Third DA and a final court hearing has finally revealed what Commissioner Smithson, in her judgment mentioned the suitability of the site for development;
‘In summary, the development as amended is, in my view, an appropriate response to the site’s constraints, controls, location and context and will not have an adverse impact on the heritage significance of the heritage items, their setting or views which would warrant the removal of one level being the only issue remaining in contention between the parties. I was not persuaded that removing this level was necessary or even appropriate in order to meet the objectives or provisions of clause 5.10 of the LEP’
Burwood Council should consider all applications by a variety of Architects that differ or don’t agree in there approach but if they do disagree should not take this as a threat rather and in the spirit be motivated to create a better Burwood-the community deserves this from all professionals concerned. Challenging the status quo and changing its approach in seeking urban planning advise from all professionals not just one, we hope to see this change so that Burwood can become the City of diverse building types sought by its various complexities and challenges through this apply the right rules for all not just the very few.
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The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. (Joseph Joubert)
Read More“Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler/wayfarer.”
“When evening comes, do not expect (to live till) morning, and when morning comes, do not expect (to live till) evening. Take from your health (a preparation) for your illness, and from your life for your death.”
Read MoreThe only people I owe my loyalty to are those who never made me question theirs.
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Read More“Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of the night and the day; in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which God Sends down from the skies, and the life which He gives therewith to an earth that is dead; in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through the earth; in the change of the winds, and the clouds which they Trail like their slaves between the sky and the earth;- (Here) indeed are Signs for a people that are wise. (The Noble Quran, 2:164)”
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