Frogmore – October, 2014
Less than 10 days after Council’s seriously flawed 9/6/2015 resolution to abandon local heritage protection for Frogmore its days are clearly numbered.
- Vegetation has been cleared, fences erected and portable toilets installed.
- Planning Permit (GE/PP-28101/2015) for “Redevelopment of existing site for a new residential aged care facility” has been lodged.
As per our previous posting, GERA has been lobbying, Richard Wynne, Minister for Planning, to act to re-instate interim protection for Frogmore, to enable his Department’s review of the strategic justifications presented by Council in support of it’s 9/6/2015 abandon heritage protection resolution.
Clearly, time is of the essence and we again urge the community to email or call the Minister to request him to act.
PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL NOW – otherwise, the next time you hear of Frogmore it will be in a demolition announcement.
Contact details
Email: richard.wynne@parliament.vic.gov.au
Telephone: (03) 8392 6175
Mail: Level 20, 1 Spring Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
Twitter: http://twitter.com/rwynnemp
To assist you, please feel free to use the following guideline
Hon. Richard Wynne, Minister for Planning
Request to review Glen Eira City Council Planning Scheme Amendments 136 (interim Protection) and C137 (Local Heritage Overlay) for 1 Wahgoo Road, Carnegie (a.k.a. Frogmore)
I request that you urgently act to re-instate interim protection for Frogmore while Department of Planning reviews the strategic justifications presented by Glen Eira City Council in support of it’s 9/6/2015 resolution to abandon heritage protection for 1 Wahgoo Road, Carnegie (a.k.a. Frogmore).
Glen Eira Council has not addressed key planning issues and disregarded accredited heritage advice. The end result being a resolution to withdraw/abandon planning scheme amendments C136 and C137 that
- denies all stakeholders access to the appropriate due planning scheme amendment process,
- lacks adequate strategic justification, and
- inconsistent with the Glen Eira Planning Scheme and the 1987 Planning and Environment Act objectives of planning for Victoria
Glen Eira Residents' Association Inc 