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• Dating the Building
• Development Application to Demolish Building(2009-2010)
• Recording Studio(1973-2008)
• Film Production
• Manufacturing(1920s-1950s)
• Residence of Allen Taylor(1894-1907)
• Pritchard's Paddock(1880-1893)

Development Application to Demolish Building

Land and Environment Court, Appeal

On Site Hearing 9.30am 14 October 2010

BUILDING & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETING 13 July 2010

D/2009/474 was item 7 on the Agenda. - the main issued identified were Streetscape, Amenity - height, bulk and scale, overshadowing and privacy. Recommendation was deferred Commencement Approval.

The Applicant had indicated they were unwilling to agree to the council required design changes and after one neighbour spoke and delivered the apologies of another. The Council voted unanamously to reject the application.

BUILDING & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Supplementary Report(07/07/2010)

The application was considered at the Precinct Committee meeting on 5 July 2010.
The [unconfirmed] minutes in relation to this item are as follows:
"Council should defend the deemed refusal for the DA at 74 B Trafalgar St Annandale on the basis of it being in a Conservation area, and the heritage significance of the building (post WW1 industrial style with saw-toothed roof for provision of natural light--and its "Arte Nouveau" interior [Reference should be to Art Deco facade rather than "Arte Noveau interior" ] as well as its additional social and cultural heritage value. The bulk and scale of the proposed building, with its overshadowing of adjoining properties, is also unacceptable. Council should refuse any future request for demolition of the existing building."
Matters of heritage and demolition of the existing building have been addressed within the Development Assessment report and are considered satisfactory.
Subject to appropriate conditions of consent, including the modification and lowering of the roof profile, the proposal is also considered to be of acceptable bulk and scale.
Overshadowing is discussed below.....
3. CONCLUSION
Given that some discrepancies have been found with the current shadow diagrams submitted to Council which primarily relate to the rear courtyards of the proposed dwellings upon the subject site rather than the adjoining properties to the south, the applicant be requested to provided accurate shadow diagrams prior to determination of the application.
4. RECOMMENDATION
Development Application D/2009/474 for demolition of existing buildings, remediation of the site and construction of two (2) new dwellings and associated works, including boundary adjustment 74B Trafalgar Street, Annandale be deferred until such time as accurate shadow diagrams have been submitted and assesed by Council officers.

Precinct Meeting 5 July 2010

Mayor Parker informed the meeting, that Development Application: 74B Trafalgar Street ANNANDALE NSW 2038: Demolition of existing buildings, remediation of the site and construction of two (2) new dwellings and associated works, including boundary adjustment had been deemed to have been rejected by the Council and that the Applicant was now taking the application to the Land and Environment Court. Neighbours present at the Precinct Meeting voted that council should defend the rejection on a number of grounds.

Council Meeting (8 June 2010)

"Agenda Item 11 D/2009/474
Address: 74B Trafalgar Street Annandale
Description: Demolition of existing buildings, remediation of the site and construction of two (2) new dwellings and associated works, including boundary adjustment.
Applicant: C Salim
BDC 76/10 RESOLVED PARKER/HOWISON
That the application be deferred for consultation with the Precinct Committee and neighboring residents and a external review of the Shadow Diagrams be undertaken. The Application is to be brought back to the next Building and Development Meeting.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY" - June 2010 Minutes (958.56kB)

After the mayor conveyed the concerns of a neighbour, who could not attend, and had contacted him, 3 other neighbours spoke, along with the secretary of the Precinct. Crs Porteus and Hanaford noted that the mix of industrial and residential activities, was a key feature of the Leichhardt LGA and that Council should not approve the rezoning lightly. Cr Porteus asked whether there had been any consideration of Adaptive Use of the Building. Cr Kogoy commented that he quite liked the facade of the existing building and its place in the streetscape.

Three motions were put - approval, if shadow diagrams proved accurate, rejection and deferment. After the rejection and approval motions were defeated, the vote on the motion by Mayor Parker, seconded by Cr Howinson, to defer a decision to the next council meeting and for the community and applicant to attempt to come to a consensus at a precinct meeting, was unanimous.

Report to BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL JUNE 2010

Precinct Meeting (7 June 2010)

"DA 74B Trafalgar St – a 2 town house development. This matter has been brought to the Council’s Development & building Committee 8th June for decision. Concerns still exist re overshadowing of neighbours & privacy impacts; it is subject to SEPP 1 decision as it is over the 0.6 FSR for Annandale" - minutes Annandale Precinct Meeting – 7/12/09

DA 74B Trafalgar St was discussed & the following issues were raised – the building should be heritage listed because of its past as a sound studio & its association with icon Australian band which used it, overshadowing, the FSR, impact on neighbours & affect on adjoining sites, & matters related to demolition

There was a consensus at the meeting, that the replacement of the 1930s saw tooth factory with two large pastiche 2010 Terraces was undesirable. The scale of the new building adversely affected the neighbours to the South, in particular and would change the street scape. Cr Howinson was present and advised that she would seek to defer the decision on the application, at the Council meeting the following evening.

Development Application D/2009/474 seeks to demolish 74B Trafalgar Street.
Remediation of the site, demolition of existing buildings and construction of two (2) new dwellings with torrens title subdivision. This application relies on a SEPP No.1 objection to floor space ratio. Exhibition Closes: 14/01/10- Applications on Exhibition (8 Dec 09)

Recording Studio

EMU MUSIC OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED 74b Trafalgar St Annandale, NSW, Australia 2038 -www.mfgpages.com

Annandale studio recorded in history: When a group of kids calling themselves Cold Chisel turned up on Charles Fisher’s doorstep, he sympathised with them and gave them complimentary time in his recording studio....Around the same time he dealt with a group of “very serious young men” called Midnight Oil. -inner-west-courier (25 Aug 09 @ 10:00am by Ben Hurley)

"Trafalgar Studios was where many influential bands of the 70-80s in Sydney recorded their albums...." - Wikipedia

74b Trafalgar Street, ANNANDALE Sold: Thursday, 28 August 2008 - www.bentons.com

74b Trafalgar Street, Annandale, NSW 2038 * Sold for $1,350,000 (28-Aug-08)

Electrict Avenue Studios (now at Electric Cave Camperdown)

Electric Avenue Studios - myspace and Electric Avenue Studios 74b Trafalgar St Annandale NSW 2038 - au.vicdir.com

• Kerrie Anne Cox's recorded Return to Country

• The Wiggles

  Go to Sleep Jeff-Sleepy Time Songs for Children by Wiggles (Released 21/10/03)
  Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! (2002)Engineered by Robin Gist at Electric Avenue

Trafalgar Studios (Chaluz Enterprises Pty Ltd)

Charles Fisher
As owner and operator of Trafalgar Recording Studios in Sydney the studio became one of Australia's premier independent recording facilities, recording & producing acts through the ‘70's and ‘80's such as Marcia Hines, Midnight Oil, INXS, Cold Chisel, Skyhooks, Sherbet, Radio Birdman, Moving Pictures, Martin Plaza, Hoodoo Gurus, as well as international acts such as Police and Elvis Costello." -www.songsummit.com.au

"Trafalgar Studio' one of Australia's best known recording studios" - commercialrealestate.com.au

"Trafalgar Studios 74B Trafalgar Street Annandale" - www.mainwaring.com.au/music_syd.asp

"The studio was at 74B Trafalgar Street, Annandale, conducted by Chaluz Enterprises Pty Ltd, Recording and Production Company. John Metcalfe’s and my involvement in its design and construction was from June 1973 to October 1974....The Trafalgar Street studios presented problems that were not only of producing a suitable studio and control room. It was under a flight path to Sydney Airport, and there were economic restrictions. The factory only had a roof without ceiling so a considerable amount of noise had to be eliminated by new ceilings and walls within the existing envelope....What we had not foreseen was just audible in the eerie quiet at night: the ships, berthed a kilometre and more away had their generators running – the very low frequency component of their noise was being transmitted through the water and the land mass all this way" - Memories of an Acoustic Consultant, 1961 to 1980, Ross Thorne (www.rossthorne.com)

• Paul Kelly

  1986 Single BEFORE TOO LONG (PK&CG)(Recorded & Mixed at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney)
  1986 Single DARLING IT HURTS (PK&CG)(Recorded & Mixed at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney)
  1987 Single LEAPS AND BOUNDS / BRADMAN (PK&CG)(Recorded & Mixed at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney)
  1987 Single LOOK SO FINE, FEEL SO LOW (PK&CG) (Recorded & mixed at Alberts and Trafalgar Studios)
  1987 Album UNDER THE SUN (PK&CG)(Recorded & Mixed at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney)
  1988 Single FORTY MILES TO SATURDAY NIGHT (PK&CG)(Recorded & mixed at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney)
  1988 Single DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO THE WINDOW (PK&CG)(Recorded & mixed at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney)
  1990 Single POURING PETROL ON A BURNING MAN (PK&M) (Recorded at Paradise Studios and Trafalgar Studios)
  1991 Single DON'T START ME TALKING (PK&M)(Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney)
  1991 Album COMEDY (PK&M) (Recorded & mixed at Trafalgar Studio, Sydney)
  1991 Single KEEP IT TOO YOURSELF (PK&M) (Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney)
  -www.amws.com.au
• Wait Until June" – 3:03 and "Casanova's Last Words" – 2:38 (recorded at Electric Avenue Studios Sydney in 1988)
• Out Of Control 1985,Recorded at Trafalgar Studios

• Career of the Silly Thing

  
  Tost Rust Host; Cut You Up; The Galaxy is Dead; Life on a Bed; No Mattresses in Heaven; Career of the Silly Thing; Escape Via Cessnock; 4 Or 5; Remember May 12th; The Little Eye; The Entire Combine/Capital of Sweden.
  A Tim Whitten production recorded at Electric Avenue Studio, Sydney. No Shane Fahey as band is reduced to a 5 piece. Release Date: October 1985
  Review: "Scattered Order have produced their most cohesive work to date, one of concision yet also of spontaneity and adventurousness. This is lean music with a smooth, hard surface, but not without dips and curves." Clinton Walker 1985 - www.scatteredorder.com

• DIED PRETTY

  Produced and Engineered by Hugh Jones • Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney - www.citadelmailorder.com
  Igloo / My True Loves Blood 7" (1983) Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney - Dec '82.

• Side a: “Every Beat Of My Heart”

  (Garth Porter). (Razzle). v: Jon English, Renee Geyer. Jon English appears courtesy of Midnight Records. Produced by Charles Fisher & John Sayers. Recorded at Trafalgar Studios & ATA Studios. www.tvmem.com
  This album marks a new direction for Australian Christian rock music. TRAFALGAR STREET was a labour of love for Revive. The CD title is based on the band's location at Trafalgar Studios in Sydney - koorong.com

• Midnight Oil

  - Head Injuries (Recorded at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney, Australia July / August, 1979) www.discogs.com

• Cold Chisel

  began recording demoes at Trafalgar Studios in Sydney for their first album. www.coldchisel.com.au

Electric Press Pty Ltd (Registration 25/10/1956 App for voluntary deregistration 03/05/2007) appears at 74 Trafalgar Street.

(In the vicinity, Raycophone was at the corner of Trafalgar and Booth and in the opposite direction along Trafalgar was the Beale Piano Factory. The Raycophone factory was later a Kodak Processing facility)

"MR.K.S. BUTTON DIES AT LAUNCESTON
A Former well-known Burnie business man, Mr Keith Stuart Button, died at Launceston yesterday. Mr Button lived in Burnie for many years, and became manager of the Burnie branch of Buttons Pty Ltd on the retirement of his father, the late Mr CE Button. He himself retired in 1950 because of ill health..."- The Mercury Tuesday 25 May 1954 (page 3)

... After petitioner's return from a trip to England he on several occasions, at Canterbury quarrelled with her because she would not yield to his demands that she should sell her shares in Button's Pty. Ltd., and let him have the money...."- The Argus Tuesday 2 October 1928 (Page 14)

OGLESBY, Charles Whittaker - December 31, 1951 result of accident beloved husband of Ida Ellen Oglesby and late of 9th Co. Field Engineers (1914-8) 74 Trafalgar Street Annandale At Rest.
OGLESBY -The Relatives and Friends of Mrs Ida E Oglesby of 74 Trafalgar Street Annandale, are invited to attend the Funeral of her beloved Husband CHARLES WHITTAKER OGLESBY to leave our Chapel 810 George Street Sydney This Wednesday at 2.45 pm for Church of England Cemetery Field of Mars..WOOD COFFILL LIMITED M4611 (3Lines).-The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 2 January 1952 (page 16)

WANTED Man for Pearl Cutting no experience necessary Good Wages Apply Monday Buttons Pty Ltd 74 Trafalgar Street Annandale - The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 24 February 1951 (page 36)

DEATHS...MCDONAUGH, Lillian Constance - July 25 1951 of 74 Trafalgar Street Annandale. Widow of William McDonaugh and loving sister f George, Syd, Ida, Reg, William(deceased) and Cecil. - The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 27 July 1951 (page 18)

"DISCHARGE ORDER GRANTED.In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday Mr. Justice Clyne granted an order of discharge to Frank Lucas, engineer. 74b Trafalgar Street. Annandale."The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 10 October 1946

REAL ESTATE AUCTION SALES:..ANNANDALE No. 3 Collins Street and No 74b Trafalgar....Double-fronted one-storev Building of brick comprising two Homes (Mortgagee sale) The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 22 August 1940 page 11

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE ANNANDALE
WELL-SITUATED INVESTMENT PROPERTIES AND BUILDING ALLOTMENT. CLOSE TO PARAMATTA ROAD TRAM AND SHOPS. (1)No 3 COLLINS STREET and No. 74B TRAFALGAR STREET Commodious double fronted one-storey building Tiled Roof. Comprising TWO HOMES.
No 3 having ...front verandah...4 rooms, kitchen bathroom laundry and rear verandah.
No 74b having ..front verandah ..rooms tiled bathrooms cooking...laundry etc. LAND ...TOTAL RENT ...£139 PER ANNUM
(2)COLO FLATS No 3a COLLINS STREET COMPACT TWO-STOREY BlOCK OF FOUR SELF-CONTAINED FLATS built of brick with tiled roof each flat having verandah hall 3 rooms ...bathrooom....inen press..kitchen. Laundry at rear of premises. TOTAL RENT £236 PER ANNUM
(3)EXCELLENT BUILDING SITE SUITABLE FOR THE ERECTION OF FLAT OR HOME
LOT C, situated at the rear of above described properties having a frontage of 40ft to TRAFALGAR STREET by depth o ....extending to lane at rear.
TORRENS TITLE
Messrs Laurence and Laurence Solicitors for mortgagee Richardson and Wrench....PUBLIC AUCTION..ROOMS 92 PITT STREETY on FRIDAY 23rd AUGUST 1940 at 11am.The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 10 August 1940 (page 20)

"IN BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Justice Long Innes.) HEARING OF CREDITOR'S PETITION. ...Re Frederick B Lucas Frank Lucas, and Albert Johns trading as Domestic Appliance Manufacturing Company, Collins Street, Annandale - The Sydney Morning Herald... Tuesday 5 September 1939

STANDARD Roadster, registered mechanically good, rumble seat, tyres good, £30, best offer. Easy terms. Mrs. Johns, 74b Trafalgar-st, Annandale - The Sydney Morning Herald Wed 26 August 1936

RESIDENTIAL FLATS...

Annandale - furnished flat own large kitchen, entrance £1 74 Trafalgar St. - The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 23 July 1931 (page14)

"To let...Garage or Workshop brick enclosed 33 x 20 14/ 74 Trafagar St annandale - The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 18 August 1931 (page 14)

A Flat at 74b Trafalgar St, Annandale

'74b Trafalgar st Annandale... ANNANDALE cottage 13 Rose St...close tram, DENTIST PHILIP MOSES...TOURIST TRIPS MOTOR HIRE AND TRANSPORT...SEE SYDNEY THE HARBOUR WAY....HARBOUR INFORMATION BUREAU...LAST ELEVEN NIGHTS OF LOVELY "LILAC TIME"... VERLAND 1026 Tourer, 35 miles to gallon, good all round, £27 21 Johnston-st, Annandale...OLDSMOBILE TOURER, 1929, Long Registration....Sydney Cricket Ground...West Indies v New South Wales...Commencing next Wednesday..Marlene Deitrich in Morrocco..At infrequent intervals the Morion Picture Industry produces a masterpiece... positively last ....days... Maurice Chevalier in Playboy of Paris - PRINCE EDWARD'- The Sydney Morning Herald Mon 23 Feb 1931

"TO LET.... ANNANDALE-Spotless Well furnished Flat. 3 rooms own entrance, 25/-. 74b Trafalgar St" - The Sydney Morning Herald Wed 15 April 1931

The Sands Directory of 1930, shows Wycombe Upholstrg. Co at 34 Trafalgar St, Australian Furniture Co./Public Infant School at 36 Trafalgar St, Falga Flats at 52, Brady Thos. Beale 7 Co. Ltd, timber and paint store at 62 and Holder James at 74b

"HOLDER.-October 24, 1932. beloved wife of James Holder, of Trafalgar-street, Annandale, aged 74 years" -The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 26 October 1932 (page 10)

"WHITE Cattle Collie Dog, black ears Lost, Tuesday week answers the name Boxer Reward 74b Trafalgar-st, Annandale" -The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 25 March 1930 (page 9)

There are reports that 74B Trafalgar Street may have been a shoe and a button factory during World War II, but its most well known contribution, is to Australian Music.

The building at 74B Trafalgar Street Annandale appears to be Art Deco, possibly built after the sale of the land in a sub-division of 3 Collins St Annandale.

However, the discovery of a 1926 advertisemet indicates that the factory may be older. Which has lead to the possibility based on another memory that the building at 74b Trafalgar Street may have been 19th century stables or a purpose built factory designed by John Horbury Hunt.

Real Estate * A Quiet Week... North Annandale, factory and residence, Collins and Trafalgar streets. - The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 9 October 1926 page 9

At Annandale close to Tram "KNIGHTSBRIDGE," COLLINS, and TRAFALGAR STREETS, compact, detached, Brick COTTAGE, slate, roof, 10ft verandahs on three sides, glassed-in and venetianed; 3 very large reception-rooms, 5 bedrooms, kitchen, etc, and every conceivable convenience. GARAGE, STABLING, ETC.TORRENS TITLE. 92 x 153. Garden and Lawn. AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL BUILT AND DESIRABLE HOME. Apply MARSHALL and DEMPSTER,112 Pitt-street, opp. G.P.O. - The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 17 December 1913 (page 14)

"Death, KNIGHT, October 30, 1913, at his late residence Knightsbridge, 3 Collins Street, Annandale. Henry Knight late of Erskinville aged 67 years suddenly" - The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 31 October 1913 page 8

"GLEBE LIGHTING...INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. GAS AND ELECTRICITY..Lord Mayor, Sir Allen Taylor, tho town clerk, and the electrical engineer of the City Council were present ... Alderman Lucas, "father" of the local council, on behalf of the aldermen, presented the Mayoress with a silver bell, and requested her to proceed to the balcony of the town hall, turn on the light, and announce the fact to the audience by ringing the bell..."The Sydney Morning Herald Fri 29 December 1911

and Allen Taylor

Schedule of Historic Buildings in Annandale (February 1973) Annandale Association

TAYLOR, Sir ALLEN ARTHUR (1864-1940)
He felt sufficiently secure in business by 1895 to stand for the Borough Council of Annandale, where he lived, an inner western suburb of Sydney at the centre of the timber-milling and shipping trade." -adbonline.anu.edu.au

An alderman on the Sydney Municipal Council, he represented Pyrmont Ward (1902-12) and Bourke Ward (1915-24). Persuading parliament to grant the council additional powers of resumption and borrowing money, as lord mayor in 1905-06 and 1909-12 Taylor embarked on a vigorous programme of civic improvement. - adbonline.anu.edu.au

Wife of Alderman Allen Arthur Taylor

Sir Allen Taylor, M.L.C., one of Sydney's' best known business men, died suddenly at the age of 76, at his home, in Centennial Park on friday - newspapers.nla.gov.au

Allen Taylor and Co. Limited which had been taken over by BMI in 1970 - www.boral.com.au

Allen Taylor & Company Ltd (a Boral subsidiary) proposed to acquire J & JL Davis Pty Ltd..ACCC (17th May 2005)

Allen Taylor, of Collins Street, Annandale - newspapers.nla.gov.au

"The Council's Amendment Bill, however was assented to on 9 december 1905, in part due to the entreaties of Lord Mayor Allen Taylor,a 'self-made' man who , it was though, would not allow his mid to run wild with notions of municipal socialism." - page 32, the Accidental City

'Improvement' and 'beautification' were seen to be central to human and environmental efficiency and thus to material progress. Lord Mayor Allen Taylor, a timber merchant and ship-owner, embaked ruthlessly on 'civic improvement until his retirement in 1912' Taylor was to inform his fellow aldermen in a minute of 1906, that even parks should be maintained at 'the highest stated of efficiency' Parks were not only 'the lungs of the city' and a manifestation of civic pride and worth, they were morally and mentally uplifting and thus reacted on human efficency." - page 34, the Accidental City

The 3 Collins Street land title shows a transfer of the property from a John Lauder - Balmain Builder and to Jane Miller in 1893.

"TO BUILDERS, INVESTORS, and PERSONS in Search of Sites for first-class Residences. W. PRITCHARD'S well-known PADDOCK. at the corner of COLLINS AND TRAFALGAR STREETS NORTH ANNANDALE will be sold in subdivision on the GROUND on SATURDAY NEXT APRIL 22nd at 3 o'clock on EXTREMELY LIBERAL TERMS, and ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT RESERVE, by W. PRITCHARD AND SON. Every lot perfectly drained and possessing a back lane surrounded by the best houses on North Annandale, and opposite the Annandale Post-ofice. Plans at the Rooms, 100 King-street." - SMH Thursday 20 April 1893

Consequent of Mr. W. PRITCHARD..he has decided to dispose of, to the highest bidder at auction only (no private offers entertained), the following described UNIMPROVED AND UNEMCUMBERED LANDS. Titles all under Torrens Act, Certificates of open to iInspection at room. These properties as will be seen, comprise some of the most valuable Surburban Lots in or about Sydney. They were all judiciously selected by the owner, which fact is sufficent guarantee of their favourable positions in relation to present value and use and future development..... ANNANDALE Corner Block, Collins and Trafalgar streets. Allotment having a frontage of 45ft ..to Collins street, by side frontage along Trafalgar Street of 132 ft.
ANNANDALE Trafalgar Street Three lots, each 33ft, to Trafalgar-street by a depth of 20ft lane of...adjoining above - The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 29 March 1890 page 16

Plan of north Annandale municipality of Leichhardt / the property of the Sydney Freehold, Land, Building & Investment Co. Ltd., W. Pritchard & Son, auctioneers, 100 King St., Sydney -NLA

Sales plan for north Annandale. (1890) -NLA

Property Sales: Richardson and Wrench.... Mr. N. Briney: lots 2 and 4, sec. 6 of North Annandale Estate, fronting Collins and Trafalgar street 195 feet frontage, £900 - Mr W Pritchard - The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 23 September 1882 Page of 21

Plan of north Annandale [cartographic material] / W. Pritchard, auctioneer, 281 George Street

ANNANDALE ELECTORATE. A Meeting of the residents of North annandale favourable to the canditure of Mr W. Prichard was held last evening at Terrara, Collins Street Annandale.The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 5 June 1894 page 6