MANLY DAILY 4 OCTOBER 2016 Six-Storey Units Pushed FURY AT PLAN FOR MORE UNITS RESIDENTIAL units up to six storeys have been touted for Mona Vale as a way to make housing more affordable for the next generation of homebuyers. In the draft Mona Vale Place Plan, sections along Pittwater and Barrenjoey roads would be rezoned for higher density. There would also be a number of four-, three- and two-storey zonings. The 10year plan has been met with criticism by some residents. David Murray said there was “very little evidence” of the council adopting feedback from community consultation sessions. Mr Murray labelled it a “document of deception” in a letter to the Manly Daily. “We read each day of the overcrowded schools, lack of sports fields and increasing traffic delays in our area,” he said. He said problems would intensify if the plan passed. But the council’s general manager, Mark Ferguson said the council had been highly commended at the local government awards for its community consultation on the project. And administrator Dick Persson said while increased density would be “controversial”, Mona Vale needed to follow Manly’s lead. “I love going to Manly, there are some things I would like to fix in Manly, but it has that feel about it,” he said at last week’s council meeting. “I didn’t get that (in Mona Vale) ... there were too many streets and cars, it was spread out and didn’t work.” A large portion of the 400m radius CBD would be zoned mixed-use, with commercial on bottom and residential on top. The council will trial more affordable housing on top of the light industrial area at the corner of Harkeith and Darley streets. The report said a similar approach could be taken above the proposed B-Line bus depot. The plan would include extended cycling corridors, and a new cultural hub. Download the Article below:-
MANLY DAILY 6 OCTOBER 2016 Get info on draft plan AN INFORMATION session on the draft Mona Vale Place Plan will be held in the Mona Vale Library Laneway on Friday, October 14, from 10am-2pm. At its meeting on September 27, the council agreed to seek public comments on the Imagine Mona Vale Draft Place Plan, which will set the scene for the development of future planning controls. The plan has generated some opposition due to its inclusion of six-storey developments in some parts of Mona Vale, and will be on public exhibition from Sunday, November 13. MANLY DAILY 22 OCTOBER 2016 Revamp Will Alter The Face of Region THERE ARE BIG CHANGES COMING TO MONA VALE, GIVING IT A REVITALISED HEART, MORE PUBLIC SPACE, MORE PARKING, MORE JOBS AND A SPEEDIER JOURNEY TO THE CITY, REPORTS KATHRYN WELLING Mona Vale is getting a new heart and is the first suburb the Northern Beaches Council is focusing on with a specific place plan. The council has a 10-year vision for the suburb, which is just 1km from the beach. Ten thousand people have been listened to and more community feedback is welcome until November 13. Council officers will be at the Mona Vale Market Day on November 6 to listen to residents. In essence, the vision for Mona Vale seeks to create a new civic square, make Village Park more user friendly with a permanent stage for music and live performances and allow for six-storey development in some parts. The NSW government is spending $633 million over the next five years for better public transport and road improvements and Mona Vale will be the first stop in the B-Line fast bus service to the CBD. Council in its draft report says the plan for Mona Vale is to turn it into a vibrant urban heart on the northern beaches, a creative arts and culture hub and a well-connected suburb with a village atmosphere. Affordable housing is planned above light industrial businesses in the area between Harkeith and Darley streets. According to CoreLogic RP Data the current median house price in Mona Vale is $1.44 million, which is below the northern beaches house median. A revitalisation of the suburb, widening of Mona Vale Rd and quicker bus journeys to the city will lift property prices in this hub of a suburb. Ben Spackman, of LJ Hooker Mona Vale, said the changes would allow Mona Vale to be a major hub on the beaches. Download Article Mona Vale Place Plan will Alter Face of Region
MANLY DAILY 5 NOVEMBER 2016 Ire Over Suburb Blueprint Residents fear their vision for a leafy village revamp ignored in council’s draft plan RESIDENTS say they envisioned a leafy, vibrant Mona Vale with a village feel created as part of a council plan to revitalise the area. Instead, a city-style multistorey blueprint for the suburb has triggered concerns that parks and green space will not be a priority. Mona Vale Residents Association president Marcia Rackham said the community felt let down by the thenPittwater Council’s consultation process. The concerns emerged as a freedom of information request revealed that just one of the 1300 submissions made by residents on the future of Mona Vale mentioned anything about more density. The council had four open houses where residents could stick a Post-it note on a board outlining their vision for Mona Vale. Council general manager Mark Ferguson said the 1300 Post-it notes were not a survey but an opportunity for the community to have its say on the vision for Mona Vale. “Ongoing community participation and feedback on the draft Mona Vale Place Plan is central to its development and implementation and we encourage residents to be involved,” Mr Ferguson said. But Ms Rackham argued that resident vision had been ignored. “The community got involved in this process because we believed we were going to be creating something wonderful in Mona Vale — we were talking about walkability, seating and revitalising laneways, parks and green open space and how we could improve on that,” Ms Rackham said. But she said the council’s vision was vastly different from their views. Pittwater Forever chairman Tony Tenney said sixstorey units in Mona Vale would make it lose its village feel. “People were shocked” by the place plan after the amount of work they put into it at community sessions over 18 months,” he said. “The residents are now absolutely scared that whatever happens to Mona Vale is the first cab off the rank, then move on to Avalon, Newport or Church Point … that is the alarm at the moment.” Mona Vale resident Phil Walker requested a summary of comments taken from the briefing sessions to be made public, after believing the community concerns had been ignored. After receiving the information Mr Walker said it was clear that the communities wishes were not represented in the draft Mona Vale Place Plan. Pittwater Forever runs as an umbrella group for community groups. It ran a blog after the Government Information Privacy Act request was released. “Only one person out of 1300 said they want highrise (by high-rise we mean over four-storeys) in Mona Vale,” the blog said. “Hundreds more of us said we want to keep a village feel and keep building levels low.” The blog pointed to a number of other comments to council, including calls for “no high-rise”, “less high and medium density” and to “keep the village atmosphere. Administrator Dick Persson has responded to a large volume of feedback about the place plan, and has extended the time for people to make submissions to December 16. He said council staff would be at Mona Vale Market Day on Sunday to discuss the plans.
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