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Penrith, New South Wales

An existing 32-place centre with an overwhelming waitlist — expanded to a 95-place, two-storey centre by acquiring the site next door.

Existing centre
32 places
Single storey
Original site
870 sqm
Small parcel
First proposal
75 places
Before acquisition
Approved
95 places
Two-storey + basement
Built-form concerns
Zero
On the approved design
Project Overview

A waitlist, answered.

The client already operated a 32-place, single-storey centre on an 870-square-metre site — and an overwhelming waitlist the centre could not meet. The brief was growth.

The first proposal, a 75-place centre, ran into council concerns about building mass on a small site. So MPG changed the site: we negotiated and facilitated the acquisition of the adjoining property, and designed a 95-place, two-storey centre that council approved without a single concern about its built form.

The Challenge

An existing 32-place centre could not keep up with an overwhelming waitlist. Expansion was the obvious answer — but the first 75-place proposal drew council concerns about building mass on a site of just 870 square metres.

The Approach

Rather than shrink the ambition, MPG expanded the site. We successfully negotiated and facilitated the acquisition of the adjoining property, then designed a 95-place, two-storey centre with basement parking — contemporary facade, landscape integration and a functional layout.

The Outcome

The approved 95-place design drew no council concerns about its built form — and notable praise from council’s own town planner.

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Facade
Streetscape
Rear aspect
“I have never seen such a well-executed design at this stage of the process.”
Council Town Planner, Penrith

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Hitting your centre's ceiling?

A waitlist is a signal, not a wall. At Penrith, a 32-place centre became a 95-place approval — by expanding onto the site next door. If your centre has outgrown its site, we will model what is possible before you commit.

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