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Association Reps Meet Planning Minister Advisors

Bill — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:39:36 +0000

On Friday November 4, Association Chair, Kevin Chamberlin, and Bill Cook met with influential members of the Planning Minister, Matthew Guy’s staff. They were Daniel Parsons, Ministerial Advisor and Adrian Salmon, Assistant Director, Statutory Approvals, Department of Planning and Community Development. The meeting covered issues that the Association has experienced in recent times about the operation of the planning scheme. These are covered in the following link Parsons3Nov11. The officials put forward Government policy, such as the promotion of the role of local government in the planning process. They appreciated the clarity of our position, which they agreed was different to their regular inputs and responses. They agreed to get back to us on the recommendations contained in our document.

We still need to see the Minister about outstanding issues and Kevin did meet with him as part of a delegation yesterday (15 November).

Update on Proposed Woolworth’s Development

Bill — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:17:43 +0000

The local resident’s group RAID, Residents about Integrated Development, have organised two major meetings in their campaign to modify the proposed development for site at 101 – 117 Canning Street, North Melbourne.

The following link gives a brief report on these meetings and outlines the eight major questions the group wished to ask the Woolworth’s representatives at the meeting: Woolworth’s update20oct11

The Group has produced a poster which highlights what is and is not acceptable as development in our local area. The Association is supportive of the principles underlying this approach to planning: FINAL_RAID Poster

NWMA submission on Structure Plans to City of Melbourne.

Bill — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:40:41 +0000

The Association has made its submission to the City of Melbourne on the draft City North and Arden Macaulay Structure Plans. This submission was based on the motions passed at the special June monthly meeting of the Association, which was addressed by David Mayes from the Strategic Planning Department of the City of Melbourne Council. The meeting was attended by about 50 people and the motions were passed unanimously. To view the submission please click here.

Woolworths development proposal – Canning St, Vaughan Terrace, Macaulay Road

Bill — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:18:32 +0000

A $110 million North Melbourne development proposed by supermarket giant Woolworths.

The plans include two residential towers of 16 and 10 storeys, a supermarket of over 4000 m2 and an attached bottle shop. Also include are 9 specialty shops and a restaurant and 645 car parking spaces, about evenly divided between the residents and the supermarket.

The Association is very concerned about the precedent that this proposal establishes for this area of North Melbourne. Being over 25000 m2, it is to be decided by the the Minister of Planning. The Council will make a representation to the Minister on its views of the project.

We have put in an objection to the Minister and have written to the City of Melbourne Councilors.

We are concerned that the Council does not repeat its process on their input to the Windsor Hotel decision where their submission was developed behind closed doors and where there was no transparency.

We have obtained electronic copies of the plans for all to see:

Book of Plans, April 2011 (24MB) – here
Urban Context Report, July 2011 (94MB) – here
Traffic Impact Assessment, July 2011 (3.9MB) – here
Waste Management Plan, April 2011 (2.9MB) – here
Environmental Wind Assessment, June 2011 (2.1MB) – here

Structure Plan Briefings at June monthly meeting.

Bill — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:17:52 +0000

The Association has arranged for David Mayes and the Strategic Planning Team from the City of Melbourne to brief members and other interested residents on the contents of the two structure plans that affect our area. These are the City North Structure Plan and the Arden Macaulay Structure Plan. The meeting will be held at the Library at 7.30pm on June 21 with general business until 8.00pm when we can move into the larger upstairs library space for the briefing on the Structure Plans.

There have been a number of briefings already held but the Association believes that the implications of these Structure Plans for our suburb and community are so profound that we we need to work strongly on raising public awareness of their contents. They do not conform with our views about how the future of our local area should be managed and so we need to be clear on what is being recommended and what avenues are available to us to make inputs into their adoption process.

You can view the documents on the plans at the City of Melbourne website. Please use the following links.

http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/getinvolved/StructurePlans/ArdenMacaulay/Pages/ArdenMacaulayStructurePlan.aspx

http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/getinvolved/StructurePlans/CityNorth/Pages/CityNorthStructurePlan.aspx

We encourage all members to attend and please invite any other committed North and West Melbourne people who are interested in our future.

December Monthly Meeting cancelled

Bill — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:56:35 +0000

The monthly meeting listed for tonight (14 December) has been cancelled due to the renovations in the library.…

Rally At Zagame site.

Bill — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 04:29:02 +0000

On Saturday 20th November 2010, a crowd of over 80 attended the protest rally at 577 King Street, West Melbourne. It was great turnout and many attendees held placards to inform both the Zagame staff and the passing traffic of the issues relating to this ten storey high rise development located in a Design and Development Overlay zone that is supposed to be limited to four. Unfortunately, the media failed to arrive but some active discussion and questioning took place during the rally, reflecting the serious concern of those attending.

Marchers pacing up and down in front of the car showroom clearly made the point that we would not be going away. Car horns sounded their support. A resounding “No” was sounded by attendees to the following statements: Did we like the development including ten storey boomerang and 259 units? Should the authorities allow the proposal to go ahead? Has the City of Melbourne done enough to support the West Melbourne Structure Plan? Does this proposal respect the requirements of DDO29, keeping the height limit to four storeys?

Emphasis was made of the need to be prepared to attend the Central City Standing Advisory Committee, possibly on the 21 of December at 5.00pm.

Meet the Candidates.

Bill — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:57:18 +0000

A very successful event was held in the Supper Room of the North Melbounrne Town Hall on Tuesday night. All seven candidates were in attendance and most questions were responded to by all. The attendance was around 150, which was anticipated by the Association which negotiated the larger space than the upstairs meeting room. We had the usual interjectors but there were some outstanding questions from a broad ranging audience, including many from Kensington.

Meet the Candidates

Bill — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:13:27 +0000

News Flash
Meet the Candidiates

All candidates for the Lower House seat of Melbourne have now accepted their invitation and will attend.

Reminder
The North and West Melbourne Association will be conducting a Meet the Candidates Forum for the forthcoming State Election.
Location – Meeting Room at the North Melbourne Town Hall, corner of Queensberry and Errol Streets North Melbourne.
Date – Tuesday 16 November, 2010,
Time – 7.30 pm.
See you there.

Protest Rally – Zagame’s at 577 King Street

Bill — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:52:03 +0000

The group in West Melbourne who are opposing the ten storey development on the Zagame site at 577 King Street, West Melbourne are organising a pre-election protest rally on the site on Saturday 20 November 2010 at 10.30 am. Interested Association members are invited to attend.

Have a look at their website www.nohighrise.com