Public Notice for adoption of site specific DCP St Johns

ADOPTION OF A SITE-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PLAN (DCP) FOR ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL SITE AT 195 CHURCH STREET, 65-79 MACQUARIE STREET AND 38 AND 41-45 HUNTER STREET, PARRAMATTA   

Notice is hereby given that the City of Parramatta Council endorsed at its meeting on 14 November 2022, (and in effect reaffirmed this resolution on 28 November 2022 after it considered a Rescission Motion), a site-specific DCP for insertion in Section 6.10 – Parramatta City Centre of Parramatta DCP 2011, for St John’s Cathedral Site at 195 Church Street, 65-79 Macquarie Street and 38 and 41-45 Hunter Street, Parramatta.

The site specific DCP provides detailed guidelines on heritage, public domain, built form, vehicle access and car parking, flood management and environmentally sustainable redevelopment including two options in relation to St John’s Parish Hall (a local heritage item). The controls for Option A relate to removal and replacement of the Church Hall and the controls for Option B relate to partial retention of the original c1910 Church Hall structure.

The Council resolution and reports (including a supplementary late report) to Council can be viewed online here:

Agendas and Minutes : City of Parramatta (nsw.gov.au) (refer to item 13.1 in the Business Paper for Council’s meeting of 14 November 2022)

The site-specific DCP as exhibited will come into effect when the associated Planning Agreement as exhibited is finalised; and as soon as practicable following finalisation of the amendment to the Parramatta Local Environmental Plan 2011 and publishing on the NSW Legislation website.   

Council’s Parramatta DCP 2011 can be found online at:  Development control plans | City of Parramatta (nsw.gov.au)

For further information, please contact a member of the Strategic Land Use Planning Team on (02) 9806 5093