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If vegetation is protected, it should be protected. In my opinion this is yet another development ruining the character of a charming suburb.
I live in the Eaglemont area and live within a heritage overlay area for vegetation. Heritage Victoria are very active and stringent in doing any sort of works within these areas. How on earth are all these multi dwelling townhouses being built in Eaglemont? I have seen the massive impact it has had in areas of Ivanhoe and especially Heidelberg re: devaluation of a suburb. Council need to balance development with retaining the character of a suburb like Eaglemont and it’s future value.
If vegetation is protected, it should be protected. In my opinion this is yet another development ruining the character of a charming suburb.
I live very nearby in Eaglemont and have just seen this application. This property, like many around the area, has a vegetation protection overlay on it. According to Banyule Council’s own declaration in its Banyule Planning Scheme Scehdule 3 to clause 42.02 vegetation protection overlay, Section 2, ‘there is importance to retain and enhance vegetation and ensure that all alternatives to removal have been given due consideration’. As we have seen throughout the Banyule area, this is often disregarded with many blocks clear felled to make way for multistory buildings. Therefore, Banyule Council seems to be disregarding its own planning schemes. With the climate heating surely the retention of as many trees as we are able has to be given more credence than the building of stock standard buildings that give no creative solutions to the retention of trees. Therefore I am against the removal of the protected vegetation.
I agree re vegetation. A clear directive from scientists is that one significant thing individuals can do to help climate change is plant more and look after soil. A side effect of the significant removal of vegetation near me is that hungry possums deprived of their usual food sources are devastating foliage that the rest of us are trying to grow, to the point of complete defoliation of fruit and other trees in some cases. I have also lost a lot of precious northern winter sun on my house windows due to the very close 3 unit build next door, all for want of smarter design. So many things seem to be disregarded to favour poorly considered, cut and paste developments ( in the case of Heidelberg Heights) with tick and flick green planning requirements. Protected vegetation must stay protected.
