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Save The Preston Market Campaign Update: 21 June 2021

SAVE THE PRESTON MARKET CAMPAIGN UPDATE

A big thank you to all of those folk who signed the Darebin Council petition to save Preston Market from overdevelopment.

You can still sign, if you haven’t yet, here: http://chng.it/jQRGZdr6Kv

The Victorian Planning Authority (VPA) has released the draft structure plan for the market and is calling for feedback to be submitted before July 13th 2021.

We want to encourage everyone to tell the VPA how phenomenally disappointing their recommendations are for such a important site.

Key documents can be accessed via this link: https://vpa.vic.gov.au/project/preston/

Some points to help guide a submission are;

  • It is an over development.
  • It is an excessive number of dwellings
  • The proposed height of the residential towers on the site is excessive
  • Mostly 1 & 2 BDR flats, creating a demographic with a lack of diversity and failing to meet the future housing need in Darebin
  • This plan is ‘developer driven’ not ‘demand driven’, being to max out the site with insufficient consideration for future community need
  • The suggested heritage overlay does not guarantee the current market will not be demolished
  • There is not enough protection of the significant and recognized heritage features of the market
  • The 20 storey proposed on Murray Rd does not satisfy ESD standards(Environmentally Sustainable Design) as other buildings including the market will be overshadowed from northerly solar access during trading hours.
  • Open space is also negatively impacted
  • Ask the Minister for Planning to keep the footprint of the market as is
  • Ask the Minister to respect the heritage; the intactness of the fabric
  • Ask the Minister to restrict height of new buildings near the market buildings
  • Ask the Minister to remove the site from the fast track list
  • Ask the Minister to proceed with the public acquisition of the site

We reject what has been proposed by the VPA as it is ill conceived and does not adequately reflect the community expectations for the protection of the market and the future development of the site.

Registering your support for the future of the market on a single page or many pages will help.

Thank you.

 

Victorian Planning Authority release their recommendations for Preston Market

Below are the documents released by the VPA today, the 18th of May 2021.

We urge you to participate in the consultation process.

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Preston Market Update: The VPA finally release recommendations on the future of Preston Market

The following Age article outlines the Victorian Planning Authority (VPA) recommendations, not in line with community expectations, based on sham consultations and pro over development.

The key thing to note is that these are not planning provisions and can be ignored by VCAT. Unless there are strong heritage and planning controls the market will not be safe from over development.

The only hope for the market and the site is for Darebin Council to acquire it and develop as open space.

Follow the link: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/fears-for-future-of-preston-market-as-apartment-plan-looms-20210517-p57sii.html

Preston Market Update: Sign the Petition

With the Victorian Planning Authority recommendations for the development of the Preston Market iminate, Darebin Mayor, Lina Messina, has launched yet another petition.

This is the third petition to gather community support for keeping the market where it is with heritage features in place.

Still, we are asking folk to sign if it means convincing the Minister for Planning that this is what the community want and expect.

Follow the link:http://chng.it/jQRGZdr6Kv