Intake substation
In this evening's (19 Nov. 2019) meeting, Lucy Mackenzie Worters (and helpers) from Metro Tunnel Cross Yarra Partnership gave us a short presentation on the intake substation that will link the new North Melbourne Station to the West Melbourne Terminal Station. The substation is planned to be constructed in existing MTM land, adjacent to the rail corridor and Moonee Ponds Creek trail (on the creek’s eastern bank). 20191119-metroTunnelIntakeSubstationDownload
Presentation on the Royal Park Transport Assessment
In our June monthly meeting, the Melbourne City Council Open Space Planning Team made an important presentation on the Royal Park Transport Assessment to our monthly meeting. Below is a pdf of that presentation As Royal Park is very important to us, the material is well worth a read. In the following weeks you will have the opportunity to comment on the transport in Royal Park via Participate Melbourne. [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/180619_North_West_Melbourne_Association_Royal_Park_Transport_Assessment.pdf"]
Residents fight Baptist church apartment block plans
The Age recently published an article on the proposed development by the Baptist Church on the intersection of King St. and Hawke St. Read the article here.
Abbotsford Street tree planting
The NWMA have several documents of interest to the local residents regarding to the proposed tree planting in Abbostford Street. These are: The Abbotsford Street concept plan by the City of Melbourne Tree Species fact sheet from Urban Forest A community engagement letter from Ian Shears, Manager Urban Landscapes Abbotsford Street Landscape Proposal feedback form for you to use
Update on Proposed Woolworth’s Development
The local resident's group RAID, Residents about Integrated Development, have organised two major meetings in their campaign to modify the proposed development for site at 101 - 117 Canning Street, North Melbourne. [mappress mapid="2"width="100%" adaptive="true"] The following link gives a brief report on these meetings and outlines the eight major questions the group wished to ask the Woolworth's representatives at the meeting: Woolworth's update20oct11 The Group has produced a poster which highlights what is and is not acceptable as development in our local area. The Association is supportive of the principles underlying this approach to planning: FINAL_RAID Poster
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
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.
TPM-2010-15 Zagame – Corner Roden and King through to Stanley Street.
West Melbourne has been jolted into the reality of planning politics in the twenty-first century with official support for the ten storey development on the Zagame site in King Street by both the State Government and the Melbourne City Council. If approved, this project establishes a precedent for wholesale high rise redevelopment of West Melbourne and North Melbourne, at heights and shapes that were not possible under previous planning regimes. It introduces all that is ugly, intrusive and inefficient in building form and will do little to raise overall standards of amenity for inner city residents. Look at Docklands and
CoRBA Meeting with Lindsay Tanner
Last Tuesday, 8 June 2010, the Coalition of Residents and Business Associations - Melbourne (CORBA) met with the Federal Member for Melbourne, Lindsay Tanner at his Melbourne electorate office. The North and West Melbourne Association (NWMA) was represented by Kevin Chamberlin, Vice Chair and Bill Cook, Treasurer. CORBA had meet with Lindsay previously on the issue of Melbourne City Council (MCC) reform. He was very supportive of the need for reform and offered strong views on some aspects of the problem. The CORBA position paper on MCC reform, supported by the NWMA , is on the website of CoRBA (
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 Wynne MP, on the Government’s proposal for the Latrobe Close redevelopment on the corner of Howard, Chetwynd and Courtney Streets, North Melbourne. The North and West Melbourne Association (NWMA), through its predecessor the North Melbourne Association, was established in 1967 and has operated continuously