Working closely with Council, and the Kurraba Community, we have made deliberate modifications to ensure that the homes we wish to build cause the least disruption possible, and positively contribute to the aesthetic and atmosphere of the suburb overall.
The public exhibition period is 13th December 2019 – 17th January 2020
The Independent Heritage Assessment prepared by City Plan on behalf of Council confirms that the existing buildings are not of historical significance. The recent findings support (and concur with) our original independent reports that the “subject sites are not considered of sufficient significance to warrant retention.”
The proposed building is fully compliant. Including features such as lift overruns, plant, balustrades etc. the building is under the max height of building control.
– all proposed landscaping is, and will remain, under the building height control. As per the original DA submission, all mature planting will be maintained in line with balustrade height and the 12m height limit. To ensure this, we have removed all trees from the rooftop landscaped areas.
Further modelling and view impact analysis clarification for specific units/areas was requested and has subsequently been provided. All of which demonstrates that the proposed design adequately retains, protects – and in some instances improves – the existing views enjoyed by our neighbours.
We have now provided Council with further detail and sections to demonstrate our proposal appropriately deals with the complex existing topography. We have been able to demonstrate that the proposed design will not result in subterranean apartments and that our submission adequately responds and relates to the existing surrounding topography on Kurraba Road; including northern boundary and western boundary along Kurraba Reserve.
A number of residents expressed concerns in this area and so to address all comments thoroughly, an addendum to the Geotechnical Assessment has been completed by Douglas Partners and forms part of the re-submission. This can be viewed in full online. We have also made changes to the retaining walls along the northern boundary, in order to further separate excavation from neighbouring buildings. These precautionary measures will result in additional protection for bordering properties.
An extensive demographic report by Belle Property was included in our initial submission to demonstrate the genuine need for the proposed apartment mix in the Kurraba area. In response to a Council request, an additional detailed Residential Property Report has been prepared by JLL confirming that the proposed mix in our DA is appropriate for both Kurraba Point and the wider locality. The full report is available online.
To address concerns regarding the rooftop communal space and residual noise for surrounding neighbours, we have; increased setbacks further from our northern boundary, repositioned the BBQ area away from neighbouring sites and decreased the trafficable area to allow for additional landscaping for optimum noise absorption.
To ensure privacy across the site, some units had revisions made to include fixed privacy (and in some cases brick) screens.
The pedestrian entry has been revised to provide a more defined and secured entrance for future occupants and visitors, including; lowering the retaining wall (north-east), new stepped access, additional landscaping. For safety, amendments have also been made to the driveway entrance; now designed with improved sightlines for pedestrians walking along Kurraba Road.
The GTA have provided a TIA Addendum (which can be viewed online) to affirm that that data collection we initially supplied was undertaken with both consideration of local traffic conditions and guidance set out by the RMS Guide to Traffic Generating Development 2002, Austroads Guide to Traffic Management Series, and the Austroads Guide to Road Design Series. All findings affirm that the level of variances captured are considered to be within the normal range of fluctuations (4 weeks).
As per Council’s request, Tree Management Services have provided an addendum in relation to the temporary bracing of Trees 2 & 3. Alongside this, in response to comments raised by Council, minor amendments to plant specifications have been made within our landscape plan.
Following consultation with Council we have removed the high wall along the eastern portion of the site to Kurraba Road and replaced with it a lower palisade fence with additional landscaping. This will soften the boundary treatment to Kurraba Road and will serve to provide more landscaping to the streetscape while also ensuring adequate privacy to the proposed apartments at street level.
Per request, external solar shading has been introduced to the western façade.
A message from the owners of Thirdi Group:
Bob, Luke & Ron (Directors of Thirdi Group) wanted to highlight to the community that Thirdi is a proud, Australian owned and locally run business (head office in North Sydney) and all three directors live in the local area.
If this project is approved, they will work as hard as they can to create an outstanding project for the area. If anyone would like to meet personally with the directors or their team, their door is open and they would love to hear from you.
This website has been created for the community, to engage with Thirdi so if you have any questions, please reach out.
Please click here and send Thirdi your details or call their office on 02 9409 7200.
Site location:
Thirdi Group Property Developers (hereafter referred to as Thirdi Group) have submitted a development application for a new residential apartment building on the site at 147 – 153 Kurraba Point Road, Kurraba Point.
The proposed development site comprises of three lots located at 147, 151 & 153 Kurraba Road, Kurraba Point.
The location of the site has been highlighted in the attached image for easy identification.
Current site overview:
The site has an area of approximately 2222m2 and is irregular in shape presenting its frontage to Kurraba Road.
The existing inter-war and post-war structures comprise of 3 flat buildings, with a total of 23 apartments with limited amenity and inadequate, to no off-street parking facilities.
The attached image is of the proposed site, looking back towards it from Hodgsons Park Look.
Neighbouring Buildings:
The proposed development is bordered by neighbouring buildings of varying heights, styles and ages.
The architectural approach of the proposed plans has considered neighbouring properties and the heritage elements of surrounding parklands.
Much thought has been put into the proposed design to be sympathetic to the neighbours properties and the natural beauty of the Kurraba Point headland.
The Proposed Building:
This artists impression render is positioned looking at the proposed building from Hodgesons Lookout Park. As shown, the proposal has undergone significant changes from the previous submission.
Most notably, the materiality has changed to reflect the urban context of Kurraba Point, and is now comprised heavily of architectural brick, sympathetic to the surrounding buildings of Kurraba Point. You can also note a significant decrease in height throughout the development, especially to the western side of the site.
The proposal is now compliant to height and site coverage controls and has a similar massing to the existing buildings on the site. The proposal includes 25 apartments, comprised of 2 and 3 bedroom units.
The existing buildings on site comprise of 23 apartments.
About Thirdi Group (The Developer):
Thirdi Group is a recognised leader in the creation of bespoke residential projects throughout Sydney and is known for delivering high end projects to the benefit of the communities they create their projects in.
This website has been designed to provide interested members of the Kurraba Point Community/Stake holders with up to date information about this project and the current development application.
This site is designed to promote the two-way exchange of information between the developer and the community.
If you have any questions please complete the contact form or call our office on 02 9409 7200.
Currently there is 23 apartments on site and we are only proposing to increase by ‘2’ lots to 25 one, two & three bedroom Apartments.
Council site coverage control (density control) requires max 45% site coverage. Our proposal building foot print is under this control with only 44.5% site coverage
Council building height control is 12m. Our Proposed building is fully compliant with this control and under the height limit control.
Council building height control is shown by the blue plane in the diagram below.
As can be seen by this diagram our building will be the only apartment building in the direct vicinity that is actually compliant with councils building height control.
We are proposing 41 Car spaces within a basement car park which includes 6 visitor car spaces. This is fully compliant with councils parking control.
The existing building have only 12 onsite car spaces and relies heavily on street parking. Our proposal has adequate parking for all residents within the site freeing up over 18 street car spaces
We no longer propose car lifts for access to our basement car park and now propose a traditional ramp entry, positioned at the two way section of Kurraba Road. This will mean cars will not have to circulate Hodgsons Lookout Park to access the development
Our proposal includes a high-quality rooftop terrace which has been sized and located to ensure visual and acoustic privacy to all surrounding residences. Further to this, Council will also impose their standard operational restrictions on this space which will limit the hours of operation and also deny the use of amplified music in this area. This will further ensure that our neighbours are not disrupted as our residents enjoy this space
Effective landscaped area equates to 52.1% of the site and provides substantial landscaped area to Kurraba Road inclusive of native species and mature trees.
The proposal exceeds councils deep soil requirement (7% of site area) by providing a deep soil area of 430m2, which equates to 19% of the site area
All significant native trees located onsite (including the existing Fig tree to south west corner) and within the Kurraba cliff reserve to the western site boundary and neighbouring properties will be retained
The proposed development does not result in adverse overshadowing to neighbouring properties nor impacts the setting of the adjoining Kurraba Reserve and Hodgsons Lookout
The proposed development does not result in adverse overshadowing to neighbouring properties nor impacts the setting of the adjoining Kurraba Reserve and Hodgsons Lookout and in many instances neighbour views are improved where our proposed development is significant under the height of the existing buildings
Our proposed basement footprint has been reduced and pull back further from neighbouring properties to ensure neighbouring properties are not impacted by our proposed excavation Building
The proposed colours and materials are strongly influenced by the sites history and locality including the use of brickwork and earthy rich tones. Overall, it is considered that the proposed materials will ensure the proposal integrates with the landscape setting of the site.
This artists impression render is positioned looking at the proposed building from Hodgesons Lookout Park. As shown, the proposal has undergone significant changes from the previous submission.
Most notably, the materiality has changed to reflect the urban context of Kurraba Point, and is now comprised heavily of architectural brick, sympathetic to the surrounding buildings of Kurraba Point. You can also note a significant decrease in height throughout the development, especially to the western side of the site.
The proposal is now compliant to height and site coverage controls and has a similar massing to the existing buildings on the site. The proposal includes 25 apartments, comprised of 2 and 3 bedroom units.
The existing buildings on site comprise of 23 apartments.
This artist render submitted as part of the DA depicts the proposed building facing up-hill on the Kurraba Road loop, from under the beautiful mature fig tree. This render shows the interface of the face and ground floor apartments to Kurraba Road, and an insight into the style of landscaping proposed throughout.
This artist render is viewing Kurraba Point and the proposal from across the bay.
The intention of this render, is to give context of the proposal to the surrounding buildings and highlight how the change of materiality reflects the urban context of Kurraba Point. This render also shows how the architectural design of the proposal intends to compliment the natural ladnscape of the site and Kurraba Point itself.
This artists impression render looks toward the south down Kurraba Road toward the proposed development. It displays the proposals interface to Kurraba Road, and the landscaping elements proposed to the street façade. This render also shows the location of the proposed basement carpark entry, at the end of the two-way section of Kurraba Road.
The proposed colours and materials are strongly influenced by the sites history and locality including the use of brickwork and earthy rich tones. Overall, it is considered that the proposed materials will ensure the proposal integrates with the landscape setting of the site.
This render shows the pedestrian entry to the proposed development. This entryway features vast landscaping with mature trees, native to the Kurraba Point area. This area also features unique and beautiful and brick detailing, which welcomes people arriving at the building.
This renders hows our internal courtyard. This courtyard utilises a combination of privacy screens and a layered canopy of mature trees to ensure privacy to all residences is ensure. Our extensive landscaping will also serve to soften and anchor the building into the surrounding natural landscape.
This render shows the western elevation of our proposed building (from the harbour). This view shows our beautiful art-deco inspired curves which are reflective of the surrounding character of Kurraba Point.
Note: In order to clearly show our building, we have removed the existing, extensive tree canopy from this image. In reality, the majority of this angle of the building will be softened by the existing canopy and not visible to the public.
To give the community clarity on our proposed design in terms of bulk & scale we have created the below white card artistic impressions of our proposed buildings from multiple viewpoints around our development. This will allow the community to see an accurate representation of what is currently on site and what we are proposing to replace it with.
HOW TO USE:
1. Click on the preferred icon below. This will load a large image.
2. Below this image you will see a pink scrolling bar.
3. Move the bar to the right and a transparent outline of the proposed building will load over the existing building to give you a guide on our proposed bulk & scale.
Please note: Whilst Thirdi Group engaged professional consultants to capture/create these photomontages they should be treated as a guide only. These plans are not final plans and may change based on council feedback.
If you have any questions about these images, please contact our office on 02 9409 7200
As with any development in urban or residential areas, there will be some disruption whilst the site is under construction. Thirdi Group has over 10 years of experience in working with communities in dense areas and have a range of strategies/measures ready to implement during construction to minimise disruption to the community if we are successful with our application.
During our past community events, we captured a large number of questions about this and have outlined them below for you to review. If you have any questions about these questions, please contact Wallace Bruderlin on 02 9409 7200
Thirdi have proposed to further restrict our hours of work, beyond those typically imposed by council. We have done this in response to community feedback regarding the construction process and this will serve to reduce the impact of construction works for the community.
Our proposed work hours for the site are as follows:
– Monday to Friday: 7am to 5pm
– Saturdays: 8am to 1pm
– Sundays and Public Holidays: No Construction activity
Additional Voluntary Proposed Restrictions
Demolition and Excavation Works
– Monday to Friday: 8am to 5pm only
– Saturdays: No Demolition or Excavation Works
– Sundays and Public Holidays: No Construction activities.
These additional restrictions have been proposed to minimise construction impacts on the surrounding community, particularly during the higher impact stages of demolition and excavation.
During construction we will be issuing a regular newsletter which will provide the community with key information relevant to the upcoming construction works.
Both Thirdi and the builder, will have a 24hr contact available for the project which will be displayed on the sites entrance. We will also be establishing a community construction committee which will comprise of Thirdi, the builder and interested members of the community.
We will propose this committee meet monthly to discuss upcoming works and also address any concerns or issues the community are experiencing.
Wallace Bruderlin is the lead project manager of this site and can be reached on 02 9409 7200 if you have any questions.
We will be conducting dilapidations for all immediate neighbours and property will also extend all dilapidation surveys to others at reasonable request.
We have engaged the same Geotechnical Engineer as council has engaged for the rectification and stabilisation of the below cliff in Kurraba reserve. This was done to ensure quality, independent and transparent management of the adjacent cliff and its stability. We note, council have now rectified the below Kurraba Reserve cliff face and we will be working with the project team and council to ensure our proposed excavation does not compromise the cliff stability.
Throughout construction we will be employing reduced impact construction techniques, such as rock sawing instead of hammering. This will reduce vibration and reduce potential impacts to neighbouring properties. We will also utilise vibration monitoring and survey control points to monitor movement throughout the entire demolition, excavation and structure phases of construction.
The emission of noise from the construction site will be managed in accordance with the EPA Noise Control Guideline for Construction and Demolition Activities.
A construction noise and vibration management plan (CNVP), will be prepared as part of the construction certificate approval process. The CNVP will be prepared with council and include measures to monitor and maintain the construction noise management levels (NMLs) as set out in Noise Impact Assessment report by Acoustic Logic that accompanies this project application.
Noise levels at the site boundaries will continually be monitored using noise monitors, logged and rectification measures initiated if required.
Other control measures:
Note: The windows treated with this offer will still be fully operable.
Dust from the works is to be dampened and contained within the site, as a minimum standard in accordance with OH&S and Workcover requirements.
Particular attention will be paid to the prevention of dust migration to adjacent properties and footpaths, by providing shade cloths and plywood sheeting to fences and hoardings. In addition, all demolition and hardstand areas will be hosed down on an ongoing basis to prevent dust to be carried past the hoardings.
The latest dust mitigation technologies be employed for the work and will include a site perimeter water spray system during the excavation works, which will dampen the dust on excavation surfaces. Localised water hosing will also be applied at the face of the excavation works and specialised misting cannons will be employed to control dust at the point of excavation.
Other control measures:
Thirdi Group are committed to retrofitting adhesive window seals to the existing windows of adjacent neighbouring buildings overlooking the site at the request of the owners, to help seal the existing windows and prevent the impact of dust on these properties.
Note: That the windows treated with this offer will still be fully operable.
In order to reduce the impact of construction traffic, Thirdi will be employing the following control measures:
Note: no truck movements on weekends during demolition and excavation.
At peak we anticipate up to 5 trucks per hour servicing the site. At no point will trucks be queuing in the area. Trucks will be managed and called in by a designated traffic controller who will work to reduce congestion in the area.
The site will be set up in line with council requirements and statutory regulation. The site will be set up to include the following key elements:
Please note: Above example of typical site hoardings.
We will be applying for a temporary work zone to facilitate the works which will be positioned directly out the front of the development on Kurraba Road opposite Hodgsons Lookout Park, at approximately 20m in length.
This work zone will have no further impact on current parking availability, due to the removal of existing sites residents’ cars which are currently parking in this position. (Approximately 17+ cars rely on this street parking from the current buildings).
See below indicative site establishment plan:
Please note: This file is available for download, in the download section of this website.
This will ensure that construction vehicles such as delivery and demolition trucks have a clear space to park without blocking the street and the flow of traffic, including emergency services access at all times. The proposed zone will be returned to a public use parking zone outside of work zones i.e. at night times when residents require the parking.
Traffic control will be employed to manage the work zone to ensure traffic flows are maintained and construction impact is reduced as much as possible.
All workers are to utilise Thirdi proposed shuttle bus, catch public transport and car pool with other workers to and from the site.
The proposed contractor shuttle bus would include an off-site carpark for tradesmen to park their vehicles, following this they can catch the shuttle bus from either the car park or nearby public transport to arrive on site. This will significantly decrease the amount of congestion within Kurraba Point during construction and reduce the amount of on street parking used by construction workers. This requirement will be included in all contracting documents for the project and will be enforced by both Thirdi and the builder.
A secure tool storage will be provided on site at all times and workers will be required to drop off tools outside peak ours. Tool drop off periods will also be incorporated at off-peak times, where tradesmen will be able to leave and store tools and equipment on site in secured storage areas.
If approved by council, we estimate the following construction timeframes:
Please Note: The various phases of work will be conducted concurrently with some overlap. These durations will be heavily impacted and subject to change due to restrictions imposed around truck movements, hours of works, final design, work zone & Construction Traffic Management Plan approval.
Please refer to project timeline within this website for latest project milestone timings.
The number of workers on site will vary throughout the different construction stages.
As construction work is in stages (demolition, retention, structure etc), there is not usually a large number of separate trades on site at once.
At peak times of construction, in any of the stages, it is estimated that between maximum of 20-30 tradesmen on site.
Thirdi Group’s project delivery team will be on site regularly to ensure our building partners are delivering the site safely and as per the guidelines we have agreed with council.
Prior to the contractor being appointed, a detailed investigation of the existing site will be carried out to further investigate any contamination in the soil and identify hazardous materials in the existing buildings.
A HAZMAT survey will be conducted by a qualified expert hygienist and samples will be taken and analysed. Following this, a report will be produced and contain recommendations for the removal procedures of any identified materials.
The contractor will be responsible for the control and decontamination of hazardous substances. The management of any hazardous materials encountered on site will be undertaken in accordance with statutory requirements. All removal of hazardous materials will be done so by specialised and licensed contractors.
Hazardous materials will be continually monitored and reassessed throughout construction to ensure any hazardous materials are controlled and removed in a safe manner and in accordance with the respective legislation. Dust control measure and air monitoring will be continually in use during demolition and excavation phases which will be used to trigger additional control measures should hazardous materials be detected.
YES.
The large Hills Weeping Fig adjacent to Kurraba reserve and Kurraba road will be retained and protected as required by the project’s arborist for the duration of construction.
During construction, the projects arborist will regularly monitor the trees, the protection controls and the overall health of the retained trees.
Existing neighbouring trees, such as those in Kurraba reserve, will also be retained and protected.
Please see below the estimated timeline of our proposed development. Our development application is currently sitting with North Sydney Council and we are waiting to hold a meeting with their design and review panel.
Please note this timeline is a guide only and may change without notice. If you want to be kept up to date with changes, please send us your details and we will inform you if any key dates change
NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION DOCUMENTS COMING SOON.
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Architectural Documents
Landscape Plans
Preliminary Construction Management Plan
Preliminary Construction Traffic Management Plan
Traffic Impact Assessment
Heritage Impact Statement
Survey Plan
Structural Assessment Statement
If you would like to be kept updated when our download area files change, please add your details and we will send an email to inform you.
Over the coming months a number of Thirdi Group’s team and their design consultants (SJB & Dangar Barin Smith) will be visiting the site location and working with the neighbours and community during the development application process.
If you see these faces, please feel free to approach them and ask your questions. If you would like to find out more about our team or contact them, please read below for all contact details.
Director, Architecture, Sydney
Landscape Designer
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