‘Limited market interest’ is the reason given for a request to fill a 1.806Ha parcel of land at the Harvest Estate, West Byron.
According to documents in Development Application 10.2024.378.1, ‘A raised building pad and vehicle crossover to Harvest Boulevard has been provided to Lot 55, as approved, and as part of delivering stage 1 of the Harvest Estate’.
Page 6 of the Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE) continues, ‘Despite these works, there has been limited market interest in purchasing or developing Lot 55 in its current form. The lack of desire stems from the need for further earthworks to fill the lot and create a more usable and appealing lot within the agreed developable portion’.
The developer proposes to use ‘clean fill material, compaction… ensuring adequate flood relief and drainage to the northern swale’.
According to page 3 of the Engineering Assessment, the fill would be between 1 and 2 metres high.
On page 9 of the assessment it says while the ‘entirety of the site is zoned as residential’, as part of the forthcoming DCP zoning amendment, the site will include environmental conservation area and residential footprint of 0.267Ha.
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