Gabrielle asks the Minister of Planning about the Cremorne Community’s Concerns.
Full transcript: My question is for the Minister for Planning. Last week I met with residents of Cremorne, who are concerned their once vibrant neighbourhood is being rapidly overdeveloped by office buildings, with no oversight and no vision for the future. These families feel stranded on what they call ‘the island of Cremorne’ as massive office blocks rise up out of the ground with no footpaths, no setbacks, no bike racks, no open space. It should not be left to commercial developers to decide what our neighbourhoods look like.
The community has called for building controls, for open space, for residential development and for safer streets for cyclists and pedestrians, and the council has done the work and submitted to the state government two design and development overlays and an urban design framework awaiting the minister’s approval to exhibit. That was seven months ago. Minister, when will you approve the plans and make sure that Cremorne remains sustainable and livable as it grows?
