Council is in the process of advising residents about the new application to develop 43 dwelling (3 and four stories) on the timber yard site at 6 Paine St Newport. And the signs are posted on the site. Information and advice on objecting will soon be posted on this site, but if you wish to [READ IN FULL]
The Attorney-General Robert Clark announced today that developers may opt to pay to fast-track their multi-million dollar development VCAT hearings. You could argue this is better than the previous Major Case List initiative where tax-payers funded developers fast-tracked hearings, but having any legal system (user paid or tax-payer paid) which favours powerful and affluent groups [READ IN FULL]
Hobsons Bay Leader has written an article, reporting the developers submission of new plans to council. 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. THE developer behind a plan to turn the old Newport timber yards into a multi-storey residential [READ IN FULL]
Keep us informed if you have written to anyone about the proposed development at 6 Paine St Newport. This helps us track how the objection campaign is progressing. Your privacy: The information you provide will not be made public unless summarised and/or your name and email removed. Whom should I be writing to? See bottom [READ IN FULL]
An article regarding the 6 Paine St development has just been published in the Hobsons Bay Weekly. It’s an excellent article highlighting how residents around the development reacted to the developer’s letter. Just a note on the article, we trust readers understand surrounding residents are not opposing the option of social housing, residents are concerned [READ IN FULL]
Thank you everyone for coming at such short notice. Around 60 residents attended a briefing at 4:30pm today at Armstrong Reserve to be brought up to date on recent events surrounding the 6 Paine St development. The developer Peter Cahill, his company Domain Hill Property Group Pty Ltd, or any of his representatives were [READ IN FULL]
The developer of 6 Paine St today distributed letters to residents surrounding the development site. A scanned copy of the letter attached, and the text below. Please read. 21 July 2011 Domain Hill Property Group Ply Lld a 9rowth enterprise Loft 1, 49 Smith Street Fitzroy, vie 3065. Australia P + 61 3 9419 8588 [READ IN FULL]
The developer has been working on revised plans for the Timber Yard Site, and a small number of resident representatives had the opportunity to view draft plans and provide feedback. They are not complete and we do not yet have a copy, but this is a summary of the draft plans as they currently stand: [READ IN FULL]
Hobsons Bay Leader has written follow up article, reporting on the developers and residents view of the VCAT hearing outcome. 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. NEWPORT residents say they have “won the battle but not the war” [READ IN FULL]
Hi, VCAT have made their decision to uphold the councils refusal for a permit, in orther words refuse the application. Below is a copy of the email from VCAT, and attached is the decision document. —————————————————————————– APPLICATION CONCERNING: 6 Paine Street NEWPORT VIC 3015 I refer to the above application and attach a copy of [READ IN FULL]