Alexandria Park Community School Redevelopment

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We wish to submit an objection to the proposed DA application SD 8373.
The current EIS does not acknowledge our residential building (141-143
McEvoy Street Alexandria) as a residential building that will be
affected by this development. Our apartment is located on the south
side of the development and no consideration has been given to our
property. Our building, 141-143 McEvoy Street, has been assessed as a
commercial building which is incorrect - there are 17 apartments
located along the southern fence line of the school that will be
directly affected. We are particularly concerned about overshadowing
and the solar access to our property. No shadow diagrams have been
provided assessing the impact to the residential apartments at 141-143
McEvoy Street. There is no documentation evident to ensure that
overshadowing/loss of daylight will not impact on the current
residential apartments at 141-143 McEvoy Street. The proposed building
will be 3 storeys high, plus a connected rooftop playground and 2m
high glass surround, directly in front of our private balcony. A
building of this height will put our property in constant shadow. This
complete loss of light to our dwelling will cause significant loss of
amenity and impact on our physiological health and psychological
wellbeing. No consideration has been given to the issue of loss of
privacy with regards to the residential properties at 141-143 McEvoy
Street. We have a serious concern that the proposed new school
building will dominate the private open space at apartments at 141-143
McEvoy Street. Overshadowing, loss of skyline and privacy is
especially a concern considering the proposed height of the building
and additional rooftop space with a proposed rooftop canopy. My family
and I are concerned with the noise impact of a school of such a size
right on our fence line. The proposed outdoor amphitheater, playground
and classrooms are directly in front of our private open
spaces/balconies. The noise generated by the school during daytime
hours will cause significant loss of amenity. The proposed use of
rooftop space is of particular concern. All of the concerns listed
above were not addressed in the proposed development. In summary, we
object to this proposal based on the above, specifically the incorrect
classification of our building as a commercial dwelling, the building
height and loss of skyline, overshadowing/loss of solar access, loss
of privacy, noise impact and the positioning of the development and
mass. These issues will adversely affect the property my family and I
live in.

Dear Ms Harragon, Alexandria Park Community School Redevelopment, Park
Road, Alexandria (SSD 8373) submission Thank you for your letter dated
12 December 2017 notifying us of this proposal as a neighbouring
landowner / occupier. We are extremely concerned at the solar
overshadowing the proposed 5 storey, 21 metre building will cause to
our ground floor garden apartment Lot 10 of 44-58 Belmont Street, on
the Western side of the school. From the shadow diagrams provided, our
primary living area, dining room kitchen and front garden courtyard
will lose approximately 50% or 4 hours of full sun light on the winter
equinox from sunrise at 7.00am until approximately 11.00am. Our
apartment again will lose sun due to overshadowing by existing
buildings to the north of our apartment sometime mid afternoon. It is
unclear how many hours of direct solar access we will have left if the
proposed school building is built. Due to the design of our apartment,
having only two points of solar access, a front sliding door facing
north and a back door facing south, with no other windows on either
the east or west of the apartment, we are heavily reliant on good
solar access for light and warmth and wellbeing from these points. If
hourly solar overshadowing diagrams could be provided as required they
would assist to clarify the extent of overshadowing. We respectfully
suggest that consideration be given to exploring opportunities to
reduce the extent of solar overshadowing on neighbouring residences on
the western boundary of the school. A combination of the following may
be considered: * Reducing the height of buildings which will
overshadow neighbours on the western boundary to the current 15 m
height limit for this site; * Terracing the western facing upper
floors back from the western boundary; and/or * Moving buildings on
the western boundary further away from neighbouring residences.
Attached are extracts from the exhibition to illustrate our concern.

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