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| May 10, 2010 |
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Notices
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Offshore Residents
of Pittwater, Australia
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Meriton Apartments Development at Warriewood Your Action is necessary NOW to HELP STOP this development I believe a lot of people are very disturbed by the application by Meriton Apartments to the Minister for Planning for the development of 600 apartments in sixteen 3 and 5 storey blocks Warriewood, but feel helpless to do anything about it. With any luck this type of development will never happen on Scotland island but it could easily happen in Mona Vale, maybe Newport. They are both on a Major bus route and Mona Vale is a major centre and Newport has a lot of everyday services. Please do not copy/cut and paste from this document, but paraphrase -- do not just send in word for word submission, change the order and even font. If you just copy and paste it only counts as a form letter and only as one submission. If you want to view the Meriton application go to http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au and follow the link to the "on exhibition" page. Submissions close next Friday, 14th May at 5 pm. You must quote the ref. no. MP 09- 0162, include your name and address, and the address of the development, 14-18 Bondah Rd Warriewood. Written submissions should be sent to; Director, Metropolitan Projects Department of Planning GPO Box 39 Sydney 2001 or emailed to plan_comment@planning.nsw.gov.au NOTE there is an underscore between plan and comment copy to ROB STOKES MP 1725 Pittwater Rd Mona Vale 2103 or pittwater@parliament.nsw.gov.au and Pittwater Council P.O. Box 882 Mona Vale 1660 pittwater_council@pittwater.nsw.gov.au NOTE there is an underscore between pittwater and council BACKGROUND Meriton Apartments have applied to the Department of Planning to build sixteen 3 to 5 storey apartment blocks with 600 dwellings of one, two or three bedrooms at 14-18 Boondah Rd at its intersection with Mcpherson St. -- on the high side of Mcpherson St. Your submission does not have to be long. Any thing that could impact on you, your friends or our community is good enough reason to write a submission. It does not have to be backed up with documentation or numbers. Even one issue is worthwhile--it should not take long but may have long lasting effect on your suburb--people power is all we have left. It seems as though the Dept of Planning (DoP) who used to do the strategic planning for NSW have been forced to forsake that role to concentrate on just getting as much new housing approved in as short a time as possible--like supermarket checkouts in peak hour. PLANNING BACKGROUND The Valley and it's infrastructure to accommodate the needs of new residents was carefully planned for (approx) 2012 new dwellings. THE DoP itself decided on this number on the basis of a number of studies commissioned by both themselves and Pittwater Council. This averages at about 25 dwelling per hectare, but Meritons application is for 75 dwellings per hectare. If Meriton's application is approved there will be 420 more dwellings than planned for BUT it opens the door for land still to be developed to be developed at 75 dwellings per hectare rate. Meritons alone have already applied to the Govt for an extra 356 extra dwellings--399 rather the the 43 Council had allocated--on their land on the corner of Mcpherson St and Warriewood Rd--and that could just be the beginning !! Some reasons to write a submission to the DoP may be (please do not copy word for word or cut and paste or put issues in the same order. If you all do it, the DoP counts it as one submission) SOME ISSUES-- AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHERS
At
$20,00 per dwelling how will the extra funds be found to fulfill the
needs of the extra residents, over and above the number of new
residents whose needs were planned for; e.g for open space for passive
and active recreation; playing fields and associated car
parks;
multi use paths for bicycles and pedestrians; re
vegetated
creekline corridors and recreational opportunities in those; children's
playgrounds; bridges across the creeks; board walks through the
wetlands; the management of storm water to flood proof the Valley and
North Narrabeen, water quality devices, street trees to shade
pedestrians, etc
Given
all the extra residents, and that Meritons only want to pay $20,000 per
dwelling and that to do supermarket shopping at Warriewood Centre a car
is needed, and that the that these following local intersections are
almost at crisis point, who will pay for roundabouts e.g. at
Garden St/Jacksons Rd, Jacksons Rd/ Boondah Rd,
Jacksons
Rd/Garden St, and the Jacksons Rd/entry to Centro Warriewood, Boondah
Rd and Vuko Place? your rates will have to fund these upgrades.
It
could be argued that kids will walk to and from Soccer at Boondah Rd.
Maybe, maybe not. Certainly the under 10's should not. The
Govt
is currently running a TV ad campaign saying that children
under
10 should hold an adults hand when crossing roads. So will Mum or Dad
walk with their child to Soccer or will they drive? and maybe shop for
the hour the game is on? Where will they park?
Given
the transport difficulties we experience and that the nearest public
transport interchanges are at Dee Why, Manly Wharf, Chatswood, York St
and Central railway, it is virtually impossible to live this far out of
the city and not own a car. With manners being what they are many older
residents and even pregnant woman already have to stand most
of
the way to and/or from the city.
Even the young singles, couples, young marrieds or single older residents who may be the occupants of the one bedroom units will need a car, as lack of good, public transport makes it virtually impossible to live in Warriewood and not own a car. Given the example of other town houses in Warriewood a quick car count will show that in the 3 bedroom units there could well be up to 3 or 4 cars per dwelling--where do they park ? It is an hour or more to the city by bus, before changing from bus to train or other bus to get to a University or TAFE ( except Brookvale with it's limited curriculum)) work, visit Grandma or friends who may live on the other side of the city or indeed even anywhere west of Pittwater Rd!
How
is it that all of a sudden the State Govt can make legislation that
allows a developer to apply to built at three times the density of that
considered appropriate given the Environmental constraints in the
Valley and the level of Government Infrastructure.
Each individual submission will be counted so the more the better each member of your family can sent their own - not just a copy of each other's though ! Politicians want to know how much noise is going on in the community. The number of submissions received is their way of knowing that. The Minister for Planning will get to know about any comments in newspapers and the internet--the more the better--just do it, please... There is a front page article in the Manly Daily Wed 5 May, on the Meriton proposal so you can post your comments on the feedback page of the paper at: http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/triguboff/ This is an easy way to get comment out there, and it might get people thinking enough to write a submission on the application. Lynne Czinner Ph (02) 9997-1723 Pile Burn at Pathilda Reserve, 16 May  Reduction of E86 services ? Attention E86 regulars to/from the city: I have been told by staff at Wynyard that Sydney Buses is considering the ‘reduction’ of E86 services. He was unable to let me know which particular ones only that it is under consideration. I’m letting you all know because I think we should nip this in the bud prior to anything going ahead. You might have also noticed that they are currently trialling two extra E89 as well as two extra E87 services out of the city in the afternoon. If we’re happy with these services then you should also let them know. I personally think the more buses the better as they free seats on the E86. I’ve found lately that my bus is very busy ex-Wynyard because earlier ones which stop at Collaroy, Narrabeen or Mona Vale have been delayed. If you feel strongly about keeping our service or would like to comment on any of the below: additional earlier service ex-Church Point reinstate the Warringah Mall stop reinstate ‘first set down Narrabeen’ for services ex-city Please send them as many emails as you possibly can to: www.ysl@131500.com.au Thanks everyone! Grace Marshall Morning Bay Increasing Your Physical & Mental Performance RPAYC - Mitala St Newport Friday 14th May @ 7pm - 8pm Information for anyone interested in increasing your overall health performance.  click image to load flyer Goalkeeper Wanted Pittwater RSL Under 16 Division 1 B team are looking for an experienced goalkeeper to play for us this season, as our goalkeeper has recently become unavailable. Training is every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.45pm at Kitchener Park but if this is difficult, we may accept a suitable player to just play matches and not come to training. The matches are on Saturday mornings usually kick off 8.30am. If interested, please contact Gary on 0410 314 567 or just come to training at Kitchener Park this week for a try out. The Local Guide - Community Information Click HERE to load |
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