Having lodged its DA for the Golden Valley Rd development in February, Neville and Lawson Fredericks of the Fountaindale Group have outlined its features ahead of Council being satisfied it is ready to go on display.

Speaking at the Jamberoo Residents & Ratepayers Association’s March meeting, they explained the process had taken so long since the land had been rezoned because they had to find a solution for the lack of sewer connections in Jamberoo.

The solution they have come up with is to lay their own pipe to the pumping station at Jerrara.

“The capacity from there is fine,” says Lawson Fredericks.

“We have in principle agreement from Sydney Water, and are now working on the technical design.”

This new pipeline will do nothing to overcome the problem of no sewer connections being available in the rest of Jamberoo.

“Unfortunately we can’t assist the rest of Jamberoo, although we have offered to work with Sydney Water to try and solve the problem,” he says

A spokesman for Sydney Water said, “Sydney Water continues to investigate options for expanding Sydney Water’s wastewater connections in Jamberoo.

“Sydney Water is aware of a developer’s plans to build a new wastewater connection between a development and an existing pumping stations to service the construction of new homes. This infrastructure would be delivered at the developers cost.”

The DA outlines 51 lots for the 4.7ha site on the south east edge of Jamberoo, with a minimum lot size of 800sqm.

“We are including achitectural design controls above and beyond the Jamberoo Development Control Plan, to ensure the houses have a traditional look,” says Mr Fredericks.

The plan also includes extensive plantings of classic flowering trees.

The view sharing will be enhanced by bringing together the three metre side setbacks every two blocks, to create a six metre view corridor in much of the estate.

Roads within the estate will be 7.5 metre wide internally, and 8 metre wide on the external loop.

The external road has the dual purpose of softening the impact on the vista and creating a fire break.

When asked why a park wasn’t included in the estate, Mr Fredericks encouraged people to put that in their submissions if they thought the community wanted it.

Councillor Neil Reilly thanked the developers for sharing their plans.

“The Joint Regional Planning Panel approved the rezoning, but it will be Council approving the DA.”