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Housing supply in Gwynneville to be increased

December 3, 2024 9:25 am in by
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Wollongong Council has endorsed the development of a Planning Proposal to increase housing supply in Gwynneville, including provisions that would see social and affordable housing make up 50 per cent of a potential 1200 new homes.

Council resolved on 25 November to prepare a Planning Proposal at the request of Homes NSW, which currently owns 75 of 134 lots in the precinct bound by Irvine and Madoline Streets, the Wollongong Botanic Garden and Murphys Avenue, Gwynneville.

The area is currently zoned Low Density residential under the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009, with the Planning Proposal request seeking to amend planning controls to enable medium density residential development.

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The Gwynneville precinct, initially developed for social housing in the 1950s, is one of a number in Wollongong targeted for renewal by Homes NSW as it looks to address future social housing needs.

With more than 7000 dwellings, the Wollongong Local Government Area has the third largest supply of social housing in NSW.

Homes NSW owns 56 per cent of lots in the identified Gwynneville precinct.

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