140-144 Culloden Rd, Marsfield, NSW

RE: DA for 140-144 Culloden road, Marsfield
Dear Sir/Madam,

I am a local resident who lives along Culloden road and do not approve of the above proposed development. my concerns as below:

1) Traffic report has not provided evidence of true counting of local traffic during peak and shoulder peak hours during school term. And has not provide convincing strategies to mitigate potential traffic problems. Culloden road is very busy and local resident cars struggle to enter or exit their complex during these hours . Pedestrian find themselves expose to dangerous traffic when crossing Culloden road. Plus there are numerous main service bus travel back and forth from Waterloo road terminating station to culloden rd, you can imagine the traffic halt if more units are allowed to be build at the junction including a high capacity basement car park with two-way entry fronting Waterloo road.

2) non compliance with Height constraint - the LEP was created with local residence consensus. Any approved development should be designed within the allowable height, either by building less units, or excavate lower to suit.

3) sun shadow & amenity - I fear the proposed development will cast more shadow to the Waterloo park exercise pad which is just adjacent to the lot. And for the surrounding public area, Winter will be cooler walking on the side overshadow by this development most of the time, reducing local residents comfort for sunlight, trees, low noise level, space, and privacy.

4) availability of other lands - the higher density is allowable in Macquarie business park, and also precinct immediately around stations. The developer should be limit to building higher density in the zoned areas which still has ample land and property to be acquired. There is little social-economic cause for developer to move into lower density neighbourhood.

5) Massing and aesthetic value - the massing is too big for the local street character which is made of mainly single and double storey detached villas. The proposed edge treatment facing the roundabout has very little soft screening because the existing trees are removed to make way for extra units.

Also The 3D perspectives showed the facade to be very confronting rather than merge sympathetically with the local streetscape. My local residents love for trees, streetscape identity, neighbourhood culture and landscape enclosure are not represented in this development proposal.

6) Resident Street Parking - The current allowance for resident street parking is insufficient and the increase in residents will make it even harder than now for a resident to park on the street. The university side of Culloden Road has unlimited day parking meaning these spots are often taken by students and workers from Macquarie Park.

As a long term local resident, I want council to review the proposal closely . The developer should consider revised the design to show a smaller scale and lower height complex , perhaps less ambitious in unit numbers, and incorporate more dense trees and soft landscape treatment along streets ;and apply sympathetic design approach to local ambience.

Thank you

Kind regards
Wei