8 -10 Bray Av Torrensville SA 5031

As a local resident I am supportive of this development. The development is relatively small and will bring extra economic activity to this inner city area. It is closely served by shops at brickworks. At three stories it won't greatly impact the local area.

I lodge an objection to DA 25029487 on traffic, parking and cumulative-impact grounds, given the already-heavy vehicle environment around Ashwin Parade and the imminent intensification created by the Adelaide Football Club (AFC) Thebarton Oval precinct.
1) Ashwin Parade area is already under significant traffic pressure
This location sits in the middle of major arterial-road activity and is not a “quiet” network with spare capacity. Ashwin Parade is directly tied into the North–South Corridor works and operations:
The T2D Project’s Northern Tunnels run to Ashwin Parade (Torrensville).
The earlier Torrens Road to River Torrens (T2T) project incorporated a lowered motorway between Ashwin Parade and Pym Street, cementing the area’s role in moving large traffic volumes.
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DIT’s published “Top 40 at-grade arterial intersections” dataset lists ASHWIN PARADE / SOUTH ROAD / WEST THEBARTON ROAD with vehicle exposure of 72,200 (2021 and 2022), underscoring how busy this junction already is.

Against that baseline, adding 34 dwellings (and therefore dozens of additional daily car trips, visitor trips, deliveries, servicing and waste-collection movements) risks worsening queuing, delay, driver frustration, and pedestrian/cyclist safety—particularly if site access relies on short gaps in already-congested traffic.
2) The AFC Thebarton Oval precinct is a major new traffic and parking generator nearby
Cumulative impact is the core issue here. The City of West Torrens confirms the AFC has begun works at Thebarton Oval to upgrade the facility for training and AFLW home games, and that the precinct has state-level approval subject to conditions.
Public reporting on the precinct also shows it is not merely “internal training”: it is proposed as a multi-purpose destination, including a cafe, museum, function space and retail, plus match-day activity.

In practice, this means additional peaks (training sessions, staff shifts, events, game days), increased parking demand, and foreseeable overflow into surrounding streets. It is unreasonable to assess the 34-dwelling proposal as if this nearby intensification is irrelevant or “future”. The combined effect is exactly what a proper cumulative assessment should confront.
3) Parking overspill and residential amenity impacts
If on-site parking provision is even slightly undercooked, the spillover will land on surrounding streets that are already under strain from arterial traffic conditions and nearby destination uses. This leads to:
loss of on-street parking for existing residents and visitors
increased illegal or unsafe parking (corners, driveways, narrow sections)
more turning/parking manoeuvres, raising crash and near-miss risk
rat-running and conflict with pedestrians (including children)
With three-storey density, the risk is amplified: more households, more vehicles, more visitors, more deliveries.
4) Construction traffic compounds an already high-impact environment
Construction for 34 dwellings will bring months of heavy vehicles, trades parking, skip bins, concrete pours and delivery scheduling—exactly the kind of disruption that becomes intolerable on roads already functioning as major connectors to South Road/North–South Corridor works.

What I am asking the Relevant Authority to do
At minimum, I request the application be refused or deferred until the proponent demonstrates—based on current and near-term reality—that the proposal will not materially worsen local conditions. Specifically, require:
An updated Traffic and Parking Impact Assessment that explicitly models cumulative impacts from:
existing traffic conditions on the Ashwin Parade/South Road network
the AFC Thebarton Oval precinct operations (training + AFLW home games + public-facing uses)
the broader North–South Corridor context tied to Ashwin Parade
Torrens to Darlington.
Evidence that on-site parking (residents + visitors + accessible bays + service/loading) is sufficient without relying on surrounding streets as overflow.
A Construction Traffic and Parking Management Plan with enforceable controls (heavy-vehicle routes, delivery windows, on-street worker parking prohibition, complaint/escalation process).
If impacts cannot be mitigated, a reduction in yield/scale (fewer dwellings and/or reduced intensity) to align with what the local road and parking environment can realistically absorb.
In short: in a corridor already carrying major traffic and facing a significant new nearby activity centre (AFC), approving 34 three-storey dwellings without rigorous cumulative modelling and strong enforceable mitigation would shift the costs onto existing residents—through congestion, overspill parking, safety risk and amenity loss.