The real question is why are you using the social feed on LinkedIn?
mpember on
Or, just maybe, the council is holding an information session to avoid being smashed during the next round of elections by residents who were not aware of this change until after it passed through state parliament.
TMiguelT on
Short answer is yes, it’s Boroondara what do you expect.
Councils with majority LNP/Greens or associated ‘independents’ tend to be Nimby, especially while Labor is in state and federal government.
EnternalPunshine on
In a word – yes.
In reality – local government is a form of government and they are getting bypassed on decisions they’ve been historical entrusted to make and which people have voted on.
These set distance zones are fairly one size fits all and in some ways they make sense (10 minute walk from a station/activity centre) but in others they’re also fairly unscientific.
Nimby’s are rightfully mocked but who actually wants 6 story buildings next your house in a quiet suburban street? Especially when that’s your life savings, your private space for your kids and family and so on. People paid a fortune for these houses because of the nature of the street and area. If you’re 700m from Camberwell station you aren’t expecting big developments in your street.
In some ways these decisions by state governments are punishing councils for not doing enough given they’ve stalled developments for a long time. Which is both fair but also unfair if your neighbours whack up 6 stories of poorly planned and constructed junk right next to your place.
I can’t blame the council for being upset because no doubt the residents are.
We’ve also got chunks of unused land that can become big master projects, derelict sites, housing commission that has knock down and rebuild far bigger and better potential, heritage laws that protect all sorts of junk we don’t need saving.
There’s other ways to move development along rather than a fairly nuclear option of stripping the council planning process for development in certain suburban areas.
Barry_Smithz on
They always have been (to an extent). And so is the community in general, so realistically they are a good representation of what the people want. There were tonnes of community backlash to most of the new multistory buildings that have been developed in the area. And the boorondara council have oppenly criticized the state government for their management of the housing crisis.
Previous_Policy3367 on
Expensive, useless council that is constantly making everything harder
KennyRiggins on
8 story apartments wouldn’t be so bad if the apartments were actually habitable.
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Yes.
The real question is why are you using the social feed on LinkedIn?
Or, just maybe, the council is holding an information session to avoid being smashed during the next round of elections by residents who were not aware of this change until after it passed through state parliament.
Short answer is yes, it’s Boroondara what do you expect.
Long answer is that the Boroondara council supports the Camberwell Activity Centre which makes them not entirely a NIMBY council, but they were blindsided by the state government’s addition of the 800m additional catchment zone. You can see their [official response here](https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/your-council/news-and-media/boroondara-news/councils-response-state-governments-latest-plan-camberwell-junction-activity-centre).
[Always has been](https://imgflip.com/i/93g3y3)
Councils with majority LNP/Greens or associated ‘independents’ tend to be Nimby, especially while Labor is in state and federal government.
In a word – yes.
In reality – local government is a form of government and they are getting bypassed on decisions they’ve been historical entrusted to make and which people have voted on.
These set distance zones are fairly one size fits all and in some ways they make sense (10 minute walk from a station/activity centre) but in others they’re also fairly unscientific.
Nimby’s are rightfully mocked but who actually wants 6 story buildings next your house in a quiet suburban street? Especially when that’s your life savings, your private space for your kids and family and so on. People paid a fortune for these houses because of the nature of the street and area. If you’re 700m from Camberwell station you aren’t expecting big developments in your street.
In some ways these decisions by state governments are punishing councils for not doing enough given they’ve stalled developments for a long time. Which is both fair but also unfair if your neighbours whack up 6 stories of poorly planned and constructed junk right next to your place.
I can’t blame the council for being upset because no doubt the residents are.
We’ve also got chunks of unused land that can become big master projects, derelict sites, housing commission that has knock down and rebuild far bigger and better potential, heritage laws that protect all sorts of junk we don’t need saving.
There’s other ways to move development along rather than a fairly nuclear option of stripping the council planning process for development in certain suburban areas.
They always have been (to an extent). And so is the community in general, so realistically they are a good representation of what the people want. There were tonnes of community backlash to most of the new multistory buildings that have been developed in the area. And the boorondara council have oppenly criticized the state government for their management of the housing crisis.
Expensive, useless council that is constantly making everything harder
8 story apartments wouldn’t be so bad if the apartments were actually habitable.