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1 ) How can the Coles DA be assessed before the Council’s Grosvenor Lane Car Park 'Expression Of Interest' Process is complete? 

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• Council is currently running an Expression of Interest process for the Grosvenor Lane Public Car Park.  How can the Coles DA be assessed if this process is not completed?

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• The public are being asked to provide feedback on the amended Coles DA however the full scope and plan is unknown.

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 2 ) The Coles DA plans are incomplete.

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• How can the public assess the amended Coles DA without a full application and disclosure on what will occur above the proposed Grosvenor Lane Public Car park?

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•  A great plaza is important. What happens underground impacts what can be done at ground level. Both need to be planned at the same time to get the best outcomes for locals, and not something that’s being retro-fitted​.

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• Coles have indicated the reduced height of the residential component of their plans  has made the funding of any public benefit unfeasible, therefore they have withdrawn any funding of community benefit which included the delivery of a public plaza.​​

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 3) Destruction of small local businesses

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• Council and Coles are proposing that convenient on-grade/ground-level parking should be fully removed and car parking moved underground.  Grab-and-go shopping is at the heart of Neutral Bay Village and valued by long-standing retailers and their customers.  ​

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• ​The plan prioritises access to Coles and funnels everything towards the supermarket instead of local retailers.  Coles will have a travelator located directly outside their supermarket, while the NB Village retailers will be serviced by a staircase.

 

• The current proposed construction staging will destroy the small businesses you love in Neutral Bay. Who will compensate retailers while public land is developed? There will be a loss of parking, and circulation will be cut off during construction.

 

• The community needs better staging from Coles.  The supermarket car park should be built and opened before the public Grosvenor car park is impacted

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 4) Alernate solutions are possible

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• ​Any approval of the amended Coles DA including the underground car park should be limited to the existing boundary tree line within Grosvenor Car Park - allowing car circulation during construction and the retention of critical grab-and-go parking in the future. ​