Name Withheld
Object
Name Withheld
Object
NAREMBURN
,
New South Wales
Message
To whom it may concern,
I wish to formally object to the proposed development.
While I acknowledge the need for additional housing supply and urban renewal, I do not believe this proposal strikes an appropriate balance between increased density and the protection of existing residents, neighbourhood amenity and local character.
Overshadowing and loss of amenity
The proposal will result in significant overshadowing of surrounding residential properties and public spaces. The scale and height of the development will reduce access to natural sunlight for neighbouring homes, impacting residents’ enjoyment of their properties and diminishing the amenity that existing residents reasonably expect.
In addition to overshadowing, the development will create substantial privacy impacts through overlooking into nearby homes and apartments. These impacts appear disproportionate to any public benefit delivered by the project.
Excessive height and visual impact
At 39 storeys, the proposed tower is excessive in scale and inconsistent with the established character of the surrounding area.
The development would become one of the tallest buildings in the immediate vicinity and would fundamentally alter the skyline and visual character of Naremburn and St Leonards. The bulk and scale of the proposal are out of keeping with the existing residential environment and represent an overdevelopment of the site.
Traffic and parking impacts
The proposal will place additional pressure on an already constrained local road network.
The significant number of additional residents, combined with the relatively low level of parking provision, is likely to increase competition for on-street parking and exacerbate existing traffic congestion in surrounding streets. Residents are already experiencing parking and traffic challenges, and this development will further intensify those issues.
The application does not adequately demonstrate how these impacts will be effectively managed.
Departure from local planning controls
I am concerned that the State Significant Development process is being used to override local planning controls and community expectations regarding appropriate building scale and density.
Local planning controls exist to ensure development occurs in a way that reflects the character, infrastructure capacity and amenity expectations of an area. Approving a development of this scale would undermine those controls and set an undesirable precedent for future developments.
Impact on neighbourhood character
The proposal does not appropriately respond to the existing character of Naremburn and surrounding residential areas.
The scale, height and density of the development are inconsistent with the established streetscape and will contribute to the gradual erosion of the area’s character. Growth should be managed in a way that respects the qualities that make the local community an attractive place to live.
Conclusion
For the reasons outlined above, I respectfully request that the proposal be refused in its current form.
Should the development proceed, I urge the consent authority to require substantial reductions in height and scale, improved setbacks, stronger privacy protections, additional traffic and parking mitigation measures, and a design that better reflects the character of the surrounding area.
Thank you for considering my submission.
Yours faithfully,
Karena Noble
Naremburn NSW
I wish to formally object to the proposed development.
While I acknowledge the need for additional housing supply and urban renewal, I do not believe this proposal strikes an appropriate balance between increased density and the protection of existing residents, neighbourhood amenity and local character.
Overshadowing and loss of amenity
The proposal will result in significant overshadowing of surrounding residential properties and public spaces. The scale and height of the development will reduce access to natural sunlight for neighbouring homes, impacting residents’ enjoyment of their properties and diminishing the amenity that existing residents reasonably expect.
In addition to overshadowing, the development will create substantial privacy impacts through overlooking into nearby homes and apartments. These impacts appear disproportionate to any public benefit delivered by the project.
Excessive height and visual impact
At 39 storeys, the proposed tower is excessive in scale and inconsistent with the established character of the surrounding area.
The development would become one of the tallest buildings in the immediate vicinity and would fundamentally alter the skyline and visual character of Naremburn and St Leonards. The bulk and scale of the proposal are out of keeping with the existing residential environment and represent an overdevelopment of the site.
Traffic and parking impacts
The proposal will place additional pressure on an already constrained local road network.
The significant number of additional residents, combined with the relatively low level of parking provision, is likely to increase competition for on-street parking and exacerbate existing traffic congestion in surrounding streets. Residents are already experiencing parking and traffic challenges, and this development will further intensify those issues.
The application does not adequately demonstrate how these impacts will be effectively managed.
Departure from local planning controls
I am concerned that the State Significant Development process is being used to override local planning controls and community expectations regarding appropriate building scale and density.
Local planning controls exist to ensure development occurs in a way that reflects the character, infrastructure capacity and amenity expectations of an area. Approving a development of this scale would undermine those controls and set an undesirable precedent for future developments.
Impact on neighbourhood character
The proposal does not appropriately respond to the existing character of Naremburn and surrounding residential areas.
The scale, height and density of the development are inconsistent with the established streetscape and will contribute to the gradual erosion of the area’s character. Growth should be managed in a way that respects the qualities that make the local community an attractive place to live.
Conclusion
For the reasons outlined above, I respectfully request that the proposal be refused in its current form.
Should the development proceed, I urge the consent authority to require substantial reductions in height and scale, improved setbacks, stronger privacy protections, additional traffic and parking mitigation measures, and a design that better reflects the character of the surrounding area.
Thank you for considering my submission.
Yours faithfully,
Karena Noble
Naremburn NSW
Name Withheld
Object
Name Withheld
Object
ST LEONARDS
,
New South Wales
Message
Hi
I am writing to strongly OBJECT to the proposed development adjacent to our building.
I understand that St Leonards is continuing to grow and that new housing is needed. However, I am genuinely concerned about the impact that a development of this size and height will have on residents who already live here.
One of my biggest concerns is the loss of sunlight. Our apartment and common areas currently receive good natural light, which is an important part of our daily lives. The proposed towers appear likely to cast significant shadows over neighbouring properties, particularly during winter. Losing sunlight would affect not only our enjoyment of our homes but also our overall wellbeing.
I am also concerned about privacy. With much taller buildings being constructed so close to existing apartments, there is a real possibility that residents will be looking directly into neighbouring homes and balconies. Many of us chose to live here because of the level of privacy we currently enjoy, and it would be disappointing to lose that because of a development immediately next door.
The scale of the proposal also worries me. The height and density seem excessive for the site and will have a significant impact on the feeling of the neighbourhood. From my perspective, the development appears to prioritise maximising the number of units rather than ensuring a reasonable balance between growth and the amenity of existing residents.
Traffic and parking are already challenging in the area, particularly around Herbert Street. Adding a large number of new residents will inevitably increase vehicle movements, deliveries, rideshare activity, and pressure on local parking. I am concerned that the existing infrastructure is already struggling to keep up with the pace of development occurring across the precinct.
Another concern is the impact of construction itself. Given the proximity of the proposed excavation and building works to our property, residents are likely to experience years of noise, dust, vibration, and disruption. I am particularly concerned about the potential effect of excavation works on neighbouring buildings and foundations.
I am also concerned about the wind impacts that often accompany very tall buildings. Similar developments in other areas have created unpleasant wind tunnels and downdrafts at street level. This affects pedestrian comfort and can reduce the usability of public spaces and building entrances.
Finally, I believe Council should consider the cumulative impact of ongoing high-density development throughout St Leonards. Each project may be assessed individually, but together they are dramatically changing the character of the area and placing increasing pressure on local infrastructure, services, transport, and public spaces.
I respectfully ask Council to carefully consider these concerns and the impact this development will have on existing residents before making a decision.
Thank you for taking my submission into consideration.
I am writing to strongly OBJECT to the proposed development adjacent to our building.
I understand that St Leonards is continuing to grow and that new housing is needed. However, I am genuinely concerned about the impact that a development of this size and height will have on residents who already live here.
One of my biggest concerns is the loss of sunlight. Our apartment and common areas currently receive good natural light, which is an important part of our daily lives. The proposed towers appear likely to cast significant shadows over neighbouring properties, particularly during winter. Losing sunlight would affect not only our enjoyment of our homes but also our overall wellbeing.
I am also concerned about privacy. With much taller buildings being constructed so close to existing apartments, there is a real possibility that residents will be looking directly into neighbouring homes and balconies. Many of us chose to live here because of the level of privacy we currently enjoy, and it would be disappointing to lose that because of a development immediately next door.
The scale of the proposal also worries me. The height and density seem excessive for the site and will have a significant impact on the feeling of the neighbourhood. From my perspective, the development appears to prioritise maximising the number of units rather than ensuring a reasonable balance between growth and the amenity of existing residents.
Traffic and parking are already challenging in the area, particularly around Herbert Street. Adding a large number of new residents will inevitably increase vehicle movements, deliveries, rideshare activity, and pressure on local parking. I am concerned that the existing infrastructure is already struggling to keep up with the pace of development occurring across the precinct.
Another concern is the impact of construction itself. Given the proximity of the proposed excavation and building works to our property, residents are likely to experience years of noise, dust, vibration, and disruption. I am particularly concerned about the potential effect of excavation works on neighbouring buildings and foundations.
I am also concerned about the wind impacts that often accompany very tall buildings. Similar developments in other areas have created unpleasant wind tunnels and downdrafts at street level. This affects pedestrian comfort and can reduce the usability of public spaces and building entrances.
Finally, I believe Council should consider the cumulative impact of ongoing high-density development throughout St Leonards. Each project may be assessed individually, but together they are dramatically changing the character of the area and placing increasing pressure on local infrastructure, services, transport, and public spaces.
I respectfully ask Council to carefully consider these concerns and the impact this development will have on existing residents before making a decision.
Thank you for taking my submission into consideration.
Warwick Hope
Object
Warwick Hope
Object
ST LEONARDS
,
New South Wales
Message
FORMAL OBJECTION TO DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION SSD-88511459
Attention: Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Project Name: Shop top housing at 33 & 37 Herbert Street, St Leonards
Application Reference: SSD-88511459
Objector: Owner, Unit 77, "Herbert Towers", 19-23 Herbert Street, St Leonards NSW 2065
To the Assessment Officer,
I am writing to lodge my strong personal objection to the State Significant Development application (SSD-88511459) currently on exhibition for 33-37 Herbert Street, St Leonards.
As the owner of Unit 77, I live on the top floor (Level 13) of Herbert Towers, which sits immediately south of the proposed site. My apartment features a prized 180-degree northern aspect from my main balcony and a direct northern aspect from my master bedroom. Because of my top-floor position right next door, my home is uniquely exposed to the direct, adverse impacts of this massive proposal.
While I am not opposed to reasonable, well-planned growth near our transport hubs, the sheer scale of what is being asked for here is a blatant overdevelopment of a constrained site. It ignores the local planning rules, disregards the immediate neighbours, and will completely ruin the liveability of my home.
My specific objections are detailed below:
1. Severe Loss of Sunlight and Winter Solar Access
My apartment’s layout was specifically designed to capture natural light, and I rely entirely on that northern face to get winter sun into my living room, main balcony, and master bedroom.
Placing a 39-storey tower right on our northern boundary will act like a giant concrete wall, completely cutting off the sun during the coldest months of the year.
I have looked at the developer’s paperwork, and their own reports actually contradict each other about how bad the overshadowing will be. Crucially, they completely failed to measure how this massive shadow will impact individual elevated apartments like mine.
This violates the basic solar access minimums set out in the Apartment Design Guide and completely flies in the face of the St Leonards and Crows Nest 2036 Plan, which is explicitly supposed to protect sunlight for homes south of the Pacific Highway.
2. Total Loss of Panoramic Views
From my balcony, I currently have an unobstructed, sweeping view across the northern district towards Chatswood.
The developer’s paperwork sweeps this aside, calling the view loss “minor”. However, their consultants only assessed the views from public streets down at ground level—they never bothered to look at the view from inside our actual homes, which is standard planning practice.
Under NSW planning law (the "Tenacity" view-sharing principle), views from private homes are supposed to be properly assessed and fairly shared. That has been completely ignored here. Forcing a 39-storey tower directly in front of my balcony will completely strip away my view and replace it with a blank high-rise wall.
3. Complete Loss of Privacy
Because I live on the top floor, my apartment and balcony currently enjoy excellent privacy with no one looking in. Building a 39-storey tower with 413 apartments right next door completely destroys this. I will have hundreds of new windows and balconies looking directly straight down into my private outdoor living space and my master bedroom, wiping out the privacy I paid for when buying this property.
4. Critical Risks to Our Water Pressure and Fire Safety Compliance
This is a major safety concern for our building. We already experience poor water pressure from the Herbert Street mains, to the extent that our Owners Corporation is currently required to undertake physical works to fix water pressure issues specifically to achieve fire-safety system compliance.
The fact that our building is actively spending money to remedy a baseline lack of water pressure from the street proves the local infrastructure is already failing. Yet, this new development intends to hook up 413 new apartments and two levels of commercial shops to that exact same water network.
The developer's own services report openly admits they have not tested whether the local network actually has enough capacity, pressure, or fire flow to cope with this extra load. They are just leaving that question for later. The Department should absolutely not approve a massive high-rise when the developer cannot prove it won't compromise the water supply and essential fire safety of an established building next door.
5. Unacceptable On-Site Parking Shortfall and Traffic Gridlock
The math on the parking allocation makes no sense and will cause total chaos on our street. The plans outline 413 apartments but only provide 377 resident parking spaces.
This means dozens of apartments will have zero parking. On top of that, they haven't properly accounted for the massive visitor parking demand a building this size creates, let alone the parking needed for the retail and commercial spaces.
Living on the top floor, I look down at Herbert Street every day and see how heavily congested it already is. Forcing all the overflow cars, delivery vans, and visitors from 413 new apartments onto our narrow street is going to lead to absolute traffic gridlock and make the area incredibly unsafe for pedestrians.
6. Prolonged Construction Noise, Vibration, and Structural Risk
Digging a deep multi-level basement and building two towers right on our boundary line means years of severe noise, dust, and heavy drilling.
Because I live on the top floor, the structural noise and vibrations traveling straight up our building's concrete core will make it impossible to live or work from home comfortably during the day.
Even worse, heavy excavation of this depth right on our boundary poses a real risk of structural movement and cracking to our own foundations. If this is considered for approval, the Department must make it a mandatory condition that the developer pays for a full pre-construction dilapidation survey of our building and installs real-time, independent vibration monitoring.
7. Gross Breach of Current Zoning and Scale Rules
Right now, 33-37 Herbert Street is zoned as E4 General Industrial, which strictly bans residential apartments and has a size limit (Floor Space Ratio) of 1 to 1.
The developer is asking to completely rewrite the rules to allow more than seven times that size (7.15 to 1) and a height of 135 metres where there is currently no limit at all.
This massive, aggressive jump in size is completely out of step with the immediate streetscape and represents a severe overdevelopment of the block.
8. Failure to Assess the Combined Impact on the Area
St Leonards is already being overwhelmed by high-rise construction. The developer has looked at their project completely in isolation. They have done zero assessment on the combined, cumulative impact that adding another 413 apartments will have on our local infrastructure, school capacities, road gridlock, and street-level wind tunnel effects.
Conclusion
For the reasons listed above—especially the devastating loss of my winter sun, the total erasure of my views, the invasion of privacy, and the unmitigated risks to our building's water pressure and fire safety—I strongly urge the Department to REFUSE this application.
If the Department does look toward approval, the tower heights must be drastically scaled back and setback much further from the southern boundary to protect the basic liveability of the homes in Herbert Towers.
Thank you for reviewing my submission. I declare that I have not made any reportable political donations in the past two years.
Sincerely,
Warwick Hope
Owner, Unit 77, Herbert Towers
19-23 Herbert Street, St Leonards NSW 2065
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0412 496 392
Attention: Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Project Name: Shop top housing at 33 & 37 Herbert Street, St Leonards
Application Reference: SSD-88511459
Objector: Owner, Unit 77, "Herbert Towers", 19-23 Herbert Street, St Leonards NSW 2065
To the Assessment Officer,
I am writing to lodge my strong personal objection to the State Significant Development application (SSD-88511459) currently on exhibition for 33-37 Herbert Street, St Leonards.
As the owner of Unit 77, I live on the top floor (Level 13) of Herbert Towers, which sits immediately south of the proposed site. My apartment features a prized 180-degree northern aspect from my main balcony and a direct northern aspect from my master bedroom. Because of my top-floor position right next door, my home is uniquely exposed to the direct, adverse impacts of this massive proposal.
While I am not opposed to reasonable, well-planned growth near our transport hubs, the sheer scale of what is being asked for here is a blatant overdevelopment of a constrained site. It ignores the local planning rules, disregards the immediate neighbours, and will completely ruin the liveability of my home.
My specific objections are detailed below:
1. Severe Loss of Sunlight and Winter Solar Access
My apartment’s layout was specifically designed to capture natural light, and I rely entirely on that northern face to get winter sun into my living room, main balcony, and master bedroom.
Placing a 39-storey tower right on our northern boundary will act like a giant concrete wall, completely cutting off the sun during the coldest months of the year.
I have looked at the developer’s paperwork, and their own reports actually contradict each other about how bad the overshadowing will be. Crucially, they completely failed to measure how this massive shadow will impact individual elevated apartments like mine.
This violates the basic solar access minimums set out in the Apartment Design Guide and completely flies in the face of the St Leonards and Crows Nest 2036 Plan, which is explicitly supposed to protect sunlight for homes south of the Pacific Highway.
2. Total Loss of Panoramic Views
From my balcony, I currently have an unobstructed, sweeping view across the northern district towards Chatswood.
The developer’s paperwork sweeps this aside, calling the view loss “minor”. However, their consultants only assessed the views from public streets down at ground level—they never bothered to look at the view from inside our actual homes, which is standard planning practice.
Under NSW planning law (the "Tenacity" view-sharing principle), views from private homes are supposed to be properly assessed and fairly shared. That has been completely ignored here. Forcing a 39-storey tower directly in front of my balcony will completely strip away my view and replace it with a blank high-rise wall.
3. Complete Loss of Privacy
Because I live on the top floor, my apartment and balcony currently enjoy excellent privacy with no one looking in. Building a 39-storey tower with 413 apartments right next door completely destroys this. I will have hundreds of new windows and balconies looking directly straight down into my private outdoor living space and my master bedroom, wiping out the privacy I paid for when buying this property.
4. Critical Risks to Our Water Pressure and Fire Safety Compliance
This is a major safety concern for our building. We already experience poor water pressure from the Herbert Street mains, to the extent that our Owners Corporation is currently required to undertake physical works to fix water pressure issues specifically to achieve fire-safety system compliance.
The fact that our building is actively spending money to remedy a baseline lack of water pressure from the street proves the local infrastructure is already failing. Yet, this new development intends to hook up 413 new apartments and two levels of commercial shops to that exact same water network.
The developer's own services report openly admits they have not tested whether the local network actually has enough capacity, pressure, or fire flow to cope with this extra load. They are just leaving that question for later. The Department should absolutely not approve a massive high-rise when the developer cannot prove it won't compromise the water supply and essential fire safety of an established building next door.
5. Unacceptable On-Site Parking Shortfall and Traffic Gridlock
The math on the parking allocation makes no sense and will cause total chaos on our street. The plans outline 413 apartments but only provide 377 resident parking spaces.
This means dozens of apartments will have zero parking. On top of that, they haven't properly accounted for the massive visitor parking demand a building this size creates, let alone the parking needed for the retail and commercial spaces.
Living on the top floor, I look down at Herbert Street every day and see how heavily congested it already is. Forcing all the overflow cars, delivery vans, and visitors from 413 new apartments onto our narrow street is going to lead to absolute traffic gridlock and make the area incredibly unsafe for pedestrians.
6. Prolonged Construction Noise, Vibration, and Structural Risk
Digging a deep multi-level basement and building two towers right on our boundary line means years of severe noise, dust, and heavy drilling.
Because I live on the top floor, the structural noise and vibrations traveling straight up our building's concrete core will make it impossible to live or work from home comfortably during the day.
Even worse, heavy excavation of this depth right on our boundary poses a real risk of structural movement and cracking to our own foundations. If this is considered for approval, the Department must make it a mandatory condition that the developer pays for a full pre-construction dilapidation survey of our building and installs real-time, independent vibration monitoring.
7. Gross Breach of Current Zoning and Scale Rules
Right now, 33-37 Herbert Street is zoned as E4 General Industrial, which strictly bans residential apartments and has a size limit (Floor Space Ratio) of 1 to 1.
The developer is asking to completely rewrite the rules to allow more than seven times that size (7.15 to 1) and a height of 135 metres where there is currently no limit at all.
This massive, aggressive jump in size is completely out of step with the immediate streetscape and represents a severe overdevelopment of the block.
8. Failure to Assess the Combined Impact on the Area
St Leonards is already being overwhelmed by high-rise construction. The developer has looked at their project completely in isolation. They have done zero assessment on the combined, cumulative impact that adding another 413 apartments will have on our local infrastructure, school capacities, road gridlock, and street-level wind tunnel effects.
Conclusion
For the reasons listed above—especially the devastating loss of my winter sun, the total erasure of my views, the invasion of privacy, and the unmitigated risks to our building's water pressure and fire safety—I strongly urge the Department to REFUSE this application.
If the Department does look toward approval, the tower heights must be drastically scaled back and setback much further from the southern boundary to protect the basic liveability of the homes in Herbert Towers.
Thank you for reviewing my submission. I declare that I have not made any reportable political donations in the past two years.
Sincerely,
Warwick Hope
Owner, Unit 77, Herbert Towers
19-23 Herbert Street, St Leonards NSW 2065
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0412 496 392
Attachments
Helen Law
Object
Helen Law
Object
St Leonards
,
New South Wales
Message
As a resident of Tower A, Unit 47/ 19-23 Herbert Street, I object to the proposed State Significant Development build in 33-37 Herbert Street on the following grounds:
1. Complete erosion of my privacy – currently all my windows and balconies have unblocked views facing the SSD potential site in 33-37 Herbert St. With the proposed tall building right in front of my window, it will directly look into my own balconies and windows. I can no long have privacy in my bedroom, living room and study room. I propose that the height of the building facing right next to Tower A be restricted to the same as current office building, which is 3 levels. Either that, there should be no windows built on that side of the wall facing my balcony. (please see attachment photos of my current views from my own home facing the site)
2. Overshadowing and loss of Sunlight and loss of amenity – The proposed tall building next to Tower A of 19-23 Herbert Street will cause substantial overshadowing to my living room balcony, master bedroom balcony, and study room windows. This fails to comply with the relevant local development controls. (please see attachment photos of my current bedroom and living room with ample sunlight in winter, the proposal significantly reduces/ completely take away my solar access during mid winter, thus we request a restriction of the height of the building next to us to be kept as the same as the existing commercial building.)
3. Out of scale development in the street and neighbourhood – The excessive building of the proposed development is entirely out of context for the local neighbourhood and completely fails to fit within the surrounding character. This is unacceptable impact on the visual on the street.
4. Increase in already congested Herbert Street traffic – Herbert Street being a 1 lane, two way street is already congested during peak hours. The massive proposed development will worsen the congestion with increased traffic from the additional 400 residents and delivery vehicles. This is very dangerous move as Herbert Street is the main entry point to Royal North Shore Hospital and the Royal North Shore Private Hospital. With the proposed site right at the entrance of the Westbound Street, which is the very entrance of the birth unit of RNSH is extremely inconsiderate.
5. Noise and Acoustic impacts – the proximity of my windows to the overcrowded site will generate excessive noise, adversely impacting the acoustic amenity of the surrounding residential area, and have direct impact to the neighborhood’s peace and quiet.
6. Flawed consultation and drop in session during SEARs stage – As I also own other properties in the same area, I have received consultation notice from the developer of this project as the owner of 1 Sergeants Lane property for “consultation” and “drop in session”. However, as the owner of 19-23 Herbert Street, I did NOT receive any materials (neither in mail box nor emails) about the “Consultation”. The process is flawed and it is obvious that the developer is avoiding letting the closest building next to the HDA development know about this project. This is unethical and flawed and needs to be investigated.
Based on the above grounds, I completely and entirely object the re-zoning of existing low rise commercial building to oversize residential development in 33-37 Herbert Street. The amenity and the current character of the neighbor need to be preserved. As there are so many other potential land parcel that can be used for development, it is utterly inconsiderate and disrespectful to the existing residents right next to this site. I strongly urge the State Government to reconsider not to go ahead with this development.
Thanks and regards,
Helen Law
0411268970
1. Complete erosion of my privacy – currently all my windows and balconies have unblocked views facing the SSD potential site in 33-37 Herbert St. With the proposed tall building right in front of my window, it will directly look into my own balconies and windows. I can no long have privacy in my bedroom, living room and study room. I propose that the height of the building facing right next to Tower A be restricted to the same as current office building, which is 3 levels. Either that, there should be no windows built on that side of the wall facing my balcony. (please see attachment photos of my current views from my own home facing the site)
2. Overshadowing and loss of Sunlight and loss of amenity – The proposed tall building next to Tower A of 19-23 Herbert Street will cause substantial overshadowing to my living room balcony, master bedroom balcony, and study room windows. This fails to comply with the relevant local development controls. (please see attachment photos of my current bedroom and living room with ample sunlight in winter, the proposal significantly reduces/ completely take away my solar access during mid winter, thus we request a restriction of the height of the building next to us to be kept as the same as the existing commercial building.)
3. Out of scale development in the street and neighbourhood – The excessive building of the proposed development is entirely out of context for the local neighbourhood and completely fails to fit within the surrounding character. This is unacceptable impact on the visual on the street.
4. Increase in already congested Herbert Street traffic – Herbert Street being a 1 lane, two way street is already congested during peak hours. The massive proposed development will worsen the congestion with increased traffic from the additional 400 residents and delivery vehicles. This is very dangerous move as Herbert Street is the main entry point to Royal North Shore Hospital and the Royal North Shore Private Hospital. With the proposed site right at the entrance of the Westbound Street, which is the very entrance of the birth unit of RNSH is extremely inconsiderate.
5. Noise and Acoustic impacts – the proximity of my windows to the overcrowded site will generate excessive noise, adversely impacting the acoustic amenity of the surrounding residential area, and have direct impact to the neighborhood’s peace and quiet.
6. Flawed consultation and drop in session during SEARs stage – As I also own other properties in the same area, I have received consultation notice from the developer of this project as the owner of 1 Sergeants Lane property for “consultation” and “drop in session”. However, as the owner of 19-23 Herbert Street, I did NOT receive any materials (neither in mail box nor emails) about the “Consultation”. The process is flawed and it is obvious that the developer is avoiding letting the closest building next to the HDA development know about this project. This is unethical and flawed and needs to be investigated.
Based on the above grounds, I completely and entirely object the re-zoning of existing low rise commercial building to oversize residential development in 33-37 Herbert Street. The amenity and the current character of the neighbor need to be preserved. As there are so many other potential land parcel that can be used for development, it is utterly inconsiderate and disrespectful to the existing residents right next to this site. I strongly urge the State Government to reconsider not to go ahead with this development.
Thanks and regards,
Helen Law
0411268970