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pac - FW: Project Application No. 09_0048 Dear Mrs Greyce Fernandes, Please find attached our submission and donation disclosure statement in relation to the Camden Gas Project Stage 3. We would like to request an opportunity to speak at the public hearings at the Campbelltown Catholic Club on Monday 25 February 2013. We will be represented by Richard Harris, our Development Director. I would be grateful if you could kindly confirm our timeslot for the public hearings. We look forward to hearing from you in due course. Kind Regards, Satwant Calais MSc. Managing Director Gregory Hills Development Company Pty Ltd Phone i | Mobile | Email iii| Web | www.ghcp.com.au Office Address Suite 8, 410 Church Street (Ross St Entrance) Parramatta, NSW 2150, Australia Postal Address P O Box 119 Oatlands, NSW 2117, Australia This message and any attachments may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you received this message in error, please do not copy or distribute it. Instead, please destroy it and notify the sender immediately. To the extent that this email contains information provided to Gregory Hills Corporate Park or Gregory Hills Development Company Pty Ltd by other sources, Gregory Hills Corporate Park and Gregory Hills Development Company do not warrant that it is accurate or complete. To the extent that there are opinions or views expressed in this email, they are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Gregory Hills Corporate Park or Gregory Hills Development Company Ptd Ltd. From: Satwant Calais Sent: Friday, 8 February 2013 11:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: FW: Project Application No. 09_0048 From: "Satwant Calais" To: <[email protected]> Date: 2/8/2013 11:31 AM Subject: FW: Project Application No. 09_0048 CC: <[email protected]> Attachments: CGS Letter to NSW Planning.pdf; Political donationsdisclosure statement.pdf logo Page 1 of 2 14/02/2013

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pac - FW: Project Application No. 09_0048

Dear Mrs Greyce Fernandes,

Please find attached our submission and donation disclosure statement in relation to the Camden Gas Project

Stage 3.

We would like to request an opportunity to speak at the public hearings at the Campbelltown Catholic Club on

Monday 25 February 2013.

We will be represented by Richard Harris, our Development Director.

I would be grateful if you could kindly confirm our timeslot for the public hearings.

We look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Kind Regards,

Satwant Calais MSc.

Managing Director Gregory Hills Development Company Pty Ltd

Phone i |

Mobile |

Email iii|

Web | www.ghcp.com.au

Office Address Suite 8, 410 Church Street (Ross St Entrance)

Parramatta, NSW 2150, Australia

Postal Address P O Box 119

Oatlands, NSW 2117, Australia This message and any attachments may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you received this message in error, please do not

copy or distribute it. Instead, please destroy it and notify the sender immediately. To the extent that this email contains information

provided to Gregory Hills Corporate Park or Gregory Hills Development Company Pty Ltd by other sources, Gregory Hills Corporate Park

and Gregory Hills Development Company do not warrant that it is accurate or complete. To the extent that there are opinions or views

expressed in this email, they are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Gregory Hills Corporate Park

or Gregory Hills Development Company Ptd Ltd.

From: Satwant Calais Sent: Friday, 8 February 2013 11:22 AM

To: [email protected]

Subject: FW: Project Application No. 09_0048

From: "Satwant Calais" To: <[email protected]>Date: 2/8/2013 11:31 AMSubject: FW: Project Application No. 09_0048CC: <[email protected]>Attachments: CGS Letter to NSW Planning.pdf; Political donationsdisclosure statement.pdf

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Dear Mr Pershaw,

Please find attached the disclosure statement re political donations.

My apologies for not including it earlier.

Regards

Satwant Calais

From: Satwant Calais Sent: Friday, 8 February 2013 11:02 AM

To: '[email protected]' Cc:

Subject: Project Application No. 09_0048

Camden Gas Project – Northern Expansion (Stage 3)

Amended Development Application

Mr Clay Preshaw,

Please find attached an electronic copy of the submission which was sent to you in the mail recently.

Please also note that we have sent copies of the submission to both AGL and to the Camden Council.

We have also formally advised AGL that we will not give permission to enter our property on any matter related

to the development of CU02, which is located on our land.

We are happy to discuss any matters raised and provide clarification if needed.

We look forward to hearing the outcomes of the PAC deliberations.

Kind Regards,

Satwant Calais MSc.

Managing Director Gregory Hills Development Company Pty Ltd

Phone i |

Mobile |

Email iii|

Web | www.ghcp.com.au

Office Address Suite 8, 410 Church Street (Ross St Entrance)

Parramatta, NSW 2150, Australia

Postal Address P O Box 119

Oatlands, NSW 2117, Australia This message and any attachments may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you received this message in error, please do not

copy or distribute it. Instead, please destroy it and notify the sender immediately. To the extent that this email contains information

provided to Gregory Hills Corporate Park or Gregory Hills Development Company Pty Ltd by other sources, Gregory Hills Corporate Park

and Gregory Hills Development Company do not warrant that it is accurate or complete. To the extent that there are opinions or views

expressed in this email, they are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Gregory Hills Corporate Park

or Gregory Hills Development Company Ptd Ltd.

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24 January 2013 

 

Mr Clay Preshaw 

NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure 

GPO Box 39  

Sydney NSW 20001 

 

Dear Mr Preshaw, 

 

The submission provides a detailed and strong objection  to AGL’s proposed expansion of  the Camden Gas  Project  (Major  Project  Application  09_0048)  known  as  Stage  3  –  the Northern Expansion  (AGL Project). We specially wish to object to the proposed  location of surface well CU02.  Gregory Hills Corporate Park  Gregory Hills Corporate Park Unit  Trust  (GHCP)  is  the  land owner developing  a 29.7 hectare parcel of land known as 650 Camden Valley Way, Gledswood Hills (GHCP site).  The GHCP site is legally described as Lot 701 in DP 1154772 and was purchased from Sekisui House on 15th June 2012.  The site is situated within the Camden local government area (LGA) 7km northeast of Camden, 20km  southwest of  the  Liverpool Central Business District  (CBD) and 50km  southwest of  the Sydney CBD.   The industrial area of Smeaton Grange is located to the south, with the Narellan Town Centre being 3km  to  the southwest and  the  future Oran Park Town Centre 3km  to  the northwest.  The future local Gregory Hills shopping centre is just 1 km away.  Camden  Valley  Way  forms  the  northwest  boundary  and  Gregory  Hills  Drive  the  southern boundary  of  the  site.    South  Creek  forms  the  northeast  boundary  with  future  residential development planned to the east of the site.  High voltage transmission lines run through South Creek to the north of the site.  The land uses close to GHCP consist of residential developments to  the  north,  east,  south  east  and  south west.  The  area  to  the  south  of  the  site  is  zoned industrial and  is currently under development. The undeveloped  (grazing)  land  to  the east of the site is zoned to be a primarily residential area (residential subdivision applications currently under assessment) including a future local shopping centre.  The area around GHCP will in the near future support 4800 homes and 70 hectares of employment generating activities.  State  Environmental  Planning  Policy  (Sydney  Region Growth  Centres)  2006  (Growth  Centres SEPP)  is  the prevailing environmental planning  instrument  applying  to  the  site.   Pursuant  to Clause 7, the site is located within the Oran Park and Turner Road Precinct.  Pursuant to Clause 2.2  of  the  Oran  Park  and  Turner  Road  Precinct  Plan  2007  (Precinct  Plan  2007),  and  the accompanying land use map, GHCP is located within the following two land use zones: 

predominantly within the B5 Business Development zone; and 

a smaller portion (the riparian area) within the RE2 Private Recreation zone. 

   

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Objectives of B5 Employment Zoning  The objective of the B5 zoning is to create significant levels of local employment opportunities for  the  rapid  residential  growth  in  the  area.  There  is  a  limited  availability  of  employment generating  land within  this  area.    Therefore  any  reduction  in  the  amount  of  B5  zoned  land would  have  a major  detrimental  impact  on  the  level  of  employment  in  the  area  and  force residents to travel out of the area.   Development Application 277/2012  GHCP lodged Development Application (DA) 277/2012 with Camden Council (the Council) for a staged business park subdivision (33 business park  lots, residue  lot, open space, road network and riparian corridor).  Council approved DA 277/2012 on 14 August 2012.  Construction on the site commenced in November 2012.  

Location of CU 02 

The AGL Northern Expansion of the Camden Gas Project Submission Report dated 29 Oct 2012 

does not clearly identify the proposed location of Surface Well CU 02.  The October 2010 report 

and the September 2012 report indicate two separate locations.  

 

The October 2010  report  locates  the well  in Stage 3 of GHCP, within 30 meters of a 

planned residential subdivision  

The 29 October 2012 amended report moves the well site to within the riparian reserve 

approved by Camden Council on the 14 August 2012. 

Either location is unacceptable to GHCP.  

 

AGL’s original submission in October 2010 for CU02 to be a single well has been changed in the 

latest submission to a 6 multi well system (similar to that shown below).    It  is proposed to be 

located somewhere on the proposed Riparian Zone. AGL map Figure 7 and 14 

 

AGL’s Consultation  

 

An open day was held at the AGL’s site office  in Feb 2012 to explain the differences between 

CSG and  fracking and  the proposed  technique  to be used at CU02.   During  the open day, we 

visited examples of existing wells (similar to that shown below).  On 1 June 2012 GHCP provided 

AGL (Adam Lollback) the corporate park staging plan as proposed under DA 277/2012.     There 

has been no consultation between AGL and GHCP on  the  location or  impact  the surface well 

CU02 will have on GHCP or the surrounding areas.  

 

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 Figure 4 J 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 Multi Well Layout Figure 6 of Image extracted from AECOM report dated 5/02/2012 

 

GHCP position and objection to the location of CU 02 

 

Gregory Hills Corporate Park (GHCP) strongly objects to the location of CU02 or any other CSG 

wells in proximity to residential, industrial or employment zones. 

 

The AGL Project is located in an area approved and under development for a large scale urban 

employment  and  residential  precinct  and  an  area  designated  as  a  riprian  reserve  by  the 

Camden Council and under the Turners Creek DCP.   The proposed  location of the CSG wells  is 

therefore entirely inappropriate. 

 

 

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The  location  of  the  well  within  GHCP  will  have  a  significant  detrimental  impact  on  the 

development and objectives of the Council.   

The  end  result  is  the  devaluing  of  property,  significant  job  losses  (both  permanent  and 

construction) and adverse economic impacts within the surrounding locality and Camden Local 

Government  Area  (LGA)  as  a  whole  and  potential  impact  on  the  health  and  wellbeing  of 

residents  in  the  Gregory  Hills,  Harrington  Grove  and  Gledswood  Hills  areas.    This  is 

unacceptable.  Our specific objections are as follows: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposed location of CU 02 See attached for larger plan 

 1. At the time the EAR report was completed, 26 Oct 2010, the following planning instruments 

were  in place.   It appears that the report did not consider any  implications of arising from 

them: 

Growth Centres SEPP; 

Oran Park and Turner Road Precinct Plan; 

Turner Road DCP 2007; 

DA for the Central Hills Business Park; 

DA for the Gregory Hills Residential development; 

DA for the construction of Gregory Hills Drive; and 

DA for the Gregory Hills Display village. 

This report gives the  impression that Proposed Well CU 02 would be  located on a 

rural landscape which even at that time was not the case.   

 2. It  is also apparent that the 29 Oct 2012 Amended project report also did not consider the 

above plans and did not appear to consider the approved DA 277/2012 for GHCP.  Section 

5.1.2 Potential Impacts does not address issues arising from DA 277/2012 at all. 

 

3. If  the  above  documents  had  been  reviewed  and  considered,  significantly  different 

outcomes would have been identified in the report in relation to : 

Socio economic impact; 

visual analysis;  

residential amenity ; 

 

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land use development ; and 

Groundwater Impact. 

 4. Lack  of  consultation  –  there was  no  detailed  consultation  between  the  proponents  and 

GHCP, other than that noted previously.  

5. Proposed well CU 02  is  located within an area zoned B5, Employment  lands, not  industrial or rural lands.  The location of the well will significantly reduce the amount of employment generated within GHCP and its economic and social contributions to the Southwest region. 

 6. Proposed Well  CU02  (including  its  200metres  radius  buffer  zone) will  occupy  an  area  of 

12.566 hectares, over 46% of the total GHCP site.  

 7. Proposed Well CU 02 will significantly impact upon the employment generation capacity as 

envisaged in all state government policy documents (Metro Strategy) and Council’s desired vision for the Camden LGA. 

 8. The  B5  employment  lands  zoning  provides  for  a  range  of  uses  including  light  industrial, 

bulky goods retail, hospitality to hospitals. A surface CSG well will detract from our capacity to attract employment generating service sectors to GHCP specifically and generally to the Camden LGA. 

 9. It undermines  the South West Growth Centre strategy and denies work opportunities  for 

thousands of local residents.  

 10. Proposed Well CU 02 is located in close proximity to the residential land estates at Gregory 

Hills  (Dart West), Hermitage  (Sekisui House) and  that owned by Broad Acre Development Company which could impact on the health and well being of the residents of 4800 homes. 

 11. Proposed Well CU 02 may have detrimental impact on the riparian reserve centrally located 

within GHCP.    

12. Neither the October 2010 nor the 29 October 2012 report addresses the specific impact the surface well CU  02 will have on  the  South Creek  riparian  reserve  tributary. Reference  is made to section 3.4 Groundwater of the Amended Project report. 

 13. While  not  having  the  professional  capacity  to  assess  the  impact  on  groundwater,  it  is 

suggested a 6 well CSG operation could have a significant impact on the groundwater in this riparian reserve tributary and hence on the Nepean RiverCatchment area. 

  

14. It should be noted by the PAC that there discussions between the adjoining landowners and council about locating retention ponds in this riparian reserve which will serve the needs of the future residents in this area. 

  We submit the above information to assist the Department in its further consideration ofthe proposal.   If there are any queries regarding the above please contact the undersigned .  

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 Yours Faithfully    Satwant Calais Managing Director Gregory Hills Corporate Park Unit Trust O411 081 244   

Annexure  A  Near Map Aerial photo’s of the proposed location for CU 02 B  Approved site plan for the site C  Location of the proposed well and its impact on our site  

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