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1. The existing legal allowance for high rise in Epping is 8 storey's why developers think that they are allowed 15 and 17 storey's is baffling.
   Totally against the removal of three beautiful trees which provide a beauty of scape that Epping has always had and is required by law- section 65- green scape allowance.
   Where is the traffic going to go ??when in the future you are not going to be called to drive up Oxford/ Langston place abd turn right into Epping Highway??
   The State Government has given no thought to traffic congestion with the building of endless blocks of units here in Epping which is dangerous for residents.

2. Having visited the council DA tracking site it is not clear what address this relates to.
   One corner is zoned for 17.5 m max height the other is 48m. Given every developers strategy of lodging Sec 96 to push the allowable envelope the assessment of this DA will be seen as a test of the council administrators standards.
   We have to await the publication of the DA documents to see what a 17 storey ice cube tray may look like.

3. Why do we need all these high rise apartment blocks? we are constantly being told by planning authorities"we are servicing a need". Whose need? It seems only overseas investors can afford them. There is a new build, 5 bedroom home in North Epping, sold December 2014 (yes, December 2014) to .. according to selling agent .. a resident of Hong Kong. This house remains empty, never had a person stay overnight. I ask again. Whose need are we servicing?
   Fed Up

4. The extra apartments are built yet no extra infrastructure is provided such as recreation amenities, schools, or community centres. The traffic and parking are getting horrific and unworkable. Why is this allowed to happen to beautiful heritage suburbs such as Epping? There should now be a limit on the amount of units built in this area, enough is enough. Beautiful turn of the century master built homes are demolished to build cheap blocks of ugly units - for who? We get all the burden but no benefit.

5. I would like to add my voice to the above comments which I feel summarise the opinions of most Epping residents. My formerly very quiet street is now totally parked out by 8 am each weekday. The trains are overcrowded. The schools are becoming overcrowded and need to rely on demountables which take up playground space. Jo is so right when she says, "We get all the burden but no benefit." Enough is enough indeed.Please let us have a say.

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