Today is the last day to submit your feedback to this policy to the Council.
You can use the below online form on the HBCC web-site to provide feedback.
Sep 172010
Sep 152010
Council have received 81 objections and is in the process of making a deliberation as to whether it will support or oppose the development at 6 Paine Street, Newport. This will take some time, as all the objections will need to be carefully considered.
All persons who lodged objections will be notified in writing as to Council’s decision.
If Council agrees to accept the developers proposal, all persons who have lodged objections will be asked to attend a Special Planning Committee at which all relevant issues will be tabled. If Council rejects the proposal, then the matter will more than likely go to VCAT. In speaking with two Councillors I get the firm impression that Council will reject the proposal….but that is only my view.
I believe that in the event Council rejects the proposal, lobbying needs to be done in order for Council to employ an outside consultant, lawyer or town planner in order to fully effect a case to oppose the development. This can be done by phoning your local Councillor or Mayor.
If the matter goes to VCAT all persons who lodged an objection will be contacted in writing and invited to attend the relevant hearing. If there is a significant response then objectors may be asked to form some consensus or group representation.
The Paine Street proposal is a microcosm of the State Government’s attitude to development in urban areas. What is of immense concern is the Government’s proposal to amend the Planning and Environment Act whereby Municipalities will have reduced ability to represent residents in matters concerning planning and development across the board. Essentially this means that developers will have more power and authority to effect development as they deem fit.
I have tried to speak with Wade Noonan regarding this matter but he’s a hard man to catch!
Regards,
Philip Henkel
Sep 032010
Submission are due in by Friday 17th September 2010.
We are not sure if there is a convenient online mechanism for community submissions to be lodged with the council. Does anyone have an answer to this question?
Sep 032010
The below information is taken from the Council’s web site – click here. There you can read about it and review relevant document.
The future of Newport nature strips?
Hobsons Bay City Council is inviting residents to have their say on the draft Hobsons Bay Nature Strip Planting Policy, which provides direction for the community about the appropriate treatment of residential nature strips.
The draft Hobsons Bay Nature Strip Planting Policy clearly states that residents must first obtain a permit from the Council before making any changes to the nature strip out the front of their home.
A permit costs $100. An additional $500 asset protection bond will also be charged but returned to the resident upon the Council’s inspection of the completed works.
Penalties will apply if a permit is not acquired prior to works.
The permit will allow residents to plant a maximum of three species of plants no higher than 30cm in organic mulch within the nature strip in front of their home, however exceptions exist in heritage areas and on main arterial roads. Hard materials such as rocks and paving are not permitted.
Importantly, residents who have modified nature strips before the policy’s adoption and did not obtain a permit must obtain one within 13 months and make any necessary adjustments, to avoid a fine.
For more information, telephone the Council on 9932 1000. Submissions are due on the Friday, 17th September 2010.
Sep 022010
Hobsons Bay Leader has written an article. Below is the text in full…
If you view the Leader’s article on this page, you can place comments on the Leader’s website.
What the proposed property development in Paine St would look like.
A PRIME piece of Newport real estate could be converted into 46 box-shaped townhouses.
Domain Hill Property group has applied for a planning permit to turn the former Newport quarry and timber yard into three-storey apartments, fronting Paine, Crawford and Latrobe streets and Armstrong Reserve.
The site is surrounded by inter-war and Edwardian homes and the proposed designs would be in contrast to neighbouring weatherboard bungalows.
Artists’ drawings show the apartments would be a box shape, built with a mix of timber cladding and fibre cement sheeting with black finishes.
Urban designer Bryce Raworth, on behalf of Domain, wrote in a council submission that the proposed designs don’t conform with the council’s heritage policy. But it would not adversely impact on the “overall significance” of the precinct.
“These formerly industrial sites have always been distinct from their surroundings in terms of developmental character and use, and this distinction might in itself be seen to be part of the character of the immediate environs,” he wrote.
Domain managing director Peter Cahill described the design as “architecturally striking”.
“It is deliberately very contemporary and iconic,” he said.
“But we do acknowledge it being in a heritage overlay area.”
“(The overlay) is about protecting the integrity of what’s there and a new development needs to have a high level of architectural integrity.”
Mr Cahill said there was high demand to live in the timber yard precinct, as reflected in booming median house prices (Newport’s median hit $663,000 in June, up 25 per cent in the past 12 months).
What do you think of the proposal? Write to us at hobsonsbayleader.com.au
Note: The above text and images by Hobsons Bay Leader – copyright remains that of the respected owners.
Sep 012010
You may wish to review the plans and lodge an objection by contacting the council. Or visit the council’s Greenlight system at www.hobsons.vic.gov.au and search for application PA1020902.
Click here to review plans and submit an objection.
Plans at are the top of the page and submitting objections are done online at the bottom of the page.
This proposal is currently with council for approval, and objections must be lodged very soon to be considered. You can object on the basis of how the development will affect you
Key factors to consider:
- Three storey buildings plus roof top decking areas.
- Uncomplimentary design and construction in contrast to Heritage Overlay requirements and unsympathetic to surrounding building styles.
- Higher and more massive than anything in the area. Minimal and zero building set-back from the footpaths.
- Inadequate on-site parking provisions, the developer proposes residents and visitors to park in your street instead, including surrounding the Armstrong Reserve public park.
- This development presumes to be allowed to not comply with planning and building rules/laws/regulations that all of us have to comply with.
- As it is already difficult to exit Paine and Wilkins Streets into Melbourne Road during peak hours, it is likely new residents will choose alternate routes via Bunbury St and North Road, increasing traffic in Crawford, Latrobe, Effingham, and Bunbury.
Sep 012010
Do you know of the proposal to build…
4 x THREE STOREY BLOCKS OF FLATS
(BUILT OF CEMENT SHEET AND PAINTED BLACK)
CONTAINING 46 DWELLINGS
At the site of the old timber yard, 6 Paine Street Newport.
The proposal is by an out-of-town developer.
You may wish to review the plans and lodge an objection by contacting the council. Or visit the council’s Greenlight system at www.hobsons.vic.gov.au and search for application PA1020902.
Key factors to consider:
- Three storey buildings plus roof top decking areas.
- Uncomplimentary design and construction in contrast to Heritage Overlay requirements and unsympathetic to surrounding building styles.
- Higher and more massive than anything in the area. Minimal and zero building set-back from the footpaths.
- Inadequate on-site parking provisions, the developer proposes residents and visitors to park in your street instead, including surrounding the Armstrong Reserve public park.
- This development presumes to be allowed to not comply with planning and building rules/laws/regulations that all of us have to comply with.
- As it is already difficult to exit Paine and Wilkins Streets into Melbourne Road during peak hours, it is likely new residents will choose alternate routes via Bunbury St and North Road, increasing traffic in Crawford, Latrobe, Effingham, and Bunbury.
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