Woolworths development proposal – Canning St, Vaughan Terrace, Macaulay Road
A $110 million North Melbourne development proposed by supermarket giant Woolworths. [mappress mapid="4"] 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
Agenda for June 2011 general meeting: Structure Plan briefing.
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
Rally At Zagame site.
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
Meet the Candidates.
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
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
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
Photo shoot at 46 Villiers Street
[mappress mapid="6"] On Thursday 4 November at 11.30 am 22 people - both members and others - gathered at the above site to be photographed by the Leader Newspaper, North and West Melbourne News and the Association photographers. The Leader is to run a story next week on the worst planning developments approved in recent times. The Association is supporting the Council in opposing this development at VCAT. 46 Villiers must be one of the worst. It includes an eight storey building with fifteen units and no car parking provided on site on a tiny block of land between an
Melbourne Meet the Candidates
The North and West Melbourne Association will be conducting a 'Meet The Candidates' for the forthcoming State election. At the last monthly meeting of the Association, it was agreed that speakers would be limited to the candidates for the lower house seat of Melbourne. All candidates will be invited. The meeting will be at 7.30pm on Tuesday 16 November 2010. The venue will be the Meeting Room, first floor, North Melbourne Town Hall (Arts House), on the corner of Queensberry and Errol Streets, North Melbourne ( enter from Queensberry Street). The Town Hall has lift access to
NWMA letter to City of Melbourne re West Melbourne Structure Plan
16 September 2010 The Lord Mayor & Councillors City of Melbourne GPO Box 1603 Melbourne 3001 Dear Lord Mayor and Councillors, On the 18th August 2010, a public meeting was held in West Melbourne regarding the Zagame Development at 559-577 King Street West Melbourne. On a cold winter’s night, the meeting was attended by 51 local people, who were advised of the meeting through a local letterbox drop. Although Association members were in attendance, most attendees were not Association members. The following motions were passed unanimously by the group. • THAT THIS MEETING SUPPORTS THE RE-DEVELOPMENT OF MIXED USE AREA
NWMA Submission on MSS
Submission Municipal Strategic Statement 2010 The Coordinator, Local Policy Strategic Planning City of Melbourne GPO Box 1603 Melbourne, Victoria 3001 mss@melbourne.vic.gov.au 3 September 2010 Dear Coordinator, The North and West Melbourne Association welcomes the opportunity to provide a response to the draft MSS developed by the City of Melbourne. It is concerned, however, at the limited opportunity provided by the Council for detailed consultation with local communities and the treatment of communities within the statement. We feel that local areas are being alienated by the Council and its bureaucracy in ways that have the potential to cause long term problems