SAVE WILLIAMSTOWN
Advisory Committee to the Minister publishes opening of Submissions today
Today - the timetable for submissions and hearings of the Minister’s Advisory Committee have been published.
Click here for an enlarged scan of the Advertisement.
It should be noted that the Advisory Committee is specifically excluding consideration of any other zoning of the Former Port Phillip Woollen Mill Site than Residential 1 which has been predetermined by Minister Madden. No public consultation was given to this determination and it was based solely on the application of the developer Nelson Place Village.
The committee will, however, also review planning and urban design matters relating to the land to the south of Nelson Place within Precinct 20, as identified under the Hobsons Bay Industrial Land Management Strategy 2008. Therefore it is Save Williamstown’s understanding that there must be zoning considerations in the area “South of the Former Port Phillip Woollen Mill Site” as designated in the Terms of Reference. This is based upon the fact that these other parcels of land are currently zoned Industrial 1 & 3 and these sites are occupied by existing businesses. Existing uses will conflict with the Residential 1 zone and it is therefore reasonable to make submissions on the zoning matters relating to existing Williamstown Businesses. Also included is the Prince of Wales Hotel, known as the Titanic which is currently zoned Industrial 1 and other heritage hotels which are some of the earliest buildings in Williamstown.
The only information today on the linked website below is the “Terms of Reference” and “Committee composition” but if the other advisory committees (ie Coastal Climate Change Advisory Committee) format is followed then there should be a link on this webpage to more information and documents about the Former Port Phillip Woollen Mill Site.
Saturday, 24 July 2010
