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The State Government recently announced that Melbourne's Urban Growth Boundary would be expanded by around four times the size of Phillip Island to accommodate 134,00 new houses (just over 3 dwellings per hectare - very low compared to the 10 dwellings/ha average for suburbs south-east of the CBD).

The decision was supported by the Coalition and applauded by housing and property industry groups which claimed the expansion would make housing more affordable.

But it also caused disbelief and dismay among other parts of the built environment profession - planning groups and the community in general.

PARLIAMENT WILL BE VOTING ON GOVERNMENT PLAN TO BULLDOZE GREEN WEDGES FOR SUBURBAN SPRAWL - 27July

- please add your voices to green wedge, public lands and urban planning backlash groups to oppose this environmental catastrophe & please forward to your lists of interested citizens
 
Green Wedges Coalition
– a vision for Melbourne       
 
Dear Green Wedge supporters,  
 
Please will you help us to avert an environmental and community catastrophe that will ensue if the State Government is able to persuade Parliament to approve a planning scheme amendment to take 43,600 ha out of Melbourne’s green wedges and to surround the new urban growth zones with a freeway that will not be needed when we move to a carbon-constrained economy? 

Melbourne 2030 Implementation Reference Group - critical reports

You may remember that after M2030 was introduced in August 2002, the State Government also set up a formal statutory committee to advise the government on its implementation.  However, when Justin Madden took over from Rob Hulls as Planning Minister in 2007, one of his first actions was to unilaterally abolish this Implementation Reference Group.

SOS Submission to M2030 Audit - Sept. 2007

SOS Submission Melbourne 2030 Audit Committee September 24, 2007 CONTENTS 1 Summary of key issues and themes P 2 2 Population projections and Sustainable Development P 3 3 Strengthening Rescode P 4 4 Activity centres P 5 5 Reform of VCAT (P&E List) P 6 6 Is new development reflecting M2030 policy? P 6 7 Recommendations of M2030 Implementation Reference Group P 7 8 Other Related Issues P 8 9 Conclusion - Moratorium on M2030 P 10

Melbourne 2030 'review'

The State Government has announced a 'review' of Melbourne 2030. Submissions are due by Sept 24th, 2007 - See the DSE web site.

The process states that 'all submissions will be treated as public documents and may be placed on the Internet for public access'. Be aware that most of the 'consultation' on M2030 has been to gauge the responses in order to appropriately spin to the concepts, and to hide 'public' submissions... So demand that your submission IS placed on the DSE website for public viewing! .

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