A significant expansion of the Wollongong Private Hospital is proposed at Urunga Parade and Crown Street, Wollongong. The State Significant Development application, now on public exhibition, seeks approval for a new 12-storey hospital building with an emergency department, medical accommodation, expanded basement parking, and associated landscaping. This project aims to address growing healthcare demand in the region and modernise medical facilities.
Project Snapshot
- Status: On exhibition
- Address: 15, 17, 19, 21 and 23 Urunga Parade & 360-364, 366 and 368 Crown Street, Wollongong
- LGA: Wollongong City
- Site Area: 9,399 sqm
- Existing Zoning: SP1 Special Activities
- Proposed HOB: 36m
- GFA: 39,061 sqm
- Cost of Development: $128.0 million
- Jobs: 149 construction / 320 operational
- Basement Levels: 3
The proposal involves demolishing several existing dwellings to consolidate the site and enable construction of the new hospital wing. The expanded facility will include a new emergency department and medical accommodation, with three basement levels for parking and new vehicular access from Urunga Parade. The development also features landscaping works and the planting of 11 new trees.
No rezoning or floor space ratio uplift is proposed, but the new building will reach a height of 36 metres. The project addresses heritage, wind, social impact, and geotechnical constraints, with input from a broad consultant team. The application remains on exhibition, with determination pending.
Project Team
- Developer: AA Crown Holdings Pty Limited
- Planning: Planning Ingenuity Pty Ltd
- Architect: CM+ and HPI
- Landscape architect: Our Garden Path, Site Design+ Studios
- Heritage consultant: Weir Phillips Heritage
- Aboriginal heritage consultant: Artefact
- Traffic engineer: TTPP
- ESD consultant: Stantec Australia Pty Ltd, Henry and Hymas
- Civil engineer: DSA Consulting
- Waste consultant: MRA Consulting Group
- Wind consultant: ViPAC
- Access/BCA consultant: Jensen Hughes, ABE Consulting
- Social impact consultant: SLR
- Surveyor: LTS
- Legal adviser: AVlaw
- Economics consultant: Genius Advisory
- Fire safety consultant: Performance Based Consulting
- Economics consultant: Marcoplan
For more information, search the application number (SSD-84096206) on the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure’s website.
