Will the UGB around Coldstrean ever be moved?

The following is taken from a Matthew Guy press release. It gives me a glimmer of hope that one day the boundary around Coldstream will move with our Post Office being at its centre.

 

MADDEN’S PLANNED UGB BACKFLIP

 

“This is an all or nothing document and if the opposition don’t want to accept it in its

entirety … basically that stymies housing development and growth in this state…”

Justin Madden, ABC radio, 24 June 2010.

The Planning Minister’s arrogant claim last month that his VC67 plan was an ‘all or

nothing document’ appears to be as dubious as his statement that the UGB would ‘never

again move in my lifetime’ with the Brumby Government flagging support for the

Opposition’s request to remove amendments relating to high density dwellings along all

transport corridors.

The Minister’s announcement was part of a 30-minute speech to sections of the planning industry where he repeatedly attacked the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition regarding planning issues despite claiming that he wanted to ‘take the politics out of planning’.

“Clearly you can’t believe anything the Planning Minister says,” Mr Guy said.

“When Justin Madden said he would zone residents out of the UGB – he didn’t; when he
said the UGB would never move again – he flip-flopped and then said it would; when he
said there was no GAIC ‘plan B’ – there was; and when he said that VC67 was all or
nothing, it obviously was not.

“This government is incompetent, out of ideas and out of touch after a decade of planning

policy failures.

“Justin Madden has made it clear that Labor will still try to force through the mandating of
high-density, high-rise towers upon every street or road with a bus or tram route in
Melbourne even if these provisions are removed from VC67.

“This shows that the arrogant Premier and his incompetent Planning Minister still refuse
to listen to the community or recognise the anger over a one-size-fits-all approach to
planning.