PM Submission - Bev Haines - MCU25/0118

5. Distance from Town Centre and Services

The site is located well beyond accepted planning guidelines for proximity to core town
functions, shops, services, and public transport. Social and affordable housing should be
integrated throughout the community in walkable, well-serviced areas. Concentrations of
rental or social housing estates should be avoided, as they conflict with best-practice planning
principles.

6. Impacts on Local Character and Village Feel

Cooroy’s character is defined by its village feel, low-scale built form, and close-knit
residential areas. The proposed development conflicts with these qualities and would erode
aspects of the town that local residents value and enjoy. The visual impact, increased density,
and change in neighbourhood composition would diminish the amenity of existing residents
and alter the established local character.

7. Amenity Impacts on Existing Residents

New development should enhance neighbourhoods, respect existing residents, and minimise
adverse amenity impacts such as noise and traffic. The current proposal fails to meet these
expectations. Its scale and intensity are incompatible with the surrounding low-density
context and would significantly disrupt the quiet residential environment.

Conclusion

For the reasons above, I strongly object to this development. It conflicts with the planning
intent for the site, undermines Cooroy’s established character, exceeds reasonable density
limits, overloads local infrastructure, and sets an undesirable precedent for future
development.

I request that Council refuse the application.



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