1 Agate Avenue, Pearl Beach, NSW

~ The West back bedroom & balcony upstairs overlooking the pool side; needs swapped to the East back side of the back of the house.
The East slanted roof with skylights; instead, moved to the West side of the back of the house.
Then as next door neighbours (3 Agate Av), will not have our back garden & porch overlooked by 1 Agate Av; nor our North East sunlight & solar panels knocked out. Otherwise being a single story house, we will have NO SUNLIGHT into our living areas; due to the pushed out 2nd storey/bedroom/balcony blocking our North East sunlight.
~ The front West upstairs balcony is open on the West side; overlooking our private courtyard at the front of our house losing our privacy.
We would like the West side of the balcony to have a wall; instead of being open, so we're not overlooked.
~ The pool at the back of the house will lead to flooding issues; since they will be removing all the Maleleuca trees at the back which suck up excess water. Being in a flood zone area & having a pool there is irresponsible; to all the adjoining neighbours, due to increased flooding risk.
Also the pool pump will be to noisy for us sitting on our back porch as it'll be next to our side of the fence.
~ The West verge at the front of the driveway of the house has plans for a tree next to our stone courtyard wall. That is too close to our wall and should not be planted there. It will uproot our wall over time and block out any much needed sunlight for our house & solar panels; since the house being two storey, and going back so far; is already robbing us of our much need North East sunlight.
We personally think this house has not had the impact of sunlight, flooding, privacy for 3 Agate Av considered.
We are currently building a one storey house next door; taking into consideration the neighbours on both sides of us; so they have sunlight & privacy. We also have kept as many Malelcula trees as possible to avoid flooding. We find it inconsiderate that council, their architect and the current neighbours have not thought any of this out; to do a smaller design that takes those considerations into account.
Therefore we do not approve of any of this current house design as is.
Go back to the drawing board and think of a smaller, better design.

Agate Ave has had a history of flooding which on numerous occasions have been brought to the attention of council . Residents have at their own cost made alterations to the street scape to access their houses when heavy rain fall occurs . These trees play a critical role in the hydrological regime of this coastal area The proposed removal of so many trees will potentially increase flooding .

Proposed development seems excessive in size and adversely impacts the adjoining properties. Bottom section gutter and eaves touch the boundary of 1A Agate Ave and are approx. 150mm from 3 Agate Ave border. Minimum setback should be at least 500mm from property boundary. This needs to be readjusted to comply with council regulations.
Storm water- Agate Ave has well known poor street drainage with large pools of water forming regularly after heavy rain. The additional rainwater collected from this large house and pool will exacerbate this problem, as will the loss of Melaleucas which assist with drainage of the swampy soil.
Pool- is an extra water collector, transferring water from backyard to front council strip when overflowing. What will be the impact of the pool chemicals on the nature strip? Also the pool will add further unwanted background noise pollution to the neighbours with the pump running.