Mosman has a serious problem with congestion and parking already. This is not affordable housing and why 10 storeys? There are ageing buildings at Spit Junction which would be ideal buildings to rehabilitate, easy access to transport and amenities. Why not there?

I object to the project, for the following reasons-
* the building is excessive in height, size and intensity
* it will be an eye sore for all surrounding houses and negatively impact the streetscape.
* the overall landscape of Balmoral slopes will be changed forever, with this massive structure dominating the area.
* the building is totally out is character of ALL buildings in the nearby area.
* one of the heritage-listed homes, to be demolished, belonged to Mosman’s first Mayor.
* views to Balmoral, Middle Harbour and out through the Heads, will be obliterated for dozens of nearby residents.
* the excavation required for 3 levels of underground parking, will be unbelievably damaging for all dwellings nearby, creating structural damage and severe cracking.
* this excavation into the hill’s slope, will create ongoing flooding, drainage and seepage problems.
* demolishing homes noted for their heritage value, is unethical and verging on criminal behaviour.
* the value of heritage, beauty and uniqueness are being completely ignored, with this preposterous development proposal.
* Redan Lane, at the rear of the proposed development site, is very narrow and unsuitable for amount of traffic this building will create, with numerous heavy vehicles damaging and dominating this thoroughfare.
* the already stressed environmental infrastructure, will be unable to cope with the proposed overload of dozens of more residents living on the site.
In summary, this development MUST be stopped, to safeguard the rights of residents, visitors to the area and Mosman’s and Sydney’s unique heritage. This proposed development is not progress, it’s destruction.

I object to this development due to concerns around the height and impact on local traffic and bus services. This 10-story development will considerably overshadow neighbouring properties. The provided Transport Impact Assessment dismisses any potential impact which is simply not true. The local bus routes are already at capacity, especially in peak periods. Although Redan St/Ln are not main roads, they connect to Almora and Raglan Sts, which connect to Military Rd. Both are complete bottlenecks as Almora St does not have traffic lights and Raglan St has a notoriously short right green arrow. Military Rd is already known for its congestion. Although Spit Junction is deemed a transport hub under the LMR policy, Mosman is only serviced by buses, not trains. A development of this size would be better suited to a suburb with a train line where hundreds of people can be moved at a time.

The project is just too big for the location. All the visual impact photo montages show a bulky over-bearing building on the ridge line overlooking Balmoral.

The plan to use 'affordable housing' to get extra height are just misleading. Apartments will sell on the open market at $10 million plus so how does affordable work in this context ? This is a luxury development with harbour views.

The building is ugly and way too big. It will dwarf the surrounding buildings especially the heritage, single storey semis next door. It will ruin the quiet amenity of redan street. Ten storeys is totally unacceptable. How are we going from three storeys to suddenly ten?! This won't provide affordable housing. It must be rejected.

This project is shameful in its size and bulk. It would forever spoil the aesthetics of a beautiful, historic suburb.
In the 1970's, The Rocks would have been desecrated if not for Jack Mundey and the Green Bans.
This is obviously not about affordable housing and this ruling to allow a larger development has been cynically employed by developers to maximise profits at the expense of ruining the beauty of our magnificent harbour.
There is plenty of space in this vast country to build housing including on the main arterial roads, where transport hubs are. But by definition, Spit Junction is not a transport hub as it only has buses--no metro, no train, no airport!
Mosman Council has done a reasonably good job in maintaining density and height restrictions. please don't spoil it for generations to come.

Totally inappropriate for the location.
Very bad “ poor door” style affordable housing component.
Heritage and scenic impacts
Excessive bulk
Traffic impact and lack of infrastructure

Excessive Height and bulk
Traffic congestion

Excessive Height and Bulk
Traffic congestion

I object to the proposed residential development of 40-48 Redan Street, Mosman because of serious concerns I have regarding traffic and infrastructure pressures. Spit Junction, being the intersection of Military Road and Spit Road, is a well known traffic bottle neck. Most traffic to/from the Northern Beaches suburbs has no option but to travel through this intersection when travelling to the city or airport. This traffic combined with the local traffic, results in this intersection being congested with cars and buses. All of the cars to be added to the Redan site proposed, would need to travel through this intersection daily. Even if additional buses (for the B1 route and other routes) were added to the timetable, it would still result in a significant increase to traffic at this troublesome intersection.
The driveway access for the proposed development is on Redan Street, which is a lovely residential street. To access work, shops, northern beaches, schools, airport etc the residents of the proposed development would need to drive through the intersection of Almora Street and Military Road. This is a quiet intersection which is also currently problematic, especially around 3pm, with a backlog of traffic trying to turn at the Spit Junction intersection.
The suggestion (in the traffic report) that residents of this proposed development could walk 1.5km to a ferry, is a fantasy. Residents at this location who choose ferry transport would more than likely drive through the narrow residential streets to park near the ferry.
In addition to the significantly bad impact on traffic, the proposed development is also out of keeping with the nature of the beautiful residential area. To inflict a building of this size (10 storeys), amongst established homes and gardens of up to two storeys, is inappropriate. This development is excessive in scale and should be rejected.