Royal Historical Society call to action on proposed State Planning Changes

The Royal Society has issued a call to action on the proposal from the State Government to create Activity Centres.

The Activity Zone designation would allow high rise apartments but also remove heritage as a consideration in planning decisions in these areas. This might be reasonable within a confined area.    Although not currently proposed for Clifton Hill, if one was ever designated on Clifton Hill Station, it would potentially mean the Activity centre “rules “ which set aside heritage protection would apply all the way to Spensley St primary. This would clearly be completely inappropriate. Hence the ECHRI shares the view that the State Government proposal is excessive.

ECHRI has written to the Minister to –

1. Seek to make sure the rules are changed, that these areas are confined in their application, and that heritage protection is considered as part of the decision making process

2. Seek to ensure that Councils remain the prime decision makers on local planning issues so local considerations are addressed.

The ECHRI letter to the Minister is below

The Royal Historical Society call to action is below. If you share this concern, please also write to the Minister using details in the RHS letter.