The Agenda Items for the next council meeting (23rd November) are out and as per usual, make for fascinating reading. Given the recent fiasco over the planning conference for the Caulfield Racecourse centre development, we did a little more digging and have come up with the following table. Please note that all of the 6 items were given the ‘stamp of approval’ by council officers.
We’d like residents to focus on two things:
- Size of potential development and number of adjoining properties notified
- Number of objections and how this is inversely proportional to the number of notifications?
We wonder why?!!!!!!!!
| Item 9.1The construction of a 4 storey building with 32 dwellings at 389-395 Neerim Road• The construction of 17 double storey dwellings with an entry fronting Emily Street• Basement car parking and the reduction of the carparking requirement (visitor car spaces). | 13 properties notified4 signs erected
26 objections received 1 letter of support |
| Item 9.2The construction of a three storey building comprising 22 dwellings and a basement carpark | 10 properties notified1 sign
27 objections |
| Item 9.3Construction of three (3) double storey dwellings on land affected by the Special Building Overlay | 9 properties notified1 sign erected
16 objections and 1 petition |
| Item 9.4Use of the land for the purpose of a Maternal, Child and Health Clinic (Medical Centre) and a reduction in the car parking requirement associated with the use | 18 properties notified2 signs erected
5 objections |
| Item 9.5A double storey building comprising two dwellings with basement car parking | 23 properties notified1 sign erected
2 objections and 1 petition |
| Item 9.6 Construction of buildings and works to the existing tennis club house (decking, ramps and storage room) | 29 properties notified1 sign erected & no objections |
Glen Eira Debates 
November 19, 2010 at 1:46 PM
Shhhhhhhhh. Keep megadevelopments as quiet as you can. Don’t let anyone know about them which means less objections and less trauma for councillors when they vote something in. Councillors can’t handle pressures when there are perhaps 500 objections to something – that would simply be too much. Only publicise when you’re pretty sure that it won’t upset too many people like the tennis club renovations. After all that’s for community use and a public good. The game is more than rigged. It’s obscene.
November 19, 2010 at 3:53 PM
We live near the first named development and it will be a disaster. Parking is hell as it is now with another 49 flats it will be unbearable. We didn’t get notice and if we had we would have objected loud and strong.
November 19, 2010 at 7:24 PM
If these figures are correct then one needs to look at so called council policy and establish once and for all what their criteria is for sending out notifications on development plans. These numbers clearly show that a project which is likely to cause much angst to residents has received the lowest priority in alerting people. I’m left to wonder why this should be the case. It’s also extraordinary that two developments that are fairly straight forward (9.5 and 9.6) received the most notices. One could accept these results if the reasoning behind them was made clear and transparent. But as it stands currently, I’m forced to agree with the previous two comments.