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30-Year Master Plan

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Master Plan series

May 2022 Update

Nov 2021 Update

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The 30-year Master Plan aims to improve access, movement and spatial relationships throughout the school, both addressing the school’s future growth and honouring our tradition and values.

We invite you to contribute to the future of our students and our community. You may like to donate to the Building Fund to support our Master Plan, including the development of our new Boarding School, which has an anticipated completion date of December 2025.

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Our Master Plan

For more than 125 years, Loreto Normanhurst has been part of the Hornsby Shire community with a 400-year mission to educate, encourage and inspire young women.

Loreto Normanhurst has been developing a Master Plan to guide the planning of the campus over the next 30 years. The School is planning for a 30-year period because there is a growing need for excellent schools in Sydney’s north.

The school’s growth is planned over four stages delivered across the 30 years. The overall proposal aims to increase the student capacity incrementally by 850 students by the year 2047.

The Master Plan will unfold with the gradual redevelopment or replacement of current buildings to create an innovative, unified, sustainable and ecologically sensitive campus.

State Significant Development Plan Approval

With the approval of our State Significant Development Application for the 30-year concept plan and Stage One development, the School commenced with some preparatory building works in December 2021.

With these building works now complete, the School is now in a position to prepare for our first major building project of our Master Plan: the construction of a new Boarding School.

We have spent significant resources planning for this application to ensure that the development will support the future growth of the School and our leadership of innovation in girls’ education in a way that is in line with our commitment to community, sustainability and preservation of the natural environment. We are pleased that this commitment was acknowledged in assessment of the application.

Stage One

Since launching the Master Plan, we have been making steady progress with the preparatory works:

  1. The Mary Ward Wing has been refurbished and is now a bright new space for learning and collaborating.
  2. The St Michael’s Tennis Courts and underground staff carpark are complete and in full use.
  3. The transition to the new pick up and drop off areas and the Link Road has gone very smoothly.
  4. Our beloved Heritage Gates have been refurbished back to their original beauty.
  5. In preparation for the new Boarding School, the Loreto Community House has been demolished.
  6. The new Agricultural Technologies Facility was completed in Term 3 2023.

In 2024 we will continue with this progress with a focus on a range of key projects:

  1. Upgrade of the School Oval
  2. Construction of the new Boarding School

Boarding School

Modification to the SSDA consent was submitted for general design refinements and was approved in June 2024.

Since December 2021, the School has been working on preparatory works designed to improve traffic flow and to clear the way for the new Boarding School through demolition works. These works are now complete.

Early in 2023 we appointed a partner for Early Contractor involvement and based on this process, we decided to make some adjustments to the project to ensure its sustainability and successful execution. To support this, we submitted a State Significant Development Application (SSDA) Modification to seek additional approval from DPE for the updated project.

In June 2024 we received approval of the SSDA modification and construction will begin in July 2024.

The vision for our new Boarding School is a lively home away from home containing a variety of spaces that set the stage for the rhythms of boarding life.

Its expansion will enrich the friendships, opportunities and experiences available to students and all members of our community. The new building will house the School Canteen in its dining room, and will feature common gathering spaces for social and recreational use, communal areas for boarding families, updated accommodation for boarding staff and improved accessibility for students with specific access needs.

We anticipate the build will take 18 months and will be completed in December 2025.

See plans for our new Home away from Home

Community Engagement

To comply with all conditions of the State Significant Development of the Loreto Normanhurst School Redevelopment (Concept Proposal and Stage 1), all information is available publicly and can be accessed below.

View the Loreto Normanhurst IEA Report and Loreto Normanhurst Enquiry Register Summary below.

View the Loreto Normanhurst School Redevelopment
View the Loreto Normanhurst SSDA Modification
View the Loreto Normanhurst Staging Report
View the 2022 IEA Report
View the 2023 IEA Report
View the Enquiry Register Summary
View the Operations Compliance Report

Community Update Newsletters

We will continue to provide regular updates to the community via our Community Update Newsletters. Click the links below to view the newsletters.

Community Consultative Committee

In line with standard practice for State Significant projects in NSW, a Community Consultative Committee was established. This committee serves as a forum for dialogue and information-sharing regarding the Master Plan and associated works.

A mix of people who live locally, and/or are members of stakeholder groups (such as community, environmental, Aboriginal or industry groups) who have an interest in the project, have joined the new Loreto Normanhurst Master Plan Community Consultative Committee (CCC).

CCC meetings are held quarterly, and the minutes of each meeting are published once finalised by the Independent Chairperson:

2022

2023

2024

Community Consultative Committee members

Chairperson:

  • Sandy Hoy

Community representatives

  • Mary Gow
  • Moira Hutchinson
  • Paddy Rich
  • Bryan Skelly
  • Bhakti Stokes
  • David Wilkins

Hornsby Shire Council representative

  • Cr Janelle McIntosh / Cr Sallianne McClelland

Loreto Normanhurst representatives

  • Marina Ugonotti (LN)
  • Danielle Dwyer (LN)
  • Greg Carmichael (CTPG)
  • Natalie Ross (CTPG)
  • Hayley Kardash (Urbis)

Contact

For any further information regarding the Master Plan, you can contact the Urbis Engagement Team:

Email: engagement@urbis.com.au

Phone: 1800 244 863

For any questions and enquiries please contact Sandy Hoy, sandy@parklandplanners.com.au

Master Plan FAQs

Why is the School undertaking the Master Plan project?

Where is the planning approval process up to?

What changes have been made to the Boarding School in the recent SSDA Modification?

When will construction commence and how long will it take?

How will the School and surrounding residents be affected during construction?

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