State Significant Development
Neringah Seniors Housing & Hospital
Ku-ring-gai
Current Status: Determination
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Demolition of existing hospital building, site and earthworks, and construction of two 4-5 storey buildings comprising 57 self contained dwellings, 12 residential aged care facility beds, and 18 palliative care beds.
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Notice of Exhibition (1)
SEARs (1)
EIS (44)
Response to Submissions (30)
Agency Advice (18)
Additional Information (19)
Recommendation (2)
Determination (3)
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Submissions
Ku-ring-gai Council
Object
Ku-ring-gai Council
Owners Strata Plan 100500 (14-18 Neringah Ave South Wahroonga
Object
Owners Strata Plan 100500 (14-18 Neringah Ave South Wahroonga
Message
A detailed submission with relevant photos and plan extracts is attached.
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gordon pullin
Support
gordon pullin
Message
I strongly request that this service entrance be placed at the main entrance to the building, to decrease the intrusion by this extremely close and disruptive access route, when there are clearly less disruptive options available!
Bruce Mowbray
Comment
Bruce Mowbray
Message
The current service driveway is located some 40-50m from the side boundary. This is utilised by garbage trucks throughout the night, and during the day by trucks delivering prepared meals (daily), gas supplies and medical supplies. It is also used by undertakers and other vehicles. Ambulances currently use a driveway south of the service driveway.
The proposal locates this driveway less than 7m from apartments on the southern side of The Sirius building. The noise generated from heavy vehicles using this drive way will impact on the amenity of these properties and potentially reduce their value.
I am asking the planning commission to seek amendment of the plans to co-locate the service entry with the main entry to the carpark.
KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL
Object
KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL
Message
Attachments
Bruce Mowbray
Comment
Bruce Mowbray
Message
As owners and residents of an apartment in ‘The Sirius’ development adjacent to the proposed development my wife and I will overlook and be overlooked by the proposed development.
Although we are not opposed in-principle to the development, seeing it as a valuable and necessary community resource, we are concerned that the development approval minimises the impact on residents of Neringah Ave South.
The main issue of concern is that the northern 50 metres of Neringah Ave South narrows making that part of the street essentially suitable only for one-way traffic. As it currently stands, when two vehicles approach this section of road from opposite directions, one has to wait until the other has traversed that section of the road. This problem is not recognised in the applicant’s supporting documentation.
Further the traffic studies supporting the application are out of date. The changes to the Pacific Highway, completed in December 2022, have impacted and changed traffic flows in Neringah Ave South and adjacent areas.
In particular, installation of traffic lights restricting egress from the Wahroonga Village shopping precinct onto the Pacific Highway have resulted in the traffic within the village being gridlocked at certain times of the day, especially at the commencement and completion of the school day, Monday to Friday, and on Saturday mornings.
Consequently, vehicular traffic has increased in Neringah Ave South as drivers seek to avoid the section of Coonanbarra Road between the Pacific Highway and Railway Road.
Another concern is the impact of increased heavy vehicle usage during the construction period. This will involve trucks transporting machinery and materials, and those removing soil and fill from excavations.
Neringah Ave South is used also by city workers for commuter parking. Access to these parking spaces will be severely restricted during the construction period as parking is reserved for, or taken up by construction workers.
It is expected also that once the project is completed there will be increased traffic in the street as families visit patients in the enlarged hospital complex.
We are asking that a condition of approval of the hospital redevelopment includes a requirement the northern end of Neringah Ave South to be widened to make it suitable for two-way traffic, prior to the commencement of construction.