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New hotel planned for Penrith Old Log Cabin set to get the Laundy revival LANS have been lodged for a new hotel on the edge of the Nepean River at Penrith. The site 20 Memorial Avenue, Penrith, has been utilised for hospitality for over 200 years, and was most recently operating as the Log Cabin Hotel, which burnt down in 2012. Pub baron Arthur Laundy is now set to invest $35M redeveloping the venue. He will also acquire two more sites at Jordan Springs in Sydney’s west that will be used for major pub developments. A consortium comprising Laundy Hotels, the Cottle family and local businessman Rob Wearn are behind the project. The approved project will include a fine dining restaurant, function room space, beer garden, cocktail bar and an external deck to provide patrons with views of the Nepean River. The approved plans come eight years after it was destroyed by fire. Revellers could be celebrating at the new venue as early as January or February
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2022, with building expected to start in 2021. Owner Craig Laundy, of Laundy Hotels, said he has never bought a site with such a strong iconic history and anticipation for its revival. The new design consists of a two-storey hotel featuring indoor and outdoor bars and dining areas overlooking the Nepean River and an expansive beer garden and children’s playground with fine dining and function areas upstairs. The panel received 25 submissions during the consultation period, 24 objecting to some or all of the proposal. Concerns raised would be managed and mitigated by conditions of consent and were “not of such significance” to warrant refusal of the application. The panel disagreed with Penrith Council’s recommendation to reduce the closing time from 2am to midnight on Thursdays to Saturdays, agreeing to continue the existing hours of operation held over the site instead. As a condition of
Artist impression of the redeveloped Log Cabin.
consent, a courtesy bus must be available and on call whenever the premises is open for business.
The applicant must establish a community liaison committee to meet with neighbours at least monthly.
Thousands of trees to sprout around town ENRITH City Council has planned, invested in and adopted a tree planting program which will see 2,500 trees planted across the LGA as part of the Cooling the City Strategy. Council is also set to plant a further 2,500 trees across the LGA, thanks to funding from the State Government. Council will receive a grant of $1,000,040 through the Greening Our City program, funded by the NSW Government
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in association with Local Government NSW. Combined with Council’s already funded program, this will see the delivery of a total of 5,000 new trees along footpaths, in parks, sporting fields and road reserves. This will enable the acceleration of Council’s Cooling the City strategy, adopted in 2015, and complement the many programs in place as part of the organisation’s long-term vision to deliver cooler, more liveable spaces for a growing community.
Increasing the tree canopy in local parks, streets and neighbourhoods will provide much-needed shade and shelter from heat, improve air and water quality, improve health and wellbeing and build our resilience to climate change. Penrith Mayor Karen McKeown OAM welcomed the funding news and said there is no better time than now to take the necessary steps to help protect current and future generations from urban heat.
“One afternoon in January 2020 our City sweltered through a record-breaking temperature of 48.9 degrees. On days like this it is vital for the community’s safety that residents have adequate shading and places to cool off,” she said. To find out more about Council’s Cooling the City strategy visit www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/ waste-environment/cooling-the-city.
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