A church in Dundas is set to be demolished and replaced with more “high quality” multi-storey apartment buildings.
St Andrew’s Anglican Church could soon disappear from Dundas completely, after a Development Application was lodged with Parramatta Council. If approved, two residential unit buildings would be constructed on the land the Church currently sits on.
St Andrew’s Anglican Church was sold in 2014, with its proceeds going towards funding a ministry centre in South Street, Rydalmere. The church held its last service in 2016 and is not heritage listed.
Located at 7 St Andrews Street, the Church, hall and associated car park remains one of the last land parcels in the street that has yet to be developed.
The Statement of Environmental Effects said the church will be removed and developed, ensuring it is “consistent with the evolving high density residential built form character” along St Andrews Place.
“The existing church is to also be removed as part of this application, noting that it is not identified as a heritage listed item and does not fit within the context of the streetscape with majority of St Andrews Street being redeveloped into larger modern RFBs,” it said.
“The building itself is also in a poor state and hence its removal is entirely appropriate to facilitate a suitable design response for redevelopment of the subject land.”
The proposal reveals plans to construct one six-storey building with two basement levels and one five-storey building. If given the seal of approval, the project would deliver a total of 53 new residential units to the area and 83 on-site car parking spaces.
A traffic analysis concluded the development will have “negligible” impacts on the performance of the external road network and that no external improvements will be required to facilitate the project.
The site is currently comprised of four individual lots, which once consolidated will result in a large irregular shaped arrow-head shaped land parcel with a total site area of 3,318.1m2.
The Statement of Environmental Effects revealed the two multistorey residential buildings intend to “contribute” towards providing alternative residential accommodation opportunities within Dundas.
“The development provides a unique opportunity to redevelop a difficult site whilst positively contributing towards increasing the housing stock and housing mix of Dundas,” it said.
The Development Application is currently being advertised and will be determined by the Parramatta Local Planning Panel.
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.