Saturday 30 July 2011

New 'Mini-Suburb' Planned for Bayside?

Is this a 'joke'?
It would be, if it were NOT an emerging and outrageous reality!


Planning in Melbourne is resulting in an increasing number of frighteningly high-density areas throughout our suburbs.  Suburbs that had previously evolved 'organically' over time into suburbs of character!
Now, an irreversible 'densification experiment' is destroying the character and amenity of those same suburbs.

One area in Bayside being transformed by this 'densification experiment' is circled in the image above.

This 'new mini-suburb' could be jokingly named 'Highdensityham' (Highett+Density+Sandringham)... but it is NO JOKE to those residents who have made it their neighbourhood community.

Consideration of the outrageous implications of such 'suburban densification' has either, not been given or has been totally ignored by so-called 'planners'.

Such unbalanced and ill-conceived planning needs to STOP!

ALSO... the Government policy of promoting the sale of residential properties to Non-Resident (overseas) buyers should STOP.  It increases home prices AND reduces home availability for Australian residents!

Monday 18 July 2011

A VCAT Win? Yes... BUT NO!!!

Proposed Development Site: 29-33 Beaumaris Pde & 34 Tibrockney St, Highett


The local community won an earlier VCAT battle to stop a 26 apartment development on this site in Highett!
"Hooray!!!" cheers the local community.


BUT NOW... a new development application, by the same developer, for the same site  has 'ballooned' the apartment number to 40 !!!


Plans for a proposed 40 Apartment Development at
29-33 Beaumaris Pde & 34 Tibrockney St, Highett

A VCAT 'win' for the community = the developer proceeds to 'teach the community a lesson'!?

September 2011 Update: VCAT has AGAIN refused permission for a Permit to proceed with this 're-designed' development! We will now 'hold our breath' to see how the developer (Gillon) proceeds!?