17 / 57 A Rhodes Street, Hillsdale NSW 2036

* A gymnasium operating from 5am to 7:30pm (their website says opening at 4:30am), 7 days a week near residential houses could have an impact on the people living in these houses, gymnasiums play loud music and heavy weights hitting the floor makes a loud thud, at at 57A noise echos down the long concrete driveway between the 2 rows of 2 story concrete and glass units.

* Car parking in Rhodes Street had become terrible since the development of large residential unit complexes, where will all the gymnasium users park their cars, is there enough parking onsite?

***** There's still the occasional odour issues with the coffee business operating next door at unit 18/57A Rhodes Street, we've all but given up on reporting it because council officers will never come to physically witness the problem and they deny there's a problem because of a flawed odour test.

This is an objection to the planned change of use to a recreational facility (gymnasium) of 17 / 57 A Rhodes Street, Hillsdale on the grounds that it will deteriorate nearby residents' amenity and is therefore contradicting council's vision of
'partnering with our community to protect and care for the community of life in Bayside ...'

It would be hypocritical of council to approve the proposed use for the following points:

• The gymnasium being frequented regularly will increase traffic noise, congestion on Rhodes St, add further pressure on street parking and be hazardous to pedestrians (including children and the elderly) using the footpath and navigating the entrance to the units.

• The increased use by cars of the entrance to the unit complex clearly escalates the possibility of car accidents.

• Loud music and associated noises from a gymnasium will impede the sleep of local residents, especially one whose operating hours begin at supposedly 5:00am. Sydney airport even imposes a curfew for planes restricting their movements until after 6am to respect the right of the local population getting enough sleep (a major contributor to a healthy lifestyle).

• Even before any judgement in relation to the operation of the gymnasium, there is already confusion and contradiction about its operating times.
- the Planning Alerts website lists operating hours as 5am - 7.30pm
- IN.VOLVE (the operators of the proposed gym) lists their operating hours as 4.30am - 6.30pm.
Why are there two totally different sets of operating hours? Which one is council basing a judgement on?

• There is a degree of passive assertiveness surrounding the operators of the proposed gymnasium. On Google maps, they have posted a video showing the extensive and costly renovations to the unit in preparation for the operation on the gym, even posting their operating hours.
This is before formal approval and begs the notion that IN.VOLVE are very confident that their development application has/will be approved before the due process is completed.