TOWN SCHEME AMENDMEnT 46
WHY YOU SHOULD MAKE A SUBmission
MODIFICATIONS TO AMENDMENT NO. 46 ‘SOUTH PERTH STATION PRECINCT’
CITY OF SOUTH PERTH TOWN PLANNING SCHEME NO. 6
What is Happening?
The City of South Perth is currently advertising very important modifications to Amendment No. 46 that will help moderate the current rampant high rise development within the South Perth Station Precinct. YOU CAN HELP !
What led us to this point?
The South Perth Station Precinct Plan proposed changes to an area within 800 metres of a planned future rail station on the Perth-Mandurah line. It was included into the South Perth Town Planning Scheme as Schedule 9 in January 2013.
The Station Precinct Plan was intended to propose moderately scaled buildings of mainly 8 storey buildings near the planned station, with some 13 storey buildings on Judd Street and Melville Parade. A ‘Special Design Area’ which applied to most of the Station Precinct Plan also allowed some additional height increases in return for the development meeting a range of performance criteria such as a minimum site size, exceptional architectural design and preventing overshadowing of neighbours.
Something went badly wrong, however, after the Precinct Plan came into force. Certain officers in the South Perth Council began interpreting Schedule 9 as allowing UNLIMITED height buildings. This is not what the community expected. In 2014 and 2015, some very tall developments were approved by the State Government’s Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) on the advice of Council’s officers. Officers attempted to consolidate this unlimited height, pro-development interpretation by means of further proposed amendments to the South Perth Town Planning Scheme (known as "Amendment No 46"). The Amendment 46 proposals were regarded by many people in the community as making a bad situation worse and protests were made to Councillors throughout 2015.
The idea of unlimited building heights in South Perth exceeds any reasonable community expectation of the moderately scaled maximum heights which had been developed through the South Perth Station Precinct Plan. Drastic increases in height are completely out of character with the current architectural tone and natural landscape of the South Perth Peninsula and put major strains on roads and infrastructure throughout the Station Precinct.
The South Perth City Council has now listened to the local community protests and has proposed modifications to Amendment No. 46 (the "new Amendment 46") to sensibly limit development through more appropriate height limits and performance requirements. The new Amendment 46 proposal can be found HERE.
Importantly, the Amendment proposes that the Peninsula be EXCLUDED from the Special Design Area (which accords with the mandate given to Councillors by the public in a motion which was overwhelmingly carried at the Special Electors Meeting in May 2015. This exclusions is intended to ensure that inappropriate developments like "The Shadow" at 74 Mill Point Road can never again be approved (a Supreme Court challenge to the legality of the JDAP decision to approve the "The Shadow is still pending). Link to the council website where on the lower right side of the page you will see links to all the Amendment 46 documents, the key changes in the proposed Amendment 46 compared with the original Schedule 9, the former Amendment 46 and new proposed Amendment 46.
CITY OF SOUTH PERTH TOWN PLANNING SCHEME NO. 6
What is Happening?
The City of South Perth is currently advertising very important modifications to Amendment No. 46 that will help moderate the current rampant high rise development within the South Perth Station Precinct. YOU CAN HELP !
What led us to this point?
The South Perth Station Precinct Plan proposed changes to an area within 800 metres of a planned future rail station on the Perth-Mandurah line. It was included into the South Perth Town Planning Scheme as Schedule 9 in January 2013.
The Station Precinct Plan was intended to propose moderately scaled buildings of mainly 8 storey buildings near the planned station, with some 13 storey buildings on Judd Street and Melville Parade. A ‘Special Design Area’ which applied to most of the Station Precinct Plan also allowed some additional height increases in return for the development meeting a range of performance criteria such as a minimum site size, exceptional architectural design and preventing overshadowing of neighbours.
Something went badly wrong, however, after the Precinct Plan came into force. Certain officers in the South Perth Council began interpreting Schedule 9 as allowing UNLIMITED height buildings. This is not what the community expected. In 2014 and 2015, some very tall developments were approved by the State Government’s Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) on the advice of Council’s officers. Officers attempted to consolidate this unlimited height, pro-development interpretation by means of further proposed amendments to the South Perth Town Planning Scheme (known as "Amendment No 46"). The Amendment 46 proposals were regarded by many people in the community as making a bad situation worse and protests were made to Councillors throughout 2015.
The idea of unlimited building heights in South Perth exceeds any reasonable community expectation of the moderately scaled maximum heights which had been developed through the South Perth Station Precinct Plan. Drastic increases in height are completely out of character with the current architectural tone and natural landscape of the South Perth Peninsula and put major strains on roads and infrastructure throughout the Station Precinct.
The South Perth City Council has now listened to the local community protests and has proposed modifications to Amendment No. 46 (the "new Amendment 46") to sensibly limit development through more appropriate height limits and performance requirements. The new Amendment 46 proposal can be found HERE.
Importantly, the Amendment proposes that the Peninsula be EXCLUDED from the Special Design Area (which accords with the mandate given to Councillors by the public in a motion which was overwhelmingly carried at the Special Electors Meeting in May 2015. This exclusions is intended to ensure that inappropriate developments like "The Shadow" at 74 Mill Point Road can never again be approved (a Supreme Court challenge to the legality of the JDAP decision to approve the "The Shadow is still pending). Link to the council website where on the lower right side of the page you will see links to all the Amendment 46 documents, the key changes in the proposed Amendment 46 compared with the original Schedule 9, the former Amendment 46 and new proposed Amendment 46.
Why Should I Make a Submission?The proposed modifications to Amendment No. 46 are required to be approved by the Minister for Planning - Council cannot make the changes on its own.
It is therefore very important for local residents to follow through and support their Council’s proposed changes. Some developers will to want a free-for-all development scheme in the Station Precinct and will inevitably lobby the Minister for Planning and actively oppose these changes.
Please support sensible and sensitive development in your community by making a submission to support the proposed new Amendment 46.
How can I Make a Submission?
The Save the South Perth Peninsula Group has already made its own submission which is published below. You can either prepare your own submission or you can simply say in an email " I support the new proposed Amendment 46 and endorse and adopt the submissions made by the Save the South Perth Peninsula Group."
You will need to provide your name and your postal address. A proposed format is set out below. You do not need to live in South Perth, Como or Manning to make a submission but if you live outside the area, it would be helpful to add a sentence about why planning matters in South Perth are nonetheless important to you.
Please post, deliver or email your submission into the City of South Perth by 5.00pm FRIDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2016.
Submissions should be addressed to:
Scheme Amendment No. 46
City of South Perth Civic Centre
cnr Sandgate Street and South Terrace
SOUTH PERTH WA 6151
or emailed to: [email protected]
HERE IS OUR SUBMISSION WHICH YOU CAN COPY & PASTE any or all of it.
AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED FORMAT FOR YOUR SUBMISSION - just copy and paste it into an email or word document maker.
______________________________________________
SUBMISSION TO SCHEME AMENDMENT NO. 46 (MODIFICATIONS)
Name:
Address:
I/We support the modified Amendment 46 proposals and endorse and adopt the submissions made by the South Perth Peninsula Action Group
Further comments:
Date submitted:
It is therefore very important for local residents to follow through and support their Council’s proposed changes. Some developers will to want a free-for-all development scheme in the Station Precinct and will inevitably lobby the Minister for Planning and actively oppose these changes.
Please support sensible and sensitive development in your community by making a submission to support the proposed new Amendment 46.
How can I Make a Submission?
The Save the South Perth Peninsula Group has already made its own submission which is published below. You can either prepare your own submission or you can simply say in an email " I support the new proposed Amendment 46 and endorse and adopt the submissions made by the Save the South Perth Peninsula Group."
You will need to provide your name and your postal address. A proposed format is set out below. You do not need to live in South Perth, Como or Manning to make a submission but if you live outside the area, it would be helpful to add a sentence about why planning matters in South Perth are nonetheless important to you.
Please post, deliver or email your submission into the City of South Perth by 5.00pm FRIDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2016.
Submissions should be addressed to:
Scheme Amendment No. 46
City of South Perth Civic Centre
cnr Sandgate Street and South Terrace
SOUTH PERTH WA 6151
or emailed to: [email protected]
HERE IS OUR SUBMISSION WHICH YOU CAN COPY & PASTE any or all of it.
AND THIS IS THE PROPOSED FORMAT FOR YOUR SUBMISSION - just copy and paste it into an email or word document maker.
______________________________________________
SUBMISSION TO SCHEME AMENDMENT NO. 46 (MODIFICATIONS)
Name:
Address:
I/We support the modified Amendment 46 proposals and endorse and adopt the submissions made by the South Perth Peninsula Action Group
Further comments:
Date submitted: