PM Submission - Phillip Egan - MCU25/0118

                 7. Poor social planning outcomes

                 The creation of concentrated housing estates—particularly where rental or social housing is
                 involved—is widely recognised as poor planning practice. Such concentrations can lead to social
                 segregation, reduced integration, and long-term community disadvantage.

                 Best-practice policy is clear: social and affordable housing should be dispersed and integrated
                 throughout established communities and located within convenient walking distance of town
                 centres and services. This proposal fails to satisfy these basic planning principles.




                 8. Amenity impacts on existing residents

                 New development should be sympathetic to its surroundings and impose minimal amenity impacts.
                 This proposal would introduce increased noise, traffic and visual bulk into a neighbourhood that has
                 been planned and built for low-intensity residential living. These impacts are unavoidable given the
                 scale and layout of the proposal and represent a significant and unacceptable loss of amenity for
                 nearby residents.




                 Conclusion
                 For the reasons outlined above, the proposal is inconsistent with the site’s intended purpose,
                 incompatible with the surrounding neighbourhood, out of scale with local character, poorly located in
                 relation to essential services, and likely to result in adverse social and amenity impacts.

                 I therefore request that Council refuse the development application.

                 Yours sincerely,




                 Submitter Name: Phil Egan
                 Address: 8 Dianella Court, Cooroy
                 Postcode:4563_______
                 Email Address: (optional)




Document Set ID: 24329347
Version: 1, Version Date: 24/11/2025