Hunter Indoor Sports Centre (HISC)

I am in complete support of this project.

As a member of Newcastle Basketball, we are long overdue new facilities as the last upgrades happened in the 70’s.
I think the new proposed location is great and will benefit lots of local indoor sporting clubs, not just the basketball community.
We are at the point where our top seinor teams and players are unable to get a court to practice on due to the increased demand of grassroots and junior basketball and the courts being allocated to them.
Having a larger space would allow for these things to happen simultaneously.

Having adequate facilities would allow for actual growth within our sport. Kids are being turned away due to competitions and training programs filling up incredibly fast. There are plenty of other greenspace locations nearby that can be used for outdoor sports. It will impact the locals slightly but fairs fair, we have to move forward. We can’t keep getting denied and “put back to planning” because a loud minority are against this. We’ve been promised a new stadium for over 15 years and the Newcastle basketball community are growing tired of the trend.

Another point, there is technically 1 correctly sized court at the current location, the others were built when FIBA had guidelines to court sizing and not strict meaurements. The current facility is long out-dated and given we are the 2nd biggest growing sport in Australia, its time Newcastle had the facilities to show that.

It will be great for the basketball community

The centre should not be built on playing fields as it leads to a loss of amenities for the community. They need to find a better site. How about they use the money from the sale of the existing site which is being used for housing to purchase land that is not being used by the community

Wrong location - unsuitable for the community and infrastructure and accessibility to support it

I wish that the project find a better site as the field are used by the sports and school

The area is used by cricket and soccer and Lambton High School as well as general parkland. Should NOT be monopolised by just one sport. PLUS parking and drainage would be a nightmare.

We are constantly told we are in a housing crisis that we need green space. Yet we are prepared to lose the space utilised by many sports outlet for one sport. Make the housing infrastructure roads more congested and dangerous to what is already a busy area. The impact of this development will be felt across many subjects as the main arterial is already full and to add more will inherently make the area far more dangerous to residents and those already using. This is already a reactive answer to the first inappropriate scenario. The direct impact at the site is worse to far more then the original site. It’s not a question of the facility it’s a question of find an appropriate location. The infrastructure already floods the neighborhood so this monstrosity will do what for improvement to that. This is a disgusting waste of resources. Start how u wish to finish. Properly. Stop reacting start be proactive in nature. Stop wasting money start using the money for the right purpose. This location at all for this is a disgrace to those supporting it

This is not the right place for this particular project. This project will take away sporting ovals which are heavily utilised by both community sporting organisations and the local high school. This area already struggles in a major way with traffic during sporting and other events at McDonald Jones Stadium and adding another sporting facility here will make things even more difficult for those who live in the area.

Increasingly we are removing green outdoor space for not only our children but also community to enjoy. These ovals must be left alone and a new site found for the proposed basketball stadium.

I completely object to this project in its current proposed location.

This is a necessary project for the Newcastle community. The volume of people who would get use from this stadium is many, many times great greater than the people whose the fields on which the stadium will be built.

As an individual from the area, who grew up playing basketball at the current stadium I support the proposed site for the new Newcastle basketball stadium build. I believe having a appropriate stadium for people of all ages to play basketball is important to the mental and physical health of the community. I believe the objections to the proposed stadium are limited compared to the amount of support and by denying/prolonging the build of this new stadium on this sight, Newcastle runs the risk of having no basketball stadium at all. Newcastle basketball has worked hard to look into other locations in the past and try their best to work with the community to find solutions with the local council itself deeming this location being the only viable plot of land.

The project is extensive and likely to created a great deal of extra traffic. The plans currently do not contain sufficient parking to support those vehicles. This is an area that is already short on parking spaces. The roads are not suitable to carry the large numbers of vehicles likely to use the facilities and with a school on an adjacent property, this presents not insubstantial risks to children and families trying to access that school. On days when Hunter Stadium is also being used, there is likely to be chaos on those roads. There has been ample anecdotal evidence created to support my contention because, until recently, Hunter Bible Church occupied the school during game time at the football stadium. Parking on those days is just not possible. Without major amendments to parking arrangements, this project must be halted.

The Hunter Indoor Sports centre will provide numerous children and adults the opportunity to participate in sports year round. The current site is a great site however is being taken back by the government hence needing a new spot. The new spots makes lots of sense and also is a fantastic spot for this. Furthermore it is close to bus stops, walking/cycling track and only a 15min walk to the closest train station. The fields there that are used will come at a loss however there are incredible amounts of soccer fields in newcastle. Unfortunately the current basketball stadium is run down, literally falling apart and does not have enough space for the consistent growth we have seen in basketball over the last 6 years. The basketball stadium being built will also provide other sports the access to indoor covered areas such as pickleball and volleyball.
The basketball community in newcastle deserves a state of the art facility and unfortunately a few citizens that live on a main road are scared the traffic will be bad is holding it back. Quite sad really

This is a nice green space that Lambton High scroll students use daily for sports classes.
I train on it twice a week and many, many families use it for recreation, dog walking and team sports.
I beg you to please, please keep this green space as it is so everyone can use it and enjoy it.
Green space is important for the environment and for the mental health of everyone around it that uses it for recreation.
Do not build a big building on it for one group of people- because it will deny so many other people the use of the land.
Please use the existing basketball site- there is plenty of spare space surrounding the existing building there.
Katherine Hughes.

Find a new site. Don’t make the local footballing community suffer. Plenty of alternatives including next door to the current basketball stadium, entertainment centre.

I am all for a new basketball stadium BUT NOT in one of our major green spaces that is utilised by Lambton high and other sporting groups. If the high density residential Broadmeadow precinct goes ahead the extra traffic around the area would create chaos in the region, especially with the McDonald Jones stadium and hockey complexes just across the road from the proposed basketball stadium.
Also the large number of additional students that would have to attend Lambton High would mean they may need to expand the footprint of the school and also have additional need to access sporting fields.
Moreover the site is situated next to a drain which has overflowed a few times in the recent past.
All in all - not a good idea. It is lovely to drive past the fields and see ‘green’ and children playing on the grass!

Great use of the space and the car park is excellent to assist with stadium events

I am writing to support the project purely because the local MP is calling everyone to object to it.
Sports centres and recreation facilities are always required in growing populations... the last thing we need is both a housing AND recreation crisis.

It takes away open space and can be built on existing site

I object to this project going ahead, as a user of this ground for soccer training and games that is constantly used by a large well represented club that has hundreds of kids each week all year round using these grounds. The concept to build a large structure in a flood zone and take away a huge amount of rare green space will only add to the mental health system as this will cause huge stress to residents living in the area, the amount of people affected by the already suffering traffic congestion and the poor kids that will have the home playing and training ground taken away from them.
there are so many more appropriate sites that can be utilized, one being Glendale sporting hub where the Athletics center of excellence is that has plenty of space and parking and shops for people to use when major tournaments are being held.
stop taking away our green space's and bushland to fill up with concrete jungles.

There are already too few soccer and cricket grounds in the region, removing some of the highest use fields will make this issue far worse. The addition of a stadium without proper road and transport infrastructure upgrades will compound the issues in the already congested area.

There are more suitable areas closer to public transport outside of the centre of Newcastle. It would be far better to decentralise services and support the growth of lower population areas outside of the middle of Newcastle, such as those in Lake Macquarie or Port Stephens.