11A Ethel Street Burwood NSW 2134

The development of the proposed boarding houses will significantly degrade the architectural history and charm of Ethel st which is known as a landmark and premier street in Burwood. The street features a number of heritage homes including those of grand Victorian and Federation style that contribute to the heritage, culture and history that Burwood can be proud of.
Subsequently the addition of such a development will devalue each of our homes on Ethel street, not to mention Burwood as a suburb in general.
The development of such a densely populated boarding house will lead to the street becoming significantly more congested with increased cars parked on the street and through traffic.

Currently, the round-about at each end of Ethel street at the corners of Burwood road and Weldon street are very congested at peak times as Ethel street is a major thoroughfare between various surrounding roads including Liverpool road, the Boulevarde, Parramatta road and the roads leading to Croydon.
As residents we already have difficultly getting in and out of our own driveways in the morning and afternoons due to traffic build up and congestion leading up to these roundabouts. It will become significantly worse with such a development proposal which will only add to the congestion due to over-population.

I believe that the proposal is non compliant with regards to the number of dwellings, the number of rooms and occupants which is too dense for our low density residential zone. The proposal will effectively double the entire population of the street and potentially allow nearly a hundred more cars on the the street of each person owns their own car.
In addition, the number of garbage bins required for the number of occupants in the development will degrade the facade and impact on the hygiene of the street.

Burwood council needs to consider that this development proposal is a gross and unnessessary oversupply of housing which only serves to benefit the developer and their desire to maximise profits in their use of this prime land.