Hemsley recommended the "Town withdraw the draft Policy from community consultation or perform necessary posturing to avoid the still draft Policy being relied upon and given weight by a determining authority other than the Town."

We have serious concerns that in its present form, the Draft Policy:

Allows developers to exceed height and bulk limits anywhere in Mosman Park

Provides no tangible community benefits

Puts developers’ profits ahead of local amenity

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Go to Your Say Mosman Park

Click on COMPLETE FORM at the bottom of the page

At Section 1-3, enter name, address & email

At Section 4, tell council to withdraw the draft policy (you can cut & paste the text below, or write your own response)

At Section 5, rank the elements

Press submit

Suggested comment for Section 4:

The Draft Local Planning Policy LPP32 is fundamentally flawed and should be withdrawn.  The draft:

Places no upper limit on height and bulk discretion that a developer can apply for which is contrary to State Planning Policy (SPP) 7.3

Applies to all of Mosman Park instead of being targeted to areas as recommended by SPP7.3

Allows a developer to claim as a community benefit features which they should provide in any event (like car parking, lighting, accessibility, diversity of dwellings, retention of vegetation, verge design)

Ignores the recent community needs analysis in favour of vague, generic and irrelevant 'elements'.  It will not improve our amenity.

I urge council to consider the Peer Review of Draft LPP32 prepared by Hemsley Planning on behalf of MHAG, withdraw the draft policy at the conclusion of the public comment period, and rethink their approach to this important issue.