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1. The property is in a quiet location surrounded by narrow streets and laneways. It is important to the many residents surrounding this property that it remains a private dwelling. Noise in narrow streets has a tendency to carry some distance and be annoying. As the property footprint is quite small, it's easy to see that the laneway alongside will become a recreation area for the residents, so the probability that the change of use will impact the surrounding properties is inevitable.

   Also, as the property footprint is small, ~15mx8m, where will the individual rooms fit? Will the amenity of the people living there be acceptable with respect to council guidelines?

   I suggest that council clamp down on ventures such as this as it is poorly regulated and very open to abuse.

2. My view, as a resident with a frontage on Warwick Street, is that it would be undesirable for Council to endorse this development. If as many as 8 independent residents are to be accommodated in a facility in North Melbourne, it should be comprehensively assessed for the suitability of the accommodation and its compatibility with the surrounding environment. It would be quite short-sighted to wave a development through merely because it might make no structural change to the external landscape of a given precinct. The precinct of Gardiner and Warwick Streets is increasingly being consolidated as a low-to medium rise colony of separate dwellings, with residents who know each other. It is quite undesirable to allow a significant variation to this model without a formal inquiry with adequate opportunity to explore all sides of the application.

3. My Property abuts 2 Gardiner Street, the property in question is extremely small, an 8 bed permit would leave no room for common areas, and any that are there would be quite cramped and not add to any standard of living.

   Also with the limited car parking in the area this would be an extra burden placed on the surrounding streets. Noise will be an issue in such a confined area, also the lane-way that is adjacent to the property will become a recreation area for the residents.

   This type of accommodation in such a small space is draconian, and will only detract from the area and not improve the quality of life for people who will be using it. Does council have a ratio of space to amount of people in a dwelling?

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