Final Flyer and Proforma Letter

I have re-written the flyer slightly to encourage everyone to send a submission by tomorrow afternoon (please see pictures below below).  Download here; 2018.06.07 Penshurst Public School Flyer Proforma Letter We need to indicate that our community is interested in this project by having as many people, like you, writing a short note.  We need …

On the Matter of Consultation

How many of you received this letter and submission information? It was sent only to those "identified as a neighbouring landowner /occupier" at the start of May (dated 8th May). What I find interesting is the statement that "At the time of publishing this advertisement, the Minister for Planning has not directed that a public …

Gallery of Architectural Plans, Artist’s Impressions & DA Documents

All these images and documents can be found on the Department of Planning and Environment's website; http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/index.pl?action=view_job&job_id=8365 I have re-ordered some of the documents in the list below, so that they are presented in true numerical order. I have highlighted those articles that are of greater interest to local residents, otherwise all these documents may appear …

Letter to the Leader Editor Published

Thank you so much to the Leader for their support of the community voice. I sent a letter to the Leader newspaper following their publication of an article about the Penshurst Public School development last week, and my letter has been published almost in full today! I had encouraged others to also write to the …

Past Penshurst Public School – History and Heritage

Did you attend Penshurst Public School once? Are you interested in local history? For those of you interested in the historical aspects of the Penshurst Public School Development there are a number of documents in the DA that address this. Some of the more interesting images within these documents include aerial photographs of the area …

Write a Letter to the Editor

Please consider writing a Letter To The Editor in response to the Leader article about Penshurst Public School last week.  Please send your letter to the Leader by the end of Sunday 3rd June. https://www.theleader.com.au/story/5427849/the-sinuous-school-plan-for-penshurst/ Do you agree with what the article says? Did it need to say more about the traffic and parking problems? …

Gathering Our Thoughts

The goal of these pages was to collect all the opinions of local people in response to the proposed development of Penshurst Public School, present these ideas for others to see, have a conversation about them and ultimately to encourage everyone to make their own minds up about writing a submission to the NSW Dept …

Read All About It – Leader Article In Print – Parking is the Issue

The 'Leader' article that was published online last week (read here), has now also been published in print on p12 of the May 30 StGeorge edition, to put Penshurst Public School's Development right in front of all the Leader readers of the area.  (See screenshots of the article at the bottom of this webpage). The …

In the Media & Meeting with the Politicians

Yesterday the Leader posted this online article about Penshurst Public School's DA; https://www.theleader.com.au/story/5427849/the-sinuous-school-plan-for-penshurst/ There was also a link to the article on the Leader's Facebook page; https://www.facebook.com/SutherlandShireStGeorgeNews/posts/1755972851153058 There were LOTS of comments in response to the article - obviously people are concerned about or interested in the DA. Go to the original Facebook post to …

Penshurst Public School Images Now

A couple of things struck me as I looked at these 2017 Google images of Penshurst Public School (before it is redeveloped later this year); - the many thick trees that provide so much screening protection from observation of the school buildings and playground by outsiders, and that provide shade protection of students in the …