single mums, young women looking to invest or get out of home - it's a really good mixture."

Onkaparinga Council acting CEO Terry Sutcliffe said the development was part of the council's planning framework to allow increasing density and a range of different houses.

"It's really about making sure we get very efficient use of urban land - one of the issues is the cost and pressure to keep expanding into greenfields areas," Mr Sutcliffe said.

"Choice of housing stock in Onkaparinga is pretty homogenous, we want to be able to provide a range of choices."

Construction on Windsong Park Estate is set to begin in February and be completed by early 2013.

[ghs]

180,000 is pretty cheap. Stamp duty would be around 6,000.

Someone who's has not bought before could claim the two grants from the government
of $7000 each then buy a place for 170,000 or so.

[PeFe]

From The Advertiser

Is this the new face of Christies Beach? Plans in for seven-storey apartment complex
A SEVEN-storey apartment complex earmarked for Christies Beach will become the south’s tallest building if it is approved by Onkaparinga Council.


am Mercorella Pty Ltd this month lodged an application with the council for the development at 1-2 Price St, which includes an underground carpark, office space and 32 apartments.
Spokeswoman Sonia Mercorella said it was the company’s first multi-storey development and would be directly behind its other property, Seaside Plaza, on Beach Rd.
If approved, it would replace Noarlunga House as being the tallest building in the region, which stands at six storeys.
“We think the area has amazing potential for growth being so close to amenities, including the beach, retail and commercial spaces,” Mrs Mercorella said.
Mrs Mercorella said the rezoning of Christies Beach to allow high-density living for buildings more than four storeys high in the suburb’s centre had prompted the application.
“The rezoning of the area provided the perfect opportunity,” she said.
Mrs Mercorella said multi-storey apartment living had advantages for its residents and the community, such as added security.

http://www.news.com.au/national/south-a ... 1be371f689

[thecityguy]

This is better than some of the crap that gets proposed for the city, I really like the design for its size


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[neoballmon]

Building looks nice, and would be great for the area (especially if they demolish the small block of shops and build on the corner), but I would hate to live on a lower floor at the back. Horrible view.. Not to mention the sound of the DC trucks backing into Coles early in the morning.

[PeFe]

From The Advertiser

Boardwalk among ideas to revitalise Beach Rd, Christies Beach

A BOARDWALK connecting Christies Beach to Port Noarlunga, lowering the speed limit to 40km/h, more alfresco dining, and a tram line are among ideas to revitalise Beach Rd.
Over the past year, the Christies Beach Business & Tourism Association has been inviting people to its pop-up shop on Beach Rd to share their ideas on how to transform the shopping strip.
About 6500 people have taken part, with suggestions including a boardwalk, tourist information centre, more street art and homewares and fashion outlets.
Reducing the road’s speed limit from 60km/h to 40km/h and more events such as twilight markets and food festivals were also listed.

More : http://www.news.com.au/national/south-a ... 7f6599e5ee

[SRW]

It absolutely should become a jetty road of the south, but given it's presently so far away from that they need to turn these ideas into a 20-30 year master plan and stay the course.

[Eurostar]

I propose Onkaparinga Council trial a free bus service during summer running between Noarlunga Centre Station and Christies Beach connecting with trains from city on weekends. To save money on buying a bus they could lease a bus from Southlink Lonsdale, any low floor rigid bus will do.

[Norman]

From the Guardian Messenger

Rising skyline on the line
Eugene Boisvert

HEIGHT limits in parts of Oaklands Park will rise to seven storeys under Marion Council plans to increase housing density. High-rise apartment blocks would be allowed along the Seaford rail line and Diagonal Rd under the plan. One-storey developments would be favoured in other parts of the suburb. SEVEN storey apartment blocks would be allowed along the Seaford rail line and Diagonal Rd under Marion Council plans to increase housing density in Oaklands Park.

One-storey development would be favoured in other parts of the suburb, which is mostly zoned for two-storey homes.

Heights to be allowed in other suburbs within the area have yet to be voted on, apart from excluding “character areas” of Edwardstown, Glandore and Plympton Park from the rezoning.

Councillors voted last week to approve staff to go ahead with detailed plans for the Oaklands Park rezoning being considered by its planning committee as the first part of zoning changes for all areas along the Seaford rail line, the Glenelg tramline and Marion Rd.

Committee chairman Nathan Prior said the zoning in Oaklands Park allowed for a wide range of development but the easiest thing for landowners to do was to replace single family homes with between two and four units so this was what was most common. This created traffic issues and delayed denser development for decades, he said.
“That’s why this is urgent,” Cr Prior said.

“There’s not many things that get knocked back and that’s a concern.”

Traffic would be alleviated because the developments would be along public-transport routes and the land would be freed up for its maximum potential. “There will be people in areas we increase who won’t be happy with this but the point is their property values will increase,” Cr Prior said.

He said it did not make sense that most development on the eastern side of Diagonal Rd was one storey, while on the western side the Westfield Marion office tower was eight storeys high. Oaklands Estate Residents’ Association president Fred Hill hoped the rezoning would prevent “cookie-cutter” developments of uninteresting row houses that were popping up across Marion. “It keeps the development consistent in a section,” Mr Hill said.

The most likely next area for a more detailed rezoning was Edwardstown and Ascot Park, Cr Prior said.

[[Shuz]]

Onkaparinga Council concerned about state Government plan to allow 1000 new homes at Aldinga
APRIL 04, 2019

A plan to allow 1000 homes to be crammed on to vacant land in Aldinga has Onkaparinga Council worried about a repeat of the controversial Seaford Meadows development.

Mayor Erin Thompson will write to Renewal SA saying that to build so many houses on the site would require a density that would have a negative impact on Aldinga’s character.

Renewal SA has released a plan for the 94ha parcel of land bounded by Main South, Aldinga Beach, Quinliven and How roads for public consultation.

It includes the new Aldinga super school, 1000 houses and an extension to the Seaford railway line.

According to a council report, 60 per cent of the houses would have to be medium density – 40 homes per hectare – to achieve the target.

The council approved Ms Thompson’s draft letter at a meeting this week.

“If this target were to be achieved it could have a significant detrimental visual impact on the character of Aldinga, and more broadly, the adjoining McLaren Vale Character Preservation District,” it says.

“We ask that Renewal SA ... incorporate requirements for larger lots where the development interfaces with the McLaren Vale Character Preservation District.

“This would, in turn, focus any higher density development towards the centre of the development.”

Cr Richard Peat said he wanted to avoid a repeat of the controversial $215 million Hickinbotham housing development at Seaford Meadows, which residents have been fighting for more than two years.

Under that plan, 700 homes will be built on a 42ha site on Commercial Rd.

“I don’t want to see that happen here,” Cr Peat said.

“At the end of the day, Renewal SA are instructed to get the most money and the most value for the sale of the land, so the more homes they can stick in the more revenue for the State Government, but I don’t want to see an outcome like Seaford Meadows where they sell it to a developer on that pretence.

“The council is advocating for the community and what the community wants.”

The council has also requested that the “green triangle” parcel of land north of Quinliven Rd – which has been earmarked for development – be kept as open space.

Community consultation on the plan closes on Sunday.