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1. There should be a blanket ban on all da's for places of worship, this will only bring major issues to Bligh Park and surrounding areas.

2. I wish to express my support in principle for the DA currently with council for a place of public worship. The church will be an attractive addition to the Bligh Park/South Windsor area and will offer more diversity to residents of the Hawkesbury.

   One concern I wish to raise is the assertion in the traffic report that no further traffic calming measures will be required, as the church will not generate much more traffic along George Street. Based on the assumptions in Table 1 of the SEE document, that would be the case, however places of public worship are regularly used for more than one purpose, including being used as community halls and meeting places for groups either associated with the church or not.
   I don't believe the assertion can be made that there will be no other activities at the church outside of the normal worship hours can be claimed, given other ancillary activities including weddings, funerals, use of the hall for general community use (if the church hires it out, as most do), other church activities including peer support, support for older members of the community, church youth groups. Given George Street is already quite congested at certain times of the day and that the turn into the site is only approximately 18m from the Rifle Range Road intersection, this development will certainly impact on traffic movements in the area. Calming measures such as slip lanes, restrictions on movement directions and appropriate clearance are required to ensure the safety of the general community in that area.

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