13 Clarence Street Leura NSW 2780

The architectural plan for this giant, modern two story designer home, just somehow looks like this building belongs in a mass produced "Home World" in Western Sydney, not here in the Blue Mountains. Visually, it feels like it has made no attempt to fit in with the aesthetic of the mountains, visually or ecologically. Personally, if we must have new homes built, I would like to see more modest eco homes, that make an attempt to visually *and* ecologically blend in and *add* something to the mountains in terms of gardens and sustainability. Because I am deeply concerned that if more buildings like this get approved, the Blue Mountains will one day, just look like a mass produced "Home World" in Sydney, and lose what makes it a special place to live. If a home "must" be large, modern and ostentatious in the Mountains, then it should at the very least have a focus on gardens, trees, recycling and sustainability. Thank you for listening to my concerns.

Whoever designed this house has no knowledge or empathy for it's environment, and no creativity. Is this really the best design that the architect came up with?
Just having weatherboard cladding doesn't make this a 'mountains' home. Leura is beginning to look like western Sydney. Such a shame.

I am writing to express my concern at the environmental impacts this development will have. 9 trees are documented as being removed. This is significant in an environmentally sensitive area like the Blue Mountains, not to mention the importance of keeping trees to absorb carbon as the climate changes for the worse.