Sydney Metro Crows Nest Over Station Development

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Submission attached - confidentiality requested

This submission opposes the current rezoning application by Sydney Metro

Washbox is a NSW owned and developed technology. The product is Australian made. Washbox is a hired solution that eliminates liquid waste from construction and refurbishment activities by recycling the washwater generated by construction trades. Without Washbox the standard procedures can include unlawful dumping of this waste into the sewer, or to ground. We would encourage a specification for this project to recycle washwater generated by trades and eliminate liquid waste discharge from the site. This is not only in order to comply with relevant regulations and legislation, but also to meet reasonable community expectations of environmental controls and sustainability. I have attached a copy of the waste management plan submitted by Richard Crookes Constructions for the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct project where they specified and use Washbox. Washbox has been used on more than 100 projects in Australia over 15 years.

I have reviewed the amended proposal for the Crows Nest Over Station development and support this amended proposal. The increase in commercial space is good and overcomes my previous concern with the first proposal. The reduced height of the site A building is a welcome change and the new design to allow more light and solar is a good outcome over what was previously proposed. These new buildings will not be out of character with other already developed high rise buildings or those future development proposals for the area. Once again I support this new proposal.

I OBJECT to the amended proposal for the Crows Nest Over Station Development because it creates a significant oversupply of both residential and commercial space, demonstrating that the size of this development is unwarranted and unnecessary.

There is no need to build buildings of the height and bulk being proposed.

• LAND USE: The decrease in building height is misleading. Commercial office floors are spaced further apart than residential storeys so a 21 storey commercial building is comparable to a 25 storey residential building, giving the community only a TWO storey height reduction.

• COMMERCIAL SPACE IS MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT IS REQUIRED. If the proposed amount of floor space is built, it will be twice what is needed to meet targets.

• A FURTHER OVERSUPPLY OF RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS IS BEING CREATED. Changing the designation of the 17-storey hotel to a residential tower will further increase the oversupply of apartments in the precinct.

• OVERSHADOWING: A minimal reduction in height in the amended plan will only minimally reduce the overshadowing of Crows Nest village and makes no effort to address the overshadowing of properties in East Wollstonecraft.

WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED
The community is asking for a low rise Over Station Development, with a meaningful reduction in heights rather than the token reduction contained in this proposal.

I would like community facilities such as a library and child care centre AND open space outside the building for commuters and residents to enjoy.

OPEN SPACE – PUBLIC PLAZA STILL NEEDED
Metro estimate 10,000 pedestrian movements/hour into and out of the Crows Nest Metro Station at peak hour. Given this proposal provides a surplus of residential AND commercial space, I would like to see Site C become a public plaza rather than a 9-storey building.