DADA Auction Action Tomorrow

83 Miranda Road, Reservoir is a prime site for redevelopment. It is going to auction tomorrow, the 17th at 12pm and we have planned an auction action to keep the pressure on Darebin Council, real estate agents and developers.

It would be great if you can support the action. Save Our Suburbs placards will be available or you can bring your own message.

Hope to see you there, Maria.

Meeting Reminder

Just a gently reminder that out next DADA meeting is
Tuesday 2nd August, 7.30pm at 27 Kitchener Grove.

Topic: Councils new Strategic Statement

Hope to see you there.

Cheers, Maria.

Beavers Road Development

I am a resident of Beavers Rd and have just noticed a planing application notice placed on what is currently a mechanics business near the corner of Beavers Road and High St, Northcote. [map]

According to the application notice, the site is to be developed into 2 six story blocks containing 95 apartments and an unspecified number of shops/retail.

A significant amount of this frontage will be on Beavers Rd.

While I don't object to the site being developed, the scale of it would seem to be a little large, particularly the 6 story height in what is a residential street.

Objections need to be in by the 30th of July 2011. I intend to object, as will many of our neighbors, but felt that the DADA might also be interested in looking over this.

Auction Action Pic

Here is a photo from out first 'Auction Action' yesterday at St David Street Thornbury. We thought the action was very positive, not only because the house sold to a family who intend to renovate, but also because there was so much interest and support for what we were doing.

I ran out of pamphlets very early.

Further to the work on 48 Murphy Grove, we have decided to meet on Tuesday night, the 12th. Be at Chris's place on the corner of Plenty Road and Josephine Grove, Preston (enter from Josephine Grove) at 7.30pm, to discuss our approach to VCAT.

Hope you can make the meeting.
Cheers, Maria.

Auction Action Protest

DADA's Auction Action is a protest at two real estate auctions taking place on Saturday the 9th of July 2011.

The first auction protest will be at 66 Collins Street, Thornbury at 1pm. [map]

The second auction protest at at 61 St David Street, Thornbury at 2pm. [map]

There will be 'Save our Suburbs' signs for supporters to hold during the auction and some flyers handed out with information and contacts on DADA.

DADA Meeting | 2nd August 2011

The next DADA Meeting is on Tuesday 2nd August, 7.30pm at 27 Kitchener Grove.

Topic: Councils new Strategic Statement

All interested parties and local residents concerned about appropriate development in Darebin are weclome.

DADA Meeting | 28th June 2011

The next DADA meeting is on Tuesday the 28th of June at Mara's place, 27 Kitchener Grove, Preston.

7.30pm

All interested parties and local residents concerned about appropriate development in Darebin are weclome.

Plenty Road & High St Junction Preston

We desperately want to do something about the Plenty Road/High St Junction in Preston high rise developments.

I live in Roxburgh St, which has just been heritage overlayed as a garden suburb. The hypocrisy of that is I can't raise my front fence to make it safer yet our street will now have a background of up to 11 storey buildings (at least 5 I think) and 17 in total in the vicinity.

When I recently spoke to each house in my street about this and wondered why we weren’t involved/invited in the planning process, we were all horrified to know that none of us knew anything about it and everyone will lose any amenity looking to the west side of our street.

We are all disillusioned and wondering what can be done about it.

Can anyone assist me in getting some action here, because I’m sure that we aren’t the only street that has been ‘asleep’.


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