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1. Boroondara Council is turning the area into a future slum. There is not enough infrastructure to cope with all the influx of people that these developments are bring into the area. It is turning into multiculturalism at its worst neighbours forming cultural groups …. not mixing with each other……..to the detriment of our local society .

2. What are you talking about? Council insisted me to have fornt setback of about 9m on a main trunk road.Thats about 20% of land wasted to keep a local characteristics and that worth more than 200k for front empty space. It sure help to push up land prices though. Stop complaining when property is too expensive !!!

3. Obviously developers are making a fortune…….they don't worry about the quality of life …..only lining their pockets. Boroondara Council should be aware of this and take steps to protect our life style before it is too late . This comment does not only apply to this development but all overcrowding in our once beautiful leafy suburbs.

4. Having been to VCAT over the last 2 years where the Boroondara city council and the residents opposed multiple dwellings (8 and 13 on 1/4 acre blocks) on Belmore road, only to be overturned by VCAT, I see the issue of developing Melbourne as more than just local. I think the fact that existing surrounding amenity is not considered in the building regulations, and the method for determining over-shadowing doesn't take mid-winter into account are big omissions. Also, land and building costs are so high that it takes at least 4 dwellings on a 1/4 acre block to even get to a viable project these days, so we end up with developers building many more lower quality dwellings resulting in poor amenity for both those who live there and those who surround it (don't get me started car parking and access for these developments). Town Planners working for developers do not thoroughly investigate the area before they submit their reports and make highly erroneous assumptions in their presentations. This reminds me of the 1960's and '70's when it was open slather on Melbourne CBD and we lost a number of beautiful heritage buildings to ugly block towers, which have since been replaced by huge glass monoliths.
   On a positive, it looks like Boroondara council will have a ratified residential zone and planning policy in the near future which I hope will help maintain some of the existing neighbourhood character. We need to get back to some balance in the near future otherwise this city will become truly unliveable.

5. Joanne makes some excellent points….I agree. Furthermore if developments proceed at the present rate the population of Boroondara will double or triple in a very short time. The facilities simply cannot cope with such an increase. The roads are already crowded….parking is often impossible…..the infrastructure will be in chaos. The only winners are greedy developers !

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