24-36 Langston Place, Epping NSW 2121

The Traffic issues on the Langeston road and Epping Road to be addressed before the DA approval.

The Epping Road 2 lane way both ways.
The solution is new Tunnel is required to connect Carlingford road , Epping road and Beecroft road.

S.R.Kumar

Just a note for readers: the submission period for this DA is 6 April to 8 May. This DA should not be permitted to not meet the Development Standards. The reason the application provides for not meeting the standards is that the other buildings surrounding it are taller ie. the towers on 12-22 Langston Place one of which is 29 storeys.
This DA needs to be considered in the context of having 3 other towers in Langston Place (on the Westpac building site) and the possible tower/s on the bottle shop site. A decision should not be made on this DA until a community space for Epping's Town Centre has been determined and further overall planning for Epping has been completed.
This building site is near the gateway for the East of Epping from the railway station. Do we really want people to be greeted with a 22 storey buidling on this site which has a 29 storey tower next door and several other 20 plus buildings neary by. There will be no sunshine in Langston Place, it will be a dark, windy corridor. The cars from the 5 levels of car park will exit via Langston Place, which is already a busy street. If these residents need to drive over the Epping Bridge they will have to either go back to Pembroke Street and Essex Street to access Epping Road or drive down Blaxland Road and turn left into Maida Road and rat run up Forest Grove. Please note the right hand turn from Langston Place is to be closed. This means there will be at least another 104 cars driving for about 10 minutes on our local streets before exiting the suburb. The air quality will be very poor, not to mention the traffic congestion.
There is also a question about the safety of having driveway access for this building in Langston Place. A large number of pedestrians and commuters walk along Langston Place past this driveway.
There is also no providion for open space for the dwellers in the 104 units in this building (and there is a very minimal amount for 12-22 Langston Place). Is this providing a liveable suburb? Open space for towers of this size needs to be mandatory to make them liveable.
This is yet another example of the developer's wanting to change development plans previously put in place. Why bother having Local Environment Plans, Development Control Plans and other controls when they are not adhered to?

I can only endorse M McCartney's comments. It is very important that planning authorities enforce the prevailing standards, to ensure the integrity of the planning process. There does seem to be a tendency of developers seeking to "push the boundaries", by proposing non-complying developments and/or seeking modifications for existing approvals. The latter can only be seen as a deliberate ploy to circumvent planning controls.

The effects of overshadowing on the environment and the serious exacerbation of existing traffic issues have been aired many time before, but they are more relevant than ever, and it is important that planning authorities recognise the harm that that the over-development of Epping is causing.