The development ignores local Council setback requirements, particularly in regard to Heritage issues of the area and surrounding houses. It also exceeds the height limit and will be totally out of character for the area. There has been no meaningful community engagement from the developers and there has been no attempt to take into consideration local residents concerns when resubmitting the current proposal.
The additional traffic will overwhelm the suburb, particularly when trying to exit via Clanville Road, a single lane bridge with slow traffic lights. Despite claims that being near the railway station people will not have cars the reality is, even if regularly using public transport, almost every family on the North Shore has at least one car. This means that parking for at least 250 cars, and more likely 350, needs to be provided. There is insufficient street parking on weekdays currently and if residents of the new development are forced to park on the street other commuters will have nowhere to park and be less likely to use public transport.

The development out of character and will destroy the heritage value of the surrounding area. A location such as this should be either all development or all heritage, not one with a single 9-storey apartment block surrounded by low level housing. Having at least an additional 250 cars in the area will require upgrades of roads in and out of Roseville and this is not being completed. The size of the development appears to be higher than allowed. Hyecorp have ignored 99% of comments in previous submissions and have cynically resubmitted almost identical plans. The State Government has clearly failed when it provides for a single development in a Heritage area, which will destroy the area with no benefits, and then immediately changes the rules preventing such development. In Heritage allocated areas such as this it should be a policy of either all in or all out, meaning that if this development is allowed to proceed then ALL other houses in the previous TOD area , including those on the State Heritage list (as opposed to the National Heritage list) should be allowed to be developed. There should be clear boundaries, such as roads or open space, between all major high rise developments and low level residential housing.

I submitted an objection to the original Hyecorp proposal in June/July 2025 and am extremely disappointed with Hyecorp’s lack of any meaningful acknowledgement of valid community concerns - the revised Hyecorp proposal is largely unchanged from the original proposal.

The basis for my objection is summarised below:

- the government was adamant that the developer adhere to the community engagement guidelines but there has been little to no community notification and awareness;

- the development is completely and utterly out of character for the local area. (A 9-storey apartment block will be an eyesore amongst a suburb of two-storey dwellings.) Overshadowing, traffic, parking will be at a premium;
- the sale prices in Roseville will exceed the government's definition of ‘affordable' and so will do little or nothing towards achieving the Government’s affordable housing objective - the properties will largely be acquired by investors (enjoying tax deductible interest and/or wealthy foreigners);
- the proposal does not conform to the government's low-to-mid-rise housing objective for the area (as per the revised and accepted TOD program);
- the government promised to protect high-value heritage areas. This development will destroy 9 heritage homes, squarely contradicting the government's promise;
-the Metro line goes underneath East-Side Roseville. Contrary to the proposal's (false) claim and revised proposal pictures, this development will be a one-off in the area due to restrictions around the Metro line below; and
- changes made in Hyecorp's new proposal have done nothing to address any of the above issues.

I strongly urge the NSW Government planning department to reject the revised proposal and force developers to adhere to Ku-ring-gai Council’s revised TOD plan which has been acknowledged and accepted by the NSW Government and which concentrates development along the Pacific Highway/rail corridoor delivering far better outcomes for the local community.

I submitted an objection to the original Hyecorp proposal and am deeply disappointed with Hyecorp’s lack of any meaningful acknowledgement of community concerns - the revised Hyecorp proposal is essentially unchanged from the original proposal.

Reiterating my previous objection:

- the development is completely and utterly out of character for the local area. (A 9-storey apartment block will be an eyesore amongst a suburb of two-storey dwellings.) Overshadowing, traffic, parking will be at a premium;
- the government was adamant that the developer adhere to the community engagement guidelines but there has been little to no community notification and awareness;
- the sale prices in Roseville will undoubtedly be way beyond the government's definition of ‘affordable' and so will do little or nothing towards achieving the Government’s affordable housing objective - the properties will largely be acquired by investors (enjoying tax deductible interest and/or wealthy foreigners);
- the proposal does not conform to the government's low-to-mid-rise housing objective for the area (as per the revised and accepted TOD program);
- the government promised to protect high-value heritage areas but this development will destroy 9 heritage homes, contradicting the government's promise;
-the Metro line goes underneath East-Side Roseville. Contrary to the proposal's (false) claim, this development will be a one-off in the area due to restrictions around the Metro line below; and
- changes made in Hyecorp's new proposal have done nothing to address any of the above issues.

I strongly urge the NSW Government planning department to reject the revised proposal and force developers to adhere to Ku-ring-gai Council’s revised TOD plan which has been acknowledged and accepted by the NSW Government and which concentrates development along the Pacific Highway/rail corridoor delivering far better outcomes for the local community.

I submitted an objection to the original Hyecorp proposal back in June/July 2025 and am extremely disappointed with their lack of any meaningful acknowledgement of genuine and valid community concerns - the revised Hyecorp proposal is materially unchanged from the original proposal.

My objections can be summarised as follows:

- the proposed development will not satisfy the government's solution for affordable housing. The statistics on housing/unit prices in Roseville are way beyond the government's definition of ‘affordable';
- the proposal does not conform to the government's low-to-mid-rise housing objective for the area (as per the revised and accepted TOD program);
- the government was adamant that the developer adhere to the community engagement guidelines. There has been little to no community notification and awareness;
- the government promised to protect high-value heritage areas. This development will destroy 9 heritage homes, contradicting the government's promise;
- the development is out of character for the local area. (A 9-storey apartment block will be an eyesore amongst a suburb of two-storey dwellings.) Overshadowing, traffic will be at a premium;
-the Metro line goes underneath East-Side Roseville. Contrary to the proposal's pictures, this development will be a one-off in the area due to restrictions around the Metro line below; and
- changes made in Hyecorp's new proposal have done nothing to address any of the above issues.

I strongly urge the NSW Government planning department to reject the revised proposal and force developers to adhere to Ku-ring-gai Council’s revised TOD plan which has been acknowledged and accepted by the NSW Government.

Objection to the project as per the attachment

Objection as per the attachment.

The proposed development will not satisfy the government's solution for affordable housing. The housing/unit prices in Roseville are beyond the government's definition of 'affordable'
The proposal does not conform to the government's low-to-mid-rise housing objective for the area (as per the revised and accepted TOD program)
The government was adamant that the developer adhere to the community engagement guidelines. There has been little to no community notification and awareness.
The government promised to protect high-value heritage areas. This development will destroy 9 heritage homes, contradicting the government's promise.
The development is out of character for the local area. (A 9-storey apartment block will be an eyesore amongst a suburb of two-storey dwellings.) Overshadowing will be excessive.
Traffic getting into and out of Roseville is already barely manageable with limited green arrow lights on and off the Pacific Highway.
The Metro line runs underneath East-Side Roseville. Contrary to the proposal's pictures, this development will be a one-off in the area due to restrictions around the Metro line below.
Changes made in Hyecorp's new proposal have done nothing to address any of the above issues.
This project is entirely inappropriate for the area.