News archive for the ‘Planning’ topic
La Trobe Close cartoon
198 units at 210 Chetwynd St: too dense
State Labour is doing a Windsor Hotel and Federal Labour is not listening, not even to Council!
Have look at the cartoon to the right. Click on cartoon to expand your view.
La Trobe Close submission to Minister Richard Wynn
The NWMA’s submission sent on the 15 January 2010 to the Hon Richard Wynne, Minister for Housing on the proposed redevelopment of La Trobe Close. For readers information
Dear Minister
Re 210-232 Chetwynd Street, 21-43 Courtney Street and 181-197 Howard Street, North Melbourne.
We wish to make the following submission to the Minister for Housing, Richard…
Council support mandatory height limit and open space for La Trobe Close
The City of Melbourne Planning Committee met on 1st Dec 2009, the LaTrobe Close Re Development was one of the items on the agenda.
The NWMA supports the provision of social housing in North and West Melbourne, though we insist that government adopts its own policy of social housing integrated with private housing, that quality be maintained, that there…
Latest Resident Meeting on Latrobe Close on December 3
On Thursday 3 December 2009, the NWMA in conjunction with the Latrobe Close Group, convened a public meeting at the Castle Hotel, attended by 24 people.
Latrobe Close is bounded by Chetwynd, Courtney and Howard Streets North Melbourne, where the State Government, with Federal Government funding propose to construct a seven storey block of residential units. This proposal has…
LaTrobe Close Redevelopment-meeting with Bronwyn Pike 1/12/2009
A briefing meeting on Latrobe Close was held for local residents at the office of local member Bronwyn Pike at 6.00pm on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 with between fifty and sixty people from the surrounding area attending. As well as Minister Pike and representatives from her office, there was a representative from Minister Wynn’s office, project team members from…
PPL AGM Speaker Paul Mees
Members are invited to attend the PPL AGM on Saturday 5th December at 2.00 pm at the North Melbourne Library. Further details as follows:
Dear PPL VIC members and friends
Here is the reminder notice of Protectors of Public Lands Victoria Inc. AGM 2009. I am sending this out to members and contacts.
Dr Paul Mees is the guest
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87 – 101 Roden Street – Council support but off to VCAT
The application for the development 92 units on the burnt out site of what was Staging Connections has now been decided by Council. Council agreed to reduce the size of the project by not allowing the six story block at the rear of the site and supported the widening of the internal courtyard space. Unfortunately, the Council was late…
Latrobe Close – 210 Chetwynd St. – Proposed development.
This site, owned by the State Government, is a very substantial site in north and West Melbourne. It is bounded by Chetwynd Street, Courtney Street and Howard Street, the whole block north of St Mary’s Anglican Church. The site is to be redeveloped intensively, 220 units, with about 120 Social Housing units being funded under the Federal ‘Nation Building’…
NWMA’s E-City response
Professor Chris Ryan spoke about E-City at the NWMA’s AGM in April. In early May another proposal emerged for E-Gate to construct another football stadium on the site. A sample response has been prepared and sent to Tim Pallas (Minister for Major Projects) with a copy to Bronwyn Pike. We encourage you to send your own letter of support.…