Saturday, December 19, 2009

Another Dual Occ



Another dual occ is to be built at 9 Kelso St. and it appears that there we NO objectors to this development.

The decision was made on the 3rd Dec this year just 5 days before the full council endorsed the Draft Housing Policy and in late November the council approved 5 dual occs in Coldstream.

Yes, No, Yes...  I don't think they know what is going on!

As I have said before the Housing Policy was voted in because it:
1.   Looked Impressive
2.   Had taken years to produce
3.   Cost a fortune to produce
and
4.  The councillors knew that it was NOT final and would need State approval to make it stick!

The section in relation to Coldstream appears to go against State Labour Policy and recent decisions by VCAT (see VCAT report on 5 Belchester).

I doubt if the Policy, as it stands, will pass Mr Madden's tick of approval.

2 comments:

Rosie Wood said...

No objections?!?! Mario, you must be kidding!!!!

Is that another 'unbiased' comment, like when the developer's associate had opinions published in the paper, voicing her opinions as a town planner and also as if she were an unbiased, independent party?

You know that a vast number of residents of Coldstream object to this proposed overcrowding in our township.

However, that doesn't stop a couple of certain greedy people who couldn't care less about anything other than making a quick buck and moving on from pushing ahead with dual occupancy anyway. Despite the research a certain person did and knows very well that there was most likely errors made in some subdivision missing the covenant.

Well, I guess the dollar wins out over doing what's right in some people's minds.

Merry Christmas Scrooge Developer out there.

I wonder if this will be published?

Rosie Wood

Unknown said...

I publish anything that is not offensive.
To my knowledge 9 Kelso is not part of the BUILDERS doing the other dual occs.
As far as I know there were no objections to this application as it did not go to council.
Rosie, what I would like to see and what should have been done is that the UGB around Coldstream be expanded.

With your legal background, is it possible to put a single dwelling covenant on properties that people own now?