Campbelltown Council is poised to investigate whether the type of cladding found on the outside of the Grenfell Tower in England is used in local high rise buildings.
At its meeting tomorrow night (Tuesday, July 11) council will consider a three part notice of motion by Cr Ben Moroney on the issue.
The Greens councillor wants council to prepare a report detailing possible avenues for investigation into whether similar cladding has been used in recent high rise developments in Campbelltown, and any potential action that can be taken to minimise risk.
Cr Moroney also wants council to “extend its sincere sympathy to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in Kensington, UK.
The third part of his motion says, “Council notes the cladding which contributed to the terrible fire has been in use in Australian medium and high density developments’’.
♦ In other matters listed for the meeting in the business paper, council is expected to support an application for the construction of a giant 56 metre telecommunications tower in the grounds of Western Sydney University adjacent to Narellan Road.
The site is 18.71 hectares and located within the south western corner of the proposed stage 5 subdivision of the larger Western Sydney University (WSU) residential release area.
Stage 5, a joint venture between WSU and UrbanGrowth NSW proposes to create an individual allotment for the area surrounding the telecommunications facility, according to a report to council.
The application before council is for the construction of a 56.4 metre high telecommunications lattice tower, three equipment shelters, removal of vegetation and minor earthworks.
The Hume Motorway and the Eastern Gas Pipeline are on the western side of the site.
Stage 4C of the WSU residential subdivision is north of the site and a vacant lot next to the Southern Railway is on the southern boundary.
An existing AGL Energy compound used for gas extraction activities is located on the subject site, about 25 metres north west from the proposed telecommunications facility location.
The proposed location of the telecommunications facility is accessed via an unsealed road alongside the northern side of the Main Southern Railway.
♦ Councillor Meg Oates, who will be chairing tomorrow night’s meeting in the absence of the mayor, Cr George Brticevic, has lodged a notice of motion calling for a report “on practical ways to include local Indigenous cultural perspectives into council’s citizenship ceremonies’’.
