In a quiet street in East Blaxland, the topic of the day is parking dramas, slamming car doors and the mooted early morning and weekend visits to this home.
Planned to be an osteopathic clinic, the future of this home on 25 Bellbird Cresent in Blaxland is being discussed by Blue Mountains Council this month with two separate site visits set out – with the residents who are opposed to its seven day a week operation, and the couple who say it has been their dream to operate it.
The development application for the health care clinic led to lengthy discussions during the council meeting last week after several people in the gallery spoke up.
Joanne Bligth of Mt Riverview said she was set to move in next door but had “grave concerns” about the noise and operating hours which, another residen,t, Janet Jamison, said were “longer than those of Penrith Plaza”.
“It means there is no respite,” added another resident, Jamie Lehuray.
Council has a petition with 33 signatures opposing the development and the potential 48 additional traffic movements per day.
Council heard consulting rooms were a permissable land use and that the development was consistent with current and older planning restrictions.
Owner, Leslie D’Costa, said they had been working in health care for a decade in the Mountains and there was a great need for their business. They hoped to operate between 8am and 7.30pm on Monday to Friday, on Saturdays from 9 to 5pm and on Sunday from 10am to 3pm.
