Insight's discussion programme on television last night covered a large multi-storey development in Victoria that seems to have been pushed through with no community discussion and against what is now being expressed as strong community disagreement. The Victorian Planning Minister justified this by saying there wasn't time to consult, the work has to be finished by end of 2010 to qualify for the stimulus money. It was then revealed that the strength of opposition has forced a temporary hold on construction, so one wonders what happens if the development is not finished by year end! Does the half-build edifice get demolished?
Similar things seem to be happening in Hornsby. The shire has been instructed to provide 11,000 new dwellings by 2031, and are therefore steamrollering a proposal to rezone the Beecroft Village Shopping Centre through the process without allowing time for community response to the plan.
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