I have been living in the Hills area for 24 years. I purchased my property because of the semi rural nature of the area. Over the years I have watched the 'Progress' of our area from a peaceful haven to a complete and utter smamozel. I used to be a smallholder at the local markets which were held 1 x month at the show ground, and still support the Famers Market held at the Showground.
The Showground is part of the Hills community heritage.
I travel to work each day and use Kings, Showground or Green Road. I need to allow at least and extra 30-45 minutes to get through the chaos in order to get to work.
There are too many high rise buildings in the Hills area at the moment. WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER ONE!
And we do not need to destroy our Showground.
We now have light rail, which is great when it works. We also have a car park at Showground Station which DOES NOT met the needs of patrons - should have been minimum twice the size.
Now, you are proposing to choke the area even more with another high rise tower.
Shame on yourself Hills Shire Council for even considering the venture.
Fix the problems we have already in our beautiful area before you add to them even more!

We object to the size, the number of new dwellings and scale of the project and make the following points.
The very high building heights are out of character to the area.
Too many units concentrated in too small an area.
Traffic congestion - Issues with commuting to and from work as well as during weekends with events at the Showground. There is existing congestion at peak commuting times.
Overshadowing of parks and recreation areas due to the heights of the proposed towers.
Some of the land could be better used for community public buildings, such as libraries, schools, joint use for not for profit clubs, and additional car parking at the station.
The size and character of the project will diminish the heritage value of the Showground.
Community safety, health, wellbeing of the existing Showground users, and potential vandalism may be impacted due to a high concentration as well as density of units.
This type of concentrated high rise towers in suburbia has failed in the UK and Scotland.
The existing service infrastructure is already at high demand, and this proposed project may exasperate the situation. We already have problems with dropped mobile calls and mobile data.
A project of this size and scale will cause major disruptions to the existing neighbourhood during construction. As we understand it, the project will be constructed by private contractors, and similar projects in the area have had significant issues with dust, working hours, noise and environmental damage.

I fully understand the need to develop the area, however, the current developments around Castle Hill are excessive. The reason people supported a train line to the Hills was to reduce traffic in the area. However, as a result of current developments the traffic has gotten worse. As well as traffic the state government is destroying the area and turning it into overcrowded over developed slums of the future. I have lived in the inner west suburbs and witnessed how with the passing of time, these suburbs degenerate. We already have witnessed, from the explosion in investor buildings, a sharp increase in assaults, thefts and anti-social behaviours. Why have you sought to destroy the suburb. Again we are witnessing the greed of developers and politicians. Are we also going to see the poor quality of buildings that you have encouraged in other suburbs with collapsing buildings, dangerous materials and the like. There is no regulation or system change to prevent these exact same issues. 20 story buildings in a low rise unattached homes style suburb is appalling. The Government beat the odds at the last election, but I certainly don't think you will get the same luck next time. I am sad at the loss of the "Garden Shire" suburb as you pursue the lowest common denominator style of development, appalling traffic and major falls in living standards.

Delegate of Heritage Council letter.

• Very high building heights that are out of character of/to the area.
• To many units concentrated in a small area.
• Traffic congestion - Issues with commuting to and from work as well as children to schools, as well as over weekends with events at the Showground.
• Overshadowing of parks and recreation areas.
• Some of the land should be used for community public buildings, such as libraries, schools, and additional car parking at the station.
• It will diminish the heritage of the Showground.
• Community safety, health and well being may be impacted due to a high concentration as well as density of units.

Thank you for your submission of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the above development (Hills Showground Station Precinct) to Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) for agency review and comment.

It is understood that the EIS has been prepared to address matters identified in the Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs).

It is deemed that the proposal has limited scope and application in regard to fire and life safety, and as such FRNSW submit no comments or recommendations for consideration, nor any requirements beyond that specified by applicable legislation. It is requested that the Applicant undertake consultation with FRNSW should more detailed information regarding the fire and life safety aspects of the development (Hills Showground Station Precinct) becomes available.

If you have any queries regarding the above please contact the Fire Safety Infrastructure Liaison Unit, referencing FRNSW file number BFS19/XXXX. Please ensure that all correspondence in relation to this matter is submitted electronically to [email protected].

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