9 Burroway Road, Wentworth Point - Mixed Use Development

I am a group leader of the newly formed Wentworth Point Community Group. This group was formed at the direction of Parramatta City Council in June 2024 however Council plays no role in this group. This is an independent, community led volunteering group. Since joining the group, I have become even more connected with the community and understand the frustrations and needs of residents. I am submitting my response with support from the community members I have been able to reach in the last 2 weeks. Wentworth Point has already done more than its share in contributing to housing supply, but this must not come at the expense of public land, infrastructure, and the environment. The government must honour its past commitments and stand with the community in rejecting this development. We urge you to take action to protect the last remaining piece of public land in Wentworth Point
and ensure it is used for its rightful purpose—a park, a playing field, and community infrastructure, not another unnecessary residential development. Please refer to attached letter and community petition showing residents' objection with the proposal.

Dear Department of Planning,
I am a resident of Wentworth Point, and I would like to provide feedback on the LANDCOM project for 9 Burroway Road.
First and foremost, I appreciate the positive aspects of the project, particularly the inclusion of a new public plaza and a peninsula park, which will enhance the area and benefit the community. However, I am concerned that the project does not adequately address three major issues affecting the region: overcrowding, traffic congestion, and poor public transport access.
Wentworth Point has experienced rapid population growth, with census data showing that the population nearly doubled between 2016 and 2021. Since then, additional developments have likely pushed these numbers even higher. Unfortunately, infrastructure development has not kept pace with this growth, leading to persistent challenges—most notably increasing traffic congestion and a lack of sufficient public transport options.
Currently, during peak hours and weekends, traffic congestion is a significant problem due to the fact that there is only one road providing access to and from the area. Without additional road infrastructure, further developments will inevitably exacerbate this issue. Additionally, Wentworth Point lacks a train or metro station, forcing residents to travel to neighbouring suburbs (Rhodes or Sydney Olympic Park) for rail access. While the ferry service provides a connection to the city, it is not a viable everyday transport option for many residents.
While challenges like these are common in growing urban areas, the proposed project seems primarily focused on obtaining approval to build and sell more apartments without adequately considering critical infrastructure concerns. This is particularly evident in section 6.1 of the proposal, which states:
"A Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) will be prepared as part of the EIS, which will consider the potential traffic impacts of the proposed building envelope for the mixed-use development on nearby intersections and the surrounding road network."
This statement implies that a thorough traffic impact assessment has yet to be completed, highlighting a lack of priority given to this issue in the planning process.
Moreover, this is not the only ongoing development in the area. Several residential projects—including The Sanctuary, Wentworth Quarter, Florence & Capri, and Willow—are either under construction or have recently been completed, collectively adding over 1,000 new apartments to the region. In addition, LANDCOM is proposing another 406 apartments at 9 Burroway Road; and there is still another project from Billbergia with a separate plan for two 40-story towers basically on the same block/road.
Given the existing and planned developments, I urge you to carefully evaluate the impact of these projects on the quality of life for both current and future residents. Addressing the infrastructure challenges—particularly traffic management and public transport accessibility—should be a priority before further large-scale residential developments are approved.
Thank you for considering my concerns. I appreciate your time and look forward to your decision.
Best regards.

This project is of great importance to be declined for the future of Wentworth point. This beautiful area has endured enough construction over the years and had to deal with lies after lies regarding open space for greenery, play areas, secure dog parks and social gathering spaces.
The delegate need for these things listed above should be priority for Wentworth point as this beautiful suburb has been neglected the whole time. Wentworth point does not need more apartments. It needs open space for children to play. A park for social activities, family gatherings and friendly games of sport (excluding the makeshift park provided to silence people of Wentworth point that is located infront of Marina square).
The people of Wentworth point deserve this whole space to be open to the public for all to use, NOT have even more apartments built.
This project should be declined and the park promised to Wentworth point residence finally delivered.

I repeatedly object for upcoming developments for any more apartments.

I'm astounded that this project is even under consideration for development, given the encroachment on land that was recently announced in the public domain as being public parkland for the residents of this overcrowded, and long suffering peninsular. Sydney has an extreme shortage of affordable and accessible housing, of that I have no doubt. Why Wentworth Point, already a suburb home to 14,000 people, and with a population density of 24,754 people per square kilometre must bear the brunt of poor planning is anyone's guess.
Our suburb is struggling under the highest population density of any suburb in Sydney. We already have the poorest public transport connections, endure the worst artery roads of Homebush Bay Drive with it's nightmarish roundabout, and Parramatta Roads in and out of our suburb, and yet more complexes are built, more people with more cars and more needs move into an area smaller than Vatican City. Perhaps the developer kickbacks are just that good, I'll never know.
I can't imagine any consideration was taken in the lodgment process of how trucks/workers/etc will actually manage to access the site, given Hill Road, the only road of access for residents at the northern end, is about to be torn up and inaccessible for the duration of the Light Rail Stage 2 construction? Foresight isn't a strong point when it comes to shoving through these poorly thought out, and poorly managed applications. Nor is any consideration given to the impact it has on a community that simply cannot carry the burden for the rest of Sydney any longer.
If you keep building more developments, and less infrastructure to support it, the entire suburb will eventually just sink into Homebush Bay, buried under the weight of construction it can't handle. At what point is enough enough? Why are we denied the Park we were promised? The announcement of ground breaking at the Peninsula Park site in October was so welcome, and it was encouraging to see progress on a long needed community asset, to then find out that construction is not a Park, but yet ANOTHER set of apartments for people with cars to pack into what is fast becoming Sydney's first ghetto is foul behaviour.
Please, for once take into consideration the whole picture, and actually hear a community asking for the bare minimum: outdoor space, green space, and sunlight.

I support the proposal.
I have some comments to make
* According to the documents there were previous proposals for taller buildings at the site and those were not pursued because of a lack of support from Parramatta Council, I would suggest revisiting the building heights to provide optimal use of the site. More housing supply is desperately needed as we are in a housing crisis. Taller buildings especially in this location - won't and don't hurt people so it may be worth reviewing solar access impacts and revisiting the building heights upwards. (i.e. revisit the "Figure 16 Planning Proposal reference design (Source: Group GSA 2022)" proposal)
* I fully support "Full electrification of the building systems and avoid onsite fossil fuel use such as gas" - and encourage banning Landcom and/or future government related developments from banning the use of gas for cooktop & hot water. Commercial use of gas ideally would be permitted via an application process. This isn't just for environmental reasons, it is also for cost of living reasons - there is no need for people to be locked into paying two different utility bills for energy supply when they could pay just one.
- It is excellent to see affordable housing being included in the proposal
- Consider if parking rates can be further reduced, while the development currently falls under category 2 as per the "Guide to Transport Impact Assessment - Car parking categorisation" map with the development being within 800m ("The planned Footbridge
Boulevard light rail stop on Hill Road will be about a 500m walk to the site") of a new light rail station consider if applying category 1 reference rates as per "Guide to Transport Impact Assessment" (table 8.4) are more suitable (1 bedroom goes from 0.6 to 0.4, 2 bed goes from 0.9 to 0.7, 3+ br goes from 1.4 to 1.4 & visitor goes from 1 space 5 dwellings to 1 space per 7 dwellings). I will note across the bridge - Rhodes is subcategory 1A at the present time.

I object to the project. The land is situated at a prime location which should be used for the benefit and improvement of the community, instead of creating more apartments. Ideally, the land should be used to benefit the public and high school which are located on neighbouring land. It is strange that this project is proposing for the high school to be situated next to apartment buildings that are greater in height and length.
There are not many areas left in Wentworth Point that border the Parramatta River and aren't also lined with apartments. There are already several apartments planned and in progress for construction in the next few years. It would be ideal to instead use this land to create more public spaces to match the needs of a community that is inevitably increasing in population. I do not believe that the inclusion of a plaza and promenade as part of this proposed project will be sufficient.

While the proposed mixed-use development is generally supported in principle, the EIS does not currently address the residual covenants on Lots 202, 203, & 204 of DP1216628, particularly the Peninsular Park covenants. Given the long history in the Peninsular with Council, release or modification of these positive covenants should be addressed as a condition precedent to consent.

Dear Assessor,

I have lived in Wentworth point since 2017 and see the progress of this project and incidents in this area.

First of all, the developer's change in mind to build two high rises is eccentric and purely based on the capitalism. There is a new local school and a variety of residents have come in, which results in heavy traffiic in Hill road (only accessible road to / from this area). This extravagant project of the developer will cause more potential trouble in traffic, wind, environment and peaceful life of residents. As I moved in looking at the original plan, it must be pusheds back to already assessed and approved plan no matter what the financial situation of the company.

Secondly, I see lots of vacant units in new high rises in this area build up after 2019, so the capacity of building should be based on the actual population and economy. Thank you for your consideration.

I've attached my submission, it's more legible than anything I can put here, but I do support proposal.

The suburb of Wentworth Point only has one road going in, Hill Road.
The infrastructure is not set up for that many more apartments to go up.
Wentworth Point is a great space for nature, and we should limit the number of high rises in the area and provide more green natrual space.

This project is adding to the already crowded Wentorth point. What's needed is more parks and open space and better infrastructure not more building

1. If planning policies can be changed at will to enrich developers, people will think there is corruption/bribery involved and lose confidence in governments, politicians and bureaucrats.
2. The original city planning took into consequences of transport, waste management and other service sustainability for the suburb. The change to increasing almost 1,000 from around 350 residences put a lot of strain on infrastructure.
3. The suburb has other lots to be constructed, will these lots also increase height and residences three folds? If increased density is not allowed for those lots, will that be viewed as favouritism to a particular developer, Billgeria? If increased density is allowed for all un-built lots, what is the point of having city planning in the first place?
4. Wentworth Point is a high density suburb but the road network servicing the suburb is limited to one main road - Hill Road. One road services over 12,000 people in this suburb. If there is a fire in any building, it will be chaotic. If there is a fire in a 40-50 storey building, it will be a disaster.
5. This project will create overshadow over many buildings in Rhodes.
6. There are not sufficient provisions for kindergartens, schools, health facilities. The primary school is already fully enrolled. An influx of another 600 households add to the strain of the existing facilities.
7. There are a lot of high rises being built all over Sydney. There is no shortages of high rise units. The shortage is only about affordable housing. The Project has no impact on affordable housing.
8. There are a lot of residences in Wentworth Point and more being built. Additionally, Rhodes (opposite Wentworth Point) also has a lot of residences, not to mention Melrose Park area along Victoria Road and Wharf Road. As there is no shortage of high rise units, there is no reason for the higher density which the Project demands.
9. The projects affect the amenities, especially sunlight and views, and values of the units in buildings behind. This is not fair to people who bought based on the existing development control plan.

In conclusion, city planning that is in place should be adhered to. There are sufficient number of residences planned. There is no good reason for burdening the existing infrastructure by adding more residences. City planning should be looking at metropolitan Sydney as a whole, not only focus on one suburb and not for the coffers of developers and other related parties. Sydney has many units being built, we do not need a glut of units.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to formally object to the proposed development at 9 Burroway Road. While urban growth is important, this project raises significant concerns for our community for the following reasons:

1.Overdevelopment and High Population Density
Wentworth Point already faces challenges as one of Sydney's most densely populated areas. Further development will exacerbate issues like overcrowding in public spaces, strain on local infrastructure, and a decline in the overall quality of life for residents.

2.Unfulfilled Government Commitments
The government previously committed to providing a park and marina for the community in the early 2000s. Over a decade has passed, and these promises remain unfulfilled. Instead, part of the designated land has been allocated for a high school, further reducing the space available for essential green spaces and recreational facilities. This represents a breach of trust and neglects the needs of the community.

3.Traffic and Infrastructure Concerns
The proposed development will worsen traffic congestion in an area already struggling with insufficient road infrastructure. This poses safety risks and creates logistical challenges for local residents.

4.Broken Expectations for Property Owners
Many residents and investors purchased properties in Wentworth Point based on the promise of a park and marina at 9 Burroway Road. The failure to deliver on these commitments has negatively impacted property values, investment returns, and the overall living experience in the area.Suggestion: Return the Land to the Community
Given these concerns, I strongly urge the council to reconsider the proposed development and return the land at 9 Burroway Road to the community. This land should be used to fulfill the original promise of a park and marina. Doing so would address the community's need for green spaces, improve livability, and restore trust between the government and residents.

Thank you for taking the time to consider this objection. I hope the council will prioritize the long-term interests of the community.

Sincerely,
KEJI GAO

Wouldn't it be nice to not build more apartments in one of the most densely populated areas in Sydney, which has one road in and out for 10000+ people

Wouldn't it be nice to have more parkland for the children being raised in the area. Is there even a park nearby? Wouldn't a park be nice. Land promised for a decade for the community that they're still waiting on.

What happened to the marina? And other community facilities.

I object to building more apartments, especially on land reserved for recreational use, until you fix the infrastructure. Roads, public transport, have you tried using your mobile here? Or having family over to visit and needing to find a car spot?

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to formally object to the proposed development at 9 Burroway Road. While I understand the need for urban growth, I strongly believe this project will negatively impact our community for the following reasons:
1.Overdevelopment and High Population Density
Wentworth Point is already an overdeveloped area with one of the highest population densities in Sydney. Further developments will only worsen existing problems, such as overcrowded public spaces, pressure on infrastructure, and a decline in residents' quality of life.
2.Unfulfilled Government Commitments
The government committed in the early 2000s to provide a park and marina to the community. However, after more than a decade, no progress has been made. Instead, part of the designated land has been used for a high school, further reducing the space available for the promised park. This not only breaks the trust of the residents but also deprives the community of much-needed recreational facilities and green spaces.
3.Impact on Traffic and Infrastructure
The proposed development will inevitably lead to increased traffic congestion in an already busy area. The current road infrastructure is insufficient to handle additional vehicles, creating significant safety and logistical challenges for residents.
4.Breach of Expectations for Property Owners
Many residents and investors purchased properties in Wentworth Point based on the understanding that a park and marina would be developed at 9 Burroway Road. The failure to deliver on these promises has already diminished property values, affected investment returns, and undermined the living experience and expectations of residents.
Suggestion: Return the Land to the Community
In light of these concerns, I strongly urge the government to reconsider this development and return the land at 9 Burroway Road to the community. This land should be used to fulfill the government’s original commitment to build a park and marina. Doing so will not only improve the livability of Wentworth Point but also restore trust between the government and the residents. Additionally, it will provide much-needed green spaces and public facilities to balance the negative impacts of past overdevelopment on the community.Thank you for considering my objection, and I hope the long-term interests of the community will be prioritized.

Sincerely,
Yijun Yan

The community of Wentworth Point had been promised a 3.9ha Peninsula Park for decades. This has now been reduced by the new high school. Some land should be compensated from the 9 Burroway Rd to make up for the shortfall. The Peninsula Park will be shared with the primary school (1000 students), the high school (1500 students) plus the community of Wentworth Point (25000 residents). The current size is grossly inadequate. This is the last remaining government land in the suburb. Parts of it, if not in its entirety, should be returned to the community as public open space to cater for this growing community of Wentworth Point which is the only high rise suburb in Sydney.

This site was promised to the WWP Community in the original masterplan. The area has expanded from the masterplan to become the highest density population in NSW. The project should not go ahead and this land should be given to the community as a park. This was always the plan for the area. The Peninsula Park has seen large chunks carved off to build two schools with no playgrounds or sports fields. The growing population needs space to meet and relax. People living in high density areas with no open green space to relax and socialize, will create health and wellness problems in the area. The local infrastructure can't support the proposed development and the road system cannot support the extra traffic it will create. The State Government owes this site to the people of the suburb as parkland, not further development.

With the highest density population in NSW, the project should not go ahead and this land should be given to the community as always planned as part of the Peninsula Park. Big areas have been taken for the two schools and the growing population needs space to meet and relax. To quote the NSW State Premier, "if we are going to expect people to live in high density suburbs, we must provide open green space for them to relax and socialize". The State Government owes this site to the people of the suburb as parkland, not further development.

I'm writing on behalf of the WP Titans Sports Club Inc. Board and members.

We are the only community sports club in Wentworth Point having formed in March 2024. We currently have hundreds of children and adults as registered members training each week on our private pop up park provided by Billbergia Pty Ltd on the roof of the Marina Square retail carpark. In April our first soccer teams will be representing our club and community in the Churches Football Association (CFA) competition. We have arranged a partnership with AFL NSW/ACT and will shortly have Auskick and Superkick programs at Wentworth Point. We have Basketball and European Handball training and clinics and our plan is to register Wentworth Point teams to play in Association competitions. Our vision is to expand into other sports including cricket for the summer season.

We have had meetings with our local schools and are working together to expand sporting opportunities for our children. In our meetings with the local High School leadership, Landcom representatives, Senior Council staff and local representatives we have been assured that as the local Wentworth Point Sports Club we will be guaranteed access to the planned Transport for NSW 'shared oval' for training and matches. Our concern is that this does not match the latest information distributed by Landcom to support the proposed development at 7-9 Burroway Rd, Wentworth Point. Landcoms latest information states that outside of school hours the park will be open to the 15,000 to 20,000 residents of Wentworth Point. We are currently training four afternoons a week and our All Age teams play social games two nights a week. From April our teams will be playing every Saturday with adults playing midweek. Accordingly, it is not physically possible for the one shared oval to provide for the broader community and their pets and WP Titans Sports Club Inc. as the local community Sports Club. The reality is that the broader community and their thousands of pets will be limited to Sunday access or our WP Titans Sports Club Inc. will be denied use of the long promised oval.

We believe that it is completely unreasonable that we will be forced to 'compete' with our own neighbours and community for access to the planned joint oval. We have been promised ample access to active and passive spaces for over two decades. In fact, we have paid for the upgrade of Silverwater Park, Newington (and Rydalmere Park, Rydalmere) through our Section 7.11 mandatory developer contributions but Silverwater Park has been promised to the Newington Gunners who as a community have made no contribution to the Silverwater Park upgrade. We don't begrudge Newington or any other suburb but we have almost triple their population, two schools and only one planned 'shared' playing oval.

There is a simple and equitable solution that will support proper planning for the whole community including the 2,250 students. That is to return the promised Crown Land at 7-9 Burroway Rd, Wentworth Point to the community for a shared playing field. The thousands of children living in apartments in Wentworth Point have been promised a place to play sport for over 20 years and this site is the only piece of land left that hasn't been used for high density development. Wentworth Point is the highest density suburb in Australia and it is morally wrong that the children will have their future stolen by Landcoms pure greed.

Heba Aly
President
on behalf of WP Titans Sports Club Inc.