All recent comments on applications from Parramatta City Council, NSW

With this demolition and re-build,has adequate allowance been made for off street vehicular parking? Our local roads are already very congested with kerbs full. Consideration should be made for cars, one per bedroom and 2 for the master. There could be a caravan, box trailer, boat, or jet-ski

Compression of existing properties is possibly OK, however with the additional housing comes additional vehicles, caravans, box trailers, boats, etc. Suitable off street vehicle housing should be taken into consideration whit these approvals. Remembering, each bedroom has the potential of another car on our roads with two from the master bedroom. Our local streets and roads are already very congested and the kerbs full.

Let's hope for those building and those who may effected, that consideration has been made in the design for off street vehicular housing. Including the possibility of a boat, caravan, box trailer with the possibility of one car per bedroom and two from the master.

This is a Complying Development lodgement so the development doesn't need to be approved. It will go ahead as long as the certifier deems that it complies with the Complying Development specifications.

With a secondary dwelling, will additional off street vehicular housing or parking be included? Our local streets and roads are already congested and roadside kerbs full.

I see quite a lot of these developments throughout the greater Sydney area and something that bothers me is the lack of off street vehicular parking. Our local roads, streets and kerbs are already congested so potentially doubling the local population has the effect of greatly increasing that number of cars traversing those roads and parking along the kerbs. Mind, every bedroom has the potential of a vehicle with 2 for the master, resulting in 5 vehicles to a 4 bedroom home. Also there is the possible need to house a box trailer, caravan, jetski, boat, etc. Now doubling the number of houses may be good for council revenue, so what are the councils proposing to make the passage throughput our areas due to these additional vehicles???

Please educate yourself, Luke. Those cars were parked on the side of the road because they were owned by the people in the house they were parked outside of. Not once were those cars damaged and awaiting a tow truck.
I would want staff able to spend more time taking care of the children (and doing what they are paid for) rather than hours up a ladder trying to slide cumbersome letters into a sign facing the opposite side of the street. Seems logical, unlike your comment.

Again I ask??? Will there be adequate vehicular off street housing. Our local roads and streets are already very congested and kerbs are full.

Las Vegas here we come. A heritage site and you want to denigrate it more with over the top advertising. More wasted electricity operating 24/7 to push up child care costs. Where is the responsible business model. If a CCC on a major arterial road isn't bad enough for children's health and well being we now have to add a major fancy dress sign to distract motorists. How many accidents has the location of this centre already caused? I recall many occasions were damaged vehicles were parked on the footpath waiting for tow trucks. Development in Parramatta is out of control; appeals to the L&E Court are a rubber stamp for developer approval. Watch this space if council rejects the proposal. The L&E Court is geared to support the whim of the government and developers. What a mockery of process when ALL the facts cannot be listed in a development application at the outset. No - inch by inch changes are demanded as inconsequential. In the St George area 24 hour child care centres are being requested. These changes would not pass muster in the original application so why approve them as an after thought by stealth.
The term weasel comes to mind when reviewing these proposals. The flow on effect of precedence is another eyesore the local community will be subjected to and impotent.

Totally unbelievable. What respite do local residents deserve? Keep it respectful; how can one be respectful when the planning authorities allow or even entertain such intrusive requests. Time after time DAs are modified in favour of the developer. NEVER and I say NEVER are these operations modified in the favour of residents. Always the thin edge of the wedge. Always granted an inch and then demand a mile.

What a corrupt process the State Government has enacted. It's time the position of Town Planner was abolished and the savings returned to the community. We have a housing problem; maybe the problem is too many child care centres are being approved at the expense of housing. There are several high rise apartment buildings in and near North Rocks Road. None have child care centres - WHY?

Do councils EVER lobby government or is their employment status more important? State and local government are a disgrace and a failure in representing the community.

My question to those deciding the application, how will the additions effect the local and extended vehicular traffic within the area. The effect of more occupiers and visitors will compound the already very congested roads and kerbs.

Again I ask if adequate off street vehicular housing will be incorporated in the design and approval. There is no more room on the local road or streets for more cars, boats, caravans, box trailers, etc.

Just wondering what vehicular housing is inclusive? Each bedroom has the possibility of a car, with 2 for the master bedroom. There could also be a caravan, boat, box trailer. The local streets and road kerbs are already fully occupied with through passage hard.

Somehow when primary school kids go to schools using the Oxford street, Meriton always put stop signs and force kids to cross roads to the other side. However, none of them ensures kids safety when kids were forced to cross the roads to the other side. Does the council government cares more about building than kid's safety? I think this is ridiculous. Meriton needs to apologize to the entire community around the Oxford street and compensate us for all inconvenience caused to us. They should at least think of kids safety when they go to school.

Will the design embrace the need for off road vehicle housing? Our local streets and roads are already very congested with kerbs fully occupied. With two new buildings, each bedroom has the probability of a car with 2 for the master. Also the possibility of a caravan, boat, box trailer, etc.

Hoping that the development will include adequate off-street vehicular housing that incorporates caravans, box trailers, boats,etc. Our local roads and kurbs are already very contested. Remembering that for every bedroom there is a potential for a vehicle with two in the master bedroom.

Really! More trees to be destroyed - when will it stop? We have an enormous problem with urban warming - particularly with our continuing and worsening summer temperatures. When will people understand the ongoing destruction of our trees is a serious problem. The loss of our tree canopy is so evident it is heartbreaking. Epping and Carlingford have always been such beautiful green areas - how have we let this happen and when will Parramatta Council do something about it?

As a resident of the Sekisui stage1 compound facing the construction site, I'm strongly against this proposal. In the past year, the construction team has not followed its promises to operate during the standard construction hours and has created tremendous noise and dust that is affecting the life of the resident community. I have to keep all windows and doors shut day and nights to make sure I can be properly heard over a work call, and avoid being waken up due to the loud and random noises caused by heavy vehicle traffics happening at the late nights. I believe the residency community has been experiencing a very similar situation and on that basis, I sincerely ask the Parramatta Council to consider rejecting this proposal involving extended construction hours. Additionally, as mentioned in a number of other comments, I request the council to enforce a better scrutiny over the development activities for the benefit of the existing residents.

Dear Council,
I write to express my strong objection on DA/587/2021.

As a resident directly neighbouring the site, we have been patient in tolerating the existing disruption to our daily lives caused by the construction, respecting the agreement between current residents and the developer. However, like many other residents have already commented, I highlight that the developer has been NOT been reciprocating this respect for an extended time now, by working outside of agreed hours, running/transporting heavy machinery late hours into the night, providing insufficient/haphazard notices to extended/exceptional work, and with construction workers trespassing into our resident parking causing obstruction and damage to our parking systems.

Formally approving the modified construction hours - which as mentioned, the developer are already working - will only serve to exacerbate the disruption for residents and the community. The incessant and hazardously loud noise pollution, along with dust and construction waste pollution carried by the frequently windy days - have made my outside a hostile environment. When the site is active, I have to sacrifice between cracking the window for fresh airflow, OR preserving my mental and physical health from exposure to the site. I especially sympathise with families with young children, elders, and others who spend more time at home due to personal/professional reasons.

I sincerely request that Council reject the proposed modification of DA/587/2021, and that the developer can respect the livelihoods and wellbeing of the existing community.

As a resident, I also oppose the extension of hours and I second the excellent points made by other residents. I note that daily routine for many families (including ours) involves waking up well after 6am, and so regular disruptions of their sleep, caused by noise coming from the construction site, will have severe implications on their health and wellbeing.

I strongly object to the proposed extension of construction hours for the project under Section 4.55(1A) modification of DA/587/2021. As a resident with a newborn baby, the current construction activities are already causing significant disruption to our daily lives, with excessive noise and dust impacting our health and well-being. More importantly they don't manage their own parking space. Many oft the worker occupied the parking spaces on the street all day. Extending construction hours from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and 6am to 6pm on Saturdays would severely exacerbate these issues, depriving families of essential rest and creating an unreasonably stressful living environment. The early morning start times are particularly concerning, as they would disrupt critical periods of rest for infants and young children. I urge you to consider the detrimental effect this modification would have on the health and quality of life of residents and to prioritize community welfare by rejecting the extension request.

As another Sanctuary resident who is also directly impacted by the construction work, I cannot agree more with the comments already made by the other residents - I also strongly oppose this proposal.

I believe our community of residents has already been more than tolerant with Sekisui House and their current ways of working. They have shown blatant disregard and a complete lack of consideration as to how their construction work (and the consequent noise, pollution and traffic management problems, just to name a few) is jeopardising our quality of life, safety and wellbeing. There is no doubt that if Sekisui House is given an inch with this proposal being passed that they will take a mile (and more) from this community, as they have already been doing.

I am appalled that Sekisui House would submit this proposal knowing that it would be at the cost of our community's interests (a tight-knit community consisting of many residents they have profited off of and residents who have helped bring greater interest into this Sekisui House development, mind you). I strongly advise Parramatta Council to reject this proposal in light of the strong opposition this proposal has clearly received.

As a Sanctuary resident directly facing the construction site I am already fighting an uphill battle with the amount of dust and noise created during the current hours of construction. It takes hours for the dust to settle enough so that it feels safe to open the windows and get some fresh air. No one wants to breathe in or live in thick layers of dust. There are also extra expenses the residents have had to take on in order to have the residences cleaned more frequently. On top of this, the developer has taken advantage of the fact that we are part of the development in order to use resources meant only for our stage, and the overflow has caused flooding to our side.

Working from home makes noise a very big issue as well and there is only so much tolerance for works that are already being done outside of the current allowed hours. Many days they have machinery and lights turned on throughout the night. The workers come in at 5am with noisy trucks that they leave running in order to jump on street parking as the residents leave, music blaring and honking greetings at each other with little or no regard to the residents sleeping. They mention the closest residents are 141m away. I beg to differ as they seem to be focusing on the development further away instead of the one across the street and ignoring the fact they have yet to finish the works literally 10m away.

Rather than allowing them extended hours I would like to see strict enforcement of the hours that they should be working in. I strongly advise Parramatta Council act in the best interests of the residents and push back on this proposal.

I object against the extension of working hours. They do not adhere to the regular working hours already, and, have usually left machinary running till midnight and 1am in the morning.

To request an approval to extend creating - Noise, ruffling dust, and, crowding street parking in the hope of completing a construction job is just silly. They have been taking time off, and neglecting areas that are closest to the residential buildings next door for too long.

They have not completed the newly constructed adjacent building to existing residential buildings, while they attend to constructing other parts of the development that are more visible from a distance. Their construction schedule and priorities are about appearances of work in progress / almost complete / almost there, but have not yet completed something.

Extending their work hours, will only be a disturbance to the community and adjacent affected residents.

Why should the council even consider approving extending work-hours for a construction site to disturb the residents? The construction project is for another 10-15 years, multi-staged project. Extending their work hours will NOT reduce the time taken to deliver anything. It is a disturbance, and something that may sound appealing to prospective buyers, may assist in selling some of their apartments, but it will not reduce time to deliver anything. It will just lead to noise, dust, crowding and pain for residents.

I am writing as a resident of the adjacent property to express my strong objection to the proposed modification of Condition 91 under Section 4.55(1A) of DA/587/2021 by Sekisui House, which seeks to extend the construction hours during the pouring of concrete slabs.

The proposed hours of 6am to 7pm on weekdays and 6am to 6pm on Saturdays will significantly disrupt the peace and livability of the surrounding residential area. The early start and extended hours will increase noise pollution and negatively impact the daily lives of residents, particularly those who rely on these hours for rest, work from home, or care for children and elderly family members.

While I understand the need to ensure construction progress, the proposed hours are excessively intrusive and do not sufficiently balance the needs of the community. I strongly urge Sekisui House and the relevant authorities to maintain the current construction hours or explore less disruptive alternatives.