If given the go-ahead, the project will provide some 300 beds under the fly-over bridge on the suburb’s Ebenezer Road, near the V&A Waterfront precinct.
Badroodien stepped down from the post in September 2022 over claims that he allegedly tampered with an electricity meter on his property, which he denied.
On Sunday, the blaze erupted in the kitchen of the sanctuary s animal care centre, destroying it and its food supplies, with some animals succumbing to smoke inhalation.