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1. The use of this building as a medical centre should not be allowed. This intersection (and the street themselves) is already congested with traffic and demand for parking is already greater then supply. The use of this building as a medical centre will create additional visitors to an already congested zone and if reduced off street parking is agreed, existing residents and visitors will struggle to find a car park even more so then they already do.

   The changed use of this building will create absolute chaos. Edgevale Rd is already a busy thoroughfare with cars cutting between Cotham and Barkers Roads. In addition, all the school traffic and children walking, creates an extremely busy environment. Allowing the use to be a medical centre will bring so much more traffic to the area that it will simply create absolute mayhem.

2. I live opposite to this site on Edgevale Rd and am concerned about the parking. The road is already beyond capacity and we often have to park in Wellington to get a spot. Given the usual wait times at medical centres I imagine there will be a substantial number of additional cars at any one time. There is not sufficient space for this in the street. I also leave my car on the street all day while I catch public transport to work, like many others, so reducing the time limit (which is mostly none at the moment on edgevale or not enforced on Wellington) will cause significant problems for many locals. I would not object if staff and customer parking was being provided by the medical centre.

3. The use of this building as a medical centre, and especially the parking requirements and additional traffic inherent in this use, will negatively affect the existing character of Edgevale Road. The businesses currently operating on Edgevale Road are discreet, with their own off-street parking, and/or rely on walk-in custom. As noted in other objections, this street is already busy, and to encourage more parking and through traffic would destroy the character of this residential neighbourhood.

4. I strongly oppose this application as I think it will negatively impact the neighbourhood.

   As a resident of Edgevale Rd, I am concerned about the increased congestion that would result. Parking is already at a premium and will only become a greater source of frustration with increased commercial activity. Additionally, I'm unclear on the reality/intention to 'reduce the standard car parking requirement'...

   I also feel that that the introduction of a medical centre will detract from the character of the street - as a business with high customer turnover, such as a medical centre, would erode the goodwill and community spirit that is shared by residents.

5. I do not agree that the mentioned site is suitable for use as a medical centre. Edgevale road is already beyond capacity with parking. It is an extremely busy thoroughfare between barkers and cotham and between the multiple local schools. The use of this site as a medical centre will only put even more increased congestion on the street.
   Edgevale road is an iconic residential Kew location, recognised by many for its character. I believe the use of the site as a medical centre will detract significantly from this.

6. I have checked the proposed design drawings and I was shocked to find out that this development includes a Medical Centre having no on-site/off-street carparking provided at all at the previous retail area and a extremely big double storey house at the East side of the site to be built with 3/4 bedrooms, 3 living areas, 1 car garage and 1 car spot at front yard. This site is just about 540 square meters and the proposed development has no much landscape/outdoor entertainment areas included. I believed this development definitely is much over developed and doesn't fit in the local street characters at all. Besides making worse to the already-over-packed local traffic issues, the medical waste waste is also one of the major concerns to me to object this development including solid waste and water/liquid waste control issues.

7. I have worked in the Kew area for 30 years and understand the residents concern on this one. Only the locals truly understand the logistics of parking in this particular area and many others. The constant push to for permits to reduced parking requirements is proof in itself that many areas are being over developed. The papermill development is the perfect example Over 4000 people will be moving into the development when it is completed with no trams in sight, limited bus services and the trains are expected to accommodate the extra thousands that will be suddenly using it. They are building a nice new bridge at Chandler Highway which will have bottlenecks at either end and an extra 2 sets of traffic lights ( 6 traffic lights between Power st and Heidelburg rd which is about 1km ) So all they are doing is moving the problems to another area.
   Our State Government is happy to take the Registration money for the extra cars
   coming on the road every day but our infrastructure is like a third world country.
   We must be the laughing stock of other countries who understand that poor infrastructure will cost you billions in the long run. And to think that the Eastlink was knocked on the head by a minority of imbeciles and used as a political football is futile.
   We need it all - The Trains - New extended Tram lines - and new connecting Freeways.
   I am working on Grange rd in Fairfield at the moment and the traffic and trucks on that road is mind boggling but they have no other way to go.

8. I think a medial centre is a good idea. Let's encourage people to walk to the doctor and use local services. Did the corner milkbar or cafe require car parking allocations? Let's try to encourage fewer people driving by having local services people can walk to. The area has so many private schools that a local GP to cater for young families is ideal. It's difficult picking kids up from school and then trying to run across the suburbs to see a doctor before they close. Parking is currently time restricted at 1/4 hour from 8-6pm at that corner already so parking congestion is not a counter argument.

9. I support concerns about the lack of provision for medical centre parking in this particular case as well as concerns about other applications in the area which exclude parking provision or seek reduction in existing parking facilities.
   Narrow streets being increasingly used by through traffic (including construction vehicles), the limitation of driver visibility due to the existing density of on-street parking and the number of schools in the vicinity combine to provide a continuing recipe for accidents and injury.

10. I support concerns about the lack of provision for medical centre parking in this particular case as well as concerns about other applications in the area which exclude parking provision or seek reduction in existing parking facilities.
    Narrow streets being increasingly used by through traffic (including construction vehicles), the limitation of driver visibility due to the existing density of on-street parking and the number of schools in the vicinity combine to provide a continuing recipe for accidents and injury.

11. I am a local resident and I support this development. I understand that the proposed medical centre is an office to be used by a child psychologist to counsel and work with autistic children. Many of these children will, with the support of counselling, be given the tools to live up to their potential and, indeed, learn the necessary social and life skills to go on to attend the wonderful private schools in the area. I have two small children. One is a 4-year-old attending Ruyton ELC. She has had challenges socially and has had the benefit of therapy. The proposed development is very much in keeping with the spirit of this neighborhood as one that can claim to have educated and nurtured the development of tens of thousands of our young people. It is also worth noting that, given the clinic's size, the amount of parking required at any given hour will likely never exceed one or two spaces. But what I imagine will be the case regarding parking is beside the point. As is the predictions of other neighbours. It seems the most accurate picture on the score can be supplied by the doctor proposing the development.

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