More houses proposed for The Sands development

MORE houses could be coming to The Sands development, according to planning application documents lodged with the Surf Coast Shire.

The proposed works in Torquay North will take place at 10 separate lots spread around the golf course at the heart of the housing development.

St Quentin Consulting lodged the planning application for the multi-lot subdivision and removal of native vegetation at 2 Sands Boulevard in January on behalf of NSW private bank Central Real Capital, but the documents only went on public exhibition earlier this month.

The new building works have an estimated cost of $4 million.

 

According to St Quentin Consulting’s bushfire risk assessment, the lots would be “reallocated to residential allotments”, comprising 21 standard residential lots and seven townhouses.

Most lots are in areas bordering the golf course.

Lot L includes the tennis court that is part of the The Sands Resort complex. Geelong civil engineering firm Loetis said, in its assessment for the planning application, this lot would become a “multi-unit site”.

St Quentin states the new lots would only increase the total number of lots across The Sands development by 3 per cent.

Central Real Capital is the same company that appointed KordaMentha on 11 February as receivers and managers of the DLH (Torquay) Property Trust, which owns the property 2 Sands Boulevard.

The receivership does not extend to and does not affect The Sands Resort, which is operated by a separate business under an existing lease arrangement.

The shire will not make a decision on the application until at least 10 April.