350 King Street Warehouse, Mascot

30/07/2024
Objection to SSD- 59024711
(Lot 2 DP 510447)
Exhibition of State Significant Development Application
350 King Street Warehouse, Mascot
Attn Jeffrey Peng

Dear Mr Peng,

I am writing to formally object to the proposed development at 350 King Street Mascot on a number of planning concerns.

The proposed industrial warehouse development is planned to be positioned at the end of a dead-end street amongst hotels, offices, car rental businesses, airport parking and short-term residential accommodation. The proposed development involves the construction of a five-storey mixed use industrial warehouse and distribution centre.

The bulk and scale of the proposed warehouse is excessive and is in breach of the Bayside Council LEP 2021 exceeding the maximum permissible height limit. The proposed industrial warehouse development is not appropriate for the surrounding hotels, businesses and future approved developments.

The proposed industrial warehouse and distribution centre will operate 24 hours 7 days a week. This will generate operational noise from loading activities involving forklifts, light and heavy vehicle movements, trucks idling onsite and offsite, loud airbrake noise, reversing alarms, and movement of containers during stacking. This will create adverse amenity impacts on nearby residents.
Please note that between the hours of 11pm and 6am there is an airport curfew in place to minimise the impact of noise to nearby residents.

The widening of the road at the western end of King Street the so called, “turning head” for 20 metre articulated vehicles will not improve traffic flow. There is already a large number of existing surrounding businesses which are heavily reliant on taxi, car-rental vehicles, uber, shuttle bus and passenger vans which service both the domestic and international airport being only a few kilometres away.

The Colston Budd Rogers & Kafes Pty Ltd Transport and Accessibility Impact Assessment for the proposed warehouse further states that, “construction methodology, process and staging for the proposed warehouse development has not yet been precisely defined”.

A major concern with the proposal is the 20 metre articulated vehicles entering King Street on O’Riordan Street travelling north.
The existing road infrastructure, footpaths and pedestrian crossings are unsuitable for this heavy vehicle traffic flow.
This is further illustrated by the Colston Budd Rogers & Kafes Pty Ltd Transport and Accessibility Impact Assessment swept path analysis diagrams, demonstrating that the articulated vehicles cannot make this turn. This is a serious issue that has not been correctly addressed.

The development proposes six driveways onto King Street which is undesirable for surrounding local businesses that are reliant upon on-street parking as well as negatively impacting the public domain.
In addition, the turning head at the western end of King Street will also cause the loss of on-street car parking spaces. This will impact the existing car rental businesses, hotels, drop-off and pick up shuttle services to and from the domestic and international airports.

There are further concerns in regards to vehicular movement along Ewan Street, as suitability for emergency vehicle access is limited. Ewan Street is narrow and already congested with cars continually parked along the southern boundary of the proposed industrial warehouse.
This is a major concern in the event of an emergency and the management of vehicular movement must be further addressed.

The applicant also proposes the construction and operation of an additional 5 storey industrial warehouse, with a total of 31,266 square metres of gross floor area which is to be located at 297 King St Mascot being directly opposite to this proposed development. This will further adversely impact traffic flow issues within the western end of King Street.

In light of these planning concerns, I urge the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure to reconsider the approval of this development.

The applicant should consider alternative uses of this site which is zoned E3.
Alternative uses should improve the visual character of the locality whilst reducing land use conflicts and benefiting nearby businesses and residential development.


Kind Regards,

Denco Pty Ltd

295 King Street Mascot

Mascot needs better public transport and more safe cycling infrastructure to enable cheap and easy ways to access this economic centre and workplaces for people living nearby. The train and driving are not sustainable and are not accessible for people living nearby wanting to work here. Please ensure there are facilities to support healthy, cheap, sustainable forms of transport such as protected cycling infrastructure and end of trip facilities, via the nearby Coward St and Sydney Gateway cycling links.

The Travelodge Hotel and Wilson Car Park located at 289 King Street Mascot NSW 2020 is in receipt of the King Street Multi-level Warehouse, Mascot - (EXH-72478219) submission dated 28th June 2024.

We continue to welcome and encourage construction and infrastructure improvements in the local area, but we would encourage Council to be diligent and respectful of the existing business operations with the going concern used as a short stay hotel and car park, operating 24/7.

Accordingly, we forward our concerns pursuant to the submission:
1. The traffic flow numbers do not reflect the changes in the local area
- The traffic flow numbers of the current plan and the original plan seem to indicate the same number of vehicles increase. How does this ( or should it not ) also reflect the increased traffic as a result of the two existing King street parking facilities that have increased by c. 33% in size (or will shortly)? This will affect traffic flow/delays at the King street & O’riordan lights which is a crucial part of the development application.
- The impact of the SSD-49734709 proposal which adds substantial movements along King Street and at the intersection of King Street in conjunction with the proposal which will add additional

2. In the DA submission, in the event that the current owner does not wish to sell part of his block at intersection for road ingress and egress improvements – and the alternate route is confirmed – how will the left hand turn be policed and actually function appropriately from O’riordan St into King Street? Will the access point be updated to restrict flow with some sort of street divider?

3. How does the traffic leaving King Street and turning left onto O’riordan Street work efficiently and effectively for trucks and heavy vehicles. Depending on heavy vehicle length, they will most certainly need to turn left from the righthand lane which will impede all other traffic flow leaving King Street on both sides of the intersection. Please confirm thoroughly how this will be mitigated?

4. At the same time this will then impede the right hand lane turn from King Street turning onto O’riordan Street (when approaching from Botany) which will then block the left hand turn onto O’riordan Street due to a lack of space on the left hand lane before parking starts. It is noted the no stopping extension to 70m (but most cars turn right so it is uncertain how this change will impact – based on direct observation). I’d also point out the residential parking on this street, at that point, will be heavily impacted and wonder how the residential tower driveway exit or commercial deliveries to that site will be impacted?

5. As per traffic report in DA submission and its effect on both King Street & O’riordan Street, please confirm how King St is projected to have a further 10% increase in approach and departing traffic by subject DA proposal, with the majority being trucks and heavy vehicles, noting there is no heavy vehicle access through an alternative route and weather the current road infrastructure is adequate?

Regards
Justin Style

Please see Letter of Support attached.

Please refer to attached PDF