I object to the proposed development on the following grounds -

1. It seriously exceeds height restrictions imposed by both present and proposed Council and State Government building codes. Such flouting of regulations cannot be justified.
2. The visual impact from Broken Bay, Brisbane Water and the Bouddi Peninsula would be offensive. This is only too clearly illustrated by the Ettalong Beach Memorial Club Building which provided one blot on a previously pristine scenic landscape. A second blot, which this development would be, doubles the offensiveness. The existence of the non-compliant Memorial Club Building cannot be used as a precedent.
3. The developer claims extra height in compensation for sacrificing part of the block as a laneway. If space is so valuable, why didn't the developer provide the laneway at ground level but build over on subsequent levels?
4. Most, if not all, of the units are provided with magnificent views of the unspoilt Broken Bay, Brisbane Water and Bouddi Peninsula and yet at the same time would further spoil the view from all those areas.
5. It does not comply with the DCP or DDCP Character Statements for Ettalong.

I sincerely trust this development is not permitted to proceed.

Thank you.


Name: Ian Bull

Address:
4 Fraser Rd
Killcare, NSW 2257


IP Address: cpe-121-216-110-16.lnse2.ken.bigpond.net.au - 121.216.110.16

Submission for Job: #3326 MP 09_0121 Mixed Use Development
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_job&id=3326

Site: #2028 Memorial Avenue Ettalong Beach
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_site&id=2028

I refer to the application for development at Ettalong Beach, Central Coast, for a 7 storey bulky multi function building , which will compliment (sic) the other multi storey building at the other side of the road.

Here we go again, another development to crash thru, almost totally opposed by the people who live around there(except the developers and various business/precinct associations)
a multi level building which will take up most of the area, close to the beachfront and be another eyesore to match the previous multi level building locally known as the White Elephant...
Not wanting to stop development of areas needed to be upgraded , but why so big, why so close to the beachfront, why so many levels ,

Im not sure that granting this development at 7 levels , will stop there, why not tack on another 2, making it 9 (White Elephant)

And the facilities , roads , congestion, does anybody ever stop to think that maybe , consideration should be made regarding these problems before developments are allowed.

I have no affiliation with any parties, political or otherwise, and have not made any contributions EVER , to any political party or developer.

Regards
Christine Steel
PLEASE DO NOT ISSUE MY NAME,ADDRESS TO ANY PERSONS,OR COMPANIES , OR OTHER CONNECTED WITH THIS PROPOSAL.



Name: Christine Steel
Organisation: none

Address:
13 Wards Hill Road
Killcare Heights
2257


IP Address: cpe-124-183-161-91.lns16.ken.bigpond.net.au - 124.183.161.91

Submission for Job: #3326 MP 09_0121 Mixed Use Development
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_job&id=3326

Site: #2028 Memorial Avenue Ettalong Beach
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_site&id=2028

I refer to the application before the MPA for a 7 story (maybe 9) building/s in Ettalong Central Coast...
From what we have seen and read, this building will be another blight on the landscape, as per the 9 story White Elephant beside it..

Why does every multi floor building have to be 5/6/7/9 stories so near to a beachfront, cant we have some reasonable height/space restrictions.

We have to have responsible growth and developments , but why is it to the detriment to the many by a few.

I guarantee I have not made any contributions to any political party, nor anyone connected with this development.

I do not agree with the proposal as it stands.
Kind Regards
Geoff Steel mobile 0419 211100 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting??????????????0419 211100??????end_of_the_skype_highlighting
I DO NOT WANT MY NAME, ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER PUBLISHED OR PASSED ON TO ANY PERSONS , COMPANY ETC.


Name: Geoff Steel
Organisation: None

Address:
13 Wards Hill Road
Killcare Heights
2257


IP Address: cpe-124-183-161-91.lns16.ken.bigpond.net.au - 124.183.161.91

Submission for Job: #3326 MP 09_0121 Mixed Use Development
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_job&id=3326

Site: #2028 Memorial Avenue Ettalong Beach
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_site&id=2028

I wish to object to the proposed development on the following grounds
Size and scale not in keeping with the "village" character of the area.
The area does not cope with the present level of traffic
local infrastructure (public transport,medical services) already inadequate
No consideration seems to have been given to the impact rising sea levels will have on this flood prone area
Local businesses may not hold out against the proposed retail/shopping facilities asscoiated with this development.It will lead to empty shops in the "village" centre ruining the amenity.
Local residents will be forced to endure futhur noise,antisocial,late night behaviour in the area they chose to live in due to its long standing peace and quiet.



Name: John Martin Wild

Address:
297 West St
Umina
2257


IP Address: oagrey.lnk.telstra.net - 165.228.232.87

Submission for Job: #3326 MP 09_0121 Mixed Use Development
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_job&id=3326

Site: #2028 Memorial Avenue Ettalong Beach
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_site&id=2028

I OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED DEVELPMENT 1/ I FIND THE HEIGHT IS NOT IN KEEPING WITH AREA WHICH IS REFERED TO AS " ETTALONG VILLAGE " 2/ THE AESTHETICS OF THE BUILDING DESIGN ARE HARSH AND NON REFLECTIVE OF THE COASTAL VILLAGE ENVIRONMENT 3/ PARKING ISSUES NOT ADDRESSED WITH THE RESIDENT VISITOR PARKING ON THE STREET


Name: MICHAEL JOHN GAUT
Organisation: INDIVIDUAL

Address:
316 OCEANVIEW ROAD ETTALONG BEACH NSW 2257


IP Address: cpe-124-179-46-158.lns8.ken.bigpond.net.au - 124.179.46.158

Submission for Job: #3326 MP 09_0121 Mixed Use Development
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_job&id=3326

Site: #2028 Memorial Avenue Ettalong Beach
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_site&id=2028

Why bother having height limits and spending money on plans if any application can break the rules. This will cause visual pollution to the Brisbane waters similar to existing tower which is out of scale and a blight on the foreshore.


Name: Richard Green
Organisation: Taylor Thomson Whitting

Address:
48 Chandos Street
St Leonards NSW 2065


IP Address: 220-244-41-191.static.tpgi.com.au - 220.244.41.191

Submission for Job: #3326 MP 09_0121 Mixed Use Development
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_job&id=3326

Site: #2028 Memorial Avenue Ettalong Beach
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_site&id=2028

AS a business owner in Ettalong Beach I fully support this project as one which has the potential to:
- increase employment opportunities in the town.
- bring more visitors/tourists to town.
- increase the residential numbers in the town
which will increase small business confidence.
- attract more businesses in town offering a
broader selection of goods and services

Jeanette Polley


Name: Jeanette Polley

Address:
3/19-23 Warrigal St, Blackwall NSW 2256


IP Address: cpe-124-184-20-76.lns10.cht.bigpond.net.au - 124.184.20.76

Submission for Job: #3326 MP 09_0121 Mixed Use Development
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_job&id=3326

Site: #2028 Memorial Avenue Ettalong Beach
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_site&id=2028

? Building Heights
The proposal exceeds the DLEP maximum by 84%. Even if the rooftop plant is disregarded, at 28.6 metres, the proposal exceeds the DLEP by 68%.
Approval of such variances would completely undermine the DLEP and the community?s expectation that the new DLEP will provide certainty for all parties.
? Building Scale
The bulk and scale of the proposed development is excessive and fails to meet the desired character and building scale/form for Ettalong set out in the DDCP.
? Central Coast Design Review Panel (CCDRP)
The current plans represent an excessive over-development of the Site and have not been recommended by the CCDRP.
? Economic Benefits
There must be real concern that the considerable additional retail space proposed in this application will be difficult for Ettalong to absorb. A number of retail premises have been unoccupied for a considerable time in Ettalong and the development of Woolworth/Aldi supermarkets in Umina will put additional pressure on the Ettalong commercial centre. Retail caf?/restaurant outlets in the proposed development will also put considerable pressure on existing CBD cafes/restaurants.
? Traffic
The loss of a large number of car parking spaces as a result of the proposed development requires Council to address parking requirements in Ettalong. The proposal does not address this matter.
? Flood Prone Zone
The implications for this development of flooding/sea level rises are not addressed in the submission.
? Summary
In relation to planning guidelines as set out in PUDS, CCRS and, more importantly, the new Gosford DLEP this proposal should be refused. It is excessive in height, bulk and density. Approval of this proposal would seriously undermine NSW?s Planning strategy based on new LEPs designed to deliver planning clarity and certainty to the community and to developers.
The proposal would also lead to a gross visual impact and loss of scenic quality when viewed from the Bouddi Peninsula and from Brisbane Water and Broken Bay.
The proposal should be refused.



Name: Lorraine Berends

Address:
15 MacDonald Street
Killcare


IP Address: 202.76.177.137.static.rev.eftel.com - 202.76.177.137

Submission for Job: #3326 MP 09_0121 Mixed Use Development
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_job&id=3326

Site: #2028 Memorial Avenue Ettalong Beach
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_site&id=2028

OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSAL: PLEASE PLEASE REFUSE IT

I wish to object to this proposal, on a range of grounds, but the major one from where we are (on Pretty Beach peninsula) is gross visual disturbance and harm to the environment.

It is requested that anyone who is considering this proposal should visit the Bouddi Peninsula, walk the track from Hardy's bay to Pretty Beach, and around Pretty Beach, and you will see at first hand the current grotesque obscenity from a previous development, that is totally out of character with the area, and harms the environment in this way.

The grounds of objection are many:

* Background.

The DLEP has used the Peninsula Urban Directions Study (PUDS) and the Central Coast Regional Strategy as the basis for future planning on the Woy Woy Peninsula. In these documents and the DLEP, Ettalong Beach and Umina are classified as village centres with specific built form requirements. Its current building style is low key, traditional, low scale.

The new Gosford Draft Development Control Plan (DDCP) brings together all existing DCPs in one document. It is understood that the new DLEP is intended to bring some certainty to all parties, but in so doing, it MUST recognise local needs and characteristics, and NOT impose city approaches in more rural environments.

This submission uses the recommendations set out in the DLEP (and the DDCP) as the appropriate planning guidelines against which the Tesrol Application should be judged.

* Building Heights

The Stage 1 building proposed has a building height of 31.3 metres including rooftop plant etc. The DLEP restricts building heights for this site to 17 metres. Current building regulations restrict height to maximum 3 or 4 floors.

The proposal exceeds the DLEP maximum by 84%. Even if the rooftop plant is disregarded, at 28.6 metres, the proposal exceeds the DLEP by 68%. It is highly inappropriate that this proposal be allowed, given the extreme varience with proposed controls.

* Building Scale

The Stage 1 building development fails to achieve a scale conducive to the desired character of Ettalong envisaged in the DDCP, nor does it relate to the current character of the area.

- the northern face of the building fronting Memorial Avenue is 7 storeys with no step back in height. It will not provide a pedestrian scale face to Memorial Avenue.

- the rear of the building is a continuous 7 storey facade, not unlike the rear elevation of the Ettalong Beach Club. The Ettalong Beach Club north elevation is so unacceptable Gosford Council used it as a reason to support a high-rise building on the old Ettalong Beach Club site to ?cover up? this view. The northern elevation prevents all view sharing to the water from properties to the northern side of the CBD.

- the western facade to the proposed side lane provides no set back in heights at its northern end: it is not on a pedestrian scale.

- it is unclear what the floor space ratio is for the stage 1 building site. The application states that the FSR for the total development is 1.94:1 but does not give separate FSRs for the two developments. It is believed the FSR for the stage 1 site would exceed the limits set out in the new DLEP.

The bulk and scale of the proposed development is excessive and fails to meet the desired character and building scale/form for Ettalong set out in the DDCP.

* Central Coast Design Review Panel (CCDRP)

- the current plans have not been presented to the Central Coast Design Review Panel for their views. Earlier plans submitted by the applicant were found to be ?clearly an excessive overdevelopment and?. would not set a good example for the future built form character of Ettalong [and] should be substantially lower in height, bulk and density??

- the current plans still represent an excessive over-development of the Site and have not been recommended by the CCDRP.

* Economic Benefits: it is questionable whether the building will have any positive economic benefits at all, and in fact could have a negative impact on current businesses and overall decrease the amenity of the area.

- the economic benefits referred to in the proposal refer to earlier expectations that a fast ferry service to Sydney would commence from Ettalong. This proposal has now been withdrawn and fuel/climate change matters will probably prevent it being resurrected in the future.

- development of the Ettalong Beach Club was promised as a salvation for the Ettalong commercial centre but this has not proved to be the case. Employment levels at the new club are LESS than the old club.

- it is therefore difficult to be certain what economic benefits the proposed development would bring.

- nevertheless, there must be real concern that the considerable additional retail space proposed in this application will be difficult for Ettalong to absorb. A number of retail premises have been unoccupied for a considerable time in Ettalong and the development of Woolworth/Aldi supermarkets in Umina will put additional pressure on the Ettalong commercial centre. Retail caf?/restaurant outlets in the proposed development will also put considerable pressure on existing CBD cafes/restaurants.

* Traffic

- when the Ettalong Beach Reserve Plan of Management was approved in 2007 the consultant who prepared the plan recommended that ?a traffic study and parking management study be urgently undertaken?. It is believed such a study has not been undertaken.

- the loss of a large number of car parking spaces as a result of the proposed development requires Council to address parking requirements in Ettalong. The proposal does not address this matter.

* Flood Prone Zone

- the proposed development is in a 50 year flood hazard zone and will also be impacted by the NSW Government/Gosford Council acceptance of rising sea level parameters of 90cms by 2100.

- the implications for this development of flooding/sea level rises are not addressed in the submission.

* CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that this proposal be REJECTED AND NOT APPROVED. It will grossly overshadow and spoil the current amenity of residents of Ettalong. It does NOT meet any current planning guidelines set out in PUDS, CCRS and, more importantly, the new Gosford DLEP.

The building is excessive in height, bulk and density. Approval of this proposal would seriously undermine NSW?s Planning strategy based on new LEPs designed to deliver planning clarity and certainty to the community and to developers.

In addition, the proposal seriously affects all those residents in Pretty Beach and Hardy's Bay who see the proposed site from their walking tracks and houses. It is totally out of character and the visual amenity of this area, with its tourism potential and current attractions, will be seriously harmed by the proposal.

Yours sincerely

Dr Peta colebatch









Name: peta colebatch

Address:
25 High View Road
Pretty Beach
NSW 2257


IP Address: ien11-2-88-160-12-30.fbx.proxad.net - 88.160.12.30

Submission for Job: #3326 MP 09_0121 Mixed Use Development
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_job&id=3326

Site: #2028 Memorial Avenue Ettalong Beach
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_site&id=2028

As long time residents both my wife and I strongly give our support to this project and believe that it will enhance Ettalong's potential to become a world class tourist destination,as well as increase local job opportunities.
We have traveled extensively around Australia and note that places such as the Cairns waterfront precint and those of Airlie Beach ,Townsville and Forster /Entrance foreshores attract many visitors daily to enjoy the work done by their respective local councils.
In conjunction with development,the foreshore area from Ferry road extending to Ocean Beach Surf Club should be a priority for a council that believes in promoting a positive vision for this area.
Sensitive management of the dynamic and fragile sand dunes would also ensure that they are protected as the public will be directed to utilise set pedestrian pathways.
Foreshore and Ettalong CBD development which promotes the enjoyment of these beautiful pristine areas should be encouraged and allowing a project such as yours has our vote of confidence.


Name: Wayne Moore

Address:
Unit 1/254 Booker Bay Road,
Booker Bay N.S.W
2257


IP Address: cpe-58-168-11-80.lns3.cht.bigpond.net.au - 58.168.11.80

Submission for Job: #3326 MP 09_0121 Mixed Use Development
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_job&id=3326

Site: #2028 Memorial Avenue Ettalong Beach
https://majorprojects.onhiive.com/index.pl?action=view_site&id=2028