Proposed development at 170 Forster Road, Mount Waverley

Council is seeking community feedback on the proposed staged development of 2 x 3-storey warehouses within Access Corporate Park. The site contains 5 parcels of land with the proposed development within Lot 1 and Lot 2, with areas of 2.8ha and 3.4ha respectively.

The applicant, Dexus Property Group, is proposing a $188 million development with the main features of the proposal as follows:

• All existing buildings, car parking areas and internal accessways to be demolished.
• 2 stages of development proposed, with each stage to provide for a 3-storey warehouse building to accommodate 9 individual warehouses with ancillary office space.
• A café with a floor area of 90m² located on the ground floor of Warehouse building 1 in the first stage of development.
• 3 warehouses, loading docks and parking for semi-trailer trucks on each level.
• Total floor area for the development including ancillary office of 80,040m².
• A reduction in parking sought from the 1230 spaces required under the Monash Planning Scheme, with a total of 687 on-site car spaces provided across both stages.
• Motorcycle parking for 48 spaces and bicycle parking for 90 spaces.
• New vehicle crossings to be constructed at the northern and southern ends of the property frontage to Forster Road.
• A new internal private road proposed along the northern boundary providing future access from Forster Road through to Gilby Road.
• The maximum height of the development approximately 34.7m to roof pitch.
• Heavy-duty hard standing areas provided at each level within the northern side of the building to accommodate large trucks with each warehouse to cater for 4 trucks.
• A front setback of 14.3m proposed from Forster Road.
  
  

Feedback is formally sought by 4 September 2023. However, Council will continue to accept submissions on this proposal up until it makes a decision.

Planning Documents

Here are the documents that have been submitted by the applicant:

3D Images(PDF, 12MB)

Additional Traffic Analysis(PDF, 2MB)

Arboricultural Report(PDF, 13MB)

Certificate of Title(PDF, 1MB)

Development Plans(PDF, 17MB)

Landscape Plan(PDF, 12MB)

Planning Report(PDF, 20MB)

Staging Plans(PDF, 6MB)

Stormwater Management Strategy(PDF, 32MB)

Survey Plans(PDF, 13MB)

Sustainability Management Plan(PDF, 55MB)

Traffic Impact Report(PDF, 38MB)

Waste Management Plan(PDF, 10MB)

Wind Impact Assessment(PDF, 6MB)

How to provide feedback

Any person who may be affected by the proposal may lodge an objection or provide feedback to Council. Objections must be made in writing.

Objections should detail any concerns you have regarding the proposal, reasons for the objection, how you would be affected by the proposal and include your name, postal address and reference to TPA/ 54617.

Please provide feedback/objection in writing to Council by 4 September 2023 by:

• Mail - PO Box 1, Glen Waverley VIC 3150
• Email - mail@monash.vic.gov.au

Please quote Application Number TPA/54617.