A popular form of relaxation and healing could be on its way to Penrith by Christmas after a new development application (DA) is filed.

City Cave, which has flotation and wellness centers across the state, has made a proposal to Penrith City Council to create an indoor leisure facility in Jamisontown.

The DA is looking to convert an existing rental and use it as a health studio known as a “leisure flotation center”, which includes flotation tanks, massage rooms and infrared saunas.

Floating therapy, which has gained attention in recent years, involves lying in a pool filled with 400 kilograms of Epsom salts with water heated to your body’s external temperature.

Water helps heal inflammation in the body and can put your mind into a relaxed state.

City Cave states that users can choose to have lights on or play music or experience complete sensory deprivation in wide-open floating rooms rather than a traditional enclosed floating therapy pod.

The site in question at 120 Mulgoa Road, Jamisontown, is the former Toys R Us store. was not approved.

With Tru Ninja and Factory Plus already approved at the site, the Environmental Effects Statement (EES) said approval for the third rental, which remained vacant, would facilitate a full renewal of the space.

“The proposed change of use facilitates the use of the proposed tenancy 1 as a health studio which provides employment opportunities upon completion, in addition to the jobs created during the development of the tenancy,” it said. he declares.

“The proposal is in the public interest as the future use of the site as a health studio will provide the community with access to health and fitness facilities close to residential and employment areas. It also activates a vacant rental and improves employment opportunities and consumer choice for the area.

SEE says the space would include three flotation tanks, three sauna cabins and two massage rooms on the ground floor as well as a mezzanine to be used as storage space.

Hours of operation, if approved, would be 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week, and two to three staff members would be on site at all times. The document says the new use would require six parking spaces for customers, but the site contains 219 on-site parking spaces for multiple stores.

The Weekender understands that another similar business called Elements Float Health Spa is also set to open shortly in the former Pilates Works studio at 236 Great Western Highway, Emu Plains.

A graduate of Western Sydney University, Emily covers local, state and federal politics for The Weekender, as well as crime and general news.