Mod 13 - New Hotel & Apartments

I wish to lodge our objection to the development proposal with details
recorded above, on the following basis:
The proposed 237m height of the expanded tower (hotels, apartment's
community facilities etc)
1. Will be devastating to the city views enjoyed by the families and
communities from the James Watkinson Reserve, and Ways Terrace.
(Children's play park and nature reserve).
2. Will shroud apartments in the Watermark complex in shadow for part
of the day.
3. Will shroud James Watkinson Reserve, clifftop walk and Ways Terrace
in shadow, making this an unappealing open area.
4. Will have a major increase traffic flow on Jones Bay Road, which
will no longer be a quite connecting street between Pyrmont Road and
Pirrama Road. No major modification to this Jones Bay Road to
accommodate the excess vehicles can be accommodated (widening of
road). Likely this will result in traffic grid lock especially in the
evenings with drop off to the new hotel, combined with the exsiting
and proposed taxi rank / waiting zone which is and will be used for
the whole of The Star complex.
5. Major increase in late night noise on Jones Bay Road detrimental to
residents of the Watermark complex and other local residences. The
current one small back entrance to The Star on Jones Bay Road will be
replaced with a Hotel Entrance changing completely the focus from the
Pirrama Road and Harris Street entrances to The Star.
6. Tower exceeds to the 15m maximum height standard as documented in
clause 4.3 of the Local Environment Plan.

Application is with a Heritage area and adjoins SYDNEY REGIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN No 26 CITY WEST Schedule (heritage item clause 28).

102 Escarpment and Fencing, Jones Bay Road 100
102 Escarpment Face
129 Western and Northern Escarpment and Cliff face.

Adjacent to the Royal Edward Victualling Yards including the Historic
Channel 7 Building

Current recent buildings (Google, existing Star on Jones Bay Road
Corner) adhere to this requirement of 15m, which is to ensure the
items 102,102 and 109 and not detrimentally effected.

Overpower and dwarf the Western and Northern Escarpment and Cliff
face, thus detracting from the heritage aesthetics of the area.

7. Heritage sympathy in this application is only a token gesture.
There is currently is no visible signage or information within The
Star about the local Pyrmont area or the History of the local area, or
that this is Heritage area (including their own Sydney Electric Light
Station being within The Star complex). This indicates the applicants
do not wish to inform their visitors of any other attractions in
Pyrmont other than their own, and care little for the community they
are in.


8. The Pyrmont Conservation Area will severely and negatively
impacted.
This development is planned to include community facilities eg:-
Meeting rooms/library. Therefore this application is designed move the
centre of the Pyrmont community away from Pyrmont Conservation Area
and into The Star complex. The existing Pyrmont Community Centre on
John Street may be adversely affected.
The increase in new entertainment bars, restaurants, retail etc within
the proposed development, will remove further the likelihood of having
a vibrant prosperous community hub based around Union Square and
Harris Street.
9. The Proposed development does not meet the Local Environment Plan
2013) as while encouraging growth, it will not "encourage diversity
for the residential community of the City of Sydney by providing a
range of appropriately located housing, including affordable housing".

Therefore we do not consider that this development proposal is in the
public interest.

I wish to lodge our objection to the development proposal with details
recorded above, on the following basis:
The proposed 237m height of the expanded tower (hotels, apartment's
community facilities etc)
1. Will be devastating to the city views enjoyed by the families and
communities from the James Watkinson Reserve, and Ways Terrace.
(Children's play park and nature reserve).
2. Will shroud apartments in the Watermark complex in shadow for part
of the day.
3. Will shroud James Watkinson Reserve, clifftop walk and Ways Terrace
in shadow, making this an unappealing open area.
4. Will have a major increase traffic flow on Jones Bay Road, which
will no longer be a quite connecting street between Pyrmont Road and
Pirrama Road. No major modification to this Jones Bay Road to
accommodate the excess vehicles can be accommodated (widening of
road). Likely this will result in traffic grid lock especially in the
evenings with drop off to the new hotel, combined with the exsiting
and proposed taxi rank / waiting zone which is and will be used for
the whole of The Star complex.
5. Major increase in late night noise on Jones Bay Road detrimental to
residents of the Watermark complex and other local residences. The
current one small back entrance to The Star on Jones Bay Road will be
replaced with a Hotel Entrance changing completely the focus from the
Pirrama Road and Harris Street entrances to The Star.
6. Tower exceeds to the 15m maximum height standard as documented in
clause 4.3 of the Local Environment Plan.

Application is with a Heritage area and adjoins SYDNEY REGIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN No 26 CITY WEST Schedule (heritage item clause 28).

102 Escarpment and Fencing, Jones Bay Road 100
102 Escarpment Face
129 Western and Northern Escarpment and Cliff face.

Adjacent to the Royal Edward Victualling Yards including the Historic
Channel 7 Building

Current recent buildings (Google, existing Star on Jones Bay Road
Corner) adhere to this requirement of 15m, which is to ensure the
items 102,102 and 109 and not detrimentally effected.

Overpower and dwarf the Western and Northern Escarpment and Cliff
face, thus detracting from the heritage aesthetics of the area.

7. Heritage sympathy in this application is only a token gesture.
There is currently is no visible signage or information within The
Star about the local Pyrmont area or the History of the local area, or
that this is Heritage area (including their own Sydney Electric Light
Station being within The Star complex). This indicates the applicants
do not wish to inform their visitors of any other attractions in
Pyrmont other than their own, and care little for the community they
are in.


8. The Pyrmont Conservation Area will severely and negatively
impacted.
This development is planned to include community facilities eg:-
Meeting rooms/library. Therefore this application is designed move the
centre of the Pyrmont community away from Pyrmont Conservation Area
and into The Star complex. The existing Pyrmont Community Centre on
John Street may be adversely affected.
The increase in new entertainment bars, restaurants, retail etc within
the proposed development, will remove further the likelihood of having
a vibrant prosperous community hub based around Union Square and
Harris Street.
9. The Proposed development does not meet the Local Environment Plan
2013) as while encouraging growth, it will not "encourage diversity
for the residential community of the City of Sydney by providing a
range of appropriately located housing, including affordable housing".

Therefore we do not consider that this development proposal is in the
public interest.

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