The surrounding roads and pathways are not large enough for a development of this size given that once the development is completed it will attract a lot more traffic . Also too close to surrounding homes. Most schools of this size have a lot more land to enable buffer zones between houses and schools

The area of Beaumont hills/north Kellyville is busy enough. A school with 1000 added children will add to the delays already around the area. There are no housing and roads available to support this project.

Currently living on Mungerie Road and I am concerned the current infrastructure surrounding the proposed project will not be able to handle the increase in students and cars along mungerie road and surrounding roads and streets - already traffic is ridiculous in the school morning and afternoon period the surrounding infrastructure needs to be updated before any new projects like this should take place.

The streets in our suburb are already too conjusted and making a bigger school is not helping the cause. The reason we moved here was because it was a quiet suburb but recently its difficult to even park or go around this school no t to forget damage to cars parked in people's own drive ways and breakins. Also, to have a school inside a totally residential place is totally uncalled for. Parents park their cars all around the roads, kids cross the streets. Having a school next to homes is totally unsafe and we always fear of any accidents. The school is close to two major roundabouts which always get clogged during school times. I strongly believe that the school should be shifted to an area which has a major road and not inside a residential area.

There are 4 schools in surrounding areas. Expansion of this will increase traffic and increase congestion in the area. And also increases noise pollution in the area. The Rise - street is facing a lot of congestion already, traffic congestion built up to 50 to 100m on the street for few hours in the morning and afternoon during the school hours.

There are several schools close to this project. The wither road already super busy, which cause heavy traffic jam in peaking hours. If this project developed, it will not only cause more problems of traffic to drop off and pickup kids in other school, but also cause more traffic to let people to take metro in rouse hill.

Traffic is getting worse in the area

The proposed development will have the following negative implications to my family and the other residents bordering MFIS, 20 Mungerie road, Beaumont Hills (SSD-56264716)

The property is situated a residential area zoned R2 as low density residential and is not suitable to have such a large school. Having a large school in the property was never in the planning cycle.

The roads have been constructed for residential traffic and cannot handle the traffic of such a large school.

Prior to Malek Fahd Islamic School (MFIS) acquiring the site, there was a small Armenian Primary School which had been closed for some time.

Since acquiring the property at 20 Mungerie Road and more recently the adjoining property, MFIS has acted deceitfully playing on the loopholes and regulatory arbitrage in the planning approval process, to gradually expand the school without revealing their true intentions.

Since the expansion of the school, we have suffered due to the following:

1. Increased traffic has made it difficult for me to exit Guardian Av and enter Mungerie Road during peak school times. This has resulted in my children being late to school and delayed school pickups.
2. Increase in noise due to the use of loudspeakers. This is particularly difficult and annoying as we work from home on a regular basis. It should be noted that the Public schools in the are does not use loudspeakers similar to the loudspeaker usage at MFIS.
3. Increase in the number of serious accidents on Commercial Road. Previously there were hardly any accidents in the area. However, since the expansion of the school, there are serious accidents at least once a month.

The development application SSD-56264716 will have the following negative impact on me, my family and my neighbours:

1. There will be no buffer zone between the MFIS and the residential houses similar to the design of the other schools in the area.
2. The school will be operating from 7.00AM to 7.00PM Monday to Friday. This is well beyond the normal school hours. What is the need for a bona fide school to operate until 7.00PM on a regular basis and beyond school days?
3. Increased traffic with hundreds of vehicles using Mungerie Road will making it impossible for me to get out of my premises during peak school hours.
4. The traffic plan submitted (appendix 9 to EIS) is flawed as it has not been prepared by an independent party and it is not based on the facts. The plan has been commissioned by MFIS, as such it will naturally be supportive of MFIS’s requirements rather than the community impact.
5. The school by default caters only to Muslim students, the population in the area is not sufficient to sustain the two growing Islamic schools in the area (MFIS and Australian International Academy). As such school will cater mainly to students residing outside of Beaumont Hills, which will require vehicle transport as opposed to walking to cycling to school as assumed.
6. The existing roads cannot handle this increased traffic during peak hours. Mungerie road (from Withers road to and from MFIS) needs to be widened to handle the extra traffic.
7. Installation of traffic lights at the Withers Road/Mungerie Road intersection and Mungerie Road/Guardian Av intersection is required to ensure the safety of road users and provide the residents living on and off Guardian Avenue the ability to enter/exit during peak times, as there is no alternative option to connect Withers Road via Mungerie Road.
8. Traffic lights have been installed to manage the traffic to Ironbark Ridge Public School. As MFIS will be a much larger school, traffic lights need to be installed as mentioned above and at the crossing on Mungerie road.
9. The increase in the traffic will lead to an increase in the number of vehicle accidents in the area. We are already seeing an increase in the number of accidents on Commercial Road since the last expansion of MFIS.
10. Increased noise will make it difficult for us to work from home.
11. The construction of the 2 story classrooms close to the boundary could block the sunlight and air flow to my property.
12. The planning application refers to the construction of a 3 story Payer Hall. However, from the design and the height of the building, it appears to be a fully-fledged Mosque similar to the Mosques at the other MFIS school.
13. The height of the proposed 3 story Prayer hall / Mosque violates the maximum height allowed for R2 zones, which is only 10 meters.
14. Based on the past practices, MFIS is not being fully transparent about the construction of the Mosque and its future use. For example, is the Mosque going to be used as a place of worship in the future given that there is no Mosque in the area?
15. Trees and Landscaping - According to the EIS, the DA will result in the removal of 133 trees will have adverse impact and could lead to an increase in the overall temperature in the neighbourhood. It is mentioned subsequently in the EIS, that there will be a net addition on 90 trees. This is inconsistent with the visuals in the SEAS application, which does not show 223 trees on the property.


The proposed development will have the following implications for Australia:

1. Who is the mystery funder funding the $135.8mn (inclusive of GST) development? Is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ?
2. What is the source of fuds?
3. What’s the objective of the funder?
4. Are the objectives of the mystery funder in the best interest of Australia, social cohesion and national security?
5. Despite claiming to be committed to “cultural diversity” in effect MFIS is not an inclusive and diverse school due to its curriculum and segregation practices, which excludes their students from the broader Australian community. This creates social exclusion which will be detrimental to Australia’s multiculturalism and social cohesion.
6. Is the development being supported by any Politicians? If so how much has been donated by MFIS and related parties to the respective Political parties?

The proposed development will have the following national security implications:

1. MFIS does not fully embrace Australian laws, values and way of life. The school operates in Arabic (even answering the phone in Arabic) and Islamic principles. MFIS actively discriminates against Girls through a strict gender segregation and unform policy.
2. The social segregation and lack of cultural diversity could plant the seeds for religious extremism in the future due to the lack of social integration and cohesion. This could lead to domestic terrorism in the future, based on the experience of other countries. There are plenty of example where Islamic schools such as MFIS funded by countries such as Saudi Arabia has led to extremism and domestic terrorism.

This proposal is not just a school expansion. The submission is for the build of a 3-storey mosque. There is nothing like it in the area. It will have a massive impact and cause significant disruptions on this quiet suburb, not just on school days and within school hours. The disruption with traffic of the school expanding to over 1300 students is going to increase the strain on throughput of cars that is already being seen in Beaumont Hills prior to this expansion. The visual impact of a 3 storey mosque is unprecedented and unfair for residents of various and multiple faiths to have a single religion so significantly imposed upon them in a quite neighbourhood where they have been living years, decades or some of them their whole lives. The land on which the school is built is zoned appropriately as R2 Low Density residential. The maximum allowable height is 10m, the proposed 21m prayer hall is a direct contradiction of this zoning. The zoning is in place to protect residents from exactly this kind of dominating structure. Already parents from Malek Fahd illegally double park in and around the traffic circle at Roy Dudley Reserve at student pick up time because the roads to not sufficient cater for the size of the school as it currently is. This traffic creates delays of up to 20 minutes sometimes to get in and out of a relatively small suburb. Expanding from 700 students to over 1300 is going to exacerbate and gridlock the Beaumont Hills suburb at school drop off and pick up times. Additionally, with the proposal being a Mosque, the impact of increased traffic will extend beyond school pick up and drop off times to whenever Mosque activities are taking place, eg: over the weekend and at night. This is grossly unfair to residents in the area.

The surroudning infrastructure is not built to accomodate the expansion of the school. Currently the traffic is very bad that we struggle to pass through withers road while commuting. Plus no traffic rules are followed during school hours. The expansion may cuase more chaos and delays for the residents.