
Bay Ridge, NSW
Bay Ridge, close to Batemans Bay on the New South Wales South Coast provides a quality residential option for local people as well as having considerable appeal to 'sea-change' residents re-locating from Canberra and Sydney.
With the continuing trend of 'coastal shift', Batemans Bay has become the centre of a growing South Coast economy. However residential expansion potential close to the centre of 'the Bay' is limited. Bay Ridge, located only 1.5km from the town's heart, is well placed to capitalise on the popularity of the region.
At Bay Ridge, Batemans Bay, the average lot size is over 3800m2 – and many are larger still. The development offers people the opportunity to build a large home without the constraints of a small block. It also combines a rural character with the convenience of town services including water, sewerage and communications. Bay Ridge is the first CIC project, and probably the first major new development in the Eurobodalla Shire, that will incorporate a Low Pressure Sewerage System (LPSS) which is an important part of the Water Cycle Management Strategy for the site.
The development will retain much of the existing vegetation within the watercourses that traverse the site, in order to provide for habitat corridors, water quality enhancement and a quality landscape setting for the estate. Development will generally be concentrated in discrete precincts, each afforded a special character by the sense of place to be created by sensitive vegetation retention, filtered water views and a diversity of lot size.
Given the 'gateway' location of the site, retention and enhancement of the treed buffer to the Kings and Princes Highways has been a primary element in the masterplan.
