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In case you had doubts about the unprecedented over-development rate in Darebin here are lists of development applications for 2016 so far.

Be very alarmed!

Get on the front foot, have a look and see what is planned for your neighborhood.

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Darebin really ins the over-development capital of Victoria, thanks to the lack of protection under the new zoning schedules,  created by the current council and state government.

Use your vote in the Council Election 2016 for better representation on council by candidates willing to stand up for resident rights against greedy developers and state legislators.

 

This afternoon I made a 30 minute verbal and visual submission to MRDAC.

If you would like to see what was said on behalf of DADA folk you can read the submission here:

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A big thanks to those of you who responded to my call for vox pop type statements.

Included is a sample from everyone but not necessarily all of what you sent because I didn’t want to repeat comments.

A special thanks to Mandy for printing copies for panel and council.

Happy reading, Maria.

In an attempt to gather some data on the performance of VCAT Members we have developed an evaluation form.

It is attached here: DADA VCAT Member Evaluation

If you have been a party to a VCAT Case/Hearing we would like to hear your opinion on how well you think the Member presiding did their job.

Please fill in the evaluation and email it back to dada@spin.net.au.

We will crunch the data and produce a list aimed at giving objectors some forewarning.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Cheers, Maria

It is time to make another submission to try and get a better planning controls and more equitable protection from over development in Darebin.

The state government is calling for feedback on the suggested improvements recommended by the Managing Residential Development Taskforce.

We need to make our voice’s heard in equal or greater numbers than the developers and their representatives to have a chance of effecting change for better protection from over-development in our precious neighbourhoods.

I encourage you to make a short but assertive submission by 14 March, highlighting key concerns:

• Do review zoning across Melbourne for a more equal distribution of NRZ land
• Do discourage unoccupied dwellings
• Do reduce the maximum building footprint allowable for a single dwelling in the NRZ

• Do not remove the fixed control (mandatory height) from the neighbourhood residential zone (NRZ)
• Do not increase height in NRZ to 9 metres
• Do not delete reference to “four storey development” from the purpose of RGZ zone
• Do not change the purposes of the NRZ and RGZ.
• Do not allow (without public submissions sought) added exemptions in the neighbourhood zones (NRZ)
• Do not remove the permit trigger for lots under 500 sqm in the NRZ.
• Do introduce the density control into the NRZ schedule but fix the control (i.e. make it mandatory instead of the suggested ‘flexible’ control)

Three report documents are here.

Residential-Zones-Overarching-Report

Residential-Zones-State-of-Play-Northern-Subregion-Report-

List-of-Suggested-Improvements-to-the-Residential-Zones

You can make a submission online before 5pm on Monday 14 March 2016

Further info on the process from Kieran Perkins, Senior Project Manager, Forward Policy and Research, Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning on (03) 9208 3725 or kieran.perkins@delwp.vic.gov.au

Thanks for your support of better planning in Darebin.