July 1, 2015
More On Virginia Estate
Posted by gleneira under Councillor Performance, GE Governance, GE Planning, GE Service Performance[3] Comments
[3] Comments
Archived Entry
- Post Date :
- July 1, 2015 at 10:17 AM
- Category :
- Councillor Performance, GE Governance, GE Planning, GE Service Performance
- Do More :
- Both comments and pings are currently closed.
July 1, 2015 at 1:41 PM
I’m getting pretty fed up with the double standards that are evident in all this. Magee talks about his opposition to the development but back a few years he voted to allow the first amendment that said it was perfectly alright to have ten storey buildings on the site. He and the others can’t have it both ways and definitely not when this council got rid of third party objection rights. What is going on now is the result of decisions that were made several years ago. I don’t have a scrap of faith in any of these people to truly represent residents instead of developers.
July 1, 2015 at 10:16 PM
An absolute travesty – and made even worse by Council continually failing to provide residents with adequate information in 2011 when Council voted to allow ten stories and 6-8 stories within the site. 6 out of the present Crs. voted for it (3 being elected in 2012) and those 6 heads must have been up their A’s.
Even at the planning conference related to this re-zoning Council was strongly criticised for failing to provide residents with adequate information – congratulations were given to the few horrified but determined residents who saw through the spin and in a matter of days did what Council should have done – i.e. provide the facts to residents. Over 100 people at a planning conference should send a loud and clear warning message to Council.
Still Council loves doing this sort of thing – did it for C60 (a.k.a. the infamous Caulfield Village), now doing it in East Bentleigh. Just wait and see what happens with the ABC site in Elsternwick.
July 2, 2015 at 9:34 AM
Agree with you re Elsternwick – only question is what terminology will be used by Council to hoodwink the residents when the former ABC site comes up.
Council has already used
Incorporated Plan – used for C60 (Caulfield Village)
Building Envelopes – used for 487 Neerim Road, Murrumbeena
DDO (Design Development Overlay) – Virginia Estate
In all cases, the Administration presented inadequate information to residents and disinterested and uninformed Councillors passed it. End result was appalling planning result passed with minimal community consultation that set in concrete height limits and building footprints and denied residents their future right to object.