- Target:
- Council of Stonnington
- Region:
- Australia
There will be a 7 storey development constructed at 9-11 Darling St. This development was awarded a planning permit from the Department of Planning and a construction permit from the Melbourne City Council.
9-11 DARLING ST Development:
Neighbouring residents, businesses and involved parties oppose the proposed development for the following reasons:
1. Violation of Safety/perception of safety.
-By increasing risk of fire
-By increasing risk of damage from an earthquake
-By increasing risk of damage to neighbouring building due to extremely close construction work
- and by increasing risk of damage to the existing building due to foundation interactions between two buildings
2. Violation of living standards of neighbouring residents.
- By blocking the natural light
- By constant distracting noise from wind tunnel effects which may cause sleepless nights
- By distracting residents due to construction work and noise pollution until the end of 2011
- By blocking access to the parking area due to construction works
- By increasing traffic on a narrow street at the rear of the building by adding to the number of users
- and by making Fanning La. a killing pass-way due to dropping objects form a new development (as the building is not set back from the street)
3. Violation of environmental sustainability.
- By Blocking natural light to neighbouring buildings and thus increasing electricity usage
- By increasing the driving distance, traffic and usage of petrol and cars
- Or by increasing the maintenance and cleaning activities in neighbouring buildings
4. Prevention of following possibilities.
- Damage to the existing buildings and increase in cost of maintenance for neighbouring buildings
- Human casualties
- Stress related problems for neighbouring residents and cost of required treatments
- Impact to hotel apartment operation and chance of licence cancellation.
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The No to 9-11 DARLING ST Development petition to Council of Stonnington was written by Siegfried Lafon and is in the category City & Town Planning at GoPetition.