The Not For Profit concluded its second round of community consultations on the site in July and will lodge its State Significant Development Application (SSDA) early next year.

For its second round of community consultations, Uniting tried to appease the objectors by downgrading its masterplan for the site, which will see 211 independent living units over four storeys opposite its aged care home in Kingscliff in NSW’s Northern Rivers.

It has now reduced the independent living units to 201, Uniting yesterday told The SOURCE. Its $150 million redevelopment has now ballooned to $200 million. 

The proposed development will have one-, two- and three-bedroom units and seeks to increase the number of aged care beds at the Kingscliff site from 80 to 120.

Uniting originally wanted to build three five-storey buildings, four four-storey buildings and one two-storey building. It has changed that to six four-storey buildings and one two-storey building (pictured below). 

 In addition to the revisions in the image, Uniting has:

• Increased setbacks from neighbours boundaries;
• Increased landscaping to provide more privacy;
• Reduced bulk of buildings and topped the development overlooking neighbours;
• Moved the residential aged care building to the centre of the site;
• Moved the swimming pool to the centre of the site; and
• The three-stage construction is now condensed into two stages.

“We will continue to engage with the community and refine the proposal before the final development application is submitted later this year,” said a Uniting spokesperson. 

“The community will then have further opportunity to have their say by providing a submission to the Department of Planning and Environment during the exhibition period likely to be early next year.” 

The SOURCE: How much more can Uniting give before the project becomes unviable?