The former Mullumbimby Hospital site is rare flood-free land in Mullum.
We are looking at ways to use the site with a mix of housing and other community facilities and services.
Multiple stages are needed to achieve this.;
Works completed so far include:
- Remediation works - hospital buildings demolished, and asbestos area capped.
- Site Strategy and Urban Design Protocol – developed through community consultation, this describes the history, vision, objectives, and urban design principles for the site’s development.
- Planning Proposal - the land has been rezoned for housing with an 11.5m building height.
- Enquiry by Design process – produced community informed concept plans of the development’s footprint.
Current Stage
We have received funding from the Commonwealth, through the NSW State Government to advance the sites planning for future housing.
This funding will support Council to engage consultants to prepare a:
- Masterplan – to provide a detailed reference scheme to test the market and potential development partners.
- Development Strategy – to provide a phased development, that delivers the developments vision and ensures viability and alignment with community values.
- Site-specific Development Control Plan – to deliver on the Masterplans vision.
This work is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
We'll continue to update the community at key stages as the project progresses.
Future Stages
Future Stages are dependent on the outcomes of the Masterplan and Development Strategy.
High level concepts of the 3 plans developed at the workshop(PDF, 3MB)
Funding
We have received $263,000 to fund this work from the Commonwealth, through the NSW Government’s, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure under the Housing Support Program – Stream 1