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1. The problem with this application is that it does not take into account the size and bulk of the proposed building in comparison to the existing surrounding residential buildings, particularly to the rear of it.
   The developers and architects seem to think that the proposed development falls into some transition zone between a heritage overlay area and the more built up activity area that bounds Glenferrie Road.
   What they have failed to take into account is that it also bounds the intact victorian streetscape of Evandale Road to its rear.
   The visual appearance of the proposed building is reasonably acceptable to me from the front, however it needs to be reviewed from its rear.
   The visual bulk and imposing nature of the building proposed seriously impedes the heritage values of number 9 and 11 Evandale Road in particular, and the general overall historical look of Evandale Road.
   The developers should reduce the size of the proposed building in height and scale at its rear southern end.
   It is too close to the southern boundary and should be reduced to two stories at least from halfway along its length.
   Original planning in this area allowed for a green belt corridor through the middle of the homes with the buildings spaced quite uniformly at the same distance from the rear boundaries.
   This proposal goes against the "lay" of the rest of the area in a dramatic way.
   It is the sort of development that is much better suited to say Dandenong Road or one of the major roads in the area, not this quiet historical residential street.
   The home that sits directly to its south at number 11 Evandale Road is the oldest existing brick built dwelling in Malvern. It is featured on the historical societies walks of the local area as a significant building.
   If this proposal is allowed in its existing form it will dwarf the view of 11 Evandale Road from the only vantage point it can be viewed from by anyone with an interest in the architectural history of the local area.
   Surely it is for these kinds of reasons that there is a Heritage Overlay in place to protect the integrity of buildings such as this.
   If this is allowed to go ahead it renders the idea of protection by such an overlay useless and farsicle.

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