How will project 'protect scenic values'?

The proposed Sporties project ("Sporties' $37.2 million redevelopment proposed", July 24) is planned to contain 87 two-bedroom and three-bedroom units, facilities for 300 members and visitors and five retail outlets.

To service this building, 138 parking spaces will be provided.

I'd suggest that this number will barely be adequate for the residential units alone, so where will 300 other users plus retail customers find space for their vehicles?

I pity any residents of adjoining streets who will be lucky to find a vacant kerb space within walking distance of the club during hours of peak demand.

I also wonder about the acceptability of noise levels, if significant numbers of departing patrons will be slamming car doors in the street at 5am for seven days a week.

I leave aside the architectural design which is pedestrian, but it would be interesting to know just how this project will "protect scenic values and promote view sharing".

This sounds like box-checking terminology, with no real meaning in the context of this particular building.

Could one suspect that there is a boilerplate template for applications of this type and that the applicants have borrowed freely from it without much respect for the reality of the impact to be expected.

Email, 27 Jul 2017

Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy