512 Nelson Road Mount Nelson TAS 7007

To Whom It May Concern.

If the application to develop 512 Nelson Road follows the same principles as were applied to the development 502 Nelson Road and the subsequent creation of Ribbon Gum Court for efficient and safe access to that development, it will probably not cause any reason for objection.

However the owner of 512 Nelson Road has, for whatever reason, not utilised the available opportunities to acquire properties that have, in recent years, been offered for sale either side of the current narrow access that 512 Nelson Road has to Nelson Road, and which would easily have enabled him or her to create safe and efficient access directly to a major thoroughfare.

There is therefore reason for considerable concern about the development intentions for this property.

The owner of 512 Nelson Road has instead - by way of vehicle transit across footpaths and placement of Council wheelie bins - tried to create the impression of legal access to 512 Nelson Road via the end of Lalwinya Court. (Even though the wheelie bins thus placed are clearly marked "512 Nelson Road" !).

Any attempts to obtain access to the development of 18 units on 512 Nelson Road via Lalwinya Court will be strenuously opposed for the following reasons:
- Lalwinya Court is a very short (230 metres) dead end street which already provides street access for 29 homes and has 5 large semi-rural properties at its termination point that have sole access to Lalwinya Court, some of which may yet be granted further discretionary development in future;
- From Nelson Road to the end of Lalwinya Court the total road length is only 390 metres but the first 160 metres comprises three, un-signposted, right angle intersections while the final (steep downhill) section of 230 meters of Lalwinya Court includes a blind compound curve;
- Traffic movement along Lalwinya Court from Nelson Road must therefore - of necessity and in terms of common duty of care - always be conducted with considerable caution:
- Because of the very quiet environment of a dead end street (court) and (probably) the proximity to the Mount Nelson primary school, it is not unusual to find young children (and pets) playing in the lower end and the turn-around area of Lalwinya Court. Residents are aware of this risk (especially approaching around the blind curve) and take due care as a matter of course. Access for an 18-unit development directly into this turn-around area could lead to a dramatic escalation of accident risk.
- The environment of Lalwinya Court is in a potentially very high risk forest fire area. There have been previous major fires there. In the current access configuration, accessibility for fire fighting resources and avenues for rapid and safe resident evacuations should be reasonable. Though this respondent does not claim to have expert knowledge. The addition of an 18-unit development with either restricted access to Nelson Road, or access through Lalwinya Court, appears to be another high risk in which insufficient reasonably practicable care would have been exercised if it was approved.

Thanking you for your consideration.

The property owner:
21 Lalwinya Court
Mount Nelson TAS 7007.

To the General Manager

We oppose the application for the same grounds as set out above by Johan L Joubert.

The property owners:
16 Lalwinya Road
Mount Nelson TAS 7007