Overdevelopment, traffic and safety hazards, visual intrusion & overshadowing, no local benefit

A six-story block is not an acceptable project in an area with such low rise, low density buildings.
This would deface the neighbourhood and increase the already high average age in the community, for the sole benefit of maximising the project developer’s profits.
Narrabeen is not Dee Why and has not been approved for high density housing such as Mona Vale.

As a neighbour of the property I am writing in support of the project. There are no quality retirement villages that also provide a genuine continuum of care on the northern beaches. This means seniors are living in houses that are not suitable for them resulting in early entry into Aged Care (which are also in short supply on the Northern Beaches!). At the same time, this project will free up 149 houses on the Northern Beaches for families with children that desperately need them. This development has been thoughtfully designed with appropriate sized apartments for seniors buyers moving from large houses. The facade of building at 4 levels plus ground floor is broken up by the colour scheme and other design features which together with the Norfolk Pines cleverly conceal the height and the size of the building. The rooftop garden with its pavilion is set well back from the edge of the building and therefore is not visible from the street, but provides important common space for the residents to enjoy. I hope that this is the first of many high quality retirement living communities that allow our elderly to remain on the Northern Beaches, age with grace and dignity while also allowing young families to remain on the northern beaches close to their families.

per attached letter

A six story development is not in keeping with the streetscape which has been created in the Ocean/Lagoon St precinct by local and state government policy over the last 50yrs. This policy was inforced due to the unique nature of this sand spit peninsula.
There are many more local locations where a 6 storey development would be more suitably located.
A 3 storey developer would be far more appropriate for this location.
Regards

Reason for my objection to the Indigo by Moran - 156 Ocean St Project at Narrabeen is because:

1. The Height of the Building is too high at 6 x story.
2. This height is contradictory to the present Planning Permission of the local area at 2 x story in height.
3. The proposed Complex is too large for the surface area of the parcel of land that it sits on.
4. The proposed Car Park underground Levels at 3 underground Levels has not been properly surveyed. Reason = The land it sits on is very close to the water table which is only suitable for 1 x Underground Car Park Level.
5. The street access at 156 Ocean St for this proposed Aged Care Residential Development is too close to the local Primary School - St Joseph's and is a hazard to the school children. School - just down the street.
6. The access streets for the Car Park - Entering and Leaving as proposed is not suitable for the amount of traffic that the proposed Car Park Development wishes to cater for. These streets called Lagoon Street, Emerald St, Octavia St, Tourmaline Street and Loftus Street are very narrow streets and will not cater for this amount of additional traffic.

Thank you for taking my objections into consideration to this PROPOSED OVER DEVELOPED RESIDENITAL COMPLEX.
for which I object, too.

Kind regards from Catherine Barber.
Local Resident of narrabeen.
0447 343 269.

To whom it may concern,

Thank you for the opportunity of submitting my concerns with the proposed multi
residential unit development on the corners of Lagoon, Octavia and Waterloo Streets
Narrabeen .SSD-76220734

I am the owner of the following properties:-
Unit 7/ 53 -53 Lagoon Street Narrabeen, Unit 4/ 53 -53 Lagoon Street Narrabeen and
Unit 6/11-21 Waterloo Street Narrabeen.

I invested in these properties in the 1990's and early 2000's on the understanding that local Development Control plan restricted any future development to a maximum of
two stories.
My experience is that Warringah and Northern Beaches councils have been
steadfast in maintaining the 8.5 m height limit in these residential zonings, and to
relax this requirement now will be highly detrimental to the peninsula.

Understand that I cannot object to the development in regard to loss of privacy, views,
sunlight etc... I am still very concerned with the increased traffic that will be generated.

I have personally witnessed a motor vehicle accident outside St Joseph's Catholic
and primary school in Lagoon Street in 2005 and am constantly warning friends and
family to be highly aware of speeding vehicles on the intersection of Waterloo and Ocean Street
whilst on foot to the beach.

The traffic report provided does indicate an accident history but only for the past 5 years
and only between Octavia and Tourmaline Streets.

As local residents, we can assure the report writers that there are many near misses
and unrecorded incidents always.

This is a sneaky way by Moran to make a huge profit at the cost of the local environment suffering of unwelcome bulky structure in a harmonious suburb.

regards,

Maged Girgis-Dawoud
7/11-21 Waterloo St,
Narrabeen.