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Darebin Appropriate Development Association Charter (November, 2022)   Since 2005 Darebin Appropriate Development Association DADA, is a group of residents of Darebin concerned with inappropriate development. DADA represents and provides assistance to residents who might feel unheard and powerless when development is happening near them. DADA acts to preserve the nature and character of our welcoming community and influence planning at all levels of government to ensure appropriate … Read More.. about About DADA

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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Application for Planning Permit D/766/2009 – 254-256 Murray Road, Preston VIC 3072

Application for Planning Permit D/766/2009 – 254-256 Murray Road, Preston VIC 3072 which is for the demolition of existing dwelling, construction of a three-story building comprising 16 dwellings and a basement car park directly next door to my property at 252 Murray Road.

For the benefit of those cc’d on this e-mail, I have summarised some of my objections below:-
• There is no precedent on Murray Road for atriple-story development and the proposal is completely out of character with the present streetscape. My property is an Edwardian weatherboard cottage which would be completely dwarfed by the proposed development.
• The shadow diagram at 3.00pm would block light and winter sun on the West-side of my property.
• Windows will overlook my property invading my privacy.
• The basement car park with entry/exit via rear laneway would cause extra noise and congestion in an already busy and narrow laneway.
• Visitors will be forced to park on Murray Road creating further competition for already limited spaces.
• There is very little open-space proposed. Of what space is proposed, it is around the perimeter of the building only creating potential for more noise.
• Proposal is set too far forward from existing house street frontages along Murray Road.

In summary, the proposal is too big, too modern and too ugly.

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Yours faithfully,

David Isdale

Another Monstrosity for Preston

The site at the junction of High, Plenty, Dundas and Miller Streets Preston has an application for a permit to build an 8 storey apartment block with 36 dwellings and 2 shops.

I am a local resident who believes that such high rise development is inappropriate and should not be allowed.

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