86 – 94 Pelham Street – TP-2015-742 19 August Cnr Cardigan Street
Construction of an 8 storey mixed use development currently 4 storey height limit.
CRA awaiting details
79-87 Canning St – TP-2015-694 5 August
Demolish existing building and construct 8 new townhouses
CRA concerns were: overlooking, overshadowing, heritage and set back issues.
CoM issued NOD to grant a permit with conditions patrially addressing CRA concerns. CRA will not be appealing the CoM decision.
Read CRA Objection
Read CoM Notice of Determination
701-703 Swanston Street – TP-2013-337/A 1 June
Seeking to amend previous permit conditions to allow playing amplified music on rooftop.
CRA concerned by potential amenity issues for surrounding residents
Read CRA Objection
53-63 Queensberry Street – TP-2014-399 26 May
Romanian Orthodox Church
Application to create permanent vehicular access to Church front garden.
CRA has heritage concerns
CoM refused application.
Applicant has appealed to VCAT. Hearing deferred from 24 Sept to 14 Dec 2015
Read CRA Objection
Read CoM Refusal to Grant Permit
Challis Lane – proposal to name lane
23-31 Lincoln Square South – TP-2015-440 25 May
Hearing date 16 November 2015
Applicant lodged VCAT appeal based on CoM failure to issue a decision within the prescribed time and has lodged amended drawings reducing the number of storeys to 15
Read CRA objection
101-103 Drummond Street – TP-2015-384 11 May
To develop and use the premises for student accommodation
CRA requested appropriate site management controls
Read CRA Objection
66-68 Lygon Street – Downtowner – VCAT Appeal – TP-2014-734 1 September
Hearing complete
VCAT decision by 2 November 2015
Read CRA Advice to Objectors
Read CRA Objection
Read CoM Refusal to Grant a Permit
100-102 Bouverie Street – TP-2015-273 8 April
VCAT Appeal February 2016
Applicant lodged the appeal based on CoM failure to issue a decision within the prescribed time
Read CRA Objection
176-178 Canning Street – TP-2015-295 15 April
2 Storey extension to existing dwelling.
CRA’s concerns relate to over shadowing of adjoining open space
Read CRA objection
193-197 Nicholson Street – Fernwood Gymnasium – TP-1998-476/A 29 April 2015
Permit issued, CRA and objector concerns largely addressed by the permit conditiions.
Read CoM permit conditions
Read CRA objection to this application
41 Macarthur Place South – TP-2014-1013 18 November
Concerns regarding height and bulk. Heritage report requested.
Read CRA objection
15 – 31 Pelham St Carlton – TP-2013-630 12 August
UPDATE
The City of Melbourne’s ‘Refusal to Grant a Permit’ was upheld by VCAT at the November 2014 hearing
CRA objection outline:
Carlton Residents Association believes that this proposal, resulting in an 8 storey building, is inappropriate for the following reasons:
- The scale, height and bulk are all excessive
- It is inappropriate within the Royal Exhibition Building World Heritage Buffer zone
- It degrades the adjacent heritage listed buildings at 31-35 Pelham Street and 150 Drummond St
- The highly graded heritage streetscapes of Drummond, Rathdowne and Pelham Streets will be severely impacted
- The amenity of the existing dwellings in the two residential buildings at 121 and 125 –139 Rathdowne Street will be severely diminished