Resonse to Amended Plans - John Cochrane

6.       Summary

I believe that there can be no planning justification which would support the application as
amended. The factors mitigating against approval are

     •   The availability of appropriately zoned land which is adequate for the proposed
         purpose
     •   The serious and unmitigated impacts which have been outlined in this and prior
         submissions
     •   The serious potential economic impacts arising from the exposure of Unity Water to
         potential legislative action
     •   The lack of any community benefit derived from the use of Open Space Recreation
         Zoned land
     •   The potential for future development on both OSR and TAZ land as a consequence of
         approval
     •   The apparent lack of adequate environmental assessment in the original planning
         assessment of the scheme. The inadequacy of both waste and acoustic assessments are
         serious matters and must point to a lack of rigor in the planning assessment and
         consequent support of the scheme.
     •   The amended scheme is made contrary to the applicant’s own claims with respect to
         odour impact and management (and those of their consultants). We must view the
         amendments as designed to gain support for a proposal which is clearly not in the
         public interest.
     •   The amended scheme does not provide any opportunity to redress the loss of
         community and sporting facilities. In this area it is no better than a 106 room scheme.
     •   The reduction of room numbers provides no benefit in reducing impacts. There is
         some reduction in visual scale at Resort Drive. But this was a benign elevation and the
         presence of rooms would not have been a major impact on Parkridge. The real traffic,
         acoustic, nuisance and congestion effects remain. In fact, they have been increased
         threefold as acknowledged by the applicant’s own submission.


Yours sincerely,
John Cochrane Architect NSW Rn 4759 QLD Rn 5857




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