State Government Development Regulations favour development over trees.
Neighbours of 11 Addison Road are distraught. They have witnessed first-hand how the State Government Development Regulations favour development over trees. The owner of 11 Addison Road applied for development approval some time ago now to convert his single...Leaders in Waste Management and Resource Recovery to Lift the Bar.
As leaders in waste management and resource recovery, the City of Unley, is looking to lift the bar. With your help, we can do even better than we are now. We, both Council and our community, can be proud of the leadership we have shown the rest of the State in waste...Clever Climate Action Plan out for Public Consultation
In a blog post back in December I wrote it is time to create a clever climate action plan. A plan to better track, manage and reduce Council’s operational carbon and energy footprint. The plan I refer to is one that we budgeted for this time last year. A plan to...How much local government representation is too much?
How much local government representation is too much? That is the question that both you and your elected members are currently being forced to consider? Council is now in the final phase of a local government representation review. A review required every 8 years...What is the Culture of Unley? Tell us what you believe it is.
Council believes it has determined the culture of Unley. This, after consulting through three phases over the last 18 months. The Unley community is a diverse community. As diverse as any in Australia. In drafting the Cultural Plan, we consulted with over 200 people....Are you interested in your neighbourhoods economic prosperity?
Council’s focus for economic prosperity, for some time now, has been focused on our 4 main street associations. Goodwood Road, King William Road, Unley Road and Fullarton Road South. But, is this focus too narrow. They are, let’s face it, the face of our economic...Renewal SA Planning to redevelop the Forestville Le Cornu site
The news we have all been waiting for. Renewal SA is planning to redevelop the Forestville Le Cornu site. And they want to hear from you. They have issued a threefold public announcement today. Firstly, Renewal SA confirmed their belief that the Forestville Le Cornu...Influence of the Black Forest Community on T2D is significant.
The influence of the Black Forest Community, and Clarence Park, and our Glandore neighbours on the design of the T2D project is significant. This is the most sensitive section of the Department of Infrastructure & Transport (DIT) T2D (Torrens to Darlington)...Pursuing a commitment to seek a safer Clarence Park Rail Station.
A safer Clarence Park Rail Station was one of the many undertakings I made at the last local government election. My blog post-dated 7 October 2018 refers. As I indicated in that blog post, I have witnessed may an incident where train drivers have been forced to sound...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...
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