I am strongly rejecting this application based on following points:

1. Inaccurate Acoustic Report lodged in the DA;
2. Strongly disagree with the details supporting the EIS lodged;
3. If approved the Heritage and historical significance of the UNESCO listed Sydney Opera House will be greatly impacted.
4. The proposal is not in keeping with Utzon's Design Principles;
5. The proposal is not in keeping with Statement of National Heritage Values (NHV) of the SOH;
6. The proposal is not in keeping with the SOH original Conservation Management Plan (CMP) of 2003.

I am strongly rejecting this application based on following points:

1. Inaccurate Acoustic Report lodged in the DA;
2. Strongly disagree with the details supporting the EIS lodged;
3. If approved the Heritage and historical significance of the UNESCO listed Sydney Opera House will be greatly impacted.
4. The proposal is not in keeping with Utzon's Design Principles;
5. The proposal is not in keeping with Statement of National Heritage Values (NHV) of the SOH;
6. The proposal is not in keeping with the SOH original Conservation Management Plan (CMP) of 2003.

this is in support of submission lodged last week:

There is peak undue disturbance on a weekly basis, particularly on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, from amplified entertainment conducted in the open-air nightclub that is located on the UNESCO Heritage Listed Lower Forecourt of the Sydney Opera House;
It appears that the Opera Bar is breaking all the rules in the book to conduct a liquor sales business in a UNESCO Heritage Listed site;
We cannot find any DA lodged for selling alcohol at the Opera Bar in the first instance;
it appears that the Opera Bar is selling alcohol illegally in a public place as no one authority, including Sydney Opera House, is able to produce a DA to support this business;
it appears that the licence to sell alcohol has been sub-leased from Sydney Opera House to a third party;
there is no way of accounting the number of patrons at this venue due to the open public thoroughfare area where the alcohol is served and consumed in;
the public area is packed with up to 5,000 patrons with 5 exits in place;
in an emergency evacuation situation, there is no way 5,000 patrons will be able to safely exit this area if 1m is required for each 100 patrons;
I feel this is a disaster waiting to happen.