Alesco Senior College Argenton

Lake Macquarie City Council's comments on SSD - 9683 are provided in the attached letter

My Partner and i are the home owners of the property directly behind number 7 James street Argenton and have been for over a year.
Over the past 3 months i have noticed an increased level of noise coming from this property as i have a week day off once a fortnight and we have had litter appearing in our back yard also within this time.

On the 3rd of July 2019 my partner arrived home approximately 3pm to the shock of finding a chair in our property that did not belong to us, that would have to of been thrown with some substantial force to land where it did in our backyard. My partner went on to inspect our back yard to find more rubbish (cigarette filter packet etc) from the property directly behind ours (7 James street Argenton) then noticed our fence panels had also been damaged (kicked in according to the staff at the facility), in two places (one more significant then the other- images attached). My partner then proceeded to go around to the property to return the chair that had been thrown over and ask why our fence was damaged.

My partner arrived at the facility to be greeted by staff members Jo & James who were very apologetic for what had happened. Jo explained they did have an incident with a student that day and was unsure if the student was under the influence that caused the damage to the fence. James said that "the fence had been kicked in by the student. The staff members were unaware of the chair that had been thrown over the fence and were in shock. My partner then went on to exchange his number while the staff member Jo wrote down on a piece of paper a land line number as well as a mobile followed by "Alesco Senior College". (Attached in images)

On Monday the 8th July 2019 as my partner and i were leaving home to go to work we noticed a box of chocolates as well as a note left at our front door. The note saying "Hi James, I have called over a few times to apologize about the incident with the rear fence. I will try & call you this afternoon.
Thanks Grant Dennis, Alesco Senior College.(Image of letter attached)

After these two occasions we believe that the facility at 7 James street Argenton is already operating as Alesco Senior College which we were unaware of.

The reasons why we object to the Alesco Senior College proposal:
We believe that this facility is already operating as Alesco Senior College that has not been approved.
We believe the fence that separates our property (142 Montgomery street Argenton) from the facility (7 James street Argenton's Alesco Senior College) to not be safe enough to separate our property from 80 students years 10-12 especially students with erratic behavior and under the influence.
With the incidents that have occurred we believe that we do not have enough privacy or feel safe from 80 students from years 10-12.
We are a young couple wanting to start a family and we would not want to be in the position were objects get thrown over the fence and could cause significant damage to my partner, a small child or myself.

Thank you for taking the time to ready this and we hope that our concerns are taken on board.