Is the PDI Act 2016 and the accompanying PDC making life simpler?
Is the PDI Act 2016 and the accompanying PDC making life simpler? That is the burning question I have been contemplating as PDC-Day looms. . . This blog post follows on from my last blog on PDC-Day. I hope to expand on that blog and demonstrate how the delegations for...D-Day or PDC-Day beckons as PDI Act 2016 commences
D-Day, or should I say PDC-Day has been confirmed as March 19. It heralds the arrival of the new Planning & Design Code, complete with its anomalies, errors, and omissions. PDC-Day (March 19) is the date the State Planning Commission has set for the launch of the...Do you give a root about salvaging Unley’s tree canopy?
Do you give a root about salvaging Unley’s tree canopy? If you do then I recommend you do two things now. Right now. The first thing I am asking you to do is to read the rest of this blog post and follow its direction to Council’s website. In other words,...Community to Influence the T2D South Road Design
If you have not heard already I have good news. We will have a chance to influence the T2D South Road Design, via a formal community consultation process. The Department of Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) will be seeking community input into the design and...Unley Central is setting the bar for good high rise development.
The City of Unley has announced an ambitious development opportunity that will be seen as setting the bar for good high rise development. . The area known as Unley Central has been a focus of Council during my time on Council. The precinct has been the subject of a...Now is the Hour when we must lodge our representation.
Indeed! Now IS the hour when we must lodge our representation. Our representation on the current draft of the new Planning & Design Code. If we don’t then we must forever accept the result. Of what might happen next door to you. In my August blog on the...Unintended development underpins Council’s PDC submission.
On Monday evening Council unanimously passed a motion prompted by our administration but amended by me. A motion aimed at protecting us against unintended development as a result of the State Government’s new Planning & Design Code. The recommended motion...South Road T2D. We continue to know what we don’t know.
The Department of Infrastructure & Transport (DIT) has provided the public some insight into the T2D. They have raised, however, more questions than providing answers to those we already have. This means we continue to know what we don’t know. Last...Unley Council seeking to implement a Clever Climate & Energy Plan
A CLEVER Climate & Energy PLAN is what we need to aim for. That is the message from a briefing of Council last night. It is the summation also of my earlier blog today and something with which I agree. A clever Climate & Energy Plan will align with the Global...We could go carbon neutral almost immediately.
We could go carbon neutral almost immediately is the advice Council received at a briefing last night. At our operational level at least. At the briefing, Council received an introduction to our emerging Climate and Energy Plan. A plan that will hopefully be...Torrens to Darlington (T2D) revealed. Detail to Follow.
We have all heard the news. The Torrens to Darlington (T2D) has been revealed. Well, announced at least. An announcement as part of handing down the State Budget. We have been told there is not much detail yet, so don’t ask for any. Construction is not due...Villain Council secures Victory for their Community
The community of the Unley believes their villain Council has let them down. For not having listened to them. I speak specifically here of Council’s recent unanimous decision to support a Development Plan amendment. A decision rubber-stamped by the State...Time for Refocusing on Your 2018 Election Wishes
This blog focuses on your 2018 election wishes. It follows on from my blog last month, reporting on my 2018 election promises. Some of your 2018 election wishes are well advanced or completed. Some are still in the “frying pan”. Others are yet to be followed...LGA Climate Emergency Debate has similar result to the City of Unley.
Hot on the heels of the City of Unley debating Climate Emergency, the Local Government Association had its own debate. At their Annual General Meeting yesterday they debated the motion below. The motion was modified slightly during the debate. The following clause was...The Conflict that is Local Government. Maligned but who do we turn to.
The Conflict that is Local Government. Local Government is much maligned by many in our community, I suspect Worldwide. I have heard them all. Councils take too long to make decisions. Council’s do not engage with their community. Councils do not listen to me. What...Climate Change. Do we Walk the Walk or Talk the Talk
I have been and still am trying to get my head around the pros and cons of whether or not the Council should declare a Climate Emergency. I have spent my recent time listening to both arguments so that I might respond in what I believe will be the best way. When...Making Good on my Election Promises. Providing Local Leadership.
We are not quite halfway into this term of Council. It is time therefore to reflect on progress made on making good on my election promises. The Mayor has been driving the work of the current Council. Making good on his election promises. Not surprisingly, his...Advancing Economic Prosperity in the City of Unley
My local leadership is advancing economic prosperity in the City of Unley. One of my election promises back in 2018 was for the Unley Business & Economic Committee to be a more proactive committee. A committee looking at a more holistic approach to economic...Co-Housing consideration in the Planning & Design Code
The City of Unley has led a project that identifies alternative strategies for higher density housing. Accordingly, we are promoting that the SA Planning Commission include a Co-Housing consideration in the Planning & Design Code. In other words, we are...
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