West Kiama (Springside Hill) Planning Proposal

The Southern Regional Planning Panel has reversed the Unanimous decision of Kiama Council to refuse the Traders in Purple Planning Proposal for over 1000 new dwellings in West Kiama, known as Springside Hill. Set out below are links to important documents related to the history of this PP.

Part 1: Traders in Purple (TIP), lodged a Planning Proposal for approximately 1069 new dwellings to be delivered over a 10 to 15 year timeframe. The proposal incorporates a mix of residential densities, commercial uses, recreation and conservation outcomes.

The applicant’s proposal website can be found here.

Council placed the proposal on public exhibition.

Part 2: At the Council meeting of 16th April 2024, Kiama Councillors voted unanimously to support the recommendations of the staff that the West Kiama Planning Proposal (Springside Hill) NOT be approved.

The Staff report can be downloaded here.

The minutes relating to Item 15.1 can be found here.

Video of the Council debate on item 15.1 can be found here. Scroll down to the list of items and select 15.1

Council  received a petition of 642 signatures opposing the Planning Proposal which was delivered  to the Council at the 16th April Meeting. See Item 17.9 in the Council meeting video.

An extract from the petition can be found here.

Minutes relating Item 17.9can be found here.

Part 3: As a result of the refusal, TIP requested a review of the decision and as Council had previously refused the PP, it was passed to the Southern Regional Planning Panel (SRPP) to undertake the review of Council’s decision.

The briefing report provided to the SRPP can befound here.

The full set of documents reviewed by the SRPP, together with the report on its decision can be found here.

Part 4: The SRPP overruled the Council decision and chose to allow the Planning Proposal to proceed to the Gateway provided that a number of conditions be met. The SRPP ruling also sets out a timeline for TIP to respond.

The record of decision of the SRPP can be found here.

Part 5: The decision to allow the Planning Proposal to proceed (with conditions) was met with considerable concern by both the Council and the wider community,

Kiama Council’s formal response to the SRPP decision is on the Council website and can be found here.

A Kiama Bugle report on the matter can be found here.

Part 6: In response to the overturning of Council’s refusal of the Planning Proposal an online Change.org petition has been established and is available here.