1 Norman St, Lake Conjola, NSW

Sec 4.55 Modification - Delete Condition 92 - Staged expansion of caravan park - 119 long term sites, vehicle entry to Norman Street, temporary access from Lake Conjola Entrance Road, Community Centre & pool, road works, drainage, water and sewer connections

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(Source: Shoalhaven City Council, reference DS20/1090)

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  1. S.Williams commented

    I strongly object to this expansion of what is currently mostly short term ie holiday periods and weekend stays.
    Lake Conjola is a rural Village with a small number of permanent long term resident who had been told over and over for years that there would be no more housing developments here, that there was no more land available. That is one of the main reasons residents move here and long term residents have stayed here. It is exactly the quiet peaceful village atmosphere that caused us to move here in the first place also knowing that a little 'excitement' would be had in the holiday periods with the influx of tourists. Ingenia has already burdened our village with hundreds of permanent houses, and I can speak for many other residents that a lot of people are not happy that this development was allowed to go ahead, nor the manner in which it was largely kept quiet from residents until it was too late to object, and they will not be happy that Ingenia now wants to further expand on this. We want our village to retain the quiet quaint charm that caused us to move here in the first place.

    There is no public transport in Lake Conjola, so this will mean another 119 private vehicles in the town at a minimum. Lake Conjola does not have the infrastructure to cope with a few hundred more residents that will potentially be here year round with their family and friends potentially staying on a regular basis. If you look at a minimum 2 people per unit that is another 236 people and then we are also looking at their children, friends and family so this could amount to hundreds more people and cars in the village on a year round long term basis.!

    There is only one two lane Rd in and out of this village and the provision of another 119 long term housing units will be extremely dangerous in the event of a sudden evacuation being necessary especially in light of the recent bushfires and floods. 119 more units is a potential 119 more cars on this road or if there are two cars to each property 236 more vehicles to add to the residents cars already here, and then there will be potentially hundreds more when these peoples family and friends come to visit - I cant imagine the nightmare this would be for all of us trying to evacuate and leave on a one lane Road!

    Lake Conjola Entrance Rd is never in an excellent condition, we have continuous pot holes and patched up roads as it is and more cars are only going to make this road a lot worse than it is - is council going to build a new road that will be able to cope with an increase of a minimum of 119 cars that will be here on a long term basis, or are the permanent residents going to be subjected to more damage to our cars from this shocking road that is not properly maintained as it is? Then are the residents here going to be expecting another rate rise to accommodate Ingenias new residents cars?

    As much as Ingenia purports to be a part of our village they are not - this was evidenced in the recent bushfires where by Ingenia organised their own 'fire marshalls' so to speak who were keeping Ingenia residents informed of what was happening but none of that information was passed on to the other residents outside of Ingenias property. Ingenias residents were assisted with evacuation but none of this assistance was offered to other residents, nor were any of Ingenias staff or otherwise instrumental in assisting other residents in fighting these fires. As usual they kept to themselves, which is totally the opposite of what the residents outside of Ingenia are like - we all band together and help each other out. Ingenia looks after Ingenia only and shows no care or regard for the other residents in the village - they are like an Island unto themselves and this is NOT how Lake Conjola residents have or will ever treat each other. Ingenia has already caused a 'seperation' in this town - it is 'us' and 'them'.

    Is this addition is Ingenia going to cause more barricades crossings and barriers on the main road so that their residents have more and easier access to the Bowling Club - again at the expense of local traffic? Or will they apply to have an unsightly overpass built for their residents to access the Bowling Club. Rumour has it that they wanted that upon building their permanent housing.

    And what about the mail situation? At present parcels are delivered to the local store as the postman is not allowed access inside Ingenias 'gated community" - this will put further pressure on the small local post office/general store where mail is currently housed in a very small shed. The amount of extra parcels has increased dramatically with the inclusion of Ingenias permanent housing project, which has also increased the wait time for customers and the workload of staff at the shop who are taken away from other duties such as serving customers buying produce or ordering food, just to handle what are frequently heavy parcels to the extra residents already in Ingenia. And again this often causes a lot of cars to block the surrounding area around the general store as mail is to be picked up after 4pm. From what is known the owners of the store are in no position to expand to be able to accommodate a few hundred more residents let alone deliver their mail.
    Is Ingenia prepared to build along with their swimming pools and clubhouses a mail storage area so residents can collect their own mail straight from the postman, or will they allow the postman access through their gates?

    The only people who will benefit from this is the company of Ingenia itself. It is disgusting that this lovely village and its long term residents should be disadvantaged and put in further danger for the sole purpose of this company making more money. How much more wildlife will be put in danger from the extra vehicles that will be travelling the main road - how many of the now scarce kangaroos, echidnas and other wildlife are going to be slaughtered by their cars on the main road?

    Further more I myself and many others who live close to Ingenia have, for the last few years been subjected to constant building noise and worse constant black dust entering our houses due to the building of their few hundred permanent houses and this is continuing to this very day as they have not even completed that aspect of their expansion. Are we to be subjected to more years of filthy dust in our homes and constant building noise?
    These permanent dwellings were only enabled to be built due to Shoalhaven Councils reckless land rezoning of which Ingenia has taken full advantage. This rezoning should never have been put in place!

    I ask that council not allow this to go ahead. The Van park should be left as it is now with no further unwanted (by the local residents) development.
    Thank You

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