 Restore residents rights
Premier Brumby is removing residents rights to object or
appeal against development. This is the strong message
coming from CCC released today.
They, the Coalition of Concerned Councillors (CCC) say they
will join forces with residents in a protest rally on the steps
of parliament Wednesday 10th June at 1 pm.
“Come to the rally to send a strong message to Brumby and
Madden,” said a spokesperson.
“You could get a multi-storey apartment complex next door
and you won’t be able to do a thing about it,” they add.
Their main points are:
• Premier Brumby and his planning minister Madden
announced they are by-passing planning laws to bulldoze
our suburbs so they can fast track the building of hundreds
of apartment complexes and school extensions without the
need for council permits.
• They have already moved to take away resident’s rights
to object or appeal against such projects.
• This follows their proposal for new residential zones
which will effectively change our low scale suburban areas
into blocks of three or four or more storeys of apartment
complexes.
• Premier Brumby is appointing unelected and
unaccountable development assessment committees (DACS)
to take over planning from our councils in activity centres to
ensure that apartment towers will be built in these centres.
• Victoria’s Planning Act is to be reviewed which will
formalize these government edicts including property
acquisition.
• And what’s even worse, Planning Minister Madden is to
be entrusted with greater planning powers to “call in”
projects or over-ride councils to push high-rise
development into the suburbs.
“Can he be trusted with these powers given his electoral
office involvement at Brimbank ? Makes us wonder,” they
add.
“If you don’t come to the protest - Brumby and Madden will
think you don’t care about these matters,” they said.
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