The aim and objective of this Plan of Management is to manage the use of the tennis courts in the evening under lights and coaching of children during selected daytime periods.

To minimise potential impacts on the residential amenity of the neighbourhood, particularly in relation to the control of noise emitted from the operation of the Mosman Lawn Tennis Club (MLTC) as well as to manage other potential nuisances to reduce impacts on the amenity of our neighbourhood.

• Weekdays:  6:30am – 9:00pm
• Saturdays:  7:00am – 9:00pm
• Sundays and Public Holidays:  7:00am – 9:00pm

• Converse quietly when out of doors
• Players or spectators shall not call out loudly during play in the form of exclamations calling of scores or expressing their frustration.
• The club is to maintain any outside gates with rubber isolators or the like to restrict disturbance from shutting of gates
• The upstairs balcony of the tennis club is not to be used after the 9pm closure of the courts during Sunday through Thursday.
• Park in a quiet manner during the evening and take care to open and shut vehicle doors as quietly as possible
• Make every effort to park vehicles along the MLTC boundary on the Western side of Rosebery St. prior to parking on the other side of the road (Note this assumes residents on the Eastern side of Rosebery St will give preference to parking their own vehicles on that side.)
• A sign will be located at the entrance to the premises requesting that all visitors consider our neighbours and minimise noise when dropping off and picking up players or spectators.
• A sign will be prominently displayed at the entrance to MLTC advising of a contact to enable residents to communicate any concerns which the MLTC Committee will then address and respond to.

• A school group is a group of students who arrive together in a bus.
• Buses must drop off or pick up students either in Ourimbah Rd or Awaba St and must not transit Rosebery Street.
• School group hours of operation are confined to 7:00am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday and 7:00am to 12:30pm Saturday. School groups are not permitted on Sundays.
• School holiday coaching camps and Hotshots (junior program supported by Tennis Australia) activity will be restricted to a maximum of 64 participants who will be always under supervision.

All MLTC Members, Coaching Staff and Visitors shall be instructed on the importance of being good neighbours and in controlling the level of noise emissions from tennis play during the evenings and the associated arrival and departure activities as well as other factors that may impact on the amenity of neighbours.

The direction will be communicated where possible by the following means:

• This Plan of Management shall be emailed to all Members and Coaching Staff annually.
• This Plan of Management shall be prominently contained within the MLTC website for all to view.
• Players making evening Court Hire bookings will be advised of this Plan of Management as a condition of booking.
• Coaching Staff will be reminded on a regular basis of this Plan of Management and to ensure those players being coached are made aware of the conditions.
• This Plan of Management shall be reinforced verbally by MLTC Committee members whenever possible.
• An agenda item will be included on each monthly MLTC committee meeting to review and respond to any concerns communicated to the Club by neighbours.

Coaching Staff or Committee members will be directed and authorised to:

• Approach Players, Spectators and Visitors if they make loud noises or call out loudly either during play or while spectating and request that they keep their voices down, particularly during evening periods after 6:30pm.
• Ask children if using the courts for either lessons or social play to also observe the requirements of keeping noise at a low level and respecting the amenity of the neighbours
• Remind all Members, Players, Spectators and Visitors to leave the courts promptly and quietly after 9pm at the cessation of evening play.

• Tennis Court lighting will not to be used in the morning.
• Court lighting will be used from sunset until 9:00pm when required.
• Court lighting will be controlled automatically and be heavily dimmed for a period no greater than 5 minutes after 9:00pm before being switched off.
• Court lighting will not be turned on during the approved evening times if not required.
• The court lighting will be controlled independently for each of the 3 court levels (i.e., Courts 1 & 2, Courts 3 & 4 and Courts 5 & 6)

Between 6:30pm and 9:00pm the courts are to have a maximum capacity of 24 persons at any one time

The Committee of MLTC shall ensure that no more than 12 evening social functions per calendar year consisting of those attracting more than 30 members and guests shall be held on days when tennis is being played on the courts after sunset.

Appropriate action that will be considered by the MLTC Committee to moderate excessively noisy behaviour of Members, Spectators and Visitors during evening tennis play under lights includes (but is not limited to):

• Restricting louder discussion to the confines of the clubhouse.
• Restricting the rights of persons engaging in unacceptably noisy behaviour to participate in evening play under lights.

Mosman Lawn Tennis Club shall maintain a Register of Complaints received from residents and detail the action taken to address their concerns.

This register shall be made available for inspection by Council when required.

This Plan of Management is in accordance with Mosman Council Development Application 008.2021.10.1 approval activation dated 5/10/2022 and may only be varied with the consent of Council.