Objection to SSD‑96505456 – Cammeray Seniors Living.

I am a resident of a strata townhouse adjoining the southern boundary of the site in question. The department is welcome to meet with me to further discuss my thoughts and visit my residence to understand the physical and personal lifestyle aspects informing my feedback.

The proposed development will:
• Reduce my privacy from near total to nil, due to the introduction of 6 stories of living rooms, bedrooms and balconies in the new development oriented to look south, directly into my living room and primary bedroom.
• Reduce my solar access by many hours each day for many months of the year.
• Block the view of sky from within my primary living space.
• Potentially vent from waste areas and plant rooms directly into my private open space, primary living space and primary bedroom.

The proposed development will have the wider neighbourhood impacts of:
• Reducing urban tree canopy
• Replacing housing stock accessible to many and required the most for population growth with fewer, exclusive dwellings & amenities required for a smaller portion of the population.


The proposed development should only be permitted with design changes made and re-exhibited:

• Change a combination of size, shape and footprint of the building to reduce overshadowing of southern neighbours from months of the year to at most several hours per year.
- Include a complete, not partial, assessment of the overshadowing impacts to the south

• Facilitate privacy for southern neighbours by adjusting the southern edge of the development, in keeping with ADG guidance, being a combination of:
- Increasing the setback from the southern boundary
- Reorientating all the living rooms to face east and west instead of south
- Altering windows on the southern wall to be opaque or above head height
- Affixing privacy screening to all south facing windows to prevent occupants having direct line of site to existing primary living spaces and primary bedrooms
- Affixing screening to balcony walls facing south

• Assure no venting from common areas (waste rooms, plant rooms, etc.) occurs on the southern side of the building, adjacent to neighbouring primary open spaces, primary living spaces and primary bedrooms

I attach a document as part of my response to elaborate on the above main points and add additional feedback.

Thank you for the opportunity to respond to this proposed development.

The application for a Seniors Living Development in Rosalind Street, Cammeray is out of keeping with the buildings that are in this street. I question that this is really a seniors living develoments as the size of units appear to be inconsistent with many other seniors livings developments that exist in Sydney. The proposed developments plans to build less living acomodation than is currently on the land. Given the shortage of housing currently existing in Sydney, it seems counter intuitive to remove what might be considered affordable housing (both rental and purchase) for the lower north shore of Sydney; to be replaced by large 3 and 4 bedroom units owned by seniors.

I live next door to this development and the depth of digging needed to achieve the plan (underground parking etc) has potential to undermine the walls that separate 29a Rosallind Street from the proposed development. The height of the building will block the light from many of the townhouses, as well as to other surrounding properties. In addition, the development requires many of the developed trees to be removed. Though the plan appears to include some off street parking for visitors it is not nearly enough to minimise the impact of visitors to the builiding parking in Rosalind Street. There is already limited parking in the street for visitors - many of the current buildings in the immediate area have limited or no off street parking.

The proposal as submitted has a number of errors.

Refer attached submission

This project would dislodge a large number of long term residents against their will.
This will disadvantage renters/owners in a time where rental accommodation is very difficult to find.
It is a cruel blow to this people in favour of a developer trying to make a large profit at the disadvantage of all these people.
Shame on the NSW government if it allows this to happen

The proposal rises to around 18.4 metres, more than 50% above local height controls, completely out of scale with surrounding homes.

Buildings sit just 3 metres from neighbouring properties, worsening overshadowing, privacy impacts and loss of amenity.

Questionable “seniors living” outcomes
Despite being promoted as seniors housing, the development includes only two care beds (both underground), while adding luxury features such as a pool, sauna, gym, cinema and wine cellar.

Almost the entire site is proposed to be cleared, including the removal of a 2.5 metre wide Port Jackson fig and other mature trees

The project is being assessed as a State Significant Development, meaning North Sydney Council has been removed from the decision‑making process.

More than 100 adjoining homes are affected through increased height, bulk, overshadowing, privacy loss and safety concerns.

Cammeray is not St Leonards.

I am concerned about scale, tree loss, safety and the future character of the suburb.

The proposal rises to around 18.4 metres, more than 50% above local height controls, completely out of scale with surrounding homes.
Buildings sit just 3 metres from neighbouring properties, worsening overshadowing, privacy impacts and loss of amenity.
Despite being promoted as seniors housing, the development includes only two care beds (both underground), while adding luxury features such as a pool, sauna, gym, cinema and wine cellar.
Almost the entire site is proposed to be cleared, including the removal of a 2.5 metre wide Port Jackson fig and other mature trees.
More than 100 adjoining homes are affected through increased height, bulk, overshadowing, privacy loss and safety concerns.

attached my objection titled submission.pdf