TAKE ACTION

Prepare your own submission

Choose the concerns that affect you. Add your own observations. Review every sentence before sending it.

WRITE YOUR SUBMISSION

Build a clear starting draft

The picker adds short issue headings, not ready-made arguments. Your own observation provides the substance.

Same central case. Different household evidence. The copy button stays locked until you add a personal observation.

1Add your details

The City requires the author's name and residential address.

Enter the name that will appear on your submission.

Use your full residential address. The City requires it.

2Choose your concerns

Required for generation. Pick only the points that genuinely affect your household.

3Add your own observation

Write what is specific to your home. Include where you are and what may change.

Required for generation. Use at least one complete sentence in your own words.

4Optional AI rewrite

Your basic draft is ready to edit. Turn this on only if you want AI to rewrite it.

5Review and edit your draft

Change every bracketed prompt and anything that does not sound like you before submitting.

This is a draft. Review and edit it before submitting. Nothing is sent to the City automatically.

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USEFUL LANGUAGE

Say what the City can assess

AVOID
  • Nobody wants it.
  • It is an eyesore.
  • It will lower property values.
  • We have a right to keep our view.
  • Twelve metres means four storeys.
USE
The proposed building's height, bulk, scale and operating impacts may cause an unreasonable effect on the surrounding residential area.

Then explain the specific effect on your household.

THE OUTCOME TO REQUEST

Refuse the current proposal

If refusal is not achieved, ask for a major redesign with less height and bulk, better setbacks and screening, and enforceable controls for noise, hours, lighting, traffic and parking.

Open the application page