Support Residential flat building with in-fill affordable housing - 19-25 Balfour Street, Lindfield.
SSD-82709458 is a State Significant Development on public exhibition until 08/07/2026. Anyone can lodge a public submission — supporting submissions help balance the record the assessor sees.
What is proposed at Lindfield
A nine to ten-storey residential flat building containing approximately 98 dwellings (71 market units and 27 affordable housing units) with basement parking, located near Lindfield railway station.
Read the full application on the NSW Planning PortalIn plain English
Residential flat building with in-fill affordable housing - 19-25 Balfour Street, Lindfield is a residential apartments proposed at 19-25 Balfour Street. In plain terms: A nine to ten-storey residential flat building containing approximately 98 dwellings (71 market units and 27 affordable housing units) with basement parking, located near Lindfield railway station.
- What it is
- A nine to ten-storey residential flat building containing approximately 98 dwellings (71 market units and 27 affordable housing units) with basement parking, located near Lindfield railway station.
- Where
- 19-25 Balfour Street, Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai
- Who decides
- NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (not the local council).
It is on public exhibition now, which is the window when the community can put concerns or support on the official assessment record. Once it closes, that opportunity is gone.
Residents and businesses in and around Lindfield (Ku-ring-gai) — anyone affected by traffic, noise, overshadowing, character or amenity changes during construction and once it is operating.
This is a State Significant Development, so it is large or sensitive enough to be decided by the NSW Department of Planning rather than the local council.
Plain-English summary generated by ObjectionEngine to help Lindfield residents understand the proposal. Always verify against the official material.
Documents on exhibition
76 exhibited files across 7 categories. The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is the main document to read and object to.
- EIS36 filesStart here
Environmental Impact Statement — the main document. It sets out the proposal and its assessed impacts (traffic, noise, overshadowing, heritage). Object to what it claims here.
- Response to Submissions27 files
The applicant's reply to objections already lodged — useful for seeing what others raised.
- SEARs2 files
The Secretary's requirements the EIS had to address — a checklist to test the EIS against.
- Request for SEARs1 file
The applicant's initial scoping request.
- Agency Advice7 files
Comments from government agencies (RMS, EPA, councils).
- Amendments1 file
Changes made to the proposal during assessment.
- Exhibition2 files
Exhibition-stage documents.
Individual files open on the NSW Planning Portal, where the latest versions and any late-added documents are always shown.
Reasons people support residential apartments proposals
Tap one to start your submission with it. The strongest submissions add specifics only locals know — what you see, when, and how it affects you.
How to lodge a supporting submission in three steps
- 1Write a structured submission in support here — your reasons and a letter in your own voice.
- 2Verify the details against the exhibited material on the NSW Planning Portal.
- 3Lodge it yourself via the portal's Make a Submission page before 08/07/2026.
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