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Forum - Melbourne's Urban Growth Boundary
7pm Thursday 9 Sept, RMIT Bldg 50, Orr St Carlton entry - gold coin donation
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
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! .
Planning Minister Justin Madden dumps M2030 Implementation group
Without any prior consultation or notice, Planning Minister Justin Madden is about to summarily terminate the State Government's Melbourne 2030 advisory group. The M2030 Implementation Reference Group (IRG) was originally set up to provide feedback on how the new planning guidelines were working in practice. The IRG has been critical of the way the government introduced the policy before much of the necessary council structure plans and upgraded public transport services had been put in place. Residential amenity protection lobby group Save Our Suburbs had two seats on the IRG.