Our area is in desperate need of a modern functioning Basketball stadium. It is years overdue with the current stadium falling apart and in heavy rain having to be closed due to leaking roofs or walls. Basketball is a growing sport with currently lots of kids being turned away due to limited courts. It will bring revenue and growth to the area.

This new indoor sports centre will be a game changer for indoor court sports in Newcastle. From the mini hoops kids right through to those who love a bit of pickleball.
This facility will bring bigger sporting games to Newcastle and be a stadium we can be proud to host in.
The current stadium is falling apart, is hazardous to play when the roof leaks. No facelift will fix what’s wrong with it.

I am fully supportive of this project.

Newcastle needs basketball facilities for the many, many kids that play.

I absolutely support this project. I have two teenage boys who play basketball at the current stadium which is no longer fit for purpose. It's an embarrassment to Newcastle when players and families come from other areas to play at our current stadium. If it rains the place is regularly shut down due to all the water ingress. The proposed development will provide so many opportunities, especially for our young people.

Much needed for our community. Supports health and wellness for all ages. Brings in tourists for competitions to our area.

I support sport and basketball in Newcastle that is in desperate need of facilities.

The location of this proposal is a suitable
1. Flooding risk as shown during the Pasha Bulker Flood and more recently, as the rainfall becomes more intense and frequent. The presence of canals adjacent indicates the propensity of flooding anyway. The increase in paved areas for this facility will also reduce flood absorption. The main access, Turton Road, is also a well known flood risk as well as surrounding streets. The whole of Lambton and New Lambton surround this piece of land and are uphill of it. It is a natural water drainage site.
2. Overcrowding of traffic into residential areas. This is already a problem due to the presence of the Knights Stadium and Hockey Stadium, soccer fixtures, light
industrial areas surrounding this site and the high school. This green space is the schools's recreation area, as well the site of other sports at the other end of this field. If matches overlap it will be even more severely overcrowded by traffic. If matches are on other dates the overcrowding will then be impacting residents
daily. Overflow parking will add to the impact on the area. Even overflow parking around West's New Lambton parking provisions will then impact current usage, which is already at a high level. The whole area is already a no-go area during matches at the Stadium with RMS warning signals before every match to motorists using Newcastle Road as far back as Wallsend and Turton Road.
I believe any extra venues built in this area are an over-development in relation to flooding and loss social/residential amenity.

I am a student at Lambton High School and oppose this proposal. Our school is already overcrowded with over 1200 students and staff occupying a small space. We use Wallarah and Blackley Ovals every day so that we can do sport and PE lessons on grass and I personally use the ovals at lunchtime to kick a ball with my friends and get some exercise and fresh air. If the basketball stadium is built on the ovals we will have no grassed areas to use. Instead we will be looking at a concrete structure 6 metres from the school boundary that will shade our school and block any breeze that we would otherwise get. It is depressing. If feels like nobody is listening to the students or considering our well being. The noise during construction will be unbearable. How can we be expected to learn in this environment? We don't want the stadium built next to our school. We already have concreted basketball courts but we do not have any fields. Even when the fields are wet we have a lovely grassy outlook. Where will we evacuate to when there is an emergency? This location is both inappropriate and unsafe.

I OBJECT to the Hunter Indoor Sports Centre (HISC). Please see attachment