Coburg Meeting

Sue Bolton is one of our new councillors - a Moreland Councilor of the North East ward.
She is hardworking and has hastily called a public meeting for next Thursday in Coburg to let you all know about the future plans for the planning of the Centre of Coburg.

Residents Meeting
Stop over-development horror in Coburg
Do you want 10-storey buildings around the Coburg shops?
Do you want 10-storey buildings to back onto residential properties?
Do you want to lose your right to object to high rise buildings around
the Coburg shops?
Do you want the Coburg shops to become a concrete jungle like a
mini-CBD?
The Moreland Council has been discussing plans to develop the Coburg shops as a
principle activity centre — like a mini CBD with 6-storey, 8-storey and 10-storey
buildings — a concrete jungle.
There are planning amendments on display at the Coburg Town Hall and on the
council website. Residents have only until Thursday January 31 to make a public
submission on these amendments. There is a structure plan for 10-storey buildings along both sides of Bell Street from Sydney Road to a block west of the railway line, creating a tunnel effect.
Residents also discovered that if the council adopts the planning amendment they
would lose their right to object to development applications in the Coburg shopping
centre and along Syndey Road. 

This is totally undemocratic.
Residents want the time for public submissions to be extended because many residents
don’t know what is being planned for their suburb.
The developers shouldn’t be deciding how to develop our suburb. Residents should
be the ones who decide what sort of developments are right for our suburb.
Find out more and voice your opinion.
Come to the residents meeting.
Thursday, January 24, 6.30pm
Anglican Parish Hall, 520 Sydney Road, Coburg
(beside bluestone church, 1 minute walk north of Bell St)
Meeting initiated by Councillor Sue Bolton, at the request of local residents.
For information, or if you can’t attend, phone 0417 583 664.