60-78 Regent Street Redevelopment

I strongly object to the proposed Regent st development.

There is a range of issues that have not been considered and it is distressing the way this is being pushed through at a state level with no community consultation.

The main objections with this development are:

The proximity to 157 Redfern st, and 7-9 Gibbons st. The new development will be well within the minimum separation distances allowed from inhabited space. Worsening this will be the design which includes 50 + windows directly facing residents living rooms and bed rooms, with desks positioned facing out. So students would spend the majority of time directly looking out their windows into the private homes of existing residents.

Continuing with this point the new building will have major privacy and solar issues affecting the surrounding buildings (157 Redfern st and 7-9 Gibbons st). Sunlight will be all but cut off for all units 17 stories or below - having actually experienced living on the east side of 157 Redfern st, I find the proposals included solar maps completely understated and misleading.

No adequate wind tunnel tests were carried out by the DA. Wind on Redfern st is already a massive issue, and southerly's that already batter the two existing developments will render the balconies un-useable once funnelled further by this new development

The new building will have to be placed directly on Regent st. Violating the 2 story set back, outlined by the Redfern-Waterloo master plan destroying the street frontage.

There was next to no community consultation prior to this DA, after an apparent 300 post card letter drop only 8 residents attended. As i'm sure will be demonstrated by the vast number of objections this development will receive, there are plenty of motivated residents who were not informed - This raises many questions about the closed door nature of this development. It is clear as they have not purchased all properties along the proposed development that they themselves are aware of the dubious nature of their application

This development will significantly destroy existing views of Redfern and the heritage listed post office clock tower. I have attached photos demonstrating the dramatic effect this will have. As you can imagine liveability and house value will be severely impacted.

The access lane to 157 Redfern st carpark is a small one way road off Marion st. The new development has inadequate loading dock facilities to allow students to move in and out (that will occur frequently due to the nature of student housing) which will undoubtedly lead to the lane becoming blocked and a danger to pedestrians. More so a walk way will be created through to that back lane encouraging an increase of foot traffic around an already busy lane way, majorly impacting access to Redfern Club parking and resident parking.

Redfern has no need for this style of over priced student housing. This caters for one type of student only as not many actual students could afford $350++ per week to share a 6 bedroom apartment. This will introduce a host of transient people to the area ruining the family nature and culturally historic aspects.

I expect to provide a more extensive objection put together by a town planer that will clarify the above issues.

Detailed submission attached on behalf of the owners of Unit 506 at 157 Redfern St, Redfern - the building located to the site's west

I object to the devlopment, my objection is detailed in my written submission

Objection is attached in PDF format

Please see attached document in PDF format.

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