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
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
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
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
46 Villiers Street, North Melbourne
The Committee would like to draw the members attention to a planning application for 46 Villiers Street North Melbourne for an eight storey development of 15 apartments with a 100% waiver of car-parking requirements, on a very small site. Note that this is alongside an A-graded heritage residence. There appears to be a pattern of over-development in this application and Latrobe Close and some other applications that are currently in the pipeline, that is of concern to the Association.
87 – 101 Roden Street – Council support but off to VCAT
The application for the development 92 units on the burnt out site of what was Staging Connections has now been decided by Council. Council agreed to reduce the size of the project by not allowing the six story block at the rear of the site and supported the widening of the internal courtyard space. Unfortunately, the Council was late in deciding this question and it has been referred by the developers to VCAT.
Latrobe Close – 210 Chetwynd St. – Proposed development.
This site, owned by the State Government, is a very substantial site in north and West Melbourne. It is bounded by Chetwynd Street, Courtney Street and Howard Street, the whole block north of St Mary's Anglican Church. The site is to be redeveloped intensively, 220 units, with about 120 Social Housing units being funded under the Federal 'Nation Building' Program. The State has instituted procedures for these projects which allow it to bypass normal planning processes. The following general information has been provided by the Office of Local Member Bronwyn Pike. Download details - Latrobe close north melbourne SITE-1