See attached submission.

This objection relates to the following parts of the redevelopment plan:
• Sevington Courts (including Pavilion)
• Concordia building

The grounds for the objection are as follows:

HERITAGE
Concerns are held regarding the possible impact of construction (including subterranean excavation) on neighbouring residential buildings, including those in heritage areas. Consideration should be given to making orders for reporting the dilapidation of neighbouring residences, both before and after each stage of construction, with costs of reporting and rectification to be paid by the development applicant.

VISUAL IMPACT
The three story Sevington Courts sports building, four story Pavilion building and four storey Concordia building are grossly over-sized in comparison with neighbouring residential buildings, which will be visually dwarfed by these new developments. The Sevington Courts sports building and Pavilion building will have a major visual impact on the facing residential properties along Stanmore Rd (195C-219 Stanmore Rd). 6.1.2.5 (page 95) of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) states “None of these neighbouring dwellings have access to views that are predominantly characterised by compositions of high scenic quality and value.” This is not true. These residences currently have long distance and high scenic quality views of Newington college campus trees (some of which are now proposed for removal), open sky and even Botany Bay. The Sevington Court sports and Pavilion developments will totally obscure these existing views. Table 16 (page 103 of the EIS) states that the visual impact significance ratings for VP04 and VP05 are medium, which is too high and requires further mitigation. Consideration should be given to reducing the heights of these buildings as well as further and more considerable setbacks from Stanmore Rd to reduce visual crowding.

OVERSHADOWING AND VISUAL PRIVACY
6.1.2.3 (page 93 of the EIS) states that overshadowing from the Concordia development on 215-219 Stanmore Road is limited to 1.00 to 3.00pm during the winter solstice. A loss of two hours of sunlight in winter (when light is at its most precious) is nonetheless considerable and requires further mitigation. There is also likely to be loss of privacy of facing residential buildings (including 195C-219 Stanmore Rd), with sight lines from the Sevington Court sports, Pavilion and Concordia developments facing directly into residential properties.

TRAFFIC AND PARKING IMPACTS
The proposal for parking to be directed into the Concordia development from Cavendish St is concerning, noting Cavendish St (and its tributaries, including Holt St) are fairly narrow residential streets, with on street parking, making this proposal impractical and unsafe. No consideration should be given to sacrificing residential street parking to accommodate this redevelopment as street parking is already at a premium and under considerable stress by Newington College and Stanmore Public School, particularly at school pickup and drop off times and on Saturday sports days.

NOISE AND VIBRATION
Stanmore Rd is already a high noise area, arising from traffic, planes and school students. Construction of blocky buildings right up to the edge of the road is likely to create an echo chamber further amplifying noise for facing residential properties. The noise measurement locations in Figure 58 (page 122 of the EIS) are nowhere near the residential properties on Stanmore Rd that directly face Sevington Courts (195C-219 Stanmore Rd). This discredits the statement at 6.1.6.3 (page 124 of the EIS) “On this basis, Renzo Tonin do not anticipate any amenity issues at the nearest residential receivers.” Consideration should be given to ordering noise measurements and related mitigations for 195C-219 Stanmore Rd.

SOCIAL IMPACTS AND PUBLIC BENEFIT
The public benefit to the immediate residential community is very limited as evidenced by only three items being listed at 6.2.13.2 (page 147 of the EIS). Interest from the immediate community in accessing Newington facilities is likely to be limited, however access should be free, rather than requiring payment for the ‘privilege’. These benefits are outweighed by the costs to the entire local community from a significantly expanded student and staff footprint, which include increased vehicular and pedestrian traffic and congestion, noise pollution, hooliganism, graffiti and litter. As a condition of the redevelopment, consideration should be given to ordering Newington College to more meaningfully compensate the community which they impact, for example by establishing a community grants fund as well as undertaking regular litter collection and graffiti removal. Newington College generally participates in Clean Up Australia annually, but much more regular engagement is required.

I am writing to formally OBJECT to the above application, currently on public exhibition until Monday 13 July 2026.
I understand the proposal covers a Concept Proposal for staged redevelopment of the Newington College Senior School site, along with detailed Stage 1 works. Within the Concept Proposal is the redevelopment of the Concordia building on Cavendish Street. It's this part of the proposal that concerns me most, because so little detail has been provided about what will actually replace it. Without that information, we are left guessing at the scale and impact of what's being planned, and that's not a fair position to put a local community in during a formal consultation process.
My main concerns are set out below.
Child and pedestrian safety
There are several schools and early learning services clustered in this small area, including Stanmore Public School, Newington College's own Cambridge Street and Stanmore Road facilities, and nearby preschool and day care centres. Large numbers of children already walk, are dropped off, or are picked up along Cavendish Street, Holt Street and Cambridge Street every school day. Any redevelopment that adds students, staff, vehicles or construction traffic to this small pocket of streets increases the risk to those children, not reduces it.
Traffic and congestion
Drop-off and pick-up periods in this area are already extremely congested, with cars queuing along Cavendish Street and surrounding roads. Cavendish Street itself is narrow, largely single-lane in practice because on-street parking is relied on by residents who don't have off-street parking, and it is currently being used by large trucks delivering construction materials to the site. Adding more students, staff and associated vehicle movements without a clear traffic plan will make an already difficult situation worse.
Scale and zoning
The area is zoned R2 low density. Earlier development applications for this same site were rejected by the NSW Land and Environment Court and by the former Marrickville Council for being out of scale with the surrounding area. I'm concerned that routing this proposal through the State Significant Development pathway removes the normal local council assessment and community input, and that a similarly oversized building could now proceed without the same scrutiny and not in line with zoned density.
Lack of detail on the Concordia building
The application does not set out clearly what is planned for the Concordia building, only that it forms part of the Concept Proposal. Residents can't properly assess or respond to a plan that hasn't been shown. No approval should be given for this part of the site until full details are exhibited and the community has had a genuine opportunity to respond.
A better alternative
Newington College holds a significant amount of open space within its existing grounds. The College should explore using that space for growth, rather than demolishing an existing building on a residential street and building a new pedestrian footbridge over Stanmore Road. This would avoid extra traffic in Cavendish Street altogether and keep the low-density character of the surrounding streets intact.
For these reasons, I object to the application as it currently stands. If any part of this development does proceed, I'd ask that:
• all heavy vehicle and construction traffic be directed to and from Stanmore Road only, not through Cavendish Street or other local residential streets
• any car park entry and exit for a new Concordia building be located on Stanmore Road
• no increase in student or staff numbers be approved without a satisfactory, independently reviewed traffic and pedestrian safety plan for the surrounding streets
• full details of the proposed Concordia building be exhibited separately, with a further opportunity for community comment, before any concept approval is granted for that part of the site

I am a resident of 160 Cavendish Street, Stanmore for last 20 years. Over time, I have seen th neighbourhood change for worse especially in the area of traffic management. I strongly oppose this project based on the significant increased in traffice it will in this area.
I'd like to highlight the following issues -
1. I am worried for my safety. Traffic is a BIG issue in this neighbourhood. Several times I have to call the council or police since someone is double parked in from of my home or parked in my driveway blocking my entry/exit to my property. Incidents like this could escalate and end up in assault. I have been threatened several times and even suffered damage to my car from rage. Being a senior citizen I am very afraid to confront someone who park in my driveway or block it. With the increased traffic congestion, there will be significant increase in incidents like this.
2. I am worried about the safety of students and residents of this neighbourhood. There are 5 school within close proximity to my home and the near the location of this Newington development project. Constant traffic pours in my street especially during drop-off and pick-up times. I see students are at high risk for accident. Safety of students is at high risk. Additional traffic in this street will cause havoc.
3. Traffic diversion - Any major building work on Stanmore Road would require lane closures for construction purposes for a period of time. This may involve traffic detours through Cavendish Street, Merchant Street and Holt Street.
4. The risk of heavy vehicles on local streets is an increased risk to the student population and our community.

Suggestion-
1. The risk of heavy vehicles on local streets is an increased risk to the student population and our community.
2. Do not allow heavy vihicles on Cavendish street and Holt street

I am concerned about the redevelopment of the Concordia building and strongly object to the entrance or exit from that car park being on Cavendish Street Stanmore. The entry and exit should be on Stanmore Rd as Cavendish Street is a residential street with s public school and child care centre and many young students from those and Newington College accessing Cavendish Street and the pedestrian crossings in Cavendish and Holt Streets. The part of Cavendish Street that backs on the Concordia building is a small street which is not suited to high levels of traffic particularly coming and goings from a car park. This is a safety issue for students and residents.

I strongly object to this project based on the following:
- Stanmore has a disproportionately large student population, with 5 schools in close proximity to one another (Stanmore Public, Wyvern House, Newington High School, Cavendish St Early Learning Centre, and Newington Early Learning Centre) between Stanmore station and Newington itself. The proposed increase to Newington will be burdensome on the residents and overload local infrastructure.
- Any increase in traffic on Cavendish St, Holt St, and Merchant Street due to construction work will have a significant effect on local residents who already struggle with congestion at school drop off and pick up times. Additionally, the Concordia building is metres away from two zebra crossings, leading to a significant risk of student injury with construction vehicles present. If the development were to go ahead, any construction works to the Concordia building must have vehicles entering and exiting from Stanmore road, not Cavendish Street.
- A proposed 25% increase in students to Newington is a gross overreach on strained local roads and infrastructure. Already there are hordes of teenage boys loitering and littering outside Stanmore IGA and at Stanmore station at the end of the school day. This causes significant distress to the parents of much younger Stanmore Public students.
- A new, private-use-only footbridge is unnecessary and a gross waste of resources when there is an existing footbridge over Stanmore Road 50m to the East.
- The vast majority of Newington students do not live in the local area, and increase of 25% additional students to an elite private school has no benefit to the local community. The school itself is already a burden on local infrastructure, whilst contributing nothing to the residents of Stanmore and surrounds. It is appalling to think this could ever be deemed a state significant development.

As a property owner in neighbouring Aubrey Street I am very conscious of the current traffic congestion in the area.
This congestion is due to the large number of student pedestrians that have to negotiate parents dropping off children by car at Wyvern Campus,Stanmore public school, Cavendish st Early Learning centre and Newington main campus. Between 8.15am and 9am ; and 2.30-3.30 the area can be gridlocked with parents attempting to park to pick up their children.
The proposed development of the Concordia Club building with access from Cavendish street will only add to this congestion and create further unsafe conditions for students and pedestrian. This could be eliminated by having entry and exit to Concordia building via Stanmore Rd. The redevelopment of the Concordia club building with an additional bridge over Stanmore Rd could add more traffic to this area if cars from Stanmore Rd are detoured along Merton, Aubrey, cavendish and Holt Streets during the construction phase. Please indicate how will this be managed to minimise pushing traffic into small, already congested local streets

1) Unclear and likely significant reduction in natural light for houses on Cavendish Street that back onto the new building replacing the current Concordia building. There is insufficient information to show the impact of increased over shadowing that will leave neighbouring residents in damp cold darkness
2) Unclear on potential breach of privacy of what windows will be placed on the new Concordia building facing into the backyard and homes backing to the building on Cavendish Street.
3) Significant increase in traffic on local streets that are already filled with commuters parking to catch the train at Stanmore station; and students and school staff members parking on the street. Even with residential permit zones, there are insufficient zones and council staff to patrol local streets to enforce parking limits. For many that choose to park, the "off chance" of getting fined for over parking in a residential permit zone is a "cheap / rounding-error parking cost" for wealth students and families attending Newington College
4) Access into and out of the expanding parking facilities in the new Concordia building should both be on Stanmore road, with no access via Cavendish street. Cavendish street is already struggling with local traffic, and with an expanded number of parking spots in the new building, this will only make it worse. Please put all parking entrances and exits on Stanmore road which is more suited to the traffic.
5) During construction, all heavy vehicles should use Stanmore road and not local roads that are already struggling to cope with local traffic, particularly around school drop off/pick up and Saturday sports by Newington College.

To whom it may concern,
I object to the current form of SSD-78268465 due to lack of sufficient documentation therein, thereby providing commentary and objections simultaneously as per attachment.
Sincerely yours,
AR