Catholic Healthcare adds assisted living units, reduces approved aged care plan
The Not For Profit paid $28.5 million for the former Maroubra Sport Club in 2016, which is one block back from Maroubra Beach, 10km southeast of the Sydney CBD.
Catholic Healthcare then lodged a $76 million proposal and received concept development consent in the NSW Land and Environment Court on 12 July 2019 to develop:
- a four-storey residential aged care facility accommodating 108 beds;
- one three-storey building , a mixed three- and four-storey building and a mixed one-, two-, three- and four-storey building for 56 independent living units;
- basement car parking accommodating 97 vehicles;
- ancillary services; and a
- community hub comprising a chapel, café, swimming pool and multi-purpose space.
Now, approaching seven years later, Catholic Healthcare via Planning & Co is seeking to modify the development approval after demolishing the club to:
- a total of 99 beds from 164 beds (comprising 44 Residential Aged Care Units, 41 Independent Living Units, and 14 Assisted Living Units);
- removal of gates, introduction of visual break-up of the built-form along Mons Avenue elevation, removal of porte-cochere and basement access from Mons Avenue, consolidated loading and basement vehicle access from Malabar Road; and
- conversion of the Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) rooms, provision of a rooftop communal open space and relocation of the café.
The changes have been in consultation with the Council and the Randwick Council Design Excellence Advisory Panel.
"A primary change that has necessitated the change in product mix, with a reduce number of residential care facility ‘beds’ with an alternate form of residential care facility known as ‘assisted living units’ – which still take advantage of the care, cooking and cleaning facilities required by a residential care facility," states the report by Planning & Co.
The modification application is under assessment by the Sydney Eastern City Planning Panel.
