Planning Proposal for 43 Donnelly Road, Naremburn

Rules relating to what new development can occur are contained within Council’s Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2012. These include height limits, zones determining what building types are allowed in certain locations, and the areas and items we manage in accordance with their local heritage significance.

In order to make changes to our LEP, we need to undertake what is called a “Planning Proposal”. Please note, a Planning Proposal does not approve demolition or construction directly; a Planning Proposal changes the LEP and future Development Applications for specific works would need to respond to the rules set in the LEP.

This Planning Proposal seeks to amend the Willoughby LEP so as to expand local heritage item No. 160, presently described in Schedule 5 of the Willoughby LEP as ‘St Leonards Church (including original interiors)’ at 43 Donnelly Road, Naremburn.

The closing time and date for submissions is 5pm Thursday 18 April 2024.

Proposed amendments to Willoughby Local Environmental Plan (LEP) 2012

The Planning Proposal would expand the heritage listing of the Existing Item to the property boundaries of the allotments specified below. This will ensure currently presently unlisted portions of the land, such as an extant presbytery, as well as the grounds and buildings formerly associated with a Catholic primary school are included in the heritage listing.

Information available

In the Supporting Documents section at the right hand side of this page, you can find the following documents.

• A final revised planning proposal report, which address issues raised by the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) when it supported this matter going to public exhibition (Gateway determination)
• Heritage Assessment
• Copy of the judgement
• Interim Heritage Order
• DPHI’s Gateway determination

Other details

It is emphasized that this is not a Development Application for specific works, but rather a process to change the rules applying to this site currently contained in Willoughby Local Environmental Plan 2012 to ensure any future Development Application appropriately considers the local heritage significance of the site.

How to have your say

The planning proposal and relevant documents are on exhibition from Monday 18 March 2024 to Thursday 18 April 2024.

Written submissions will be received up until 5pm Thursday 18 April 2024 and can be:

• Provided at the electronic submission form below; or
• Addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, PO Box 57, Chatswood NSW 2057 - subject: Exhibition of a Planning Proposal for 43 Donnelly Road, Naremburn; or
• Emailed to email@willoughby.nsw.gov.au - subject: Exhibition of a Planning Proposal for 43 Donnelly Road, Naremburn

For enquiries contact Strategic Planner Jane Liang on (02) 9777 7627.

Please Note

• Comments should be restricted to the planning proposal changes
• Submissions will be publicly available, and in relation to that, the Willoughby Council Privacy Statement is available below, and should be noted prior to making a submission:

Council's Privacy Statement

In making your submission, you may choose to remain anonymous, however this needs to be clearly stated on the submission (at the top of the front page in bold) that it is not to be treated as a public document. Please note should there be a need to substantiate matters contained in a submission made by you, anonymous submissions may be given less weight (or no weight) in the consideration of the matter.

Persons lodging submissions must declare political donations (including donations of $1000 or more) made in the previous 2 years. Further details on Disclosure of Political Donations and Expenditures is available below:

Disclosure of Political Donations and Expenditures