This development site had previously been approved for ten townhouses, now they want to squeeze in 23.
The narrow single access street will suffer congestion at the best of times with no room for passing. The exit on to Carbine street lands on top of a bus stop, and a roundabout that is usually backed up with primary school traffic.
This would be an ongoing issue for all, particularly as the street it exits onto is already carrying it’s design capacity load.
A CONTENTIOUS development in Donvale has been rejected by councillors.
The planning application for 23 two-storey homes was dismissed as an overdevelopment of the Carbine St site.
Cr Stephen O’Brien said though council planning officers recommended a permit be granted, the plan had many flaws.
“It has unsafe vehicle access, goes against neighbourhood character and doesn’t constitute an incremental level of change,” he said. Continue reading Donvale development plan bound for VCAT →
