Collingwood Action Group (CAG) highlights:
Inner urban conservation and development - An independent panel report on a proposal for Smith Street, Collingwood, under Melbourne 2030. Edited by Miles Lewis, August 2004. Info + Order your copy
Timeline
Timeline of Collingwood Action Groups' campaign for the right development on Smith Street.
Collingwood Action Group's timeline - of activities, meetings and paper trails just for starters - records what's unfolded in response to Banco's proposal for a massive development for Smith Street, Collingwood/Fitzroy. Starting in March 2004, the timeline is a good guide to happenings from the community's perspective, but isn't a completely comprehensive record of all that's occurred during this campaign for the right development on Smith Street.
As well as this chronological version of events, the timeline can be reviewed from present to past, and the current month's activities are on our website's home page (www.smithstreet.org/cag).
For details of press reports about this and other related planning matters during the same timeframe, refer to our website's 'Media Watch' section.
1 Jun 2005
May 2005
2005-05-02 CAG seeks info on P&DC agenda item CAG asks Yarra's A/Director City Development whether Council's Planning and Community Development Committee has as agenda items the following: the Steering Committee's progress; Council's preparation for the VCAT Directions Hearing on the...
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1 Jun 2005
April 2005
2005-04-01 MP Wynne and Yarra Councillors meet with Planning Minister Hulls: strike a deal to fast track Smith Street Structure Planning Local MP Richard Wynne, along with Yarra Councillors (Meadows, Farrar, Jolly) and senior planning officers, meet with Planning Minister... 1 Jun 2005
March 2005
2005-03-23 Community takes control of Smith Street planning at Yarra Council public meeting At Yarra Council's public meeting on Smith Street's future development the community told Council to throw out its draft Urban Design Framework for the precinct and talk... 8 Feb 2005
February 2005
2005-02-01 CAG issues media release 'Banco blows deadline - plans for Smith Street in disarray'. 2005-02-02 CAG writes to local member Richard Wynne MP advising him that 'despite CAG's involvement in the "confidential" discussions with Banco which you encouraged and...31 Jan 2005
January 2005
2005-01-31 Deadline for Banco to resubmit development plans for Smith Street Collingwood. 2005-01-31 CAG provides Yarra Council with preliminary views on a communication strategy re the proposed Banco development for Smith and Little Oxford Streets Collingwood. CAG outlines general principles...18 Jan 2005
December 2004
2004-12-01 Deadline for Applicant to respond to City of Yarra's advice to Applicant (Banco) of Council resolution at 16 November 2004 meeting, stating 'that Council request the applicant to substitute the current permit application plans PL03/4307, with the "without prejudice...18 Jan 2005
November 2004
2004-11-04 CAG writes to Yarra Ward Councillors Deborah Di Natale and Greg Barber (Mackillop Ward) expressing concerns regarding Council's failure to formally respond to CAG correspondence of 22 October 2004 and Council's apparent lack of a position on the matter....18 Jan 2005
October 2004
2004-10-04 Letter to CAG from Councillor Kay Meadows, Mayor, City of Yarra responding to CAG's correspondence of 27 September 2004. The Mayor inter alia acknowledges the report Inner Urban Conservation and Development 'will certainly form an important part of the...18 Jan 2005
September 2004
2004-09-27 CAG writes to Councillor Kay Meadows, Mayor City of Yarra regarding the report Inner Urban Conservation and Development; communication from the City of Yarra with the Minister for Planning; State Government emergency planning for Councils; City of Yarra's commitment...18 Jan 2005
August 2004
2004-08-09 Informal facilitated meeting convened by City of Yarra with Applicant and CAG representatives in attendance - held under enforced confidentiality provisions insisted by Council and Applicant. Heritage and conversation issues discussed in the context of the Smith Street Heritage...18 Jan 2005
July 2004
2004-07-07 Informal preliminary meeting convened by City of Yarra with Applicant and CAG representatives in attendance. Issues discussed included heritage, Applicant's concerns about CAG's meetings with Council; CAG's concerns about Applicant's lengthy history of meetings with Council; Applicant's concerns re...18 Jan 2005
June 2004
2004-06-01 City of Yarra advises CAG that the statutory review period of 60 days had expired. Council failed to make a determination on the planning application within the specified time in accordance with its responsibilities as the local planning authority....18 Jan 2005
May 2004
2004-05-01 CAG representatives host City of Yarra's Mayor, Kay Meadows and Councillor Judy Morton (Chair of the Planning Committee), for a 'walk through' of Smith and Little Oxford Streets. Balcony inspection undertaken from adjacent Foy & Gibson buildings to assess...18 Jan 2005
April 2004
2004-04-07 City of Yarra issues written advice to local residents/ratepayers that it received a planning application from Malvernway P/L and Davgab P/L (for Banco) for PL03/1407 Mixed Use Development on 132 - 172 Smith and 63 - 71 Little Oxford...18 Jan 2005