THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
New South Wales Development
MIRVAC FILES NEXT STAGE OF 900-HOME ESTATE
The estate is less than 10km from Mirvac’s Crest project at Gledswood Hills.
Author: Clare Burnett Urban Developer
Mirvac has filed plans for a residential subdivision in Sydney’s south-west as part of its much larger estate masterplan.
“high-quality urban design outcome through its delivery of varied lot typologies which will deliver future residential dwellings”. It will contain 13 lots smaller than 300sq m, but the majority are between 350sq m and 500sq m, with a handful over 1000 square metres. According to the development applications, the surrounding area is characterised by emerging low and medium-density residential development within Oran Park, which is targeting 7540 homes, and Turner Road precincts. The Oran Park town centre is 2km north of the site, which itself is attracting developer interest. Mirvac acquired the overall 80ha site at Cobbitty in 2021 when it was offloaded by fund manager Roberts Jones, which had bought the land in turn from McIntosh Bros for $232 million in 2018.
The 7.9ha site at 13 Pottery Street and 589 and 591 Cobbitty Road at Cobbitty, in the semi-rural town in the Macarthur region, about 70km from Sydney’s CBD. The parcel is south-west of the Oran Park Precinct, according to documents filed with the Camden Council by the APP Group. The site is part of the Cobbitty by Mirvac residential estate, which will eventually deliver 900 homes, and playing fields, recreation and community facilities. In this application, Mirvac is seeking a 93-lot Torrens title subdivision and associated earthworks, including remediation of contaminated land. The developer wants to build nine internal roads, install drainage infrastructure and utilities, and subdivide the lot into 89 residential lots, three residue lots and another for a future park. Future yield for the subdivision is expected to be 107 homes, according to the application, and the project will deliver “high-quality housing” in the growth area with a
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