Steelforce Warehouse Facility.

I am OPPOSING this proposed Nulon Motor Oils Facility Development
Application. My submission is attached/ uploaded in PDF format titled-
Submission Opposing the Development Application for the Proposed Nulon
Motor Oil Facility. Also find attachments/upload of PDF files
petitions with signatures opposing the Development Application for the
Proposed Nulon Motor Oil Facility.

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I am writing this to voice my strong and absolute opposition to the
proposed Nulon Motor Oils development within the Bringelly Road
Business Hub. My mother Maria Bautovich, owns the property 12-20
Bringelly Rd located on the eastern boundary of the proposed
development (20-50 metres from the site). I strongly believe Maria is
the most affected by this proposed development. She has lived there
for over 50 years making a living from the land and has seen all the
changes with urban sprawl, development of train line to Leppington and
the major upgrade to Bringelly Road. This application is extremely
disturbing as it threatens her quality of existence and health and
well- being to the point where questions must be asked if it is safe
to live within such proximity of the proposed development application.
I also have very strong concerns of the potential negative impact on
the value of my mother's property should this development be approved.
On the property my mother tends to cows and chickens whilst enjoying
the farm life. My son loves to go to his Baba's house and feed
animals. He loves to run around in the open space the farm offers. The
animals have no voice in this so I am their voice. Questions need to
be raised around the potential health impact to the animals to be in
such proximity to chemicals such as hydrochloric acid, caustic soda
liquid and combustible liquids. The cows are sold through Camden Sale
Yard where the meat is tested. This is very concerning to have the
type of manufacturing next door, as rules and regulations are very
tight. Cows which are administered antibiotics for example cannot be
sent to market within 6-8 weeks. This development poses a potential
impact to her income stream and raises doubts about growing anything
on the farm that would be for human consumption. With regards to the
development there has been no consultation between Maria Bautovich or
myself and the developer around this proposal for the site next door.
Initially we were approached by Planning & Infrastructure with a
letter dated 6th of March 2014 to ask if Maria was interested in
selling the property to the Agency. The response was there was no
interest, at which point my details were passed onto a representative
of Western Sydney Parkland Trust (WSPT). The discussions at this point
were around the proposal and whether we were interested in selling
part of the land and then the question was asked whether we would
consider not having access via Bringelly Rd, but via Cowpasture. Both
questions were not entertained and the WSPT representative was okay
with this. Further discussions/emails were exchanged with the WSPT
representative around June 2016. At which point the documentation was
available through the major projects site (I'm not sure if at this
stage the DA had already been approved), and in my reply I stated (I
haven't seen anything past the discussions we had back two years ago
in the City). The proposal continued to be described by the
representative as light industrial / logistics type warehousing and
service centre uses. The initial `Request for Proposals' closed 14th
of July 2016. WSPT struggled to find a suitable partner for the 99
year leases that were part of the Business Hub. On Christmas Eve 2017,
the first contact was made by the WSPT representative to notify me of
developer committed to Bringelly Road Business Hub, and then I
received a further email later that afternoon from the developer with
links provided to planning NSW website (emails attached) for the first
development. At the time I thought the timing was odd. Being the busy
time of year and just before holidays I had a glance at the links
provided, but I am in no way proficient to navigate through the links
to understand the actual impact on 12-20 Bringelly Rd and the area in
general. Still in my mind I thought the development would be light
industrial with goods coming in on pallets and going out on pallets.
There was nothing at this time to suggest anything different and this
definitely was not articulated by the developer. Quote from email - A
concept proposal for a business park comprising large format retail
premises, light industry, service station, takeaway food and drink
premises and restaurant / café uses; and It was only in February 2018
when I learnt of the significance of the application, by receiving the
Planning & Environment Notice of Exhibition noting manufacturing oils
and storage of aerosols on-site. At this point I still did not know
the location within the Business Hub. Alarmed I contacted my original
WSPT representative to raise my concerns and to get an understanding
of what actually is being proposed for next door. He did not know the
specific details to answer my questions, so he sent an email to the
developer with four specific questions around the proposal (emails
attached). I have just had a discussion with Steve Bautovich who is
the contact for 12 Bringelly Road. Just before Christmas, Mark issued
a link to the folder containing DA documents however I think it would
be more helpful if you were able to provide links to documents which
might be of particularly interest to Steve (eg architectural, civil
drawings and landscape plan). A few things to address for Steve
please: * Where within the site the proposed Nulon facility sits. *
The interface treatment? * Location and height of retaining walls and
any treatments. * The operation of Nulon - storage? Manufacturing?
What sort of oils etc will be stored/produced on site? The response
from the developer to Q4, was laughable but not in the context of the
proposal. Nulon Site Map provided as an attachment to the email
contradicted his response. I did not reply to the email based on the
clear untruth. The facility is only for storage and distribution,
products which will be stored include aerosol cans, and other
combustible liquids however, this has been assessed and the
appropriate building solutions have been incorporated to ensure the
facility is constructed to Australian Standards. A Dangerous Goods
Report was also completed as part of the DA application to assess the
products stored within the facility and concluded the facility is not
classified as potentially hazardous. After this I sent further email
to WSPT representative (including Anne Stanley speech to Federal
Parliament) expressing my concerns about the predicament that I now
face. There was no response to the email (email attached) The planned
site has residential development to the east and north. Within close
proximity there are two early learning centres (Stuart Rd), together
with primary and secondary schools in the general vicinity. This
proposal is not light industrial and does not belong in this area. It
is too close to established housing and would be extremely unfair for
the residents to have their asset values negatively impacted as a
result of allowing Nulon to build on the proposed site. The land was
always considered green space or corridor, this development makes an
absolute sham of what the Western Sydney Parklands (WSP) have on their
website under environment. the Parklands is making a long-term
contribution to restoring the balance between nature and urban
development in Sydney and enabling Western Sydney's community to
connect with the outdoors for generations to come. Further from the
WSP website (about-us/business). The areas identified for business
hubs are in harmony with their surrounding area. The Horsley Drive
site is vacant land and would be an extension of the Wetherill
Park/Smithfield industrial area. The Blacktown site is also vacant
land between two major arterials, the Great Western Highway and the
M7. The business hub areas are on the perimeter of the Parklands, and
are in areas of low conservation or recreation value. I have not heard
any negative comments to the proposals at the other Business Hub
sites. I would assume nothing like this was attempted at those sites.
I simply cannot understand why the WSPT agreed with the developer to
propose development of this factory on the Bringelly Road site.
Everyone I speak to either does not know about the proposal or is
horrified to hear about it. The receptors contained within the
application were too limiting. This is unfair for the entire
Horningsea Park/ Greenway Park and Carnes Hill precinct as they did
not have an opportunity to be informed officially about this proposed
development on their doorstep. I door knocked Stuart Road last night
(North of the proposal residential, just across from the wetlands) and
no resident had received the Notice of Exhibition and had only learnt
of the proposal through word of mouth. Yet they are directly behind
the site. With the actual proposal the drawing is 14 meters in height.
Yet the developer is only providing five metre buffer zone on the
eastern boundary with no retaining wall. Together with the road plan
on that side of six metres, giving 11 metres reprieve from the
monstrosity being proposed. All other boundaries are 14-15 metres and
yet they have no residential impact. This would cause significant
shadowing onto my Mother's property. The heavy trucks (18 metres)
proposed to go down the eastern boundary, will have a gate swinging
open at all hours or the day and night. This gate is within 50 metres
of my 84-year-old mother's bedroom. This is totally unacceptable.
Operation Details (4.7) has 24 hours, 7 days a week noted. This is
reinforced `Dispatch and deliveries will generally occur 24 hours and
all days'. Again, totally unacceptable. The offer of cyclone fencing
and vegetation will not take away from the visual/acoustic impact of
the proposal. Even without considering the equation of 24 hours, 7
days a week of heavy trucks in and out of the factory. Hazards and
Risk (6.5) `Nulon Motors is an experienced and licensed operator, in
the production, packaging, storage and distribution of motor oils'. I
refer to September 2015 judgement from the Land and Environment Court
fining Nulon for air pollution. Fining Nulon $120,000 and ordering to
pay Prosecutors legal costs of $64,530 and place newspaper
advertisements. (copy attached) Air Quality Impact Assessment - (5)
Assessment of Impacts from Warehouse Operations. `the sensitivity of
the surrounding residential areas to emissions from the Development
Site should be considered high'. Next paragraph `the magnitude of
these emissions is likely to be negligible'. Then followed by `the
potential impact of the Development Site on the local sensitive
receptors is concluded to be neutral for all receptors. These
statements need further reviewing by independent qualified experts.
The following page (Table 9 Impact Significance) then has paragraph
underneath the table stating `the raw material storage and production
activities are proposed to be located towards the north of Lot 8, with
bulk storage area proposed to be located towards the north western end
of Lot 8. This will ensure that any air impacts from the production
activates are located as far as possible from the existing residential
receptors'. So do we have air impacts or not? Why is this being stated
if the overall opinion has concluded to be neutral for all receptors.
It would be interesting if the person who prepared the report would be
happy to live next door to the proposed development. This is an
example of "not in my backyard" mentality. Well, this is in MY
mother's backyard. The `Ethos Urban' Environmental Impact Statement
was submitted to Department of Planning and Environment (On behalf of
CIP/CH Bringelly Pty Ltd). The conclusion and Justification contained
within is cringe worthy to read. Absolutely there was no consultation
with myself when this report was prepared. The Bringelly Road Business
Hub - Development Management Agreement refers to light industrial and
large format retail and other retail. Nulon application does not meet
this definition in any way. The agreement also states (m) The
Development must achieve a minimum 5 green star rating for the
Development. Again without being an expert and what is proposed, I
would highly doubt how this has been met. Major gas pipes run through
the front of Bringelly road which service metropolitan Sydney. WSPT /
The developer can surely find more suitable tenants to their 99 year
leases. What gives them the right to propose such industry within
parklands causing so much angst to the local residents. The local
residents were there first and must be considered. Within the hub it
would be interesting if this development proposal was next to their
retail/café sites. I would assume they will be up the hill as far away
as possible from this proposal. I doubt any café site would have
patronage being situated next door to an aerosol and combustible
liquids manufacturing facility. In closing we vehemently oppose the
proposed development as this will have substantial impact to my mother
and the general area, and it has no absolutely no place in such
proximity to housing. I strongly urge the Government and planning
authority to deny this application and for Liverpool Council to work
with the company to find a more suitable alternative location. I'm
happy to discuss any of the above if you wish to contact me. Steven
Bautovich

Petitions attached.

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