We, the residents of Leichhardt and the Inner West, are calling for urgent action to stop the over-development proposed at 67–75 Lords Road. 

This is the wrong development at the wrong location. At a well-attended public gathering on April 5 at the site – and after hearing from Kobi Shetty MP and reps of the YIMBY lobby group – residents voted overwhelming to reject this proposal.

This isn’t about opposing housing - it’s about stopping an 8-storey, 30-metre-high development in a neighbourhood never designed for this scale. It’s more than three times the typical height of the proposed R3 rezoning and completely out of step with surrounding homes, Kegworth Public School, Inner West Family Daycare, Kindy for Kids daycare, and key community spaces - including the Lambert Park playground and dog park, and Lambert Park Stadium, home of to the long-established Apia Leichhardt football club. 

It would overwhelm local homes and the living environment. 

The developer is trying to push this rezoning through, while putting off big questions like school impact, traffic congestion and safety, noise, disruption and whether basic infrastructure, like water and servicing, can even support a development of this size. They say those details can be worked out later at DA stage, but by then, it’s often too late for the community to have a real say.

We’ve seen this before. At 194 Marion Street, just down the road, the developer cleared the site, then came back later asking for even more height, two extra storeys. Years have passed, nothing has been built, and the neighbourhood is left in limbo.

We can’t let that happen again.

We have one chance to get this right, and it’s now.

This is not an empty, redundant light industrial  site. It is home to a dozen local and small businesses and services - and has abundant onsite parking and good tree screening (which would be razed if the over- development goes ahead). 

In addition the site is right on the boundary of a football field that is long established, much used, including at night. This over-development would be a recipe for endless conflict.

In addition to signing this petition, we urge you to make an official submission to the Department of Planning and Environment by 7th May 2025. Every individual submission counts and will be considered in the assessment process.​

Submit your official feedback here

Read more about local resident concerns here

You can express your concerns about the proposed height, density, and the deferral of critical infrastructure assessments. Feel free to use points from this petition to shape your response.​

Let's ensure our local voices are heard.

View from Hawthorne Parade (Where residents are not allowed to build extensions beyond their own roofline to protect visual impact from the street) NOTE: all images are from the developer's submission.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View from Kegworth Street that leads up to Kegworth Primary School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View from Marketplace that demonstrates the out of context height.