We currently live in 27 Conley Avenue Thornlands within the Grosvenor Park Estate. We object to the proposed development in its current form.
Our concern is that the proposal calls for the development by subdivision into 39 house lots ranging from 437m² to 660m² (with an average size of just 516m²) with a combined land size of 20,118m². The road width through the proposed development is a mere 6 metres and wIll open onto the top of Lind Street along the park. The proposed development will exit onto Ziegenfusz Road at the Conley Avenue roundabout. The size of the proposed housing lots will also mean a reduced minimum set back from each lot’s boundaries.
The current estate comprises 83 houses (excluding the 2 large properties on Gretchen Cct) ranging in size from 601m² to 1,290m² (with an average size of about 762m²). The existing road width is about 9metres (kerb to kerb). The minimum set backs from each house lot boundary is understood to be 6m from the front, 4m from the rear and 1.5m from the sides.
Our abiding concern with this development proposal is entirely around the feasibility of adding just shy of 50% more houses, into an area one-third the size of the existing estate, and then having the attendant 60-70 additional vehicles all trying to enter and exit the estate through the Ziegenfusz roundabout.
We’re not against development of the vacant lot conceptually however our concern is the overwhelmingly and undeniably negative impact it will likely have on existing residents, as well as users of Ziegenfusz Road more broadly. The proposal is not in keeping with the existing house lot sizes, detracts from the street appeal of the exisiting estate and it will create irreversible congestion entering and exiting the estate from Ziegenfusz Road.
Why should the developers, who probably don't live in the estate themselves, be allowed to foist this onto local residents. It's unreasonable that residents should have to accept a reduced living experience just for the sake of the developers, profiing at residents expense.
