The Council Draft Mona Vale Place Plan caused an uproar not just from residents in Mona Vale but surrounding suburbs as well, which resulted in the withdrawal of the Draft by the then Administrator Dick Persson.
The Council said they developed the Mona Vale Place Plan after many hours of feedback from the community. The problem was the Council had their own idea of what they wanted for Mona Vale and virtually ignored what the community feedback was.
This is Council's definition of 'Community Consultation'.
The community has now developed their own plan, called
'OUR MONA VALE COMMUNITY PLAN'.
This has been presented to the Northern Beaches Council CEO Mr. Ray Brownlee to compliment what is understood will be a further Draft from the Council of what would be better termed "The Mona Vale Masterplan' and leave 'Place Plan' out of it altogether as this term originated from and is suited to American Style Planning, not suburb planning for villages like Mona Vale in Australia..
The Council said they developed the Mona Vale Place Plan after many hours of feedback from the community. The problem was the Council had their own idea of what they wanted for Mona Vale and virtually ignored what the community feedback was.
This is Council's definition of 'Community Consultation'.
The community has now developed their own plan, called
'OUR MONA VALE COMMUNITY PLAN'.
This has been presented to the Northern Beaches Council CEO Mr. Ray Brownlee to compliment what is understood will be a further Draft from the Council of what would be better termed "The Mona Vale Masterplan' and leave 'Place Plan' out of it altogether as this term originated from and is suited to American Style Planning, not suburb planning for villages like Mona Vale in Australia..
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For a copy of 'OUR MONA VALE COMMUNITY PLAN' click on the following link.
our_mona_vale_community_plan_october_2019.pdf |